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Past Events
Our Towns – Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jim and Deb will be the featured guests during an hour and a half panel with Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell and Downtown SSMID (Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District)…
How America’s Towns are Writing the Future of the Country and More
Our Towns is proud to showcase our latest reporting in person in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Jefferson Educational Society’s Global Summit. We will focus on local heroes who are part of…
Betsy K. McCreight Lecture in the Humanities
On Thursday, Oct. 20, Deborah and James Fallows will be in Charleston, West Virginia to deliver the Betsy K. McCreight Lecture in the Humanities. The event honors the late Board of Directors…
“Our Towns” Screening & Discussion
with James and Deborah Fallows and Michael Zakaras May 11, 20223:00 PM-4:30 PMFermentation Hall, The Momentary507 Southeast E StreetBentonville, AR 72712 Go to this link to register.
Announced as Featured Speaker at Bellingham City Club
The Bellingham City Club has announced James Fallows as the featured speaker for their March 24, 2021 meeting. The virtual event, titled “Moving Forward with a Divided Electorate”…
Announced as Speakers at Cities Rising Summit
Tom Tom Foundation announced James and Deborah Fallows are returning to the Cities Rising Summit for a session on Tuesday, September 29. The Summit is a six-week long series of…
Fallows to be Featured at Original Thinkers 2020
The Telluride Daily Planet announced James and Deborah Fallows as featured presenters for Original Thinkers’s third annual conference scheduled for October 1 –…
Featured by Chautauqua Institution
James and Deborah Fallows will be featured in the Chautauqua Institution’s June 3, 2020 ‘Watch Party’ at 10:45am EST. Originally presented at Chautauqua on July 4, 2018 as a…
Jim Fallows Keynotes Achieving the Dream’s Dream 2020 Conference
Jim Fallows keynoted the opening plenary session of Achieving the Dream’s Dream 2020 conference on February 18, 2020. Achieving the Dream’s vision, to…
James Fallows Moderates ‘Greater Good Gathering’ Panels
James Fallows moderated two panel discussions at Columbia University’s 3rd Greater Good Gathering. The sessions, titled The Future of Manufacturing and Report from America: The…