Join Us!
American Public Square at Jewell along with event co-chairs, Mary and Mark Jorgenson and Stephenie and Rodney Smith, invite you to American Public Square’s premiere annual event, Evening at the Square, which will take place Monday, December 4 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
This year’s event will feature a conversation between two renowned political experts, David Axelrod and Michael Steele. David Axelrod is a political strategist, commentator, and former chief strategist and senior advisor to President Barack Obama; he was the founding director of the University of Chicago’s non-partisan Institute of Politics and now serves as a senior fellow to that organization. Michael Steele is the former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, the former Lt. Governor of the State of Maryland, a political analyst for MSNBC, and host of The Michael Steele Podcast.
The program will be moderated by APS Founder, CEO and Chair, Amb. Allan Katz, and Margaret Talev, former White House correspondent for Bloomberg News and McClatchey Newspapers, now Director of the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship
We are also delighted to announce that the 2023 Founder’s Civility Award will go to SuEllen Fried, bullying prevention activist, writer, and educator.
Schedule of Activities:
- 5:30pm – Doors Open & Cocktail Reception in the Bloch Building Lobby of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- 6:45pm – Formal Program in the Atkins Auditorium
- 8:30pm – Adjourn