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Organizing Electoral Success

A reflection on the work – and payoff – of effective organizing in Nevada by Professor Rebecca Gordon Many years ago, a young friend told me she was giving up politics. I asked why and she said “It’s because I’ve realized that all political work involves convincing people to do things they don’t want to…

On My First Year Of Grad School

Jessica Lindquist, M.A., Public Affairs ’18 Last July I left my cushy job as an executive assistant at a financial technology company in Mid-Market to try something scary and exciting: graduate school. I had been accepted into the Master of Public Affairs program at the University of San Francisco. At my core, I knew it…

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