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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.

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Tavis Smiley and Cornel West: The Poverty Tour – A Call to Conscience

American families have been falling out of the middle class in record numbers and many folks are homeless and hungry for the first time in their lives. And that means more children are growing up in poverty than at any other time since the Great Depression. What can be done, and how far does the

Mary Ellen Klas: The Next Florida – Legislative Preview

One of Florida’s leading political journalists shared her thoughts and perspectives on the upcoming legislative session and reflected on the current battles over redistricting at the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service. Mary Ellen Klas, capital bureau chief for The Miami Herald spoke as part of the “Next Florida” speaker series—a partnership

Jeff Klinkenberg: The Next Florida – Culture Shifts

Jeff Klinkenberg, an author, essayist and one of Florida’s leading newspaper columnists, discussed the profound cultural shifts occurring in the Sunshine State on Monday, Sept. 26 at the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service. Klinkenberg’s appearance kicked off a series of talks on “The Next Florida,” a program looking at the emerging