Join speakers from the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders to hear how the young generation of African political and business leaders are carrying Nelson Mandela's legacy...
The first annual Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Lecture with guest speaker Anne Levinson Penway, Assistant Director of the American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom....
Hear about abortion laws before and after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution which were the focus of the friend-of-the-court brief co-authored by Patricia Cline Cohen in “Dobbs v Jackson Women’...
Public officials at all levels of government are required to conduct the public's business in public with very few exceptions. Find out about transparency in public governance and why it...
The Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture presents: The story of Iowa's factory farms - a critical history & solutions, a collection of presentations. Presenters for this event, in...
The number of refugees and forcibly displaces people have swelled to nearly 100 miliion worldwide - mostly women and children. The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, works every day to aid these victims of...
Quality childcare is an elemental need. It allows parents to work at paid jobs, which in turn helps to support the economic well-being of our communities. Equally as crucial, it provides early...
Schools play a crucial role in young people's mental health, something that became extremely clear during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the CDC, in 2021, 37% of high school students...
Lauren Wilson graduated with her MA in Global Health from Arizona State University in 2021 where her research and advocacy focused on human trafficking. She will provide an introductory lecture on...
Every week, new arrivals come to our area from Mexico and Central America. Many come with few possessions and only the thinnest personal network. These largely invisible newcomers to our community...
