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Friday, February 13

Boston Busing: Advocacy & Opposition

9:25-10:40 am, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ·

Talk by Leola Hampton, who was bused as a student in Boston in the 1970s and is featured in the WGBH documentary, Never Cried, and Lew Finfer, Director and Community Organizer for Massachusetts Action for Justice and Co-Chair of the Boston Desegregation and Busing Initiative

Lunch and Learn: Boston Busing Oral Histories

12:15-1:30 pm, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ·

Co-sponsored by Politics Policy and International Relations, History, Office of Student Life

Thursday February 26

Perspectives on Current Global Events

Thursday, February 26, 10:50 am-12:05 pm, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ·

Panel with Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ·s Kani Sathasivam, Elizabeth Coughlan, and Vanessa Ruget (Politics, Policy and International Relations)

Co-sponsored by Politics Policy and International Relations, Frederick E. Berry Institute of Politics

Tuesday, March 10

The Role of Congress: Checks & Balances in the Age of Trump

Tuesday, March 10, 12:15-1:30 pm, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ·

Talk by Michael Evans ’76, former Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Finance Committee 

Co-sponsored by Politics Policy and International Relations, Frederick E. Berry Institute of Politics, Economics, Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ· for Economic Development and Sustainability, Sociology

Wednesday, March 11 

Tax Policy after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Who Benefits? Who Loses?

Wednesday, March 11, 12:15-1:30 pm, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ· 

Talk by Michael Evans ’76, former Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Finance Committee 

Co-sponsored by Politics Policy and International Relations, Frederick E. Berry Institute of Politics, Economics, Healthcare Studies, Geography & Sustainability, Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ· for Economic Development and Sustainability, Sociology

Wednesday, March 25

Restoring Dignity and Quality of Life through Guaranteed Basic Income Programs 

Wednesday, March 25, 12:15-1:30 pm, Vets Hall A (Front Half), Ellison Campus Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ·

Panel with Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ·s Thomas Piñeros Shields (Politics, Policy and International Relations), Sara Moore (Sociology) and Sarah Roy (City of Salem), and members of Uplift Salem program.    

Co-sponsored by North Shore Policy Lab, Politics Policy and International Relations, Sociology

Dismantling Environmental Protections

Wednesday, April 8, 12:15-1:30 pm, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ·

Panel with Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ·s Guy Bellino (Politics, Policy and International Relations), Marcos Luna (Geography and Sustainability), John Hayes (Geography and Sustainability), and Jennifer Jackman (Politics, Policy and International Relations)

Co-sponsored by Politics Policy and International Relations and Geography & Sustainability