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SUMMARY:Maine Jewish Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The annual Maine Jewish Film Festival will take place from March 1-9.  This year’s lineup includes a Colombian documentary about a community of orthodox Jewish converts in Cali\, a French legal docudrama\, a documentary about a renowned Polish painter who is still in the news today\, an Israeli documentary about a Dutch philosopher\, a documentary about an Indian boy who wants to become a dancer\, and a documentary focused on how to find human connection in the Arab-Israeli conflict.  Full details\, schedule\, and tickets at www.mjff.org. \nThis is a community event shared to encourage global engagement in Maine. Please contact the organizers directly for questions or assistance. #MaineisGlobal!
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/maine-jewish-film-festival/2025-03-01/1/
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CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Maine Jewish Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The annual Maine Jewish Film Festival will take place from March 1-9.  This year’s lineup includes a Colombian documentary about a community of orthodox Jewish converts in Cali\, a French legal docudrama\, a documentary about a renowned Polish painter who is still in the news today\, an Israeli documentary about a Dutch philosopher\, a documentary about an Indian boy who wants to become a dancer\, and a documentary focused on how to find human connection in the Arab-Israeli conflict.  Full details\, schedule\, and tickets at www.mjff.org. \nThis is a community event shared to encourage global engagement in Maine. Please contact the organizers directly for questions or assistance. #MaineisGlobal!
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/maine-jewish-film-festival/2025-03-01/2/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:The Future of NATO and European Security\, Adm. (ret) Greg Johnson and Dr. Sonja Kreibich\,
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions 2025: U.S. Foreign Policy at a Crossroads \nThe Future of NATO and European Security \nwith\nAdm. (ret) Greg Johnson and Dr. Sonja Kreibich\,\nJoin us for the third public lecture of our 2025 Great Decisions program: “The Future of NATO and European Security\,” featuring Admiral (ret.) Greg Johnson and Dr. Sonja Kreibich of the German Consulate. Admiral Johnson\, with his extensive naval career and strategic expertise\, will offer invaluable insights into NATO’s evolving role in maintaining global security. His firsthand experience in military operations and international cooperation will provide a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing the alliance. Dr. Sonja Kreibich\, representing the German Consulate\, brings a crucial European viewpoint. Her diplomatic background and deep understanding of European security issues will illuminate the continent’s evolving defense strategies and the importance of transatlantic cooperation in an era of geopolitical uncertainty. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to gain profound insights into the future of European security and NATO’s pivotal role in maintaining global stability. \n📅 Date: March 5\, 2025\n📍 Location: Bernstein-Shur\, 100 Middle Street\, Portland\n⏰ Time: 5:30 – 8:00  \nTickets: \n$15 for members \n$20 non-members \nMaine Students FREE \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/the-future-of-nato-and-european-security-adm-ret-greg-johnson-and-dr-sonja-kreibigh/
LOCATION:Bernstein-Shur\, 100 Middle St\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Great Decisions
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SUMMARY:Coffee and Discussion (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Join us via zoom on the first Thursday of every month\, 10am-11am\, for our members Coffee and Discussion meeting. A zoom link will be sent to your email upon registration! Register HERE
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/coffee-and-discussion-virtual-7/
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CATEGORIES:Coffee and Discussion
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SUMMARY:Greenland Navigates: Autonomy\, Climate\, and U.S. Foreign Policy
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions 2025: U.S. Foreign Policy at a Crossroads \n\n\n\nGreenland Navigates: Autonomy\, Climate\, and U.S. Foreign Policy\nOn March 11\, 2025\, Greenlanders head to the polls in the face of growing demands for independence and repeated calls from President Trump to bring the self-governing territory under U.S. control. How will the outcome shape the future of the world’s largest island? Join us Tuesday\, March 18th to hear renowned scholars Amanda Lynch and Charles Norchi explore Greenland’s delicate balancing act amidst its own aspirations for self-determination\, increased geopolitical competition in the Arctic\, and a rapidly changing climate.  \nhttps://www.jonaa.org/content/as-greenland-decides \n Our Speakers: \nCharles H. Norchi is the Benjamin Thompson Professor of Law in the University of Maine School of Law\, Visiting Professor in the Climate Change Institute of the University of Maine and the Institute for the Environment at Brown University\, Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences\,  Co-Chair of the International Institute for Law\, Science and Policy (Geneva\, Switzerland)\, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\, member of the Arctic Council of the Hague Initiative for Global Justice and member of the World Affairs Council of Maine Advisory Board. Dr. Norchi has published widely on international law\, international security\, the Arctic and Afghanistan. \n Amanda H. Lynch is the Sloan Lindemann and George Lindemann\, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Environment and Society\, Professor of Earth\, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University\, Visiting Professor in the Climate Change Institute of the University of Maine and Visiting Scholar in the University of Maine School of Law. A pioneering climate scientist\, she developed the first Arctic regional climate system model and has published extensively on climate science and policy\, with a focus on polar regions. Dr. Lynch Chairs the Research Board of the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO).  \n📅 Date: TUESDAY March 18\, 2025\n📍 Location: Glickman Family Room\, Glickman Library\, USM Portland\n⏰ Time: 5:30 – 7:30 \nTickets: \n$15 for members \n$20 non-members \nMaine Students FREE \nREGISTER HERE \n 
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/greenland-navigates-autonomy-climate-and-u-s-foreign-policy-2/
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CATEGORIES:Great Decisions
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SUMMARY:Greenland Navigates: Autonomy\, Climate\, and U.S. Foreign Policy
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions 2025: U.S. Foreign Policy at a Crossroads  \nGreenland Navigates: Autonomy\, Climate\, and U.S. Foreign Policy\nOn March 11\, 2025\, Greenlanders head to the polls in the face of growing demands for independence and repeated calls from President Trump to bring the self-governing territory under U.S. control. How will the outcome shape the future of the world’s largest island? Join us Tuesday\, March 18th to hear renowned scholars Amanda Lynch and Charles Norchi explore Greenland’s delicate balancing act amidst its own aspirations for self-determination\, increased geopolitical competition in the Arctic\, and a rapidly changing climate.  \nhttps://www.jonaa.org/content/as-greenland-decides \n Our Speakers: \nCharles H. Norchi is the Benjamin Thompson Professor of Law in the University of Maine School of Law\, Visiting Professor in the Climate Change Institute of the University of Maine and the Institute for the Environment at Brown University\, Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences\,  Co-Chair of the International Institute for Law\, Science and Policy (Geneva\, Switzerland)\, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\, member of the Arctic Council of the Hague Initiative for Global Justice and member of the World Affairs Council of Maine Advisory Board. Dr. Norchi has published widely on international law\, international security\, the Arctic and Afghanistan.  \n Amanda H. Lynch is the Sloan Lindemann and George Lindemann\, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Environment and Society\, Professor of Earth\, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University\, Visiting Professor in the Climate Change Institute of the University of Maine and Visiting Scholar in the University of Maine School of Law. A pioneering climate scientist\, she developed the first Arctic regional climate system model and has published extensively on climate science and policy\, with a focus on polar regions. Dr. Lynch Chairs the Research Board of the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO).  \n📅 Date: TUESDAY March 18\, 2025\n📍 Location: Glickman Family Room\, Glickman Library\, USM Portland\n⏰ Time: 5:30 – 7:30 \nTickets: \n$15 for members \n$20 non-members \nMaine Students FREE \nREGISTER HERE \n 
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/greenland-navigates-autonomy-climate-and-u-s-foreign-policy/
LOCATION:Bernstein-Shur\, 100 Middle St\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Great Decisions
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SUMMARY:This session is cancelled:Coffee and Discussion (In-Person)
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF REGISTRATION.
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/coffee-and-discussion-in-person-7/
LOCATION:Falmouth Memorial Library\, 5 Lunt Road\, Falmouth\, ME\, 04105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coffee and Discussion
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SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons: U.S. Politics\, Activism\, and Global Views
DESCRIPTION:Nuclear Weapons: U.S. Politics\, Activism\, and Global Views \nDr. Stephen Herzog  \nMiddlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey \n  \nDr. Lauren Sukin \nLondon School of Economics and Political Science \nNuclear weapons are gaining renewed salience amidst the war in Ukraine and growing tensions among nuclear-armed states. At the same time\, a global movement of governments and activists is promoting a treaty banning nuclear weapons\, which currently boasts membership of 73 countries. How do we understand global nuclear politics in 2025? How is public opinion responding to current nuclear trends? Can current activist strategies to change public opinion about nuclear weapons work in this difficult climate? Please join experts Dr. Herzog and Dr. Sukin for a presentation and discussion of nuclear weapons\, anti-nuclear activism\, and global public opinion. This promises to be an interesting conversation featuring important new data and research. \nDate: Friday\, March 21\, 2025 \nTime: 6:00-7:30 pm \nLocation: Wishcamper 133\, Portland Campus \nAll are welcome\, if possible\, please RSVP to rebecca.gibbons@maine.edu
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/nuclear-weapons-u-s-politics-activism-and-global-views/
LOCATION:University of Southern Maine\, 102 Wishcamper\, 34 Bedford St\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions 2025: Library Discussion Series
DESCRIPTION:2025 Great Decisions Library Discussion Series\nGreat Decisions is the largest and longest-running discussion program on foreign policy in the United States. Each year\, the Foreign Policy Association selects eight critical foreign policy issues facing the United States and invites the public to discuss them within their community – however defined. To support the conversation\, the Foreign Policy Association also commissions an annual briefing book with essays by noted experts on the selected topics. The World Affairs Council of Maine has organized an annual Great Decisions discussion session since 1980 – most recently in partnership with the Falmouth Memorial Library.  Each session is led by a Council member with expertise or interest in the topic who will guide participants through the questions outlined in the briefing book. Participants are also encouraged to complete the annual ballot at the end of the series. \nThis year’s series begins Tuesday\, March 25th\, and continues through May 13th. \n\n\nThis year\, the Foreign Policy Association has selected the following topics. The order of topics and session facilitators will be announced before the first session. Registration is for the eight-part series. \n\nU.S. Foreign Policy at a Crossroads\nU.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy\nU.S. China Relations\nIndia: Between China\, the West\, and the Global South\nInternational Cooperation on Climate Change\nThe Future of NATO and European Security\nAI and American National Security\nU.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East after Gaza\n\n\nHow do I participate?\n\nThere is no cost to participate in the series\, although registration is limited to facilitate discussion. Please sign up as soon as possible\, but no later than March 18th. Participants should obtain a copy of the 2025 Briefing Book* from the Foreign Policy Association HERE (eBook versions HERE).  Review each chapter in advance of the session\, as well as the session glossaries. There will be two copies available for in-library use at the Falmouth Memorial Library courtesy of the World Affairs Council of Maine. *Series sponsors will receive a complimentary copy (see below). \nNote: the Foreign Policy Association no longer produces documentary-style videos to accompany the briefing book.  They do offer a pre-recorded “Master Class” lecture by Professor Jeffrey S. Morton\, Florida Atlantic University for each topic that can be purchased through VIMEO. Recordings of the World Affairs Council of Maine’s public lecture series will also be available at wacmaine.org and on Channel 5. \n\n*Series sponsors and World Affairs premium members will receive a complimentary copy of the briefing book upon request. Please contact Allison Hodgkins\, at ahodgkins@wacmaine.org to request yours.
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/great-decisions-2025-library-discussion-series/
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