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  • The Dialogue Project: Hope in Action with Ann Rubin
    1/21
    Wednesday
    The Dialogue Project: Hope in Action with Ann Rubin 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST/GMT-5
    Online Event
  • Virtual Reading Group January Session
    1/23
    Friday
    Virtual Reading Group January Session Online Event
  • Dialogue and Deliberation: Advocating For Democracy
    2/06
    Friday
    Dialogue and Deliberation: Advocating For Democracy 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
    Arendt Center
  • Courage to Be Dinner Lectures:&nbsp;Limina Grace Harmon, New Connexions United Methodist Church / Ulster County Legislature
    2/25
    Wednesday
    Courage to Be Dinner Lectures: Limina Grace Harmon, New Connexions United Methodist Church / Ulster County Legislature 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
    Blithewood
  • Agnes Heller: Philosopher, Dissident, Activist
    3/05
    Thursday
    Agnes Heller: Philosopher, Dissident, Activist 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
    Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema
  • Courage to Be Dinner Lectures:&nbsp;Joshua Krugman, poet, composer, and theater-maker, Bread &amp; Puppet Theater
    3/11
    Wednesday
    Courage to Be Dinner Lectures: Joshua Krugman, poet, composer, and theater-maker, Bread & Puppet Theater 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
    Blithewood
  • Courage to Be Dinner Lectures:&nbsp;Loubna Mrie
    4/08
    Wednesday
    Courage to Be Dinner Lectures: Loubna Mrie 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
    Blithewood
  • Revisiting &ldquo;On Violence&rdquo;: Political Power and Non-violent Struggle
    4/24
    Friday
    Revisiting “On Violence”: Political Power and Non-violent Struggle 9:00 am – 6:15 pm EDT/GMT-4
    Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
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