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...

You're invited to the spring semester 2020 student resources fair at the Ash Center. Learn about all the Ash Center's opportunities to connect with the world of practice, including our spring study groups, technology workshops, summer fellowship opportunities with our Mayoral Leadership in Education Network and...

Please note this event has been postponed. Please check back for a future date and time for this event. 

Join us for a discussion with Steven Brooke, Assistant Professor, Comparative Politics, University of Wisconsin; and non-resident fellow, Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative. The talk will be moderated by Tarek Masoud, Professor of Public Policy...

Join us for 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. 

As matriarchs, soccer moms, or college-aged kids - Latina women are the glue and the backbones of the Latinx community. Their power lies in the social networks they hold and their ability to catalyze them to move the people around them. Because of this, they have the...