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Ep 19: Discussion on polarization, civics, libraries, and where we go from here at the South Orange Public Library

Ep 19: Discussion on polarization, civics, libraries, and where we go from here at the South Orange Public Library

Update: 2021-12-07

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Join former mayor, municipal manager, professor, and consultant Alex Torpey for another episode of Rethinking. This is a special episode. What follows is a discussion I had with Laura Sims at the South Orange Public Library as part of their Special Conversations series, that I am sharing here with permission. In the one hour zoom […]

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Ep 19: Discussion on polarization, civics, libraries, and where we go from here at the South Orange Public Library

Ep 19: Discussion on polarization, civics, libraries, and where we go from here at the South Orange Public Library

Alex Torpey