The Napolitan Institute will present a "Declaration of American Ideals" at The American Philosophical Society's (APS) April 2026 Meeting, which runs April 22 to 24.

Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743 and located next to Independence Hall, the APS is the nation's oldest learned society. Its members gather twice each year to share research, elect new members, and discuss major questions in public life, science, and the humanities.

This year's meeting will bring together a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historians and biographers, a leading scholar of American civic life, senior heads of major scientific academies, prominent constitutional thinkers, and Philadelphia leaders grappling with how the Revolution is interpreted today.

The ideals being presented were developed from a national conversation hosted by The Napolitan Institute and Jigsaw (a Google Incubator). Our We The People project brought together five people from every Congressional District for an AI-assisted conversation on the American ideals of Freedom and Equality and what it means to be an American today.

See the preliminary report from our We The People national conversation.