2018

  • 2018 Sep 26

    Digital Disinformation: Investigating Networked Digital Political Media in the U.S.

    4:15pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    Ash Center foyer, 124 Mt Auburn St, Suite 200N

    Join Laura Quinn, Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center and President of Catalist; and Trevor Davis, CEO of CounterAction; for a discussion on political disinformation campaigns in the U.S. They will be sharing their findings examining the background of operators, owners and financial backers of networked U.S.-based political disinformation media organizations.

  • 2018 Sep 25

    National Voter Registration Day -- Harvard Votes Challenge Registration Table

    11:00am to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    Wexner Building, Near the Social Stairs (Sunshine Lobby), Harvard Kennedy School

    Join us on National Voter Registration Day to help the Harvard Kennedy School meet our Harvard Votes Challenge goal of registering 90% of eligible students. The Harvard Votes Challenge team will be available to help students sign up as well as answer questions about the Challenge. 

    Harvard Votes Challenge pins, stickers and pizza will be provided. 

  • 2018 Sep 24

    Harvard Votes Challenge Presents: Activating the Youth Vote

    6:00pm

    Location: 

    JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street

    Join us and Harvard's Institute of Politics for an event featuring: 

    • Jessica Browning, National Co-Chair, College Republican National Committee
    • David Hogg, Co-Founder, March for Our Lives
    • Johnathan Rangel, Youth Activist with 99Rootz
    • Bria Smith, Representative, Milwaukee Youth Council, Senior at Franklin High School, Milwaukee WI
  • 2018 Sep 24

    Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Meet and Greet: Student Research and Fellowship Opportunities

    4:30pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mount Auburn St., Floor 2, Suite 200N

    Join us for a meet and greet with the faculty and staff of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a joint program of Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, housed at the Ash Center, to learn about ways to participate in this exciting university-wide program, whose objectives are to inspire and strengthen city leaders and equip them with the tools to lead high performing, innovative cities.... Read more about Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Meet and Greet: Student Research and Fellowship Opportunities

  • 2018 Sep 21

    Ash Community Speaker Series: What to Watch for in Brazil's Upcoming Election

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mount Auburn St., Floor 2, Suite 200N

    Join Scott Mainwaring, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor for Brazil Studies at Harvard Kennedy School; Mariana Batista, Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Pernambuco in the Department of Political Science; and Fernando Bizzarro, Graduate Student at Harvard University, Government Department; for a discussion about the upcoming October elections in Brazil. 

    Lunch will be served. 

    The Ash Community Speaker Series features discussions with students, faculty, fellows...

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  • 2018 Sep 19

    Think You Know the American Electorate?

    4:15pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mount Auburn St., Floor 2, Suite 200N

    Join Laura Quinn, President of Catalist, Ash Center Practice Fellow in American Democracy, for a discussion about her research on new and emerging trends in the American electorate. 

    About Laura Quinn

    Laura Quinn is the CEO and a co-founder of Catalist, which is owned by a Trust and provides comprehensive voter data and related data services exclusively to progressive organizations.  Previously, Ms. Quinn served as a Deputy Chief of Staff for Vice President Gore at the White House; and as Executive Director of the U.S. Senate...

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  • 2018 Sep 18

    Can We Get Everyone to Vote? What Would Happen If We Did?

    6:00pm

    Location: 

    JFK Jr Forum, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street

    Join us and Harvard's Institute of Politics for an event featuring: 

    • Cornell Brooks, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice, Harvard Kennedy School
    • Kathryn Sikkink, Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
    • Alex Keyssar, Matthew W. Stirling, Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
    • Archon Fung (Moderator), Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-...
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  • 2018 Sep 18

    Polling China: Understanding Public Opinion Across China

    4:15pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    Ash Center foyer, 124 Mt Auburn St, Suite 200 North, Cambridge

    Join us for a conversation with Ash Center Director and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs Tony Saich and Jesse Turiel, a PhD candidate from Boston University, as they discuss their groundbreaking public opinion survey project in China. Starting in 2003, Saich developed a series of surveys to measure satisfaction with various levels of government in China. Through 2016, the survey project ultimately captured opinion data from 32,000 individual respondents, making it the most ambitious public opinion research project conducted on a nationwide scale to date in China. ...

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  • 2018 Sep 14

    Ash Community Speaker Series -- Mobilizing Democracy: Creating Change through Digital Engagement

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mount Auburn St., Floor 2, Suite 200N

    Join Ash Center Technology and Democracy Fellows Deepti Doshi, Community Partnerships Director, Facebook; Zach Graves, Head of Policy, Lincoln Network; Devin Murphy, Digital Strategist, Priorities USA and Founder, DTM Strategies; and Jess Morales Rocketto, Political Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance; for an Ash Center Community Speaker Series event about mobilizing change and using technology to better serve constituents. Teresa Acuña, Associate Director of the...

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  • 2018 Sep 13

    Social Media Innovators: Shaping Voter Engagement

    4:15pm to 5:15pm

    Location: 

    Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mount Auburn St., Floor 2, Suite 200N

    Join Ash Center Technology and Democracy Fellows Victoria McCullough, Social Impact and Public Policy, Tumblr; and Sofia Gross, Political & Non-Profit Partnerships, Public Policy, Snap Inc; for a discussion about the role of social media in voter engagement and civic discourse, including what social media organizations have been doing to make civic engagement easier and more enjoyable. 

    Refreshments will be provided.

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