Upcoming Intellectual Stimulation at the Adult School

The exciting and highly renowned Eva Samo Lecture Series will begin at the Adult School on Monday, April 15.  This semester the series will tackle Issues in the News and the very first lecture will deal with Issues in Civil Liberties and who better to address that topic than the head of the NY Civil Liberties Union, Donna Lieberman.  Under Donna's leadership, the NYCLU has become recognised as the state's leading voice for freedom, justice and equality, especially for those most marginalized by society.  The next lecture in the series is Issues in National Security and Terrorism on April 22 with Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University.  Her work has been featured in the NY Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation and on major news channels.  On April 29, Diane Archer of the Institute for America's Future will speak on the Latest in Healthcare.  Ms. Archer founded the Medicare Rights Center in 1989 and was special counsel and co-director of the Health Care for All Project during the legislative campaign to win passage of the Affordable Care Act.  The series will conclude with Rosanne Altshuler professor in the Economics Department at Rutgers.  In 2005 she served as Senior Economist to the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.  She has been a consultant to the U.S. Treasury Department and Finance Canada.  All lectures take place in the Blackbox Theater at Columbia High School.  Individual lectures are $18, the series is $60.  On Saturday, April 20 you can give your brain a real treat when you attend College for a Day.   This incredible day of college level classes taught by highly reputed professors from various colleges in the tri-state area is college without the stress, tests and papers!  This semester we are offering classes in Literature with Dr. Stuart Hirschberg of Rutgers; Psychology with Dr. Jan Mohlman of William Patterson University; Art History with Dr. Charlotte Nichols of Seton Hall and Philosophy with Dr. Erik Anderson of Drew University.   Half day and full day options with lunch are available.  Register today on-line at www.somadultschool.org or call the office at 973-378-7620.  Walk-ins for the lectures are encouraged as well.  Challenge your brain at the Adult School.  If you don't use it, you'll lose it!!!