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HLP Associate in Research Leads Ballot Curing Effort
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…
read moreCelebrating Students’ Vision for a New Democracy: The “Why Vote?” Challenge
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…
read moreDemocracy Challenges and Opportunities: EIP Bass Connections Project
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…
read moreChapelboro Publishes Duke Senior Enrique Latoni's Op-Ed on Minimum Wage
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…
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