How to Build a Diverse Democracy

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024
American institutions-including legislative bodies, workplaces, and campuses-are mired in conflict over issues of justice and inclusion. As we emerge from the 2024 presidential election, such conflicts are likely to get hotter and hotter in the years ahead.
Eboo Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith America, the nation’s premier interfaith organization. In his book We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy, Patel offers a roadmap for building just and inclusive institutions amid civic turmoil. Patel held a conversation with David Glasgow, executive director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, to explore one of the deepest questions that institutions face in the years ahead: How can we study, work, and live together in a pluralistic society when our deepest values frequently clash?
This event was part of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging speaker series and is cosponsored by the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center.
The speaker series was sponsored by:
Diamond Sponsors
Charter Communications | Deloitte | Goldman Sachs | Google | Morgan Stanley
Publicis Groupe | Scotiabank | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | TJX
Platinum Sponsors
Arnold & Porter | Bloomberg LP | Capital Group | Clifford Chance | Davis Polk & Wardwell
D.E. Shaw | Debevoise & Plimpton | Disney | Fannie Mae | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | Greenberg Traurig | HSBC | Kirkland & Ellis | KPMG
L'Oréal Groupe | Latham & Watkins | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Perkins Coie | Ralph Lauren | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Spotify
Sullivan & Cromwell | UnitedHealth Group | Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Weil, Gotshal & Manges | White & Case
Gold Sponsors
Davis Wright Tremaine | DLA Piper | Merck & Co. | MGM Resorts International
Microsoft | Thomson Reuters
Public Interest Sponsors
Ascend | Black Theatre United | Catalyst | Coqual | Diversity Lab | Earthjustice
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) | Legal Defense Fund (LDF)
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