# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Forging a Democracy that Works for All
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Jul, 2026 at 02:30 pm – Thu, 23 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The Institute for Policy Studies, alongside The Nation and We Build Progress, is hosting its third annual Henry A. Wallace Symposium. This symposium is a capstone event of IPS’s Henry A. Wallace Fellowship Program, supported by the Wallace Global Fund.In 1939, as fascism was overtaking Europe and gaining ground at home, then U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace charged that words alone would not secure democracy’s survival:“Democracy must apply itself to meeting the material need of people for work, for income, for goods, for health, for security, and to meeting their spiritual need for dignity, for knowledge, for self-expression, for adventure and for reverence…The danger that it will be overthrown in favor of some other system is in direct proportion to its failure to meet these needs. We may talk all we like about the beauties of democracy, the ideals of democracy, the rightness of democracy. In the long run, democracy or any other system will be measured by its deeds, not its words.”The rise of far-right authoritarianism in the U.S. and across the globe today – fueled by deteriorating economic conditions, militarized borders, and a lack of hope for a better future – demonstrates the urgent need to not only defend democracy as an ideal but to expand its meaning for our everyday lives, as Wallace presciently envisioned over eighty years ago. At this year’s Wallace Symposium, we will hear from movement leaders fighting to protect hard-earned rights and frontline communities, policy experts advancing a bold agenda to confront corporate and Pentagon power and create shared prosperity, and elected officials working to renew our democratic institutions from within. Together, we will explore the most urgent of challenges: how might we re-envision democracy at home and abroad to ensure its survival – and with it our thriving?Join us on July 23 from 2:30 pm to 6:30 p.m. EDT at Eaton DC. This free event will be both in-person and live streamed. For in-person attendees, the Symposium will be followed by an evening reception from 6:30 to 8:30pm.MORE INFO | RSVP: https://ips-dc.org/event/3rd-wallace-symposium/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/forging-a-democracy-that-works-for-all/80002713677519
- **Event Categories**: Meetups, health-wellness, trips-adventures, virtual
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Washington
- **state**: DC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Eaton DC
- **lat**: 38.9027989
- **long**: -77.0284588
- **full address**: Eaton DC, 1201 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Event Photo 1
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/live6a597ad86c795.jpg

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Forging a Democracy that Works for All being held?
  - **A:** Forging a Democracy that Works for All takes place on Thu, 23 Jul, 2026 at 02:30 pm to Thu, 23 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Eaton DC, 1201 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Forging a Democracy that Works for All?
  - **A:** Forging a Democracy that Works for All is organized by Institute for Policy Studies.

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