The general public is invited to attend these community talks listed below. All are free and open to the general public; limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of each event.
Planting Seeds: Educating and Empowering our Youngest Generation
3:00-3:40 pm - BPL Studio, Newsfeed Café
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This session focuses on how to educate children so they can be engaged citizens and better humans. This starts long before they cast their first vote. In this session guests will hear from interdisciplinary education leaders who are leveraging public media as a platform to reach young audiences in transformative ways.
This session will feature:
- Lisa Guernsey, Senior Director of Education Policy, New America
- Seeta Pai, Vice President, Children’s Education & Media (moderator)
Opening remarks will be provided by Alberto Vasallo III, President/CEO, El Mundo Boston and Sandra Lopez Burke, Managing Director of Community & Government Relations, GBH.
Registration is encouraged for this free event.
Misinformation and Civil Discourse
3:45-4:30 pm - BPL Studio, Newsfeed Café
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What happens when false or misleading information runs up against the need for open civil discourse? In this lively conversation, a leading expert on AI and social networks and a champion of civil discourse will explore where their work overlaps, where it clashes, and how the media should be covering it all.
This session will feature:
- Deb Roy, Director & Principal Investigator, MIT Center for Constructive Communication
- Rajiv Vinnakota, President, The Institute for Students & Scholars
- Lee Hill, Executive Editor, GBH News (moderator)
Registration is encouraged for this free event.
Accessing Reliable Information
4:45-5:45pm - Raab Hall, BPL
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In this fireside chat, legal scholar Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University (and GBH Board Chair), sits down with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden to talk about accessing reliable information in a world riddled with misinformation.
Opening remarks for this conversation will be provided by David Leonard, President, Boston Public Library and Susan Goldberg, President & CEO, GBH.
Registration is required for this free event.
