9/11 Tribute Center programs are offered throughout the year. Lectures, educational workshops and support programs are available to unite family members who lost loved ones, survivors, Lower Manhattan residents, rescue and recovery workers and volunteers who assisted in the aftermath of 9/11. Visit tributewtc.org for a schedule of upcoming programs and events.
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, at 6:30pm at Newnan High School, the Newnan history club will host Will Jimeno, who will discuss being a Port Authority police officer on the morning of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Jimeno and his colleague John McLoughlin were trapped beneath the rubble […]
Fathom Events and Abramorama will present nationwide screenings of the documentary Newtown in cinemas nationwide on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. Filmed over the course of three years, Newtown tells the story of the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history on December 14, 2012. Following the screening, there will be a live “town hall” […]
Japan is rife with natural disasters—earthquakes, tsunami, typhoons, volcanic eruptions and floods. As a result, the country is a leader in disaster preparedness. Since 2006 Hirokazu Nagata, founder of NPO + Arts (Plus Arts) and the vice director of the Design Creative Center Kobe, has been working with designers, social innovators and architects to craft thoughtful […]
Lynne B. Sagalyn, Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore will discuss the rebuilding of the World Trade Center and Lower Manhattan, one of the largest construction projects in the modern world, on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 6:30pm at the Mid-Manhattan Library. Sagalyn is the author of the new book, Power at Ground Zero: Politics, […]
The Mid-Manhattan Library will present a free, illustrated lecture entitled 9/11 Memorial Visions: Innovative Concepts from the 2003 World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 6:30pm. This illustrated lecture by Lester J. Levine tells the personal stories of more than 170 designers who submitted designs to the competition to find the memorial for […]
Join the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 1:00pm as their chief research officer, Lynn Matrisian, discusses the future of pancreatic cancer research and treatment with Dr. Christine Alewine of the National Cancer Institute in a 30-minute Facebook Live Q&A.