STAY TUNED.
 
WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS), THE SINE INSTITUTE WILL BE UPDATING EVENT ATTENDEES ON ITS PLANS FOR UPCOMING PROGRAMMING. REGISTRATIONS CAN STILL BE MADE.
 
 
SUSAN MOLINARI
STRATEGIST, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF GOOGLE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS
 
Seminar Series
What does policy making look like when disruption is the status quo?
 

Each seminar is from 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Dates and locations vary. Reservations are encouraged, and seating is first come, first seated. These programs are free and open to the public.

 

Address: American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, 20016

Directions/Transportation: https://www.american.edu/about/visiting-campus.cfm

 

- Tuesday, February 4 | Kerwin Hall, Room 301

Guest Lecturer: Joel Benenson, founder and CEO of the Benenson Strategy Group, is one of the leading political and corporate strategists in the world. Benenson led the award-winning research and polling programs for President Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns and is the only Democratic pollster in history to have played a leading role in three winning presidential campaigns. Throughout his career as a pollster and strategist, he has been a trusted advisor to heads of state, political leaders, Fortune 100 companies and their CEOs, and leaders of major advocacy and nonprofit institutions.


- Tuesday, February 25 | Kerwin Hall, Room 301

Guest Lecturer: Amy K. Dacey, Executive Director of the Sine Institute of Policy & Politic


- Tuesday, March 31 | TO BE RESCHEDULED - Please register to be notified of new date.

Guest Lecturers: Malika Saada Saar, Human Rights Lawyer and Google’s Senior Counsel on Civil and Human Rights and Mark Holden, Senior Executive at Koch


- Tuesday, April 7 | TO BE RESCHEDULED - Please register to be notified of new date.

Guest Lecturer: Bob Roth, the CEO of the David Lynch Foundation

 

- Tuesday, April 14 - Streamed Online

Guest Lecturer: LaTosha Brown is an award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, political strategist and jazz singer with over twenty years of experience working in the non-profit and philanthropy sectors on a wide variety of issues related to political empowerment, social justice, economic development, leadership development, wealth creation and civil rights. She is the co- founder of Black Voters Matter Fund.

Please register to receive the Zoom Meeting ID for this event.

 

Synopsis

Policy making is a process that is influenced by every sector it touches: from the private sector, the public sector, non-profits, journalism and academia. This seminar series will investigate how this happens in the modern era, under a Trump Presidency. Bringing together experts in various issue areas to investigate what influences the process, how do various stakeholders make their voices heard and how do news outlets, social media platforms and others communicate what is happening to our citizenry. Whether you are an issue advocate, looking to enter a career that tackles these issues in various ways, or a concerned citizen join us for a conversation on the future of the policy making process and how we can influence the results.
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