Mission
PUBLICSQUARE'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVISM BY CONVENING FREE, COMMUNITY SEMINARS THAT ADDRESS THE CRITICAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME AND TO MENTOR PRIMARILY UNDERREPRESENTED AND LOW-INCOME COLLEGE STUDENTS BY ASSISTING THEM WITH INTERNSHIPS OPPORTUNITIES THAT BRIDGE THEIR ACADEMIC WORK AND CIVIC ASPIRATIONS. THROUGH ITS EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS AND STUDENT INTERNSHIPS, PUBLICSQUARE SEEKS TO RESTORE ROBUST AND PRODUCTIVE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE, PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CIVIC LEADERS, AND CREATE A MORE JUST AND HUMANE SOCIETY.