Askwith Forums: Your Vote Counts: Education, Voting, and the Midterms

Date: 

Monday, October 1, 2018, 5:30pm

Location: 

HGSE, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

Panelists:
Archon Fung, member of the faculty of education, HGSE; Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, HKS
Meira Levinson, professor of education, HGSE
Setti Warren, executive director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, HKS; former mayor, Newton, MA

Moderator: Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, HGSE

The panelists will discuss how education may factor in the upcoming midterm election. Topics will include voting rights, civic participation, and how we might use education to help strengthen democracy in these challenging times.

HGSE is participating in the Harvard Votes Challenge, a university-wide effort that is challenging Harvard schools to do their part to increase voter registration and participation among eligible students.

Location: HGSE, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

Update: You can view the event live stream on Facebook.