Events - The Century Foundation

November 14, 2023
From 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

What’s Next after Affirmative Action for College Admissions?

*Please Note: The livestream will begin on this page at the time of the event. If stream is not working or visible, please refresh your browser. The Supreme Court’s ruling on the end of race-conscious admissions programs has left colleges and universities scrambling for other methods to achieve racial diversity on campus. We face the...

October 24, 2023
From 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th St, Room 407, New York, New York, 10027

Does Democracy Have a Future in Israel?

Israel’s democratic crisis began long before the political tumult of 2023: it dates to the beginning of Israeli statehood and even earlier. Join us on Tuesday, October 24 at 1:00 PM at Columbia University, as Century International fellow Dahlia Scheindlin, author of the new book The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel, analyzes the erratic...

October 24, 2023
From 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

From Crisis to Catastrophe: Care, COVID, and Pathways to Change

*Please Note: The livestream will begin on this page at the time of the event. If stream is not working or visible, please refresh your browser. Care work is the backbone of our society: it supports our families and communities and makes all other work possible. The COVID-19 pandemic made clear how little investment the...

October 11, 2023
From 10:00 am to 11:00 am

Power Politics and Islamists in Iraq

*Please Note: The livestream will begin on this page at the time of the event. If stream is not working or visible, please refresh your browser. Since 2003, Iraq has served as both a test lab and a model for new approaches to religion, politics, and power. What factors beyond sect and religion explain politics...

September 13, 2023
From 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

New York City Bar Association , 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY, 10036

Peter A.A. Berle Environmental Integrity Awards

Please join us on Wednesday, September 13 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM ET as we honor Richard Moore, one of the founders of the environmental justice movement, and Gina Ramirez, an environmental activist and leader on Chicago’s Southeast Side, in recognition of their leadership in pushing the nation’s environmental laws, policies, and institutions to provide...

September 6, 2023
From 9:00 am to 10:00 am

Facing Iraq’s Climate Catastrophe

*Please Note: The livestream will begin on this page at the time of the event. If stream is not working or visible, please refresh your browser. The climate crisis is already here—and it has struck Iraq with particular force. What can policymakers and researchers learn from the cases of Iraq and its neighbors in order...

August 29, 2023
From 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Protecting Equitable Access to Dual Language Immersion Programs

*Please Note: The livestream will begin on this page at the time of the event. Research shows that dual-language schools are the best way to support English learners’ long-term linguistic and academic development. But a path-breaking study by The Century Foundation and Children’s Equity Project shows that the equitable promise of dual-language immersion programs is...

June 27, 2023
From 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Policy-Curious? A Next100 Information Session

*Please Note: The livestream will begin on this page at the time of the event. If you would like to watch directly on YouTube, visit this page. Are you eager to drive policy change, but don’t know how to get started? Applications to join the third Next100 cohort, which will run from January 2024 until December...

June 22, 2023
From 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Unless Congress Acts, We’re Heading Toward a Child Care Cliff

*Please Note: The livestream will begin on this page at the time of the event. This September, child care programs throughout the United States will face an existential crisis, as federal funds that saved the child care sector during the pandemic expire. As a result, tens of thousands of child care programs will close and...

May 16, 2023
From 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

What Can the Federal Government Do to Support School Integration?

*Please Note: The livestream will begin on this page at the time of the event. On the eve of the sixty-ninth Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, how can the federal government best support school integration, and what budget proposals make the most sense to expand that effort? We know that diverse learning environments...