Wendell Ford Center

The Wendell H. Ford Government Education Center is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization working to help students gain an objective understanding of the issues that face their community, state, and nation, to recognize the vital role of government, and to embrace the principles of civility, cooperation, and compromise.

The Wendell H. Ford Government Education Center was established by former U.S. Senator Wendell Ford upon his retirement from the Senate in 1998. Senator Ford believed that students needed a better understanding of how our government operates, and that the principles by which he conducted his work: civil discourse, cooperation, and the willingness to compromise, are vital to our future.