The Salisbury Forum
Where Ideas Come Together
Welcome
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 presentations by expert speakers on matters of interest to us locally, regionally, nationally and globally. Topics have included global warming and its effects on New England, immigration from a national and local perspective, the meaning of Islam, the Constitution and the Presidency, civic responsibility in public discourse as reflected in documentary films created by HVRHS students, international relations, Orville Schell speaking about U.S. / China relations, and a February 2011 screening of the award-winning film, “End of the Line”, as a collaboration with the FilmWorks Forum at the Moviehouse in Millerton and with commentary by actor Sam Waterston, board member of Oceana.
We invite you to explore our website, send us your comments, support the Salisbury Forum with your contribution, and join us at our programs when you can. All forum events are open to the public without charge. We’d love to welcome you.
On behalf of the Forum Board, I hope you enjoy exploring our website. We look forward to meeting you at a future Forum.
Walter DeMelle, Jr. President
Forums
“Kids For Cash”: Feb. 1, 2015 11:15AM, Millerton Moviehouse
Hillary Transue, 14, made fun of her high school's vice principal on line, Justin Bodnar, 12, cursed at another student's mother, Ed Kenzakoski, 17, did nothing at all. Those three and almost 3, 000 other children were sentenced to a juvenile detention facility for minor infractions. In many cases their parents were persuaded or coerced into … Read More >
Up From Poverty: Africa’s Untold Story, Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 7:30PM
"We are living in a time when people are climbing out of poverty in greater numbers and at a faster rate than at any other time in human history, bar none. And despite how much more there remains to do," says David DeFerranti, "progress in health, education, etc. is actually stunningly rapid." David deFerranti is a former World Bank regional … Read More >