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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Ash Democracy Seminar Series brings distinguished speakers to Harvard Kennedy School to address critical challenges facing democratic governance. Unless
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Upcoming Seminars:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">April 17:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<a href="http://t.ymlp288.net/bwyqadaqjqqadaujhataus/click.php" target="_blank">Recognizing Public Value: Book Talk</a><a name="6bff472bbab527ee0a4e2a6f24c80d5c"> - Mark H. Moore, HKS</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">April 23, 11:30 am-1pm:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</span><a href="http://t.ymlp288.net/bwyyacaqjqqafaujhadaus/click.php" target="_blank"><span class="listitemtitlelnk"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Lunchtime Democracy Seminar</span></span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
- Rob Reich, Standford University - Land Hall</span></p>
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<span class="listitemtitlelnk"><a href="http://t.ymlp288.net/bqssanaqjqqazaujhavaus/click.php" target="_blank">China After the 18th Party Congress: Panel in Memorial of Rick Baum</a> -
<i>Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University</i></span>
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<a href="http://t.ymlp288.net/bqsuagaqjqqaxaujhadaus/click.php" target="_blank">Urbanization in China Panel</a><a name="fe51b0fa7579710904292f1fdf74d58a"></a> - Tony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs & Meg Rithmire, Assistant Professor, Harvard
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">January 28 (Harvard Gazette article):</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<a href="http://t.ymlp288.net/bqseaiaqjqqaoaujhafaus/click.php" target="_blank"><span class="listitemtitlelnk">A Whisper to a Roar: Film Screening & Panel Discussion</span></a> - Esraa Abdel Fattah, Egyptian Democratic Academy; Ben Moses, Director; Will Dobson,
Slate Magazine, and Tarek Masoud, HKS</span></p>
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<a href="http://t.ymlp288.net/bqsmadaqjqqaiaujhagaus/click.php" target="_blank">Waiting for Public Diplomacy 2.0: The Slow Digital Dawn in U.S. Public Diplomacy</a> - Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California</span></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Feb 28 (ASHCAST recording):</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<a href="http://t.ymlp288.net/bqsjazaqjqqavaujhakaus/click.php" target="_blank">The Unheavenly Chorus: Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy</a> - Kay Schlozman, Boston College; Sidney Verba, Harvard University; Henry E. Brady,
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mar 13 (ASHCAST recording):</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<a href="http://t.ymlp288.net/bqsbakaqjqqanaujhafaus/click.php" target="_blank">When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality</a> - Corey Brettschneider, Brown University</span></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">April 3:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<a href="http://t.ymlp288.net/bqshaiaqjqqanaujhapaus/click.php" target="_blank">The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy</a> - David Karpf, George Washington University</span></p>
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<a href="http://t.ymlp288.net/bqswafaqjqqadaujhataus/click.php" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">here»</span></a></span><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"></span></i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></p>
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<h4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Brad Lander<br>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, 2nd Floor, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA</span></b></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Co-sponsored by the Regional, State, Local & Tribal Governance Public Interest Council, HKS</span></i></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #403e3e; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">What would happen if citizens got together to decide collectively how budgets are spent? Participatory budgeting began in Brazil,
where it is used in more than 100 cities, and has just recently spread to the United States. Council Member Brad Lander helped to spearhead the efforts of eight New York City council members to put their capital budgets, totaling around $10 million, up to
this democratic process. He will speak about the vision, benefits, and challenges of this exciting new experiment in urban democracy.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Somerville's Mayor Curtatone has also placed renewed emphasis on the importance of involving citizens in planning. Somerville's ResiStat program engages
residents in forums in each of the city's seven wards, as well as with specific populations, multiple times each year. These forums provide opportunities for citizens to discuss neighborhood development, challenges, and solutions with city officials and with
the Mayor. What impact have these forums had? How does citizen participation transform government? Mayor Curtatone will share his thoughts.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">s.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img align="left" src="cid:img_82476_2" width="150" height="214"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Joseph Curtatone</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">,
as mayor of Somerville, MA, has successfully implemented a wide range of reforms and new programs that have earned the city many distinctions by regional and national organizations, including the designation by
<i>Boston Globe Magazine</i> as “the best-run city in Massachusetts,” by America's Promise Alliance as one of the "100 Best Communities for Youth," and a winner of the 2009 "All America City" competition. Curtatone earned his bachelor's degree from Boston College
in 1990, and a J.D. from New England School of Law in 1994. Prior to his election as mayor, he had served as an attorney in private practice and a volunteer assistant football coach at Somerville High School.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img align="left" src="cid:img_82476_3" width="151" height="214"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Brad Lander</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
is a New York City council member representing Brooklyn’s 39th District, and a leader on issues of affordable housing, livable communities, the environment, and public education. Named one of “Today's Social Justice Heroes” by
<i>The Nation</i> magazine, Lander is co-chair of the Council’s Progressive Caucus and was one of the first council members to bring participatory budgeting to his district, giving residents the power to decide which projects to support with their tax dollars.
Prior to serving in the City Council, Lander directed the Pratt Center for Community Development and the Fifth Avenue Committee, a nationally-recognized community development organization.</span></p>
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is a Democracy Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation where she works as a member of Harvard's Transparency Policy Project (TPP). For over two years, Russon-Gilman has supported the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, funded
through the Open Society Foundation developing strategy with NGOs for the most effective ways to use Internet Communications (ICT) in making government transparent and accountable to its citizens.</span></p>
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