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May 20, 2010
The Association of Americans for Civic Responsibility (AACR) held its Seventh Annual Roundtable Conference at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School Campus in Washington, DC on Wednesday, May 5, 2010. The theme of the conference was “Tocqueville in 21st Century: Challenges for Democracy in America” with a focus on four discussion topics -- Effective Governance, Equality, Multiculturalism, and Civic Engagement.”
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October 15, 2009
The Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and the Association of Americans for Civic Responsibility (AACR) joined together to sponsor a very successful roundtable conference on “Social Responsibility in Small and Medium Size Enterprises” at Kellogg’s James Allen Center on October 15. The event was attended by about 40 invited attendees who included representatives and leaders from small and medium size businesses, academia, and public policy organizations.
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September 20, 2009
The Association of Americans for Civic Responsibility (AACR) held its sixth annual roundtable conference on May 5, 2009. The half-day conference, “Perspectives on Institutional and Individual Civic Responsibility During Crisis and Disaster – The Looming Pandemic Threat,” featured three topic discussion sessions lead by expert panelists in the fields of psychological, health, and medical research, preparedness, and emergency response.
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April 23, 2008
AACR’s Fifth Annual Roundtable Conference convened to discuss voter participation as the core issue of participatory democracy and to raise concern over national and global disinterest in the electoral process. Analysts from across the spectrum—academic, corporate, government and non-profit—debated to determine what is causing the decline in voter participation as well as what the United States and individual institutions could do to encourage citizens and employees to vote. After all, as a non-profit organization devoted to promoting institutional civic responsibility, how could AACR foster an understanding of the concept better than through voter activation?
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April 25, 2007
The Association of Americans for Civic Responsibility (AACR) held its Fourth Annual Roundtable Conference on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. This day-long event brought together more than 40 participants from various backgrounds representing seven states and the District of Columbia. It was hosted by the Syracuse University’s Maxwell School at the Washington D.C. campus (Greenberg House) and sponsored by Hill & Knowlton.
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April 26, 2006
The Association of Americans for Civic Responsibility (AACR) held its third annual Roundtable Conference on April 26, 2006 at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University at the Washington D.C. campus. Around 30 invited participants from various backgrounds gathered for a half-day long Educational Seminar on Civic Participation to discuss issues related to two major themes, namely “The American Immigrant Community and U.S. Immigrant Organizations” and “The Role of Small and Midsized Enterprises (SMEs) in Promoting Institutional Civic Responsibility (ICR).”
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April 27, 2005
The theme of this conference is, “Institutional Civic Responsibility (ICR): Experiences and Expectations.” The major goal of this conference is to exchange views among participants on developing a common informational exchange program on the pragmatic aspects of civic responsibility fulfillment by various segments of our civic society, including business entities, non-profit groups (including NGOs and educational institutions), and government institutions (local, state, and federal) in the United States. This common educational program will encourage all institutions to adopt and practice the concept of civic responsibility (the term "civic responsibility" is explained in AACR's Mission Statement). AACR believes that such an educational program with practical civic value will develop a concept of institutional civic responsibility (ICR) among legal entities within the United States similar to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) concept in business corporations.
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April 20, 2004
The Association of Americans for Civic Responsibility (AACR) organized a very successful roundtable conference, “Civic Responsibility: New Challenges in Institutional Governance,” on April 20, 2004, at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. The conference held four general sessions beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending around 5:00 p.m. with a reception. By discussing and debating various aspects of a new concept, institutional civic responsibility (ICR), the participants agreed AACR should move forward with its plan to be a catalyst in the area of the performance of civic responsibility among all US legal entities.
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