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MDI is supported by a Grand Challenges Impact Award, grants, individual donations, and in-kind support from its four member colleges. If you are interested in supporting MDI's work and ensuring a better democracy for all, please contact our Lead Principal Investigator to discuss your support interests. 

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Networking to Build a Stronger and Healthier Democracy 

A founding ethos of MDI is to generate collaborative scholarship on democracy into the everyday practices of our campus and surrounding communities.

Teaching & Learning

One way MDI meets its mission is through teaching and learning initiatives that address civic education and engagement in PreK-12 and higher education.

What We Do

The Maryland Democracy Initiative grows the capacity of all people for a lifetime of civic participation in service to a fairer and more just society. We accomplish this through innovative, interdisciplinary, community-centered research, teaching, learning, and civic engagement. 

Research

Central to MDI’s mission is advancing scholarship to solve the grand challenge of democracy. Our current research activities include: