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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
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush holds a press conference to discuss the fourth phase of the War in Iraq, deploying reinforcements and launching new operations to help Iraqis bring security to their people. Bush says that by increasing the support in this movement, we hasten the day our troops begin coming home. Bush answers questions from the press involving the refugees of Iraq, the rebellion of Republican senators, and the whereabouts of al-Queda.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-07-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) reports on his trip to Haiti and discusses U.S. policy on Haitian refugees.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-06-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Cross examination," Dr. Willis Dunbar hosts a discussion of displaced persons with a panel featuring John Reid of the Family Service Center, Rev. Yannis Laupmanitz, attorney Lloyd Faling, and attorney Frank Schmiege. The panel talks about the reasons for the large number of displaced persons in the post war era, the demographic make up of the displaced persons camps, the Displaced Person Act of 1948, proposed amendments to the Act and the effect it has has had on Michigan and the Kalamazoo area.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-03-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In a presentation entitled, "Join the conversation : diversity, inclusion, and refugee experiences," a panel of local residents present the Refugee Lansing Traveling Exhibit, created by local writers and photographers working with the Refugee Development Center in Lansing, MI. They share stories of their efforts to resettle refugees in the Lansing area and invite dialogue about the refugee experience. Speakers are, Paula Franz, executive director of Global Institute of Lansing, Stephanie Nawyn, associate professor of sociology at Michigan State University and co-director of the Center for Gender in Global Context, Suban Nur Cooley, MSU doctoral candidate and contributing writer in the Refuge Lansing Project, and Rod Sanford, contributing photographer in the Refuge Lansing project and retired Lansing State Journal photojournalist. They respond to questions from the audience. The event is convened by MSU Librarian Sharon Ladenson.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-10-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In a presentation entitled, "Join the conversation : diversity, inclusion, and refugee experiences," a panel of local residents present the Refugee Lansing Traveling Exhibit, created by local writers and photographers working with the Refugee Development Center in Lansing, MI. They share stories of their efforts to resettle refugees in the Lansing area and invite dialogue about the refugee experience. Speakers are, Paula Franz, executive director of Global Institute of Lansing, Stephanie Nawyn, associate professor of sociology at Michigan State University and co-director of the Center for Gender in Global Context, Suban Nur Cooley, MSU doctoral candidate and contributing writer in the Refuge Lansing Project, and Rod Sanford, contributing photographer in the Refuge Lansing project and retired Lansing State Journal photojournalist. They respond to questions from the audience. The event is convened by MSU Librarian Sharon Ladenson.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-10-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) reports on his trip to Haiti and discusses U.S. policy on Haitian refugees.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-06-28T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection