What if we held an election and everyone came?
Thursday, January 19, 2023
March 8, 2023
“The Cooper Center has an outstanding record of supporting regional and local governance across the Commonwealth,” said Melody Barnes, executive director of the Karsh Institute.
January 20, 2023
Smith will serve one year as the institute’s first Distinguished Fellow in Journalism, curating and participating in programs to highlight challenges facing local media and solutions to connecting Americans with informative, independent journalism.
Karsh Institute teams up with College Republicans and University Democrats to talk across difference
November 28, 2022
With help from College Republicans and University Democrats, the Karsh Institute hosted UVA's first “Talking Across Difference Student Dinner” as a bridge-building opportunity for the two student groups.
Charlottesville Civil Rights Tour Info Session
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Karsh Institute teams up with College Republicans and University Democrats to talk across difference
With help from College Republicans and University Democrats, the Karsh Institute hosted UVA's first “Talking Across Difference Student Dinner” as a bridge-building opportunity for the two student groups.
STUDENT’S ‘REMEDY TO SAVE AMERICA’ SPEECH EARNS TOP HONOR AT ORATORY CONTEST
Jered Cooper, a third-year student and government major, won UVA's second annual Oratory Competition sponsored by the Karsh Institute of Democracy and partners across the university.
KARSH INSTITUTE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS THE POWER OF CONVERSATION OVER DIVISION
Launched in October 2021, the Karsh Institute's One Small Step project has since recorded more than 80 conversations, both virtually and in-person, with participants from around the Charlottesville area. Learn more about what participants have discovered about each other in the project’s first year.
An Evening in Conversation with Del. Sally Hudson and Denver Riggleman
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Touchstones of Democracy: Chilean Constitutional Reform
Friday, November 11, 2022
Battling for democracy in Ukraine
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Memory Project documentary highlights origins of Confederate statues in Charlottesville
The Karsh Institute’s Memory Project hosted a screening of its documentary film, “Unveiling: The Origins of Charlottesville's Monuments,” which focuses on the construction of Confederate monuments between 1909 and 1924 in Charlottesville.
Hate-fueled violence is ripping apart our cities and nation. We need to stop it.
In an article for USA Today, Karsh Institute Executive Director Melody Barnes writes that "a new movement is underway to address hate-fueled violence and affirm the bonds of mutual respect that make self-government possible."
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