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 .