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The Not So Big Life -
Making ROom for what Really Matters

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7:00 PM, Thursday march 11, 2010
catherine cummings theatre
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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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MICHAEL JOHNSTON ON
AMERICAN POLITICS, CORRUPTION & REFORM
November 20, 2010

google Exec Talks Alternative Energy at Cazenovia Forum
by David Chanatry
The world faces an unprecedented climate crisis, but through technology and innovation the global warming problem can be solved. That was the message from Dan Reicher, The Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives at Google, at the latest Cazenovia Forum lecture, held on October 9th at the Catherine Cummings Theater in Cazenovia.
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October 9, 2009

May 29, 2009
Right Questions about School Choice
by David Chanatry
University of Notre Dame law professor Richard Garnett made a forceful argument for school choice in the latest Cazenovia Forum lecture, held on May 29th at the Catherine Cummings Theater in Cazenovia. MORE
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

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
Pulitzer prizewinning military correspondent for the Washington Post Speaks at Cazenovia Forum
“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
London-based Producer of Al Jazeera TV Speaks at Cazenovia Forum
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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