The Forum will be streaming this week’s program with Martin Baron, Dan Kennedy, and Paul Starr.
Please visit us on Thursday, Oct 1 at 6:30 pm to watch and discuss live.
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FORD HALL FORUM
AT SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY
ANNOUNCES ITS
FALL 2009 LINE-UP OF
OPEN LECTURES & DISCUSSIONS
Featuring:
Wendy Kaminer with Peter Kadzis
“Worst Instincts: Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU”
Thursday, September 17
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Wendy Kaminer, lawyer, social critic, and former American Civil Liberties Union national board member, joins Peter Kadzis, Executive Editor of The Boston Phoenix and political commentator on FOX25 News, to discuss the virtues of dissent and free speech, and why organizations so often stray from these principles.
Paul Polak with Jasmine Waddell
Frederic G. Corneel Memorial Lecture
“Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail”
Thursday, September 24
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Dr. Paul Polak, writer and founder of International Development Enterprises, joins Dr. Jasmine Waddell, Senior Officer for Research and Learning for the US Regional Office of Oxfam America, to discuss entrepreneurial practices that address poverty at its roots.
Paul Starr with Martin Baron and Dan Kennedy
Presented in collaboration with the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service
“Public Accountability After the Age of Newspapers”
Thursday, October 1
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Moot Court Room, Suffolk University
Paul Starr, Professor of Communications and Public Affairs at Princeton University and Co-editor of The American Prospect, joins Martin Baron, Editor of The Boston Globe, and Dan Kennedy, Assistant Professor at the Northeastern University School of Journalism, to discuss the future of journalism and how the rapidly changing media landscape will impact us all.
Massachusetts Poetry Festival Kickoff moderated by Christopher Lydon
Presented in collaboration with the Massachusetts Poetry Festival
with media sponsorship from The Boston Phoenix
“Massachusetts Poetry in Hard Times: What the best of Bay State bards offer Us in bad times and good”
Thursday, October 15
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library
Renowned poets David Ferry, Suji Kwock Kim, Jill McDonough, Gail Mazur, and Lloyd Schwartz join journalist Christopher Lydon to read the best of classic and contemporary Massachusetts authors.
Susan M. Wilczynski & Brenda Myles Smith with Jim Brett
Presented in collaboration with the National Autism Center
“Autism: Looking Beyond Cause and Cure”
Thursday, October 29
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Susan M. Wilczynski, Ph.D., BCBA, Executive Director of the National Autism Center, and Brenda Smith Myles, Ph.D., author and consultant with the Ziggurat Group, join James T. Brett, President & CEO of the New England Council and current chair of the Governor’s Commission on Developmental Disabilities, to discuss critical questions surrounding one of today’s greatest healthcare challenges.
Sydney Finkelstein with Sally Jackson
“Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happening to You”
Thursday, November 19
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Sydney Finkelstein, bestselling author and the Steven Roth Professor of Management for the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, joins Sally Jackson, founder of public relations firm Jackson & Company, to discuss the ways our minds are lured into making misguided judgments, and why organizations’ decision-making processes so often fail to correct those mistakes. Most importantly, he indentifies the way wise leaders sidestep these pitfalls, and how you can do the same.
The Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University announces its fall season of six public presentations addressing our lives today — in Boston, in the United States, and in the international arena.
- Will corruption boom on Beacon Hill after the age of newspapers, or could social media empower a new generation of government watchdogs?
- Why are brilliant people so often sucked into poor decisions — from Wall Street to the Oval Office? And how do wise leaders sidestep these pitfalls?
- How can philanthropic efforts abroad capture the energy and innovation of individual entrepreneurs?
The Forum hands over the microphone to the thinkers, doers, experts and opinion leaders on the front lines of these and other issues that affect us all. Equal time will be provided for speakers’ remarks and audience members’ questions. As always at the Forum, no speaker goes unquestioned and no view goes unchallenged.
All events are free, wheelchair accessible, and conveniently located near the MBTA. For more information, call the Ford Hall Forum at 617-557-2007 .
The Forum began in 1908 as a series of Sunday evening public meetings held at Ford Hall on Beacon Hill by George W. Coleman, a prominent Boston businessman. Coleman’s unique format, which provided equal time to speakers’ remarks then questions from the audience, gave any interested citizen the opportunity to debate issues with some of the most influential figures of the day. According to Coleman’s vision, the lecture series would enable the “full, free, and open discussion of all vital questions affecting human welfare.”
Since Coleman’s time, the Forum has gone on to host discussions with the some of the most intriguing figures in our nation’s modern history, including Maya Angelou, Louis Brandeis, W.E.B. DuBois, Robert Frost, Al Gore, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry Kissinger, Ayn Rand, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Malcolm X, to name just a few. While the original Ford Hall no longer exists, the Forum’s public conversations have continued throughout the Greater Boston area with the generous support of foundations, corporations, academic institutions, and individuals.
As we embark upon our second century of serving Greater Boston and beyond, we hope you will join us in this public conversation that has been informing, provoking, inspiring, engaging, and illuminating for one hundred years and counting.
“For a century now, the Forum has provided the people of Boston and visitors from around the globe the chance to hear and engage in dialogue with some of the world’s most important voices and leaders. From Martin Luther King, Jr. to Garrison Keillor and Corazon Aquino to Eleanor Roosevelt, the Forum has given different people from different cultures a chance to exchange ideas and foster understanding.
“As a former speaker, I have seen first hand the good the Forum contributes to our society. Venues like the Ford Hall Forum allow people to gain a more complete understanding of the world the live in and the neighbors they live with. Additionally, because the speaker series is free and open to the public, it is a great example of inclusiveness.”
~ Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts
The original Ford Hall once stood at the corner of
Ashburton Place and Bowdoin Street.
