Join Ash Center Democracy Fellow and Academic Director NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress Victoria Alsina for the second session of her three-part study group on improving representation in cities. This second session will focus on innovation labs in the public sector and discuss how to create an innovation lab, models, activities, and best practices. Participants will discuss various examples of innovation labs including GovLab Paraguay. Lunch will be served.

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Join Ash Center Democracy Fellow and Academic Director NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress Victoria Alsina for the first session of her three-part study group on improving representation in cities. This first session will discuss "city-challenges" designed to boost open innovation at the local level. Participants will have a chance to examine the Mexican Multi-City Challenge being developed in partnership with NYU GovLab, USAID-Trust for the Americas, and the Tinker Foundation. Lunch will be served.

Seating preference will be given to students. No pre-...

You're invited to a panel discussion on Taiwan's January 11th presidential and parliamentary elections with Alice Chen MPA/ID 2022 and Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University and a fellow at Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. This discussion will be moderated by Ash Center Director and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs Tony Saich. The panel will unpack the results of last month's elections and discuss their impact on Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region more broadly. 

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Join Ash Center Technology and Democracy Fellow Nick Carter to develop your digital toolkit! The workshop will be titled "Pivoting to a New Electoral Reality: Building Trust Online and Implementation of Vote By Mail," with participants learning how voter engagement leaders are scaling their digital programs and adjusting to an...

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...

The current public health crisis initiated by COVID-19 has thrust the U.S. economy into a moment of instability marked not only by volatile markets but also reduced hours for wage workers, pay cuts for tipped workers and those in the "gig economy", and loss of employment for many. In this session, we will discuss the impact COVID-19 is having on American workers' economic security and livelihood. We will also examine the systems currently in place to support affected workers and explore...

Join Ash Center Democracy Fellows Johnnie Lotesta and Gali Racabi for the second session of their spring semester 2020 study group on the struggles and successes of the U.S. labor movement. Popular and scholarly attention to the American labor movement is often bifurcated between two spheres of action: shop floor negotiations and the ivory halls of federal legislative and legal institutions. This second session explores a third, often under-appreciated sphere of labor action - civil society. The study group will examine the American labor movement as a network of organizations and...

Join Ash Center Democracy Fellows Johnnie Lotesta and Gali Racabi for the first session of their spring semester study group on the struggles and successes of the U.S. labor movement. Labor unions have played an important role in incorporating economically marginalized groups into the American working class, including, in particular cases, immigrant communities, people of color, and multiple classes of precarious workers. This session will explore past and present efforts to organize workers on the economic, social, and legal margins of the American organized labor movement - farm...

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...

Join Ash Center fellows Miles Rapoport and Tova Wang for a five-part study group examining various aspects of the burgeoning democracy reform movement sweeping through states across the country. Session 4 is entitled "Voting Rights Restoration: At the Intersection of Criminal Justice and Democracy" and will feature guests: 

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Join Ash Center fellows Miles Rapoport and Tova Wang for a five-part study group examining various aspects of the burgeoning democracy reform movement sweeping through states across the country. Session 3 is entitled "If You Only Knew: The Power of State and Local Election Officials." Guest speakers include Denise Merrill, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and Tammy Patrick, Senior Advisor at the Democracy Fund. Lunch will be served. Seating preference will be given to students. No preregistration or RSVP is necessary. 

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Join Ash Center fellows Miles Rapoport and Tova Wang for a five-part study group examining various aspects of the burgeoning democracy reform movement sweeping through states across the country. Session 2 is entitled "Voter Suppression in 2020: What to Expect, Who is Fighting Back?" Guests include Beth Stevens from the Texas Civil Rights Project who will focus on suppression of the student vote and Jamal R. Watkins, Vice President of Civic Engagement at the NAACP.

Lunch will be served. Seating preference will be given to students. No preregistration or...

Join Ash Center fellows Miles Rapoport and Tova Wang for a five-part study group examining various aspects of the burgeoning democracy reform movement sweeping through states across the country. Session 1 is entitled "Youth Activism, Youth Voting: Is This its Year?" Special guests include Dawn Boudwin...