South Ferry Church ...
Ninth Annual Lecture Series
SUMMER 2011

Please join us at the Church for a series of community lectures. Pertinent to state,
national and international issues and events, the lectures encompass a broad array of topics important in today’s changing and ever challenging world. You may choose to attend one, a few or the entire group. The series which is held from 5:00-6:30 p.m. is free to the community, however contributions will gladly be accepted.


Monday, August 1 - Keith Stokes - Executive Director for the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. He will talk about Rhode Island’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats as we try to grow the state’s economy, create jobs and foster our robust, growing industry clusters.

Monday, August 8 - Dr. Dennis W. Michaud - President, Providence Consulting Group, LLC. He is an expert on the Middle East and will have just returned from celebrating Ramadan in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which should allow him to bring back the latest thinking there to discuss with us.

Monday, August 15 - Dr. John H. Maurer - Chair of the Strategy and Policy
Department at the Naval War College. He will give a fascinating talk, for which he is famous, entitled “FDR, Churchill and the Road to Pearl Harbor – Lessons for Today.”

Monday, August 22 - Jim Taricani - a veteran, award winning investigative reporter for WJAR-TV, NBC 10 in Providence. The specifics of his talk will depend on news events at the time, but he will certainly focus on very contemporary issues facing journalists.