Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will lend her name to a new institute at the University of California, Berkeley after retiring from Congress. The school has already raised $35 million toward a $50 million goal for the center, which will focus on representative democracy and public leadership.
Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy
The Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy, or NPI, opening in January 2027 when Pelosi is set to leave Congress, will serve as a hub for research, teaching and civic engagement, according to the university. The institute will also allow Pelosi, the first Californian elected speaker of the House, to co-teach a course on Congress.
According to UC Berkeley, the institute will focus on four areas: strengthening American democracy, addressing major social, economic and environmental challenges, promoting human and civil rights, and ensuring political leadership that represents the full spectrum of perspectives and backgrounds in California and the country.
Pelosi said in a statement, ‘The work of democracy is never finished, and securing its future is our greatest calling.’ UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons added that the purpose of the institute ‘will be defined and strengthened by Berkeley’s ability to bring together world-class faculty and extraordinary students and by our commitment, as the country’s preeminent public university, to advancing the greater good.’
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