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Minorities and the GOP: Why They Need Each Other led by T.W. Shannon and Guest Speaker Chad Smith, Former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
The Native Experience The reservation system stifled the creativity of Native peoples, and locked many of its victims into a system of generational poverty. How has the reservation culture contributed to the plight of Native American? Study Groups are wee ...
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Criminal Justice Reform, Drug Policy, and Border Security led by Gil Kerlikowske and Guest Speaker Anna Laszlo
Anna Laszlo, criminal justice researcher and trainer, will discuss the science of implicit bias and the training she and her colleagues provide to law enforcement personnel. Study Groups are weekly off-the-record discussions on various topics of politic ...
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Breaking Through: How Political Leaders Communicate with the American People in Today’s Polarized Media Environment led by Sarah Hurwitz and Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean (via Skype)
Opposition research is a vital part of a campaign communications team – but did you know that there’s a research shop in the White House too? What exactly do researchers do? How do they help presidents and presidential candidates reach and persuade the ...
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$20,000,000,000,000 and Counting: How We Fix the U.S. Debt Crisis led by Christopher Shays and Guest Speaker David Walker
Fifth study group will look at the US GOV’T DEFICIT LADEN BUDGET- The inconvenient truth: We are bankrupting our children and denying them a better future. We will examine... how do we get our federal government's financial house in order when entit ...
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Moving EPA Forward in an “Unhealthy” Climate led by Gina McCarthy and Guest Speaker Jane McCabe
Clean Air and Sound Science – Is the Clean Air Act a huge public health success or has EPA overreached and relied on secret science? Improving air quality is EPA's biggest public health success story. Janet McCabe, former Acting Assistant Administr ...
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Mid-Term Report: Updates on the Trump Foreign Policy process and the Russia Investigation led by Jon Finer and Guest Speaker Adam Entous from The Washington Post (via Skype)
Mid-Term Report: Updates on the Trump Foreign Policy process and the Russia Investigation Study Groups are weekly off-the-record discussions on various topics of political, policy, and public interest. All are welcome; no prior knowledge or experience i ...
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Minorities and the GOP: Why They Need Each Other led by T.W. Shannon
Why Raced Based Affirmative Action is Harmful- The premise of Affirmative Action was to level the playing field for minorities. In actuality, these policies have done little to advance minority achievement, and has created a sense of resentment. Why is ra ...
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Criminal Justice Reform, Drug Policy, and Border Security led by Gil Kerlikowske and Guest Speaker Nathaniel Mendell, Chief of the Narcotics Section, Assistant United States Attorney
Nathaniel Mendell, Chief of the Narcotics Section, Assistant United States Attorney, Boston, will discuss drug investigation and prosecution strategies. Study Groups are weekly off-the-record discussions on various topics of political, policy, and publi ...
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A "Frank" Discussion: Immigration and Other Issues led by Cong. Chris Shays with Guest Speaker Cong. Barney Frank
Study Groups are weekly off-the-record discussions on various topics of political, policy, and public interest. All are welcome; no prior knowledge or experience is necessary to attend or participate. Sessions take place at the IOP. Groups begin the we ...
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Moving EPA Forward in an “Unhealthy” Climate led by Gina McCarthy with Guest Speaker Margie Alt, Executive Director of Environment America
Drinking Water – A priceless resource desperate for reinvestment. Margie Alt, Executive Director of Environment America will help lead a discussion on ongoing challenges to safe drinking water: including the Clean Water Rule, legacy pollutants like lead a ...
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