About - The Madison Lincoln Initiative

Our mission to

foster civil discourse

in our current political climate.

Our mission to foster civil discourse in our current political climate.

Initiative in The Interest of Democracy

Luis P. Sanchez, an attorney with offices in San Luis Obispo, has announced the formation of the Madison-Lincoln Initiative, a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to help preserve the nation’s democratic republic by providing workshops throughout the education community on the history, purpose and basic structure of the U.S. Constitution, and on how to foster civil discourse and democratic engagement among our youth.

About our Founder & President

Luis P. Sanchez, JD, LLM is a practicing attorney and the retired president of two community colleges. He has taught at every level of higher education, and was twice honored by students as Outstanding Instructor at Sierra Community College. He has authored two textbook supplements on California Business Law, and resides in Moorpark, California, with his wife, Teresa, who is also a devoted educator.

The Roots of The Initiative

The Madison-Lincoln Initiative is named after James Madison, the fourth U.S. president and chief architect of the Constitution, and Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president whose leadership during the Civil War culminated in the adoption of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to purge slavery from the Constitution.

A Better Political Climate For Our Youth

Sanchez says he started his not-for-profit organization because of his concern that the American republic may not survive the bitter partisan differences that threaten to divide the country, unless, he says, “we re-learn how to engage in respectful discourse with our fellow citizens and deepen our understanding of and commitment to the U.S. Constitution - the supreme pact to which we are all pledged.” Sanchez also is offering to help interested students form their own Madison-Lincoln Club to promote democratic engagement and civil discourse across partisan and ideological lines at their campus.