Left to right: Students
engage in a U.N. simulation
during a UNA-USA Global
Classrooms program; U. N.
Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon meets with Global
Classrooms students in
Los Angeles; comedian
Stephen Colbert at a John
F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at
the Kennedy School of
Government.
Be Ivy Leagueforanafternoon or an evening on the Har- vard University campus in Cambridge, Mass. Members
of the public are welcome to attend
seminars, study groups, online conferences and other initiatives put on
by some of the John F. Kennedy School
of Government’s 15 research centers
and institutes.
“The public plays an important role
at the Kennedy School,” says Charlie
Clements, executive director of the
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.
“The more our students interact with
and understand the public, the better
leaders they will be and the better they
may understand the problems they
will be called upon to help solve.”
Stop by the Carr Center’s study
groups, the NGO Leaders Seminar
Series hosted by the Hauser Center
for Nonprofit Organizations, the
Women and Public Policy Program’s
weekly lunchtime gathering and other
thought-provoking events.
The Institute of Politics’ John F.
Kennedy Jr. Forum draws heads of
state, governors, military brass and
other key figures to address timely
topics. Come prepared with ques-
tions. As a prerequisite for attending,
guest speakers must agree to answer
unfiltered queries from the audience.
Global happenings often inspire
HARvARd: MARTHA S Te WAR T
last-minute events, so keep an eye on
the forum’s calendar. For example, a
panel of experts addressed the rami-
fications of Osama bin Laden’s death
just 72 hours after it occurred. vid-
eos of the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forums
and other Kennedy School events are
available at hks.harvard.edu.
HARVARD
UNIVERSITY’S
JOHN F.
KENNEDY
SCHOOL OF
GOVERNMENT
“The more our students
interact with and underst-
and the public, the better
leaders they will be ...”
— Charlie Clements,
executive director, Carr Center
for Human Rights Policy
