Forum for Questioning Minds
The Forum for Questioning Minds is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization dedicated to providing a forum for less heard voices of interest to Utahns.  We meet in the fourth floor conference room of the Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 East 400 South, from 1:45 PM to 4:00 PM on the second and fourth Sundays of each month from September through May, except major holidays.

The links below provide detailed descriptions of upcoming and previous programs.  Upcoming programs become better defined closer to the date of the program.  Please bookmark this page and check back to see the latest lineup.

 

Upcoming Program

May  17, 2009
"Chaos: How Mathematicians Caused the Global Economic Meltdown"
by Richard Wellman, PhD

After completing his Ph.D. in pure mathematics in 1992, Professor Wellman spent several years developing educational software for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. His award winning software, still in use today, has been used by thousands of students around the world. The author of some fifty technical articles, professor Wellman began teaching at Westminster College in 2000 where he continues his research interests in theoretical computer science and applied mathematics.


In late 1998 the global economy teetered on the edge of near collapse. How things got to that point is a complicated story, but at the center of the mess are a group of mathematicians whose theoretical models of how things were supposed to work out didn’t exactly work out as planned. In this presentation we’ll discuss mathematical models and consider what they do and don’t say about the real world. In a wide ranging discussion professor Wellman will talk about chaos, complexity, some history and a bit of psychology.

Speaker Recommended References & Resources:

 

April  26, 2009
"Memory, Story, Self"
by Monisha Pasupathi, PhD

Monisha Pasupathi has been interested in stories all her life. At Case Western Reserve University, as an undergraduate (BA 1992), she majored in English and Psychology because she couldn’t quite give up stories. While working on her doctoral dissertation in psychology at Stanford University (PhD 1997), she found a way to think about stories while doing psychology. She was a post-doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany from 1997 to 1999, before joining the psychology department faculty at the University of Utah. Her research emphasizes the development of autobiographical memory, self and identity through storytelling, primarily in adolescence and across adulthood.


Memory, self, and identity are inextricably intertwined parts of our human life. Philosophers like John Locke, for example, have argued that it is memory that gives us a sense of identity – of being the same person over time. Many psychologists study how memory and self are related, how they provide us with the sense of identity that sustains our commitments to ourselves and to others. I am particularly interested in the way that the process of telling stories serves to shape self and identity, and in the role that our listeners play in that process. That role is more subtle and less visible than many of us think, and that role is lifelong; we are always constructing a sense of self and identity that bears the subtle shape of the important people in our lives. The bulk of my talk focuses on what we know about the role of listeners, and to a lesser extent, on how we know what we know.

 

March 22, 2009
"New Directions in Residential Design"
by Anne G. Mooney

Anne G. Mooney was educated at the University of Utah, Columbia University, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture.  She began her architectural career in the office of Eric Owen Moss and later co-founded Sparano + Mooney Architecture, an award-winning design firm with offices in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. Her work has been internationally recognized for its research-based conceptual approach to architecture and has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications in the United States, Europe and Asia.  Anne is an assistant professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Utah, where she teaches design studios and has led a theory seminar entitled, (Re)considering the Domestic.

"All of architecture is colored by the problem of the house." said Jean Helion

This talk will explore the impact of emerging demographic and environmental changes on our contemporary domestic landscape.  An aging population, economic crisis, and a renewed commitment to an environmental ethic have led to evolution in the design of the single-family residence.  Contemporary forces impacting architecture will be examined through the work of Sparano + Mooney Architecture in the design of two recent residential projects.  An overview of the new LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Homes program from the United States Green Building Council will also be provided as one approach to sustainable design.

Speaker Recommended References & Resources:

  • "Peeking Through the Keyhole: The Evolution of North American Homes" by Avi Friedman & David Drawitz, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal, 2002.

  • "Living in Motion: Design and Architecture for Flexible Dwelling" by Robert Kronenburg in "Modern Architecture and the Flexible Dwelling." Vitra Design Museum, 2002.

  • "Single-family Housing: The Private Domain" by Jaime Salazar and Manuel Gausa, Actar Publishers, Barcelona, 1999.

  • "Move House" by Sean Topham, Prestel Publishing, Munich, 2004. 

  • "The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture" by Stang and Hawthorne, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, NY, 2005.

  • "Corporate Power and the Evolution of Consumer Credit" by John P. Watkins, Journal of Economic Issues 34 4 (2000):909-32.

  • www.greenhomeguide.org.

  • www.oikos.com.

  • www.usgbc.org.

 

March 8, 2009
"The Second Great Depression? A Historical Perspective"
by John Watkins

John Watkins began teaching at Westminster College, as Professor of Economics, in 1981.  He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Utah and a BA degree in Political Science from the University of Florida.  His research interests include the evolution of consumer credit, consumer debt, and financial crises, as well as the evolution of economic institutions.  His many academic awards include being made Professor of the Year three times and winning the Bill and Vieve Gore Excellence in Teaching Award.  Professor Watkins’ most important interest is in applying economics to improve the world.

"It is difficult to imagine another depression.  The specter of bank runs, bread lines, and mass unemployment belongs to another age.  Yet, recent events warrant concern.  The immediate causes of the crisis stems from an unwholesome brew of unbridled greed,  financial innovations that few understand, and people too poor, too irresponsible, or too rational (those owing more than their house is worth) to repay their loans. Throw in the Bush administration’s belief that governments govern best that govern least and an economic boom financed by debt, and you have a recipe for disaster.  From a longer perspective, the current crisis is rooted in the nature of capitalism, a system that depends on business’ ability to sell goods and services to earn profits.  Since the early 20th century, business has increasingly depended on selling goods to consumers.  Advertising helps create desires, and—where income is lacking—credit provides the means."

Speaker Recommended References & Resources:

  • "Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit" by Lendol Calder.

  • "The Return of Depression Economics", 1st ed. New York, 1999: W.W. Norton, by Paul R. Krugman.

  • "Stabilizing an Unstable Economy", New Haven: Yale University Press 1986, by Hyman P. Minsky.

  • "Buy Now, Pay Later", Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina 1991, by Martha L. Olney. 

  • "Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression?", New York: Norton 1976, by Peter Temin.

  • "Corporate Power and the Evolution of Consumer Credit", Journal of Economic Issues 34 4 (2000):909-32, by John P. Watkins.

  • "Staring into the Abyss: The Current Economic Crisis 2009" by John P. Watkins, available from www.westminstercollege.edu/gore_newsletters/index.cfm?parent=8748&detail=9548&content=9549.

 

February 22, 2009
"The Past, Present and Future of the Middle East"
by J. Bonner Ritchie

J. Bonner Ritchie is a discussion leader with Utah Humanities Council’s Public Square, which is providing this talk.

Professor Ritchie is Professor Emeritus of International Organizational Behavior at the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, and a Scholar in Residence at Utah Valley University. After completing his B.S. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan (1967-1973). From 1973 until retirement in 2000 he served on the faculty of the Marriott School at Brigham Young University. He was a visiting professor at Stanford University, the University of California (Berkeley), St. Mary’s College, BirZeit University (Palestine), the University of Jordan, the Jordan Institute of Diplomacy and the University of Southern Europe.

Professor Ritchie’s teaching, research, publication and consulting activities have been in the areas of leadership development, organizational change, conflict resolution and peacemaking, and organizational ethics and philosophy. Professor Ritchie is co-author of the text, Organization and People, and author of over seventy five book chapters and professional articles and producer of four training films. His recent consulting efforts have focused mainly on leadership development, organizational change and peacemaking in the Middle East.

"The importance of the Middle East is reinforced in the daily media as we read of escalating oil prices, incidents in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the war in Iraq and threats from Iran. In addition, many are concerned about the role of Islam in the current world. We are also reminded of the billions of dollars Arab countries are investing in U. S. companies. These developments make it imperative that we have a better understanding of the history, current issues, and future possibilities of this interesting and critical area of the world."


February 8, 2009
"Recycling in Utah"
by Insa Riepen, Executive Director, Recycle Utah

Insa Riepen holds the equivalent of a Bachelor of Arts degree in banking from Germany and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI in marketing and journalism.  She spent many years in the automotive industry, in accounting, procurement, and national steel sales.  She has owned and run her own business in Germany, and worked in various banks and for IBM, Hamburg.  She developed education and outreach programs for a municipal waste authority in Southeastern Michigan and taught workshops on a variety of topics from waste reduction, to composting and using native plant materials to prevent run off into the Rouge River, Michigan.

As Executive Director at Recycle Utah, Insa has led the organization in growth of services to residents and businesses in Summit County since 1999. Insa is a member of the board of the Utah Non Profit Association and has been on the board of the Uintah RC&D Council.  She is a member of the Park City Rotary Club.  Insa is involved in a number of local non profits as a board member and participant.  She is involved in local school activities and facilitates school-wide outreach messages.

"Let’s ‘Think Earth,’ the only planet WE ALL can live on.  Why?  What are our options?  We’ll discuss our responsibility to create more while using less—natural resources that is. What are renewable resources and non-renewables? Why DO trees matter? Why is sorting our garbage of importance to you. What do you get for it? Why does it matter? E-Waste, HazMat, Medications: What are our options? 60% of your waste is recyclables, 30 % is compostable, 5% is Hazardous Waste.  What’s left?  CSAs, composting, native plants—all equal water conservation.  Can you collect water from your roof? Why not?"

Speaker Recommended References & Resources:

  • "Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America" by Thomas L. Friedman.

  • "Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet" by Mark Lynas.

  • "The Population Bomb" by Paul Ehrlich.

  • "NOVA: World in Balance: the Population Paradox" (DVD)

  • "The Principle of Population" essay by TR Malthus.

  • "Ishmael: An Adventure of the mind and Spirit" by Daniel Quinn.

  • "Earth: The Sequel" by Fred Krupp.


January 25, 2009
"Religion, Culture, and Nature"
by Rt. Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish, Tenth Bishop of Utah

Carolyn Irish is a native Utahn, born and raised in East Mill Creek. She began her higher education at Stanford, receiving a degree in philosophy from the University of Michigan. She also received a Master of Letters degree from Oxford University, a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary and honorary degrees from colleges and Episcopal seminaries worldwide. She served congregations in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Michigan before becoming Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah, where she has served for thirteen years. Before entering the ministry, Bishop Irish worked as a teacher. She has been a community activist most of her adult life and currently serves on a number of church and community boards including that of the Nature Conservancy.

"The Episcopal Church is a member of the world wide Anglican Communion—the first 'off-spring' so to speak of the Church of England. The church is a traditional Christian body, embracing elements of both Catholic and Protestant traditions. Members tend to be people with 'questioning minds' and people who love the beauty of our liturgy (worship). In the Utah Diocese, which is now 140 years old, members also tend to be socially progressive.

"My presentation on Religion, Culture, and Nature will begin with some thoughts on the importance of 'questioning minds' to distinguish various elements of religion such as church, faith, and spirituality. In the same spirit of questioning, we'll also consider cultural elements such as politics and economics. We'll then reflect on how all these factors come together in the environmental concerns we face."


January 11, 2009
"Wallace Stegner at 100: A Communtiy Conversation"
by Stephen Trimble

STEPHEN TRIMBLE has received significant awards for his photography, his non-fiction, and his fiction—and the breadth of those awards mirrors the wide embrace of his work: The Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for photography and conservation; The National Cowboy Museum’s Western Heritage "Wrangler" Award; and a Doctor of Humane Letters from his alma mater, Colorado College, honoring his efforts to increase our understanding of Western landscapes and peoples and his choice to remain a stubborn generalist. As writer, editor, and photographer Trimble has published twenty-two books, including: "Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America", "Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography", "The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places" (with Gary Paul Nabhan), "The Sagebrush Ocean: A Natural History of the Great Basin", "The People: Indians of the American Southwest", and "Talking With the Clay: the Art of Pueblo Pottery in the 21st Century". Trimble makes his home in Salt Lake City and in the redrock country of Torrey, Utah. Trimble's website is www.stephentrimble.net.

"Wallace Stegner wrote about virtually all of Utah’s landscapes and peoples in books like 'Mormon Country', 'The Big Rock Candy Mountain', and 'Beyond the Hundredth Meridian' His writing can guide us in a century he never saw, helping to rebuild both community and relationship. The centennial celebration of his birth in 2009 gives us a chance to return to his strong words. As a Stegner Fellow at the Tanner Center for the Humanities at the University of Utah, writer and photographer Stephen Trimble is taking Stegner's writing on the road across Utah, bringing his words home to the places where they started. Trimble will choose excerpts from Stegner that relate to the issues and landscapes in your community and ask participants not just to listen and discuss—but to respond in your own words with contemporary riffs on the same subjects. In this way, and with your help, we will create a statewide conversation about Stegner’s work."

Stegner books with particular relevance to Salt Lake Citys:

  • "Recapitulation" by Wallace Stegner (a fine novel that takes place in SLC; sequel to The Big Rock Candy Mountain).

  • "The Gathering of Zion" by Wallace Stegner (a history of the Mormon Trail).

  • "Mormon Country" by Wallace Stegner.

  • "Wallace Stegner and the American West" a new biography by Philip Fradkin

  • "Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America" by Stephan Trimble.  This book was very much inspired by Stegner.

  • Stephen's website: www.stephentrimble.net

  • Stephen's Stegner blog: www.stegner100.com

  • Stephen's Handout: Wallace Stegner at 100: A Guide to Stegner's Utah Writing


November 23, 2008
"Poverty in Utah"
by Heather Tritten

Heather Tritten is the Executive Director of the Utah Community Action Partnership Association.  Heather is an experienced community leader and advocate. Before joining UCAPA, Heather worked with Utah Issues as a Policy Analyst for six years, primarily working on affordable housing. In the fall of 2003 Heather became Utah Issues' Director of Community and Government Relations. Since that time Heather has been working closely with UCAPA. She has authored UCAPA's annual report, annual report on poverty in Utah, worked with UCAPA agencies to do trainings and has worked to support the members of UCAPA through advocacy and research.

Heather has contributed to and authored numerous publications. As an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah, Heather taught a Housing and Community Development course for the Family and Consumer Studies and Urban Planning departments. Heather holds a B.S. in Sociology from Grand Alley State University in Allendale. Michigan.

Heather's current position at UCAPA involves ongoing contact and collaboration with each Community Action Agency. She works with the agencies to provide training and technical assistance, legislative advocacy and program support.

"Poverty in Utah affects every community and touches all of our lives in some way. Looking at the causes and effects of poverty will inform solutions. This presentation will look at current poverty data, as well as the effect of the current economic downturn on low-income Utahns. The presentation will also include possible solutions to Utah’s poverty problems as well as a discussion of ways we can end poverty in our state."

 

November 9, 2008
"Population, Resources and the Environment - The Sustainability Imperative"
by Fred Montague, Ph.D.

Fred Montague is currently Professor (Lecturer) of Biology at the University of Utah. He teaches courses in wildlife ecology, environmental science, literature of ecology, global environmental issues, and ecological gardening. He earned his Ph.D. in wildlife ecology from Purdue University in 1975 and taught there until joining the faculty of the University of Utah’s Biology Department in 1993.

"With a human population predicted to grow to 9.2 billion people in 2050, with resource consumption accelerating by the increased demand of both more people and more demand per person, and with the impacts of our lives in our local places having significant and irreversible impacts on global stability (both environmental and political), there has never been a more critical time in human history for us as thinking animals to evaluate our actions, our stories, and the assumptions of our worldviews."

"There is more at stake than higher energy costs for drivers or a recession for the U.S. economy. There is the prospect for the wholesale homogenization of natural areas in a desperate attempt by a desperate species to provide for itself. This widespread global change modifies the very setting in which we, along with perhaps 14 million other species, came to be."

This brief presentation, sometimes called “Montague’s End of the World Talk” is not intended to paralyze or frighten or to dispense guilt and despair. It is rather intended to provide a rational ecological perspective upon which we can base individual and community action for justice and sustainability.

References and Resources:

 

October 26, 2008
"Utah’s Demographic Transformation - Implications for Education and Workforce"
by Pamela S. Perlich, Ph.D.

Pamela is a member of the Utah Population Estimates Committee and is the University's primary contact with the Bureau of the Census. She serves on the Utah Council for Economic Education and the Envision Utah Steering Committee. She also works as a Senior Research Economist in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah and is Professor Adjunct in the College of Architecture + Planning. Before joining the Bureau, she worked for seven years in the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget concentrating on long-term economic and demographic projections. Pamela specializes in Utah demographics, applied regional economic studies, and economic and demographic modeling. Her recent publications include works on aging, immigrant, commuting and booming school age populations. Her hometown is Tulsa, Oklahoma. She relocated to Utah in 1986.

"Utah is undergoing a significant demographic transformation. Old stereotypes about Utah as young, culturally monolithic and ethnically homogeneous are no longer valid, if they ever were. Post WWII Baby Boomers and international immigrants are moving to Utah in increasing numbers and will continue to do so. Consequently, Utah has become much more linguistically, ethnically, culturally, and religiously diverse as well as older. This has significant implications for educators, employers, business strategists, program planning, and policy design."

References and Resources:

  • Publication:  "Mexican Immigration to the United States" by National Bureau of Economic Research, George J. Borjas, editor.

  • Book:  "The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World" - 3rd edition, 2003, Guilford Press, by Stephen Castles and Mark J. Miller.

  • Book:  "A Population History of the United States" - 2004,  Cambridge University Press, by Herbert S. Klein.

  • Book:  "Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America" - 2007,  Russell Sage Foundation, by Dowell Meyers.

  • Book:  "The Federal Landscape: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century West" - 1999, University of Arizona Press, by Gerald D. Nash.

  • Book:  "Shades of Citizenship: Race and the Census in Modern Politics" - 2000, Stanford University Press, by Melissa Nobles.

  • Book:  "Changing Race: Lations, the Census, and the History of Ethnicity in the United States" - 2000, NY University Press, by Clara Rodriguez.

  • Publication:  "Utah at the Beginning of the New Millennium: A Demographic Perspective" - 2006, University of Utah Press, Cathleen D. Zick and Ken R. Smith, editors.

 

October 12, 2008
"The Blessings of Music for the Dying"
by Ann Dowdy, CM, Th

Ann Dowdy has been employed as a Music-Thanatologist in Utah for the past 6 ½ years. She has a BA in Music Education and two Masters degrees, one in School Counseling and the other in Expressive Therapy. In 1996 Ann and her husband moved from Charlotte, NC to Missoula, MT where she enrolled in the Chalice of Repose Project to become a music-thanatologist. Receiving her certification in 2001, she moved to Salt Lake City in the spring of 2002 to work for hospice. She is presently employed by Applegate Home Care and Hospice and is a member of the Intermountain Medical Center Palliative Care team.

"Music at the bedside has been in existence since ancient times for purpose of healing the living and the dying. Bringing harp and voice to the bedside, is a present day method whereby music-thanatologists offer patients and their loved ones something meaningful and specific when invasive forms of medical technology are no longer beneficial. During the presentation there will be a discussion of the harp as an instrument of peace and beauty as well as a demonstration of its unique abilities to be an instrument capable of healing or “birthing” both the living and the dying."

References and Resources:

  • Music Thanatology Association International: www.mtai.org

  • Chalice of Repose Project:  www.chaliceofrepose.org

  • Book:  "Sonic Alchemy – Conversations with Leading Sound Practitioners" by Joshua Leeds.

  • Book:  "How We Die" by Sherwin B Nuland.

  • Book:  "Dying Well" by Ira Byock.

  • Book:  "The Last Adventure of Life" by Maria Dancing Heart.

  • Book:  "The Mythic Harp" by Sarajane Williams.

 

September 28, 2008
"Listening to Family Health Stories: the First Step to Personalized Medicine"
by Vickie Venne, MS

Vickie Venne is a licensed genetic counselor at Huntsman Cancer Institute, where she sees patients in the High Risk Breast Cancer Clinic and is the Research Associate for the Breast Cancer Family Registry. She is also actively involved as a faculty member in the Genetic Counselor Graduate Program at the University of Utah. Ms. Venne received her MS from Sarah Lawrence College and has practiced in both clinical and laboratory settings in prenatal, pediatric and cancer genetics. She is actively involved in the National Society of Genetic Counselors, having served as newsletter editor and then President and currently serving on the Governance Task Force. She has also been involved with legislative activities in Utah, playing key advocacy roles in both the Genetic Privacy Law and the Genetic Counselor Licensure Bill, and currently sits on the Utah Counselor Genetic Licensure Board.

Listening to Aunt Sarah talk about her colonoscopy could save your life. In the high-tech and often expensive world of medicine, knowing your family’s health history may be economical as well as vital to understanding your own health risks. In a community where many people excel at collecting family history data, we will discuss augmenting that history with medical information. How do you identify and collect what is important, especially if the information is sensitive? Using cancer as an example, we will explore how family and personal medical history can be the first step to personalized medicine. As health costs rise, and innovative molecular technologies allow individuals to order their own DNA profiles, you will have the necessary tools to be a more active member of your health care team.

References and Resources:

September 14, 2008
"Human Rights Atrocities: Individual Responsibility, Solutions, and Means"
by Rocky Anderson

Rocky Anderson, founder and president of High Road for Human Rights, served as Mayor of Salt Lake City from 2000-2008. He practiced law for 21 years and, through his advocacy, expanded protections for consumers, investors, patients, and incarcerated people. He served as President of the boards of the Utah affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, Citizens for Penal Reform (which he founded), and Guadalupe Education Programs, and as a board member of Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and Common Cause of Utah. An outspoken human rights, government reform, and environmental advocate, Rocky was named by the Human Rights Campaign as one of the top ten straight advocates in the United States for GLBT equality and is the recipient of the Sierra Club Distinguished Service Award, the EPA Climate Protection Award, the Respect the Earth Planet Defender Award, the National Association of Hispanic Publications Presidential Award, The Drug Policy Alliance's top national award, the Progressive Democrats of America Spine Award, the Air & Waste Management Association's national Stewardship Award, the League of United Latin American Citizens Profile in Courage Award, and the World Leadership Award for environmental programs. Rocky was named by Business Week as one of the top twenty activists in the world on climate change and served on the Newsweek Global Environmental Leadership Advisory Committee.

After the Holocaust, the international community promised "Never Again" would we allow the mass torture and killing of men, women, and children anywhere in the world. That promise has been broken over and over again. The US could provide effective leadership to prevent major human rights abuses, such as genocides, human trafficking, and torture, but it almost never does. Repeatedly, the US government has turned a blind eye toward the slaughter, torture, rape, and displacement of millions of people–tragedies that could have been prevented had ordinary people organized to put pressure on US government officials to take effective action. The responsibility and leadership must be assumed by each of us, working together, to push for change. High Road for Human Rights, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a unique human rights organization that will provide the essential grassroots mobilization of ordinary citizens to prevent major human rights abuse.

References and Resources:

  • www.highroadforhumanrights.org

  • "Embracing Democracy for Human Action," published by High Road for Human Rights 

  • Samantha Power, "A Problem From Hell" - America and the Age of Genocide 

  • Joseph Margulies, Guantànamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power 

  • Linda Melvern, A People Betrayed - The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide 

  • Nicolaus Mills and Kira Brunner (Eds), The New Killing Fields 

  • Roméo Dallaire, Shake Hands With the Devil - The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda 

  • David S. Wyman, A Race Against Death - Peter Bergson, America, and the Holocaust 

  • David S. Wyman, The Abandonment of the Jews - America and the Holocaust 1941-1945 

 

Previous Programs

April 13, 2008
"Great Salt Lake and Mars"
by Bonnie Baxter

April 27, 2008
"Fire Issues in Utah and the West"
by Jeremy Bailey

March 9, 2008
"Thinking about the Unthinkable & Talking about the Tough Stuff: Making Sense of Nuclear Weapons & Other Big Issues That Confront Us"
by George Cheney with Lou Borgenicht, Mary Dickson, Danielle Endres and Annette Rose

February 24, 2008
"Conversation on Immigration"
by Tony Yapias

February 10, 2008
"Harm to Home in 2007:  Resettlement of Refugees in Utah by the International Rescue Committee"
by Patrick Poulin

January 27, 2008
"Health Reform in Utah: Where Are We Headed and Are We on the Right Road"
by Judi Hilman and Elizabeth Garbe

January 13, 2008
"Forgotten Victims of Domestic Violence: Male and Same-Sex Victims"
by Tracy Hernandez

December 9, 2007
"Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment"
by Dr. Brian Moench

November 18, 2007
"Climate Change and Utah"
by Jim Davis

October 28, 2007
"Beyond Capitalism - A Vision to Guide and Inspire Us Now"
by Michael Albert

October 14, 2007
"Does God Exist? A Debate"
by Mark Hausam and David Keller with Deen Chatterjee as moderator

September 23, 2007
"A More Genuine Democracy - Teaching Political Literacy to Rejuvenate America"
by Jeffrey Nielsen

September 9, 2007
"Transportation Planning & Stronger Communities"
by Keith Bartholomew, University of Utah College of Architecture & Planning

 

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