
Citizenship and the Beginner’s Mind: How to Imagine Our Way Forward
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In this creative session, global citizen-artist Yo-Yo Ma shares ideas with Eric Liu of Citizen University and the Aspen Institute for how to reimagine our lives and responsibilities in American democracy. Drawing on Ma’s new audio experience “Beginner’s Mind,” which traces his evolution as a musician and a human, this conversation will explore what it means to be a good ancestor, to create common ground, and to reckon with injustices past and present.
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