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Public Affairs and Government

Baruch College

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Public Affairs and Government

Ackerman Lecture: Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality

Join Deborah Archer, president of the ACLU National and esteemed legal scholar, for a discussion of her upcoming book Dividing Lines, where she explores how America’s transportation infrastructure has reinforced racial segregation and inequality over the past century. From highways that separate communities to sidewalks that exclude, Archer reveals how seemingly neutral infrastructure choices have perpetuated division. Drawing on history, legal analysis, and real-life testimonies, she offers a critical look at the enduring impact of these systems and outlines a vision for a more equitable future.

1 month ago

1 hour 26 minutes 9 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

People, Power, Change : Organizing for Democratic Renewal

Come hear legendary organizer Marshall Ganz in conversation about his once-in-a-generation book. Its framework for creating real and lasting change is drawn from his extraordinary experiences with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers, President Obama’s 2008 election campaign, and training future leaders for over 20 years at Harvard.

6 months ago

1 hour 23 minutes 7 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Democracy as Creative Practice

Through a wave of innovative experimentation with worker cooperatives and closely related enterprise models, social and community entrepreneurs are including more workers in the economy. This event features a review of developments in the field from local experts and includes insights and actionable strategies for leaders in the non-profit, public, and higher education sectors interested in using these approaches to maximize their social impact.

6 months ago

1 hour 22 minutes 39 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Book Talk : Public Higher Education That Works

President Emeritus and University Professor Mitchel Wallerstein discusses his forthcoming book “Public Higher Education That Works” in conversation with Former and Founding President of Guttman Community College and University Professor Scott Evenbeck.

7 months ago

1 hour 19 minutes 4 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Controlling Women : What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom

Join us in welcoming Kathryn Kolbert as our Fall 2024 speaker for the Ackerman Lecture on Equality and Justice. She will describe the nearly five decades of legal battles around abortion that have brought us to this current moment, when 14 states have total abortion bans, and 27 states have bans based on gestational duration. (Ten states have measures related to abortion rights on their ballots this November.) Kolbert will also describe strategies that she and her co-author, Julie F. Kay, propose to safeguard reproductive rights.

7 months ago

1 hour 15 minutes 36 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Grantmaking and Student Success

Panel discussion with speakers from the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation, the Robinhood Foundation, and the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation.

1 year ago

1 hour 54 minutes 42 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Ackerman Lecture: Just Transition and Democratic Planning

Climate change and our broader ecological crisis pose a serious challenge to our basic social and political systems. A variety of styles of response to this scale have emerged. Some involve emphasis on centralized decision-making by experts, whether the “Green New Deal” scale national policies of states or by way of the returns-driven focus of institutional investors and asset managers. Others call for more distributed decision making, emphasizing market mechanisms like carbon taxes and offsets or the role of sub-national public entities in energy transition. The talk will present examples of each of these approaches and discuss the underlying implications and stakes for democratic life and institutions. Guest Speaker: Dr. Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University.

1 year ago

1 hour 32 minutes 9 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Israel/Gaza: Past, Present, Future

1 year ago

1 hour 10 minutes 19 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Virtual Team Leadership for Nonprofits

This online event provides a forum to discuss about virtual or hybrid team leaderships for nonprofit organizations in order to increase team trust, bonding, cohesion, and conflict management. Including in the panel are presenters and experts from non-profit sectors, Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeiiken, Principal Consultant of Five Oaks Consulting and Ahmed Hachelaf, Peace & Conflict Education Specialist of Generations For Peace.

The program is introduced by George Mitchell.

2 years ago

54 minutes 21 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era

This presentation explores the role of transnational advocacy and international organizations in international relation. The lecture is presented by Nina Hall and based on her volume: Transnational advocacy in the Digital Era. The program is introduced by George Mitchell.

2 years ago

57 minutes 55 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Resilience: A New Framework for Nonprofit Management

This presentation discusses the dimensions of a new paradigm for management of nonprofit organizations based on building resilience and navigating crises to ensure future viability and effectiveness. Presenters Dennis R. Young and Elizabeth A.M. Searing offer talks based on their book: Resilience and The Management of Nonprofit Organizations. The program is introduced by George Mitchell.

2 years ago

1 hour 10 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Nonprofit Board Leadership: Diversity and Development

The main theme of this Zoom event is to provide joint conversations with Baruch alumni nonprofit leaders which include the following speakers: Donna Frisby-Greenwood (MPA’96), Ciara Ginyard (MPA’12), Jenny Lai (MPA ’17), Steven Raga (MPA ’16), and Pinky Vincent. The moderator of today’s program is Barbara Paxton.

This program starts with brief introduction by Janet Rossbach, Director of Alumni Relations, as well as brief talk by Dean Sherry Ryan from Marxe School, and George Mitchell.

2 years ago

1 hour 27 minutes 36 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

NGO Advocacy in International Politics

This online event provides a forum to be engaged with audiences on revisiting and updating the knowledge of how NGOs conduct advocacy on international issues. Presenters Christopher A. Pallas and Elizabeth A. Bloodgood focus on issues related to NGO draw on their recently published volume entitled: Beyond the Boomerang: From Transnational Advocacy Networks to Transcalar Advocacy in International Politics.

The program starts with brief introduction provided by George Mitchell.

2 years ago

57 minutes 56 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

International Perspectives on Nonprofit Governance and Leadership

This online event provides a forum to discuss about international nongovernmental organizations. Including in the panel are presenters from non-profit sectors and NGO, Ido Lotan and Matthew Aubry.

The program is introduced by the co-hosts George Mitchell and Barbara Paxton with Barbara Paxton from BoardStrong to provide nonprofit board training, consultation, and educational resources.

2 years ago

1 hour 29 minutes 1 second

Public Affairs and Government

Amateurs without Borders

This online event provides a forum to examine the rise of new actors in the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongovernmental organizations. Presenter Allison Schnable focuses on issues related to NGO drawn from her book entitled: Amateurs without Borders: The Aspirations and Limits of Global Compassion The program is introduced by George Mitchell and a Q&A session follows the lecture.

2 years ago

59 minutes 8 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Bank of America in Higher Education: Conference on Corporate and Foundation Fundraising

Moderated by Sherry Ryan, Dean of Marx School of Public and International Affairs, the focus of this conference is to discuss the goals and strategies of Bank of America’s 4-year funding program on supporting higher education. Speakers include Randa Shockley and Gail Harvey from Bank of America and Rob Johnstone from the National Center for Inquiry and Improvement.

2 years ago

1 hour 41 minutes 12 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

LGBTQ+ Youth and Schooling: Research for Policy and Practice

Moderated by Robert Smith, Professor and Ackerman Chair and presented by Stephen Russell on his educational research for LGBTQ+ Youth and Schooling, considering the use of research to advance social change for social justice with understanding the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) children and youth and identifying policies and practices of education research to support LGBTQ+ and all students.

2 years ago

1 hour 28 minutes 37 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

New York's Emergence as a Tech Hub : Opportunities and Challenges

Over the past 15 years, New York City has become a technology powerhouse, with almost 350,000 jobs in the sector propelled by businesses large and small, including more than 9,000 start-up firms. The city’s institutions of higher education are producing more tech, STEM and life sciences graduates than any other locality in the nation, and the New York is a leader in the development of civic technology. How did we get here? Is our current growth sustainable? Are our educational programs feeding alumni into careers in technology large enough and inclusive enough to make tech a vehicle for social equity? What challenges does a high concentration of highly educated, highly compensated employees in this industry pose for the city? Join us for a conversation with three people who have been intimately involved with New York’s emergence as a technology hub and setting the agenda for further growth. The Marxe Issues panel of experts includes: Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President; Andrew Rasiej, Founder/CEO Civic Hall, Founder Personal Democracy Forum, Chairman Emeritus, NY Tech Alliance; and J. Phillip Thompson, Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives for New York City. This program will be moderated by David S. Birdsell, Marxe Dean, Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs.

5 years ago

58 minutes 19 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Urban Protests in Latin America

In late 2019 major and, at times, violent protests broke out in Chile, Colombia, and Bolivia. These events took place in the context of protests earlier in the year in Venezuela and, before that, Brazil. These types of protests have had important impacts on political systems and social dynamics in the region and have in the past generation contributed to bringing down governments in Bolivia and Brazil. Chile’s protests have already led to an agreement to revise that country’s constitution. This panel will bring together experts on the region to discuss the drivers of these protests, the effects on these political systems, and their implications for the future. The Global Insights panel of experts includes: Janice Gallagher, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University-Newark, and Patricio Navia, Clinical Professor of Liberal Studies at New York University. The program will be moderated by Enrique Desmond Arias, Marxe Chair of Western Hemisphere Affairs at Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs.

5 years ago

58 minutes 4 seconds

Public Affairs and Government

Colombia's Peace Process at the Crossroads

"In 2016 the Colombian government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) concluded a historic peace agreement that ended the half-century long war between the government and the FARC. Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize that year. The implementation of the peace accords has, however, been a rocky affair especially after Ivan Duque, an opponent of the peace process, won the presidency in 2018. Conflict continues today with numerous FARC dissident organizations operating around Colombia and other armed organizations, including the ELN and EPL guerrilla groups, expanding their presence in formerly FARC controlled areas. Indeed, homicide rates have increased nationally since 2017 as armed actors vie for control of lucrative markets in illicit drugs and mining. The country has seen a wave of assassinations of peasants, civic leaders, and former guerrillas leading one important FARC leader to again take up arms. This panel will bring together scholars and practitioners to discuss the state of the peace process and the prospects for Colombia in the coming years."

5 years ago

1 hour 23 minutes 26 seconds