Co-sponsored with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School
The last several years have seen the growing and successful use of citizen-initiated ballot initiatives to win major election reforms. Some of the most successful, well-funded, and engaging campaigns have had unlikely initiators: small groups of everyday Americans fed up with waiting for someone else to take on an issue and deciding to do it themselves. Organizers of successful citizen-driven campaigns from different parts of the country, which beat the odds and...
Prior to Covid, access to quality education supports was difficult for under-resourced schools and communities. The pandemic has exacerbated these difficulties and has led to growing inequality and injustice. Nonprofits and the academic community have stepped in to fill the gap with interventions to curb issues like chronic absenteeism, learning needs, and...