National Agenda 2018: “Midterm Matters” featuring Gabe Fleisher
October 10, 2018 – In the third installment of National Agenda’s Midterm Matters speaker series, 16-year-old political journalist Gabe Fleisher explained why young voices matter. Fleisher writes Wake Up To Politics, a popular daily political newsletter that began as an email he sent to his mom to update her on what was happening in the world and what was on the schedules of America’s political leaders. Fast forward to today and over 50,000 people receive Gabe’s daily email.
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Delaware Debates 2018: U.S. House of Representatives
Just 20 days before the 2018 elections, which some political observers see as potentially the most significant midterms in decades, candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives met to debate at the University of Delaware. The pair of debates on Wednesday evening, October 17, in the University of Delaware’s Mitchell Hall featured the major-party candidates for one of Delaware’s Senate seats and for its only seat in the House. In each race, an incumbent Democrat is seeking re-election against a Republican challenger.
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National Agenda 2018: “Midterm Matters” featuring David DeWalt
September 26, 2018 – In the second event of the National Agenda 2018 speaker series, UD alumnus David DeWalt (EG 86) urged Americans to focus more attention on cybersecurity. The noted tech executive and cybersecurity expert David DeWalt spoke about the importance of identity monitoring, privacy, and filling the current gender gap in the cybersecurity industry.
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