Leaders of "The Resistance"

Description

Associated Program:
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
Speakers:
Debra Cleaver
Andrea Hailey
Amanda Litman
Jess Morales Rocketto
Leah Greenberg
Co-Sponsors:
Women and Public Policy Program
Women’s Initiative in Leadership

A panel discussion with
Debra Cleaver
Founder & CEO, Vote.org
Leah Greenberg
Co-Founder, Indivisible
Andrea Hailey
Founder, Civic Engagement Fund
Amanda Litman
Founder, Run for Something
Jess Morales Rocketto
Digital Community Organizer, OccupyAirports
Meighan Stone (moderator)
Entrepreneurship Fellow, Spring 2017, The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, HKS
President, Malala Fund

Panelists Debra Cleaver, Founder & CEO of Vote.org; Leah Greenberg, Co-Founder of Indivisible; Andrea Hailey, Founder of Civic Engagement Fund; Amanda Litman, Founder of Run for Something; and Jess Morales Rocketto, Digital Community Organizer for OccupyAirports joined moderator Meighan Stone, a Spring 2017 Entrepreneurship Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and President of Malala Fund for a panel discussion on the women-led “Resistance” against the current White House. The panelists discussed recent events in voter and candidate outreach, especially on the local level, in achieving their efforts to advance Democratic causes in the upcoming 2018 and 2020 elections. The event was co-sponsored by The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy; the Women and Public Policy Program; and the Women’s Initiative in Leadership.