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From our friends at Marching Towards Justice:

Democracy '24 Town Halls

AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer-winning historian and author of the national best seller Autocracy, Inc., will be joined by author and NYU Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat in a discussion of the authoritarian threat that may or may not face America in the next four years. This forum will include questions from registered viewers like you, watching on Zoom from all over the country.

Capacity limited, to reserve your spot, visit the democracy town hall website above.

From September 15 through the inauguration of the next president, sixteen one-on-one, Sunday-evening conversations among leading national figures in politics, media, culture, journalism and justice.

Featuring Lawrence O’Donnell, Al Franken, Judge J. Michael Luttig, Laurence Tribe, Jon Meacham, Colin Jost, Susan Glasser, Walter Isaacson, Michael Sandel, Norm Ornstein, E.J. Dionne… and you.

Open to the entire community of alumni, students and friends.

Created and produced by Rick Lyon '75 and Kurt Andersen '76 in association with MTJ of the Class of ’75.

COMING UP NEXT:

SUNDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 7:00 - 8:30PM ET

Linda Greenhouse '68

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the New York Times, prolific author, and dean of the Court’s press corps for more than three decades, is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.

Emily Bazelon

Bestselling author and staff writer for the New York Times Magazine. She is a senior research fellow at Yale Law School, former senior editor of Slate, and co-host of the Slate podcast “Political Gabfest.”

SUNDAY, JANUARY 12TH

Jon Meacham

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, presidential historian, author of many other NYT bestsellers and distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University

Evan Thomas '73

Author of eleven books, including The Wise Men (with Walter Isaacson) and numerous NYT bestsellers. Editor at large at Newsweek, where he won two National Magazine Awards

The Ole & Nu Style Fellas Social Aide & Pleasure Club was founded by the extraordinary leader and activist, Sue Press and is sponsored by Rick Weil '73. In four previous years, members of the Class of ‘73 have donated more than 100 coats each year, helping keep kids--toddlers to teens--from the Tremé section of New Orleans, warm and dry in the winter. Sue has told us that our donations have been extremely helpful and much appreciated. Please consider donating a coat by going to the Amazon wish list link above!

Please  note that the event will take place on December 14th, so make sure to donate before then.

HR75 Town Hall Programming

Sunday, October 20th, 7:00 - 8:30pm ET, on ZOOM

From our friends at Marching Toward Justice of the Class of '75:

Democracy ’24 Town Hall with Jennifer Senior, Staff Writer at The Atlantic and 2022 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Feature Writing (and 2024 Finalist for same category), and Kurt Andersen '76, best-selling author of “Evil Geniuses” and longtime host of public radio's Peabody-winning Studio 360.

This is a 16-part, Sunday-night, one-on-one conversation series, featuring leading national figures in politics, media, culture, journalism and justice, before a live Zoom audience. Open to the entire community of alumni, students and friends.

Created and produced by Rick Lyon '75 and Kurt Andersen '76 in association with Marching Toward Justice of the Class of ’75.

Democracy ’24 Town Hall with Mike Madrid, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project and pioneering expert on Latino politics, and a special guest

Capacity limited, to reserve your spot, visit the democracy town hall website above.

A 16-part, Sunday-night, one-on-one conversation series, featuring leading national figures in politics, media, culture, journalism and justice, before a live Zoom audience.

Open to the entire community of alumni, students and friends.

Created and produced by Rick Lyon '75 and Kurt Andersen '76 in association with MTJ of the Class of ’75.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20TH

Jennifer Senior

Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Pulitzer for Feature Writing, 2022

Finalist, Pulitzer for Feature Writing, 2024

Kurt Andersen '76

Best-selling author of Evil Geniuses

Longtime host of public radio's Peabody-winning Studio 360

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH

Lawrence O’Donnell ‘74

Host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

Jim Downey ‘74

Saturday Night Live writer and mastermind of its political satire

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD

Robert M. "Bob" Shrum

Host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10th

Professor Walter Isaacson

Historian, biographer, and Lauder Professor of American History and Values at Tulane; bestselling author of Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and numerous other renowned biographies

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17th

TBD

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24th

David Wolpe

Named “The Most Influential Rabbi in America“ by Newsweek and one of the” 50 Most Influential Jews in the World“  by The Jerusalem Post

Named one of CNN’s “25 Influential American Muslims” and author of the memoir Go Back To Where You Came From

SUNDAY, January 12th

Jon Meacham

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, presidential historian, author of numerous NYT bestsellers and distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University

Evan Thomas

Author of eleven books, including The Wise Men (with Walter Isaacson) and numerous NYT bestsellers. Editor at large at Newsweek, where he won two National Magazine Awards

A schedule of more upcoming topics and guests will be announced via email in the coming weeks. All classes are welcome to attend.

Democracy ’24 Town Halls is produced in association with Marching Towards Justice of the Class of ’75, supported by ClassACT HR73 and its multiclass entities. Visit our website at www.hrdemocracy24.org for constant updates of guests and dates for future Democracy ’24 Town Hall Zoomcasts."