Commentary
How Maduro’s Dictatorship Plans to Survive
Even with Nicolás Maduro gone, the fight for Venezuela’s future is far from over. Freddy Guevara warns that Maduro’s successors are more interested in regime survival than democratic reform.
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Mobilizing Voters On and Off-Line
2019-20 Technology and Democracy Fellow Laura Miller on connecting with new voters
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Fighting for Social Justice in a Pandemic
The Ash Center hosted a dynamic discussion on how organizing and social movement tactics and methods are changing in the COVID-19 era of physical distancing.
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Book Talk — Governance for Urban Services: Access, Participation, Accountability and Transparency
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation hosted a virtual book talk with Shabbir Cheema, Senior Fellow, Ash Center – and the principal author and editor of “Governance for Urban Services: Access, Participation, Accountability and Transparency” (Springer 2020). The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Faculty Director, Jorrit de Jong, moderated.
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COVID-19’s Impact on Democracies around the World
With coronavirus touching every corner of the globe, the Ash Center hosted 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.
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Running and Winning Down Ballot Races: Workshop with Run for Something
Ross Morales Rocketto and Manuel Espitia from Run for Something spoke at a workshop, hosted by Harvard’s Ash Center and Institute of Politics, on the nuts and bolts of running for down-ballot office.
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Latinas: The New Blue Wave? A Workshop on Research and Voter Empowerment with Stephanie Valencia
The Ash Center hosted a virtual workshop led by Stephanie Valencia, Ash Center Technology and Democracy Fellow and co-founder of EquisLabs; an organization creating a more active, powerful Latinx electorate.
Media Release
Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development releases research on allocation of COVID‐19 response funds
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Reaching People Where They Are: Integrated Digital and Field Organizing with Daniel Marks
The Ash Center hosted a virtual workshop on April 7, 2020, with Daniel Marks, an Ash Center Technology and Democracy Fellow who serves as a Digital Manager at Color Of Change. Learn how digital campaigners can best uplift and assist field organizers in down-ballot races.
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A Full Census Count Amidst Pandemic
Counting every person in the census is critical to the proper functioning of a democracy. The Ash Center hosted a conversation with census experts for an update on the 2020 census.