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SUMMARY:EdAllies 2026 Session Kick-Off
DESCRIPTION:Hear EdAllies’ policy priorities\, learn the critical issues sure to dominate the legislative session\, & network with advocacy partners.\n\n\nJoin EdAllies for our annual Session Kick-Off Breakfast! Learn more about the education debates expected to play out in 2026\, and what we’re prioritizing to ensure students have access to a rigorous and engaging education. \nWith every legislator up for reelection\, looming budget challenges at the state and local levels\, and an ever-changing federal landscape impact both schools and students directly\, there is a lot at stake in a charged political atmosphere. We hope you’ll join us to make sense of the threats and opportunities ahead\, learn where you can join in the work\, and build community. \nNew this year! We will make space for networking with not just our team\, but with other community partners tackling big issues at the Capitol this year. Come during breakfast or stay after the presentation for networking time to mingle through partner tables and learn more about the issues you care about most. \nEdAllies events are always free\, with the option to contribute to make events like this possible.
URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/edallies-2026-session-kick-off/
LOCATION:American Swedish Institute\, 2600 Park Avenue\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55407\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Race for Governor 2026: Xavier Becerra
DESCRIPTION:Come meet the candidate\, hear his vision for California\, and ask your questions before you cast your vote for California’s next governor.\n\n\nFormer California attorney general and U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra says this is a “break-glass moment” for state residents who are struggling economically. That’s why\, he says\, he’s making economic opportunity the centerpiece of his campaign to succeed Gavin Newsom in the governor’s office. \nRaised in Sacramento by immigrant parents—his father worked in construction\, his mother was a clerical worker—Becerra was the first in his family to earn a college degree. He attended Stanford for both undergraduate and law school\, thanks in part to opportunities he says were once more widely available in California. \nIf elected\, Becerra says he would be the “health-care governor\,” an issue he has emphasized throughout his career\, from his 24 years in Congress to his time in the Biden administration. He also points to his track record as attorney general standing up to the Trump administration on issues such as immigration and the environment. \nBecerra joins Commonwealth Club World Affairs as part of our “Race for Governor 2026” series of candidate forums. Come meet the candidate\, hear his vision for California\, and ask your questions before you cast your vote for California’s next governor. \nNotes \nAttendees subject to search. No large bags or backpacks. \nSPEAKERS \nXavier Becerra\, Candidate for California Governor \nModerator: Melissa Caen\, Attorney; Legal and Political Analyst \nPhoto courtesy the speaker. \nCommonwealth Club World Affairs is a public forum. Any views expressed in our programs are those of the speakers and not of Commonwealth Club World Affairs. \nAll ticket sales are final and nonrefundable. \n11:30 a.m. doors open & check-in12–1 p.m. program(all times Pacific Time)
URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/the-race-for-governor-2026-xavier-becerra/
LOCATION:The Commonwealth Club\, 110 The Embarcadero\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Lecture: The Israeli
DESCRIPTION:Author Phil Kurata joins Dr. Ritchie to discuss The Israeli\, a novel reimagining spy Eli Cohen in the post-WWII Middle East.\n\n\nAbout the Lecture: \nThe Israeli\, a novel by veteran journalist Phil Kurata\, is set in the years 1947 to 1965\, after the end of World War II\, when in the Middle East\, newly independent countries were shaking off the colonial powers of Britain and France. It reimagines the life of famed spy Eli Cohen. Beginning in Alexandria\, Egypt\, it transitions to a nascent Israel and then to Syria\, where Cohen spies for the Israelis. Steeped in the food and the culture of the Middle East at that formative period\, it takes a hard-eyed view of racism and prejudice on both the Israeli and Arab sides. It takes the reader on a deep dive into the intractable and often vicious conflicts that split the region today. \n\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nPhillip Kurata is a novelist and former journalist who grew up in Lawrence\, Kansas\, and earned a bachelor’s degree in French literature and a master’s degree in Asian Studies from the University of Kansas. He studied at the University of Tunis in the mid-1960s\, and—as a fluent French speaker—he returned to Tunisia as a Peace Corps Volunteer and a public health educator. He got into journalism while studying Chinese in Taiwan\, writing for the Far Eastern Economic Review. He later worked for United Press International\, Agence France Presse and Voice of America in Japan\, Taiwan\, Hong Kong\, Beijing\, France\, and Washington\, DC. \nPhil served for many years as a writer with the U.S. Department of State\, based in Washington\, DC. \nHis first novel\, The Reluctant Agent\, was published by Washington Writers’ Publishing House as the Fiction Prize winner. His most recent novel\, The Israeli\, published in 2024\, is a fictionalized story of the legendary Israeli spy\, Eli Cohen\, and examines the destructive power of ethnic hatred. \n \nDr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie is a forensic psychiatrist with special expertise in military and veterans’ issues. She has been Chief of Psychiatry at Medstar Washington Hospital Center since 2018. She retired from the Army in 2010\, after holding numerous leadership positions within Army Medicine\, including Psychiatry Consultant. She trained at Harvard\, George Washington\, Walter Reed\, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences\, and has completed fellowships in both forensic and preventive and disaster psychiatry. She is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences\, Georgetown University\, and George Washington University School of Medicine. An internationally recognized expert\, she brings a unique public health approach to the management of disasters and combating mental health issues. Her assignments and other missions have taken her to Korea\, Somalia\, Iraq\, and Cuba. She has over 250 publications\, mainly in the areas of forensic\, disaster\, suicide\, ethics\, military combat psychiatry\, and women’s health issues. Recent volumes include: “Forensic and Ethical Issues in Military Behavioral Health”\, “Women at War”\, “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Diseases in Combat Veterans”\, “Intimacy After Injury: Restoring Sexual Health on Return from Combat”; “Psychiatrists in Combat\, Clinicians Experience in the War Zone”\, “Gay Mental Healthcare Providers and Patients in the Military: Personal Experiences and Clinical Care” and “Clinical Management of the Homeless Patient: Social\, Medical and Psychiatric Issues.”
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LOCATION:The Institute of World Politics\, Commodore Barry Room\, 1521 16th Street Northwest\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
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