The Ash Center is proud to support the Conference on Poverty and Inequality, a student-run conference at the Harvard Kennedy School that focuses on social issues, public policy, and community activism relating to social and economic inequality in the United States. The conference strives to reduce poverty and inequality in the United States by creating a platform to increase dialogue, highlight effective policies, and cultivate a community of current and future practitioners.
Over the past three years, the Conference on Poverty and Inequality has rapidly grown into a leading...
Join us for an intergenerational conversation about community organizing withMarshall Ganz, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School; Heather Booth, founder of the Midwest Academy and JANE Collective; and Zienab Abdelgany, organizer with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization. Drawing on decades of their collective experience, the group will discuss and share stories about developing strategy, the relationship between mobilizing and organizing, and working in social change for the long haul. Wylie Chang, organizer of the "...
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Join us and Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies for a discussion with Yao Li, China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ash Center, author of Playing by the Informal Rules: Why the Chinese Regime Remains Stable despite Rising Protests. Elizabeth Plantan, China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ash Center, will serve as a respondent. Anthony Saich, Ash Center Director, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, HKS, will moderate.
Just one year from now the U.S. Census will begin its once a decade exercise to count the population of the United States. This count will occur amidst numerous social and political tensions; historically low trust in government and institutions; a fragmented media and news environment; and the rise of social media platforms and technology use broadly. Harvard ID holders are invited to join us and the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy for a conversation among faculty and the HKS community to better understand what’s at stake...
Join us for the inaugural session of the Democracy Reform: Through the Practitioner’s Lens study group with Miles Rapoport. This first session will be a conversation with Rapoport on whether democracy reform's time has come in the United States. This study group is open to the Harvard and broader Boston-area university community and requires no prior registration or application. Lunch will be served.
About the Study Group
Join Miles Rapoport, Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy, for a four-part study group which...
Join Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter for the first session of a three-part spring semester 2019 study group on issues facing America’s cities. Nutter will draw on his time as a two-term mayor of Philadelphia and former member of the Philadelphia City Council to discuss how cities are grappling with issues related to corruption and ethics, criminal justice reform, economic development, and other issues. Email ...
Students and fellows at Harvard and surrounding universities are invited to apply for a spring semester study group with Ash Center Fellow Deepti Doshi, Director of Community Partnerships at Facebook, MC/MPA '12; and Mo Safdari, former Program Manager for Election Integrity at Facebook, MBA/MPP.... Read more about Study Group: Reimagining Civic Discourse on Social Media