A Conversation with

Penny Pritzker
Founder and Chairman of PSP Capital
United States Secretary of Commerce (2013 – 2017)
Nicholas Burns
Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, HKS
Faculty Director, Future of Diplomacy Project; Faculty Chair, Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School

Join IOP 2017 Residential Fellow Yohannes Abraham as he reflects on his experiences as former Senior Adviser to the National Economic Council and Chief of Staff for the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs on Wednesday, October 25 at 4:15 in L166 of the IOP.

Join Dan Balz for the sixth installment in his study group: Has Donald Trump Really Changed Everything? on Wednesday, October 25 at 4:15pm in FDR (Littauer- 163). 

Thousands of indigenous people from North America and around the world converged on rural North Dakota in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in 2016 over concerns about construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and its long-term impact on the tribe’s water quality, sacred sites, and tribal rights.  Join IOP Fall 2017 Residential Fellow Secretary Sally Jewel with Dave Archambault  (former Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, North Dakota) on Tuesday, 10/24 at 4:15 in L166 as they discuss the responsibilities of government and business in consulting with tribes, honoring treaties, and following environmental laws. 

IOP Fall 2017 Residential Fellow Jason Chaffetz

Special Guest: Greta Van Susteren (formerly with MSNBC, Fox News, CNN)

Time & Location: 4:15PM, L-166

Join IOP Visiting Fellows Mary Katharine Ham and Guy Benson as they talk about how to best prepare for a TV hit, including talking points, dress and appearance, and other logistics. 

Lunch will be served. 

Date: Tuesday, October 24, 12 PM - 1 PM

Location: L166

E.J. Dionne Jr.
Opinion Writer, The Washington Post
William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor, Harvard Divinity School and Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Sally Quinn
American Author and Journalist
Author, Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir
Jonathan L. Walton
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, Harvard University
Professor of Religion and Society, Harvard Divinity School
Nicco Mele (Moderator)
Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, HKS

Panelists E.J. Dionne, Jr., an opinion writer for The Washington Post and William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor of the Harvard Divinity School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, journalist Sally Quinn, author of Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir and Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Professor of Religion and Society at the Harvard Divinity School, joined moderator Nicco Mele, a Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, for a panel discussion to reflect on the role of the Prosperity Gospel in President Donald J. Trump's political rise and administration. The panelists discussed the theological underpinnings of the Prosperity Gospel, as well as its historical place in American religion and politics.

Fall Residential Fellow Jason Chaffetz

Special Guest:  Greta Van Susteren (Formerly with MSNBC, Fox News, CNN) 

Time & Location: Tuesday, October 24 at 4:15PM

This Study Group has been cancelled and postponed until further notice. 

Join us for a lunchtime political discussion with the only Democratic governor in the South.

 Governor John Bel Edwards

 Boxed lunches will be served. 

Career Chat with Congressman Seth Moulton ’01, MPA/MBA ‘11

Interested in working in government or running for office? Thinking about military service?

Join us for an informal career chat with Congressman Seth Moulton ‘01, MPA/MBA ’11, and hear about his journey from Harvard to running for Congress. After Harvard, Seth joined the Marine Corps where he served four tours in Iraq and earned the rank of Captain. He then went on to pursue and MPA/MBA at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School and worked in the private sector before running for Congress in 2014 where he now represents the Sixth District of Massachusetts. He serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the Budget Committee. Pizza will be served!  This event is co-sponsored with the Office of Career Servies (OCS). Please register through Crimson Careers.

Monday, September 23, 11:30AM - 12:15 PM

Office of Career Services, 54 Dunster St.

A Conversation with
LCDR Brynn Tannehill
Veteran, USN
CPT Jennifer Peace
US Army
Cpt Moshe Avi
USMC Reserves
SGT Laila Ireland
US Army (ret)
Archon Fung (Moderator)
Academic Dean and Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship, Harvard Kennedy School

Panelists LCDR Brynn Tannehill, Veteran, USN, CPT Jennifer Peace, US Army, Cpt Moshe Avi, USMC Reserves, and SGT Laila Ireland, US Army (ret), shared with the forum personal experiences and perspectives on serving while transgender in the military. The panelists shared their own journey to joining the military while also providing their thoughts about the political uncertainty of the future of transgender members of the military. Professor and Academic Dean at Harvard Kennedy School, Archon Fung, moderated the forum.