Westminster Town Hall Forum

Joyce Brothers is widely-known for helping Americans understand how their emotions influence their lives. She brings her message to America through broadcasts on NBC Radio's program Newsline and as a regular columnist for Good Housekeeping magazine. Her daily column appears in more than 350 newspapers, and her books have been translated into 26 languages.

Maya Angelou is a poet, dancer, historian, and one of America's leading performing artists. She is the author of the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Philip Boffey is the science policy correspondent for The New York Times. He recently visited relief camps in Ethiopia and examined the medical effects of the chemical accident in Bhopal, India. He is President of the National Association of Science Writers.

Ramon Cortines has served as chancellor of the New York public school system since 1993. Before accepting this position, he had been Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs in the U.S. Department of Education during the Clinton Administration. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he has taught and held administrative positions in virtually all levels of the public school system. He served as Superintendent of Schools for the Pasadena Unified School District, for the San Jose Unified School District, and for the San Francisco Unified School District. Before joining the Clinton Administration, he was a consultant professor at Stanford University, serving as Associate Director of the Pew Charitable Trust Forum on School Reform.

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Robert Ballard is the director of the Center for Marine Exploration at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and director and founder of the JASON Foundation for Education. He is a marine scientist and oceanographic explorer, researching advanced deep-water exploration technology to study the ocean floor. He is the author or co-author of over fifty journal articles and scientific papers and is the recipient of numerous scientific awards. He has led or participated in nearly 100 deep-sea expeditions, including the expeditions that discovered the R.M.S. Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck.

Robert Coles is professor of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities at Harvard Medical School and an award-winning author and editor. He is acclaimed for his ongoing research on how children obtain their political convictions and moral values.

Robert McAfee Brown is professor of Theology and Ethics at the Graduate Theological Union's Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. He has taught at Amherst College, Union Theological Seminary, Macalester College, and Stanford University. In his presentation, he will respond to the issues raised by the Moral Majority and similar movements in America today.

Rollo May is a psychoanalyst, a leader in the existential school of psychoanalysis, and the author of Love and Will, The Courage to Create, and The Meaning of Anxiety , among others. Born in Ohio, he was educated at Oberlin College, Union Theological Seminary, and Columbia University.

Shirley Chisholm has made history throughout her long career of public service. She was elected to Congress in 1969, and for thirteen years, she served on key congressional committees as the first woman and first African American to hold those positions. In 1972, she was the first Black woman to seek the Presidential nomination. She is the author of two books, Unbought and Unbossed, her autobiography, and The Good Fight, the story of her presidential bid.

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Clive Barnes decided at the age of 14 to become a critic, and four years later, he chose dance as his specialty. In 1967, he replaced Walter Kerr as The New York Times' drama critic while continuing to cover the world of dance. He describes the role of the critic as a "stimulator of thought and opinion, a catalyst or bridge between the artist and the audience." In addition to his work as a critic, he is an author, lecturer, and professor of journalism and critical writing at New York University.

Christine Cassel joined Mount Sinai Medical Center in 1995 as Chairman of the Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development. Her previous position was Chief of General Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago where she earned a national reputation for her work in bringing together biomedical, ethical, and policy issues in general internal medicine and geriatrics. She is the author of several books, including A Practical Guide to Aging and Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions. She will explore the changing paradigms of aging, the state of medical care and the impact of future technology on the aging process, and the ability to maintain control of one's life.

Government and Politics

Anne Cohn is executive director of the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse. In this role, she oversees the organization's 50-state network of chapters, its nationwide public service media campaign, a national research center, and the organization's wide-ranging advocacy efforts. In the 1970s, she designed and directed the first national evaluation study of child abuse and neglect treatment programs.

Alberta Arthurs is an educator and noted writer on higher education, humanities, and women in society. She is the former president of Chatham College and is currently director for Arts and Humanities at The Rockefeller Foundation.

David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times and a regular contributor to The NewsHour on PBS and All Things Considered on NPR. His columns and books, including Bobos in Paradise and The Social Animal, offer sharp insight into American culture, politics, and foreign affairs. He has served as senior editor at The Weekly Standard, as a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly, and as op-ed editor for The Wall Street Journal. In his forthcoming book, The Road to Character, he explores the importance of character development in building a meaningful life.

Carl Bernstein is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who, along with Bob Woodward, broke the Watergate story for The Washington Post, leading to the resignation of President Richard Nixon and setting the standard for modern investigative reporting. For more than forty years, his writings and commentary have shed light on the inner-workings of government and politics, including the increasing dysfunction of our nation's governmental institutions, an economy tilted against middle-class citizens, and a media landscape characterized by misinformation and disinformation. Former MPR host Gary Eichten will interview Mr. Bernstein.

Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences. She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Association for Jewish Studies. She is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous books, including The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus; The Historical Jesus in Context; the Jewish Annotated New Testament; and The Meaning of the Bible: What The Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us.