Recently, there has been an escalation of book bans and censorship in public school classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Many of the current book ban campaigns target books by or about LGBTQIA...
Keenan Crow, Director of Policy and Advocacy of One Iowa, will present an explanation of IA SF496, Iowa's new anti-LGBTQ+ education law. Among other things, this law includes a "don...
From forest fires in the Amazon to a mob storming the presidential palace, scholars warn Brazil could be at a tipping point. Dr. Smith discusses these threats, but also Brazil's hopeful...
UI College of Education Associate Professor Carolyn Colvin, Ph.D., and colleagues from West Liberty will speak about the success of a program to bring citizenship and more to immigrants in West...
Cholera has been a global public health problem that resulted in 7 pandemics since 1961. The first cholera case was reported in North Lebanon on October 4, 2022 in an informal settlement followed...
The three small countries comprising the South Caucasus – Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan – illuminate the uncertainties and challenges facing foreign policy decisionmakers globally as they...
Shannon Patrick, LWVIA & LWVJC Board member, will present information to help the public and organizational advocates track legislation during the Iowa Legislative 2024 session.
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....
