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More than 200 participants
attended the LBJ School's Seventh Annual
Barbara Jordan National Forum on Public Policy, which took place February
27 to March 1.
This year's theme
was "Rejuvenating Ethics, Responsibility and Commitment in Today's
America," and several prominent state and local leaders came to share
their insight on topics including community engagement, volunteerism, holding
elective office, and cyber ethics.
Forum cochairs Alene Riley,
TJ Costello, and Tim O'Brien said their main objective was to revive
Jordan's messages about civic duty and show ordinary citizens how they
can get involved and bring about positive changes in their communities. |
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Texas
State Senator Rodney Ellis (LBJ School Class of 1977) shares his experience
dealing with ethical challenges as an elected official during a panel discussion
in Bass Lecture Hall. Other panelists included Victoria Rodríguez, LBJ
School Professor and UT Austin Vice Provost; General Montgomery Meigs, LBJ School
Distinguished Visiting Tom Slick Professor of World Peace; and Deborah Reeves,
manager of distribution operations for the United States Postal Service. |
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Following
her keynote speech, Mary Beth Rogers signs a copy of her book Barbara Jordan:
American Hero for a forum participant. During her address, Rogers told forum
participants that Jordan recognized seven core values by which she measured
her own and others' actions: truth, equality, liberty, freedom, justice, independence,
and respect for others. (Also pictured is LBJ School student Clare Ribando.) |
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Barbara
Jordan Forum cochairs Alene Riley and TJ Costello pose with forum presenter
Catherine Robb, granddaughter of Lyndon Baines and Lady Bird Johnson. At a Friday
afternoon session Robb described the goals and activities of the LBJ Library
Future Forum, which she chairs. The forum's ultimate goal is to foster greater
civic involvement within the community by initiating dialog about current issues. |
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Iris
Jones, police monitor for the City of Austin, and Hillsboro (Texas) Mayor Will
Lowrance talk with LBJ School student Eric Gorman. Jones and Lowrance shared
their perspectives on civic duty at a session coordinated by Gorman, who served
on the forum committee. |
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LBJ
School Professor Lodis Rhodes, forum presenter Tony Cherian, and LBJ School
alumnus Cassius Johnson (Class of 2002) chat in the foyer between forum sessions.
Rhodes and Cherian were the speakers at a session dedicated to community engagement. |
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News and Events • News
Briefs
©2003 Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
P.O. Box Y
Austin, TX 78713-8925
512/471-4962
Comments to: lbjwmast@uts.cc.utexas.edu
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