“One World” 5.5 Feet Long by 4.5 Feet High
Thursday, January 30, 2025 from 12:00 noon – 2 pm
Jeannie Hope Gibson
Even with our vast personal differences or location on this earth, we are all interconnected, an extended family. Migrations and intermarriages throughout our human history have impacted our DNA, altering our bloodlines. These are average everyday people from all over the world who share common ground far greater than their personal
Past Programs
The Importance and Impact of the Strategic Partnership between the US and South Korea
Thursday, November 21, 2024 from 11:30 am – 2 pm Jenny Town, Kevin L. Miller and Iliana Ragnone This panel is cohosted by the Santa Fe World Affairs Forum, the Santa Fe Community College and the Stimson Center. It is sponsored by the Korea Foundation US national security in the Asia-Pacific hinges on its bilateral alliances with
The Project Y Spies
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from 12 noon – 2 pm Alan Carr During the Manhattan Project, four Los Alamos insiders stole secret information and provided it to the Soviet Union. This is the story of their treachery: what they stole, why they committed espionage, and what happened to them. This presentation includes newly uncovered information pertaining
Far-Right Extremism is still on the Menu: Trends in the Violent Far-Right Movement
Friday, October 18, 2024 from 12 noon – 2 pm Michaela Millender Nearly four years after the insurrection on January 6, far-right violent extremist groups and militias have recalibrated, adapted, and proliferated. The convergence of far-right ideologies and conspiracy theories which created a perfect environment for the attack on the US Capitol is not only present
Russia in Africa
Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 12 noon – 2 pm Ambassador Mark L. Asquino (ret) The Cold War pitted the United States against the Soviet Union in ideological and sometimes proxy military confrontations throughout Africa. Beginning with the independence of African nations starting in the late 1950’s, it continued in the decades that followed through wars
Wagner, Nietzsche and the Origins of Fascism
Wednesdays February 21 - March 20, 2024, 12:30 Noon Eastern & 9:30 Pacific Dr. James L. West In a historical moment when democracies around the world are under unprecedented stress, it might be instructive to reconsider the classic case of democratic collapse - the Weimar Republic. The origins of this catastrophe were buried deeply in a national culture
A Refugee Camp on a Greek Island Opens Its Arms to Middle Eastern Asylum Seekers
February 25, 2024, 12 noon - 2pm Jane Abbott Why do Middle Eastern refugees still try to reach Europe via Greece as they continue to arrive at night in small, often inflatable dinghies from Turkey? How are they treated once they arrive? Who are they? How long do they stay in a refugee camp before being