{"id":10555,"date":"2022-09-23T20:26:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T00:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/news\/?p=10555"},"modified":"2022-11-07T10:53:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:53:56","slug":"the-guarini-institute-for-government-and-leadership-celebrates-constitution-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/news\/2022\/09\/23\/the-guarini-institute-for-government-and-leadership-celebrates-constitution-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership Celebrates Constitution Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Constitution Day annually commemorates the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. This year Saint Peter\u2019s honored the day with two events hosted by the Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership.<\/p>\n

On September 16, the Guarini Institute held a <\/span>We the People Poetry Slam<\/em>.  Poets, orators and songwriters were invited to share their thoughts on what the first three words of the Constitution (We the People) means to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Constitution was originally written, the phrase \u2018We the People\u2019 only referred to free white men,\u201d explained Ginger Gold Schnitzer, executive director of the Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership. \u201cOver time the phrase has evolved to include women and people of color. As our nation continues in a never ending struggle to be its best self, we can almost guarantee that \u2018We the People\u2019 will continue to mean different things to future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next Constitution Day event continued to explore how the interpretation of the Constitution changes over the years.<\/p>\n

On September 19 New Jersey\u2019s Acting Attorney General Matt Platkin came to the Saint Peter\u2019s campus to provide a Constitution Day keynote address.<\/p>\n

According to Platkin, he believed that the Constitution must be viewed as a living document because when the Constitution was written there were so many things that the forefathers of the United States could not have predicted such as the internet, social media, ghost guns and more.<\/p>\n

During the keynote, Platkin shared his priorities in the office as well as the details of his path to a career in public service. He also called on the students at the event to consider public service as a career path, not only because it is rewarding, but because it is important to the future of our country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you follow your passions and pursue important causes that are meaningful to you, I know that things will work out,\u201d said Platkin. \u201cI say this because we need you as we face a fundamental crisis in confidence in our government and confidence in the very document that we came together to recognize and celebrate. Now more than ever we need a new generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saint Peter\u2019s President Eugene Cornacchia was excited to see so many members of the University community participating in the event, but he also challenged the attendees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want you all to be more than spectators in our democracy,\u201d said Dr. Cornacchia. \u201c In the Jesuit tradition of \u2018men and women for others\u2019 it is incumbent upon each of us to share our gifts, pursue justice and have concern for the poor and marginalized. By voting, listening, learning, advocating and engaging in civic life we have the power to make sure America is all that the Constitution has promised.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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