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Forum Network

Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideas

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Public Broadcasting Atlanta's (PBA) Forum Network is an online, on-demand archive of discussions given by some of the world's foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policy-makers and community leaders. These discussion events are hosted by cultural and educational organizations in metro Atlanta and beyond. Through the Forum Network, people across the world can now listen and watch these events online. We encourage our audience to browse our featured, new, and popular lectures. Explore all lectures by Topics, Series, Partners, and Speakers. To provide our viewers with added information lectures are further augmented with speaker biographies, related lectures and books, captions and transcripts, and downloadable audio. **About Atlanta Public Broadcasting ** Great cities are known by their museums, theaters, symphonies and parks. But the greatest impact on a city's cultural life radiates invisibly through the air. For Atlanta, that cultural force is Public Broadcasting Atlanta. WABE 90.1 FM and PBA 30, brings NPR News, music, the arts and PBS programming to hundreds of thousands of listeners and viewers each year. Today, people turn to public broadcasting for their news, music, arts and entertainment. Yet, few people realize that public broadcasting began as "educational television" -- strictly a learning resource. As a broadcast service of Atlanta Public Schools in partnership with the Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collaborative (AETC), PBA has never lost sight of its original mission. Education remains at the core of our operation at every level, from preschoolers to our elders.

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  • StoryCorps: Listening is an Act of Love

    Thu, Mar 2, 2006
    Dave Isay, founder of Sound Portraits Productions, describes the genesis of the StoryCorps oral history project, its progress and plans for expansion at the opening of the Atlanta Story Corps booth.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Education in a Flatter World

    Wed, Feb 1, 2006
    A panel discusses the implications of the report released in July 2005 entitled "Tapping America's Potential; The Education for Innovation Initiative", which outlined an aggressive blueprint for federal, state, and business engagement to double the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates with bachelor's degrees by 2015. This forum is held in conjunction with the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education quarterly board meeting.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • African Americans and the Environment

    Thu, Apr 19, 2007
    WABE-Atlanta radio talk show host Valerie Jackson moderates a town hall-style panel discussion on Global Warming and other environmental challenges, featuring national environmental leaders. The event includes a video message from Congressman John Lewis, a letter read from Senator Barack Obama, and a spoken word performance by Doria Roberts. This National African American Earth Day Summit is sponsored by The Keeping It Wild program, which is a series of events to raise public awareness about the importance of Southeastern wild lands. This event honors the contributions of African American conservationists, re-energizes and builds partnerships among diverse communities engaged in natural lands protection in Georgia and the Southeast. Keeping it Wild is a program of The Wilderness Society, a national member group of Earth Share. Keeping it Wild connects people to the land and to each other in order to protect and conserve our wildlands.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Race Relations and Black History in Higher Education

    Wed, Apr 4, 2007
    Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin gives the Holmes-Hunter Lecture at the University of Georgia. Franklin, who is involved in a number of academic outreach efforts for Atlanta public high schools, compares the financial assistance for underprivileged youth to crime, with which she deals regularly in her position as mayor. She claims that there is no prescription for lowering crime that doesn't include increasing education. The Holmes-Hunter Lecture, which focuses on race relations and black history in regards to aspects of higher education, is given by an influential community leader each April. It was established in 1985 to honor Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who became the first African Americans to enroll at UGA in 1961. Previous speakers include Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson, Vernon Jordan, Nikki Giovanni, and Deborah Roberts.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Creating an Impact in Human Rights

    Thu, May 17, 2007
    John Prendergast, a Clinton administration adviser and avid human rights activist, discusses his involvement in a number of peace processes throughout Africa.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Creating an Impact in Rights Activism

    Thu, May 17, 2007
    The Georgia Nonprofit Summit presents Marc Freedman as he discusses changes and transformations affecting our work, our communities and the world. Civic Ventures is a think tank and an incubator, generating ideas and inventing programs to help society achieve the greatest return on experience. Founded in the late 1990s by social entrepreneur Marc Freedman, Civic Ventures is reframing the debate about aging in America and redefining the second half of life as a source of social and individual renewal. Through research, publishing, conferences, and media outreach, Civic Ventures reports on the growth of the experience movement. Civic Ventures brings together older adults with a passion for service and helps stimulate opportunities for using their talents to advance the greater good.
    Forum Network
    Civil Rights Movement Series
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Kai Ryssdal: Inside NPR's Marketplace

    Fri, Jul 13, 2007
    Kai Ryssdal discusses the business and financial program *Marketplace* and what's happening in the world of business.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • How Working Women Can Own Their Life

    Thu, Apr 3, 2008
    Leslie Bennetts, contributing editor at *Vanity Fair* and author of *The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?*, discusses the evolution of today's working mother and the key factors to consider when facing the choice of returning to work or staying at home. This *Own Your Self* event is hosted by Mom Corps, providing companies direct access to professionals who have opted out of the traditional workplace and enabling professionals to work in their respective fields, while simultaneously meeting familial needs and responsibilities.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Claire Cook: Summer Blowout

    Thu, Jun 12, 2008
    Claire Cook talks about the making of her writing career and her latest book, *Summer Blowout*. The book updates the themes of love and disenchantment present in two of her other books, *Life's a Beach* and *Must Love Dogs*. Cook also wrote *Multiple Choice* and *Ready to Fall*. This event was hosted by the Borders Books in Buckhead.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • E. Lynn Harris: Just Too Good To Be True

    Wed, Jul 23, 2008
    E. Lynn Harris talks about his latest novel, *Just Too Good To Be True*, a story about mothers and sons, football and beauty shops, secrets and lies. This event is hosted by Outwrite Books.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA
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