April Members & Friends Salon Apr 30 | 6:30 PM
April Members & Friends Salon

Join the discussion: The Breakdown of the Transatlantic Alliance The Trump Administration has made it clear that the United States will no longer support Europe’s security, a cornerstone of bipartisan foreign policy for 80 years. Furthermore, by voting with authoritarian...
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The Unfinished Revolution: Finding Common Action Through Productive Disagreement May 07 | 6:30 PM
The Unfinished Revolution: Finding Common Action Through Productive Disagreement

America 250 Town Hall Series The America 250 Town Hall Series, a collaboration with Brooks Memorial Library and Vermont Independent Media, publisher of The Commons, is made possible, in part, through a generous grant from the Vermont Humanities Council. As...
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From Overthrow to Blowback: How U.S. led Regime Change Has Historically Sown the Seeds of Instability and Backlash May 15 | 6:30 PM
From Overthrow to Blowback: How U.S. led Regime Change Has Historically Sown the Seeds of Instability and Backlash

How does US foreign policy sow long seeds of instability, authoritarianism, migration, and resentment? Join esteemed author and journalist Stephen Kinzer for a launch event in a two-year speaker series on the global blowback of US aggressive intervention, military actions...
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CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: Are We Making Any Progress? Jun 11 | 6:30 PM
CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: Are We Making Any Progress?

Former U.S. diplomat Elliot Diringer takes stock of the global effort to combat the climate crisis.  Diringer, a former senior policy advisor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, has worked international climate issues for more than 30 years...
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Think Like A Commoner Jun 23 | 6:30 PM
Think Like A Commoner

How can we imagine and bring about a socio-economic order that is actually climate-friendly, democratic, fair, effective, and inclusive?” Join David Bollier—longtime activist, author, and scholar with the Schumacher Center for a New Economics—for an illuminating conversation on the great...
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