The Citizen

How can Democratic campaigns get large numbers of their voters to mobilize their friends to vote? The short answer: no one knows. To date, the only definite insight is that peer-to-peer voter turnout does not scale through mobile phone apps. Despite numerous “relational organizing” technologies receiving millions in funding and mountains of the press in […]

The sexual harassment I experienced during my summer internship in Tunisia As first-year students around me at the Harvard Kennedy School lock down summer internships, I reflect on my own internship experience from last summer with mixed feelings. On my way to Tunisia from Boston last June, I had a one-day layover in Istanbul. I […]

April 11, 2019 The student-led Women in Power Conference is being organized on April 12 and 13 at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge. The conference will draw a spotlight on women in leadership across industries and on exploring new forms of power and influence. The conference has an amazing line up of Panels and Workshops featuring speakers such as Winnie Byanyima, […]

Thank you for sending us your questions! Gagan Vaseer, The Citizen’s advice columnist, answers your questions with some lighthearted advice. Question 1:  How can we organize to bring down the forced, unpaid labor practice that is PAE (or SYPA)? To fellow PAE and SYPA Survivors – Now that the horrors of the PAE and SYPA […]

Celebrating my donor this National Donate Life Month In the Spring of 2018, just before my Harvard graduation, I received some news: the kidney transplant I had received in college was failing and I would need another one. I had waited for six years in Boston for my first kidney transplant after going into kidney […]

This is the fourth episode of our audio interview series. In this episode, Kai speaks to Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur, and a U.S. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.

March 6th, 2019 Dear Dean Elmendorf, It has recently come to our attention (we are a group of Mexican students at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) that the former President of Mexico, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, was appointed last semester as a member of the Dean’s Council. In the true spirit of knowledge, diversity, and […]

In light of the troubled events in South Asia, the Pakistani and Indian students at Harvard have come forward demanding military de-escalation in the region, recognizing that any further deterioration of the situation is likely to destabilize the entire region socially, economically and politically. To this end, the South Asian students at Harvard issued a […]

Pree Release from the Harvard Kennedy School   Cambridge, MA — Juan Manuel Santos, the former president of the Republic of Colombia and Nobel peace laureate, will deliver the graduation address to the Harvard Kennedy School Class of 2019, Dean Douglas Elmendorf announced today.   Santos served as president of the Republic of Colombia from […]

Advice for the modern HKS student Thank you for sending us your questions! Gagan Vaseer, The Citizen’s advice columnist, answers your questions with some lighthearted advice. Question 1: We all have one: that one student in each class who continually asks dumb questions. What can be done? Dear Student – What classes are you taking […]

Men can be part of the solution I have a son and four daughters. As any father would, I’m looking to help them succeed in life. But as we know, we live in a male-dominated society, so giving my girls a voice has been a priority for me. At Harvard, I’ve been attending the Women […]

The Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School hosted an event to honor Malala Yousafzai on Friday Dec 6, for her work and leadership in creating a global movement to educate out-of-school girls. Malala was honored with the Gleitsman Award by the CPL and the ceremony was moderated by the Anna Lindh Professor […]