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Democracy as Creative Practice Nov 26, 2024

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Through a wave of innovative experimentation with worker cooperatives and closely related enterprise models, social and community entrepreneurs are including more workers in the economy. This event features a review of developments in the field from local experts and includes insights and actionable strategies for leaders in the non-profit, public, and higher education sectors interested in using these approaches to maximize their social impact.

Book Talk : Public Higher Education That Works Nov 05, 2024

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President Emeritus and University Professor Mitchel Wallerstein discusses his forthcoming book “Public Higher Education That Works” in conversation with Former and Founding President of Guttman Community College and University Professor Scott Evenbeck.

Controlling Women : What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom Oct 21, 2024

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Join us in welcoming Kathryn Kolbert as our Fall 2024 speaker for the Ackerman Lecture on Equality and Justice. She will describe the nearly five decades of legal battles around abortion that have brought us to this current moment, when 14 states have total abortion bans, and 27 states have bans based on gestational duration. (Ten states have measures related to abortion rights on their ballots this November.) Kolbert will also describe strategies that she and her co-author, Julie F. Kay, propose to safeguard reproductive rights.

Grantmaking and Student Success Apr 05, 2024

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Panel discussion with speakers from the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation, the Robinhood Foundation, and the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation.

Ackerman Lecture: Just Transition and Democratic Planning Dec 11, 2023

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Climate change and our broader ecological crisis pose a serious challenge to our basic social and political systems. A variety of styles of response to this scale have emerged. Some involve emphasis on centralized decision-making by experts, whether the “Green New Deal” scale national policies of states or by way of the returns-driven focus of institutional investors and asset managers. Others call for more distributed decision making, emphasizing market mechanisms like carbon taxes and offsets or the role of sub-national public entities in energy transition. The talk will present examples of each of these approaches and discuss the underlying implications and stakes for democratic life and institutions. Guest Speaker: Dr. Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University.

Israel/Gaza: Past, Present, Future Nov 01, 2023

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Virtual Team Leadership for Nonprofits May 19, 2023

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This online event provides a forum to discuss about virtual or hybrid team leaderships for nonprofit organizations in order to increase team trust, bonding, cohesion, and conflict management. Including in the panel are presenters and experts from non-profit sectors, Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeiiken, Principal Consultant of Five Oaks Consulting and Ahmed Hachelaf, Peace & Conflict Education Specialist of Generations For Peace.

The program is introduced by George Mitchell.

Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era May 19, 2023

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This presentation explores the role of transnational advocacy and international organizations in international relation. The lecture is presented by Nina Hall and based on her volume: Transnational advocacy in the Digital Era. The program is introduced by George Mitchell.

Resilience: A New Framework for Nonprofit Management May 19, 2023

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This presentation discusses the dimensions of a new paradigm for management of nonprofit organizations based on building resilience and navigating crises to ensure future viability and effectiveness. Presenters Dennis R. Young and Elizabeth A.M. Searing offer talks based on their book: Resilience and The Management of Nonprofit Organizations. The program is introduced by George Mitchell.

Nonprofit Board Leadership: Diversity and Development May 19, 2023

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The main theme of this Zoom event is to provide joint conversations with Baruch alumni nonprofit leaders which include the following speakers: Donna Frisby-Greenwood (MPA’96), Ciara Ginyard (MPA’12), Jenny Lai (MPA ’17), Steven Raga (MPA ’16), and Pinky Vincent. The moderator of today’s program is Barbara Paxton.

This program starts with brief introduction by Janet Rossbach, Director of Alumni Relations, as well as brief talk by Dean Sherry Ryan from Marxe School, and George Mitchell.

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