Events at the IOP

  1. The Briefing Room: The First Family

    Wednesday October 24 - 4:30pm

    Guest: Kate Andersen Brower, author of “The Residence,” “First Ladies” and “First in Line". 

    We will also be joined by Sir Kim Darroch, British Ambassador to the United States, for a special conversation.

  2. Powerful Classrooms: Making Schools the First Line of Revolution

    Tuesday October 23 - 4:30pm

    Guest:  Ashley Allison, Chief of Staff, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and former Deputy Director and Senior Policy Advisor, White House Office of Public Engagement, Obama Administration.

  3. What in the World? Women's Representation around the Globe

    Monday October 22 - 4:30pm

    Guest: Yi Wei Lim, Selangor State Assemblywoman for Kampung Tunku in Malaysia; North Petaling Jaya Parliamentary Division Youth Chief, Democratic Action Party (DAP); former political secretary, the Honorable Tony Pua; former City Council Member in Selangor.

  4. Overcoming the Political Divide: Can Our Government Work Better?

    Monday October 22 - 4:30pm

    Guest: Jason Grumet, President of the Bipartisan Policy Center 

  5. Tales from Politics Down Under and Data Driven Reform with The Rt. Hon Sir Bill English, former Prime Minister of New Zealand

    Monday October 22 - 12:00pm

    Bill English is the former Prime Minister of New Zealand and will serve as a Visiting Fellow starting October 22, 2018. While at the IOP, Mr. English will work with the Harvard community to better understand the importance of social policy reform and encourage national governments to use technology to make government programs more accessible. He will also discuss his time as prime minister and role of party politics in New Zealand.

  6. Politics, Potholes, and Public Service with Antonio Villaraigosa

    Thursday October 18 - 4:30pm

    A study group led by former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa 

  7. Politics, Potholes, and Public Service: A Conversation with Mayor Levar Stoney

    Thursday October 18 - 8:45am

    Levar M. Stoney was sworn in as Richmond's 80th Mayor on Dec. 31, 2016. He is the youngest mayor ever elected to serve the city. Mayor Stoney was raised in Virginia by his grandmother and his father, a custodian

  8. Do Drones Dream of Electric Sheep? Ethics and War in the 21st Century

    Wednesday October 17 - 4:30pm

    Guest: Eric Fanning, the 22nd Secretary of the Army under President Obama

  9. The Briefing Room: Mar-A-Lago, Bedminster and Trump Hotels

    Wednesday October 17 - 4:30pm

    Guests: Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy (via Skype); photographer Al Drago

  10. Storytelling Power: Art and Media in Activism

    Tuesday October 16 - 4:30pm

    Guest: Symone Sanders, CNN Political Commentator & Former National Press Secretary, Bernie Sanders for President and Sophia Bush, Activist and Actress.

  11. What Does it Take to Govern: A view from the Right and Left?

    Monday October 15 - 4:30pm

    Guests: Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and former Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK).

  12. The Buck Stops Here: Women and Fundraising

    Monday October 15 - 4:30pm

    Guest: Katie E. Walsh, Advisor, America First Policies; former Chief of Staff, Republican National Committee, and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation, President Donald Trump Administration.

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