Venue

: The Wyncote NW Forum
: 1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.)
Seattle, 98101 United States

Event Format: In-Person

EVENT NOTES
Doors for this event will open at 6:00 PM.

Presented by Washington State University Ruckelshaus Center. For questions about this event, please contact ruckelshauscenter@wsu.edu.

Rentals

The Ruckelshaus Center invites you to celebrate the people and partnerships shaping the future of collaboration! The 2026 Champions of Collaboration event will honor Eric Liu of Citizen University with the William D. Ruckelshaus award for his work building responsible citizenship across the United States. Join us on November 10th, 2026 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Town Hall Seattle. We encourage you to purchase tickets or sponsor the event.

Please email Ulla Johnson at ulla.johnson@wsu.edu to RSVP or purchase tickets here.

Eric Liu is the co-founder and CEO of Citizen University, which works to build a culture of powerful and responsible citizenship in the United States. He is the author of numerous acclaimed books, including most recently Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy — a New York Times New & Notable Book — and Live Like a Citizen: 8 Ways to Change Your Mindset and Our Country, to be published in October 2026. He is featured in the PBS documentary American Creed and is a contributing writer at The Atlantic.

Liu served as a White House speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and as the President’s deputy domestic policy adviser. He was later appointed by President Barack Obama to the board of the Corporation for National and Community Service. In 2020, Liu was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, where he now serves on its Trust and is co-chair of its Our Common Purpose commission on democratic citizenship. Liu founded and for nine years led the Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Program. He is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School, and a member of the Yale University Council. Liu lives in Seattle, where he has served on the boards of the Seattle Public Library and the Washington State Board of Education, and co-founded the Alliance for Gun Responsibility. His work as a civic innovator was recognized in 2020 with an Ashoka Fellowship.