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JFK Jr. Forum | Young and Running for Office

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Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School—Online

A conversation with a group of young people who are leading the charge to give a voice to their generation and tackle the numerous issues facing America and their respective communities.

Join us to hear from:

Joe Mitchell, Founder and President of Run Gen Z, and former State Representative (R-IA)
David Hogg, Founder of Leaders We Deserve
Anna Thomas, Candidate for State Representative (D-PA)
Valerie McDonnell, State Representative (R-NH)
Rachel Janfaza (moderator), Journalist and Founder of The...

Global Challenges and a Divided Congress

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Livestream and Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Join us for a conversation with recent members of Congress Joe Crowley (D-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Bob Dold (R-IL), and Jeff Denham (R-CA). We'll hear differing perspectives from two Democrats and two Republicans on some of the major issues facing our nation and world today, including former President Trump's current influence on the House of Representatives; aid to Israel and Ukraine; the death of Alexei Navalny; and a look ahead to the 2024 presidential election.

Livestream available for all on YouTube...

Race, Police, and the Media in America

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Livestream and Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Join us for an examination of the infamous Charles Stuart murder case that rocked Boston and the nation in the early 1990s, and the repercussions that are still felt across numerous facets of society today. We will be joined by Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project; Adrian Walker, Associate Editor of the Boston Globe, and Boston Globe investigative reporter Elizabeth Koh and Assistant Managing Editor for Special Projects Brendan McCarthy, who will discuss...

The Science of Happiness

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Livestream – Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School

Join us for a conversation with Arthur Brooks, author of "Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier," co-authored with Oprah Winfrey.

Professor Brooks will discuss the dangers of social comparison, how negative emotions operate in our polarized environment, and strategies to emotionally self-manage amid personal, professional, and political stress.

This discussion will be moderated by Tarek Masoud, the Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Livestream...

The State of Black America

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Livestream – Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School

Join us for an important and wide-ranging conversation with leading scholars on multiple issues facing Black communities across the country.

We will be joined by Cornell Brooks, former President and CEO of the NAACP and Director of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice; Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project; and Sandra Susan Smith, Faculty Director of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management and...

__positions

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall Loeb Library Lobby, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

"__positions" is a series of conversations convened by the Department of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design aimed at revealing the positions taken by players on the field of contemporary architecture. The series unfolds the complexity of relations and metaphors to make them explicit, inviting faculty and guests to voice where they stand.

November __positions event speakers: Germane Barnes,...

Gutman Library Book Talk: Education Lead(her)ship

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Harvard Graduate School of Education, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge

An incisive account on the underrepresentation of women, especially women of color, in positions of leadership in K–12 schools and how to correct this bias.

Education Lead(her)ship exposes the systemic obstacles that impede the professional advancement of women in K–12 education and offers readers the tools to recognize and combat these inequities. In this rousing work, educational leadership scholars Jennie Weiner and Monica Higgins investigate patterns of gender bias in the profession, prompted by the observation that, although the great majority of classroom educators are...

Responsibility and Repair: Legacies of Indigenous Enslavement, Indenture, and Colonization at Harvard and Beyond

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Online or at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

This conference, “Responsibility and Repair”—led by Harvard University’s Native American Program in collaboration with Harvard Radcliffe Institute—will bring together Native and university leaders to advance a national dialogue, expand research, and establish and deepen partnerships with Indigenous communities. Using the landmark Report of the Presidential Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery (2022) as a starting point, the conference and its participants—activists, scholars, Native leaders, tribal historians, and others—will explore the responsibility of...

Responsibility and Repair: Legacies of Indigenous Enslavement, Indenture, and Colonization at Harvard and Beyond Evening Event

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Online or at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

Gutman Library Book Talk | The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections

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Harvard Graduate School of Education, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge

Young people coming out of high school today can expect to hold many jobs over the course of their lives, which is why they need a range of essential skills. The Career Arts provides a corrective to the widespread and misleading notion that there is a direct trade-off between going to college and acquiring practical job skills.

Drawing on evidence-based research, illuminating case studies, and in-depth interviews, Ben Wildavsky shares the most vital lessons of what he calls the career arts, which include cultivating a mix of broad and targeted skills, taking advantage of...

Gutman Library Book Talk: Everyone Wins!

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Online or at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Gutman Conference Center, Event Room 3, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge

Engaging families in education benefits everyone. Student achievement goes up, families get stronger, and teachers and administrators can do their job more effectively. Everyone wins! In this highly readable roundup of the latest research, a Harvard-based team makes a compelling case for investing in evidence-based family-engagement practices-and suggests powerful ways to put those practices into action at your school or district.

Learn more and RSVP for...

Call, Respond, and Serve: The Role of Spirituality in Public Theology and Politics

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Online or at Harvard Divinity School, James Room (Swartz Hall), 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge

Major religious traditions call on their adherents to respond to the causes of suffering, those who suffer, and the prevention of suffering. The ways we respond and serve can take many forms including activism and holding political office. How does spiritual practice support the difficult work of speaking truth to power as well as being in positions of power without losing focus on the relief of suffering?

In this book talk and conversation, Lori E. Lightfoot, Esq., 56th Mayor of Chicago, and Pamela Ayo Yetunde, J.D., Th.D., author of Casting Indra's Net: Fostering Spiritual...

Future of Cities: Extreme Heat

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Harvard Graduate School of Education, Askwith Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

2023 is on track to be the hottest year on record. What do we do next?

Rising air temperatures are now a fact of life in the world's cities, with major implications for public health and urban design. Join a panel of global experts, innovators, and practitioners to learn more about the impacts of extreme heat on our bodies, our buildings, and our cities–and what individuals and institutions can do to prepare.

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Water Stories: Panel Discussions

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Online or at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

Artists whose works are represented in the Water Stories: River Goddesses, Ancestral Rites, and Climate Crisis exhibition will engage with scholars of religion, anthropology, and transnational studies to discuss aesthetic and spiritual experiences of water in the age of climate crisis. Participants will discuss traditional paintings depicting mythological stories along with contemporary works evoking different aesthetic and spiritual experiences of water in the age of climate crisis.

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Art, Data, and Surveillance: A Colloquium

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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

In this conversation, Simone Browne and Mimi Ọnụọha will examine how artists have critically grappled with the hidden infrastructures of surveillance today, and explore the consequences of what is made visible through data.

A reception will follow in the related Surveillance exhibition at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard Science Center, 1 Oxford Street, second floor, Cambridge, MA, from 7:30pm–8:15pm.

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Seeing in Art and Medicine: A Conversation

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

Join us for a lively conversation about the exhibition Seeing in Art and Medicine and the museums’ medical humanities program that inspired it. Presenters include the program’s founders, Hyewon Hyun and David Odo, and exhibition curator Jen Thum. The talk will also include interactive segments based on the work of the program.

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Gutman Library Book Talk – Introduction to Design Education: Theory, Research, and Practical Applications for Educators

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Harvard Graduate School of Education, Gutman Conference Center, Event Room 3, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge

This practical, engaging book offers design educators a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to design education and pedagogy in higher education. Featuring instructional strategies and case studies from diverse design disciplines, including fashion design, architecture, and industrial design, from both the US and abroad, award-winning author Steven Faerm contextualizes design pedagogy with student development—a critical component to fostering successful teaching, optimal learning, and student success in this ever-evolving industry.

Author Steven Faerm, Ed.M.’15, is...

Black in Design 2023: The Black Home

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Gund Hall, 42-48 Quincy St., Cambridge

Yaad, ile, lakay, all languages have a word for home, shelter, a claim to a place, to a delineated territory of heritage. However, the experience of Black people across the world has created a unique yet divergent practice of creating and claiming home.

This year's Black in Design conference explores the Black home's multidimensionality — as a literal structure that shelters, as a reflection of culture and traditions, and as spaces that are not entirely physical. The conference brings together keynote panels, workshops, and conversations that discuss and expand these...

Book Talk: "When Democracy Breaks"

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Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School

The Ash Center invites you to a book talk with contributors to the forthcoming When Democracy Breaks (Oxford, 2023), a new edited volume intended to deepen our understanding of what separates democratic resilience from democratic fragility -- by focusing on the latter.

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College Admissions and Generational Privilege | Askwith Education Forum

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Harvard Graduate School of Education, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

Are private colleges amplifying the persistence of privilege across generations — and what changes in admissions policies might achieve greater socioeconomic representation on campus and across society? Join us for a conversation with Harvard economist Raj Chetty, hosted by Thomas Kane and featuring remarks by Lawrence Bobo and Susan Dynarski.

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