OPENING DAY RECEPTION AND CONCERT 

Tuesday, March 3
9:30 a.m. at GCC
Program #18139

Fee: Free

Presenters:  Shoreline Jazz Quintet

The Connecticut-based Shoreline Jazz Quintet returns to play classical jazz standards and contemporary arrangements.

The group includes saxophone, drums, bass, guitar, and vibraphone.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND MULTISPECIES JUSTICE

Tuesday, March 10
10:00 a.m.at GCC
Program #18140

Fee: $3

Presenter: Ryan Darr, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religion, Ethics and Environment, Yale Divinity School.

Dr. Darr researches and teaches about Christian ethics, environmental ethics, social ethics, and the history of ethics. His first book, The Best Effect: Theology and the Origins of Consequentialism, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2023.

Program: This program will explore the ethical issues at the heart of the environmental justice movement. It will also introduce the emerging topic of multiple species justice, asking whether and how justice can be expanded to include our fellow creatures of other species.

GREAT DECISIONS – SESSION ONE
Thursdays March 12, 19, April 2 & 9

10:00 a.m. at GCC
Program #18141-A1

TWO SESSIONS ARE BEING OFFERED. ENROLL IN SESSION ONE OR SESSION TWO.

Fee: $40 for the series and the 2026 Briefing Book.

Facilitator: Tom Lee

Tom Lee holds degrees in math, physics and engineering.

Great Decisions is a world affairs discussion program produced by the Foreign Policy  Association. We will discuss the first four topics from the 2026 Briefing Book. Topics: 3/12, America and the World: Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy; 3/19, Trump Tariffs and the Future of the World Economy; April 2, U.S.-China Relations; 4/9, Ruptured Alliances and the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation.

GREAT DECISIONS – SESSION TWO
Thursdays March 12, 19, April 2 & 9

12:30 p.m. at GCC
Program #18141-A2

Fee: $40 for the series and the 2026 Briefing Book.

Facilitator: Tom Lee

Tom Lee holds degrees in math, physics and engineering.

Great Decisions is a world affairs discussion program produced by the Foreign Policy  Association. We will discuss the first four topics from the 2026 Briefing Book. Topics: 3/12, America and the World: Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy; 3/19, Trump Tariffs and the Future of the World Economy;  April 2, U.S.-China Relations; 4/9, Ruptured Alliances and the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation.

WORKING WITH TRANSGENDER YOUTH IN TRYING TIMES

Tuesday, March 17
10:30 a.m. at SML
Program #18143

Fee: $3

Presenters: Stuart Weinzimer, MD, Christy Olezeksi, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine

Dr. Weinzimer has degrees from Yale University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is a Professor of Pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Yale Gender program. Dr. Olezeksi is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, and Director of the Yale Gender Program. Her research addresses topics that include health and mental health outcomes for gender diverse youth, the development of supportive systems of care and strategies to address disinformation about gender-affirming care.

Program: We are bombarded in our media streams with so much conflicting information about providing care for gender-diverse youth and young adults. How do we separate fact from fiction?

GREAT DECISIONS

Thursday, March 19
10:00 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. at GCC
Program #18141

Facilitator: Tom Lee

Please refer to March 12

Tom Lee holds degrees in math, physics and engineering.

HEART OF THE CITY: THE NEW HAVEN GREEN

Tuesday, March 24
10:00 a.m. at GCC
Program #18144

Fee: $3

Presenter: Christopher Wigren, Deputy Director, Preservation Connecticut

Christopher Wigren is Deputy Director of Preservation Connecticut, the state-wide non-profit organization that preserves, protects, and promotes buildings, sites and landscapes in Connecticut. He is the author of Connecticut Architecture: Stories of a Hundred Places.

Program: Physically, historically, and emotionally, the Green is the living heart of New Haven. Christopher Wigren will  lead us on a virtual walk around the Green to explore four centuries of New Haven history.

FROM COSMOS TO COMPOST: OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE

Wednesday, March 25
10:00 a.m. at SML
Program #18145

Fee: $3

Presenters: Kriza Sy, Shashank Dattathri, Tos Chan, Yale Science in the News

Program: These Yale scientists will explore the timescales of life and the universe, from how stars and planets form to how compost degrades.  Learn more about the cycles of the death and rebirth of stars in the same way our own food waste can bring life to critters in our compost bins.

THE FUTURE OF CARING

Tuesday, March 31
10:00 a.m. at GCC
Program #18146

Fee: $3

Presenter: Paco Underhill, Author and Inventor

Paco Underhill has spent the past forty years as an inventor of tools to understand human behavior and predict the future. He is the founder and former CEO of Envirosell, Inc. a company that tested consumer behavior.

Program: This presentation was originally written as an address to the University of Texas Medical School. The speaker will examine the relationship between our evolution and its intersection with the caring community from aging parents to the design of medical offices, from drug store waiting areas to hospital signage.