Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation KWD COLLABORATIVE IN CONFLICT TRANSFORM.

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Good Talks 2024 - Environment with Prof. Klyza

On average, the environment ranks relatively low as an issue of concern in public opinion polling, but there are generational and partisan divides on this question. When it comes to specific policy responses, however, there are possibilities for agreement on questions like renewables and the role of the private and public sectors.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Closed to the Public
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Using Fiction to Understand International Relations, History, and Conflict

Ava Homa is an acclaimed author, speaker, activist, and faculty member at California State University, Monterey Bay. Her debut novel, Daughters of Smoke and Fire (HarperCollins & Abrams, 2020), was featured in Roxane Gay’s Book Club, the Unplugged Book Box, and Women for Women International. The novel earned a place among the ‘best books’ in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the Independent (UK), and Globe and Mail (Canada). It received the 2020 Nautilus Silver Book Award for Fiction and was a 2022 William Saroyan International Writing Prize finalist.

McCone Irvine Auditorium

Open to the Public

Good Talks 2024 Phani Wunnava - Immigration

Good Talks 2024
October 29th, 7pm
Hillcrest 103
Immigration

In the Good Talks 2024 event series, each discussion starts with a short overview of the topic from an expert, followed by structured small group conversations. We meet on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Hillcrest 103. RSVPs are not required but will help us plan. Refreshments provided!

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Closed to the Public

Good Talks 2024 Jessica Holmes - Health Care

Good Talks 2024
October 22nd, 7pm
Hillcrest 103
Health Care

In the Good Talks 2024 event series, each discussion starts with a short overview of the topic from an expert, followed by structured small group conversations. We meet on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Hillcrest 103. RSVPs are not required but will help us plan. Refreshments provided!

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Closed to the Public

Good Talks 2024 Melissa Willard-Foster (UVM) Foreign Policy

Good Talks 2024
October 8th, 7pm
Hillcrest 103
Foreign Policy

In the Good Talks 2024 event series, each discussion starts with a short overview of the topic from an expert, followed by structured small group conversations. We meet on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Hillcrest 103. RSVPs are not required but will help us plan. Refreshments provided!

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Closed to the Public

Good Talks 2024 Caitlin Myers - Reproductive Policy

Good Talks 2024
September 24th, 7pm
Hillcrest 103
Reproductive Policy

In the Good Talks 2024 event series, each discussion starts with a short overview of the topic from an expert, followed by structured small group conversations. We meet on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Hillcrest 103. RSVPs are not required but will help us plan. Refreshments provided!

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Closed to the Public
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Good Talks 2024 Bert Johnson -Trust in Democracy

Good Talks 2024
September 10th, 7pm
Hillcrest 103
Trust in Democracy

In the Good Talks 2024 event series, each discussion starts with a short overview of the topic from an expert, followed by structured small group conversations. We meet on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Hillcrest 103. RSVPs are not required but will help us plan. Refreshments provided!

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Closed to the Public

The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora

In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. In her new book, Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern University) draws upon hundreds of interviews conducted across more than a decade to probe an intimate and universal question. What is home? Syrians now on five continents share stories of leaving, losing, searching, and finding (or not finding) home.

Johnson Classroom 204

Open to the Public

Abortion Access and Reproductive Policy: Good Talks 2024

The US abortion debate is often framed as a binary between pro-life and pro-choice, but according to a 2022 Pew Research Center poll, relatively few Americans take absolutist positions.

In this Good Talks event, Professor Caitlin Myers will offer a brief history and overview of abortion access and reproductive policy, with attention to dynamics in Vermont. Attendees will then join structured small group discussions, followed by a plenary Q&A. Refreshments provided.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public