Karen Dolan is a Fellow with the Cities for Peace Fellow Cities for Progress at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Karen Dolan joined IPS in 1996. Her public scholarship and activism at IPS have included organizing the Cities for Peace movement and the Cities for Progress project. These link community-led organizations with policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels. The focus of her work is on "local democracy/empowerment, peace and economic equality"
“Studies show that voting is a habit. When voters vote the first year they are eligible, they are more likely to vote in every election in the future. Further, the research shows that 16-year-olds are more likely to vote than 18-year-olds.”
