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- Alex Bryan, Program Manager for the Greater Lansing Food Bank Garden Project delivers a talk entitled, "Food Field: A Four-Acre Detroit Urban Farm." Bryan describes the efforts of himself and his business partner Noah Link, to create a sustainable organic farm in urban Detroit as a real alternative to the corporate food system. He says that they are also striving to create jobs and to build robust and ongoing relationships with local restaurants and grocers. Questions are taken from the audience. Bryan is introduced by Michigan State University Librarian Kriss Ostrom. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Environmental Series, held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-02-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Walter Campbell, former Regional Director for the Allied Industrial Workers (AIW) Region 7 in west Michigan and former Secretary-Treasurer of the Michigan State AFL-CIO, talks about the beginnings of the United Way, a coalition of charitable organizations pooling their efforts in fundraising and support. Campbell describes how community fund raising began in cities in Michigan and how labor unions became involved in the 1930s and 1940s. Campbell says that in 1947 Walter Reuther and Henry Ford II cooperated to create the United Way of Michigan which served to streamline giving and emphasized the positive role unions can play in their communities. He also talks about his work life and his involvement in organized labor. Campbell is interviewed by John Revitte, Michigan State University professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-03-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Members of the Western Michigan College faculty and administration speak at the dedication of the college's new Pulp and Paper Lab. Deyo Fox and Gerald Osborn talks about the genesis of the lab and how their conversations with professionals in the paper industry led to making the lab a reality. O.W. Callighan thanks supporters of the lab and unveils a plaque thanking the facilities' financial backers. Western Michigan President Paul Sangre dedicates the lab to the spirit of cooperation and collaboration which, he says, was fundamental to the lab's creation.
- Date Issued:
- 1950-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Robert F. Banks, associate provost and associate vice president for academic human resources, and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at Michigan State University, continues with his discussion about the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy and his career at MSU. Banks begins by recalling how his interest in Jazz music developed and his role in establishing a solid Jazz program at MSU. Returning to the grievance process, Banks suggests other administrators who might be potential interviewees. He shares his perspective on the several attempts to organize a faculty union on campus, the complications, the arguments for and against, the competition between AFT and AAUP, areas of support and opposition in the university, and union organizing efforts with other staff and graduate students. Banks reflects on union successes at other universities, the number of different unions trying to organize on campus, and issues with the process of negotiations. He concludes by revisiting some points with the grievance procedure recommendations. Banks is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Sixth of six interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-10-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- WKZO Radio reporter Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the development of the Kalamazoo, MI Community Chest and the Chamber of Commerce. Dunbar highlights the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce's history and local achievements, such as advocating for the new county building and post office and the development of a Safety Council. Members of the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce featured include, Earl Weber, Ross Anderson, and Alvin Little.
- Date Issued:
- 1947-06-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- In this installment of "Know your city," Dr. Willis Dunbar invites Cornelia Robinson and Vice-Mayor Glenn Allen to debate whether or not Kalamazoo should remain the largest debt free city in the nation, a status it has held since 1937. Allen argues that being debt-free is neither totally good nor totally bad, that the city should be prudent about debt and that any interest paid out on bonds would significantly affect the city's capital improvement budget. Robinson argues that "thrift is good as a means to an end, and not as an end in itself," and accuses the city of using the debt free slogan as a shield to avoid public conversations about unpleasant decisions. Robinson also cites the current need for school expansion as an example of when need outweigh frugality.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-04-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Know your city" Dr. Willis Dunbar profiles the graduating classes of four Kalamazoo area schools. Principal Garrett DeVries of Kalamazoo Christian School, Principal Roy Brian of State High School, and Principal Eugene Thomas of Kalamazoo Central High School discuss their graduates, highlighting colleges the students plan to attend and their accomplishments while in high school, both athletically and academically.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-06-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Former soldier and Hmong immigrant Kao Xiong recounts his role in the Laotian Civil War and his subsequent escape to the to Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand, where he spent five years. He recalls what it was like to meet and marry his wife in the camp, the pain of separation from family and friends when they emigrated to Michigan and the difficulty of adjusting to a new way of life. Part 2 of 3.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-07-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ruth B. Greenbaum talks about her association with the Friends of Kresge Art Museum on the campus of Michigan State University. Greenbaum recounts her family life, education, marriage and coming to East Lansing in 1969 with her husband Dr. David Greenbaum, who took a position in the College of Human Medicine. Greenbaum talks about her own work as a pediatric nurse and explains how she became involved with Kresge after her retirement. She describes her docent training and community outreach programs run by the museum. Greenbaum is interviewed by retired MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Alexis Ghorai describes his youth in Lansing, Michigan, finding high school less than challenging, but being motivated and succeeding at the University of Michigan. He also talks about his relationship with his parents, his decision to join the Navy when his parents divorced, and the conflict he feels between his liberal leanings and doing his duty as ordered. He speculates about having a family while in the Navy and then concludes by talking about his life at college, concentrating on his studies, his social life and the stresses between being a kid and being a responsible student.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-11-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection