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- An interdisciplinary panel composed of Michigan State University faculty participates in a discussion entitled, "A world on the move : refugees, migrants, and immigrants". Panelists describe their research, teaching and writing efforts and explore the current situation of international refugees and immigrants and the dangers and challenges they face in leaving their home countries. They also discuss the reasons for migration around the world, the receptions immigrants often receive in coming to many countries and the economic advantages and disadvantages for countries welcoming immigration. Panelists are Anna Pegler-Gordon, James Madison College, David Thronson, College of Law, Sophia Koufopoulou, Department of Sociology, Stephanie Nawyn, Department of Sociology, and Johanna Schuster-Craig, College of Arts & Letters. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, dean of the MSU Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience. Part of the series "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" sponsored by the MSU Honors College. Held in the MSU Student Union.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-02-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- In the second of two oral history interviews, Olga "Jo" Beltrame and her husband Ed Beltrame discuss their careers as union organizers for the United Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee (later called the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union). They talk about organizing the meat processing plants in Detroit, efforts to integrate the workforce at local restaurants, people thinking that childcare centers for workers were "socialist", organizing drives at packing plants in the South, the House Un-American Activities Committee, and management's exploitation of female workers. The Beltrames also talk about the efforts to organize Wolverine Worldwide in Michigan and the very difficult time they had. The couple says that they retired from organizing in 1974 and that unionism bettered their lives and the lives of millions of workers around the world. The Beltrames are interviewed by John Revitte, Michigan State University professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. The second of two interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-12-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- An interdisciplinary panel composed of Michigan State University faculty members participates in a discussion entitled, "Doubting science and technology?" Panelists describe their individual research and explore the general public's understanding of the scientific method and the popular distrust of scientific information. They also discuss how incomplete knowledge and misinformation shapes public policy and how technological advancement may be both a blessing and a curse. Panelists are: Georgina Montgomery, Lyman Briggs College, Kevin Elliott, Lyman Briggs College, Rick Wash, Department of Media and Information, and Aaron McCright, Department of Sociology. Lee June, former MSU vice president for student affairs and a current faculty member in the Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience with the help of John Beck, professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- NBC announcers set the stage for the only FDR fireside chat ever delivered before a live audience. FDR asks for broader powers to protect all of the Americas from the growing war in Europe.
- Date Issued:
- 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Senators Howell Heflin (D-AL) and Bennett Johnston (D-LA), retiring from the U.S. Senate, talk about the public perception of that body and other parts of the government. In a panel at the Eisenhower World Affairs Institute, moderated by Norman Ornstein.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-01-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Kathleen Newman, Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, delivers a talk entitled, "Striking Images: Workers on Screen and in the Streets in the 1950's." Newman describes her interest in working class issues, worker and consumer activism, and explains how mass culture and media has marginalized workers. She says that workers have commonly been portrayed as dolts and that this perspective has effectively silenced the American majority. She provides several examples of this marginalization of the working class in television and movies and talks extensively about the film, "On The Waterfront". Newman answers questions from the audience. She is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-10-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1958-03-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner. Obama uses video clips along with jokes to poke fun at his many detractors as well as his supporters. He focuses on his relations with the Republican leadership, ways to boost his popularity, his re-election, and hostile media personalities. Obama closes with a reminder of the "very hard days" recently experienced by a number of citizens. He pays tribute to the first responders and those who opened their homes to the victims. Obama praises journalists who went above and beyond to tell the truth to the country instead of perpetuating rumor.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Barack Obama addresses the nation on terrorism and keeping the American people safe. Obama speaks about the mass shootings in San Bernardino, California, and his strategy to defeat The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) overseas. He also talks about domestic counter-terrorism measures, including preventing those on no-fly lists from purchasing guns, making it more difficult to purchase assault weapons, and establishing stronger screening procedures for those coming to the U.S. without a visa. Obama says that Americans should not turn against each other by letting this fight be defined as a war between America and Islam. Held in the Oval Office of the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-12-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki speaks at the National Conference on Mental Health at the White House and describes what the Obama Administration has done to help provide mental health treatment to veterans. Shinseki introduces actor Bradley Cooper, star of the award winning movie "Silver linings playbook" about the life of a man suffering from mental illnesses. Cooper talks about supporting those seeking treatment and challenges listeners to overcome the stigma associated with mental illness then introduces Vice President Biden. Biden explains how he met Cooper, describes his own commitment to expanding mental health care and how his awareness of problem has grown.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-06-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection