The Bob Graham Center for Public Service provides a wide variety of programs for students and the larger public on topics related to public service, public leadership and civic engagement.
Latest Past Events
ABA President Paulette Brown: School to Prison Pipeline
The "school-to-prison pipeline" refers to policies and practices that push school children, especially at-risk children, out of classrooms and into the criminal justice system. This pipeline reflects the prioritization of incarceration over education. On March 10 at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora, ABA President Paulette Brown explored how inadequate resources, ineffective discipline policies
The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Fall of Black Politics with Fredrick Harris
Dr. Fredrick Harris, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center on African American Politics and Society at Columbia University, spoke about his latest book,The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Fall of Black Politics. In the book, Harris puts Obama's career in the context of decades of black activism, showing
Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America with Michael Jeffries
Dr. Michael Jeffries, associate professor of American Studies at Wellesley College, spoke about his latest book, Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America. Dr. Jeffries approaches Obama's election and administration as common cultural ground for thinking about race. He uncovers contemporary stereotypes and anxieties by examining historically rooted conceptions of race and