On Thursday, February 4 at 10am, retired Boxford resident, John Plate, will facilitate a discussion about The Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant.  A discussion outline containing facts and figures will be distributed at the program. Plate holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Columbia University, and, before retiring, held positions at The Asia Foundation in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, served on the President's Council on Youth Opportunity in Washington, DC, and worked at The United Nations Secretariat in New York and Vienna, Austria. Register online or call 978-623-8401, x31.