1. Learn as much as you can about Diane Hessan, our guest speaker. Read this article about her recent research with voters. Come up with two questions you would like to ask her. Of course, when you hear her speak, you might have other questions you want to ask- and that is fine! If people do not volunteer questions, I will pick.
Watch:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2017/03/03/how-are-t…
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/donald-trump-k…
2. Read this NYT article and tell me something your learned or your thoughts about it.
3. To prepare you for our break out group, research your hometown congressional district and your representative. If you are an international student, your congressional district will be either the 6th or 7th Congressional district, MA. You can choose.
o Who represents you in the U.S. House of Representatives? Are they a Democrat or Republican?
o How long have they been in office?
o How popular are they?
o What are the political leanings of the district (for example, solid red, solid blue)
o What would you say are the two most important issues facing your district?
o Is there anything that makes your district unique?