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'I doubt I'll run for office again, I said that very clearly,' John Kerry tells crowd at Edward Kennedy Institute

December 6, 2018 – MassLive

Former presidential candidate and diplomat John Kerry voiced doubts that he would ever mount another White House run, wistfully remembered searching out Friendly's restaurants while on the Massachusetts campaign trail, and said he still considers himself an "activist."

In Preparation for General Elections, Kennedy Institute Seeks to Activate Electorate

October 28, 2018 – The BC Heights

Boston residents packed into the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on Monday evening to hear a panel of political experts discuss how to activate and expand the Massachusetts electorate.

JFK Library Releasing Hundreds Of Papers From Sen. Ted Kennedy's Career

October 23, 2018 – WBUR

The JFK Presidential Library and Museum is releasing hundreds of boxes of archives from early in Sen. Ted Kennedy's career.

Press Release

Kennedy Institute to Convene Bipartisan Congressional Panel on Finding Common Ground

December 2018

Members of Congress from Illinois, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Delaware to discuss avenues to bipartisanship in modern era of divisiveness

Press Release

Congresswoman-Elect Ayanna Pressley to recount historic campaign and preview legislative priorities Thursday at Kennedy Institute

December 2018

Outgoing Boston City Councilor to share experiences from her public service as she readies for a new chapter on Capitol Hill

Press Release

John Kerry at the Kennedy Institute Dec. 6 to discuss memoir Every Day Is Extra and challenges facing the nation

December 2018

Former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and author to participate in the Institute’s Getting to the Point speaker series