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Each year, the IOP hosts dozens of public Speaker Series events, providing students and the general public direct contact with elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key practitioners in politics and public service.

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Chicago Election Night Party

Will Burns, Leslie Hairston

April 07, 2015

  • Chicago & Illinois
  • Campaigns & Electoral Politics
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From Birmingham to Barack: The Politics and Progress of the Civil Rights Movement, 1963 to 2014

Timuel Black, Diane McWhorter, Tonya Lewis Lee, Anika Noni Rose, Juan Williams, Adam Green, Will Burns

October 07, 2013

  • Activism
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30th Anniversary of Harold Washington

Michael Dawson, Jacky Grimshaw, Will Burns, Laura Washington, David Axelrod

April 09, 2013

  • Chicago & Illinois
  • Democracy & Governance
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