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SUMMARY:2018 SPRING | Rise of the Independents: Candidates and Reform in 2018 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Dole Fellow Jim Jonas\nRead more about Dole Fellows >> \nIn a partisan political environment\, independent or unaffiliated voters now represent the largest voting bloc in many U.S. states. Can independent and third party candidacies seize upon this shift in party identification? How could they shape the future of U.S. politics? Dole Fellow Jim Jonas leads a discussion group series examining election reform and independent candidates in Kansas and the nation. \n  \nHyperpartisanship: How did we get here\, and how to we fix it?\nFebruary 21\, 2018 \n \nPolitical parties can seem more concerned with partisan advantage than finding common-ground solutions to the nation’s problems. Jim Jonas is joined by guest Matthew Dowd\, a best-selling author\, cultural commentator and chief political analyst for ABC News. Dowd owns experience working on both sides of the aisle\, including time as chief strategist for President George W. Bush. The pair will examine ways to break the U.S. system out of its rut and encourage political competition and solutions to policy challenges. \n  \nThe Shifting Electorate\nMarch 7\, 2018 \n \nThe American political parties and the makeup of the electorate are experiencing enormous changes. What effects will the rapidly changing political landscape mean for Kansas and the country in 2018 and beyond? For this discussion\, Jim Jonas welcomes Patrick Caddell\, a political strategist\, consultant and FOX News contributor. Caddell has advised over 150 presidential campaigns\, including George McGovern\, Jimmy Carter\, Walter Mondale\, Joe Biden\, Edward Kennedy and more. \n  \nThird Parties and Independent Movements in Kansas\nMarch 14\, 2018 \n \nWhat are the prospects for independent and third party efforts underway in Kansas in 2018 and beyond? How can voters who do not feel an affinity for either major party participate in Kansas elections and have an equal voice? Lawrencian Scott Morgan explores these ideas alongside Jonas\, drawing on Morgan’s background in local\, state and national politics. Morgan served as counsel in various positions for Sen. Bob Dole\, culminating in a position as chief counsel for Dole’s 1988 presidential campaign. He is currently the chair of a grassroots group focused on starting a new Party of the Center in the state of Kansas. \n  \nChallenging the Duopoly\nApril 4\, 2018 \n \nThis discussion examines the legal\, infrastructural\, communication and electoral disadvantages for independents and third parties\, and what is happening in the reform space to challenge those barriers. Jonas welcomes Chad Peace\, who holds extensive experience in election law and voter rights. Peace is a legal strategist for the Independent Voter Project\, a founding board member of the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers\, and founder and president of IVC Media LLC. \n  \nHacking the System: Examining Unite America’s Plan\nApril 11\, 2018 \nUnite America aims to strategically elect independent candidates to office who can break through the political gridlock and serve as a voice for all those in the center –– not as a traditional third party\, but as America’s first “Unparty.” Their “fulcrum strategy” focuses on electing a sufficient number of candidates to closely divided legislatures where\, as a swing coalition\, independents can deny both parties an outright majority and use their disproportionate influence to forge common-ground solutions. Jonas is joined by Nick Troiano\, who has spent the last decade leading political reform campaigns and is on staff at the Centrist Project. Most recently\, Nick helped launch Change.org’s new elections platform as the company’s senior politics manager. \n  \nKyle Bailey\nApril 18\, 2018 \n \nJonas welcomes Kyle Bailey for his penultimate discussion group installment of the semester. Bailey owns over a decade of experience managing and fundraising for independent candidate campaigns\, referenda campaigns\, and advocacy organizations. In 2016\, he managed the statewide referendum campaign that won Ranked Choice Voting in Maine. This year\, Bailey is leading a people’s veto campaign on the June 2018 ballot to restore ranked choice voting in Maine after it was repealed by Maine Legislature last year. \n  \nJackie Salit\nMay 2\, 2018 \n \nJonas caps discussion groups with a visit from Jackie Salit\, president of IndependentVoting.org\, one of the nation’s leading organizing centers for independent voters. In addition to support for specific candidates\, Salit and IV have supported ballot initiatives for nonpartisan primaries as well as legal and political defense of open primaries. Her political commentaries have appeared in a wide variety of publications\, and she has been a commentator on CNN\, MSNBC\, PBS\, FOX and other outlets.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/rise-of-the-independents-candidates-and-reform-in-2018-and-beyond/
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SUMMARY:The Class of '74: Congress after Watergate
DESCRIPTION:In November 1974\, following the historic Watergate scandal\, Americans voiced their displeasure with the GOP by electing a wave of 76 Democratic freshmen to the U.S. House of Representatives. Commonly referred to as “Watergate Babies\,” some characterized them as idealistic and naïve\, while others point to their work championing unprecedented reforms in Washington. Author John Lawrence joins KU Professor Burdett Loomis for a conversation on the complex politics that emerged in the wake of Watergate. This program includes a book sale and signing.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-class-of-74-congress-after-watergate/
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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SUMMARY:America's Response to the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. has a proud tradition of serving as a haven for Europe’s cast offs — yet immediately before and throughout World War II\, America shut its doors to refugees fleeing the oppression of the Nazis. No group suffered more from this than Europe’s Jews. David Cotter analyzes the ideological battle between isolationists and internationalists in the U.S. by assessing how President Franklin D. Roosevelt managed competing factions within his administration. The talk will provide an intriguing look at the ambivalence of America’s response to the Holocaust.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/americas-response-to-the-holocaust/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Ambassador Vlora Çitaku
DESCRIPTION:“I was not in a position to choose whether I want[ed] to be an artist or actor or astronaut or mathematician or linguist or lawyer. That’s not an option when you’re not free because you fight for life and death. And that’s how I and that’s how everybody in my generation became politically active. We were fighting for freedom.” – Vlora Çitaku\, 2017 at the Georgetown Institute for Women\, Peace & Security \nThe Dole Institute will host Vlora Çitaku\, ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to the United States\, for the 2018 Dole Lecture. The first sitting ambassador to visit the Dole Institute\, Çitaku will discuss her career in international diplomacy and her work on behalf of the young Republic of Kosovo. The nation recently marked the 10th anniversary of its declaration of independence from Serbia on Feb. 17\, 2008. \nOnce a refugee with her sisters\, Çitaku was separated from her parents and deported by the Serbian military during the Kosovo War in 1999. She would later return following the U.S.-led air campaign in Kosovo and enter politics. She has served in the Kosovo General Assembly and as the nation’s deputy foreign minister\, acting foreign minister and consul general of the Republic of Kosovo’s mission in New York City. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the KU Center for Global and International Studies\, the KU Center for Russian\, East European and Eurasian Studies\, and the KU Office of Graduate Military Programs.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/ambassador-vlora-citaku/
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