Special Session: The Right Electoral Potion
In 2017, Democrats saw some success electorally - flipping 34 state legislative seats from red to blue, doubling the number of African American lieutenant governor’s in the country, securing a reliably republican Senate seat in Alabama. However, there is real debate within the Democratic Party on what is the best way forward. Do we go all in to win Obama-Trump voters back to the left? What is the right mix of persuasion and mobilization? Is “A Better Deal” really the message that resonates from Appalachia to California? How do we go about turning out voters of color without scarring of moderate voters we need?

Policies to Address the Opioid Crisis: A Conversation with Chris Christie & Ed Gillespie 

Ed Gillespie
Spring 2018 Resident Fellow, Institute of Politics
GOP Nominee for Virginia Governor & Senate
Chairman of the Republican National Committee (2003-2005)

Chris Christie
Governor of New Jersey (2010-2018)

Tuesday, April 17, 2018
4:15 PM

***This Study Group is lotteried***

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Student Roundtable: US/China/Korea Relations with Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winners

Moderated by Chris Kuang, Chair of the Harvard Political Union

A Conversation with
Representative Cedric Richmond (D-LA-02)
Congressman, Louisiana
Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus
Symone Sanders (Moderator)
2018 Spring Fellow, Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School
Strategist, Priorities USA
National Press Secretary, Bernie Sanders 2016

A Conversation with
Terry McAuliffe
Governor, Virginia (2014-2018)
Chairman, Democratic National Committee (2001-2005)
Lisa Lerer (Moderator)
Fellow, The Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University
National Political Writer, The Associated Press

Welcome Remarks by
Mark Gearan
Director, Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School

Platforms, Networks, and New Power Technology’s Impact on Politics, Policy, and Elections

The internet has opened, accelerated, and shifted how Americans engage with everything. Anthea Watson Strong has been at the forefront of civic engagement for over a decade. She has built technology on the Obama Campaign, managed the Google Civic Innovation team that provided polling place and ballot data to millions, and now serves as the Product Manager for news at Facebook. Come join a discussion about designing and building the technology that supports our shared civic infrastructure.

Guest: Anthea Watson Strong, Product Manager for News, Facebook
 

A Mayor for Change: Tackling National Issues at the Local Level

A Conversation with Minneapolis Chief of Police Medaria Arradondo 

Building trust between police and communities of color and others is top-of-mind for many Americans. In recent years Minneapolis has seen two tragic, high-profile officer-involved shootings that killed Jamar Clark and Justine Damond. Mayor Hodges and Chief Arradondo were at the center of the city's response to those events and implemented some of the most forward-thinking policies, procedures, and ordinance-changes in the country. Minneapolis Chief of Police Medaria "Rondo" Arradondo is a leader in the nation in pursuing effective strategies to build trust and will be here to talk about policing in the 21st century.

 Guest: Medaria Arradondo, Minneapolis Chief of Police

A Conversation with
Jamie Dimon
Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase
Mike Duggan
Mayor of Detroit (2014-Present)
Peter Scher
Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, JPMorgan Chase
Karen Mills (Moderator)
Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School
Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration (2009-2013)

The 2018 Albert H. Gordon Lecture
A Conversation with
Raghuram Rajan
Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Governor, Reserve Bank of India (2013-2016)
Chief Economist and Director of Research, International Monetary Fund (2003-2006)
Douglas Elmendorf (Moderator)
Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Are We Still in This Together? The Death of Parties, the Rise of Tribalism in American Politics and What It Portends for Our Future

George Washington warned us: “…[political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion." Scott Jennings will host former RNC Chief of Staff Mike Shields and former DNC Chief Executive Officer Amy Dacey to explore the weaknesses in the two-party system today. 

Guests: Amy Dacey, Chief Executive Officer, Former Democratic National Committee and Mike Shields, Former Chief of Staff, Republican National Committee.

A panel discussion featuring
Koa Beck
Editor-In-Chief, Jezebel
Dahlia Lithwick
Senior Editor, Slate
Zerlina Maxwell
Senior Director of Progressive Programming, SiriusXM
Gabriel Sherman
Special Correspondent, Vanity Fair
Genevieve Roth (Moderator)
Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, HKS

Beyond The Campaign Tactics: The Intersection of Politics and Policy 

In this session, we will be joined by Heritage Foundation President, Kay Coles James, for a discussion on policy issues likely to rise as priorities in the future. With the upcoming 2018 midterms, what should we expect and how should we view the election season? What would IOP students like to see as priorities?

Guest speaker: Kay Coles James, President, The Heritage Foundation; Former Director of the Office of Personnel Management for President George W. Bush, and Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources for Governor George Allen.