Lucy Corr Village hosts UVA Public Policy Forum

Springdale at Lucy Corr Village will be a host site for the University of Virginia Miller Center Public Policy Forum this fall.

The forum program provides continuing education for the American public through live web casts and C-SPAN broadcasts.

Each week, the forum brings together leading experts and thoughtful audiences for lively discussions of critical public policy topics. It fosters a genuine and ongoing exchange of views between those who make or study policy and an informed citizenry. The forum program is nonpartisan and seeks to present diverse points of view.

Lucy Corr Village will collaborate with the Shepherd Center of Chesterfield as a host site for the Miller Forum beginning Sept. 8, when Robert Hutchings, former chair for the National Intelligence Council, presents "Mapping the Global Future." The live web cast will be presented at 11 a.m. in the community room at Lucy Corr Village.

Other broadcasts are scheduled throughout September, and the forums are open to the public. Seating is limited and can be reserved by calling Lucy Corr Village at 706-5712.

This fall's schedule includes:

Iran, Syria and Hezbollah - Mon., Sept. 11, 11 a.m. Guest: Colonel W. Patrick Lang, a retired senior officer of the U. S. Military Intelligence and U. S. Army Special Forces. Lang was trained and educated as a specialist in the Middle East and served in that region for many years. He was the first professor of Arabic language at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and was a defense intelligence officer for the Middle East, South Asia and terrorism. Lang is also an analyst for many television news broadcasts.

The Looming Tower - Thurs., Sept. 14, 5:30 p.m. Guest: Lawrence Wright, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, has written frequently on the Middle East and terrorism.

His book on the history of Al Qaeda, "The Looming Tower," is a narrative history of the events leading up to 9/11 and the terrorist plans and Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. A book signing will follow the forum.

Spoiling for a Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer - Mon., Sept. 18, 11 a.m. Guest: Brooke Masters, a staff writer for The Washington Post, offers the first book-length account of the New York Attorney General's career and the impact of his aggressive corporate prosecutions. A book signing will follow the forum.

Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power - Fri., Sept. 22, 11 a.m. Guest: Joseph Margulies, who teaches law at Northwestern University, was the lead counsel representing Guantanamo detainees in Rasul v. Bush, decided by the United States Supreme Court in 2004. A New York Times reviewer called Margulies' book, "Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power," the "best account yet" of "a human rights debacle." A book signing will follow the forum.

Straight Talk: An Obligation - Mon., Sept. 25, 11 a.m. Guest: Paul Van Riper, a retired United States Marine Corps general, discusses the ethics of speaking out or remaining silent, as a senior officer who disagrees with civilian leadership. Retired in 1997, Van Riper is one of eight former generals who have called upon Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to retire or be relieved.

Global Philanthropy - Thurs., Sept. 28, 5:30 p.m. Guest: Sylvia Mathews, president of the Global Development Program for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and a member of the Governing Council of the Miller Center of Public Affairs. Mathews served as deputy chief of staff to President Clinton and was chief of staff to treasury secretary Robert Rubin.