Name: Co-Authoring Democracy: Then, Now, Tomorrow
Start: 2026-06-13T10:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-13T10:50:00-0400

Co-Authoring Democracy: Then, Now, Tomorrow

LIMITED

Saturday June 13, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT

Hamilton Garden

Limited Capacity seats available

How can we co-author the future of democracy drawing on the wisdom held across generations? In this activation, young people connected to Philadelphia's leading museums anchor table conversations in artifacts that illuminate the unfinished promise of American freedom, then bridge them to the issues most alive right now.

Drawing on the Youth250 Bureau's work across the nation to spread practices of intergenerational discourse and civic imagination, the format mirrors TED Democracy itself: past, present, future, with young people sharing an intergenerational model of a civic square.

The goal: to leave you ready and inspired to host rich, imaginative and informed conversations about how to ensure that the principles of our democracy become a felt and lived reality for future generations.

Speakers

Fernande Raine

Founder, The History Co:Lab

Fernande Raine is an education innovator and founder of The History Co:Lab, a research and innovation lab that centers teens in learning redesign to enable civic thriving. Her path to this work runs through a series of apprenticeships in advancing democracy: she studied history... Read More →

Caroline Kilbanoff

Executive Director, Made By Us

Caroline Klibanoff is the Executive Director of Made By Us, a Senior Fellow with New America's US@250 initiative, and an Eisenhower USA Fellow. Since 2019, she has transformed Made By Us into a national civic force — building a network of 500+ museums and historic sites into hubs... Read More →

Saturday June 13, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
Hamilton Garden 300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Discovery Session

TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures

Fernande Raine

Caroline Kilbanoff

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TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures

Fernande Raine

Caroline Kilbanoff

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