The Chautauqua Institution was founded on the belief that everyone “has a right to be all that he can be -- to know all that he can know.”

Chautauqua has been host to a vast, diverse spectrum of speakers for over 100 years. Susan B. Anthony argued for women's suffrage in 1892, and Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his "I Hate War" speech in 1936. Margaret Mead, Amelia Earhart, Thurgood Marshall, Freeman Dyson, Jane Goodall, Sandra Day O’Connor and Kurt Vonnegut have all spoken here as well.

2009 has proved to be another year of fresh ideas and insightful commentary. FORA.tv is proud to present another round of distinguished speakers at Chautauqua.