How should young citizens blend their traditional spiritual values with their strong commitments to progressive change in a time when our polarized politics demand that they choose one or the other? How can young, talented, patriotic citizens make a difference in national policy as they pursue ideas for reform?

We will discuss these difficult and important questions with a young woman who is working hard to create new opportunities for spiritual and progressive policy thinkers in the United States today. Kelsey Ritchie comes from a conservative, religious family in Oklahoma, she is studying for a Master’s degree in Global Policy Studies at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and she has interned at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington D.C. She will join Jeremi Suri in a conservation about her efforts at youthful policy leadership.

A link to the Robert F. Kennedy transcript can be found here: https://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/RFK-Speeches/Remarks-of-Senator-Robert-F-Kennedy-to-the-Cleveland-City-Club-Cleveland-Ohio-April-5-1968.aspx

And to view Robert F. Kennedy delivering portions of the speech, you can follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiNTw1GF65w

This is Democracy – Episode 2: Coming of Age in the Shadow of Trump