Monday, February 24, 2020 * Thursday, April 2, 2020 Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m. Live Stream Event, 7 p.m. Psychedelics: Science, Medicine and Politics Providing Safe Shelter When Home is Not a Haven Rick Doblin ’P21, Multidisciplinary Association for From Crisis Psychedelic Studies Jason Brode, AMEND Program This lecture will discuss the politics of psychedelic Sonya Browne, Domestic Violence Services of research from the 1960’s to today. Doblin will Cumberland and Perry Counties explore the history of MDMA, mechanisms of Colleen Kinney, YWCA Carlisle actions of psychedelics, and efforts to medicalize Scott Shewell, Safe Harbour Spring 2020 psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, Around the world people are being told to stay depression and other indications. home to help flatten the curve against the spread All events are free and open to the public of Covid-19. But what happens if your home is not www.clarkeforum.org Wednesday, February 26, 2020 safe to shelter-in-place? Panelists will talk about Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m. what their organizations and programs are doing 717-245-1875 Protests Around the World to support survivors in the midst of the COVID-19 Panel of Dickinson Professors pandemic and what resources are available for Ed Webb, Middle East studies individuals and families who are not safe (or at risk) Tuesday, January 28, 2020 ♦ * Mireille Rebeiz, French department at home. Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m. Angela Delutis-Eichenberger, Spanish department Educating for Democracy in a Post-Truth Era Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Italian studies Lynn Pasquerella, Association of American Colleges and Heather Bedi, Environmental studies Monday, April 6, 2020 Universities Protests are breaking around the world, and Live Stream Event, Noon This talk will address how reclaiming the civic mission people are demanding immediate action and Why Are We Optimistically Biased About Our Risks?: of colleges and universities as a central component of a calling for changes in governmental, political, Applications to the Coronavirus Pandemic 21st-century liberal education is essential for preparing and environmental policies. What sparked these Marie Helweg-Larsen, Dickinson College students to thrive in a globally interdependent world. protests, and what is next for many of the countries The optimistic bias (thinking you are less at risk involved? Panelists will address world-wide than other people) is well documented. This talk environmental activism as well as political protests will explain why it is so pervasive and how it can Tuesday, February 18, 2020 * in Algeria, Chile, Iraq, Italy, and Lebanon. help us understand complacency in following Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m. coronavirus precautionary behaviors. An Anticipatory Memoir: Aging on the Diagonal Monday, March 2, 2020 Bill Durden ’71, International University Alliance Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m. Advanced age - or what is commonly called “The While Reason Slept: Recapturing the Founders’ Vision Tuesday, April 7, 2020 Third Chapter” - arguably remains without operative of a Rational Republic Live Stream Event, 7 p.m. definition, although so many citizens globally are Thomas Brier, attorney and author Food in a Time of Crisis entering that phase of life. Based upon personal How did we get to our current state of political Jenn Halpin, Dickinson College Farm reflection, a definition is proposed for debate - a acrimony? Brier, the author of While Reason Slept, Andrea Karns, Karns Quality Foods definition that could lead to a “Good Life.” will walk us through the beginning of our national Robert Weed, Project Share politics to the present day before offering a solution Access to quality food was already an issue for for recapturing our Founding Fathers’ path to a many families in Central Pennsylvania prior to the Wednesday, February 19, 2020 ♦ rational Republic. arrival of the coronavirus. Today, the question of Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m. access is more urgent for many more people. Supply From Community Engagement to the Good Society Wednesday, March 25, 2020 chains are also threatened, as our efforts to respond Randy Stoecker, University of Wisconsin Live Stream Event, 7 p.m. to the health crisis creates all kinds of unforeseen How do we go from “keeping things the same” Mayor Tim Scott and His Team Explain How Carlisle challenges. A panel of experts will discuss food, food through charity forms of service to “making things is Responding to the Pandemic supply chains and food access during a time of crisis. better” through social change forms of community Tim Scott, Mayor engagement? This talk will argue for why we should Sean Shultz, Deputy Mayor make the switch and how we can do it. Susan Armstrong, Borough Manager Jeffrey Snyder, Carlisle Fire Chief Please join us for our first live-streamed event with our local officials concerning Carlisle’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Wednesday, April 15, 2020 awareness and what happens in our bodies when Live Stream Event, 7 p.m. we are in extended periods of stress and fight/ Spring 2020 Semester Theme Adapting to Challenging Times: Local Small flight/freeze response. The Good Life, according to CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Businesses Navigate the Coronavirus Response Souders, means being able to create a safe haven AND THE LIBERAL ARTS Stephanie Gilbert, Georgie Lou’s Retro Candy for ourself and each other as well as a launching Tanis Monroy, Destination Carlisle pad of re-designing our lives anew as we move This semester’s faculty seminar and Clarke Forum Kirk Ream, Transformation Training & Fitness forward. theme will explore the relationship between the liberal The Coronavirus Pandemic and resulting closure arts and civic engagement. We will ask: What is the of non-essential businesses and shelter-in-place Tuesday, April 28, 2020 point of promoting civic engagement on a liberal arts orders have had serious impacts on small businesses Live Stream Event, 7 p.m. campus? Are there irreconcilable tensions between across the nation. In this discussion, small business The Science of COVID-19: Aspects of Infection, civic engagement and the liberal arts? Have civic Immunity, Treatment and Testing owners in Carlisle will share the new realities local engagement practices in higher education become businesses are adjusting to and how businesses in John Henson, Dickinson College The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 so institutionalized that we fail to think critically the Carlisle area are responding to the challenges about why we do this work? How do calls for “civil presented by the pandemic. has been called the “perfect pathogen” due to it being both highly infectious and virulent. This discourse” and “civility” inform practices of civic presentation will provide an overview of our current engagement in higher education? Thursday, April 16, 2020 understanding of how the virus damages the lungs, Live Stream Event, 7 p.m. ♦ Denotes a program that is part of the theme Carlisle Artists and Arts Organizations Respond to the good – and bad – of the resulting immune COVID-19 response, the potential for treatments/vaccines, , Carlisle Regional Performing Arts Center and the mechanisms underlying the various testing Erika Juran strategies. Zach King, Singer/Songwriter Becky Richeson, Carlisle Arts Learning Center Sarah Skaggs, Dickinson College Wednesday, April 29, 2020 The Clarke Forum’s The Coronavirus Pandemic and resulting closure Live Stream Event, 7 p.m. LEADERSHIP IN AN AGE OF How Mentors Can Shape Your Future: A Conversation of non-essential businesses, the practice of UNCERTAINTY SERIES social distancing and shelter-in-place orders with a Global Leader have had serious impacts the lives of artists and David McCormick, Bridgewater & Associates Dickinson College President Margee Ensign and The Clarke Forum established a series of arts organizations all across the country. In this programmatic events dedicated to the theme of discussion we will hear from a local musician and U.S. District Judge John E. Jones will converse with several arts organizations and find out how they are Bridgewater Associates CEO David McCormick leadership in an age of uncertainty. This initiative adjusting to this new reality. (Bridgewater Associates manages approximately is grounded on the reality that today’s generation $160 billion in global investments). They will discuss of Dickinson students confronts a large number of the importance of mentorship and the role mentors Tuesday, April 21, 2020 intractable political, economic, and social problems. Live Stream Event, 7 p.m. can play in developing leadership skills. How Dickinsonians respond to these challenges Global Pandemic: What it Reveals About Prospects presents us with an opportunity for reflection on the for a Sustainable World Thursday, April 30, 2020 Live Stream Event, 7 p.m. meaning of leadership in the contemporary world. Dickinson Panelists How the Public’s Perception of Face Coverings and This series is partially supported by a fund created by Heather Bedi, environment studies Betty R. ’58 and Dan Churchill. , environmental studies Face Masks Can Impact People of Color in the United Michael Beevers States During the Coronavirus Pandemic Neil Leary, Center for Sustainability Education * Denotes a program that is part of the series The effects and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic Safronia Perry, Hope Station are making visible stark differences in who and Due to COVID-19, PA Governor Tom Wolf mandated what are vulnerable and resilient to its widespread that essential employees wear masks at work. The disruptions and dislocations. Panelists will explore wearing of face masks and coverings is very new what the pandemic is revealing about existing for most Americans. The lack of PPE in the U.S inequities and vulnerabilities and implications for during the pandemic has resulted in health officials For directions, more information about our events, and to suggesting that people make their own face masks pursuing sustainable development goals. access interviews and past lectures visit: and coverings using bandanas and other cloth www.clarkeforum.org materials. In American cities in particular, bandanas Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Live Stream Event, 7 p.m. of certain colors are associated with gang membership This schedule is subject to change due to unforeseen and violence. This conversation will explore how circumstances, so please refer to the website for the most Pursuing the Good Life During a Pandemic: Pause, updated information. Connect, Pivot and Re-Design wearing face masks and coverings could intensify racial profiling and stereotyping of people of color in Updated 5/18/20 Dana Souders, licensed massage therapist, life coach This talk will include some reflections regarding America.