The 2026 MAYDAY! Peace Conference, “250 Years of Democracy? Revisiting the Declaration of Independence, 1776–2026,” invites the Gustavus community to critically examine how the founding ideals of liberty, equality and self-governance have been interpreted, contested and re-imagined over the past two and a half centuries—and what they demand of us today.
The Conference will feature keynote remarks from a faculty expert and a multi-disciplinary faculty panel to model intellectual engagement around issues of peace and empower our community around shared action.
