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SPEAKERS SERIES

There are so many ways to learn. In addition to our courses, the Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute brings in one-time speakers from a variety of fields to shed light on exciting and challenging topics. These free 60-90 minute sessions are offered between semesters by guest speakers including authors, scientists, activists, writers, lawyers, social workers, artists, and many others. Currently, our speakers series takes place on Zoom.

To sign up for the speaker series please join our mailing list. Announcement and registration information will be sent to the list by email.

UPCOMING SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

To sign up for the speaker series please join our mailing list. Announcement and registration information will be sent to the list by email.

The following programs are all on Zoom:

12/3/2024 10:30AM Jane  Scarborough (one of the original Rainbow founders and retired Constitutional law professor)  will discuss Project 2025.

12/17/2024 10:30AM: Hankus Netsky examines the resurgence of Klezmer music, perfect prior to Chanukah.

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Upcoming Speakers
Past Speakers

SAMPLE OF PAST SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

  • The Growing Wave of Federal Immigration Restrictions and the Potential Impact of the 2020 Census, Trevor Mattos, Boston Indicators

  • Reading from A Raisin in My Cleavage, Sue Katz, author

  • Aging in Place, Alice Fisher

  • Helping you To Understand Medicare, Mark Heumann, SHINE counselor

  • How to Avoid Identity Theft, David Rooks

  • LGBTQ Asylum Task Force, Al Green

  • Between Us: Poetry and Prose: Book reading, The Z Street Writers

  • Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer Action, Ellen Leopold

  • Sovereign Erotics:  Native American Two-Spirit Writers and Theory, Cheryl Savigneau

  • Learning to be Old, Sarah Pearlman

  • Living in Community – Options for Older Adults, Sharon Brooks

  • Rainbow Railroad: Moving LGBTQI People From Danger, Ashton Giese

  • Not a Soldier Girl- Israel in the 1950's, Linda Dittmar

  • The Day I Die- an intimate investigation of Assisted Dying, Anita Hannig

  • Overcoming Deepest Grief, Mary Aviyah Farkas

  • The Legacy of Frederick Law Olmstead, Priscilla Golding

  • Hand in Hand: Multicultural schools in Israel, Lee Gordon

  • Virtual screenings of movies followed by discussion (Cured)

  • Virtual screening of Left on Pearl (https://leftonpearl.org/)

  • Maida Tilchin discusses learning about Navajo culture in a Navajo weaving class in NM

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