Welcome to the Salisbury Forum
Welcome to the Salisbury Forum website. We hope you will explore its various parts to learn about our programs and to get a sense of the breadth and scope of Forum events.
Our mission is to present to the community opportunities to experience differing points of view from expert speakers on matters of interest to us locally, regionally, nationally and globally. In our first five seasons, we have presented more than twenty programs with a total attendance in excess of sixty-five hundred. Topics have included global warming and its effects on New England, immigration from a national and local perspective, Islam, the Constitution, including a recent Forum presenting the views of HVRHS high school film-makers on civic responsibility in public discourse, international relations, and health care.
On behalf of the Forum Board,
Walter DeMelle, Jr.
President
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Events
June 4, 2010: Good Books, Quality News: Publishing and Journalism in the Digital Age
7:30 p.m. at The Hotchkiss School on Friday, June 4, 2010: Good Books, Quality News: Publishing and Journalism in the Digital Age Peter Osnos, Founder, PublicAffairs Books; Vice-Chairman, Columbia Journalism Review, draws on decades of experience as a correspondent, editor, publisher and entrepreneur... Read more
May 14, 2010: The Constitution In Our Midst
7:30 p.m. at Housatonic Valley Regional High School on Friday, May 14, 2010 Housatonic Valley Regional High School students show documentaries they created as part of a program with Global Village Media in a joint project with the The Connecticut Project for the Constitution, an organization dedicated... Read more
April 9, 2010: The Presidency in the Age of Obama
7:30 p.m. at Salisbury School on Friday, April 9, 2010 Returning speakers, Todd Brewster and Akhil Reed Amar present a review of the first 444 days of the Obama Presidency from the perspective of their 2008 Forum, “The Perfect President.” Akhil Reed Amar, Southmayd Professor of Constitutional Law,... Read more
News
June 10, 2010, The Lakeville Journal: No news is not good news
From TCExtra.com Opinion/Viewpoint No news is not good news Editorial 06/10/2010 Peter Osnos gave hope to those of us who want to continue to maintain their connections to all kinds of news, whether local, national or international, at the last Salisbury Forum presentation for the season on Friday... Read more
May 20, 2010, The Lakeville Journal: Students explore issues of public speech through documentaries
By JANET MANKO Reprinted with permission, The Lakeville Journal, © Copyright 2010. FALLS VILLAGE — The amphitheater in Room 133 at Housatonic Valley Regional High School overflowed with adults and students on Friday evening, May 14, as the Salisbury Forum explored freedom of speech in an event called,... Read more