People, Power, Change: Marshall Ganz in Conversation with Erica Chenoweth
Hybrid Event
Bloomberg Center for Cities, Taubman Third Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm EST
Protest is the bedrock of democracy. But why do people take to the streets, and how do protestors achieve change? At the Ash Center, we’re working to answer these questions.
From the Boston Tea Party and the U.S. civil rights movement to contemporary climate action demonstrations, civil protest is a fundamental tool for influencing political change. While protest movements are an indelible part of contemporary political life, little is often understood about what motivates people to take to the streets and how they achieve nonviolent political goals.
Our scholars analyze protest movements, learn from protestors themselves, and develop tools to help understand why some protests succeed and others fail.
Hybrid Event
Bloomberg Center for Cities, Taubman Third Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm EST
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