Discuss U.S. foreign policy and global issues
If you have not experienced Great Decisions classes before, please read the summary below. This is an excellent opportunity to meet new friends and discuss world affairs.
We have no experts, only eager learners. Please join us!
Once again, LifeLong Learning is proud to offer America's largest discussion program on world affairs: Great Decisions, an eight-week curriculum created by the Foreign Policy Association. The mission of the Foreign Policy Association today, as it has been for over 100 years, is to serve as a catalyst for developing awareness, understanding, and informed opinion on U.S. foreign policy and global issues.
In LifeLong Learning's Great Decisions setting, each group meets to facilitate informed and thoughtful discussion under the auspices of the Foreign Policy Association. Each week participants read the FPA materials (about twelve densely-packed pages) to learn various approaches to a foreign policy issue. The weekly sessions begin with a professional/academic DVD summary of the issues, then launch into a 90 minute discussion.
There is no need to reach a consensus: each member sends his/her opinions to the FPA online after the session. The FPA tabulates about 12,000 opinions from groups across the country and presents them to Congress in the fall. The four LifeLong Learning Great Decisions groups have a small voice in determining foreign policy!
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Great Decisions 2024 Topics | |
| - Mideast Realignment | - NATO'S future | |
| - Climate technology and competition | - Understanding Indonesia | |
| - Science across borders | - High Seas Treaty | |
| - U.S. China trade rivalry | - Pandemic preparedness | |
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A detailed discussion of the 2024 topics is available for review. |
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Choose from one of four class sections and register for the class section that best meets your schedule. Each class section meets once a week for 8 weeks. Participants can attend another group session if they encounter a time conflict. A Great Decisions 2024 book is required. You may purchase the book at the time that you register or purchase an e-book through Apple books, Kindle and Nook. The e-book does not include pictures and maps.
For your listening comfort LLL Center has a hearing loop system. Be sure to indicate at registration if you need the system.
Registration opens Oct. 2:
CLASS: $20 per registration plus book cost
BOOK: $40 estimated for Great Decisions 2024 (printed version), pay at time of LLL registration
LOCATION: LLL Center
Choose which Great Decisions Section to register for:
Great Decisions 1: Mondays, beginning Jan. 22, 4-6 p.m.
Great Decisions 2: Tuesdays, beginning Jan 23, 4-6 p.m.
Great Decisions 3: Wednesdays, beginning Jan 24, 4-6 p.m.
Great Decisions 4: Fridays, beginning Jan 26, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Contact info@lifelonglearningatpc.org if you have questions about Great Decisions classes or need help with registration.
For more information:
Foreign Policy Association and Great Decisions Website
