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New team members help propel The Harkin Institute forward

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The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement has hired four new employees in recent months as the organization continues to grow and work to further its mission of informing citizens, inspiring creative cooperation, and catalyze change on issues of...

Conversations with the ADA Generation highlight how far things have come and what’s still needed

People with Disabilities

Americans born in 1991 and later have lived their entire lives with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. Access ramps, handicapped parking spaces, closed captioning, and service animals have...
October 30, 2017: Sussman Lecture

October 30, 2017: Sussman Lecture

Institute News, Past Events

Columbia, SC Mayor Benjamin to discuss the evolving role of American mayors, challenges facing cities at Sussman Lecture on Oct. 30

Vote Smart to relocate to Drake University in Des Moines

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Vote Smart to relocate to Drake University in Des Moines Date: December 12, 2016 Drake University will soon be home to one of the world’s leading sources of non-partisan political information. Vote Smart, formerly known as Project Vote Smart, will move its operation...

Jones hired as executive director of The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement

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Date: June 23, 2016 Drake University President Marty Martin announced today that Joseph Jones, a Drake alumnus and former legislative assistant to retired U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, has been hired as executive director of The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and...
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