BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard Law School//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard Law School - Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Harvard Law School - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260708T2020Z-1783542007.5013-EO-759151-1@10.73.15.240 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260708T162007Z CREATED:20260708T193644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T193644Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T140000 SUMMARY: Federal Data Under Review: Changes\, Implications\, and Opportunit ies DESCRIPTION: Federal data are more than just statistics. They determine whi ch communities are visible\, which disparities can be documented\, and what evidence is available to researchers\, advocates\, and courts. As the fede ral government changes how it collects and reports information on race and ethnicity\, sexual orientation and gender identity\, climate\, and other is sues\, those changes could […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Federal d ata are more than just statistics. They determine which communities are vis ible\, which disparities can be documented\, and what evidence is available to researchers\, advocates\, and courts. As the federal government changes how it collects and reports information on race and ethnicity\, sexual ori entation and gender identity\, climate\, and other issues\, those changes c ould have far-reaching consequences. This session will explain what is happ ening\, why it matters\, and how lawyers and advocates can respond through public comments\, litigation\, and other forms of engagement. 

Meghan is a policy strategist with over 15 years of experience working to make change on issues like data policy\, economic justice\, and LGBTQ ri ghts.  Meghan worked as Policy Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force an d served in the Biden Administration in senior data policy roles at the Cen sus Bureau\, Department of Commerce\, and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

CATEGORIES:Lecture LOCATION:Zoom GEO:40.712728;-74.006015 ORGANIZER;CN="Harmony Eidolon":MAILTO:heidolon@law.harvard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://hls.harvard.edu/events/federal-data-under-review-chan ges-implications-and-opportunities/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/EFlyer_MeghanMauryFox-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR