Longmont Senior Center partners with History Colorado for Online Speaker Series: This is What Democracy Looks Like

The Longmont Senior Center is excited to partner with the History Colorado Center in Denver to offer two fascinating lectures this fall. In lieu of taking a trip to the museum, we hope you will join us on Zoom for one or both of these programs. Lectures will be offered at two different times, so feel free to tune in when it works best for you. Be sure to register with the Senior Center in order to receive the Zoom link.

Richard Bell: Hamilton, the Founders, and Democracy
Registration #484301.2Z (Register online now)
Date: Thursday, October 1
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm OR 7:00-8:0 0pm
Not only is it everyone’s favorite musical, Hamilton says plenty about how we think—and how *we think* the Founders thought—about democracy. University of Maryland historian Richard Bell reads between the lines and tells us how it all comes together in Lin Manuel Miranda’s Broadway blockbuster. Dr. Richard Bell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and holds a PhD from Harvard University.

Juston Cooper: Justice & Democracy
Registration #484301.3Z (Registration begins October 19)
Date: Thursday, November 19
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm OR 7:00-8:00 pm
Juston Cooper, deputy director of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, talks about what democracy actually means once you’ve been incarcerated. A Denver native, Cooper received his Bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University and holds a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Colorado at Denver. Having been directly impacted by the criminal legal system himself, Cooper believes it’s essential to understand the systemic issues and barriers that contribute to oppressing communities in order to truly promote public health and safety.