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Food for Thought December 2024

Dec 6, 2024, 12:30-1:30 pm EST
Food for Thought is a monthly lunchtime opportunity for Ford School students, faculty, and staff to come together and discuss the breaking news or most compelling policy issues of the day.
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Food for Thought October 2024

Oct 25, 2024, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT
Food for Thought is a monthly lunchtime opportunity for Ford School students, faculty, and staff to come together and discuss the breaking news or most compelling policy issues of the day.
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Food for Thought September 2024

Sep 20, 2024, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT
Food for Thought is a monthly lunchtime opportunity for Ford School students, faculty, and staff to come together and discuss the breaking news or most compelling policy issues of the day.
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Food for Thought

Feb 14, 2024, 11:30 am EST
Annenberg (1120)
Save the date for the February installment of the Ford School's "Food for Thought" series. More information on the topic and speakers will be shared soon.Food for thought attendance is limited to Ford School students, faculty, and staff. Pizza will be provided on a first-come first-serve basis.About "Food for Thought"Roughly once a month, we will convene community conversations to devour pizza and discuss burning issues in policy and politics. These off-the-record conversations will aim to foster frank and open dialogue among Ford students, faculty, and staff. Each session will feature one or more Ford professors or scholars with relevant expertise, but these will not be lectures. They will be guided conversations in which we share both comments and questions, listen and learn from one another, and seek to co-produce knowledge on policy issues in the United States and around the world. Please come to learn more and to share your ideas.
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Food for Thought

Feb 14, 2024, 11:30 am EST
Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
This month's Food for Thought will be held on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. Associate dean Jeff Morenoff will host a panel with staff from the Prison Creative Arts Project to discuss Unpacking Justice, Policy, and Artistic Advocacy.Please join us to share your thoughts and learn more! Pizza will be provided on a first-come first-served basis.
Food for Thought, Election issues

Food for Thought: The Vital Role of Students in the Presidential Election

Jan 31, 2024, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EST
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
Our Food for Thought series is returning this Wednesday, January 31 from 11:30-12:50 in the Annenberg Auditorium. Our discussion topic will be “The Vital Role of Students in the Presidential Election,” and we will be joined by a panel that includes Abdul El-Sayed, Rusty Hills, Landon Myers, Erica Reilly, and Naomi Garcia. Food for thought attendance is limited to Ford School students, faculty, and staff. Pizza will be provided on a first-come first-serve basis.
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Food for thought

Nov 15, 2023, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EST
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
Roughly once a month, we will convene community conversations to devour pizza and discuss burning issues in policy and politics. These off-the-record conversations will aim to foster frank and open dialogue among Ford students, faculty, and staff. Each session will feature one or more Ford professors or scholars with relevant expertise, but these will not be lectures. They will be guided conversations in which we share both comments and questions, listen and learn from one another, and seek to co-produce knowledge on policy issues in the United States and around the world. Please come to learn more and to share your ideas.
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Food for thought: International politics

Mar 14, 2023, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
For the March installment of the Ford School's "Food for Thought" series, Associate Dean John Ciorciari will be joined by Professors Susan D. Page and Javed Ali to discuss a crucial question in international politics: are we witnessing the arrival of a new Cold War?
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Food for Thought: Midterm election debrief

Nov 9, 2022, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EST
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
In the November iteration of Food for Thought, John Ciorciari, Jenna Bednar, Earl Lewis, and John Chamberlin will facilitate a conversation to debrief the midterm election with our community.
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Food for thought: Child poverty

Oct 11, 2022, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
The second installment of the Ford School's new "Food for Thought" series will feature Luke Shaefer and his team at Poverty Solutions with a focus on policies to reduce child poverty.
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Food for thought: Midterm elections

Sep 13, 2022, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
The first event in the Ford School's new "Food for thought" series will feature Abdul El-Sayed and Rusty Hills for a conversation on midterm elections. What do we know about the factors that tend to help or hurt incumbent and opposition parties in midterm elections? What trends are apparent in the lead-up to midterms here in the United States? And how can members of our community engage to promote a healthy electoral process?