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Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

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Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

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Protecting Pregnant and Parenting Students: New State Policy Tools

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Lancy Downs

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Lancy Downs

Senior Policy Analyst, Center on Education & Labor

Maegan Godoy

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Maegan Godoy

Project Coordinator Youth Apprentice

Mary Alice McCarthy

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Mary Alice McCarthy

Senior Director, Center on Education & Labor

Lindsey Phillips

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Lindsey Phillips

Senior Policy Manager, Postsecondary Pathways for Youth

Katherine Portnoy

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Katherine Portnoy

Communications Director, Education & Work

Kmar Sfar

Kmar Sfar

Program Coordinator, Center on Education & Labor

Alexandra Simon

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Alexandra Simon

Senior Policy Analyst, Center on Education & Labor

Erica Simon

Erica Simon

Deputy Director, Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship

Ivy Sullivan

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Ivy Sullivan

Manager, Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship

Taylor White

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Taylor White

Director, Postsecondary Pathways for Youth