Organize! Power and Collective Action
UC BERKELEY SOCIAL SCIENCE MATRIX
May 5th, 2022
What can we learn from historical and contemporary cases about building organizations that engage, mobilize, and manage to wield influence on the political process? What kinds of infrastructural choices best support engagement and success in the long run? This panel explored the varied and changing terrain of collective action to reflect on the nature, promises, and pitfalls of associational power in the 21st century.
Panelists included: Arisha Hatchthe, the vice president and chief of campaigns at Color Of Change, leading campaigns on civic engagement, voting rights, criminal justice, and corporate and media accountability. Liz McKenna, a postdoctoral scholar at the SNF Agora Institute and P3 Lab at Johns Hopkins University. Hahrie Han, the the Inaugural Director of the SNF Agora Institute, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science, and Faculty Director of the P3 Research Lab at Johns Hopkins University. Michelle Oyakwa, assistant professor of sociology at Muskingum University in Ohio. Margaret Levi, the Sara Miller McCune Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), Professor of Political Science, and Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute, Stanford University.
Asia Center Seminar Recap: Community Organizing in Japan and China
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ASIA CENTER
Nov. 4, 2016
On November 4, the Asia Center presented a seminar, “Community Organizing in Japan and China,” with presentations by Dr. Marshall Ganz, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center; Kanoko Kamata, Executive Director, Community Organizing Japan; and Iris Hu, Leadership Trainer and Coach, Harvard SEED for Social Innovation.
Reinventing Social Democracy? Sanders, Corbyn and Beyond
ASH CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND INNOVATION
April 13, 2016
On April 13, 2016, the Ash Center hosted a discussion on the particular challenges facing social democrats —or the millennial inheritors of the social democratic tradition— in the US, UK, and beyond. Panelists included Jesse Littlewood, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of Digital, Common Cause; Quinton Mayne, Assistant Professor of Public Policy; and Kathryn Perera, UK-US Fulbright Scholar, Visiting Fellow and Chief Executive, Movement for Change. The event was moderated by Marshall Ganz, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy.
Leading Change: Leadership, Organizing and Advocacy in Japan, Serbia and Jordan
ASH CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND INNOVATION
Nov. 10, 2015
Panel discussion with Kanoko Kamata, Executive Director, Community Organizing Japan; Ana Babovic, Founder, Serbia on the Move and Nisreen Haj Ahmad, Co-director of Ahel.org ; Moderated by Marshall Ganz
Civil Society in East Asia
HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE
March 25, 2014
Roundtable on “Civil Society in East Asia,” with Profs. Marshall Ganz, Gao Bingzhong, Jeong Jong-ho, Kage Rieko, and Elizabeth Perry
The Gettysburg Project: Understanding and Revitalizing Civic Engagement
HAUSER INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY
Dec. 5, 2013
Marshall Ganz and Archon Fung discuss The Gettysburg Project, an effort to develop understandings to reinvigorate meaningful and consequential civic engagement for the 21st century.
We are the 99 Percent’ From Frustration to Occupation
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL, INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
Oct. 13, 2011
Forum Discussion with Todd Gitlin , Ed Rendell , Vanessa Williamson
Israel & Palestine: Embracing Humor; Respecting Humanity
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL, INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
March 25, 2010
A brief comedic presentation followed by a discussion with HKS students and the Kennedy School’s Marshall Ganz. Event Moderators: Marshall Ganz , Jimmy Tingle Participants: Scott Blakeman , Maysoon Zayid , Wassim Khazmo , Barak Loozon
Q&A with Marshall Ganz and Jeremy Bird – Part 1
BERKMAN CENTER
Dec. 13, 2008
Q &A with Marshall Ganz and Jeremy Bird on Building Collective Capacity: New Forms of Political Organizing
Q&A with Marshall Ganz and Jeremy Bird – Part 2
BERKMAN CENTER
Dec. 13, 2008
Q &A with Marshall Ganz and Jeremy Bird on Building Collective Capacity: New Forms of Political Organizing
Q&A with Marshall Ganz and Jeremy Bird – Part 3
BERKMAN CENTER
Dec. 13, 2008
Q &A with Marshall Ganz and Jeremy Bird on Building Collective Capacity: New Forms of Political Organizing
Towards the Politics of Solidarity: Building Multiracial Democracy
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL, INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
April 4, 2002
Speakers: Mr. Taj James , Ms. Andi Perez , Mr. Gerald Torres. Moderated by Mr. Marshall Ganz
Rebuilding A Civil Society: Is Government the Friend or Enemy?
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL, INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
April 16, 1996
Event Speakers: Dr. William Galston , Dr. Robert D. Putnam , Mr. Marshall Ganz , Prof. Theda Skocpol Event Moderators: Prof. Joseph S. Nye Jr.
Election ’94 Coverage and Analysis
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL, INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
Nov. 8, 1994
Event Speakers: Ms. Lynn Cutler , The Hon. Mickey Edwards , Mr. Michael Gartner , Hon. Nancy Maloley, The Hon. Charles Royer , Mr. Marshall Ganz