League of Women Voters Great Decisions Program for 2018

The League of Women Voters of Berkeley Heights, New Providence, and Summit is sponsoring the Great Decisions Program for 2018. Great Decisions, produced by the Foreign Policy Institute, is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.
The program runs on Wednesdays thru March 28, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. There is no session on February 28, 2018.
Meetings are held at The DeCorso Community Center, 15 East Fourth Street, New Providence (take Springfield Avenue to Livingston Avenue and Fourth Street is a short distance in).
The cost for the eight-week session is $95. ($85 for League and SCC/AAUW members). You may attend individual sessions and pay $20 per session; and students $10 per session.
Register online at www.lwv-bhnps.org or mail a check made payable to the League of Women Voters, Patricia Dixon Black, 45 Woodland Avenue, #28, Summit, NJ 07901.
The Foreign Policy Institute provides an excellent manual, which you receive upon registration. A video clip is shown at the beginning of each session. The facilitator encourages a lively discussion. After each session, participants fill out an opinion ballot which are sent to members of Congress and appropriate government departments.
This year’s topics are as follows:
February 7: Russia’s foreign policy
February 21: China and America: the new geopolitical equation
February 28: Media and foreign policy
March 7: Turkey: a partner in crisis
March 15: U.S. global engagement and the military
March 21: South Africa’s fragile democracy
March 28: Global health: progress and challenges
For more information, contact Susan Ferris Rights at 908-568-1884 or visit: https://www.edtechlearningforkids.com/ or www.lwv-bhnps.org.