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<B>Anita F. Hill<BR>
Amy Dockser Marcus & Daniel Pipes<BR>
Strobe Talbott<BR>
Herman Badillo<BR>
Danny Schechter<BR>
Cecile Richards<BR>
Yaron Brook<BR>
George Lakoff<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'><B>Anita F. Hill <BR>
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<U>The 2008 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award<BR>
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As a lawyer, scholar, and civil rights activist, <B>Professor Anita Hill</B>, Brandeis University, has shed light on the legal and social forces shaping our nation and served as an inspiration to those seeking justice and truth in the face of great personal risk. Launched into the public sphere by her testimony in Justice Clarence Thomas’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing, she used her potentially crippling experience to encourage those who have suffered from harassment and discrimination in the workplace to also “speak truth to power.” She joins us tonight to receive the Ford Hall Forum's First Amendment Award and share her thoughts on her life and work. Moderated by <B>Professor Charles J. Ogletree</B>, Harvard University Law School.<BR>
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Thursday, March 20<BR>
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.<BR>
Boston Public Library, Rabb Lecture Hall<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'><B>Daniel Pipes & Amy Dockser Marcus<BR>
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<U>The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Peace Process or War Process?<BR>
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The Arab-Israeli conflict is century old and still not resolved. The dispute between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs over the same land -- land that contains holy sites for the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- is bitter and deep. What is the nature of current tensions? What are their implications for U.S. policy? Tonight, Pulitzer Prize-winning <I>Wall Street Journal</I> reporter <B>Amy Dockser Marcus</B> and <B>Daniel Pipes</B>, director of the Middle East Forum and a columnist for the<I> New York Times Syndicate</I>, focus on United States diplomacy in this conflict, debating whether it has been part of a peace process or a war process.<BR>
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Thursday, March 27<BR>
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.<BR>
Old South Meeting House<BR>
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Book signing will follow lecture and discussion. <BR>
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<I>This program is presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House as part of the Partners in Public Dialogue Series</I>. <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'><B>Strobe Talbott<BR>
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<U>The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation<BR>
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In his new book, <I>The Great Experiment</I>, <B>Strobe Talbott</B>, former Deputy Secretary of State (1994 – 2001) and current president of the Brookings Institution, recounts the development of nation-states and the progression to a global nation (i.e. The League of Nations and the U.N.). Through the lens of history and personal experience, he assesses the prospects for global cooperation and the United States’ role in the process. What can we learn from empires and conflicts of the past? Can a world made up of many nations govern itself peacefully? Talbott joins us tonight to give us an insider’s opinion of current United States foreign policy and explain why he believes we should take the lead in multilateral global politics for the future. <BR>
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Thursday, April 3<BR>
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.<BR>
Boston Public Library, Abbey Room<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'><B>Herman Badillo<BR>
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<U>One Nation, One Standard: An Ex-Liberal on How Hispanics Can Succeed Just Like Other Immigrant Groups<BR>
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Since our nation’s founding, those who come here fleeing poverty and persecution abroad have formed a vibrant and important part of American culture. Today, however, America is facing an onslaught of issues surrounding immigration, both legal and illegal. <B>Congressman</B> <B>Herman Badillo</B>, who rose from poverty to become the first Puerto Rican native elected to the U.S. Congress, says his community’s path to prosperity, political unity, and the American mainstream must be through self-reliance. Does liberal social policy do more harm than good? Does success for immigrant communities lie in the restoration of traditional values? Join us tonight as Herman Badillo addresses these questions that impact every American.<BR>
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Sunday, April 13<BR>
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.<BR>
Old South Meeting House<BR>
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<B>Danny Schechter<BR>
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</SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><U>News Dissecting from Boston to a Global Stage: A Multi-media Pioneer Challenges His Profession and Calls for Media Reform<BR>
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<B>Danny Schechter</B> "The News Dissector," launched a media career in Boston on WBCN Radio. He became a Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard, a reporter at WGBH, a producer at WLVI and WCVB, and then went on to CNN and ABC News where he won two Emmys. However, he believes media, the field in which he has worked for four decades, is harming our democracy. Are major corporations capable of presenting news effectively? Can independent media -- empowered with the tools of a technological revolution -- do any better? Schechter joins us tonight to look back on his journey from Boston to the world stage and explore the rapidly changing ways in which we receive our information.<BR>
Thursday, April 17<BR>
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.<BR>
Old South Meeting House<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'><B>Cecile Richards<BR>
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<U>Banned in Boston: The Silent Speech of Margaret Sanger<BR>
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“You all know that I have been gagged. I have been suppressed. I have been arrested numerous times. I have been hauled off to jail. Yet every time, more people have listened to me, more have protested, more have lifted their own voices.” Thus read Arthur Schlesinger, Sr. in 1929 as Margaret Sanger sat silent beside him on the stage of Ford Hall, banned under court injunction from speaking herself. <B>Cecile Richards</B>, President of Planned Parenthood, joins us tonight to reflect on that event; its meaning, its messengers, and the era that gave us the phrase, “Banned in Boston.”<BR>
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Thursday, May 1<BR>
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.<BR>
Old South Meeting House<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'><B>Yaron Brook<BR>
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<U>“Apollo and Dionysus" Revisited<BR>
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In 1969, Ayn Rand’s Ford Hall Forum talk, “Apollo and Dionysus,” addressed the near simultaneous events of Woodstock and the first lunar landing. Employing Greek mythology’s god of the sun and god of wine, she compared the awe-inspiring accomplishments of NASA's Apollo space program to the famous three-day concert that has come to exemplify the counterculture of the 1960s and the "hippie era." Almost four decades later, <B>Dr. Yaron Brook</B>, President and Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute, reflects on her words and takes a new look at our society’s drives toward individualism versus wholeness, light versus darkness, and civilization versus primal nature.<BR>
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Thursday, May 8<BR>
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.<BR>
Old South Meeting House<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'><B>George Lakoff<BR>
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<U>The Political Mind: Why You Can’t Understand 21st Century American</U> <U>Politics with an 18th Century Brain<BR>
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<B>Professor George Lakoff</B>, author of <I>Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think</I>, <I>Whose Freedom?</I>, and <I>Don't Think of an Elephant!</I>, explores the connections between cognitive science and political action. Why do many Americans vote against their own interests? Humans, he argues, are not the rational creatures we’ve so long imagined ourselves to be. And savvy political campaigns should not assume people will use an objective system of reasoning when deciding how to vote. Lakoff joins us tonight to discuss his new book, <I>The Political Mind</I>, and explore how the mind works, how society works, and how they work together.<BR>
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Thursday, June 5<BR>
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.<BR>
Boston Public Library, Abbey Room<BR>
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