Founding Values: Citizen Tom Paine

This event is a dramatic reading of excerpts from the historical novel Citizen Tom Paine including a spoken Introduction and spoken Conclusion to inform the audience of who Tom Paine was, how his pamphlet Common Sense was received, and how it foreshadowed the Declaration of Independence.
 

Organized in partnership with the Institute for Civil Dialogue.

Founding Values is an event series designed for ASU and the surrounding community to distance ourselves from partisan politics and reflect on the values represented in the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.

The semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, offers us a unique and timely opportunity to ask if we are upholding those values, and what we can do as a community to protect those values—if we think that they ought to be protected.

In response to a call for proposed sessions, the Lincoln Center received many timely and important proposals from faculty, students and community members. We are thrilled to be able to offer support for such a diverse set of sessions through the event series.

Founding Values will host seven events over three weeks: from April 13 to 28. The event series is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. 

For more information about the event series, please visit: https://lincolncenter.asu.edu/founding-values.