Join us for an interactive discussion to celebrate and honor 40 years of Adaptive Leadership classes at HKS. Out panelists will share how they use the frameworks both in their personal and professional lives, discuss wins, challenges, and trends. The discussion will also include opportunities for you to share your experiences.

Speakers

Mr. Faton Limani is passionate about applying Adaptive Leadership and other soft-skills frameworks across sectors to help individuals, teams, and organizations address challenges and solve difficult problems.

Mr. Limani has taught and facilitated leadership courses at Harvard as a Head Teaching Assistant across the USA, Europe, and Asia and coached hundreds of students, corporate executives, and young professionals in the leadership development field. Besides Adaptive Leadership, his work includes several other frameworks, such as Public Speaking, Negotiations, Immunity to Change, Teaming, Design Thinking, Project Management, Strategic Management, and Business Communications.

Prior to Harvard, Mr. Limani worked for a civil contractor company in support of the US Department of Defense on different projects and taught strategic management as an Assistant at the university level in Kosovo, where he was also engaged in local politics, nonprofit and private sector organizations in various leadership roles. He holds Master's degrees in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and in Economics/Management from the University of Prishtina.

Mr. Limani is a Senior Lecturer with the University of Business and Technology College (UBT) in Kosovo, Leadership Instructor for St. Jude’s Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Guest Lecturer with the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF), Department Administrator and Teaching Assistant for the Albanian Language Course at Harvard University, and a Founder/CEO of the Leadership Advancement Associates, and Founder/President of the Albanian School - Illyria. 

Mr. Manoj Kumar is an accomplished international development and humanitarian professional with 22 years of progressive senior leadership experience with reputed international NGOs in 11 countries across Africa and Asia. He has extensive experience of leading and managing large and highly complex country and regional programs. He has served as Country Director for leading organizations (including Plan International, CARE International, Concern Worldwide, VSO International and BRAC International) in Afghanistan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Sierra Leone. He has also served as Regional Director of VSO International for the Southern Africa Region. He has worked with Save the Children and ActionAid International in India during the tsunami response and Gujarat earthquake response, respectively.

As Regional Director at Nutrition International, Asia, Manoj oversees the development and delivery of the organization’s programs and projects in Asia. He is responsible for ensuring coordination, relevance, and timeliness of the organization’s activities as well as sustaining and forging partnerships with key allies who share a commitment to improving the nutrition status of people around the world. He holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA and a Masters in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.

This event is hosted by HKSNEAA.

SPEAKER: Jennifer Molinsky, Director of the Housing an Aging Society, Harvard University

Jennifer Molinsky, Director of the Housing an Aging Society Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University and a Lecturer at the Graduate School of Design, leads research exploring the housing challenges facing an aging population, including affordability, accessibility and safety in the home, community livability, and connections between housing, services, and health.  Lead author on the Center’s report series, Housing America’s Older Adults, Dr. Molinsky writes and speaks frequently about the role of housing in wellbeing in older age. Jennifer was also a co-editor of the 2018 book A Shared Future: Fostering Communities of Inclusion in an Era of Inequality and the 2014 book Homeownership Built to Last: Balancing Access, Affordability, and Risk After the Housing Crisis.

Jennifer is a member of the Advisory Board of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and the Board of Directors of Hearth, Inc., which focuses on homelessness among older adults in the Boston area. She also serves on the steering committee for The Chan School of Public Health Initiative on Health and Homelessness at Harvard and co-directs the Healthy Places Design Lab at the Graduate School of Design. Prior to joining the Center, she was Chief Planner for Long Range Planning in Newton, MA, and held positions with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Municipal Art Society of New York, Abt Associates, and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ government housing finance practice.  She holds a PhD in Urban Planning from MIT, a Masters of Public Affairs-Urban and Regional Planning from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, and a BA from Yale.

Please join us for the next virtual Leadership Breakfast meeting, one in a series offered by the HKS New England Alumni Association:

SPEAKERS:     

Maureen Mahoney, Founder of the Mahoney Family Fund; Rep. Tram Nguyen of the 18th Essex District, MC/MPA ‘24; Stacie LeBlanc, The Up Institute); Jen Myers, Lowell Public Schools; and Cecilia Gutierrez Yapur, Coalition for a Better Acre.

Can you think of any beliefs, mindsets and practices that were once socially acceptable? What does it take to change the way we think and act?  What are the leadership challenges and strategies in shifting a social paradigm?

 Join us for perspectives and experiences trying to reduce domestic violence by rethinking child discipline.

Joins us for a leadership survival skills workshop with Elizabeth Pyjov, JD MTS

Elizabeth Pyjov, JD MTS holds 3 Harvard degrees, speaks 5 languages, has lived in 7 countries, and has taught 10,000 people resilience, happiness, and meditation in the last 10 years. She creates culture shift and well-being programs for Fortune 500 companies. She helps organizations like Novartis, Deutsche Bank, Warby Parker, Perkins Coie, and Baker McKenzie create better company culture and happier, healthier, more passionate leaders.
Her methodology includes meditation, brain science, and advanced practices from psychology. Elizabeth uses her unique and diverse background as a platform to create transformation in organizations and in people’s lives.

Workshop: One of the biggest roadblocks for professionals is how hard they are on themselves.

Research suggests that a strong inner critic leads to procrastination, anxiety, and burnout, while self-compassion is the key to resilience and productivity.
This interactive workshop takes a scientific, evolutionary perspective on the inner critic to uncover how the inner critic was created, what purpose it serves, and how we can transform harsh judgments into wise discernments.

Learning Objectives
❉ Understand what happens in the body and brain when you criticize yourself or others.
❉ Learn how to motivate yourself to achieve your highest goals without resorting to an inner critic.
❉ Discover why self-compassion helps protect from burn-out and bolsters resilience.
❉ Try out practices that you can take with you and use in the moment to transition from criticism to helpful observations or discernments.
❉ Master self-leadership techniques

Join us for this free workshop offered to HKS audience for the first time.

Sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association & the Harvard Kennedy School Washington, DC Alumni Council

After an historic 2024 election, come hear what’s next as seasoned political reporters and analysts examine what lies ahead for 2025 as the second Trump Administration takes office and Congress reconvenes.  Our panel will share their insights on how the White House and Congress will shape policy on the economy, immigration, healthcare and energy

Event format

6:05 PM                          Welcome and Program Overview,

·        Rob Werner, HKS New England Alumni Association

6:10 PM                          Speaker Introductions

·        Natalie Brand, HKS MPA – CBS News (Washington, DC)

Program Moderator

Speaker Opening Remarks (5 minutes for each speaker)

·        Anna Palmer, Founder and CEO, Punchbowl News

·        Jonathan Martin, Politics Bureau Chief & Senior Political Columnist, POLITICO

·        Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Senor Opinion Writer, The Boston Globe

6:30 PM                          Moderated Discussion with Panel

·        Natalie Brand, HKS MPA – CBS News (Washington, DC)

7:00 PM                          Audience Q & A

7:25 PM                          Panelist Final Thoughts

7:30 PM                          Program Concludes

BIOS:

Anna Palmer

Anna Palmer is the founder and CEO of Punchbowl News. Anna has covered congressional leadership, the lobbying industry, presidential campaigns and the politics of governing for more than 15 years.

Prior to becoming POLITICO’s senior Washington correspondent, Anna was the co-author of the daily Anna previously covered House leadership and lobbying as a staff writer for Roll Call.

Jonathan Martin

Jonathan Martin is the politics bureau chief and senior political columnist at POLITICO, where he writes a reported column on the inside conversation and big-picture trends shaping politics.

Prior to starting his column in 2022, Martin was the national political correspondent for The New York Times, serving as the publication’s top political reporter for nearly a decade. He is the co-author of The New York Times bestseller “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future,” which gave readers in-the-room access to the extraordinary events of the 2020 election and its aftermath.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Kimberly Atkins Stohr is a senior opinion writer and columnist with more than 20 years of experience covering politics, policy and law.

She has appeared as a political and legal commentator on a host of national and international television and radio networks, including CNN, Fox News, NBC News, PBS, NPR, Sky News (UK), and CBC News

Over the past thirty years, Michael Botticelli has held a variety of leadership positions at the local, state and national levels.  He was most recently the inaugural director of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center and a Distinguished Policy Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to these positions, he was the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for the Obama Administration and the long serving Director of the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services.  He is also a person in long term recovery celebrating over 35 years in recovery.

He has also served in a variety of leadership roles for the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors. He was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. He has also co-authored many peer-reviewed articles that have significantly contributed to the field.  While mostly enjoying a leisurely life in retirement, Michael is currently consulting to the United States State Department leading efforts to establish a Global Recovery Network.  Michael’s work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe and on 60 Minutes.  Born in Upstate New York, Mr. Botticelli holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Siena College and a Master of Education degree from St. Lawrence University.

Date: Tuesday, October 29th

TIME: 8-9 AM ET

SPEAKER: Michael Botticelli

RSVP here

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Angela Yuriko Smith, and Somi Kim (AB '84) 

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

Sponsored by:

The Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association

Harvard Law School Association of Massachusetts

Harvard Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

In the upcoming presidential elections, a high-stakes battle is unfolding with razor-thin margins between candidates set to reshape the political landscape. An expert panel Oct. 21 will dissect potential seismic shifts ahead and the evolution of American politics.

Join us on October 21 at 6 p.m. for a lively and informative hybrid networking and discussion. This special program is sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association, the Harvard Law School Association of Massachusetts and Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. 

Agenda

6-6:45pm Reception

6:45-8pm Panel discussion with Q&A (online session starts at 6:45pm)

Speakers

Brian Stelter – CNN - Program Moderator

Brian Stelter is the chief media analyst for CNN Worldwide, book author and recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism. He also is former fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media.

Lisa Desjardins – PBS NewsHour

Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS News Hour, where she covers news from the U.S. Capitol. She is also a former AP and CNN reporter, and reports now on how decisions in Washington affect people where they live and work.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr – The Boston Globe

Kimberly Atkins Stohr is a senior opinion writer and columnist with more than 20 years of experience covering politics, policy and law. She is an on-air political analyst for MSNBC, a frequent panelist on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and co-host of the popular Politicon legal news podcast #SistersInLaw.

David Paleologos – Suffolk University

David Paleologos is the Director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center (SEPRC), where he has worked since 2002 conducting polling at the local, state, and national level. Hundreds of major news organizations have reported on SUPRC results for their high degree of accuracy.

James Pindell – The Boston Globe

James Pindell is a Globe political reporter who reports and analyzes American politics, especially in New England. He re-joined the Globe in 2015 after a previous stint for the Globe’s Washington Bureau 2006-2008. He has previously worked for the Des Moines Register, Indianapolis Star, and WMUR-TV in New Hampshire.

Join us for a free one-hour workshop on strategies around time management and email organization! This is our eighth session, since our first few were quite popular -- 3,000 people registered! 

In these busy times, better organizing our team and emails help us be more effective, productive, and content. Theodora Skeadas, CEO of Tech Policy Consulting, is excited to share her strategies with you! This conversation is scheduled for Thursday, October 17 at 5-6 PM ET! A Zoom link will be sent to all those who RSVP here.

Speaker:

Theodora (Theo) Skeadas is the Community Policy Manager at DoorDash, where she builds company-wide trust and safety policies. She is the Chief of Staff at Humane Intelligence, a nonprofit focused on algorithmic assessments. She is also the CEO of Tech Policy Consulting, where she works on AI governance and online safety issues. Previously at Twitter, she managed the Trust and Safety Council, a research hub, and a trusted flaggers program for human rights defenders, and she supported global civic integrity, transparency, and crisis response efforts. Before, she worked in national security at Booz Allen Hamilton, examining public sentiment, social movements, and disinformation using social media for the U.S. Federal Government. Previously, she worked with nonprofits in Morocco, Turkey, Greece, and Costa Rica. She has an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BA from Harvard College. She has language experience in French, Modern Greek, Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Turkish, Moroccan Arabic, and Spanish. 

This event is organized by Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association. 

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Angela Yuriko Smith, Michelle Simpson (JD ‘04), Kalpana Rao (EDM '10), Roland Tan (AB '97), and Jen Jue-Steuck (EDM '03)

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

Agenda:

·      5:30-6:00pm welcome with pizza and beverage (no alcohol)

·      6:00-6:50pm film screening of JIMMY TINGLE: The “Radical” Middle — Why Would A Comedian Run For Office? 

·      6:50-7:15pm Q&A with Jimmy Tingle

·      7:15-7:30pm networking

(pizza and beverage will be provided, no alcohol) 

In the film, Jimmy chronicles his fascinating transition from a life as a seasoned comedian to a desire to enter into politics, for real this time.

He applies his distinctive Boston brand of humor to solve some of America’s most complex problems.

This original and autobiographical film challenges audiences to move beyond the politics of tweets, sound bites, and the nightly — or hourly — news cycle… and into the realm of long-term thinking and life-affirming possibility, as the United States faces the election of 2024 with a myriad of emotions, passions and theories.

Through the lens of common sense, comedy, commentary and conversation, Jimmy aspires to contribute to the national dialogue in a hopeful, positive — and funny — way as America strives to create, in the words of Abraham Lincoln: “a more perfect union.”

Jimmy’s ingenuity and deep compassion provide a much-needed and thought-provoking antidote to the politics of our day.

Watch this 50-minute compilation of stand-up performance, historic footage and at-home interviews to remember the healing power of humor; and it just might help you get to the polls in November.

JIMMY TINGLE is an American comic and occasional actor. He was the American correspondent for David Frost’s show for PBS and the BBC, The Strategic Humor Initiative. He completed two seasons with 60 Minutes II on CBS as the humorist/commentator in the Andy Rooney spot. Tingle got Harvard Kennedy School master’s in public administration in 2010.  He was selected to give an address at Harvard's commencement ceremony that year. In 2018, Tingle ran as a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. 

This event is organized by Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association. The ticket is $10. Seats are limited.  

The Honorable Robert P. Ziemian, a retired MA district court judge, and Roberta Leis (MCA/MPA '91), former executive director of the New England Association of District Court Professionals (now the New England Association for Recovery Court Professionals), will share their experiences over 25+ years to establish drug courts as a radical-at-the-time way to address the issues underlying criminal behavior such as drug or alcohol substance use.

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Gary Tang (AAE 1985 ALB 1985), Angela Yuriko Smith, Roland Tan (AB '97), Jen Jue-Steuck (EDM '03), and Chris Chambers Goodman (AB '87)

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

LEADERSHIP SURVIVAL SKILLS

The Harvard Kennedy School has long stressed the importance of leadership in organizations, government, and business.
Regardless of the leadership framework, theory, or practice one might embrace, continuing to explore leadership styles and capacity is critical in becoming effective and balanced in our approach to those with whom we interact.
This Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association program focuses on the development of the skills and strategies needed for addressing leadership challenges.
This program, Leadership Survival Skills, is offered to all interested alumni and friends of the Harvard Kennedy School.
Workshop XLV: Personal Leadership - Leading from the Inside Out

Location: Your computer, tablet, or other web-enabled device

Date and Time:  September 17, 2024 from 7 to 8:30PM EST

One of the biggest challenges leaders face is with their capacity to lead themselves while leading others.

Specifically, leaders must consistently strive to be cognizant of their habitual behaviors and aware of their judgments, emotions, and body sensations to avoid operating on 'auto-pilot'.

Personal Leadership (PL) is a framework of two principles and six practices. 

It offers workshop participants a step-by-step process for managing their own reactivity and cultivating the ability to discern "right action" in situations of change, conflict, or crisis.

During this interactive workshop, you will:

• Explore the practices and principles of Personal Leadership

• Develop a personal vision statement for judicious, impactful leading.

• Discuss avenues for applying the PL framework to leadership challenges.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Rita Wuebbeler

RITA WUEBBELER is President and Founder of INTERGLOBE Cross-Cultural Business Services, Inc., an international training and consulting firm based in Atlanta, GA.

She brings expertise as a Leadership Development Consultant, Diversity and Inclusion Facilitator, Executive Coach, and Mindfulness Instructor.

She began her corporate consulting career assisting small- and medium-sized German companies getting started in the U.S. and helped set up 10+ subsidiaries across the Southern U.S.

Rita coaches leaders on becoming more skillful at leading themselves and influencing others.

She conducts leadership development programs, facilitates diversity and inclusion workshops, and offers Mindfulness-at-Work programsto help participants manage stress and improve their performance.
Rita has been consulting with individuals, groups, and teams across multiple industry sectors.  She holds a Masters Degree in Applied Linguistics from Mainz University, Germany.

She is a Certified Integral Coach and holds a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential. She is a Senior Facilitator for Personal Leadership Seminars and a Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventor (IDI). She is also a Certified Administrator of the Leadership Circle Profile and DISC Profile.

Rita is a native German with dual U.S.-German citizenship.  She spent the first two-and-a-half decades of her life in Europe before moving to Atlanta - which she now calls home. In addition to English and German, she is fluent in Spanish and has a working knowledge in French. Rita is an avid soccer fan and hobby cyclist participating in long-distance charity rides for AIDS vaccine research and HIV/AIDS prevention and education.

Come join us!!! 

WHERE: Your computer, tablet, or other web-enabled device.

WHEN: Tuesday, September 17th, from 7:00 to 8:30 PM.

The workshop fee is $15.

If you have any questions, contact Karen Kingsbury at karen_kingsbury@icloud.com or call her at 617 872 4553
Class size is currently limited to 35 participants.

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Karlotta Garinet, and Roland Tan (AB '97) 

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Derrick Lewis (AB '78), Mable Chan (AM ‘93), Mohit Bathija (MBA '09), Maria Ritzema, and Roland Tan (AB '97)

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Daleelah Sada (ALM '25), Elle Chu (HBS Program Services Coordinator), Darold Cuba (MPA '21), Chi Lee (ALM ‘22), and Michelle Simpson (JD ‘04)

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Daleelah Sada (ALM '25), and Eve McCloud (Weatherhead Scholars Fellow) [Additional 2 co-organizers]

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This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Angela Yuriko Smith, Elle Chu (HBS Program Services Coordinator), Darold Cuba (MPA '21), Roland Tan (AB '97), Chi Lee (ALM ‘22), and Michelle Simpson (JD '04)

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Sonnet Takahisa (AB '76), Linda Ruth Ciglen (LLM ‘82), Darold Cuba (MPA '21), and Roland Tan (AB '97)

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Eve McCloud (Weatherhead Scholars Fellow), Darold Cuba (MPA '21), and Roland Tan (AB '97)

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Eve McCloud (Weatherhead Scholars Fellow), Darold Cuba (MPA '21), and Roland Tan (AB '97)

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

Please note the change in time for this event: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m ET

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Eisha Khan (ALM ‘22), Darold Cuba (MPA '21), and Michelle Simpson (JD ‘04)

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

As over 2,900 dailies and weeklies folded or merged in unprecedented numbers during the last two decades, local and national coverage essential to democracy is faltering. Small weeklies have been hardest hit. 

Print newspapers have helped for almost 250 years to preserve democracy, but should democracy now help them or let them and their journalism succumb with online journalism taking their places?

Join us April 30, 2024, for 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a lively and informative discussion about the problems, benefits, conflicts and potential solutions.

This event is sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association and co-sponsored by Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and the Harvard Law School Association of Massachusetts.

Panelists:

Steve Busemeyer is the managing editor of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent non-profit online news source covering public policy. His 30-year career in daily journalism includes 20 years at The Hartford Courant, where he served as a member of the editorial board, data editor, breaking news editor and bureau chief. 

Paul Farhi has been a professional journalist for 45 years. He left the Washington Post at the end of 2023 after working there for 35 years. He covered the news media for the Post for 13 years. He is an author of a recent story in The Atlantic magazine on the future of journalism.

Paul J. Spetrini is a writer, designer, editor and photographer with more than 17 years of experience in community journalism in Rhode Island. He most recently worked with the Independent Newspaper and South County Life Magazine, where he currently works as an editor, paginator and photographer. He served as president of the Rhode Island Press Association (RIPA).

Moderators:

Rob DiAdamo has served in various roles in state government in his career, including General Counsel to the Executive Office of Transportation and Construction, the Chief of Staff and other positions at the MBTA and is now works with transit agencies on organizational and funding strategies. He is also a professor and holds a master's degree from Harvard's Kennedy School and a law degree from Boston University.

Bill Seymour is a newspaper journalist in Connecticut and Rhode Island, writer, professor of journalism for 38 years at colleges and universities. Also, former policy assistant and media advisor to Connecticut governors’ administrations and commissioners; assistant press secretary and agency Chief of Staff. He has a master’s degree from Harvard's Kennedy School.

Join us in a group discussion of shared experiences and personal opinions (with no presentations or breakouts) on:

Race and Gender: Expressions and Experience

Organized by Jenny Korn (MPP '98), Chi Lee (ALM '22), Daleelah Sada (ALM '25), Elle Chu (HBS Program Services Coordinator), Darold Cuba (MPA '21), Mihiri Tillakaratne (AB '09), and Roland Tan (AB '97)

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 6-7 pm Eastern [note: 6 pm start time], register at https://cutt.ly/RaceExpress

This Harvard Diversity Discussion is hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (H4A), Harvard South Asian Alumni Alliance (HSAAA), Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance (HLAA), Native American Alumni of Harvard University (NAAHU), Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association (HKS BAA), Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network (HKSWN), Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA), Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS AAAA), Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW), Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus (HGSC), and Harvard Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D).

If you have questions, feedback, or suggestions for topics for future Harvard Diversity Discussions, please contact digital@haaaa.net.