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Polis Recap: Students Reflect on the 2024 Presidential Election Results

“Directly following the 2024 Presidential Election, The Program in American Grand Strategy hosted a faculty panel alongside Dewitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy, Duke Government Relations, Duke Department of Political Science, and Polis: Center for Politics…”

PSC x Patman DC Trip 2024

Polis Student Recap: Teresa Meloni

“I have always known I wanted to work with agencies to make statistically informed policies, and as a graduate student at Sanford’s School of Public Policy, I thought I was set on working in environmental policy. But this trip made me rethink my approach to policy making and my policy focus altogether…”

PSC x Patman DC Trip 2024

Polis Student Recap: Alejandro Nina Duran

“If I were to encapsulate my brief trip with POLIS to Washington, D.C. it would be this: dissecting the brains of the best policy makers with fellow Blue Devils…”

PSC x Patman Trip to DC

Polis Student Committee x Patman Fellow’s Trip to Washington, DC

“Polis was the proud host for the 2nd annual Healing Politics Campaign School. Healing Politics serves to inspire and train nurses and midwives from across the country to run for elected office. The Campaign School consisted of four days of workshops and lectures focused on campaign development, communications and media strategy, and finance and fundraising fundamentals…”

Chronicle Photo of the Event

Polis Recap: What Now? Making Sense of the 2024 Presidential Election

“Directly following the 2024 Presidential Election, The Program in American Grand Strategy hosted a faculty panel alongside Dewitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy, Duke Government Relations, Duke Department of Political Science, and Polis: Center for Politics…”

Alzayat Event

Polis Recap: Muslim-Americans and the 2024 Election with Wa’el Alzayat

On Monday, October 1st, Polis: Center for Politics welcomed Wa’el Alzayat, CEO of Emgage Action, to discuss the role of Muslim-Americans in the 2024 Election. Emgage Action is a civic engagement organization dedicated to mobilizing voters in support of policies and candidates that benefit the Muslim-American community and foster their political power…

Healing Politics

Event Recap: Healing Politics Campaign School for Nurses & Midwives

“Polis was the proud host for the 2nd annual Healing Politics Campaign School. Healing Politics serves to inspire and train nurses and midwives from across the country to run for elected office. The Campaign School consisted of four days of workshops and lectures focused on campaign development, communications and media strategy, and finance and fundraising fundamentals…”

Polis Recap: Egan Visiting Professor Yuval Levin

“On March 20th, American Grand Strategy, the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy, and Polis: Center for Politics, hosted Egan Visiting Professor Yuval Levin to discuss his upcoming book, “American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation – And Could Again.” Levin, also the Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, was joined by Philip M. Napoli…”

Navarro, Sellers, and Rose

Combating Hate and Bias Recap: Ana Navarro & Bakari Sellers

“The closing event of the Combating Hate and Bias Conference featured keynote speakers Ana Navarro and Bakari Sellers. Navarro is a GOP strategist, political contributor to CNN and Telemundo, and the Co-Host of ABC’s The View. Sellers is an accomplished political analyst and a former Representative for South Carolina…”

Black Policy Conference

Polis Recap: Inaugural Black Policy Conference

“Polis: Center for Politics served as a co-sponsor for the Black Policy Conference – Policy in Living Color. The conference was hosted by the Sanford Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Policy in Living Color. It provided an opportunity for diverse minds to come together to share insights on today’s most pertinent policy issues. The inaugural conference was organized by students Brittany Gabriel, Christian Jones, Ryana Jones, Omolayo Ojurongbe and Jordan Wilson…”