The Central New York Community Foundation
Hesburgh Lecturer Richard Garnett on Right questions about school choice
May 29, 2009 at 7:00 PM The Catherine cummings theatre Co-sponsored by the Notre Dame Club of Syracuse and Central New York It’s been more than three years since the Supreme Court ruled, in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, that the Constitution permits state and local governments to experiment with school-voucher programs. On May 29th, Garnett will discuss the current state of the school-choice debate in the courts, in our legislatures, and in the public square. More
Dan Reicher Director of Climate Change & Energy Initiatives at Google
October 9, 2009 At 7:00 PM The Catherine Cummings Theatre More
Michael Johnston on American Politics, Corruption & Reform
November 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM The Catherine cummings theatre More |
The Cazenovia Forum is a regularly scheduled public affairs lecture series that offers citizens from the village, town and surrounding areas an opportunity to hear nationally and internationally known experts on a variety of key issues – and to engage in thoughtful discussion. Adopting a non-partisan approach and striving for ideological balance, the Forum’s mission is to promote local understanding of critical issues facing our nation and the world today. ___________________________
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Recent Lectures
March 27, 2009 Educating girls creates lasting change by Samantha Brooks At the 10th Cazenovia Forum lecture Friday, Catherine Bertini said that educating girls will ultimately lead to positive changes in the world.“I’ve found absolutely nothing more important than educating girls,” said Catherine Bertini, professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University at the 10th Cazenovia Forum lecture on Friday. MORE
February 27, 2009 at 7:00 Dr. william thomas Founder, the Eden Alternative By Brandi Moyer “If you learn how to care for the elderly, you learn how to care for a community,” stated an enthusiastic international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare, Dr. William H. Thomas, to a full house at the Catherine Cummings Theatre on Friday. The Cazenovia Forum teamed with the Cazenovia Chamber of Commerce to introduce Dr. Thomas, hoping to develop ideas about senior housing in Cazenovia. MORE
November 21, 2008 Pollster’s view on election ‘08 By Brandi Moyer
Despite outside flurries, the pews of St. James Roman Catholic Church were filled on November 21 with an audience eager to hear the eighth speaker in the Cazenovia Forum Lecture Series, founder, president and CEO of Zogby International, pollster John Zogby. Zogby linked humor with critical issues as the audience reminisced about an election that he labeled, “enormous, euphoric and historic.” MORE
October 3, 2008 Outsourcing Expert discusses its impact and limitations (By Brandi Moyer) Why should the average citizen be concerned about government outsourcing? As part of the Cazenovia Forum Lecture Series on October 3, Author, Lawyer and Critic of Excessive Privatization, Paul Verkuil broke down what outsourcing means in relation to Iraq and the economy. More
March 14, 2008 Environmental Working group's Ken Cook Discusses Impact of US Farm Bill at Cazenovia Forum (Cazenovia, NY) – The sixth event in the Cazenovia Forum lecture series brought President of the Washington, DC-based Environmental Working Group (EWG), Ken Cook, to Cazenovia on March 14, nearly filling every seat in the Catherine Cummings Theatre. MORE
October 27, 2007 Renowned Genetic Ethicist Delivers Hesburgh Lecture at Cazenovia Forum (CAZENOVIA, NY) – Harvey A. Bender, professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Human Genetics Program at the University of Notre Dame, discussed the social, political and personal implications of genetic engineering at the Cazenovia Forum. MORE 
September 21, 2007 “The Iraq Fiasco: A failure of the American System" was the title of Thomas Ricks’ Cazenovia Forum lecture on September 21, 2007. MORE
March 30, 2007 Rebecca Lipkin, Executive Producer for Programming at Al Jazeera English television channel, delivered her perspective on the international media in a speech at the Catherine Cummings Theatre. MORE
February 23, 2007 Expert on government secrecy speaks at Cazenovia Forum Government secrecy and intrusion in the name of national security often produces the opposite effect and makes America less safe, according to Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archive, who spoke at the Cazenovia Forum. MORE
December 9, 2006
Fox NewsChannel’s Jim Angle kicks off Cazenovia Forum lecture series The Cazenovia Forum inaugurated its lecture series on Saturday, December 9, with an appearance by Jim Angle, chief Washington correspondent for Fox News Channel. |
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