Current Issues and Politics

Assessing Progress on the UN's Global Goals at the Halfway Point | Iowa City Public Library

In 2015, United Nations member states adopted 17 Global Goals or Sustainable Development Goals designed as a shared blueprint for urgent action on problems such as hunger, gender inequalities,...

Current Issues and Politics

Imagining Community in 2030: An Obermann Conversation | Iowa City Public Library

What will our community be like in 2030? How are local nonprofits shaping the Iowa City area, and what are their visions for the future? How can we break down the silos of “city” and “neighborhood...

Current Issues and Politics Obermann Conversations

In Pursuit of Food Justice, Globally and Locally | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Food Justice, a social movement ensuring universal access to nutritious, affordable, and culturally appropriate food for all, is a growing imperative today. Only by examining the structural...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Iowa House File 68: Challenges and Changes for Public Schools | Iowa City Public Library

The new Iowa law allowing public monies to support students in private K-12 schools took effect when this school year started in August. Join us to hear about the law's impact on the...

Current Issues and Politics League of Women Voters of Johnson County

Working with Refugees and Displaced Persons: The International Rescue Committee in Iowa | ICFRC

Join speakers Sarah Terlouw and Aimerance Nzinga for this important conversation. Sarah Terlouw, IRC's Executive Director in Iowa, will speak about her 15-year career supporting refugees, her...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Author Visit: Jerry Harrington | Thunder from the Prairie: The Life of Harold E. Hughes

Author Jerry Harrington will present on the life of former Iowa Governor and US Senator, Harold E. Hughes.

Hughes was an impactful actor within the rise of postwar American liberalism, the...

Books and Writing, Current Issues and Politics, Local History Visiting Authors

Digital Democracy and Youth Empowerment | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Young people are increasingly using digital technologies to participate in democracy. This event will explore how digital technologies can be used to empower young people and encourage them to...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Labor Strikes: An Obermann Conversation | Iowa City Public Library

This summer, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) both went on strike, something that hadn’t happened...

Current Issues and Politics Obermann Conversations

Latinos in Iowa: Planting Seeds of Prosperity, Power and Progress | ICFRC

In honor of this year's Hispanic Heritage Month theme, Elizabeth Bernal, Marcela Hurtado, and Paola Jaramillo will speak to the progress Latinos and Hispanics have made over the last fifteen...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Surviving a Dictator, A Dictator Surviving | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

What happened in Syria since it stopped being a "Breaking News" hot topic? How are the Syrian people surviving post civil war living conditions? Is Assad still at large? And why does it...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council