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Social entrepreneur and coauthor of The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again.
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Videos and lectures related to the E.N. Thompson Forum lecture series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Social entrepreneur and coauthor of The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again.

Communication strategist, creator of The Listening Table, and VP of Warmline.org, teaching communication skills to foster authentic human co...

The E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues is a cooperative project of the Cooper Foundation, Lied Center for Performing Arts, and University o...

Leilani Farha is the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing and Global Director of The Shift. Farha has helped develop global...

This interactive event will feature local students and young professionals sharing their lived experiences as immigrants and refugees. Each...

Martha Schwartz is a landscape architect, urbanist, and climate activist. Her work and teaching focuses on the urban public realm landscape...

Tyler Riewer is Creative Director at charity: water, a $100M nonprofit organization that uses data and storytelling to connect donors to the...

Dr. Ali S. Khan is Dean and Tenured Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, and a R...

Echo-Hawk is President of the Pawnee Nation Business Council. He is an author, attorney, and and well-renowned legal scholar. A Pawnee India...

At this Cooper Conversation, young activists from UNL and Lincoln come together to discuss their activism, what motivates them, and how to m...

Anna Deavere Smith is an actress, playwright, teacher, and author, credited with creating a new form of theater. Smith received the National...

Wadhia is Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and Clinical Professor of Law at Penn State Law...

Listen to Margaret D. Jacobs' moments of reckoning.

This kickoff event will include faculty from the departments of History and English, the Humanities in Medicine Program, and the Center for...

Pre-talk discussion for E.N. Thompson forum discussion by Ann Bancroft.

Bancroft is one of the world’s preeminent polar explorers and an internationally recognized educator who is dedicated to inspiring women and...

Pre-talk video for the Ann Bancroft talk "No Horizon is So Far."

Focused on solutions and action, today’s youth are not afraid to face problems that threaten their future. Join us for a Cooper Conversation...

Pre-talk video for the discussion "Naming the Beast: Climate Change and our Youth Taking Action."

Martinez is a powerful voice in the global youth- led environmental movement. From the age of six, Martinez has spoken around the world, fro...

Margaret Huettl, Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, introduces the November E.N. Thomp...

Pre-talk video by David Forsythe for Doris Kearns Goodwin's E.N. Thompson Forum talk "Leadership in Turbulent Times"

Pipher, PhD, is the author of 10 books, including #1 New York Times bestseller “Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls” and...

Introduction to writer Mary Pipher in advance of her E.N. Thompson Forum talk "Trauma and Recovery: A New Story of Interconnection and Actio...

Farah Pandith is an author, foreign policy strategist, and former diplomat. A world-leading expert and pioneer in countering violent extremi...