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THE BOSTON GLOBE
Historic photos of Rose Kennedy, Jack, and Ted will grace banners on the Greenway all winter (https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/01/24/historic-photos-rose-kennedy-jack-and-ted-will-grace-banners-greenway-all-winter/JhyNtnpwwN1YCjWzBag6AM/story.html)

TAOS NEWS
National diversity exhibit issues call for artists (https://www.taosnews.com/stories/national-diversity-exhibit-issues-call-for-artists,54313)

WAKEFIELD PATCH
Wakefield Students are senator for a day at Kennedy Institute (https://patch.com/massachusetts/wakefield/wakefield-students-are-senators-day-kennedy-institute)

DORCHESTER REPORTER
Grant from Ireland to fund EMK Institute programming (https://www.dotnews.com/2019/grant-ireland-fund-emk-institute-programming)
Each day, our Senate chamber echoes with voices of visitors who spend their time learning about and discussing the important issues facing our country today. Since last fall, we’ve taken a thoughtful look at how voices are brought forward in the local and national dialogue in the evolving exhibit A Seat at the Table (https://www.emkinstitute.org/explore-the-institute/exhibits/a-seat-at-the-table) .

As spring approaches, A Seat at the Table continues to grow with input from partners and visitors. Inspired by the wise words of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm fifty years ago — “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair” — our exhibit invigorates conversation about identity and representation.

At the Institute, a project like this renews our call to participate in democracy and empower others to make their voices heard. A project like this also has the added benefit of generating remarkable creative work like the community-designed chairs on display at the Institute today. The next phase of the exhibit will highlight the work of commissioned artists from across the country who will create chairs for historic and contemporary figures. Each chair that is part of the exhibit represents a distinct story worth hearing.

I extend my best wishes for a healthy and happy spring, and hope to hear your voice at the Institute soon.

With warmth,
Mary K. Grant, Ph.D.
President

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EVENTS | get involved
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UPCOMING PROGRAM
Meet Massachusetts political trailblazers on Tuesday, March 19
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As Massachusetts and the nation see more women than ever serving in government, a panel of political leaders will discuss their pathways to civic leadership, insights from the campaign trail to creating change in public office, and how to increase and diversify women’s political representation at all levels of government.

** See the list of the panelists (https://www.emkinstitute.org/explore-the-institute/public-events-programs/public/ma-trailblazers)
. Join the waitlist for the ** Tuesday, March 19 (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-leadership-massachusetts-trailblazers-tickets-56498150489?_ga=2.102121476.460681322.1552229031-458099019.1547476057)
, evening program.

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RECENT PROGRAMS

In partnership with the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at UMass Boston, the Institute hosted a screening of The Peacemaker last month.

Director James Demo’s multi-award winning film is an intimate portrait of Padraig O’Malley, UMass Boston’s John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor of Peace and Reconciliation.

** Read a summary and see photos. (https://www.umb.edu//news/detail/kennedy_institute_hosts_screening_discussion_on_award_winning_padraig_omalley_documentary_the_peacemaker)
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High school students from across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts gathered earlier this year to compete in the We the People state finals at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute and the nearby Commonwealth Museum. In the competition, students shared what they learned from study of the U.S. Constitution.

The program is organized by the Massachusetts Center for Civic Education, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting civic education and one of the Institute's key partners.

** View photos from the 2019 competition (https://www.flickr.com/photos/emkinstitute/albums/72157705172999901)
. Learn more ** about the partnership (https://www.emkinstitute.org/about/newsroom/press-releases/we-the-people-2019)
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KENNEDY BANNERS ON THE GREENWAY
On display in downtown Boston
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The Edward M. Kennedy Institute partnered with the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation on a joint display of historic photos along the Greenway between Seaport Boulevard and Milk Street in Boston.

Full-scale banners are hung with historic photographs of President Kennedy and Senator Kennedy during their time in office as well as an archival photo of their mother Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. Be sure to have a look at the banners on your next visit to the area. This partnership was made possible by the generous support of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation.

** Read The Boston Globe story about the banners (https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/01/24/historic-photos-rose-kennedy-jack-and-ted-will-grace-banners-greenway-all-winter/JhyNtnpwwN1YCjWzBag6AM/story.html)
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ON YOUR NEXT VISIT TO THE INSTITUTE
What's new and happening now
This month, you can debate the Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2019 in the Institute's replica Senate Chamber during ** the Today’s Vote program (https://www.emkinstitute.org/resources/todays-vote)
. Offered daily, Today's Vote enables you to participate in a simulated Senate session and live floor debate on real legislation currently being considered by the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C.

And be sure to make time to enjoy the display of Senator Kennedy's paintings during your visit. Many people are surprised to learn that the Senator painted throughout his life. For him, it was a decades-long passion that he pursued alongside the rigors of work in the United States Senate.
MEMBERSHIP | make a difference
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SUPPORT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
A profile of current Institute member Thomas C. Brown Jr.
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Although I live near Washington, D.C. and have visited the Institute only once so far, my continued membership in the Institute is very important to me. I served on the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate for ten years as the Senate's research services coordinator and have a long-standing personal interest in American government. Even as a part of the Senate staff, I did not have floor privileges. The Institute's impressive Senate replica brought me as close as possible to that experience, one that everyone should have.

Senator Kennedy's contributions to our government, and particularly the U.S. Senate, are legion, making the Institute that bears his name a perfect way to remember not only the Senator, but also his many lasting contributions to American governance. Being an Institute member is a way for me to make a contribution to preserving a vital, visual, and available reminder of what truly makes America great — representative government — and I am eager to return.

– Thomas C. Brown Jr.

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