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But the tides were already turning. Michael S. Dukakis, then governor of Massachusetts, created the Music Under Boston program to fund live performances in the subway and, in some cases, hire musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to perform.
Shortly after Reich’s speech, Dukakis, now a professor at Northeastern University and a 1960 HLS alum, served as moderator for a panel entitled “Running for Office as a Young Democrat.”
Dukakis recounted the strategies he employed during his early campaigns for the Brookline town meeting and Massachusetts legislature. He attributed much of his early success to long hours of “door-knocking.”
“You can’t overestimate the impact in a campaign of face-to-face contact with people,” Dukakis said.
Dukakis urged the audience to consider running for public office. “There is no mystery to running for political office today,” he said. “Knowing yourself, having a passion for [public service], feeling very strongly about why you want to be in public...