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Covid testing

'Ask not': National service in times of crisis

President Kennedy's famous call to service, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country," served as an inspiration to Americans in the 1960s. Join us for an exploration of national service, civic responsibility, and presidential leadership as we face 2020's daunting coronavirus challenge.
John Bridgeland
Covid testing

'Ask not': National service in times of crisis

President Kennedy's famous call to service, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country," served as an inspiration to Americans in the 1960s. Join us for an exploration of national service, civic responsibility, and presidential leadership as we face 2020's daunting coronavirus challenge.
William Antholis
JFK Library

Courageous Together for a New Frontier w/ Gov. Deval Patrick and Barbara Perry

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation's New Frontier Network featured JFK Library Foundation Executive Director Rachel Flor, former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia Miller Center Dr. Barbara Perry sharing insights into managing uncertainty, learning leadership lessons in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombing, and finding inspiration in President Kennedy’s New Frontier vision of bold leadership, inclusion, innovation, and service.
Barbara Perry
Federal News Network

Stay home or reopen: Do you trust your agency leader to make the right call?

Chris Lu, who served as deputy Labor secretary during the Obama administration, said state authorities seem to be in the best position to determine whether local conditions on the ground are safe enough to warrant reopening federal offices. The majority of employees at Labor, as is the case for many agencies, work outside of the Washington metropolitan area in regional and field offices. “I’d ask the offices to determine what their guidance was about reopening,” said Lu, now a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “I’d probably add a layer of social distancing to this; not everyone needs to be in the office.”
Chris Lu
Interpreting India

Future of US-China Relations Post-Coronavirus

Srinath Raghavan is joined by Evan Feigenbaum to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the geopolitical and economic competition between the US and China and their prospects for cooperation.
Evan Feigenbaum