A Visit with Louisa May Alcott in Newburyport GBH Forum Network 2018-12-12 | Enjoy this living history experience to mark the 186th birthday of author Louisa May Alcott. Jan Turnquist, performer and director of Orchard House (the Alcott family's historic home in Concord, MA), brings to life Alcott's life in stories - from her unconventional upbringing in poverty, to the family love that inspired her to write the American classic Little Women.As an added feature, Jan shares stories from her own experience working as a research consultant and an extra on the forthcoming (2019) Columbia Pictures version of Little Women, starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Cooper, and Meryl Streep.WGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us: http://facebook.com/wgbhforumTweet with us: http://twitter.com/ForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: http://forum-network.org
The Legacy of Busing: Success or Failure? GBH Forum Network 2024-10-18 | In September 2024, the Boston Busing & Desegregation Initiative and the Boston Public Library commemorated 50 years since the implementation of Boston desegregation through busing.The make-up of Boston schools in 1974 was 60% White, 30% Black, 10% other. The Boston Indicators Project says it is now 45% Latino, 29% Black, 8% Asian, 14% White. So it went from majority white to predominantly students of color school system. The Boston Public Schools were not rated well last year on a whole battery of educational benchmarks by the state's education department. BPS has many challenges to meet now with a more diverse student body, with significant numbers of students who are homeless, those with learning disabilities, and large numbers of recent immigrants whose first language is not English. Karilyn Crockett, Co-Founder of the Boston Desegregation and Busing Initiative moderates a discussion on the legacy from busing and what needs to be done now with the Boston Public Schools. Joining her: Michael Patric MacDonald, Author of All Souls: A Family Story From SouthieBarbara Fields, American historianLaila Hood, Senior at Lexington High SchoolRaul Fernandez, Senior Lecturer, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at BUJisca Philippe, Director of Youth and Schools for the City of BostonThe HistoryThe movement began in the 1960's to improve education for Black students in Boston, but the Boston School Committee refused to make changes and denied Black students were being short changed. The federal court in 1974 found Boston's schools were illegally segregated and then ordered desegregation with busing. There then followed deep racial divisions, turmoil, and white flight from the schools and from the city of Boston.The big question is, were the aspirations for high quality education met? The panel will address this as well as ways desegregation actually expanded opportunities for students, teachers, and administrators and the many court orders on hiring of diverse staff, establishing parent councils, bilingual education, university and business partnerships. Discover more from our partners Here:bostondesegregation.orgbpl.bibliocommons.comGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
What Happened in the Schools and Neighborhoods When Desegregation and Busing Began GBH Forum Network 2024-10-18 | The Boston Busing & Desegregation Initiative and the Boston Public Library commemorated 50 years since the implementation of Boston desegregation and busing.Lew Finfer, Co-Founder of the Boston Desegregation and Bussing Initiative, moderates a panel discussion with these participants:Leola Hampton, Committee member of the Boston Desegregation and Bussing InitiativeChristine Boseman, Advocate and student participant in busing initiativeKaren Daniels, EducatorAl Holland, Retired headmaster of the formerly named Jeremiah E. Burke High SchoolIra Jackson, Former director of the Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy SchoolJoseph Feaster, Chair of Boston's Task Force on ReparationsHenry Allen, Advocate for desegregation in Boston schoolsHubie Jones, Former dean at BU School of Social Work and civil rights advocateBob Monahan, South Boston ResidentThe History In 1963, Boston’s Black community with leaders, Ruth Batson, Ellen Jackson, and Tom Atkins among them, began a 10-year campaign to address severe educational inequity in the city's schools. The Boston School Committee, headed by Louise Day Hicks, disputed, delayed, denigrated, and rejected all of their proposals.In 1974, Judge Garrity ruled on the NAACP's federal case on behalf of 14 parents and 43 children, deciding that the Boston School Committee had segregated the schools and ordered them desegregated.Busing began on September 12, 1974. It was met with fierce resistance from white anti-busing organizations for the next 4 years. This included demonstrations, motorcades, rallies, and electing more anti-busing politicians to office. Black students integrating white high schools in South Boston, Hyde Park, Charlestown, and Roslindale faced racial epithets, rocks thrown at school buses, and fights started in the schools. This spilled over into the neighborhoods with a number of violent attacks and some retaliations.Most of the schools did open and remain peaceful. Judge Garrity also ordered many notable education reforms. Some change started to come when 3 anti-busing politicians lost their elections and the first Black person was elected to the Boston School Committee in 1977.Discover more from our partners here:bostondesegregation.orgbpl.bibliocommons.comGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Kick Off At the Ballot Box GBH Forum Network 2024-10-15 | With the General Election fast approaching, Massachusetts’ top law enforcement official — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell — discusses the importance of voting in 2024, and her efforts to promote voter access and participation, and ensure voter protection in the Commonwealth. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is in conversation with Celia Johnston Blue, President & CEO of the Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition (MAWOCC).This talk is a partnership between MassINC and GBH Forum Network supported by the Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition (MAWOCC).0:00:00 - Start0:01:00 - Introduction by Maeve Duggan0:03:00 - Conversation beginsDiscover more from our Partner Here: massinc.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Paula Peters, member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe explains how it all began #indigenousheritage GBH Forum Network 2024-10-14 | ...
Rita Duffy: “You Can’t Hope for a Better Past” GBH Forum Network 2024-10-11 | Rita Duffy was born in Belfast and graduated with an honorary BA and MA in Fine Art from the University of Ulster in 1985. One of Ireland's groundbreaking visual artists, she has produced acclaimed public art projects, including her early project Thaw, inspired by the Belfast ship Titanic. This post-conflict project explored Belfast’s relationship with the iceberg and aimed to connect local experiences of colonialism and sectarianism with a universal climate crisis. In 2011, she was awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship to work at the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster. She was recognized for her contribution to visual arts in Ireland in 2018 and elected to Aosdana, Ireland’s elected “people of the arts.” She was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Architects and was an associate at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she looked at the role of art in post-conflict societies. In 2024, she was appointed the Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Irish South Africa Research Chair at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa.Her recent projects include The Shirt Factory Project, The Souvenir Shop, Soften the Border, and The Raft. She has held residencies at the Long Room Hub at Trinity College in Dublin and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Duffy’s work is held in museum and private collections worldwide and her public art projects continue to grow in scale and ambition, exploring issues of female identity, history and politics, and borders.Produced by Boston College Lowell Humanities Series, cosponsored by Irish Studies at Boston College and the Art, Art History, and Film Department.Discover more from our Partner Here: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/academics/sites/lowell-humanities-series.html.htmlGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Stopping Ecocide: Can International Law Prevent Mass Environmental Destruction? GBH Forum Network 2024-10-09 | Diverse ecosystems represent the greatest climate action technology at our disposal. But what recourse do we have when nature itself is under attack from the world's biggest political and economic powers?The movement to codify ecocide, that is, the intentional (or negligent) mass destruction of an ecosystem, as an international crime is gaining traction, particularly in Europe and in nations disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. As a crime and an area of practice, ecocide law is reserved for the very worst of the worst. Think oil spills, deforestation, pollution, and war.But what are the promises and limits of international law in meting out justice on behalf of the environment?Join Biodiversity for a Livable Climate as Jojo Mehta, co-founder and executive director of Stop Ecocide International, makes the case for global ecocide law in a conversation guided by environmental journalist Judith Schwartz. They cover what exactly ecocide is, how enforcement and legal frameworks can act as deterrents, where they're gaining traction, and how legal teeth can help bolster other conservation and regeneration efforts.Stop Ecocide International recently celebrated a number of milestones on the world stage; in September the island nations of Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa officially petitioned the International Criminal Court to establish ecosystem destruction as a crime, and in February of this year Belgium became the first country in Europe to codify ecocide as an international crime. Several other countries on the continent are considering similar laws.0:00:00 Start0:02:39 Interview Begins0:53:00 Closing RemarksDiscover more from our Partner Here: bio4climate.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
The Latino Factor: Road to Prosperity GBH Forum Network 2024-10-09 | 7:00 – 8:45pm Hybrid ConversationRay Suarez - Journalist and author Rosalin Acosta - Managing Director and National Practice Leader for Labor and Workforce Development, Ernst & YoungGonzalo J. Puigbo - Chief Executive Officer, Somerville Community CorporationLorna Rivera - Director, Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development & Public Policy, University of Massachusetts BostonEvelyn Barahona, Senior Vice President, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)Moderated by Jorge Quiroga.Presented by Connexion GBH WORLD The Latino Equity FundRAY SUAREZRay Suarez is the host of the public radio program and podcast On Shifting Ground, produced by Commonwealth Club-World Affairs and KQED-FM. His latest book, on the modern era of American immigration, We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century, was published in April 2024 by Little, Brown. He is also the author of Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation (Penguin, 2013), The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America (Harper, 2005), and The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration (Free Press, 1999).Earlier in his career, Suarez was the host of the daily news program Inside Story from Al Jazeera America, Chief National Correspondent for The PBS NewsHour, and the host of Talk of the Nation from NPR.JORGE QUIROGAAward-winning television news reporter Jorge Quiroga covered every major national and local story of significance to New Englanders during his 45-year tenure at Boston’s WCVB TV. From the Blizzard of '78, to the 9/11 attack on America, the Sandy Hook school shootings and the Boston Marathon Bombings, Quiroga was on assignment. His investigative work took him to the frontlines of the civil war in Nicaragua, drug trafficking in Colombia, and illegal adoptions in El Salvador.
The Narragansett Pacer: The Finest Riding Horse in 18th-Century New England GBH Forum Network 2024-10-09 | Speaker: Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, Professor of History, Roger Williams UniversityJoin the Paul Revere House for the second event in their 2024 Lowell Lecture Series. This three-part series focuses on the lesser-known express assignments Paul Revere completed. Speakers will share the importance of his courier work as part of a communications system that involved complex overlapping networks of leaders of all stations. The series will also explore the very practical aspects of long-distance horse journeys and the local colonial politics in key communities Revere interacted with.Horses first appeared in New England in 1629, when Francis Higginson shipped approximately 25 mares and stallions from Leicestershire, England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Horses were central to survival in terms of work, travel, communication, and leisure. However, for New Englanders, horses were also a staple exportation commodity, and by the mid-eighteenth century New England led the way in shipping horses to the sugar colonies. Amongst the diverse types of horses that were raised in New England, the Narragansett Pacer was exceptional in many ways. The Pacer’s easy gait made it suitable for both long-distance travel and racing. The Pacer was the first “truly” American breed of horse, and it was in high demand all around the Atlantic World. However, from such promising beginnings, the Pacer was extinct by the next century. The talk will examine how the Narragansett Pacer emerged in Rhode Island in the 17th century, what made it so special as riding horse, how the breed is connected to well-known people including Paul Revere and George Washington, and how it has been memorialized in literature and art.Charlotte Carrington-Farmer is a Professor of History at Roger Williams University, and she specializes in early American History. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 2010. She has published biographies of Thomas Morton and Roger Williams in edited collections. She has a forthcoming book, Roger Williams and His World, coming out this fall with Broadview Press and a forthcoming article on Mary Williams in the New England Quarterly, entitled: “More than Roger’s Wife: Mary Williams and the Founding of Providence.” Dr. Carrington-Farmer has a keen interest in equine history in the early modern Atlantic World. Her research examines the breeding and export of horses from New England to the West Indies and South America and its intersection with enslaved lives and labor. She has published an article entitled: ‘The Rise and Fall of the Narragansett Pacer,’ Rhode Island History, Winter/Spring 2018, Volume 76, Number 1, pp. 1-38. She has written a chapter entitled: ‘Trading Horses in the Eighteenth Century: Rhode Island and the Atlantic World,’ in Kristen Guest and Monica Mattfeld, eds., Equine Cultures: Horses, Human Society, and the Discourse of Modernity, 1700-Present (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019.) She recently published the following chapter: ‘Shipping Mules in the Eighteenth-Century: New England’s Equine Exports to the West Indies,’ in Elodie Peyrol-Kleiber, Lou Roper, Agnès Delahaye, and Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, eds., Agents of Empires: Companies, Commerce, and Colonies 1500-1800, (Manchester: University of Manchester Press, 2024.) Dr. Carrington-Farmer has a forthcoming chapter surveying equines in Atlantic history with Oxford University Press: ‘Equine Atlantic: Horses in the Early Modern Atlantic World,’ in Trevor Burnard, ed., Oxford Bibliographies in Atlantic History, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2024.) Her book manuscript in progress, which received a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium research grant, is tentatively titled: Equine Atlantic: New England’s Eighteenth-Century Horse Trade to the West Indies.Presented in partnership with GBH, the Suffolk University History Department, Milton Historical Society/Suffolk Resolves House (Milton, MA), Carpenters’ Hall (Philadelphia, PA), Fraunces Tavern Museum (New York, NY), and the Portsmouth Athenaeum (Portsmouth, NH), with funding from the Lowell Institute. For more information, please contact staff@paulreverehouse.org or visit paulreverehouse.org.
AI: Servant or Master? GBH Forum Network 2024-10-07 | Cambridge Forum kicks off a new series AI: Servant or Master with Professor Gary Marcus, one of the most trusted voices in artificial intelligence, well-known for his knowledge about the challenges and risks of AI.In his latest book, 'Taming Silicon Valley: How We Can Ensure that AI Works for Us', Marcus shows how Big Tech is taking advantage of us, how AI could make things much worse, and most importantly, what we can do to safeguard our democracy, our society and our future.Marcus explains the potential risks of AI in the clearest possible terms and how Big Tech has effectively captured policymakers. Marcus offers eight suggestions for what a coherent AI policy should cover from data rights to layered AI oversight to meaningful tax reform. In addition to being a scientist and best-selling author, Marcus was founder and CEO of Geometric.AI, a machine-learning company acquired by Uber.Marcus is joined by an international expert on AI - Stuart J Russell, Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. Russell is co-chair of the World Economic Forum Council on AI and the OECD Expert Group on AI Futures; he is also a US representative to the Global Partnership on AI. His textbook "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach" (with Peter Norvig) is used in over 1,500 universities in 135 countries. His current concerns include the threat of autonomous weapons & the long-term future of artificial intelligence and its relation to humanity. The latter topic is the subject of his book, "Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control".0:00:00 - Start0:01:00 - Speakers' bio0:02:45 - Start of the discussionDiscover more from our Partner Here: cambridgeforum.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Holding onto Humanity GBH Forum Network 2024-10-04 | An Israeli and a Palestinian who has lost a close family member to the conflict tell their personal stories of loss and explain their choice to engage in dialogue and reconciliation. Robi Damelin, spokesperson and director of International Relations for The Parents Circle - Families Forum joined the organization after her son was killed by a Palestinian Sniper. Layla Al-Sheikh, lives in Bethlehem in the West Bank. In 2002, her six-month-old son, Qussay became ill, and Israeli soldiers prevented her from taking him to the hospital, and he soon died from the lack of timely treatment. The moderator is Charles M. Sennott, an award-winning author and editor with 30 years of experience in international, national, and local journalism. Previously, Sennott worked for many years as a reporter at the Boston Globe, where he became Bureau Chief for the Middle East and Europe and a leader of the paper's international coverage.The Parents Circle - Families Forum is a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization made up of more than 750 bereaved families. Their common bond is that they have lost a close family member to the conflict. But instead of choosing revenge, they have chosen a path of reconciliation. Through their educational activities, these bereaved members have joined together to take tens of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis on journeys of reconciliation. Learn more about the work of The Parents Circle – Families Forum American Friends of the Parents Circle – Families Forum shares the human side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the American public in order to foster a peace and reconciliation process.Presented by Suffolk University's Ford Hall Forum, Political Science & Legal Studies Department, Communication, Journalism & Media Department, Office of Diversity, Access, and Inclusion, Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion, and The Parent’s Circle – Families Forum and the Global Citizens Circle.Discover more from our Partner Here: wgbh.org/forum-network/partners/ford-hall-forumLearn more from the American Friends of the Parents Circle: parentscirclefriends.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
October 7: The Wars Far-Reaching Impact One Year Later GBH Forum Network 2024-10-02 | It has been nearly one year since the attacks on October 7th, the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. That day, and the war that ensued, has led to an explosion in antisemitism worldwide and terrible suffering on both sides of the war. Our Hot Buttons Cool Conversations panel of American, Israeli and Palestinian experts will explore the war’s impact in Israel and its political reverberations in this country, including the war’s influence on our looming elections and how the election results could influence the conflict in Israel, Gaza and the rest of the world. This discussion is moderated by Aaron David Miller. Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy. He has written five books, including The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace (Bantam, 2008).Discover more from our Partner Here: bostonjcc.org0:00:00 Intro0:04:00 Aaron David Miller0:06:00 Masua Sagiv0:17:07 Omar H. Rahman0:29:53 Natan Sachs0:55:56 Final Q&AGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Beginning to End the Climate Crisis: A History of Our Future GBH Forum Network 2024-09-30 | Luisa Neubauer, the acclaimed German climate activist and co-founder of the school strike for climate movement in Germany, commonly referred to as Fridays for Our Future discusses her recent co-authored book, Beginning to End the Climate Crisis: A History of our Future with Sabine von Mering, director of the Center for German and European Studies and professor of German and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Brandeis University and co-editor of the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Grassroots Climate Activism, and a climate activist with 350Mass, and Jule Manitz, a climate justice activist with Extinction Rebellion Boston, where she plays a pivotal role in organizing and supporting impactful protests, including civil disobedience actions. The moderator is Beth Daley, executive editor and general manager of The Conversation and a Pulitzer Prize finalist for climate reporting at The Boston Globe.In this book, Luisa Neubauer, the best-known German climate activist, and her co-author create the history of our future. If we don’t change course now, we’ll eliminate ourselves. Politicians, entrepreneurs, citizens, everyone must take action. But how? One thing is undisputed: There is no planet B. We must inform and organize ourselves to save the future. In Beginning to End the Climate Crisis, Neubauer presents solutions that are ready to be implemented and must finally be put into practice. But she also demonstrates the attitude with which we must deal with this exceptional situation: undaunted but level-headed. And unyielding towards those who determine our future. Because the last chance for a positive end to the climate crisis is NOW.This event is part of a new series of author events - the First Annual Book Festival- , presented by Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University and Brandeis University Press. The series is based on recently published books from Brandeis University Press and brings prominent authors to Boston to discuss topics of current and enduring interest.0:00:00 - Start0:01:37 - Speaker bio0:03:50 - Luisa Neubauer0:28:40 - Jule Manitz0:32:39 - Sabine von Mering0:42:40 - Q&ADiscover more from our Partner Here: wgbh.org/forum-network/partners/ford-hall-forumGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Solar Geoengineering: What You Need to Know GBH Forum Network 2024-09-27 | The alarming acceleration of global warming is a grave threat to all forms of life. The only viable solution is the reduction and removal of the excess greenhouse gases --atmospheric CO2 and methane-- produced chiefly by fossil fuels. This requires immediate transition to renewable energy, combined with removal of atmospheric CO2. But there is a move to delay that transition by means of solar geoengineering. This approach involves the release of chemical particles high in the atmosphere that will shade the Sun. It does not eliminate the CO2 buildup. Solar geoengineering introduces serious risks that must be explained by responsible scientists.Daniel Cziczo, a prominent atmospheric scientist specializing in the vital role of clouds in climate dynamics, explains the global warming threat and the risks involved in solar geoengineering.Dr. Cziczo's extensive field research includes working with NASA’s Dynamic and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere ( DCOTSS) where his team collects data from the nose of the ER-2 aircraft during the North American monsoon season. He is also involved with atmospheric research with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) for the Atmospheric Emissions and Reactions Observed from Megacities to Marine Areas ( AEROMMA) mission which conducts research onboard a DC-8 plane dubbed "the world’s largest flying chemistry laboratory." Dan Cziczo has received numerous awards, and was named a 2023 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ( KIT) International Excellence Fellow.0:00:00 - Start0:01:20 - Speaker bio0:01:48 - Discussion Starts0:28:00- Q&ADiscover more from our Partner Here: scienceforthepublic.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Our Green Heart: The Soul & Science of Forests GBH Forum Network 2024-09-25 | For world-recognized scientist and visionary, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, trees are a religion. In her eyes, forests are cathedrals that present humanity with numerous divine gifts including the source of the planet’s potential salvation. “I want to remind you that the forest is far more than a source of timber. It is our collective medicine cabinet. It is our lungs. It is the regulatory system for our climate and our oceans. It is the health and well-being of our children and grandchildren. It is the mantle of our planet and our sacred home.”Orphaned at a young age in Ireland, Diana was the last child to receive a full Druidic education which immersed her in ancient Celtic wisdom before she attended University College, Cork where she gained an extensive scientific education. But she never forgot the old wisdom and Diana has spent a lifetime trying to understand trees and share that knowledge with the world. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades for her work and has spent decades curating, planting and restoring the global forest. In addition to authoring numerous books on the topic Diana is also the subject of the documentary Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees (available on Amazon). Our Green Heart is Diana’s latest book, and in it she challenges us all to dig deeper into the science of forests and the ways they will save us from climate breakdown – and then do our part to plant and protect them.“The children of earth’s future need a world where these essential connections are revitalized and respected. We can give them this future by pledging to revive the global forest. Pick up a trowel. Plant a native tree every year for six years. It’s that simple”.Discover more from our Partner Here: cambridgeforum.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Beyond the Page with Bestselling Author J. Courtney Sullivan GBH Forum Network 2024-09-23 | J. Courtney Sullivan is the bestselling author of the novels Commencement, Maine, The Engagements, Saints for All Occasions, and Friends and Strangers. Her latest novel, The Cliffs, was Reese Witherspoon’s July 2024 selection for Reese’s Book Club. Her work has been translated into 17 languages.Sullivan's writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York, Real Simple, and O, The Oprah Magazine, among many others. In 2017, she wrote the forewords to new editions of two of her favorite classic novels— Anne of Green Gables and Little Women.She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two children. GBH News' Marilyn Schairer moderates the conversation.Discover more events with GBH: wgbh.org/eventsGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Great Decisions | Understanding Indonesia GBH Forum Network 2024-09-19 | Despite its large size, Indonesia remains virtually invisible to most Americans. But as one of the world’s largest democracies, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, and as an economic driver of ASEAN, why does it fly below the radar? What are current issues in U.S.-Indonesian relations, and what role can the country play in Asia?Join WorldBoston for a timely discussion of this topic with former Ambassador Robert Blake Jr.Ambassador Blake served for 31 years in the State Department in a wide range of leadership positions. From 2013 to 2016, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, where he focused on building stronger business and educational ties between the U.S. and Indonesia. In this role, he worked with the CEOs of Indonesia’s largest palm oil producers to develop a major sustainable palm oil initiative to reduce Indonesia’s greenhouse gas emissions.0:00:00 - Start0:02:04- Speaker bio0:02:59- Discussion Starts0:29:00- Q&ADiscover more from our Partner Here: worldboston.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
John Kaag with American Bloods: The Untamed Dynasty That Shaped a Nation GBH Forum Network 2024-09-16 | The Bloods were one of America’s first and most expansive pioneer families. They explored and laid claim to the frontiers—geographic, political, intellectual, and spiritual—that would become the very core of the United States. They were active participants in virtually every pivotal moment in American history, coming into contact with Emerson, Thoreau, John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Victoria Woodhull, and William James. The genealogy of the family tracks the ebb and flow of what Thoreau called “wildness,” the untamed spirit of Americans. John Kaag’s remarkable account reminds us of the risks and rewards that were taken in laying claim to the lands that would become the United States and shows how each family member embodied the elusive ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.Inspired by the discovery of a mysterious manuscript in an old Massachusetts farmhouse, author John Kaag follows eight members of the Blood family from seventeenth-century England through the founding of the colonies and the American Revolution to the beginning of the twentieth century.0:00:00 - Start0:03:35- Kaag’s presentation0:30:53- Discussion Kaag - Marshall 0:37:00- Q&ADiscover more from our Partner Here: americanancestors.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
On this day in 1974 Alisa Drayton took the school bus for a scary ride #history GBH Forum Network 2024-09-12 | ...
The Massachusetts Revolution of 1774 GBH Forum Network 2024-09-11 | Speaker: Ray Raphael, Founding Era historianJoin the Paul Revere House for the first event in their 2024 Lowell Lecture Series. This three-part series focuses on the lesser-known express assignments Paul Revere completed. Speakers will share the importance of his courier work as part of a communications system that involved complex overlapping networks of leaders of all stations. The series will also explore the very practical aspects of long-distance horse journeys and the local colonial politics in key communities Revere interacted with.In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament not only shut down the port of Boston but also revoked the Massachusetts Charter of 1691, which guaranteed the people considerable say in their government. Their sacred rights withdrawn, the people rose up as a body and rebelled. They forced all crown-appointed officers to resign. Everywhere except Boston, where British troops were stationed, they shut down county courts, which administered British authority, executive as well as judicial, on the local level. To fill the vacuum, they formed a Provincial Congress that levied taxes, gathered arms, and raised an army. When British soldiers marched on Lexington and Concord the following spring, they were trying to take back a province they had just lost. That’s when other colonies joined in, broadening the Massachusetts Revolution of 1774 into the American Revolution of 1775. Ray Raphael has authored ten books on the Founding Era, including best-sellers A People’s History of the American Revolution and Founding Myths: Stories that Hide our Patriotic Past. Two books, First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord and Spirit of ’74: How the American Revolution Began, detail the unsung revolution in Massachusetts. Other books include:Founders: The People Who Brought You a NationRevolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of a Nation (co-edited with Alfred F. Young and Gary B. Nash)The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Founding Fathers and Birth of Our NationMr. President: How and Why the Founders Create a Chief ExecutiveHamilton: Founding FatherConstitutional MythsU.S. Constitution: Explained—Clause-by-Clause–For Every American Today.Presented in partnership with GBH, the Suffolk University History Department, Milton Historical Society/Suffolk Resolves House (Milton, MA), Carpenters’ Hall (Philadelphia, PA), Fraunces Tavern Museum (New York, NY), and the Portsmouth Athenaeum (Portsmouth, NH), with funding from the Lowell Institute. For more information, please contact staff@paulreverehouse.org or visit paulreverehouse.org.Discover more from our Partner Here: paulreverehouse.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
#readabook Jan Karon talks about the Mitford series and how it resonates with the readers GBH Forum Network 2024-09-07 | ...
Building the Tech We Want GBH Forum Network 2024-09-04 | In today’s world, Artificial Intelligence’s implications are not yet fully understood, so how can we leverage this technology to ensure it serves us as an asset for all?In this closing plenary session of the MIT Solve flagship event, solvers tell stories to help us understand how we use AI systems to help build a more stable, fair and delightful world.00:00:00:00 - Welcoming remarks - Hala Hanna00;03;30;24 - Seth Dobrin, CEO Quantum AI and Nayeema Raza, host of Mixed Signals00: 16: 55:00 - Pattie Maes, MIT Media Lab00:34:00:00 - Amr AboDraiaa. CEO Rology, Gatanjali Rao, UNICEF Youth Advocate, founder of Vervient Foundation & Michele Malejki. Global Head of Social Impact at HP00:48:55:00 - Smita Sharma, photojournalist and TED Fellow00:56:46:00 - Imara Jones, founder and CEO TransLash Media - Ayan Kishore - CEO Benetech, Danielle Forward, CEO and co-founder Natives Rising.01:16:27:00 - Devshi Mehrotra, CEO Justice Text01:20:48:24 - Closing Remarks - Hala HannaDiscover more from our Partner Here: https://solve.mit.edu/GBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Former MA Supreme Court justice, Margaret Marshall gives advice to make a better world GBH Forum Network 2024-09-02 | ...
To fix the public health system, we need more than altruistic workers. #racismawareness GBH Forum Network 2024-08-31 | ...
The Governor, the Sheriff, & the Sawyer: a New Hampshire Perspective on the Coming of the Revolution GBH Forum Network 2024-08-29 | Join the Paul Revere House for the final event in their 2024 Lowell Lecture Series. This three-part series focuses on the lesser-known express assignments Paul Revere completed. Speakers will share the importance of his courier work as part of a communications system that involved complex overlapping networks of leaders of all stations. The series will also explore the very practical aspects of long-distance horse journeys and the local colonial politics in key communities Revere interacted with.Paul Revere made multiple rides to New Hampshire to pass messages between Patriot groups. The conventional narrative of the American Revolution emphasizes the role of extra-legal events in Massachusetts such as the Boston Tea Party and Stamp Act riots. Yet, extra-legal actions were not exclusive to Massachusetts—New Hampshire had a long tradition of protest, especially when connected to timber. Laws passed by Parliament in 1708 and 1722 that claimed pine trees for the masts needed for the Royal Navy, among other items contributed to growing discontent with colonial rule, reflected in a series of demonstrations and riots through the 1700s. By late 1774, New Hampshire colonists were seizing Royal munitions.Dr. Kimberly Alexander is on the faculty of the History Department at the University of New Hampshire, where she is Director of Museum Studies and Senior Lecturer and the recipient of a Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (2021). Alexander is currently a James Hayes Fellow for 2023-2025, as the Project Director for the UNH Flax-to-Linen project, awarded by the UNH Center for the Humanities. She has held curatorial positions at several New England Museums, including the MIT Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum and Strawbery Banke. Her most recent books are Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (2018, Johns Hopkins University Press) which won an Honor Award from Historic New England in 2019), and Fashioning the New England Family (2021, Massachusetts Historical Society). Peter Flood, author of the 2014 Revere House Gazette article, "A Week in December – Paul Revere’s Secret Mission to New Hampshire, will join the discussion.Presented in partnership with GBH, the Suffolk University History Department, Milton Historical Society/Suffolk Resolves House (Milton, MA), Carpenters’ Hall (Philadelphia, PA), Fraunces Tavern Museum (New York, NY), and the Portsmouth Athenaeum (Portsmouth, NH), with funding from the Lowell Institute. For more information, please contact staff@paulreverehouse.org or visit paulreverehouse.org.Discover more from our Partner Here: paulreverehouse.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Stephen Puleo with The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union GBH Forum Network 2024-08-28 | 'The Great Abolitionist' is the first major biography of Charles Sumner in over 50 years. Employing his “vast knowledge of 19th-century Boston and its diffident attitude toward slavery and integration,” Stephen Puleo calls his book a “biographical history” that brings to life two decades when the nation’s very fate hung in the balance -- when slavery consumed Congressional debate, America careened toward civil war, and the country dealt with the war, the assassination of a President, and the monumental task of Reconstruction. Before, during, and after the war, Charles Sumner’s voice rang strongest, bravest, and most unwavering, often at the cost of great personal sacrifice. He moved America toward the twin goals of abolitionism and equal rights for emancipated people, which he fought for literally until the day he died. From the award-winning author-historian we’ll gain a deeper understanding of this remarkable abolitionist and the time in which he lived.Stephen Puleo is a historian, teacher, public speaker, and the author of several books, including Voyage of Mercy, Dark Tide, American Treasures, and The Caning. A former award-winning newspaper reporter and contributor to American History magazine, the Boston Globe, and other publications, he holds a master's degree in history and has taught at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and Suffolk University. He lives in the Boston area.Discover more from our Partner Here: americanancestors.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Bill Banfield recalls being a child in the 60s. #civilrights #history GBH Forum Network 2024-08-26 | ...
Did department stores play a role in women empowerment? Julie Satow says so. #history #business GBH Forum Network 2024-08-23 | ...
Solvers and Climate Change GBH Forum Network 2024-08-21 | What if we focus on abundance and community? What if we focus on the journey to our destination rather than on whether we’ll get there?MIT Solve welcomes solvers on its stage to present solutions on how to adapt to our changing climate, centering local and community needs. As Hala Hanna, Executive Director of MIT Solve, put it: "Hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up, ready to take action with a determination to make it".00:00:00:00 - Start00:00:42:17 - Scooby Laposky, independent artist00:08:45:25 - Henk Rogers - Blue Planet Alliance and Julia Kumari Drapkin - ISeeChange00:22:21:00 - Sara Beery MIT Professor00:33:30:00 - Rania Khalif, Inara and Ritu Raman, MIT with Alexander Dale, MIT Solve00:50:29:16 - James Newell - GSR Foundation00:52:18:17 - Taita Ngetich - Synnefa00:56:07:27 - Closing RemarksDiscover more from our Partner Here: https://solve.mit.edu/GBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
You can convince people to get rid of a democracy, Heather Cox Richardson warns #awareness GBH Forum Network 2024-08-19 | ...
What is #happiness? What #history teaches us. With Yuval Noah Harari. GBH Forum Network 2024-08-17 | ...
Author Julie Satow with “When Women Ran Fifth Avenue” GBH Forum Network 2024-08-14 | When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion is a glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them. Journalist Julie Satow draws back the curtain to reveal the masterminds behind the creation and shopping experience at Hortense Odlum’s Bonwit Teller, Dorothy Shaver’s Lord & Taylor, and Geraldine Stutz’s Henri Bendel.The twentieth century American department store was a palace of consumption where every wish could be met under one roof – afternoon tea, a stroll through the latest fashions, a wedding (or funeral) planned. It was a place where women, shopper and shopgirl alike, could stake out a newfound independence. Whether in New York or Chicago or on Main Street, USA, men owned the store buildings, but inside, women ruled. In this hothouse atmosphere, three women and their department stores rose to the top, Hortense Odlum (Bonwit Teller), Dorothy Shaver (Lord & Taylor), and Geraldine Stutz (Henri Bendel). They took great risks and forged new paths for the women who followed in their footsteps. Her new book captures the department store in all its glitz, decadence, and fun, and showcases the women who made that beautifully curated world go round.00:00:00:00 - Start00:03:37:20 - Presentation starts00:23:29:00 - Conversation + Q&A startDiscover more from our Partner Here: americanancestors.orgbpl.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
One of the strengths of Abraham Lincoln : he didn’t take insults personally. Steve Inskeep tells us. GBH Forum Network 2024-08-12 | ...
Expressing big feelings in schools is not allowed to everybody. Brian R. Fuller explains why. GBH Forum Network 2024-08-09 | ...
Being Black in Americas Schools - Book Launch GBH Forum Network 2024-08-07 | The Museum of African American History, in partnership with the GBH Forum Network, presents an a discussion with Brian Rashad Fuller about his book, Being Black in America’s Schools: A Student Educator-Reformer's Call for Change. His book is a modern twist on the classic 1933 book The Miseducation of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson, offering a stark portrayal of our public education system. Most importantly, the book presents present-day solutions and a hopeful way forward through identity-affirming education.As a Black man who has spent his life as a student and an educator, Brian Rashad Fuller bases the book on his own story of navigating the world, overcoming his family struggles, and eventually entering an educational system that he believes is inherently racist, damaging, and unhelpful. He exposes the challenges Black students face in elite and predominantly white universities and spaces, dissects “Black exceptionalism” in the schooling experience, and offers a firsthand account of the emotional and psychological impact made by teachers, administrators, policies, practices, lessons, and student interactions.Brian Rashad Fuller is educational leader, strategist and author with a passion for addressing the needs of historically underserved students. 00:00:00:00 - Start00:04:31:22 - Presentation starts00:39:28;26 - Q&ADiscover more from our Partner Here: maah.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Robert Sullivan with Double Exposure GBH Forum Network 2024-07-31 | Timothy O'Sullivan is one of America’s most famous war photographers. His image A Harvest of Death, taken at Gettysburg, is an icon of the Civil War. He also photographed the American West. Now writer Robert Sullivan shows us the artist’s life and work, the history of photography and our country, as he follows O’Sullivan’s path on his own personal exploration of the West.O'Sullivan was among the first photographers to elevate the trade of photography to the status of fine art. The images of the American West he made while traveling with the surveys led by Clarence King and George Wheeler display a prescient awareness of what photography would become. At the same time, we know very little about O'Sullivan the man and landscapes he captured.Robert Sullivan’s Double Exposure sets off in pursuit of these two enigmas. This book documents the author’s own road trip across the West in search of the places, many long forgotten or paved over, that O'Sullivan pictured. It also shows how changes to our country and its landscape were already under way in the 1860s and '70s, and how these changes were a continuation of the Civil War.Robert Sullivan is known for his probing investigations of place in the pages of The New Yorker and previous books such as Rats, The Meadowlands, A Whale Hunt, and My American Revolution. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, A Public Space, and Vogue.00:00:00:00 - Start00:04:31:22 - Presentation starts00:39:28;26 - Q&ADiscover more from our Partner Here: americanancestors.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
What would have happened to little Albert and Stevie, Temple Grandin asks. Embrace your differences. GBH Forum Network 2024-07-30 | ...
Jeffrey Rosen with The pursuit of Happiness GBH Forum Network 2024-07-26 | In celebration of the July 4 holiday, watch this fascinating presentation and discussion of one phrase from the Declaration of Independence, “the pursuit of happiness.” With Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center and host of the We the People weekly podcast, we look at what this unalienable right meant to our nation’s Founders, how it defined their lives and became the foundation of our democracy.In profiles six of our country’s most influential founders—Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton—this new, thought-filled book shows what pursuing happiness meant in their lives. It was a quest for being good, not feeling good, demonstrating a pursuit of lifelong virtue, not short-term pleasure. Among those virtues were the habits of industry, temperance, moderation, and sincerity. Their views were inspired by readings of the classical Greek and Roman moral philosophers. More than an elucidation of the Declaration’s famous phrase; The Pursuit of Happiness is a revelatory journey into the minds of the Founders. Join us to hear from Jeffrey Rosen and gain a deep, rich, and fresh understanding of the foundation of our democracy.00:00:00:00 - Start00:01:37:21 - Rosen’s bio00:02:26:17: Jeffrey Rosen presents00:58:54:24 - Rosen reads CiceroDiscover more from our Partners Here: bpl.orgamericanancestors.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
The fascinating story of SF’s Chinese Americans during the earthquake in 1906 #history GBH Forum Network 2024-07-25 | ...
The difference between Mars and Earth. Talk from 2015. Science For The Public #astronomy #mars GBH Forum Network 2024-07-20 | ...
Changemakers in Action - Progress in Times of Crisis GBH Forum Network 2024-07-19 | What does an equitable and sustainable future look like? How can we continue making progress amidst conflict, pandemics, and climate disasters? We’ve invited global leaders to our opening plenary, to address these universal questions, and share how they’re wielding technology through global crises.00:00:00 - Start - Intro with Hala Hanna00:05:03 - Sally Kornbluth00:11:13 - Vanessa Kerry00:25:14 - Temie Gita-Tubosum00:30:09 - Desiree Plata00:40:54 - Ken Moore00:54:36 - Jessica Hicklin00:58:22 - La June Montgomery Tabron01:13:25 - H.E. Saeed Al Nazari 01:28:10 - Simón Mejía of Bomba Estéreo01:42:46 - Closing - Hala HannaLearn more about MIT Solve :https://solve.mit.edu/GBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Beyond the Page with Elin Hilderbrand GBH Forum Network 2024-07-15 | GBH is thrilled to present the Queen of Summer Fiction Elin Hilderbrand in conversation during our Beyond the Page event! Hilderbrand is the New York Times bestselling author of 28 novels, including The Hotel Nantucket (2022), Summer of ‘69 (2019), and The Five-Star Weekend (2023).Swan Song, the finale of Hilderbrand’s Nantucket series, follows Chief of Police Ed Kapenash as he solves one last mystery involving the newest couple in town, the Richardsons. After the 22-million dollar house purchased by the Richardsons burns down and their personal assistant is deemed missing, Kapenash is forced to delay his retirement and look into these flashy newcomers who have stirred up the tranquil island community. Swan Song delivers a compelling blend of sun-soaked drama, glittering gatherings, and intriguing mystery, while celebrating the allure of Nantucket itself.GBH News' Callie Crossley moderates this conversation. Callie Crossley hosts the radio show and podcast Under the Radar with Callie Crossley and shares radio essays each Monday on GBH’s Morning Edition. She also co- hosts The Culture Show radio program which focuses on local and national cultural trends and perspectives. And she also offers commentary about cultural issues on the evening news program Greater Boston and on Boston Public Radio, GBH’s midday talk show. She is also a fill in host for the national podcast “Our Body Politic” and a frequent commentator on local and national television and radio programs.0:00:00 - Introduction0:00:51 - Welcome Remarks0:32:59 - Reading0:36:15 - Q&A0:58:01 - ClosingGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Carl Hiaasen preferred outdoors to cities… and told that in his own ways in 2010. #outdoors #humor GBH Forum Network 2024-07-14 | ...
The State of the State Department and National Security GBH Forum Network 2024-07-12 | President Biden has often said, “The world is at an inflection point.” Indeed, the United States faces urgent international and transnational challenges. In these dangerous times, how important can diplomacy be? Military intervention has always remained an alternative, and its use has grown in frequency since the nation’s founding.If the State Department is, “at the end of the day, a national security agency” as Deputy Secretary Verma has said, how well is the department handling our current global inflection point? What are the State Department’s priorities, and how well is it equipped to address them?WorldBoston’s annual State of the State Department is an opportunity to consider the U.S. State Department and American diplomacy within the context of U.S. national interests. This year’s program focuses on “The State of the State Department & National Security.”For this discussion, Deputy Secretary Richard Verma, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources is joined in conversation by Dr. Monica Duffy Toft, Academic Dean and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School and Co-Author of Dying by the Sword: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy0:00:27 - Introduction0:02:59 - Conversation Start0:34:25 - Q&A01:00:07 - Closing RemarksDiscover more from our Partner Here: worldboston.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Why we often don’t take the time to cook meals anymore by L. Zimberoff, author of Technically Food. GBH Forum Network 2024-07-10 | ...
Matthew J. Davenport with The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 GBH Forum Network 2024-07-08 | Drawn from never-before-published records and letters, this heralded work of history offers an intimate account of the horrors witnessed and endured during the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. Hear more from the award-winning author Michael Davenport about his research, see rare photographs, and listen to tragic tales of loss and survivors’ experiences on the morning of April 18, 1906. More than 118 years ago, San Francisco, the largest city in the Western U.S. shook, crumbled, burned, and was completely devastated in an incomprehensible show of force by nature. In less than a minute, shockwaves shook the city, buckled its streets, shattered water mains, collapsed buildings on slumbering residents, and crushed hundreds. Then came the devastating fires, a second round of destruction that lasted weeks. From archival sources and hundreds of previously unpublished letters, many from private family collections; Matthew J. Davenport weaves a harrowing tale of the fateful day. Meticulously researched and gracefully written, The Longest Minute is both a harrowing chronicle of devastation, and a portrait of a city’s resilience in the burning aftermath of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906.0:00:30 - Introduction0:07:03 - Presentation0:39:20 - Q&A0:59:30 - Reading from "The Longest Minute : The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906"01:01:30 - Closing RemarksDiscover more from our Partners here: americanancestors.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
Angela Davis : The ability to dream is what makes you hope. #4thofjuly GBH Forum Network 2024-07-04 | ...
Pest or Partners? Beavers as Wetland Protectors and Climate Heroes GBH Forum Network 2024-07-03 | The February 26th fire in Texas was the largest in their history. In Canada, the fire season never really ended, as zombie fires smoldered under cover over winter and started up again come spring. Policy makers seem to be at a loss with some efforts at burning the forest on purpose, or logging huge swaths to create fire breaks. Is our only option for preventing forest fires to destroy the forests? Maybe not.Ten percent of North America was once covered in wetlands, most of which were created and maintained by beavers! About 200 million beavers. What would it take to shift our relationship with beavers from considering them pests to partnering with them to restore the vast swaths of aquatic habitat that once kept the continent wet, cool and full of biodiversity?For 20 years, Brock Dolman and Kate Lundquist, WATER Institute Co-Directors from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) have been working to provide education and advocacy for a healthy watershed. It turns out that beavers can play a big role in that. Dolman & Lundquist will share with us how they moved from community action to recently supporting the creation of a state-led Beaver Restoration Program in California, and the joy of seeing beavers released in the wild in CA for the first time in nearly 75 years in collaboration with tribal partners from the Maidu Summit Consortium.Moderated by Beck Mordini, Biodiversity For A Livable Climate Executive Director.Brock Dolman is a co-founder of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (www.oaec.org), where he co-directs the Permaculture Program, Wildlands Program and the WATER Institute in Sonoma County, California. He is a wildlife biologist, permaculture designer and watershed ecologist and has been active in promoting the idea of Bringing Back the Beaver in California since the late 1990’s. Kate Lundquist co-directs the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center’s WATER Institute and the Bring Back the Beaver Campaign. Kate collaborates with landowners, communities, tribes, conservation organizations and resource agencies across the arid west to uncover obstacles and identify strategic solutions to conserve watersheds, recover listed species, increase water security and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. 0:00:00 - Introduction0:00:43 - Welcome Remarks0:06:45 - Brock & Kate Presentation0:26:34 - Q&A0:56:35 - Closing RemarksDiscover more from our Partner Here: bio4climate.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
When Boston Was Closed: Ordinary Bostonians and the Intolerable Acts GBH Forum Network 2024-07-03 | On June 1, 1774, British officials shut down the port of Boston as punishment for the dumping of East India Company tea six months earlier. Overnight, ship traffic stopped and the wharves fell silent.In this lecture, Joseph M. Adelman will discuss how Bostonians lost access to goods and work that they relied on and explore how working people coped with the economic fallout.Joseph M. Adelman is an associate professor of history at Framingham State University and an associate editor of The New England Quarterly. He is the author of Revolutionary Networks: The Business and Politics of Printing the News, 1763-1789. Discover more from our Partner Here: paulreverehouse.orgGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideasLike us:instagram.com/gbhforumnetworkfacebook.com/gbhforumnetworkTweet with us: twitter.com/GBHForumNetworkSee our complete archive here: wgbh.org/forum-network
