Topics covered include the human community, religion and prejudice, race, arts and the humanities, government, and foreign policy. Speakers include: Janet Reno, Billy O. Wireman, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jeanne Tessier Barone, Bill Clinton, Carol Moseley-Braun, Edward M. Kennedy, Sam Nunn, M. Craig Barnes, Paul Simon, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Myron H. Wahls, Johnnetta B. Cole, Jane Alexander, Kenneth Lauren Burns, Claudia Hopkins, Ingrid Saunders Jones, Balint Vazsonyi, Patricia Schroeder, George Anastaplo, William J. Perry, Jeffrey Davidow, Robert H. Pelletreau, Strobe Talbott, and Warren Christopher.

You can make a difference /Janet Reno -- Productive careers & noble lives: a new mandate for liberal arts education / Billy O. Wireman -- Our global family / Hillary Rodham Clinton -- The sky's no limit at all / Jeanne Tessier Barone -- Remarks to the American Legion Boys and Girls Nation / William J. Clinton -- Dedication of the Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church / William J. Clinton -- Church burnings / Carol Moseley-Braun -- The issue of prejudice / Edward M. Kennedy -- The whole world is watching / Sam Nunn -- Choosing good government / M. Craig Barnes -- Social dynamite / Paul Simon -- A different melody / Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. -- The moral decay of America: racism, putting the American dream out of reach / Myron H. Wahls -- A house divided / Johnnetta B. Cole -- Identity through art / Jane Alexander -- Worth defending / Kenneth Lauren Burns -- Learning styles / Claudia Hopkins -- Custodians of our culture / Ingrid Saunders Jones -- Second inaugural address / William J. Clinton -- Four points of the compass: restoring America's sense of direction / Balint Vazsonyi -- Proud of liberal accomplishments / Patricia Schroeder -- "Private" gambling and public morality / George Anastaplo -- Completing Marshall's plan in Europe / William J. Perry -- U.S. policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean: building upon a solid foundation / Jeffrey Davidow -- U.S. policy toward the Middle East: steering a steady course / Robert H. Pelletreau -- Ukraine at five: a progress report on U.S. policy / Strobe Talbott -- The U.S. and China: building a new era of cooperation for a new century / Warren Christopher.