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The Denver Forum is dedicated to the dialogue of democracy. That core belief was present at The Forum's inception in 1975 and remains, 25-years later, the driving principle of the organization. In faithful observance of that ideal, The Forum has presented more than 550 programs in the highest public interest. Last year, consistent with its history, The Forum presented U.S. Senator Mike Bennett; Washington Post correspondent and author, T.R. Reid; Anadarko Petroleum Chairman, President & CEO James Hackett; U.S. Homeland Security’s Assistant Secretary for International Affairs & Border Czar, Alan Bersin, University of Massachusetts Chancellor, Marty Meehan; ABC-News correspondent and author, Gretchen Peters Howard University’s Economics Department Chairman, William Sprague; Rocky Mountain PBS President Doug Price; famed author, Roy Blount Jr.; GRIT TV anchor, Air America talk show host, and author, Laura Flanders, and Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Steve Farber, who spoke about his book, “On The List.” One of The Forum’s most memorable events took place in 2008 when former U.S. Senator George McGovern was honored for a lifetime of service to America. The program held during the Democratic National Convention featured former NBC Nightly News anchor, Tom Brokaw; former U.S. Senate Majority leader, Tom Daschle; former Massachusetts Governor and Democratic nominee for President, Michael Dukakis; former Maryland Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; and former Vice President of the United States, Walter Mondale. In addition, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper presented The Denver Forum’s Spirit of America Award to Senator McGovern. Denver Forum speakers represent different professions, philosophies, and political persuasions. An appropriate distinction, for it underscores The Forum's unyielding commitment to embrace neither political party nor partisan creed. In addition, The Forum has presented such important programs as “Censorship in America”, “Denver in the Mind of America”, “An Evening With the Columnists”, featuring six of Colorado's leading journalists, and a symposium on “Have the Media Gone Too Far?” The Forum has also sponsored public debates among candidates for mayor, governor, U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate. Events of The Denver Forum are held over lunch at the historic Oxford Hotel in Lo-Do. Some events are held at breakfast, others in the evenings. The Forum occasionally goes on the road to Boulder and Aspen. Members pay $30 for luncheons. Non-members, who pay $45 to attend events, are always welcome – but membership is encouraged. Members of The Denver Forum include some of Colorado's most distinguished citizens, such as former Governor Richard Lamm and his wife, Dottie, former U. S. Senator Gary Hart, Norm Brownstein and Steve Farber of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Lockheed Martin’s Joe Lehman, DMX Direct President Jim Kennel, FirstBank President Ron Tilton, Cap Logistics President & CEO Gayle Dendinger, Fulcrum Books founder Bob Baron, Tim O’Neill of Snell & Wilmer, and Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey. The Forum's Corporate Sponsors include Bennett, Wagner & Grody, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, FirstBank Denver, Lockheed Martin, DMX Direct Inc., and Snell & Wilmer. The Denver Forum holds to the Athenian's celebration of citizenship – a person engaged in civic life. If that describes the type of organization you're looking for, one that challenges you intellectually, causes you to reflect on the additional means by which you can help make Denver and our Colorado a better place, bring you into association with remarkable people, then The Denver Forum is your organization. Membership in The Denver Forum is open to all. Through membership individuals help sustain one of America’s great public forums. (Please see membership details on this Web page.) The President and founder of The Denver Forum is George Mitrovich, who also serves as President of The Forum’s sister organization in San Diego, The City Club. In addition, Mr. Mitrovich chairs for the Boston Red Sox, The Great Fenway Park Writers Series.