Join the Institute of Politics to watch the coverage of the Iowa Caucus and wait for results from the first contest of the 2020 election.

A discussion on public service and legacy with attorney and President of the Board and Co-Founder, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Vicki Kennedy and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the McCain Institute for International Leadership, Cindy McCain. The conversation will be moderated by former IOP Resident Fellow S’07 Kerry Healey, Ph.D, President of the Center for Advancing the American Dream at the Milken Institute.

The application deadline for the Director's Internship Program is fast approaching! Drop by and ask any last minute questions you have about the program application. For any urgent questions, be sure to read these Frequently Asked Questions or e-mail IOP_ICS@hks.harvard.edu.

Location: IOP (L-166)

A discussion with the Golden State Warriors’ head coach, Steve Kerr, and Professor Tommie Shelby on the intersection of sports and activism.

Note: This event is open to Harvard ID only.

Join the Internships & Career Services (ICS) team to learn more about the IOP Director's Internship program. The session will begin with an overview of application requirements, program eligibility, and program parameters. The ICS team will be available afterwards to answer any questions you have about the program, preparing application materials, and finding internships in politics and public service. We encourage you to drop by for a few minutes or stay for the entire session!

• DATE: Friday, January 29 from 1:00 - 3:00pm ET
• RSVP by 12:00pm ET on the day of the event.
• AUDIENCE: This conversation is open to individuals with a Harvard College email address.
• ZOOM: An e-mail confirmation with Zoom participant information will be sent to your email on the day of the event.

Director's Internship Program

• Application Deadline: Sunday, February 7 at 11:59pm ET
• Program Information
• Frequently Asked Questions

Summer Stipend Program

• Application Deadline: Sunday, April 4 at 11:59pm ET
• Program Information

Enter the lottery for the upcoming January 25 session by Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. EST. Lottery results will be announced on Friday, January 17, 2020.

POSTPONED: The 2019 Gleitsman Activist Award recipient Tarana Burke, founder of ‘me too.’  will join Amb. Wendy Sherman in a conversation on the impact of her global fight for survivor justice and her decades-long campaign to heal individuals and communities affected by sexual violence.

Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd joins Professor Graham Allison and New York Times Beijing Bureau Chief and Shorenstein Fellow Jane Perlez for a conversation on the future of US-China strategic competition and world order.

Come and learn about the IOP Director's Internship Program, which partners with 125+ organizations to offer fully-funded summer internships spanning politics and public service.

Learn more and apply here: http://bit.ly/IOPDI2020

Application Deadline: Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 11:59 PM EST

Eligibility: All undergraduates who are returning to campus in Fall 2020 may apply. Former Director's Interns are not eligible.
 

With the ties that bind us fraying, join the Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center Professor Danielle Allen in conversation with The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg and staff writer Adam Serwer. They will explore the division in American civic life and the prospects for building a more civil, functional, and unified society.

Twelve undergraduate student teams will have the chance to pitch their civic tech ideas at the Civic Tech Challenge.  A distinguished panel of civic tech leaders will judge the entries Teddy Gold, Vice President of Higher Ground Labs, Alfred Johnson, CEO of Mobilize America, Steven Johnston '09, COO of FlexPoint Media, Jordan Wilson, co-founder of Politcking App, moderated by Lynne Sipprelle '23.

Cancelled due to inclement weather, may be rescheduled to the spring.

The final Pizza and Politics of the semester will feature Ruth Buffalo, North Dakota State Representative. Representative Buffalo made history in the 2018 Midterm Elections as the first Native American Democratic woman to be elected to North Dakota’s legislature, defeating a four-term Republican incumbent. Facing an uphill battle in a race that disadvantaged some voters with restrictive voter ID laws, Representative Buffalo galvanized voters with a strong grassroots campaign that focused on the issues that were most pressing to her constitutents.