For Immediate Release

Contact: Mandy Rey

Sept. 15, 2006

(662) 329-7119

 

MUW to host Constitution Day

 

COLUMBUS, Miss. – The Department of History, Political Science, Geography and Paralegal Studies at Mississippi University for Women will host Constitution Day on Wednesday, Sept. 20.

Constitution Day is an annual day, established by Congress, falling on Sept. 17, where by mandate of the U.S. Department of Education all colleges and universities receiving federal funds must host a public program pertaining to the Constitution in the weeks before or after this date.

The day was set aside as time to teach future generations about the foundation of democracy, according to the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, which helps distribute educational materials for the day.

The video, “Our Constitution: A Conversation,” will be shown at 7 p.m. in Parkinson Hall, Room 117 on the MUW campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The video features former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer discussing the U.S. Constitution and answering questions from Philadelphia area high school students.

According to the Justice Learning Organization, “The justices discuss why we have and need for a Constitution, explain what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power.”

For more information, please call (662) 329-7386.