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Letter from the President on the 2025 program
Deerfield Beach,
Sunday, November 17, 2024
Dear friends and fellow wise thinkers of the Deerfield Progressive Forum,
Welcome back. Election Day has “reigned” on us. We’ll be together again in January, and do we have changes at the Forum this year! Our location is new, our schedule is newish, and our meeting format is upgraded.
Our recent attendance at meetings, (either in person or via Zoom), since COVID, has been meager, and WE MISS YOU, ALL OF YOU. Also, it’s been difficult to book speakers far enough in advance for January-March 2025 due to the demands of the election on our potential presenters.
We have made some scheduling changes in our efforts to meet the needs of you, our participants, and those who wish to speak to you. This year we will have 6 speakers, one approximately every other week, beginning Saturday, January 11, 2025. Our guest speakers will then engage us for an intriguing talk.
For five Saturday mornings we will meet in “Le Club” (the front theater) at the main entrance of the Activities Center. We will use Activities Room “A” when possible (3/29). Our speakers will present via “Zoom” or “in person” in the theater in “Le Club”. Please join us for
9:30 AM coffee and home baked pastries and good company!
Here is our tentative schedule. There may be changes later.
2025 Saturdays
Jan. 11 Dr. Phyllis Bennis POST-ELECTION ANALYSIS
Jan. 25 Ted Glick HOPE FOR THE PLANET…SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Feb. 08 Liz Cavell SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE
Feb. 22 Shane Kadidal DE-CRIMINALIZING DISSENT
Mar. 22 Nancy Terreri WOMEN’S RIGHTS & THE E.R.A.
Mar. 29 Kyle Povich YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT “ A I ” ?
I’m anticipating that some of you may have questions. Please call me (917) 344-0798, anytime from 11 AM to
8 PM. I’d love to hear from you.
Best to all and see you soon!
Carol (Chip) Stock
President
Deerfield Progressive Forum