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Rocking the vote from the ER to the Peach State
Two Kennedy School student research projects chart path forward on voter engagement.
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How Cities Are Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy
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100 Days of Biden Administration: What’s Next for Immigration, Health Policy, and Economic Justice
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Social Movements in the Post-Trump Era: Organizing for Policy Change
In this discussion, Ash Center Democracy Postdoctoral Fellow Johnnie Lotesta talked with leaders from the environmental justice, gun violence prevention, labor, and immigration movements about how they balanced these commitments in the course of their work.
Quinton Mayne on How Ahora Madrid Realized an Agenda of Democratic Disruption
The Ash Center sat down with Quinton Mayne, Ford Foundation Associate Professor of Public Policy, to discuss how a progressive electoral alliance reimagined the relationship between citizens and city hall
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Megan Minoka Hill on the “Marshall Plan” for Revitalizing Indian Country
Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development’s Megan Minoka Hill explains how the American Rescue Plan could bring long-needed aid to Indian Country.
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Book Talk — Prisms of the People: Power & Organizing in Twenty-First Century America
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation hosted a book talk on Prisms of the People: Power & Organizing in Twenty-First-Century America with co-authors Elizabeth McKenna and Michelle Oyakawa.
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No Formula, Only Persistence and Purpose
Raisa Carrasco-Velez helps marginalized students and communities find their voice.
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Crowd Counting Consortium: Protest Themes in Biden’s First 100 Days
So far, the Crowd Counting Consortium has logged just over 5,300 events since Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021.