A luncheon presentation by Elaine C. Kamarck, a senior fellow at Brookings, on the future of American political parties will be held November 7, 2025, from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Akron, 1307 East Market Street. This program is part of the State of the Parties Conference produced by The University of Akron’s Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.
Kamarck is director of the Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings. She is an expert on American electoral politics and government innovation and reform in the United States.
Event Details
Date: Friday, November 7, 2025
Time: Noon – 2 p.m.
Place: Hilton Garden Inn Akron, 1307 East Market Street (NOTE: This luncheon will take place at Hilton Garden Inn, not at our usual venue at Goodyear Hall.)
Cost: $35 per individual
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Reservation deadline: Noon on Monday, November 3, 2025
Cancellations: Cancellation requests must be received no later than 48 hours before the event. After that time, there will be no refunds and an invoice will be issued for payment.
About the Speaker
Kamarck became a lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 1997 after a career in politics and government. A member of the Democratic National Committee and its Rules Committee since 1997, she has participated in four presidential campaigns and 10 nominating conventions, including two Republican conventions. Her most recent books are Lies That Kill: A Citizen’s Guide to Disinformation (Brookings Press, 2024, co-written with Darrell West) and Primary Politics: Everything You Need to Know About How America Nominates Its Presidential Candidates (Brookings Press, 2023).
Your Attendance Makes a Difference
Proceeds from Akron Press Club events fund scholarships for journalism and public relations students. This year the Press Club, in conjunction with the John S. Knight Memorial Journalism Fund, awarded nine scholarships of $5,000 each to college students. The Press Club also partnered with the Sojourner Truth Project to offer two scholarships of $5,000 each to graduating Akron Public Schools students who will study journalism. The Press Club sincerely thanks Summit County, Dr. Aileen Thong and Elizabeth Bartz for their donations to the scholarship fund.
The Akron Press Club was founded in 1971 to promote a free press and serve local journalists and public relations professionals. The group has a rich heritage of offering newsmakers a forum to discuss issues of the day at Press Club luncheons and speaking events that are open to the public.