The Global Lecture Hall, a center for creative online inquiry. In this challenging time, the spirit and vision that shaped the Chicago area's "Common Ground" over almost forty-five years as an unparalleled learning center seems more necessary than ever. The underlying inspiration for the GLH is a strong conviction that ours is an age of unparalleled cultural evolutionary advance, a time of progressive values shift, a potential Sea Change in the attitudes, concerns, and choices that make us fully human.

 

In one way or another, each of our programs is animated by the idea of a Sea Change in dominant cultural 

values. But each is also tempered and shaped by the knowledge that every major cultural evolutionary shift in human history has given rise to counter-evolutionary whirlpools of reflexive, uninformed, and angry resistance — "eddies" that seek to reverse the prevailing flow.

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Our own time provides compelling evidence of a powerful Sea Change underway and the often-frightening eddies that assail it. Making sense of it all and identifying constructive paths forward is the heart of the GLC endeavor.

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Our next workshop, "From the Indispensable Nation to the Rogue Superpower: America Unhinged," begins on Saturday, April 11, 1:00-2:30 pm. The series lasts 3 weeks. The fee, $40, includes a video recording made available the day after each class.

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If you are a subscriber or have attended a program in the past, watch for periodic emails with information about our offerings. To subscribe, scroll to the bottom of the Home page and complete the form. There's no obligation.

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We’re very grateful to those who have already offered financial support. Your donations are not tax-deductible but they are very important and greatly appreciated.

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Peace,