COURSES – FALL 2025 / Contemporary Issues / AMERICAN UPHEAVALS

Coordinators: Michael Wellner, Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks

Each week’s class will focus on one (or more) different important social and political issues, including the all-important 2024 election, that have a major impact on the state of our country, and its future.

Discussion topics will include the US Constitution, the Supreme Court, changes in news reporting and the media in general, the impact of mobile phones on our children, social and income inequality, our immigration problem, free speech rights, the “woke” culture, our international relations, and, of course, politics.

B WEEK / WEDNESDAY / 10:30 AM-NOON / ROOM 15-17 / RECORDED


Upheaval in American Values
DatePresenterTitle
Sep 10Irene Winkler, Howard Salik, Ann O’Shea, Marian FriedmannUpcoming NYC Mayoral Election
Sep 24Michael WellnerEffects of Cell Phones on Children. Based on the book The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Oct 08Emily MinesTBD
Oct 22Andrew BataTBD
Nov 05Guest Speaker: Ned ParkerRecent Violence Against the Judiciary
Nov 19Hedy ShulmanAre We Losing Our Democracy?
Dec 10Sandra AbramsonCorruption in Our Federal Government, and Campaign Finance Reform


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