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  • "Dreams from My Grandfather" Commencement Address
  • Erie and the American Dream
  • Exporting the American Dream to the Axis of Evil
  • God & Guns
  • Islam and the American Dream
  • Oxford University Lecture Series 2005: American Fundamentalism
  • The American Dream and Fundamentalism
    • Jewish Fundamentalism

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  • 2014 – HEARD ON CAMPUS: CHARLES BROCK (Penn State Forum Speaker series)
  • 2011 – ERIE ETHNIC DREAMS
    In the Fall 2011 semester, two speeches were held in Logan House that were free and open to the public. Both talks focused on Erie Ethnic Dreams with respect to certain cultural groups. On September 29, ex-Erie mayor Joyce Savocchio discussed Italians in Erie, and on October 20, William Garvey, President of Jefferson Educational Society, discussed the Irish in Erie. Both talks took place at 7:00 p.m.
  • 2010 – COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS - PENN STATE BEHREND
  • 2006 – THE AMERICAN DREAM SERIES RETURNS

Projects

  • "ERIE AND THE AMERICAN DREAM"
    In October 2009, Rev. Charles Brock hosted four panels in Logan House on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. Each of these talks attempted to answer the question of whether or not Erie was losing the American Dream. The talk titles and participants are listed below:
    • "Erie Spirit - Up or Down?" - Mayor Joe Sinnott, Tom Hagen, Barry Grossman, Charles Kennedy, Father Steve Simon, and John Vanco
    • "Erie Education - for Whom and for What?" Dean Baldwin, Marnie Evanoff, William Garvey, and Dave Hoderny
    • ​"Erie Poverty - Growing or Diminishing?" Amy Cuzzola-Kern, Laura Lewis, Royal P. Johnson, Carl Kallgren, and Todd Nesbit​
  • "ERIE AND THE AMERICAN DREAM" (Video Project)
  • "ISLAM AND THE AMERICAN DREAM" (Lecture Outline & Themes)

Programs

  • 2007 – RELIGION IN A PLURAL DEMOCRACY: MORAL CONVICTIONS AND GAY RIGHTS IN THE UK (Word)
  • 2007 – SO YOU THINK YOU LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY? (Word)
  • 2005 – OXFORD UNIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES: AMERICAN FUNDAMENTALISM (Available upon request)
  • 2004 – THE AMERICAN DREAM AND FUNDAMENTALISM
  • 2003 – EXPORTING THE AMERICAN DREAM TO THE AXIS OF EVIL
    Proposed panel discussion, Fall 2003
  • 2002 – GOD & GUNS: THE TWO AMERICAN DREAMS OF CHARLTON HESTON
    Lecture program, November 13, 2002
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  • 2001 – WORKING FOR WHAT?
    From February 27 to March 1, a series of talks and community workshops was held entitled "Working for What?: Winners and Losers in the American Dream." The events were held as follows:
    • William Morgenstern, "Business and the American Dream," February 27 at 10:00 a.m. at the Erie Art Museum
    • Dave Adams, "Local Unions and the American Dream," February 27 at 2:00 p.m. in Lawrence Park's Union Hall
    • Michael Murnock, "I Dream of America," February 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the International Institute of Erie
    • Carl Kallgren & Kim Skarupski, "Social Intervention and the Future of Erie," February 28 at 10:00 a.m. in 114 Reed
    • Mark Levine, "Building a Healthy Community," February 28 at 2:00 p.m. in McGarvey Commons
    • Cornel West, "Restoring Hope," February 28 at 7:30 p.m. in McGarvey Commons
    • Annette Levitt, "The American Dream in Today's Theatre," March 1 at 11:00 a.m. in 114 Reed
    • Charles Kennedy, "No Challenge is Too Great: Re-Thinking Challenged Students," March 1 at 2:00 p.m. at Erie Art Museum
    • A staged reading of the musical "Working" from the book by Studs Terkel, March 1 at 8:00 p.m. at Hirt Auditorium

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    • The American Dream and Fundamentalism
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