Current Issues and Politics

Border Imperialism: Control of Land and Bodies Through Colonial Violence | ICFRC

Speaker Sikowis Nobiss, Founder/ED of the Great Plains Action Society, talks about how Colonial border policy enforcement, coupled with settler-state immigration laws, are critical factors in...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Public Education for the Public Good: Past, Present and Future | Iowa City Public Library

Guest speaker Dr. Jean Donham. The mission of public education originally was to educate all citizens to understand their role in a democracy. Public education was intended to support the public...

Current Issues and Politics League of Women Voters of Johnson County

Getting Our Legal, Financial and Health Care Affairs in Order | TRAIL of Johnson County and ICPL

End-of-life financial and health care decisions should not be left until the last minute. Advanced planning, putting our “house in order,” to provide clear instructions for our loved ones helps to...

Current Issues and Politics

Why People Don't Vote | League of Women Voters and Iowa City Public Library

Based on her recent research, Dr. Caroline Tolbert will analyze puzzling trends in voter participation and review ways that the machinery of voting, i.e., its organization, could be modernized to...

Current Issues and Politics League of Women Voters of Johnson County

Quality Education for All: UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On UN Day this year we are honoring that historic agreement by emphasizing the rights of youth, especially the right...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Struggles with the Truth of Agriculture and Water Quality | Iowa City Book Festival 2023

Author Dr. Chris Jones (The Swine Republic) is joined by journalists Keith Schneider and Erin Jordan to examine Iowa and the Midwest’s efforts at water quality, public information, and the modern...

Books and Writing, Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Book Festival

Community Response to Public Health Crises in Lagos, Nigeria | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Part of the Humanities Iowa - Global Connections Across Iowa '23-'24 Program Series.

Malaria is a significant health concern in Nigeria, with the country having the highest...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

Scrutinizing the Shelves: Banned Books | An Obermann Conversation | Intellectual Freedom Festival

Recently, there has been an escalation of book bans and censorship in public school classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Many of the current book ban campaigns target books by or about LGBTQIA...

Current Issues and Politics Intellectual Freedom Festival, Obermann Conversations

Understanding Anti-LGBTQIA+ Law Targeting Iowa Classrooms | Intellectual Freedom Festival

Keenan Crow, Director of Policy and Advocacy of One Iowa, will present an explanation of IA SF496, Iowa's new anti-LGBTQ+ education law. Among other things, this law includes a "don...

Current Issues and Politics Intellectual Freedom Festival

Is Brazil at a Tipping Point? Democracy and Climate Change | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

From forest fires in the Amazon to a mob storming the presidential palace, scholars warn Brazil could be at a tipping point. Dr. Smith discusses these threats, but also Brazil's hopeful...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council