Distinguished Speaker Series

There is no need to register for each talk, as all BOLLI members will receive the Zoom links for all of the speakers.

Date Time Speaker Topic
Friday, Sept. 22 1-2 p.m. Ron Liebowitz, President of Brandeis University "Higher Education Today and Tomorrow"
Friday, Sept. 29 1-2 p.m. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island senator "The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court"
Friday, Oct. 6 1-2 p.m. Joe Kennedy III, Former Congressman, Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs "Joe Kennedy, From Lawmaker to Diplomat"
Friday, Oct. 13 1-2 p.m. Naomi Oreskes, Harvard Professor of the History of Science "Corporate Power and the Myth of the Free Market"
Friday, Oct. 20 1-2 p.m. Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund "New Perspectives on Israel and Democracy"
Friday, Oct. 27 1-2 p.m. Seth Moulton, U.S. Congressman "What's Up with Congress?"
Friday, Nov. 3 1-2 p.m. Gina McCarthy, Former White House Environmental Advisor and EPA Administrator "The Climate Crisis: The Presidency, the Congress and the Supreme Court"
Friday, Nov. 17 1-2 p.m. Steve Pifer, Former Ambassador to Ukraine and Senior Fellow at BrookingsInstitution "Russia-Ukraine War: What's Next?"