Recipients:
Representative Brandon L. Cox (R-SC)
Representative Jermaine L. Johnson, Sr. (D-SC)
Explanation of the award:
The Biden School Civility in Public Service Award, sponsored by the SNF Ithaca Initiative, is an annual event that honors two public servants from disparate places on the political spectrum who successfully worked together for the public good. The Representatives were honored for their bipartisan efforts to establish a Robert Smalls Monument honoring the Black Civil War hero and legislator on the South Carolina State House grounds.
Opening remarks:
Joseph E. Trainor, PhD., interim dean, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration
Moderated by:
Timothy J. Shaffer, PH.D., Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Chair of Civil Discourse and director of the SNF Ithaca Initiative in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration
Special Presentation by:
Dr. Laura Carlson, interim president
Award presentation by:
Joseph E. Trainor, PhD., interim dean, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration