April 28, 2022
Panel event "Living the constitution! 30 years of the Saxon Constitution"
PANEL DISCUSSION ON MAY 5 ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION, FEATURING A SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE AND REMARKS BY THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE
Leipzig. The Saxon State Ministry of Justice and for Democracy, Europe, and Equality (SMJusDEG) and the Forum Recht Foundation invite you to a joint panel discussion on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at 7:00 p.m., titled „Living the Constitution! 30 Years of the Saxon Constitution“ in Leipzig. Saxony’s Minister of Justice, Katja Meier, will participate in the event at the Paulinum of the
He will attend the event at the University of Leipzig on Augustusplatz and deliver a welcoming address. The occasion is this year’s anniversary of the Constitution of the Free State of Saxony: On May 26, 1992, the state parliament adopted the Saxon Constitution, which took effect on June 6. Maximilian Steinbeis, founder and editor of the Verfassungsblog, will moderate the event and discuss with the panelists how people in Saxony view the
Experiencing the Constitution today—whether the Saxon Constitution plays any role at all in their daily lives and how they themselves contribute to putting its values into practice:
▪ Katja Meier, Saxon Minister of State for Justice and Democracy,
Europe and Gender Equality
▪ Prof. Dr. Astrid Lorenz, Professor of Political Systems
German and European Studies at the University of Leipzig
▪ Dr. Roland Löffler, Director of the Saxon State Office for Political
Education
▪ Dr. Susanne Kailitz, managing director of the Rederei Dresden agency, with
the „Chaff X Wheat“ project“
▪ Dr. Cathleen Bochmann, Research Coordinator and
Project Manager, Aktion Zivilgesellschaft e. V., Pirna
▪ Jessy James LaFleur, spoken-word artist from Görlitz and founder
of the cultural education program „Angeprangert“
▪ Henrike Claussen, Director of the Forum Recht Foundation
The event will feature a spoken word performance by Jessy James LaFleur Accompanied by. Admission is free. Please register at: event@stiftung-forum-recht.de
„LIVE THE CONSTITUTION! 30 YEARS OF THE SAXON CONSTITUTION“
When: Thursday, May 5, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Auditorium in the Paulinum, Neues Augusteum, 04109 Leipzig
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The illustration is available free of charge for editorial purposes in connection with the Forum Recht Foundation, provided the copyright notice © Johanna Benz is included.
