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Letter from the Director <strong>Communiqué</strong> Spring 2015, Volume 16 Welcome to the 16th issue of the Ash Center’s <strong>Communiqué</strong> magazine, in which we highlight the important work of those engaged with the Center. For example, the #Hack4Congress event (p.6) we cohosted with the OpenGov Foundation provided a dynamic and unique forum for teams comprised of students, academics, public servants, and technologists to address the dysfunction and partisanship that has so significantly impaired the ability of Congress to do its work. And, we recently announced this year’s diverse cohort of 124 Bright Ideas (p.10), which is an initiative of the Innovations in American Government Awards designed to recognize, disseminate, and encourage the replication of a wide range of innovations across all areas of government and within all jurisdictional levels. Finally, as part of our Challenges to Democracy public dialogue series, we cosponsored two JFK Jr. Forum events (p.17) this semester, one on “The Future of Policing” and the other on the state of the Voting Rights Act on its 50th anniversary, both of which are issues very much at the forefront of the American conversation at this time. There is much more to be found in this issue and I hope you will enjoy reading about the efforts of our students, alumni, and scholars as they work to make the world a better place. As always, you can find more information about the work of the Ash Center on our website at ash.harvard.edu. Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 617-495-0557 www.ash.harvard.edu Director Tony Saich Associate Director for Communications Daniel Harsha Editor Jessica Engelman Design forminform Photography Ben Danner bpperry / iStock FDNY Photo Unit Chones / iStock Cribb Visuals / iStock Mai Jiadi Stephanie Mitchell / Harvard Gazette Zaineb Mohammed Maisie O’Brien Gail Oskin Engr. Restituto Polillo Kinan Al Shaghouri Martha Stewart Cover illustration: Sophie Chou sophiechou1229@gmail.com Tony Saich Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Daewoo Professor of International Affairs Harvard Kennedy School
4 5 6 13 14 15 10 17 In this Issue IN THE NEWS FEATURES IN THE FIELD RESEARCH BRIEF 4 Q+A with Ed Cunningham 5 Ash Center News and Announcements 17 Event Snapshots 6 Hacking the Hill: #Hack4Congress Helps Unlock the Power of Democratic Participation 10 Innovating for America’s Future: The Ash Center Honors 124 Bright Ideas in Government 13 Alumni in the Field Humayun Sarabi 14 Student Focus Travel Grants Support Student Research 15 Student Focus Marshall Ganz’s Students Spread the Power of Community Organizing Across the Globe 16 Fellows Focus Meet Our New Fellows 19 On the Bookshelf
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