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Democracy

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SNF Agora Institute launches debate initiative
Published March 1, 2022
The initiative will host a pair of marquee moderated debates and support a number of additional student-organized debates each year
Mihrigul Tursun
Democracy
Intersession course lifts up dissident voices
Published Jan 27, 2022
Course led by chess champion and human rights advocate Garry Kasparov gives voice to those who risk their lives to promote democracy
Ron Daniels
Democracy's future: Our responsibility
Published Winter 2021
In a new book, JHU President Ron Daniels argues that universities—including Johns Hopkins— have a pivotal role to play in order for democracy to thrive. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Ron Daniels
Conversation
Democracy's future: Our responsibility
Published Jan 4, 2022
In a new book, JHU President Ron Daniels argues that universities—including Johns Hopkins— have a pivotal role to play in order for democracy to thrive
Ron Daniels on MSNBC
Daniels: Universities among the guardians of democracy
Published Oct 7, 2021
In MSNBC appearance, JHU President Ron Daniels says universities are 'absolutely critical' to bolstering democracy around the world
Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels
President Daniels: With democracy in danger, universities must step up
Published Oct 5, 2021
In his new book, 'What Universities Owe Democracy,' JHU President Ron Daniels explores the ways in which universities support democracies and key actions they must consider to strengthen their standing as core democratic institutions
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#HopkinsVotes
New students get a democracy crash course
Published Sept 1, 2021
Participants in inaugural Democracy Day learn about the role of a university in a democratic society and the value of free inquiry, civic engagement
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SNF Agora Institute names 11 Visiting Fellows
Published May 11, 2021
The new cohort will collaborate with members of the Johns Hopkins community on projects that further the institute's mission to foster global democracy
Maureen van Stone, Director of the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Bonnielin Swenor, director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center
Disability and the democratic process
Published Jan 4, 2021
The 2020 election highlighted the ways the disability community is excluded from both the right to vote and access to voting
Du Yun
Let's rebuild, together
Published Nov 3, 2020
Composer and activist Du Yun, born and raised in Shanghai and currently based in New York, urges unity after the election