The massive street protests following Iran's presidential election of June 2009 highlighted Iranians' disapproval of their ruling regime. Continuing protests during subsequent Iranian holidays and observances have showed that Iran's opposition movement remains vital, and also signaled that Tehran's grip on power may be somewhat vulnerable if the international community steadfastly supports Iranians' basic rights. Though the administration has not ignored human rights in Iran, the issue remains an underutilized lever of American foreign policy. By including human rights in the basket of issues discussed in multilateral negotiations while making public statements of support for human rights in Iran, the Obama administration may create openings for serious and lasting concessions from Tehran.

With large demonstrations expected during the February 11 anniversary of Iran's 1979 revolution, likely to be followed by another government crackdown, this forum will examine the policy options currently being debated by the administration, and discuss ways to effectively harness human rights promotion to pressure on the Iranian regime.

An overwhelming quantity of direct observations and analyses published by scientists in various disciplines around the world demonstrates that human activity has warmed the planet and altered the climate. The severity of the projected impacts of continuing on our current greenhouse gas emissions path has only increased in recent years.

Please join the Center for American Progress for an educational event featuring two respected scientists who have both helped author reports produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Dr. Michael MacCracken and Dr. Christopher Field will explain the IPCC's assessment process, how we know what we know about human-caused climate change, what we have learned since the 2007 IPCC report, and why the science must inform public policy in the United States.

At the end of World War II, America had all the money—and all the power. Now, after the Great Recession of 2008, America is cash poor. In The End of Influence: What Happens When Other Countries Have the Money, world-renowned economists Stephen Cohen and Brad DeLong argue that this loss will have grave consequences for America's standing in the world, even as it opens up new opportunities for a new multilateralism. Our new era will be marked by a loss of American power to dictate foreign policy, a loss of American soft cultural power, and a loss of entrepreneurial innovation worldwide. The End of Influence exposes these alarming trends—and tells us what we can do to maintain stability in the world.

Please join the Center for American Progress for a discussion with co-authors Stephen Cohen and Brad DeLong about the topics in this new book.

Copies of The End of Influence: What Happens When Other Countries Have the Money will be available for purchase.

Families across the country are struggling with declining incomes and high unemployment. Meanwhile, Wall Street is raking it in: This year they have seen their profit and bonuses return to the same levels as previous years, thanks in part to the infusion of taxpayers' dollars to keep them afloat during the peak of the financial crisis. Everybody can agree that this is hardly fair. However, not everyone agrees on what to do about it.

There is a growing debate over the merits and feasibility of using the tax system to raise much-needed revenue and curb future risk taking and speculation by the financial industry. The financial transactions tax—a small tax on the trades of stocks, bonds, derivatives, and other financial instruments—is one possible option. However, would it work?

Please join the Center for American Progress and the Center for Economic and Policy Research as we discuss taxing Wall Street—why we should do it, how we can, and the best options moving forward.

Todd Stern, U.S. special envoy for climate change, will be speaking about the lessons of the COP-15 summit in Copenhagen last December, the significance of the Copenhagen Accord that was negotiated there, and the path forward over the coming year and beyond. This will be Stern's first public speech since the January 31 deadline for inscribing mitigation targets and actions in the Copenhagen Accord.  An expert discussion panel follows the address.

Due to inclement weather, this event has been postponed. We will notify you of a new date and time as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.

It is inevitable that as global warming intensifies hurricanes, exacerbates drought, and adds to resource shortages, we will need to prepare for extreme conditions and responses, and this includes human migration. Some estimates suggest that as many as 200 million people could become climate migrants by 2050. The panelists will therefore discuss the implications of climate migration with regard to adaptation strategies, frameworks for addressing internal and international movements, and new, comprehensive strategies to deal with unique challenges.

Please join us for a discussion of this delicate intersection of climate change, development, and human migration.

Spain is currently undergoing a renewable energy revolution, with the Navarra region set to be the first in Europe to be self-sufficient in renewable energy. Navarra, Europe’s sixth largest producer of wind power, currently sustains approximately 70 percent of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources, including 900-megawatt capacity of installed wind power, ranking it ahead of the United Kingdom, Sweden, and France.

Join us for a discussion about the role that community partners play in schools that have an expanded school calendar. A new report from the Center for American Progress will launch the discussion. The report profiles community partnerships that four traditional public schools and one charter school have further developed to carry out their expanded school schedule. The lessons that these schools and community providers have learned—invaluable to practitioners and policymakers alike—will be shared.

A new policy brief examining how the successes of expanded learning time schools can be scaled up in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will also be highlighted.

Opinion research shows the public does not believe government is capable of effectively and efficiently executing its responsibilities. This mistrust is a significant barrier to advancing policies to address even the most popular goals. For attitudes to change, the public first and foremost will have to see government acting responsibly and working to deliver maximum bang for the buck. We need a government that does what works.

Please join the Center for American Progress for the launch of our new "Doing What Works" project featuring a major address by President Obama's Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients.

The Great Recession has brought new attention to the plight of low-income Americans and particularly those experiencing disparate hardships. This includes low-income men of color who were trying to overcome multiple challenges of employment, families, and mass incarceration well before our current economic times. While there is still a need to discuss immediate fixes, significant attention must be paid to long-term solutions and the government systems that most affect low-income men's lives—employment efforts, fatherhood programs, child support enforcement, and the criminal justice system.

Join American Progress for a two-panel event on low-income men. The first panel will consist of experts focused on the current state of policy and future opportunities for legislative reform. The second panel will feature representatives from model fatherhood and youth employment programs that provide comprehensive services to low-income men.

Despite the ongoing foreclosure crisis that is leading to millions of families losing their homes, it would be a mistake to eliminate homeownership for low- and moderate-income families as an achievable policy goal. On the contrary, we need not have a false debate about either going back to past homeownership strategies or abandoning a home of one's own as an option for millions of working American families.

Please join the Center for American Progress and NCB Capital Impact as we discuss the future of homeownership and how Shared Equity Homeownership programs can put us in the right direction and provide a new way forward for federal homeownership policy.