Melody Barnes
@MelodyCBarnes
Executive Director Karsh Institute of Democracy @UVA, Professor of Practice @Miller_Center; former Director @WhiteHouse Domestic Policy Council
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06-05-2013 21:11:36
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UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy I'm enormously grateful to Melody Barnes + her UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy colleagues and everyone at Virginia Humanities for giving me the chance to continue the most important work of my career. The local news ecosystem needs all the help we can give it. See you in Charlottesville #txlege #GoHoos
All of us UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy are thrilled to have you @UVA and as part of our community Evan Smith - Welcome!!
Thankful for Ava DuVernay Wynton Marsalis Annette Gordon-Reed Melody Barnes Andrew Davenport along with Leslie, Tasha, Gary, Gayle, Cinder, Niya Emily, Jenn & everyone who’s dedicated their hearts and hands to bringing this history forward. Healing, lasting, loving stuff. Grateful. #Ascendant
Looking forward to doing this work with the wonderful Rachel Wahl of UVA School of Education and Human Development and others at UVA and beyond!
Panelists for this discussion: Melody Barnes of UVA and Monticello (moderator), Leslie Greene Bowman of Monticello, Darren Walker of Ford Foundation, and Getting Word descendant William “Bill” Webb.
Register to attend this free public summit: monticello.org/ascendant
Lab Director and Politics UVA professor Todd Sechser writes in the The Washington Post about the mixed blessing of military superiority in the #UkraineRussiaWar : washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
Are you registered? Join us Thursday night 6:30 EST for our webinar: U.S. Nuclear Strategy, Great Power Competition, and War in Ukraine with Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. Miller Center UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy millercenter.org/news-events/ev…
Next week, the 2022 Lannan Symposium begins! On Tuesday, March 22, Melody Barnes will open with her keynote speech: 'In Search of an Inclusive America: Culture, Politics, and the Narratives That Define Us.'
For more info and to register: bit.ly/Melody-Barnes-…
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Join UVA's #DemocracyDialogue & Margaret Brennan this Wednesday, 3.16 at 3:00pm for:
'How Can We Measure The Health of Democracy'
Register Here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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The annual Freedom House Report documents 16 years of democratic decline & the global expansion of authoritarian rule
Freedom House Melody Barnes Laurent Dubois @Jessica_KJ11 StatecraftLab
freedomhouse.org/report/freedom…
In his new book Why Bad Policies Spread (and Good Ones Don't), Batten's Craig Volden and coauthor Charles R. Shipan argue that for good policies to spread, states must learn from one another. Hear more from Volden on the New Books Network 📚 podcast.newbooksnetwork.com/why-bad-polici…
HEY UVA Students-CK out the inaugural Oratory Competition hosted by Politics UVA:
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN VALUE FOR OUR DEMOCRACY-AND WHY?''
Submit entries here by Mar 13: virginia.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bN…
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With another birthday on the horizon, I’m looking forward to reading the new book “From Strength to Strength” by Arthur Brooks about the secrets to happiness in the second half of life. arthurbrooks.com/book/from-stre…