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.
There will be a gala to raise funds to benefit the fireboat John J. Harvey at 6:30pm on Monday, November 4, 2013 at India House in Lower Manhattan. Attire is festive. The John J. Harvey has been offered a one-time-only matching grant of $165,955 by Federal Save Our Treasures. If $165,955 is not raised by […]
November is lung cancer awareness month, so this week’s Frankly Speaking about Cancer broadcast on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 4:00pm will focus on living with lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., largely due to the fact that most cases are not diagnosed until the cancer is advanced. […]
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network will host a webinar on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 11:00am-noon PT to report on progress in the fight against pancreatic cancer. Find out how the pancreatic cancer research field is growing Gain a broader understanding of how the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s programs support and advance research in the hope of achieving the goal […]
This month will mark the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, November 9-10, 1938, when Nazis destroyed, burned and vandalized thousands of synagogues, Jewish homes and businesses. Kristallnacht survivor Ilie Wacs, who was 11 at the time, is an artist whose work about that act of terrorism, A Gathering Storm: The Vienna […]
Fordham Law School’s Center on National Security will present Lieutenant General Rhett Hernandez (ret.) on Friday, November 8, 2013, at 12:30pm. His topic will be Challenges Ahead in Cybersecurity. Lieutenant General Hernandez, former Commander of Army Cyber Command, will discuss the many challenges the US Army and Department of Defense face when operating in cyberspace. […]
The next John Jay Friday seminar on terrorism will be held on Friday, November 8, 2013 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. The speaker will be Peter Bergen, who will talk about the hunt for bin Laden. Peter Bergen was the only journalist allowed to interview Osama bin Laden in the late 1990s in the mountains of […]