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Presenting a rebooted civic national narrative for the U.S., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 9 (private)
July 9, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
The States Forum, a new organization devoted to “the fight for the American Promise made in the Declaration of Independence,” is hosting a launch conference on America’s identity in Philadelphia, July 9. I’ll be presenting Nationhood Lab’s findings on a shared American story, a rebooted civic national narrative for the U.S. based, yes, on those ideals in the Declaration. This is a private, invite only event.
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author, historian and award-winning journalist. He is the author of seven books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at Maine's Portland Press Herald, he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a 2016 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.