educate the american. today they are going to share with us the original inspiration behind the book and why it is more important now to be finalized the education. joining us today, president of the bill of rights institute, david has worked for 20 years to build strong civic education programs that engage the hearts and minds of young people, previously working at hillside college and author of a book on the vital role of merely in politics. welcome. also joining us from the chair and liberty of the american enterprise institute and the editor in chief of the dispatch and he s offered a chapter and how to educate an american. finally, sarah morgan smith, director of faculty which seeks to restore and strengthen the capacity the american people constitutional self-government. thank you all for joining us. two quick notes, who will through a q&a so please submit questions in one of two ways. either you can e-mail nicole.penn, pe and or submit questions to the #, educating ame
it is an honor to be asked questions about him will be doing this for an hour or maybe a little longer and if you have questions want to send in, you will see a q&a box at the bottom right of your screen and you can send a question the latter part of this event, alex will answer some of those. to start us off, alex is as i m sure many of you know, the research director great program on extremism at george washington university which has become a go to resource for many people letting this topic. so why don t we start by asking argue take an interest on this and maybe you can fill us in a little bit on your background explain that. think you for doing this. we been in touch over the years with shared interest in her article the 2000 the last decade with incredibly, it is my pleasure drinkers. came across my radar around 2007 i just started as a researcher looking at activism into the uk in particular. as i was getting to know if the individuals and the networks in the uk,