All Events, People with Disabilities
REGISTER HERE Join us for a community event focused on financial wellness promoting awareness of IAble accounts, saving and investment accounts designed to help people with disabilities save for tomorrow and spend in the present. This event is co hosted by The Harkin...
Institute News, Wellness and Nutrition
DES MOINES — The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement is pleased to welcome Victoria Brenton, MPH, as the institute’s Director of Wellness and Nutrition. “We are thrilled to welcome Victoria, whose deep expertise in community health systems...
Institute News, People with Disabilities, Sussman Lecture Series
DES MOINES – The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement at Drake University and Anawim Housing, along with Hubbell Realty, and Simonson Associates, announced the launch of Affordable Access Des Moines (AADSM) at an event last night at Drake...
Fellows, Institute News, Wellness and Nutrition
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement at Drake University has appointed Sue Mattison, PhD, as interim director of nutrition and wellness policy and senior research fellow, beginning July 9, 2026. Mattison, who has served...
Institute News, Sussman Lecture Series
DES MOINES – Pulitzer Prize-winning author of There Is No Place for Us: Working Homeless in America Brian Goldstone will speak to Iowans on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at the fall Sussman Lecture offered by The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen...
Institute News, People with Disabilities, Tom and Ruth Harkin Center
The Forbes 2026 Accessibility 200 list recognizes innovators and impact-makers in accessibility around the globe DES MOINES — Creating a world where people with disabilities have access to competitive, integrated employment in all settings strengthens our workforce...
