What will the world look like as we navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic? Join General John Allen (USMC, Ret.), President of The Brookings Institution, for an expert conversation on disrupting the world order, what's on the horizon, and how our world may be reshaped as we emerge from this crisis. Moderated by Megan Clark Torrey, […]
What should we expect from the U.S. private sector during a time of national and global crisis? Which corporate leaders are rising to the challenges of this moment? Join Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, one of the nation's most respected voices on corporate leadership - and current senior associate dean of leadership programs and professor at the Yale […]
Free event! RSVP below. Three countries, three different responses to COVID-19. Can other nations' pandemic responses provide a road map for U.S. reopening and recovery? Join us to explore the national COVID-19 responses of Sweden, the U.K. and the U.S., with John Fund, national-affairs columnist for National Review. Moderated by CEO, Megan Clark Torrey. […]
Oil prices are plummeting, energy markets are shifting, and new alliances are forming. Has the collapse of oil prices in the wake of COVID-19 provided an opportunity to reshape the world? We talk with Dr. Meghan O’Sullivan, Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard Kennedy School, author, and Chair of the North American […]
In this national moment, join us for a discussion with Dr. Peniel Joseph and Jay Williams on the roots of racism and inequality in our nation, the history of resistance movements, and specifically how inequality manifests in our Greater Hartford community today. Dr. Peniel Joseph is professor and founding director of the LBJ School’s Center […]
Comm(Unity) Roundtable | Confronting Race and Inequality Join an interactive conversation with fellow community members on how you experience race and racism, hear the voices of others, and leave with greater understanding of how racism impacts us here in our community. Led by Martey Rhine, CTWAC member, facilitator and Transformative Mediator, who is committed to […]
High school students from Connecticut and around the country are invited to join in a special discussion on how they are experiencing this national moment and what they want for the future. This conversation will be held in a partnership between CTWAC and NCCJ. The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) is a human […]
On June 1, U.S. federal law enforcement officers fired rubber bullets and chemical gas at peaceful protesters in front of the White House in Lafayette Square. Steven Cook, Ph.D., Council on Foreign Relations, writes that "recent uprisings in the Middle East—specifically in Egypt and Turkey—and the responses they evoked from their governments, do provide a […]
RSVP Here Coronavirus in Israel: New Opportunities for Arab and Jewish integration The coronavirus pandemic has upended lives, economies, and systems across the world. In this special discussion, we are joined by Dr. Professor Fahed Hakim, EMMS Hospital Director, Nazareth Hospital, the largest medical facility in the Arab sector of Israel, to discuss the impact […]
