Josh Becker hosts forum on democracy, civil discourse in Menlo Park

At a moderated conversation July 7, state Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, hosted a forum where constituents were asked to discuss some of the nation’s most integral documents, talking about how they apply to their own lives and the future of democracy.

In small groups, guided by local leaders like supervisors Ray Mueller and Lisa Gauthier and retired Judge LaDoris Cordell, constituents were asked to look at well-known phrases from the Declaration of Independence; “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” and from the Gettysburg Address: “a new birth of freedom.” 

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