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  • Conversation: Women’s Rights

    Lisa Swallow

    At Crossing Party Lines, we often talk about our rights, privileges and freedoms as if they apply (or are applied) equally, regardless of whether a person is a man or a woman. Yet many people have recently challenged that assumption. It is Women’s History Month, so this meeting we’ll take our first stab at asking…

  • UNUM: “Resetting the Table – Wisdom from Conflict”

    Kamy Akhavan

    The USC Center for the Political Future (CPF) is partnering with The Village Square and Florida Humanities for their “Unum: Democracy Reignited” series to host a discussion with Melissa Weintraub.   Thursday, May 2 at 4:00 pm PST via Zoom and Facebook Live.   Register for this virtual event here: https://tlh.villagesquare.us/event/american-table/   As part of the fall…

  • UNUM: Alexandra Hudson – “The Soul of Civility”

    Kamy Akhavan

    The USC Center for the Political Future (CPF) is partnering with The Village Square and Florida Humanities for their “Unum: Democracy Reignited” series to host a discussion with Alexandra Hudson.   Tuesday, March 26 at 4:00 pm PST via Zoom and Facebook Live.    Register for this digital event: https://tlh.villagesquare.us/event/soul-of-civility/   There’s certainly no shortage of people…

  • New Frontiers for Education Reform?

    Kamy Akhavan

    The USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future invites you to join a conversation entitled “New Frontiers for Education Reform?” discussing education reform and policy on Wednesday, March 20 in the University Club Scriptorium. Lunch service will begin at 12:30 p.m. and the discussion will take place from 1:00-2:00 p.m. This event, moderated by CPF…

  • Levan Book Chat – Righting the American Dream

    Kamy Akhavan

    A discussion of Diane Winston’s new book, Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan’s Evangelical Vision (University of Chicago Press, 2023). The author will be joined in conversation by Darren Dochuk (University of Notre Dame) and Lerone A. Martin (Stanford University), moderated by Kamy Akhavan (USC). Co-organized by the USC Center for the Political Future….

  • What Should We Say? Research Findings on Civic Language

    Kamy Akhavan

    The USC Center for the Political Future is partnering with Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) to host “What Should We Say? New Research Findings on Americans and Civic Language.” This event takes place on Friday, March 15 from 10:00 am PST to 11:15 am PST. Register for this online event here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApfu-hrj4pG9S2O-nv2zG2XrDs4uHIatmq#/registration The words we…