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Christopher Shay is a Research Associate and Soha Hammam is the Research Project Manager with the Crowd Counting Consortium (CCC) at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Since the 2017 Women's March on Washington, the CCC has been systematically collecting publicly available data on public acts of claims-making in the United States -- including marches, protests, strikes, demonstrations, and more.

At this session of Data + Donuts, Shay and Hammam will introduce the CCC's methods for gathering and coding this information, share findings about protest activity over time and across communities, and explore how this collaborative project sheds light on one of the most visible forms of democratic participation.

This talk will be given in a hybrid format. Harvard affiliates are invited to register to attend in person, while members of the public are invited to attend online.

Since 2018, Data + Donuts has featured researchers and practitioners speaking about how they use data in their work, and on issues of data and society. We welcome those from the HKS community and beyond to share knowledge, discussion, and donuts. Explore the full list of past speakers. Video recordings are available upon request.

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