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Confessions of a Perennial Optimist

May 22, 2020 0 Comments

I find it very difficult to cry. It’s not like I forgot how – I still cry during sad movies.

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HKS Senior Scramble

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 0 Comments

It’s commonly known that love springs…in the spring. Perhaps you had plans to finally make that move at spring formal

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Editorial Cartoon: First, Tell Me I’m A Genius

May 1, 2020 0 Comments

Drew Madson is an award winning illustrator, educator, and entrepreneur. He studies Technology, Innovation and Education at Harvard Graduate School Education

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Editorial Cartoon: Witch Doctor

April 27, 2020 0 Comments

Drew Madson is an award winning illustrator, educator, and entrepreneur. He studies Technology, Innovation and Education at Harvard Graduate School Education

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I’m not Violating your Rights, and I can Live with Hurting your Feelings

April 24, 2020 0 Comments

Original Cartoon by Drew Madson. See more of his illustrations here. Instagram @drew1drew2drewyou   Back in 2007, I was holidaying in Iran with a

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About The Citizen

The Citizen is the independent, official newspaper of the Harvard Kennedy School. 

Our mission is to seek the full truth on university and community. In doing so, we challenge assumptions and spark meaningful dialogue on the identity and ideals of HKS. We strive to help the school achieve its own goal: allow people to live safer, freer, and more prosperous lives.

 

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Instagram post 2325109879552982035_21859211676 "Expressing empathy while refusing to use one’s institutional power to change a system of oppression is its own form of violence—structural violence." @cation_action_atonic_ancito Link in bio #blacklivesmatter
Instagram post 2324365484763571101_21859211676 "This is the greatest failure of Harvard Kennedy School, its desire to parade political neutrality in hopes of avoiding the responsibility of holding firm moral stances." Link in bio. #blacklivesmatter @m.yepes.gallego
Instagram post 2322705938466900194_21859211676 Black lives matter #blackouttuesday
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Instagram post 2319086246875479147_21859211676 The Citizen says goodbye for this year, with a heartfelt thank you to all members of the HKS community. "With connection comes understanding. With connection comes humility. With connection comes accountability. We hope that The Citizen has been able to make a small contribution to help strengthen connection in our community and hold ourselves and HKS a little more accountable." Link in bio #goodbye #harvard #community #connection
Instagram post 2318685615421400999_21859211676 "While HKS is as diverse as any in America in terms of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, and life experience, one aspect is sorely missing: diversity of thought." Link in bio #diversity #polarization #politics
Instagram post 2318364497829462208_21859211676 The Dive podcast, launched by two HKS students and a Loeb fellow, features Harvard faculty discussing the news. Listen to their episodes, including a soon to be released interview with President Lawrence Bacow on Harvard’s COVID response. Link in bio. @thedivepodcast #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #podcasting
Instagram post 2317645020846557693_21859211676 “Public service is an active and daily practice achievable in both the public and private sectors. We are not holier, and our souls are not saved simply by choosing to work in the public sector over the private after graduation.” Link in bio. @nraghuv #publicservice #nonprofit #government
Instagram post 2316940028095310768_21859211676 HKS student Arbitrarily Detained in India. “We as a community, should not tolerate suppression of civil and political rights through arbitrary detentions of voices of dissent, especially that of our students and alumni." Link in bio. #india #jammukashmir #freeshahfaisal
Instagram post 2316212311578371979_21859211676 “This May has been an Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month like no other. Usually it is a time for Asian Americans to reflect on and celebrate our heritage, predecessors and ancestors, and contributions to our communities. Instead, this year we find ourselves defending our basic right to be in the United States in the wake of COVID-19.” Link in bio @em_chi #covid_19 #asianamerican #aapiheritagemonth #america
Instagram post 2315501022086290921_21859211676 "With all this positivity and reframing, I just did not have room for grief. But today, standing on the Charles river esplanade, I was forced to face the uncomfortable truth: this is not the end I had in mind when I arrived at Harvard almost two years ago. And I was not okay with it." Link in bio @2gram_j #graduation #commencement #harvard #covid_19
Instagram post 2314832528319658297_21859211676 Single? Graduating? Bored? "Perhaps you had plans to finally make that move at spring formal or on the boat cruise, but got covid-blocked🐔...or perhaps you knew that once you submitted your PAE, you would most definitely find your BAE. Whatever your case is, The Citizen is here to help you reclaim that missed connection, one match at a time." Link in bio. #dating #covid_19 #truelove
Instagram post 2297358452600713410_21859211676 Witch Doctor by @drew1drew2drewyou #coronavirus #covid_19 #cartoonart #politics #politicalcartoons
Instagram post 2296645715134255022_21859211676 "In shaming others from expressing conflicting opinions, the offended have developed blind spots. They are oppressing the same right to free speech that they use themselves to express their offended feelings." Art by @drew1drew2drewyou #harvard #freespeech.
Instagram post 2293148707329362289_21859211676 "To students who have been intending to opt-in for a letter grade: don’t. Make this sacrifice in solidarity with your classmates who are having a harder time than you are." Link in bio. #harvard #education
Instagram post 2291672945694690159_21859211676 "From the selection of ingredients, to the preparation of dishes, meals represent a ritual—an act of love—that makes cooking and eating together the ultimate expression of communication, affection and unity." For a heartwarming dish during isolation, see @giulia_zrt recipe for ragú bianco. Link in bio #foodporn #foodphotography #foodstagram #harvard #italianfood #italy #pasta
Instagram post 2289496445306290357_21859211676 "These are not the best possible people invited by a prestigious university to have a discussion. They are instead those who are part of a particular network with financial resources. It is an embrace of elitism." Powerful lessons from @madeyeeno. Link in bio #harvardkennedyschool #harvard #india
Instagram post 2287296715277053359_21859211676 The JFK School of Government: a half-hearted attempt to cling to a traditional narrative of public service through the public sector. But it fails factual scrutiny: HKS sends almost half of its graduates to the private sector. Not so public, after all. Link in bio. Artwork by @drew1drew2drewyou #publicservice #publicsector #harvarduniversity #government #boston
Instagram post 2285942640686854562_21859211676 "We can’t leave our homes but we can be transported through our books." Link in bio. #socialdistancing #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #corona
Instagram post 2284371239895039171_21859211676 @drew1drew2drewyou is an award winning illustrator, educator, and entrepreneur. He studies Technology, Innovation and Education at Harvard Graduate School Education when he’s not in class at HKS. #corona #harvardkennedyschool #harvard #harvardmedicalschool #boston
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