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November 2019
November 11th, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
For our November luncheon, winners of this year’s Buddy Davis Speech Contest will read their entries. The topic for this year’s contest is: Possible Solutions for School Gun Violence
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Adam Friedman, founder of Voter Choice Massachusetts and John Severini, Information Technology Professional / Entrepreneur
Polling Data shows most Americans are moderate, our current plurality system is unhealthy, unsustainable, and divides us as a nation. 3rd party candidates don’t have a voice, and often play the spoiler candidate. This is not Democracy. RCV fixes both!
Dec 9th @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
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January 2020
Prof. Ann Cristiano, Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications and the Director of the Center for Public Interest Communications at UF
Jan 13th @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
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February 2020
Dr. Maggie Labarta former President and Chief Executive Officer for Meridian Behavioral Healthcare
Feb 10th @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
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March 2020
Adam Playford deputy editor at the Tampa Bay Times
March 9th @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
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September 2020
Joe Little, emeritus professor of law at UF
September 14th @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
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October 2020
Pamela Marsh, President of the First Amendment Foundation
October 12th from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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November 2020
With architect, educator, artist, and activist Kim Tanzer
November 9th from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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December 2020
With educator and activist Jim Notestein
December 14th from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Exhibits to accompany the presentation:
Document A
Document B
Document C 1-4
January 2021
Defending Human Rights One Asylum Case at a Time
with UF Professor emeritus of anthropology, Allan Burns
January 11th from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Summary: The work of an expert witness in asylum and deportation cases includes documenting the conditions of violent and dangerous parts of the world today and testifying about those conditions. I take my perspective from the anthropologist Margaret Mead who always said that anthropology should be relative to the world today. Her emphasis on studying small groups shows the importance of understanding human rights from the perspective of human rights lawyers, experts, Department of Homeland Security lawyers, immigration judges, and of course asylum seekers and their families. Asylum seekers seek to live without the threats of drug cartels, corrupt governments, criminal organizations, and hate crimes people. Asylum laws and procedures as well as changes in those who seek asylum today have created a humanitarian crisis. So, what can we do?
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