Homepage – Ash Center
Oct 1, 2024 · Ash Center Seminar Room 225, Suite 200, 124 Mount Auburn Street. 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST. 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST. JFK Jr. Forum (79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138) 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST. The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation develops ideas and fosters practices for equal and inclusive, multiracial and multiethnic ...
About – Ash Center
The Ash Center was established in 2003 as the Ash Institute to address critical issues of governance and make governments more effective and responsive. Its history begins with three great visionaries: Susan Berresford, former president of the Ford Foundation, and Roy and Lila Ash. In 2001, the Ford Foundation announced a $50 million endowment ...
Programs – Ash Center
The Transparency for Development Project was a novel, decade-long research initiative, housed at the Ash Center and executed in partnership with Results for Development. The Project investigated whether, why, and in what contexts local transparency and accountability interventions improve development outcomes, such as those around health and ...
Research Reveals Path to Effective Antiracist Change in American ...
Mar 30, 2023 · Cambridge, MA—In 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 and rising wave of racial justice demonstrations moved many organizations, including those in healthcare, to commit to antiracist change. These public commitments raised important questions about how organizations lead, plan, measure and sustain racial equity interventions in the healthcare ...
Research & Resources – Ash Center
Aug 5, 2024 · Through our books, case studies, journal articles, papers, and surveys, the Ash Center is home to some of the world’s most advanced research and publications on issues related to democratic governance and self-governance. To explore all research authored by Ash Center faculty, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School website.
New report by Voting Rights Advocates, Practitioners, and …
Jul 20, 2020 · Washington DC — In a new report released today, a diverse group of 25 experts in U.S. politics, elections, and civil rights make the case for universal civic duty voting—that is, mandatory participation in elections—in the United States. “Lift Every Voice: The Urgency of Universal Civic Duty Voting,” is the culmination of an 18-month effort to examine the need for—and path toward ...
Antiracism – Ash Center
Mar 12, 2024 · Antiracist institutions and organizations address and challenge racial disparities by instituting policies and recommendations to foster greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project at the Ash Center uses research and policy to promote antiracism as a core value and institutional norm.
Civic Engagement – Ash Center
Oct 29, 2024 · These are the questions the Ash Center community works to answer. Our programs generate novel ideas about making civic engagement more robust, enabling everyone to participate. Ash scholars are researching how citizens can better provide input into government programs, processes, and policies. Together, we are developing a blueprint for what ...
What does it mean to have a strong multiracial democracy?
Jan 13, 2023 · Racism, rather than being the exception to the rule of American democracy, was fundamental to how many of the country’s founders understood themselves and conceptions of citizenship, argues Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ford Foundation Professor of history, race, and public policy and director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project at the Kennedy School’s Ash Center for ...
News & Analysis – Ash Center
Oct 24, 2024 · Read the latest news, commentary, and analysis from the Ash Center. 1. Six seasoned speakers offered practical strategies for confronting the anti-DEI movement at the sixth annual conference of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project. Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project.