When a student in the Elections in a Pandemic Bass Connections project pointed out a frustrating language barrier for absentee voting in North Carolina, Hart Leadership Program Associate in Research Ana Ramirez knew she needed to take action. It was mid-September and mail-in voting was already underway—but despite the fact that North Carolina voters could […]

As part of our effort to uplift student voices during this important election season, the Hart Leadership Program was delighted to host the Why Vote? Video Challenge.  A total of eighty-eight Duke students participated in the spring and fall contests, submitting seventy-one 30-second videos aimed at convincing non-voters to vote. The non-partisan messages spoke to […]

This year, students in the Elections in a Pandemic Bass Connections team have led innovative research into ways to improve electoral equity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by Hart Leadership Program Director Gunther Peck and Associate Director of the Social Science Research Institute Alexandra Cooper, 24 students worked on 10 research projects in four major […]

On November 1st, Chapelboro – a local radio and news network – published Enrique Latoni’s (T’21) Op-Ed discussing the U.S.’s minimum wage debate and important issues to consider moving forward. Enrique is currently enrolled in PPS 270: Lead the Way Durham, taught by HLP Associate Director, Lalita Kaligotla. He wrote this op-Ed for a course […]