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WNET Lectures is a collection of public talks presented and produced in partnership with WNET or recorded at the WNET studios. Our lectures cover a variety of compelling topics of local and world interest. To find additional lectures presented in and around New York's Metropolitan area please visit the WNET Partner page. For a listing of all Forum Network partners including all participating public stations and community partners hosting and contributing lectures to the Forum Network from across the country please refer to our Partners listing page. WNET is proud of the role we serve in our community, of protecting and projecting the public voice; and of informing and inspiring that public voice to foster deeper understanding of and civic engagement in important issues.break

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  • Challenges and Opportunities for the Nonprofits Sector

    Wed, Nov 19, 2008
    Nonprofits are tested during periods of economic hardship. How can they—both individually and collectively—be prepared to meet the impending economic storm? The Foundation Center, New York Regional Association of Grantmakers (NYRAG), United Way of New York City, and Citi host a roundtable forum for thought leaders from New York’s nonprofit, philanthropic, business and public sectors. Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone, delivers the keynote address. Then Linda Gibbs, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, offers her remarks.
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  • Claudia Bernardi and Mark Danner

    Sun, Oct 31, 2010
    Claudia Bernardi, artist, printmaker and human rights activist presents samples of her work and has a conversation with award winning journalist and author, Mark Danner. This discussion is part of "Bodies on the Line", a 9-day colloquium at New York University, bringing together 9 artists and writers from across genres and around the world to share work, ideas and process. Our subject is borders. There are the real borders, such as the ones that are the focus in debates about immigration policy in this country and around the world. There are also political and ideological borders that divide us. On the one hand, borders limit us, and make us vulnerable. On the other hand we want to look at the possibilities and opportunities at border lines. Bodies on the Line considers the border as a point of energy and creativity in different regions and spheres of life. The symposium is structured around small working groups and some public presentations. Assisted by respondents, expert witnesses, and the collaboration of several universities and cultural organizations, Bodies on the Line Fellows explore each other's artistic representations and investigations of immigration, statelessness, and identity in the contemporary world. The goal of the colloquium is to create new artistic partnerships, to inspire future projects, and to use artistic practice as a way of investigating new and historical ideas. Above all, we seek to bring artists around a table to discuss, in their own unique ways, and with their own unique creative resources, some of the world's most pressing problems.
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    Ethical Art: Shirin Neshat, Carol Becker and Anna Deavere Smith

    Sat, Nov 06, 2010
    This discussion is part of "Bodies on the Line", a 9-day colloquium at New York University, bringing together 9 artists and writers from across genres and around the world to share work, ideas and process. Our subject is borders. There are the real borders, such as the ones that are the focus in debates about immigration policy in this country and around the world. There are also political and ideological borders that divide us. On the one hand, borders limit us, and make us vulnerable. On the other hand we want to look at the possibilities and opportunities at border lines. Bodies on the Line considers the border as a point of energy and creativity in different regions and spheres of life. The symposium is structured around small working groups and some public presentations. Assisted by respondents, expert witnesses, and the collaboration of several universities and cultural organizations, Bodies on the Line Fellows explore each other's artistic representations and investigations of immigration, statelessness, and identity in the contemporary world. The goal of the colloquium is to create new artistic partnerships, to inspire future projects, and to use artistic practice as a way of investigating new and historical ideas. Above all, we seek to bring artists around a table to discuss, in their own unique ways, and with their own unique creative resources, some of the world's most pressing problems.
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  • Mohamed "Hame" Bourokba at La Maison Francaise

    Mon, Nov 01, 2010
    **AUDIO ONLY** **Mohamed Bourokba (Hame)**, is a French-Algerian rapper and filmmaker. He developed a style of rap with the group [la Rumeur](http://www.la-rumeur.com/ ""). He joined hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy, Professor Judith Miller, and Professor Emmanuelle Ertel for a discussion about early rap and his part in it. Listen to some of Hame's music [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbKZ28ftou8). This discussion is part of [**"Bodies on the Line"**](http://contemporaryperformance.com/2010/10/31/featured-bodies-on-the-line-colloquium-nyc/ ""), a 9-day colloquium at New York University recorded by [Thirteen Forum](http://www.thirteen.org/forum/ ""), bringing together 9 artists and writers from across genres and around the world to share work, ideas and process. Our subject is borders. There are the real borders, such as the ones that are the focus in debates about immigration policy in this country and around the world. There are also political and ideological borders that divide us. On the one hand, borders limit us, and make us vulnerable. On the other hand we want to look at the possibilities and opportunities at border lines. [_Bodies on the Line_](http://contemporaryperformance.com/2010/10/31/featured-bodies-on-the-line-colloquium-nyc/ "") considers the border as a point of energy and creativity in different regions and spheres of life. The symposium is structured around small working groups and some public presentations. Assisted by respondents, expert witnesses, and the collaboration of several universities and cultural organizations, Bodies on the Line Fellows explore each other's artistic representations and investigations of immigration, statelessness, and identity in the contemporary world. The goal of the colloquium is to create new artistic partnerships, to inspire future projects, and to use artistic practice as a way of investigating new and historical ideas. Above all, we seek to bring artists around a table to discuss, in their own unique ways, and with their own unique creative resources, some of the world's most pressing problems.
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    Good Vibrations: Michael Fitzpatrick and Rabbi Irwin Kula

    Sat, Nov 06, 2010
    Musician Michael Fitzpatrick calls out for compassion and world peace with his cello and discusses the power of good vibrations with Rabbi Irwin Kula. This discussion is part of "Bodies on the Line", a 9-day colloquium at New York University, bringing together 9 artists and writers from across genres and around the world to share work, ideas and process. Our subject is borders. There are the real borders, such as the ones that are the focus in debates about immigration policy in this country and around the world. There are also political and ideological borders that divide us. On the one hand, borders limit us, and make us vulnerable. On the other hand we want to look at the possibilities and opportunities at border lines. Bodies on the Line considers the border as a point of energy and creativity in different regions and spheres of life. The symposium is structured around small working groups and some public presentations. Assisted by respondents, expert witnesses, and the collaboration of several universities and cultural organizations, Bodies on the Line Fellows explore each other's artistic representations and investigations of immigration, statelessness, and identity in the contemporary world. The goal of the colloquium is to create new artistic partnerships, to inspire future projects, and to use artistic practice as a way of investigating new and historical ideas. Above all, we seek to bring artists around a table to discuss, in their own unique ways, and with their own unique creative resources, some of the world's most pressing problems.
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    WNET