A National Leader in Public Affairs Education

This Zoom workshop on Monday, April 26th will examine the promise of COVID-19 vaccine certificates to enable safer international travel and consider the challenges of implementing them. 

Join local leaders Natasha Pernicka ’08, Peggy O’Shea ’87, and Luke Rumsey ’07 as they discuss their roles to combat food insecurity in the communities they serve.

A dialogue with Catherine Bertini ’71 about the international hunger crisis and the critical need for emergency food assistance. Catherine was nominated by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 to serve as Assistant Secretary of Food and Consumer Services for the United States Department of Agriculture. She was executive director of the World Food Programme from 1992-2002 and has been celebrated internationally for her leadership and dedication to solving global food insecurity. In 2003, Catherine was named the World Food Prize Laureate for her achievements with WFP.

As COVID-19 vaccination efforts roll out across the nation, how can policymakers balance reducing the complexity of vaccine priority lists with improving the ease of access? Associate Professor Erika Martin and CCHRPP researchers tackle this problem in their recent commentary, “Maintaining a Focus on Health Equity During the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout.”

Increasing recognition of the harms associated with mass incarceration and intensive policing has renewed public interest in the possibilities of abolitionist approaches to responding to crime, including abolition of prisons and police. Still, much of the public is uncertain about the meaning of abolition and its implications for community safety. In this session, our expert panelists will not attempt to neatly define abolition, but will explore the influence of abolitionist thinking on their practical work to transform communities.