Study Group: Practitioners in American Democracy

Date: 

Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Ash Center Conference Room, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 200-North

Join Miles Rapoport, Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center, for a spring semester study group with practitioners in the field of democratic governance. Study group participants will hear from advocates, organizers, elected officials, and policy innovators, and have the opportunity to discuss the latest strategies and leading organizations promoting democratic institutions and norms. Study group sessions are open to all Harvard ID holders. Refreshments will be provided. 

Combatting the Dominance of Money in American Politics

Nick NyhartPam WilmotThis third session of the study group will feature Nick Nyhart, President & CEO, Every Voice Center; and Pam Wilmot, Executive Director, Common Cause Massachusetts. Every Voice and Common Cause have both been at the center of combatting the outsized and pernicious role of big and interested money in American politics.  This will be a discussion of the problem at the national and state levels, but will focus mainly on energetic and often-successful efforts to limit the influence of money and increase the influence of citizens in the process.  Nyhart and Wilmot have led their respective organizations for 20 years.

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