Course Schedule – Fall 2024 / Contemporary Issues / UPHEAVAL IN AMERICAN VALUES
Coordinators: Michael Wellner, Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks
Each week’s class will focus on one (or more) different important social and political issues, including the all-important 2024 election, that have a major impact on the state of our country, and its future.
Discussion topics will include the US Constitution, the Supreme Court, changes in news reporting and the media in general, the impact of mobile phones on our children, social and income inequality, our immigration problem, free speech rights, the “woke” culture, our international relations, and, of course, politics.
B WEEK / WEDNESDAY / 10:30 AM – NOON
| Upheaval in American Values | ||
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| Sep 11 | Maureen Berman, Michael Wellner | Review of the Second Trump-Biden Debate; Overall Election Update |
| Sep 25 | Connie DiMari | The Unintended Consequences of Healthcare Legislation |
| Oct 09 | Debbi Honorof | Changes in the American Workplace |
| Oct 23 | Steve Allen | Current Election Polling and Predictions |
| Nov 06 | Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks, Michael Wellner | Review of the Election Results |
| Nov 20 | TBD | |
| Dec 11 | TBD | |
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