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Bates Center for Public and Global Affairs Public Policy Series

This is a recurring event, from Feb 13, 2026 - Apr 08, 2026

Schedule

Date Time Where Notes
Date 02/13/2026 Time 9:25am - 1:30pm Where

Friday, February 13

Boston Busing: Advocacy & Opposition

9:25-10:40 am, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Center

Talk by Leola Hampton, who was bused as a student in Boston in the 1970s and is featured in the WGBH documentary, Never Cried, and Lew Finfer, Director and Community Organizer for Massachusetts Action for Justice and Co-Chair of the Boston Desegregation and Busing Initiative

Lunch and Learn: Boston Busing Oral Histories

12:15-1:30 pm, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Center

Co-sponsored by Politics Policy and International Relations, History, Office of Student Life

Thursday February 26

Perspectives on Current Global Events

Thursday, February 26, 10:50 am-12:05 pm, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Center

Panel with Professors Kani Sathasivam, Elizabeth Coughlan, and Vanessa Ruget (Politics, Policy and International Relations)

Co-sponsored by Politics Policy and International Relations, Frederick E. Berry Institute of Politics

Tuesday, March 10

The Role of Congress: Checks & Balances in the Age of Trump

Tuesday, March 10, 12:15-1:30 pm, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Center

Talk by Michael Evans ’76, former Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Finance Committee 

Co-sponsored by Politics Policy and International Relations, Frederick E. Berry Institute of Politics, Economics, Center for Economic Development and Sustainability, Sociology

Wednesday, March 11 

Tax Policy after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Who Benefits? Who Loses?

Wednesday, March 11, 12:15-1:30 pm, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Center 

Talk by Michael Evans ’76, former Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Finance Committee 

Co-sponsored by Politics Policy and International Relations, Frederick E. Berry Institute of Politics, Economics, Healthcare Studies, Geography & Sustainability, Center for Economic Development and Sustainability, Sociology

Wednesday, March 25

Restoring Dignity and Quality of Life through Guaranteed Basic Income Programs 

Wednesday, March 25, 12:15-1:30 pm, Vets Hall A (Front Half), Ellison Campus Center

Panel with Professors Thomas Piñeros Shields (Politics, Policy and International Relations), Sara Moore (Sociology) and Sarah Roy (City of Salem), and members of Uplift Salem program.    

Co-sponsored by North Shore Policy Lab, Politics Policy and International Relations, Sociology

Dismantling Environmental Protections

Wednesday, April 8, 12:15-1:30 pm, MLK Room, Ellison Campus Center

Panel with Professors Guy Bellino (Politics, Policy and International Relations), Marcos Luna (Geography and Sustainability), John Hayes (Geography and Sustainability), and Jennifer Jackman (Politics, Policy and International Relations)

Co-sponsored by Politics Policy and International Relations and Geography & Sustainability

 

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