Past Events

The Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service will organize a session at this year’s Beyond technology forum and exhibition, to take place at the Metropolitan Expo Centre, Athens. David Wisner, Executive Director of the Dukakis Center, will host a fireside chat on “AI, Social Contracts, and… More

The Dukakis Center mourns the passing of Kitty Dukakis, former First Lady of Massachusetts, who passed away in Brookline, MA, on Friday, March 21, 2025. She was 88. Ms Dukakis visited Thessaloniki and ACT on three occasions with her husband, former Massachusetts Governor and 1988 Democratic Nominee for President of… More

The Dukakis Center at ACT will co-sponsor in kind the 2025 Thrace Negotiation Tournament, to take place virtually and in Xanthic on three successive weekends in March 2025, culminating in an in-person finale on March 26-28. ACT instructors will make virtual presentations to tournament participants on March 13, as follows:… More

This week, March 10-14, is Civic Learning Week (CLW).  Civic Learning Week is hosted annually by iCivics and seeks to highlight the importance of civic education in sustaining and strengthening constitutional democracy in the United States.   According to the CLW website, “Civic Learning Week unites students, educators, policymakers, and private… More

The Dukakis Center has had a discreet presence on the Internet for nearly two decades, if not longer. In certain instances the Center has pioneered the use on campus of various platforms, formats, and tools. We have been streaming events for fifteen years. In February 2012 several fellow ACT instructors,… More