Class of 1968 Programming
Thursday June 1 9:00-10:15am SESSION 1
Title: Perspectives on Aging
Speakers: Panel moderated by Jim Roosevelt. Panelists include Christine Bishop, Bill Carlson and Janet Ward Schofield
Summary of Session: Looking at aging from different disciplines
Thursday June 1 9:00-10:15am SESSION 2
Title: The New World Disorder
Speakers: Willene Jones Johnson, Bill Overholt, Dan Orlovsky (by zoom)
Summary of Session: Global conflict and issues have evolved in frightening new ways as the post World War II structures and Cold War “victory” have lost their meaning. Our panel will discuss the current challenges in Africa, China and Ukraine/Russia and their complex interconnections.
10:30-11:45am SESSION 1
Title: Keep Your Cool in a Changing Climate
Speakers: Lee Anne Willson and Richard Hopkins
Summary of Session: A conversation between an astronomer and an epidemiologist both engaged in local climate action work. What is our understanding of the causes of climate change? What are some strategies to prevent the worst outcomes for the generations to come? How do humans deal with very large but slow-moving threats to their health and security? What can we learn from public health successes and challenges? Why is local action both difficult and vital to reduce climate change?
Thursday June 1 10:30-11:45am SESSION 2
Title: And we thought we had figured it out in 1968---- our generation's experiments with domestic politics
Speakers: Tony Parker, M. Rivka Polatnick, Tom Reston
Summary: -What went wrong, and how do we get out of this? What have we lost; what do we need to recapture; what new ways of thinking do we need to accommodate as Americans?
Big stakes. Searchers and ideas, welcome. It’s our country
Thursday June 1 4:00-5:00pm
Title: Coming of Age in the 60s: A conversation with our age-mate Drew Gilpin Faust, Bryn Mawr '68
Speakers: Linda Greenhouse, Drew Faust
Summary of Session: Exclusive interview discussing President Emerita Drew Faust’s forthcoming book about coming of age in the South during the 1960’s
AV Needed: Microphones
Friday June 2 8:45-10:00am SESSION 1
Title: American Justice
Speaker: Marshall Goldberg
Summary of Session: Marshall Goldberg’s introduction to his forthcoming HBO series on the criminal justice system centered on the actual experiences of arrestees in the Nashville criminal justice system.
NOTE that while the other events are in the Science Center, this one is at the Yenching Auditorium in Yenching Library not more than three minutes away (source: Google Maps).
All breakout sessions will start at 8:30am !!!
Breakout room Topic 1:
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Title: A conversation about Artificial Intelligence Facilitators: Harry Lewis, Alan Bersin and Ken Ledeen Summary: A group discussion. |
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Breakout room Topic 2:
Title: Understory, a Memoir Workshop (limited to 12 participants)
Instructor: Ellen Waterston
Summary: In this writing workshop on memoir, short readings and generative prompts will be used
to address themes and/or events that could inform the development of a longer work.
Discussion will include reflections on and approaches to writing memoir as well as
suggestions for proceeding on your own following the workshop.
Breakout room Topic 3:
Title: Talking with the Enemy
Facilitator: Anne Fowler
Summary: After the 1994 killings of two Planned Parenthood staffers in Boston, 3 “ Pro-Choice” and 3 “Pro-Life” leaders were selected to participate in a dialogue which lasted for 6 years. Anne will base this session on her experience with Abortion Dialogues- showing how 6 people found respect despite disagreement and use this as a template for the difficult discussions we face on a daily basis.
Breakout room Topic 4:
Title: Music in Our Lives: A Conversation
Facilitator: Confirmed amateurs Vince Canzoneri and Todd Boli will recognize your upraised hands.
Summary: What might you like us all to know about music in your life - before, during and after Harvard? Church choirs and community theaters/orchestras, professional gigs, performing or practicing alone, struggles with inner critics/health issues? Guitars/Suzuki grandkids/iPhones?
Breakout room Topic 5:
Title: Brightening up the dark side of Aging: Legal dilemmas and Emotional Challenges
Facilitators: Jeanne Kleinman and Barbara Shore
Summary: An opportunity to hear classmates’ concerns and suggested solutions
Breakout room Topic 6: Radcliffe conversations
Summary: An opportunity to talk to classmates on any subject
Breakout room Topic 7: Harvard conversations
Summary: An opportunity to talk to classmates on any subject