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- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Feeding America: the Historic American Cookbook Project
- Description:
- President Barack Obama calls for comprehensive immigration reform and a bipartisan approach to fixing a broken immigration system, in a speech given at the Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas. He calls for ending illegal immigration while creating mechanisms to bring in trained and talented workers. Obama also explains why immigration reform is critical to building a Twenty-first Century economy.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michael Rubner, Michigan State University's longest serving Faculty Grievance Official, talks about being born in Palestine and emigrating to the U.S., his education and what brought him to James Madison College at MSU in 1970. He also talks about why the FGO position interested him and his role in the creation of a grievance manual. Rubner says that he inherited an office which did not run smoothly and discusses the steps he took to improve things and that he decided to leave the position because of two faculty members who "made his life miserable". Rubner is interviewed by MSU Professor John Revitte, who himself is a former FGO. Revitte also reflects upon some of his experiences in the office and his revisions to the grievance manual.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-09-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama holds a post-election news conference to congratulate the Republicans on winning control of the Senate as well as more seats in the House. He discusses working with both the lame-duck divided Congress and the next Republican-controlled Congress on issues such as funding for the Ebola response, immigration reform, and Middle East policy. He answers questions from the press about the potential for cooperating with Congress, ISIS, the Healthcare Act, immigration reform, oil production, and the Keystone pipeline. Held at the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-11-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama announces a new Department of Homeland Security policy halting the deportation of young illegal immigrants who entered the country as children, provided they meet certain requirements. Obama cites the failure of Congress to pass immigration legislation as the main reason for this executive action. The President is interrupted twice by Neil Munro, a reporter from the Daily Caller.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks at a dinner meeting of Organizing for Action volunteers. Obama talks about his administration's efforts to push for legislation on student loans, immigration, and other issues. He reminds listeners of the American dream, "if you are willing to work hard you can make it" and says he ran to help get the country back to that ideal. Obama also talks about his upcoming speech in Galesburg, Illinois, to kick off a campaign to refocus national attention onto the economy. He encourages activists to be resolute and persevere. Held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington D.C.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-07-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama delivers his fourth State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. He recounts the accomplishments of the previous year including the death of Osama bin Ladin and the end of combat in Iraq. Obama says, "We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules." He promises to continue fighting against the polices that brought on the 2008 economic crisis and proposes lowering taxes on companies that choose to stay in the U.S. and to cease rewarding companies that move operations and assets off shore. He also talks about immigration, education, energy, tax policy, the deficit, campaign financing and lobbying, the Afghan War, and revolution throughout the Middle East.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Hmong immigrant, lawyer and pastor Dr. T. Christopher Thao recounts emigrating to the U.S. and living in isolation with his sponsor in rural Arkansas. He discusses his educational drive which took him to Minnesota where he obtained his undergraduate and law degrees as well as a Ph.D. in New Testament studies. He says his call to ministry took him first to California and then finally brought him to Warren, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-10-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan Historical Museum Community Relations Director Chris Dancisak recollects sponsoring Hmong immigrants Tong Her and Mae Lou. Dancisak argues that the United States had a moral responsibility to help the Laotians who had trusted the US government. He describes how the federal government required a sponsor for each family, and discusses complications for them such as learning about refrigeration and other western conventions.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-08-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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