EVENTS

Our Towns is proud to showcase our latest reporting in person in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Jefferson Educational Society’s Global Summit. We will focus on local heroes who are part of change and renewal in communities in a panel discussion featuring Community Heart & Soul members.

Our Towns is working with the JES, a community-based think tank headquartered in Erie, to help grow the Global Summit’s reach. This includes a series of programs in Redlands, California – the inaugural site of the Summit’s in-person expansion, as well as live-streaming options. The Summit launches in Erie in October, and in Redlands in November. We will be sharing more details on our website soon.

In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jim and Deb will be the featured guests during an hour and a half panel with Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell and Downtown SSMID (Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District) leadership. The event, held on Wednesday, Oct. 26 in the Downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library, will touch on the lessons the Fallows have learned from their travels and shared through their storytelling.

On Thursday, Oct. 20, Deborah and James Fallows will be in Charleston, West Virginia to deliver the Betsy K. McCreight Lecture in the Humanities. The event honors the late Board of Directors founding member of the West Virginia Humanities Council. Past presenters include Ken Burns, Joyce Carol Oates, Joseph Ellis, Sylvia Nasar, Henry Louis Gates, Elaine Pagels, Gordon Wood, James McPherson, Edmund Morris, and Annette Gordon-Reed.

‘What can colleges do for the country?’ is an important question to ask, and a powerful theme explored in The Washington Monthly’s annual college rankings issue. This conversation was hosted by New America featuring James and Deborah Fallows alongside Dr. Pam Eddinger, Illias Gomez, Paul Glastris, and Michelle Asha Cooper.

with James and Deborah Fallows and Michael Zakaras

May 11, 2022
3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Fermentation Hall, The Momentary
507 Southeast E Street
Bentonville, AR 72712

Go to this link to register.