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"...and the doers and the builders will take up the front line." -Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Future Forum Newsletter
June 2007
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Dear Sarah,
We are wrapping up another wonderful season. We
have one more event - Michael Beschloss discussing
Presidential Courage - and then we are done with our
big events for the season (although the film cluster is
still meeting and the book club is looking to set
something up soon). But, we will be back next
year with many more interesting, and thought
provoking events.
And, we will be celebrating our
5th
Birthday at the end of the summer! More information
coming soon. WE hope you will come back for
another
season.
Plus, we are continuing to work on
improving the Future Forum. We would love to hear
your thought, so please
help us by participating. You can also send
us email if you have any ideas to
share. You can email us at
catherine@lbjlibrary.net.
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Join the Film Cluster Monday, June 4,
for
Chalk at the Alamo South Lamar. The
movie
starts at 7:45 p.m.; we will meet in the lobby by 7:30 to
give us a few minutes to order food and drinks. It is
the Alamo, after all.
For info on the movie, please visit Chalk
. The filmmakers are from Austin, and the film
was largely
shot locally with the assistance of students in the RTF
program of an area high school. It hit theaters a
couple of weekends ago to a packed house at the
Alamo, and it's stay has been extended based on its
tremendous showing. Come out Monday night to
support our local filmmakers. If you are a teacher,
please come. And if you're not, bring any
teacher/educator friends you have. This movie
presents an interesting viewpoint on public
education. We'd love to have some teachers involved
in the discussion. Please email Taline
Manassian if you plan to come or have any
questions. See you at the movies!
If you
would like to be added to the Book Club list,
please
email
Rob
Crosnoe.
If you would like to help plan
events for the Cultural Cluster , please email
Cindy
LaFrance or email the
Future
Forum.
Future Forum Clusters
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Doers & Builders
The Future Forum serves as a nexus
for Austin's
leaders. Our
members are actively engaged in many
organizations.
We encourage you to find out more
about these
Doers
and Builders Organizations on our
website.
The mission of the Town Lake
Trail Foundation
is to
expand, improve, beautify and
maintain the scenic
hike and bike trail that shadows the
Colorado River as
it flows through Austin, Texas. The
Foundation works
to assure that the Town Lake Hike
and Bike Trail
remains one of the most natural and
well-maintained
hike and bike paths in the United
States.
On
June 23, the Town Lake Trail
Foundation will
host a Casino Night
Fundraiser. For more
information, please visit
www.townlaketrail.org.
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On May 14 the Future Forum hosted a thought-
provoking debate on religion featuring Christopher
Hitchens and Marvin Olasky. Hitchens, a provocative
atheist and author of the new book God is Not
Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, sparred
with Olasky, a U.T. journalism professor and editor of
World Magazine, a Christian newsweekly. Both
speakers signed copies of their books available for
purchase after the program. If you missed the debate
or just want to watch it again, the webcast is available
online: Hitchens/Olasky debate.
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and our Sponsors:
The
Austonian
James G. Kaighin,
Jr.
Jack and Patsy Martin
The
Ratliff Law Firm
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
LLP
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Thank you for your continued involvement in, and
support of, the Future Forum.
Sincerely,
Catherine Robb
LBJ Future Forum
phone:
721-0232
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