From Politics to Policy: What Can Stop Gun Violence in America?
The evening's panelists are Catherine Barber, MPA, senior researcher, Harvard School of Public Health’s Injury Research Center, Greg Jackson, executive director, Community Justice Action Fund, xxx, and xxx. Gun violence has become as...
Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights: Legal, Medical, and Social Challenges
Ford Hall Forum and the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Suffolk University present: Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights: Legal, Medical, and Social Challenges Tuesday, February 14, 2023 12:20 pm Poetry...
Screening of the internationally acclaimed documentary Little White Lie
Little White Lie is a feature-length documentary that tells Lacey's story of growing up in a typical middle-class white Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity — that is until...
Screening of two episodes of The Loving Generation documentary series
The Loving Generation is a four-part digital documentary series focusing on the lives of biracial children, now adults, born to one black and one white parent from the mid-1960s thru the mid-1980s. We will screen two parts – Checking...
TEA LEAVES: WHAT DOES THE PRESENT TELL US ABOUT THE FUTURE OF YOUTH VOTING
American democracy needs the passion and energy young people bring to the table today more than ever. Youth turnout in 2020 hit an all-time high. The question is how do we keep this momentum going? This series will examine why we all -...
The Three Profiles of Violence in Mexico’s Theatre: Immigration, Femicides, and Homophobia
World-renowned dramatist Hugo Salcedo returns to Boston and to Ford Hall Forum for an evening of reflection on contemporary violence in his home country of Mexico. In The Three Profiles of Violence in Mexico’s Theatre: Immigration,...
One Youth Votes -Week Three: Skin in the Game: Turning Engagement into Votes
Gen-Z’s civic engagement is loud, visible on the streets, and viral on social media. They are engaged, worried about big issues, and increasingly discontent with incremental or no progress in addressing them. The question is whether...
SALTONSTALL’S TRIAL, The Untold Story of the Salem Witch Trials
Join us for the staged reading of the new play, SALTONSTALL’S TRIAL, The Untold Story of the Salem Witch Trials by award-winning actress, poet laureate, and director Myriam Cyr and attorney and author Michael Cormier. 1692 Salem,...
The Screening of the Acclaimed Documentary Truth Tellers
Ford Hall Forum, Women’s and Gender Studies Center, and the Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion present: Truth Tellers is a film about American Courage. Artist/activist Robert Shetterly has painted over 250 portraits of...
Humanitarian Crisis at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Migration, Criminalization, and Militarization
Ford Hall Forum and the History, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, and Language and Global Studies Department at Suffolk University present: Prominent immigration lawyers and activists Alba Jaramillo, Isabel Garcia, and Eduardo...
The Lowell Institute
