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Join us in conversation with Shailly Gupta Barnes as she discusses a moral budget for America and the crucial need for a shifting of priorities on both the state and federal level. She is the Policy Director at the Kairos Center and National Poor People’s Campaign. She coordinated and…
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Mindfulness is a psychological process of being present and relating to others and the environment with compassion. Can mindfulness also help us completely reboot the way we address social and environmental sustainability? The Way Out provides a riveting and personal exploration of the issue of sustainability as well as the…
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Technology, Amnesia, & the Future: A Conversation with a Messenger from the Past
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 – 7:00pm32-141Dr. Jim Walsh, MIT Security Studies Program, is a globally renowned commentator and thinker known for his humor and insight. Playing the theatrical role of a “Messenger from the Past,” Dr. Walsh tells the story of how humankind has built the capacity to destroy the planet while also demonstrating…
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Facial Recognition as Surveillance: The Need for Public Oversight
Friday, October 18, 2019 – 6:30pm32-155Join us for a substantive discussion on facial surveillance and other remote biometric monitoring technologies that pose unprecedented risks to personal autonomy, privacy and democracy. Some have referred to these technologies as “nuclear waste”. Others have called it “the perfect tool for oppression.” Never before has a technology…
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Watch the archived video of the program (scroll down to bottom of page). The Amazon is burning. Coral reefs are dying. Glaciers are melting, and as Earth gets pushed to its brink, journalists who can translate the impact of climate change and hold the powerful accountable are more…