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Bringing together scholars, journalists, community stakeholders and policy makers to inform policy and promote justice.

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to a partnership between scholars and those beyond the academy (community organization, government actor, etc.). Nominations due by Feb 11, 2026. https://t.co/tUZAsv7wQU

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APSA Award for Civic and Community Engagement - Self nominations welcome; nominate yourself or one or more political scientists from your chapter.  Honorees should be political scientists, but the award could be given to a single individual, an academic collaboration, or -

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Russell Sage Foundation Call for Articles: The New Asylum Seekers - A special issue edited by Connecticut chapter leader Abigail Fisher Williamson, Angela S. García, and Rebecca Hamlin. Applications due by Jan 7, 2026. https://t.co/1PuBtFdpZo

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programs. Applications due by Jan 16, 2026. https://t.co/aP1iL0rMX9

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APSA Congressional Fellows Program - Since 1953, the APSA Congressional Fellows Program has brought political scientists, journalists, federal employees, health specialists, and other professionals to Capitol Hill to experience Congress at work through fellowship placements -

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on congressional staffs. The ten-month program begins each November with an intensive one-month introduction to Congress taught by leading experts in the field. After orientation, fellows work in placements of their choosing and participate in ongoing seminars and enrichment -

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based policymaking. Fellows receive a competitive stipend, professional development and mentorship, and explore alternate career paths. Applications due by Jan 6, 2026. https://t.co/yMBJ1Ii16x

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Society for Research on Child Development U.S. Policy Fellowship - The SRCD Policy Fellowship immerses postdoctoral child development experts over one to two years in a U.S state agency or Congress where they work full time on child and family policy, working to improve evidence-

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Breakfast and lunch will be served, and participants are invited to socialize at a happy hour following the event.

Join us for part of the session or the entire program.

Full information and registration available here: https://t.co/0JsHTMPdhL

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The Bay Area chapter of Scholars Strategy Network @SSNScholars and UC Berkeley’s Criminal Law & Justice Center @BerkeleyLawCLJC welcome all interested academics to a workshop:

“Engaging as a Public Scholar in Uncertain Times”

Fri Sept 19, 9:30am-5:30pm, Berkeley Law.

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This daylong event will explore the current challenges of public scholarship and feature David Barstow, chair of Investigative Reporting at Berkeley Journalism, and Angélica Salceda, director of the Democracy, Speech, & Technology Project at ACLU of Northern California.

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Join us on Thursday, Oct 24, 2024, 12-1pm PT for the California Issues Forum series.
Register here: https://t.co/ooQCmc3hxV

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Yesterday the White House warned that the U.S. is running out of money for #Ukraine aid. In this brief, @tanishafazal of @UMNews details the importance of medical aid & military medicine in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Learn more: https://t.co/8KFUpAcljO

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🤖What should the regulation of AI tools like #ChatGPT look like? Our latest No Jargon episode dives into that.

Learn more.⬇️⬇️

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🗣️ Calling scholars interested in writing for policy impact:

Join @SSNScholars' final writing session of the year this Friday at 1pm ET to work on media or policy pieces!
https://t.co/o5CPbAY55r

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"#DACA is dying," says @GregPrieto in his OpEd for @sdutOpinion. Co-authored by an affected USD student, the piece dives into the declining availability of DACA and how this is negatively impacting students across the nation.

Read more: https://t.co/KtNwykqc4a

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Felony murder laws apply when someone commits a felony, resulting in another person's death, leading to murder charges for the offender. Margaret Mikulski of @JJCGradStudies details how reforming these laws can reduce juvenile justice harms.

Read: https://t.co/NzRhmunbI7

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With challenges that threaten honest elections and effective gov't, what will American democracy look like? Join this webinar on Nov. 14 to learn answers to that question from Theda Skocpol, @larryrjacobs, @ChloeThurstonDC & @kewhittington.

Register: https://t.co/VllwhIPGhH

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Join us for @SSNScholars’ last writing session of the month this Friday, November 17th! In this interactive workshop, you’ll have time to work on media or policy pieces with like-minded scholars + optional help from the national staff.

Register here:
https://t.co/jH1kQWlAxV

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Attention SSN members! Join @SSNScholars' for our November workshop to learn about state legislatures, the cycle of state legislation, and how & when to engage.

🗓️Thurs, November 16th, 2-3:30 ET
Register here: https://t.co/0IVH08Y4zs