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In an excerpt adapted from his forthcoming book, James Rhee argues the lessons of childhood will always endure.

Lectures curated around the issues and challenges of global health, and that examine the diseases that kill more people each year than conflict alone. break - One billion people lack access to health care systems. - Around 11 million children under the age of 5 die from malnutrition and mostly preventable diseases, each year. - In 2002, almost 11 million people died of infectious diseases alone, far more than the number killed in the natural or man-made catastrophes that make headlines. - UNAIDS...

Hear from the author of a revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City—an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground.<br/><br/>Neil King Jr.’s desire to walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City began as a whim and soon became an obsession. By the spring of 2021, events had intervened that gave his desire greater urgency. His neighborhood still reeled from the January 6th insurrection. Covid lockd...

By Nasratu Kargbo Due to the impact of climate change on the country and the world at large, ChildFund’s Climate Ambassador and National Welfare Person for Children’s Forum Network (CFN) Philipa Cride-Dole has called on stakeholders in the education sector to ensure that climate change is included in the school curriculum as a subject.

In an exclusive interview with PaGaLGuY, Aditya Singh, Director of Athena School of Management, discusses the importance of an MBA in today's digitally driven world. He sheds light on how Athena is strategically preparing its MBA aspirants to emerge as global leaders in this rapidly evolving landscape.

Mars exploration, the benefits of seaweed and the history of music are just some of the fascinating topics viewers and listeners can explore through more than 100 free lectures offered yearly by GBH Forum Network. The team of two works with more than 20 universities, libraries and organizations, to give audiences all over the globe access to the world’s foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policymakers and community leaders.

Solar has become one of the least expensive sources for new energy generation and fields of solar panels are appearing everywhere, including on forest and farmland. Most people have a sense that cutting down forests to install solar is not a good idea, but we assume it must be necessary in order to curb climate change. That was the thinking of early legislation passed to fast track solar installations without environmental review. But has that assumption stood up to the facts?<br/><br/&...

Ford Hall Forum and GBH Forum Network invite you to a panel discussion moderated by Adrian Walker of The Boston Globe, with Zebulon V. Miletsky, PhD., associate professor of Africana Studies, Stonybrook University and the author of, <i>A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle</i>, Alisa R. Drayton, Executive Director, Yawkey Club of Roxbury, and Marilyn Flowers-Marion, chairperson, Retired Teachers Chapter of the Boston Teachers Union, who will share their lived experience...

By Saio Marrah The President of the Children’s Forum Network, Amadu Barrie has during the 2023 girls-health summit called on the government to allocate a specific budget line to mental health in the country. Barrie told the Summit organized by West Africa Women and Girls Empowerment Sierra Leone (WAWGE-SL) at the Freetown City Hall last week that the specific budget line is of

This series explores the many ways that living systems create and regulate environmental conditions on our planet. Without a living system, Earth would be a dry barren rock, like Venus or Mars.Life has created the planet as we know it, a place where all species, including humans, co-evolved. The symbiotic relationships that created this Eden are badly damaged. The Life Saves the Planet Series, presented by [Biodiversity for a Livable Climate](https://bio4climate.org/), will introduce you to peop...