The Forum is now in its fourth decade of presenting live public forums for the discussion of the issues and ideas that shape our lives. The public forums are held Wednesday evenings in Harvard Square in Cambridge , Massachusetts. Cambridge is home to both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as numerous other educational and scientific institutions that help to attract important speakers to the Forum. In addition, each forum is recorded for future radio broadcast to a national audience on public radio stations across the United States. The series is co-sponsored by the First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Cambridge, the Lowell Institute, and the Friends of Cambridge Forum .
All forums are free and open to the public.
Our Fall 2000 public forum series is now underway. The Movie Neil Gabler , author and cultural critic discusses the unexpected ways that Hollywood shapes our lives and sense of self. MIT Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker explores ways in which language and thought itself may change in the age of computers. The Voice Of The Poet Cambridge poet Gail Mazur exlores the role of poetry in a secular and technical society. Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa Former Anglican Archbishop of South Africa Desmond Tutu, one of the world's great spiritual and moral leaders, discusses the extraordinary mission of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which he headed, to uncover, to understand, and to heal.