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What Does It Mean to Be a Good Citizen? | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

UI College of Education Associate Professor Carolyn Colvin, Ph.D., and colleagues from West Liberty will speak about the success of a program to bring citizenship and more to immigrants in West...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Cholera in Lebanon: An Old Disease with a New Comeback | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Cholera has been a global public health problem that resulted in 7 pandemics since 1961. The first cholera case was reported in North Lebanon on October 4, 2022 in an informal settlement followed...

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World Order and the South Caucasus | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

The three small countries comprising the South Caucasus – Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan – illuminate the uncertainties and challenges facing foreign policy decisionmakers globally as they...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Navigating the Iowa Legislative Website | League of Women Voters and Iowa City Public Library

Shannon Patrick, LWVIA & LWVJC Board member, will present information to help the public and organizational advocates track legislation during the Iowa Legislative 2024 session.

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Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Join speakers from the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders to hear how the young generation of African political and business leaders are carrying Nelson Mandela's legacy...

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Can Censorship Kill the Big, Bad Wolf? | Intellectual Freedom Festival at Iowa City Public Library

The first annual Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Lecture with guest speaker Anne Levinson Penway, Assistant Director of the American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom....

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Women's History Month: Abortion History Matters | League of Women Voters and Iowa City Public Library

Hear about abortion laws before and after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution which were the focus of the friend-of-the-court brief co-authored by Patricia Cline Cohen in “Dobbs v Jackson Women’...

Current Issues and Politics League of Women Voters of Johnson County

Transparency Matters | League of Women Voters and Iowa City Public Library

Public officials at all levels of government are required to conduct the public's business in public with very few exceptions. Find out about transparency in public governance and why it...

Current Issues and Politics League of Women Voters of Johnson County

The Story of Iowa's Factory Farms: A Critical History & Solutions | Iowa City Public Library

The Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture presents: The story of Iowa's factory farms - a critical history & solutions, a collection of presentations. Presenters for this event, in...

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An Iowa Perspective on the Refugee Crisis and the United Nations | Iowa City Public Library

The number of refugees and forcibly displaces people have swelled to nearly 100 miliion worldwide - mostly women and children. The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, works every day to aid these victims of...

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