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UPCOMING VIRTUAL EVENT

** Can Congress Better Represent Americans?
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November 5, 2025 | 2:30 p.m. EST

Deep polarization. Partisan gridlock. Gerrymandering. Shutdowns. Record low levels of trust in political institutions. In this challenging landscape, solutions that could meaningfully improve our politics for the future are more important than ever.

Join us for a discussion of Expanding Representation: Reinventing Congress in the 21st Century, the latest report from the Our Common Purpose project. The result of deliberations from the Academy’s working group on electoral design, this report outlines how one change could improve representation, reduce partisan divides, and end gerrymandering. Join us to learn what proportional representation is, why it matters for our current moment, what it can and cannot fix, and how it can be designed and implemented for American institutions today.

** Featuring
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** Andy Craig
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Fellow, Joseph H. Rainey Center

** Michael Li
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Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice

** Norman J. Ornstein
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Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

** Maria Perez
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Co-Director, Democracy Rising

The conversation will be introduced by Laurie L. Patton, President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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