• Camp Congress for Youth Albany 2025

    189 Wolf Rd 189 Wolf Road, Albany, NY, United States

    It's all civics & fun. Girls and boys study government, run for office, vote and convene a mock session of Congress to pass a bill.Camp Congress for Youth Albany NY 2025 is a leadership program that introduces girls and boys to the United States political system. Camp begins with a lesson on the structure of […]

  • Tomorrow’s News Today: Reporting on Futures that Haven’t Happened Yet

    The Commonwealth Club 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Strategic futurist Jason Tester pioneered "speculative journalism"—rigorous, researched reporting on high-probability high-stakes futures.When the news moves faster than we can process it, how do we grasp what any of it actually means for our lives? Strategic futurist Jason Tester has pioneered an answer: "speculative journalism"—rigorous, researched reporting on high-probability high-stakes futures before they materialize. The […]

  • Understanding the Conflict in Sudan

    Perry World House 3803 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    .For more than two years, Sudan has been in the throes of a violent civil war following attempted civil-military rule. Fighting has been intense between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group with origins in the Janjaweed militia that was previously accused of atrocities in the war-ravaged Darfur region.The war […]

  • “Smartphone Democracy” (Francois Brochet) book discussion

    This book explains how 20th century "representative democracy" changed into 21st century "direct democracy" in Europe. NYC also just changedIf you have noticed that smartphones have radically changed our social activity over the last two decades, do you think that smartphones have radically changed our political activity as well? Francois Brochet does. In Smartphone Democracy, […]

  • Instant Issues: Dr. Laura Reed on The Future of Nuclear Weapons

    1350 Main St 1350 Main Street, Springfield, MA, United States

    Laura Reed will speak on The Future of Nuclear Weapons in a Perilous World. She will review key threats & steps needed for a safer world.The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present an Instant Issues lunchtime discussion with Dr. Laura Reed, on The Future of Nuclear Weapons in a Perilous World. The program […]

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