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From Patients to Voters: Civic Engagement in Health Care
Aug 5, 2020
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12:00PM EDT
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Health care is the single most important issue for most Americans, yet 51 million people forego a considerable amount of influence in shaping our nation’s health policy by not registering to vote. COVID-19 has made these issues painfully salient, with...

HKS Harvard Votes Challenge New Volunteer Orientation
August 5, 2020
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10:30AM - 11:30AM EDT
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With an election coming up this fall, Harvard Votes Challenge (HVC) is undertaking an ambitious campaign to get every member of the Kennedy School community registered and ready to vote. We invite all interested HKS students, staff, and faculty to a...

Get Out the Vote: Civic Empowerment Gap with Meira Levinson and Sean A. Floyd
July 30, 2020
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5:00PM - 5:40PM EDT
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Join Professor of Education Meira Levinson and CEO Sean A. Floyd for a conversation on the the civic engagement gap in part two of GSE's "Get Out the Vote: Voter Mobilization and Civic Education" series. What is the civic empowerment gap, why does it...

Lift every voice: The urgency of universal civic duty voting
July 20, 2020
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1:00PM - 2:00PM EDT
In Person
Register for this event on the Ash Center webpage. Imagine an American democracy where the election system was designed to allow citizens to perform their most basic civic duty with ease and without obstruction. Imagine every citizen treating voting as a...

Protest, Mobilization, and the 2020 Election: The Role of Philanthropy
July 8, 2020
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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Virtual Event
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We are in an unprecedented moment of protest and mobilization against the biting impact of racism and inequality. This reckoning is coming just a few months before an election of enormous consequence, with challenges to participation as a result of COVID...

The Zoom Where It Happens: A HamilFilm Discussion Party
July 7, 2020
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4:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
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Online
Virtual
Have you seen Hamilton: The Musical? Love the soundtrack? Enjoy a book about the man or musical? Follow the show’s social media accounts? Appreciate American history? We are Not Throwing Away our Shot...to bring fans and history buffs for this lively...

Harvard Votes Challenge Training
June 29, 2020
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5:30PM - 6:30PM EDT
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Virtual event, registration required
In Person
Harvard faculty, students, and staff are invited to join the Harvard Votes Challenge team to learn about how to help register voters and get out the vote on campus! Register online here

Harvard Votes Challenge Training

June 29, 2020
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11:00AM - 12:00PM EDT
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Virtual event, registration required
In Person
Harvard faculty, students, and staff are invited to join the Harvard Votes Challenge team to learn about how to help register voters and get out the vote on campus! REGISTER ONLINE HERE

A New Deal During COVID-19: A Million-Person Health Corps?
June 10, 2020
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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The COVID-19 pandemic has destroyed our health and economy. Several leading thinkers have proposed a massive public jobs program, reminiscent of the New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration, that would hire hundreds of...

A Discussion on Black Lives, Protest, and Democracy
June 9, 2020
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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Protests continue to sweep across the United States following the violent killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and countless others at the hands of police. Join the Ash Center for a conversation with leading scholars and...

Democracy, Pandemic, and How We Move Forward
Jun 4, 2020
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7:00PM EDT
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Virtual event
In Person
Join the Ash Center for a International Festival of Arts and Ideas event. Former Connecticut Secretary of State Miles Rapoport will moderate a conversation with political commentator and author Heather McGhee, political activist and CEO of Voto Latino...