Through public forums, the Institute helps lead public debate on local and regional issues.
Past Forum Resources
The Institute makes content available from our past forum events. Listed below are past event videos and files.
| Date/Time | Event |
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07/23/2020 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Pinellas County School Board 2020 Candidates Forum |
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07/13/2020 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
2020 Judicial Candidates Forum |
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06/23/2020 11:30 am - 1:00 pm |
Criminal Justice Reform: Progress and Challenges |
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05/28/2020 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm |
Student Voices from Around the World |
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04/17/2020 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Pinellas County Nonprofit Resource Update |
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04/15/2020 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
Closing the Resilience Gap: What Will it Take? |
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04/02/2020 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
World Autism Awareness Day with Haley Moss, Esq. |
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04/01/2020 - 04/29/2020 All Day |
Clean Up 4 Climate 4-Week Challenge |
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12/12/2019 - 12/13/2019 8:30 am - 3:00 pm |
Florida Civic Advance 2019 Summit
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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11/14/2019 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
2019 Great Debate
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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10/30/2019 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Artificial Intelligence: Good or Evil?
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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10/09/2019 - 10/17/2019 All Day |
2019 Great Debate Preliminary Competitions |
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10/02/2019 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Progress for Mental Health Today: Policy and Practice
SPC Music Center St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, St. Petersburg Florida |
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05/16/2019 9:00 am - 10:00 am |
2019 Post-Session Legislative Wrap Up
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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04/05/2019 - 04/06/2019 8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
[Sea Level] Rise Up: Realities & Opportunities
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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03/26/2019 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
#MeToo and Men: The Case for Due Process
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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03/21/2019 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
Then and Now: The Changing Face of Jim Crow and Racial Justice
Miller Auditorium at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg FL |
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02/22/2019 8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
Fifth Annual Caregivers Conference
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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01/31/2019 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Healing America: The Case for Social Democracy
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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01/17/2019 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Florida Criminal Justice Reform: 2019 and Beyond
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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11/15/2018 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
2018 Great Debate Final Competition
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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10/24/2018 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Fake News: Seeking Truth in a Post-Factual World
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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10/10/2018 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Making Democracy Work: The State of Politics Today - and Where We Are Headed
SPC Allstate Center, St. Petersburg FL |
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10/08/2018 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Climate, Health and Well-Being: Social and Psychological Effects of Extreme Weather
SPC Midtown Campus, St. Petersburg FL |
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10/04/2018 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Pizza & Politics
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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09/27/2018 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Constitutional Amendments: Understanding the Bottom of the Ballot
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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08/30/2018 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Guns in America: Myth-Busting in Search of Solutions
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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08/21/2018 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
Chasing Ice: A Screening and Discussion
SPC Bay Pines STEM Center, St. Petersburg Florida |
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08/02/2018 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Pinellas County School Board Candidates Forum
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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07/30/2018 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Pinellas County School Board Candidates Forum
SPC Music Center St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, St. Petersburg Florida |
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07/25/2018 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Judicial Candidate Forum
SPC Clearwater Campus, Clearwater FL |
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07/24/2018 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Pinellas County School Board Candidates Forum
SPC Clearwater Campus (ES 104), CLEARWATER FL |
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04/26/2018 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
A Plastic Ocean: A Screening and Discussion
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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03/27/2018 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Hacked: Can We Win the Cyber Security Battle?
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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03/23/2018 8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
Fourth Annual Caregivers Conference
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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02/24/2018 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Age-Friendly St. Petersburg-Listening Session 4
Lake Vista Recreation Center, St. Petersburg |
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02/15/2018 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
VA Reform: Fulfilling the Promise to Veterans
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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01/25/2018 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Full of Hate: The Toll of Violent Extremism
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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11/14/2017 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
2017 Great Debate Final Competition
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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11/04/2017 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Livability In The ‘Burg
Azalea Recreation Center, St. Petersburg FL |
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11/01/2017 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
The Shift Age: A Futurist's View of Life in 2040
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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10/19/2017 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Chasing Coral: A Screening and Discussion
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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10/10/2017 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
The Drug Epidemic: How Opioids Became a Death Machine (Public Forum)
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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09/28/2017 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Laughter, Awakening and Evolution with Swami Beyondananda (Dinner Series)
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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08/28/2017 - 12/06/2017 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Democracy 101: A Civic Action Primer (Public Forum) |
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07/29/2017 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Age-Friendly St. Petersburg-Listening Session 2
Childs Park Recreation, St. Petersburg Florida |
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05/24/2017 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Insuring Uninsured Risk: Flood , Sea Level Rise & Natural Catastrophes
The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club, St. Petersburg Florida |
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04/13/2017 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Florida Criminal Justice Reform: 2017 and Beyond
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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03/31/2017 8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
Third Annual Caregivers Conference
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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03/23/2017 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
The End of White Christian America with Robert Jones
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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03/15/2017 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
What Caused the Populist Earthquake of 2016? featuring Hedrick Smith
Kate Tiedemann College of Business, St. Petersburg Florida |
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02/28/2017 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Protecting Pinellas Waters with Cynthia Barnett
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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02/11/2017 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Livability In The ‘Burg
Sunshine Center, St. Petersburg Florida |
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01/19/2017 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
You Can't Say That: Free Speech and the Social Sensitivity Movement
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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11/15/2016 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
2016 Great Debate Final Competition |
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11/01/2016 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Art of Politics: A Silent Message in a Tweeting World
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg FL |
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10/26/2016 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Alexander Heffner: Politics, Media and the Future of Civil Discourse
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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10/05/2016 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
Candidate Debate: Florida House and Senate, Pinellas County Commission
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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09/19/2016 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
U.S. House District 13 Candidate Debate
Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg FL |
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08/31/2016 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
What's On Your Plate? Food Labeling, from Seed to Fork
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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08/02/2016 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Pinellas County School Board 2016 Candidates Forum
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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07/28/2016 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Constitutional Agenda 2016: Solar Power, Medical Marijuana and Tax Relief
SPC Clearwater Campus (ES 104), CLEARWATER FL |
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06/21/2016 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
NAACP Pinellas County School Board Candidate Debate
SPC Allstate Center, St. Petersburg FL |
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06/03/2016 1:15 pm - 4:45 pm |
Sea Level Rise: What's Your Role?
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, Pinellas Park FL |
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04/08/2016 8:00 am - 1:00 pm |
New Ideas Conference with Honorary Host Congressman David W. Jolly
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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03/01/2016 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
PolitiFact 2016 Election Forum
Palladium Theatre, St. Petersburg FL |
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02/23/2016 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Marvin Kalb: Putin, Ukraine and the New Cold War
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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01/28/2016 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Battle for the White House: A Primary Primer
Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg FL |
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01/21/2016 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Race to Truth: Ten Immutable Truths about Race in America
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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12/01/2015 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Florida's Prisons: How Goes Reform?
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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11/18/2015 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
The Great Debate at SPC- Finals
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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10/29/2015 - 10/30/2015 All Day |
Raising the Bar: The Florida College System Civics Literacy Conference
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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10/08/2015 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
Seminole City Council Candidate Forum
SPC Seminole Campus Library, Seminole FL |
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10/02/2015 - 10/03/2015 8:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Sea Level Rise: What's Our Next Move?
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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09/17/2015 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
A Community Conversation: Police and Citizens Seeking Common Ground
SPC Allstate Center, St. Petersburg FL |
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06/30/2015 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Cuba: Embargo or Not?
Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg FL |
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05/20/2015 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
eTown Hall Forum: Community Conversation
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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04/22/2015 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Speed Date Your Local Leaders- St. Petersburg
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg FL |
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03/27/2015 8:00 am - 4:30 pm |
New Ideas Conference with Honorary Host Congressman David Jolly
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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01/12/2015 - 01/14/2015 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Heritage Lecture Series 2015
Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg FL |
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12/04/2014 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Your Voice Matters: A Conversation with Florida Women and Families
SPC Seminole Campus- UP 303, Seminole FL |
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12/03/2014 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Speed Date Your Local Leaders
SPC Clearwater Campus (ES 104), CLEARWATER FL |
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11/13/2014 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
The Great Debate at SPC- Finals
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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10/15/2014 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
Debate Watch Party: Rick Scott vs. Charlie Crist
SPC Seminole Campus- UP 303, Seminole FL |
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10/13/2014 - 10/16/2014 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Great Debate Week at SPC
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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10/02/2014 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
What do They Stand For? Candidate Debates
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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09/30/2014 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Dealing with Gridlock: Is There a Light Rail in Pinellas County's Future? Clearwater
SPC Clearwater Campus (ES 104), CLEARWATER FL |
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08/28/2014 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Dealing with Gridlock: Is There a Light Rail in Pinellas County's Future? St. Petersburg
Enoch Davis Center, St. Petersburg FL |
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08/06/2014 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Judicial Candidates Forum
SPC Clearwater Campus (ES 104), CLEARWATER FL |
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07/31/2014 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Pinellas County School Board 2014 Candidates Forum
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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06/28/2014 8:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Volunteer to Plant Sea Oats at the Beach!
Gulf Front Park, Treasure Island Fl |
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06/17/2014 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Our Families' Four Generations: Ready or Not, Here We Are!
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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04/03/2014 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Dealing with Gridlock: Is there a Light-Rail in Pinellas County's Future?
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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02/03/2014 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Live Congressional General Election Debate
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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01/29/2014 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
Clyde Butcher: Preserving Eden Student Lecture/Discussion
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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11/14/2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
World Peace: Let it Begin with Me
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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09/25/2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Flood Insurance
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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09/24/2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
A Tale of Two States
FSU College of Law, Tallahassee FL |
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03/27/2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Kids are Different: Youth in the Justice System
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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02/06/2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Does Incarceration Reduce Crime?
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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10/24/2012 - 10/26/2012 9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Citizen Advocacy Center Annual Meeting 2012
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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10/04/2012 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Demystifying the Constitutional Amendments
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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09/12/2012 6:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Attny. Barry Richard- Security, Pseudo-Patriotism and the Erosion of American Liberties
SPC Seminole Campus Conference Center, Seminole FL |
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08/22/2012 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Our Energy Future III
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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03/21/2012 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Our Energy Future II
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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03/14/2012 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Keeping the Faith at the Ballot Box
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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02/29/2012 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Ethics Speaker Series II
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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01/11/2012 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Our Energy Future I
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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12/07/2011 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
National Debt Crisis
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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11/09/2011 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Ethics Speaker Series I
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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05/25/2011 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Quality Care: Win-Win for Patients and Hospitals
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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03/08/2011 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Federal Health Care Plan: Bottom Line Impact on Providers
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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01/19/2011 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Federal Health Care Plan: Fact or Fiction?
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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10/02/2010 12:00 am |
Gulf Oil Crisis: Pathways to Policy on the Future of Energy
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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08/18/2010 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Gulf Oil Crisis: Next Steps For Tampa Bay
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |
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07/14/2010 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Impact of the Gulf Oil Crisis on Tampa Bay
SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium, Seminole FL |