Policy for the People: Student-sourcing Civic Innovation

Lucas Chu and Policy for the People

December 2020

Abstract

We organized the Pandemic Policython, the first Harvard undergraduate, high school student-run, and open-sourced online competitive policy writing conference. On a shoestring budget, the Policy for the People team recruited over 50 organizations, mentors, and volunteers to help over 1000 applicants, 200 teams internationally, and 150 submitted proposals over a 48 hour event....