Young people are increasingly using digital technologies to participate in democracy. This event will explore how digital technologies can be used to empower young people and encourage them to...
This summer, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) both went on strike, something that hadn’t happened...
In honor of this year's Hispanic Heritage Month theme, Elizabeth Bernal, Marcela Hurtado, and Paola Jaramillo will speak to the progress Latinos and Hispanics have made over the last fifteen...
What happened in Syria since it stopped being a "Breaking News" hot topic? How are the Syrian people surviving post civil war living conditions? Is Assad still at large? And why does it...
Speaker Sikowis Nobiss, Founder/ED of the Great Plains Action Society, talks about how Colonial border policy enforcement, coupled with settler-state immigration laws, are critical factors in...
Guest speaker Dr. Jean Donham. The mission of public education originally was to educate all citizens to understand their role in a democracy. Public education was intended to support the public...
End-of-life financial and health care decisions should not be left until the last minute. Advanced planning, putting our “house in order,” to provide clear instructions for our loved ones helps to...
Based on her recent research, Dr. Caroline Tolbert will analyze puzzling trends in voter participation and review ways that the machinery of voting, i.e., its organization, could be modernized to...
2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On UN Day this year we are honoring that historic agreement by emphasizing the rights of youth, especially the right...
Author Dr. Chris Jones (The Swine Republic) is joined by journalists Keith Schneider and Erin Jordan to examine Iowa and the Midwest’s efforts at water quality, public information, and the modern...