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Realizing the Principles of American Democracy
Saturday, February 14, 2026
2:00 – 4:00 pm (PST)
Presenters: Cliff Tillotson and Jonathan Colbert
In-person at Concord Hall, 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA
Live Stream at https://www.youtube.com/@iwcinsantabarbara/streams
On this Presidents’ Day weekend, as we honor the sacrifices of two of America’s
greatest revolutionary leaders, the Institute invites you to join in an engaging
forum on the driving principles behind America’s experiment in democracy.
Realizing the principles of American Democracy is a hard and heroic journey
from independence to interdependence. Together in discussion let us “renew the
universal vision behind the American Dream” and open invisible gateways that
can lead us towards an “ever-evolving Republic of Conscience.”
Guest Speakers
Cliff Tillotson is a founding member of the Institute of World Culture (IWC), and
was an avid student of IWC Co-founders Raghavan Iyer and Nandini Iyer, taking
all the undergraduate classes they offered in the Political Science and Religious
Studies Departments at UC Santa Barbara. Cliff has given numerous
presentations at the Institute. He is Vice-President of Prometheus Construction in
Kapolie, Hawaii.
Jonathan Colbert is a long-time member of the Institute of World Culture, and
has given presentations at the IWC on a wide variety of topics, including
“Practicing Principles of Non-Violence” and “The New Learning.” He has a family-
owned business, Acacia Environmental Construction, based in California.
*Live Stream at: https://www.youtube.com/@iwcinsantabarbara/streams
For more information: https://www.worldculture.org