[act-ma] Spring Series of Free Lectures and Discussions, March-May 2007

[Ford Hall Forum]

FORD HALL FORUM
ANNOUNCES ITS
SPRING SERIES OF LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS



featuring
Ali S. Asani & Mona Eltahawy
 Marshall Goldman & Uri Ra¹anan
 Herman Badillo
 Richard S. Lindzen
 Edward Albee, Rick Lombardo & Karen MacDonald
 Paul Biddinger & Lisa Stone
Paul Hawken 

This spring, the Ford Hall Forum presents seven public discussions on the
questions concerning our community, nation, and world.  From global warming
to immigration to disaster preparedness, the Forum hands the microphone to
thought-provoking speakers on the front lines of these issues.  To
facilitate frank and open discussion, equal time is provided for speakers¹
remarks and audience members¹ questions.  At the Ford Hall Forum, no speaker
goes unquestioned and no view goes unchallenged.  Come join the
conversation! 

-FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC-

 For more information call 617-373-5800 or visit www.fordhallforum.org.


You Don¹t Know Us: Voices from the Moderate Muslim Majority
Ali S. Asani, professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture
at Harvard University, member of the Board of Directors of the American
Islamic Congress; Mona Eltahawy, award-winning New York-based journalist and
commentator, international lecturer on Arab and Muslim issues.
Moderated by Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe columnist.
Thursday, March 15
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Old South Meeting House
 
Power, Petroleum, and Flawed Succession:  The Roots and Impact of Putin¹s
Russia
Marshall Goldman, Katherine Wasserman Davis Professor of Russian Economics
at Wellesley College (Emeritus), associate director of the Davis Center for
Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University; Uri Ra¹anan, director of
the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy, and professor
of international relations at Boston University.
Thursday, March 22
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Old South Meeting House
 
One Nation, One Standard:  An Ex-Liberal on How Hispanics Can Succeed Just
Like Other Immigrant Groups
Herman Badillo, counsel to the law firm of Sullivan, Papain, Block, McGrath
& Cannavo, former deputy mayor of New York, and former U.S. Congressman.
Moderated by State Representative Jeffrey Sanchez.
Sunday, April 1
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Raytheon Amphitheater, Northeastern University
 
Is Global Warming a Cause For Alarm?
Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT,
member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Sunday, April 22
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Old South Meeting House
 
Does Theater Have a Future? The Players Look Forward...
Edward Albee, playwright, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner; Rick Lombardo,
director, and producing artistic director at New Repertory Theatre; Karen
MacDonald, actress, founding member of American Repertory Theater.
Moderated by arts critic Ed Siegel.
Monday, April 30
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library
 
Disaster Preparedness in Massachusetts: Ready? Or not?
Paul D. Biddinger, MD, FACEP, chairman of the Massachusetts Medical Society
Committee on Preparedness, and physician at Massachusetts General Hospital;
Lisa Stone, MD, Hospital Preparedness Coordinator, Massachusetts Department
of Public Health. 
Moderated by Stephen Smith, Boston Globe public health reporter
Co-Sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Thursday, May 3
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Old South Meeting House
 
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being, and
Why No One Saw it Coming
Paul Hawken, environmentalist, author, founder of Erewhon Trading Company,
Smith & Hawken, and the Pax Group, and executive director of the Natural
Capital Institute. 
Moderated by Steve Curwood, host of Living on Earth.
Monday, May 21
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Old South Meeting House

The Ford Hall Forum promotes freedom of speech and fosters an informed and
effective citizenry through the public presentation of lectures, debates,
and discussions.  Its events illuminate the key issues facing our society by
bringing to its podium knowledgeable and thought-provoking speakers,
including some of the most controversial opinion leaders of our times. These
speakers are presented in person, for free, and in settings which facilitate
frank and open debate.  As the nation¹s oldest free public lecture series,
it has a storied past as a venue for some of the most intriguing figures in
our nation¹s modern history, including Maya Angelou, Isaac Asimov, Alan
Dershowitz, W.E.B. DuBois, Stephen Jay Gould, Al Gore, Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., Henry Kissinger, Norman Mailer, Ayn Rand, Cokie Roberts, Eleanor
Roosevelt, and Malcolm X, to name just a few.

Programs of the Ford Hall Forum are made possible through contributions from
individual members as well as corporations and foundations, including The
Boston Foundation, The Colonnade Hotel, Fidelity Investments, The Fred and
Marty Corneel Fund, Houghton Chemical Corporation, Levine Katz Nannis +
Solomon P.C., The Lowell Institute, Massachusetts Cultural Council, The
Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Northeastern University, The Old South
Meeting House, Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye LLP, and WBUR 90.9 FM.

Many Ford Hall Forum programs are made available online by our partners at
the WGBH Forum Network.  To download free audio and video of recent events,
visit http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?organization=Ford+Hall+Forum.

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