Resources

Other

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
    Penn State Behrend
  • 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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