with Monica Collins

Thursday, September 16, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University

with Rebecca Haag

Thursday, September 30, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Old South Meeting House

Presented with Old South Meeting House as part of the Partners in Public Dialogue Series

with Dr. Chris Economos

Thursday, October 7, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University

with Maria Stephanos

Thursday, October 28, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University

with Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry

Special Breakfast Forum

Thursday, November 4, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

NEW! Modern Theatre, Suffolk University

with Phyllis Karas

MONDAY, November 8, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library

Presented with the Boston Public Library

with Jeff Jacoby

Mitt Romney

Jeff Jacoby

No Apology:

The Case for American Greatness

American businessman and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney joins moderator Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe columnist, to explore why American strength is essential — not just for our own well-being, but for the world — and how we can move America back to a position of political and economic strength.

Thursday, April 8, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library
Presented in collaboration with the Boston Public Library

Related Media:

• “New and improved Romney” by David S. Berstein (Boston Phoenix, February 10, 2010)

with Wendy Ballinger

Robert Kuttner

Wendy Ballinger

A Presidency in Peril

Robert Kuttner, co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow, and columnist for the Boston Globe, joins Wendy Ballinger, founder of Ballinger Consulting, to discuss dilemmas facing the current administration, including trade, efficiency, and the challenge of regulating global capitalism.

Thursday, June 3, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Main Function Room, Suffolk University Law School
Special breakfast event

2010 First Amendment Award honoring
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)

Harvey Silvergate	Greg Lukianoff	Steven Pinker	Judge Nancy Gertner

For the past 29 years, the Ford Hall Forum’s Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award has honored individuals or organizations that demonstrate extraordinary commitment to promoting and facilitating the thoughtful exercise of our right to freedom of expression. This spring, the Forum is proud to honor the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which is dedicated to defending and sustaining individual rights at America’s colleges and universities. Greg Lukianoff, President of FIRE; Steven Pinker, Bestselling author and FIRE Advisory Board member; and Harvey Silverglate, Civil liberties lawyer and FIRE Co-Founder, join moderator Judge Nancy Gertner of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts to discuss their organization’s work and what freedom of speech means today.

Thursday, March 18, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Presented with support from lead sponsor Plymouth Rock Assurance

RECEPTION
Offices of Prince, Lobel, Glovsky, and Tye LLP
100 Cambridge Street, 22nd Floor, 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm
More information here.

Previous First Amendment Award recipients include journalist Gwen Ifill, civil rights activist Rosa Parks, musician and political activist Pete Seeger, and founder of CNN Ted Turner. More information about the Forum’s First Amendment Award is available here.

Zuhdi Jasser and Bilal Kaleem
with James Carroll

Zuhdi Jasser

Bilal Kaleem

James Carroll

Modern Islam:

Engaging questions of faith, fanatics, democracy, and reform

Zuhdi Jasser, Founding Member and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD), an American Muslim organization advocating for the separation of mosque and state, and Bilal Kaleem, Executive Director of the Muslim American Society of Boston, join moderator James Carroll, Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at Suffolk University, recipient of the James Parks Morton Interfaith Award, and Boston Globe columnist, to address the questions facing Islam, America, and democracy in the twenty-first century.

Thursday, April 22, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Main Function Room, Suffolk University Law School