This event concluded on April 27, 2020. View the original description and event recording below.
With coronavirus touching every corner of the globe, join us for a discussion with academics from Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States to compare the relationship between democratic governance and COVID-19 in different countries.
Repeats every week every Friday until Fri May 01 2020 except Fri Mar 20 2020.
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
Livestream
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Join Eric Wilson, Ash Center Technology and Democracy Fellow and Chief Digital Officer for America Rising, for a workshop on how to get your ideas noticed online and build a strategy for results. He’ll highlight key trends shaping the way ideas are spread online and adopted in real life. Participants will take part in an exercise to generate digital content designed to get noticed and drive action.
Join Ash Center fellows Miles Rapoport and Tova Wang for a study group series examining various aspects of the burgeoning democracy reform movement sweeping through states across the country. The final session is entitled "Universal Civic Duty Voting, An Idea for the Future: A Conversation with E.J. Dionne."
Despite the hardships we are living through, there are two things about our elections that dealing with COVID-19 has taught us: we have a tremendous need for ownership and participation in decision-making, and that ideas previously off the table...
All sessions will now be held virtually. There will be no additional in-person classroom sessions. Please email the class organizer for additional information on how to access future courses virtually.... Read more about Indonesian Language Class
This event concluded on April 17, 2020. View the original description and event recording below.
The decennial census is a cornerstone of America’s democracy, and the current pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to obtain an accurate count. Everything from hospital and school facilities planning to economic development programs and emergency preparedness relies on census data. Listen to our first discussion on the 2020 U.S. Census here.
Join Ash Center China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow Yinxian Zhang for a discussion entitled "A Turbulent Decade: Public Perceptions of Democracy in China." The past decade is seen by many as a time of polarization, disruption, and backlash to democracy and globalization. Yet China, a country that has a long history of pursuing democracy, is now believed to have moved even further away from it. How does the Chinese public understand the direction that they are moving in? What does the term "democracy" mean to them? And what has been changed in the 2010s? This talk...
Join Ash Center Democracy Fellows Johnnie Lotesta and Gali Racabi for the fourth and final session of their spring semester 2020 study group on the struggles and successes of the U.S. labor movement. As the dust settles from an intense Democratic primary battle between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, and as COVID-19 wreaks havoc on the U.S. economy, we will explore proposals and prospects for the future of labor law and worker protections in the United States. In this session we will unpack what the current health crisis and political moment teach us about what we can - and ought - to...