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UPCOMING EVENTS
With the health and well-being of our community in mind and with new guidelines from the Centers of Disease Control that recommend avoiding gatherings of 50 people or more, we are canceling all in-person public events through at least April 30. We will re-evaluate the situation weekly and send regular updates through our mailing list.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Lunch Presentation
11:30am-1:30pm
Emerging Global Health Threats: Coronavirus & Global Warming
STEN VERMUND, MD, PhD
Dean & Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
Monday, March 30, 2020
Hot Topic Dinner Discussion
5:30pm-7:30pm
Join your fellow Forum members for an informal discussion of a global issue every month. Get to know each other and discuss critical issues of the day. Limited to 20 attendees.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Ferguson Library
3:00-4:30pm
Rethinking the Connection Between Immigration & International Security
JAMES BLAKE
Journalist, Analyst & Advisor
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March 13, 2019
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May 8, 2019
Richard Fontaine
"India & the United States in a Changing South Asia"
June 5, 2019
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Membership supports our programming. As a member, you get free or discounted tickets to our events. Take advantage of breakfast, lunch, after-work discussions, volunteer, leadership and mentor opportunities.
We are a member of the World Affairs Councils of America, the largest national non-partisan network of almost 100 councils in over 40 states that are dedicated to educating and engaging Americans on the critical global issues of our times.
