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- Behind Closed Doors: Understanding the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 40
Child welfare and juvenile justice is cloaked in confidentiality. There’s some good reasons for that but it also means few people understand what goes on behind those closed doors. This class will cover a range of topics. From the child welfare side, how families become involved with the agency, foster care, and adoption. From the juvenile justice side class participants will learn how the state system operates and what to expect if some child you know becomes involved with the system. The class concludes with a “call to action” on how you can help by becoming a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for children.
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- Elder Law in Kentucky
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THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
As we age and begin putting our personal and family affairs in order, we need to be aware of the many legal and financial issues involved in making these decisions. This class will discuss wills, estate planning, trusts, powers of attorney, disability and incompetency proceedings, long-term care options, insurance, Medicaid planning, end-of-life planning, and the process of “going through probate.”
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- Giving Form to the Declaration's Principles: The United States Constitution, Its Origins, Creation, Amendments, and Interpretations (Zoom) Zoom Only
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Fee: $30.00
Dates: 9/9/2026 - 10/7/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 5
Building: ZOOM
Room: Online Only
Instructor: Larry Hood
Maximum Enrollment: 20
This course will consider the constitution's antecedents: the Judeo/Christian understanding of reality and Greco- Roman ideals concerning the cultivation of the mind and the proper structure of government filtered through the Ancient, Medieval, and Modern World eras. It will study the actual writing of the constitution and how it has been amended and interpreted up to the present. All course attendees will be encouraged to contribute their own thoughts and historical interpretations and participate in discussions.
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- John Clark and Ann Rogers Clark, the First Family of the First Frontier (Hybrid)
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THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
This is the story of the family of John and Ann Rogers Clark at the genesis of the United States. Married in 1749 in the tidewater area of Virginia, the Clarks are among those who move the frontier westward by emigrating into Virginia’s far western county, Kentucky. Participants will discover how all ten of the Clark children and their spouses make individual contributions to history and as they go from “sea to shining sea” in two generations. Of the six sons, five serve in the American Revolution as officers. Three ultimately become Generals in the militia. One of those Generals, George Rogers Clark, is credited with conquering the Northwest Territory. General Jonathan Clark lived in Kentucky and left a diary spanning many years of American history. The son who was too young to go to war is William Clark, a headliner of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803 – 1806 and the first federal Superintendent of Indian Affairs. The four Clark daughters are scions of families whose surnames punctuate the early history of Kentucky before and after statehood. Two of them were mistresses of legendary Kentucky properties, “Locust Grove” and “Soldiers Retreat.
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- John Clark and Ann Rogers Clark, the First Family of the First Frontier (Hybrid) Zoom Only
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Fee: $30.00
Dates: 9/14/2026 - 10/12/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: M
Sessions: 5
Building: ZOOM
Room: Online Only
Instructor: Kenneth Golliher
Maximum Enrollment: 40
This is the story of the family of John and Ann Rogers Clark at the genesis of the United States. Married in 1749 in the tidewater area of Virginia, the Clarks are among those who move the frontier westward by emigrating into Virginia’s far western county, Kentucky. Participants will discover how all ten of the Clark children and their spouses make individual contributions to history and as they go from “sea to shining sea” in two generations. Of the six sons, five serve in the American Revolution as officers. Three ultimately become Generals in the militia. One of those Generals, George Rogers Clark, is credited with conquering the Northwest Territory. General Jonathan Clark lived in Kentucky and left a diary spanning many years of American history. The son who was too young to go to war is William Clark, a headliner of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803 – 1806 and the first federal Superintendent of Indian Affairs. The four Clark daughters are scions of families whose surnames punctuate the early history of Kentucky before and after statehood. Two of them were mistresses of legendary Kentucky properties, “Locust Grove” and “Soldiers Retreat.
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- Kentucky Politics in the Grand American Republic (Zoom) Zoom Only
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Fee: $30.00
Dates: 10/28/2026 - 11/25/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 5
Building: ZOOM
Room: Online Only
Instructor: Larry Hood
Maximum Enrollment: 20
This course will look back in history, beginning in 1774, to explore Kentuckians' understanding of and experiences in: 1) political ideology, 2) the structures of governmental power, 3) class conflict and politics, 4) race and gender issues in politics 5) the partisan pursuit of power, and 6) post-modern multiculturalism and politics. All course attendees will be encouraged to contribute their own thoughts and participate in discussions.
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- Problems in Democracy SIG
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THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
Beginning in February 2024, a group of between 12-24 of us have discussed our concerns about the various challenges that currently confront the U.S. political system. This Fall we will continue our discussion. We invite you to join us if you would like to participate in the discussion or simply listen.
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- Pundits, Polls & Politics! The 2026 Mid-Term Election! (Zoom) Zoom Only
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Fee: $20.00
Dates: 10/29/2026 - 10/29/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: ZOOM
Room: Online Only
Instructor: Doug Stowell
Maximum Enrollment: 300
On November 3, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 in the Senate will be up for re-election! Hundreds of local and state offices/issues will be settled! Turn-out in POTUS elections is around 60%. Mid-terms? Barely 40%! This mid-term may be more consequential than any recent election. So, let's dig into all the national issues, looking at how they rank - by party affiliation, generation and region. We'll look at some of the better forecasts or results and we'll conduct our own on-line, in-class polls of issues/results. YES. we will forecast the House - Senate results by party!
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- The Lessons of Ashland: 19th Century History Informing a 21st Century World
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Fee: $35.00
Item Number: 2026 SCOR152701
Dates: 10/19/2026 - 10/19/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Building: Ashland/Henry Clay Estate
Room: TBD
Instructor: Eric Brooks
THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
This year is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This Course will introduce participants to Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, an incredibly important place in the 250 year history of the United States and will consider it from a number of perspectives including those of Henry Clay, enslaved persons, indigenous people, and women. It will culminate in a discussion of the importance of that history and the larger questions of the last 250 years and what they say about the present and future of the United States.
**Boxed lunch included.
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- What is Liberalism?
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THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
People have such strong and polarized opinions about Liberalism. But what, exactly, is it? The historian David Brinkley has observed, "Liberalism has never been a uniform or stable creed." Liberalism has meant different, and often contradictory, things to different people at different times. This course traces Liberalism's historical evolution from the Enlightenment to the present day. It looks at the political, economic, cultural and international aspects of the intellectual tradition of Liberalism. It concludes by considering the present and future prospects of Liberalism.
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