September 13, 2011

The results of the first-ever Indiana Civic Health Index will be available September 14th in conjunction with an advance screening of the film We The People. The Index measures civic engagement such as voting and volunteerism. The report will be published online at www.inbf.org/ at 9:00 a.m. EDT on September 14th.

The report includes details on civic health such as community involvement, volunteerism, voter registration and turnout, the role of the press and the role of education in civic awareness. The report will also detail how Indiana compares to the rest of the nation.

Former U.S. Representative Lee Hamilton, who is the Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University, and Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard serve as chairpersons of the assessment. The Indiana Bar Foundation, the National Conference on Citizenship, Indiana University Northwest and the Hoosier State Press Association are project sponsors.

To call attention to the release of the report, Inland Sea Productions is presenting an unfinished digital rough cut version of the film We The People for project sponsors. The film chronicles America’s history and its founding documents and will be completed in the full screen IMAX version in 2012. Press video and still photography will be limited to the first 5 minutes of the film at the advance screening.

Report Release & Film
Wednesday, September 14th
Indiana State Museum
650 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
4 p.m. Media availability with former U.S. Representative Hamilton & Chief Justice Shepard
4:30 p.m. Reception
5:15 p.m. Remarks
5:30 p.m. Advance Screening of We The People

Scheduled interviews with former U.S. Representative Hamilton and Chief Justice Shepard are available upon request. For more information contact the Indiana Bar Foundation Director of Civic Education Andrew Homan at (317) 269-7863 or ahoman@inbf.org; Center on Congress at Indiana University Outreach Specialist Phil Duncan at (703) 209-2005 or phduncan@indiana.edu; Indiana Supreme Court Public Information Officer Kathryn Dolan at kdolan@courts.state.in.us; Inland Sea Productions Director of Film Marketing Dave Brown at (734) 740-2492 or dbrown@midstateshistory.org.