Great Decisions
for more information visit the Great Decisions website

What is Great Decisions?

Great Decisions is the name of a program and a briefing book that are used to engage citizens in learning about the world. The Great Decisions Discussion Groups are designed to encourage debate and discussion of the important global issues of our time. The program provides materials that help people reach informed opinions on the issues and participate in the foreign policy process.

The Great Decisions Global Affairs Education Program celebrated 50 years in 2004. In conjunction with the Great Decisions program coordinated nationally by the Foreign Policy Association, UNAR sponsors local discussion groups that follow the eight-issue format book. Since 1968 hundreds of residents in the Rochester area have met to discuss issues affecting our nation's foreign policy. The 2009 topics promise to be as provocative and important as those of the past. Great Decisions groups, ranging in size from 8 to 20, meet in libraries, private homes, schools and colleges, retirement homes, churches, and club facilities. Each group, meeting weekly, biweekly, or monthly has a designated discussion leader. The materials used are prepared by the non-partisan Foreign Policy Association and are presented in booklet form to be purchased by participants. The program offers potential for lecture/roundtable discussion presentations to build on local and/or nationally recognized experts on a particular subject in a UN framework.

 

*Afghanistan/Pakistan
*Human Rights
*U.S. & Egypt
*Global Food Supply
*Cuba after Castro
*U.S. & rising global powers
*Energy & the global economy
*The Arctic

Locations of Discussion Groups

Please call the Office
(585) 473-7286 or email: unar@unar.org to join an existing discussion group or to lead a new one!

The Athenaeum at RIT
150 Research Drive
Rochester, NY 14623

Chatterbox Group
25 North Goodman
Rochester, NY 14607

Jewish Community Center
1200 Edgewood Ave.
Rochester, NY 14618

Penfield Library Group
1958 Baird Rd.
Rochester, NY 14625

United Church of Christ

Valley Manor Group
1570 East Ave.
Rochester, NY 14610

Villages at Park Ridge
1471 Long Pond Rd.
Rochester, NY 14626