[act-ma] Edwidge Danticat and More at Cambridge Forum
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Dialogue
November 2010
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RENEWING DEMOCRACY & THE HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN
The prescription for healing America's democracy? According to Paul Loeb, Lawrence
Lessig, and Sanford Levinson, talk is the answer--citizens discussing the needs
of society and proposing solutions to its problems. Citizens talking to one another
even when they don't always agree. This is the kind of talk that Cambridge Forum
fosters every week. Join us and be part of the solution!
For a really special dialogue, reserve your spot for the Forum on November 17 when
we host author Edwidge Danticat in conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Call
617-495-2727 for tickets.
Pat Suhrcke, Director
Cambridge Forum
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Public Forums
Upcoming in November
Renewing Democracy: How Important Are Elections?
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Sanford Levinson, Constitutional scholar and Visiting Professor at Harvard Law
School, discusses the ways that the Constitution limits democratic self-government.
Political parties and the media focus almost exclusively on elections as the source
of the nation's governing "mandate." Why, then, don't elections make more difference
in the policies and activities of our government?
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The Massachusetts Philanthropic Directory:
A New Tool for Donors
Monday, November 8, 2010
2:00-4:00 PM
George McCully, creator of
the Catalogue for Philanthropy,
and representatives from community foundations
discuss the Catalogue for
Philanthropy's new on-line
Directory to all charities in Massachusetts. A
powerful, analytical tool freely available to donors,
grant-makers, philanthropic advisors, managers, and
everyone involved in philanthropy,
the Massachusetts Philanthropic
Directory can potentially transform the
way we think about and participate in philanthropy.
How will it increase charitable giving?
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Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Award-winning Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat's reflections on art and
exile is introduced by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. What does it mean
to be an immigrant artist, especially in relation to one's country of origin? When
that country is suffering-from violence, poverty, oppression, or disaster-how does
the artists's responsibility change?
Tickets required; call 617-495-2727 to reserve yours.
Co-sponsored by Harvard Book Store and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African
and African American Research at Harvard.
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Renewing Democracy: Deadly Spin
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Corporate whistle-blower Wendell Potter reveals the ways the insurance industry
altered and tried to stop the process of health care reform. How is the power
of corporate lobbyists exercised in our nation's capital? What can be done to counteract
that power?
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Read More About These Topics . . .
How Important Are Elections?
SANFORD LEVINSON, "Our Undemocratic Constitution" [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=7wih55cab&et=1103845849851&s=217&e=001ftmXoXYgkB1V57ZtVwob4xUjXQ-1Mr61jFOqqbly2oCymGgKb-scgjC6au-coacwCgep3RIlh9fypodm9S1-LEutmAqPgpHXv3B3PJXQY1tVmHJc9wVCMkFXoKKLeAkmlSuizJsKTEn5XX6_ndFYD9PXgA2xs2b7Xl90GxafVxHFLpCLEKZFfQ==]
Create Dangerously
MANHATTAN TIMES, "The Art of the Immigrant Experience" [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=7wih55cab&et=1103845849851&s=217&e=001ftmXoXYgkB2bRRZpHYukqeUt1SAvI16W7dpWTBtMg5pE9TN7mb6W3U5bP8H-PWRWt6gV7ZetbpGuAhbKIgVhS3O_Jc8GJ4K4NDASYwZp-oC2183MC9TLMQMwNcEWSUK535orAgk7y2aBX_DbkgZI7tK8uYpXXVTkK3zD3cfbbVVk_ok2hwy5KKfUNHB5p5Zt]
Deadly Spin
ROBERT KAISER. "So Damn Much Money" [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=7wih55cab&et=1103845849851&s=217&e=001ftmXoXYgkB2d7nQjYP-fmKdg8i-mipy282wzmZGOsudMVoiujeBzWPlschywcEF3AZXetb8OuM-4VqyPkoPzZiJV-IYyBntIrIzBLnebNl9Q9LPfGJCixQFBWFi2Cqrjd8t7ldCKkXSBoGyiY4_3y95eRtBxCGTn]
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Recent Webcasts
If you missed one of our earlier programs, you can see it on the Forum Network,
hosted by WGBH. Just click on the links below:
Forum Network "Philanthropy Reconsidered" [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=7wih55cab&et=1103845849851&s=217&e=001ftmXoXYgkB261TmJUKShhVUK_VLXc-qHJ71oDXlIhScwm9lGSWlDAoIVEUDn-rOvpNsDvoYYHvQ0pJ6oZLX-FptohwEy-HQzYCJdvpIeenm1nt4E6jx9aPxHe9J52KLi7m-WPuFsr8KwBCJCWwvqY_yHKsrJH3H9]
Forum Network "Change Congress" [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=7wih55cab&et=1103845849851&s=217&e=001ftmXoXYgkB3Jj6RBJN_GmkXqcQyfzyuOQ8IHdNPNBPRhygHwGKlmUT4q0dBGNxQEta2yuChH7NAhNv_HiD-wi2BfGzlGrWQi7apaGUvmfu8nhmScYGD5zvn5x028u69AvyIDjVEvoxjDrJgt8D_REnWGIyL5VfWi6Qtwk88TCvE=]
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Wendell Potter [mailto:director at cambridgeforum.org]
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