Melrose Public Library

Photo courtesy of Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

The Kennedy Institute’s Real Life Civics virtual program provides a non-partisan starting point for those who want to understand today’s political complexities better.  In this 60 minute program, explore how the U.S. government is structured under the Constitution and the division of powers among the branches. Kennedy Institute staff will discuss the traditions and norms that have guided the work of elected officials, as well as political figures who have broken with established practices and set new norms through their actions. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of staff.