Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning Announces 2020 “Global Issues” Series January 7 – March 27
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Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning launches
its 49th season with its hard-hitting Global Issues series in Sarasota, Venice,
Lakewood Ranch and Longboat Key. Internationally acclaimed experts explore the
challenges and dilemmas we face at home and around the world in this engaging
series of lectures and lively conversations.
(Sarasota,
Florida) Internationally renowned experts discuss a vast range of domestic and
global issues as part of Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning’s (SILL) 2020
“Global Issues” series. The
new season, which runs January 7 to March 27, features 72 programs in Sarasota,
Venice, and Lakewood Ranch. SILL also offers recordings of 12 of its Thursday
series lectures every Thursday at Temple Beth Israel in Longboat Key. Speakers
explore dozens of topics, including the U.S. role in the world, income
inequality, climate change, migration, artificial intelligence, and topical
issues in Latin America, Asia, Europe, Russia and Iran.
A few of this year’s
headliners include: Amb. Kathleen Stevens, former U.S. ambassador to the
Republic of Korea, will explore how U.S. alliances in Asia are working in light
of growing Chinese power; James Baker, a director of the Institute for
National Security and Counterterrorism, will address national security in the
light of artificial intelligence; Peter Georgescu, vice chairman of New
York Presbyterian Hospital and director of Just Capital, will examine how to
end income inequality; Dr. Ray Takeyh, who holds the Hasib J. Sabbagh
Chair in Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and previously
served as a senior advisor on Iran at the State Department, will tackle the U.S.-Iran
conflict; Dr. Susan A. MacManus, a University of South Florida
Distinguished University Professor Emerita, will discuss changing voter
demographics and the proliferation of news sources and concerns about
“fake news”; and Dr. Celeste Wallander, president and CEO of the U.S. Russia
Foundation, will provide an insider look at the Obama Administration’s
foreign policy strategy.
Beth Cotner is
SILL’s new president.
We’re delighted to
launch the 49th season of SILL,” she says. “From a small startup operation
years ago, SILL now offers five venues and, last year, attracted more than
45,000 attendees. SILL’s Music Monday series continues to be incredibly popular,
thanks to program chair Edward Alley, and our Global Issues program committee, chaired
by Bob Deutsch, has booked some impressive speakers for 2020. We’re looking
forward to an outstanding mix of returning and new speakers. Ten speakers will
be new to the SILL audiences, offering perspectives that have not been heard
here before. Another seven are returning speakers, back by popular demand. And,
for the first time, SILL will host a husband and wife speaking jointly. Jessica
and Sean McFate’s topic ‘Battles of the Future: How Technology replaces
Traditional Weapons of War’ will be an exciting lecture.”
Cotner adds that, in
addition to programs available during the day in both Sarasota and Venice, the
expanded Lakewood Ranch program, offered in the evenings, is an alternative for
those who can’t get to the daytime lectures. And, for those with hearing
challenges, Cotner says that SILL is offering real time captions during the
Wednesday morning lectures at First Church in downtown Sarasota.
SILL’s Global Issues lectures are 40 to 50 minutes, followed by 30
minutes of audience questions. The
lectures are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m., at First Church, 104
S. Pineapple Ave., in Sarasota; Tuesdays, 2:30 p.m., and Fridays, 10 a.m., at
the Venice Community Center, 326 S Nokomis Ave., in Venice; and Thursdays at 7
p.m. at Cornerstone Church, 14306 Covenant Way in Lakewood Ranch. Doors open 40
minutes prior to the start of the lecture. Season subscriptions are $85 for
a 12-lecture series. If seating is available, single lecture tickets are $10. To purchase subscriptions, or learn about the program in more
detail visit www.sillsarasota.org. For more information, call 941-365-6404.
About the Sarasota Institute of
Lifetime Learning
The Sarasota
Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) is a non-profit organization that offers
an expert lecture series to provide information on and discussion of the arts
and contemporary global issues. SILL is guided by an all-volunteer board
committed to modest pricing and enhanced outreach. Visit
www.sillsarasota.org.
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