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Poverty and Religion - John Perkins
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Rev. Perkins is the founder and minister-at-large for Voice of Calvary Ministries, and evangelical group noted for its promotion of racial reconciliation and social justice. Rev. Perkins born a sharecropper, believes a church should challenge all economic systems- socialism, capitalism, communism- in helping he poor. He has stared housing co-ops. Christian healthcare centers, and thrift stores. Rev. Perkins, listed as a Distinguished Black American for 1978, 1979, and 1980, has spoken at over 150 colleges. Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.

Democratic Socialism: An Alternative for America - David McReynolds
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - An internationally known peace activist dedicated to non-violent civil disobedience, Mr. McReynolds is co-secretary of the War Resisters League. He has a long personal history of struggle for democratic socialism and ran for President in 1980 on the socialist ticket. he advocates a decentralized socialist society in which economic decisions come under democratic control. Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.

How People Get Power - Si Kahn
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - A 1965 Harvard graduate, Si Khan has since worked in the South as a civil rights activist, an advocate of farmers' cooperatives, and a labor organizer among miners and mill workers. He is a well-known folk singer and the author of two books: How People Get Power and Organizing: A Guide for Grassroots Leaders. Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.

Film: Saul Alinsky Went to War
1:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - This portrait of an activist whose efforts have mobilized poor blacks shows him in action against Eastman Kodak Corporation during a three-year struggle. Part of the National Affairs Series

The New Anti-Racist Movement: Key to a New America - Anne Braden
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Anne Braden and her husband Carl were long active as journalists in labor organizing, civil rights activities, and anti-war groups. At present, she works through the Southern institute for Propaganda and Organizing to help others learn skills needed for people's movements. She is the author of The Wall Between, HUAC: Bullwark of Segregation, and The Southern Freedom Movement in Perspective. Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.

Democracy Against Capitalism: Mass Movements in the 1980's - Frances Fox Piven
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Currently a professor of Political Science at City University of New York, Dr. Piven has studied and written about the politics of social welfare, the structure of government, and the theories of political movements. She has co-authored several books, including Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare, The Politics of Turmoil, and The New Class War: Reagan's Attack on the Welfare State and Its Consequences. Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.

Panel: Poverty in Law
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The Rev. Chet Guinn is director of the Urban Mission Council, whose projects include the All Community Soup Kitchen in Des Moines. Carol Kress is a staff person for the Cedar Rapids Citizens for Community Improvement. George Peterson is an organizer and researcher for the Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. Part of the National Affairs Series

Film: No Handouts for Mrs. Hegepeth & Walk a Country Mile & Homeless in New York
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - These films offer three differing perspectives on poverty: the life of a black domestic worker as it contrasts with her affluent employer, the plight of poor rural New Jersey residents living close to large urban centers, and the desperation of New York City's "street people." Part of the National Affairs Series

Urban Poverty in the 1980's - Michael Harrington
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Mr. Harrington, Professor of Political Science at Queens College and one of America's foremost socialists, chaired the Socialist Party of the US from 1968 to 1972 and now chairs the Democratic Socialists of America. He has written numerous books, including The Vast Majority: A Journey to the World's Poor, The Other America, Decade of Decision: The Crisis of the American System and to be published this spring, The Politics of God's Funeral - The Spiritual Crisis of Western Society. Long active in liberal and trade union causes, he served as a member of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's advisory committee in the 1960's and as an initiator of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee in 1973. Mr. Harrington was educated at Holy Cross, Yale, and the University of Chicago. Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.

Overcoming Poverty: The Struggle as Viewed by Appalachian Women - Sister Noel LeClaire ODF and Bobbie Jean McKiddy
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Sister LeClaire has worked for social change through the Catholic Church for 15 years in the southeast Kentucky region of the Appalachian heartland. her work gained much support after the 1975 Bishops' Pastoral Letter that addressed unjust conditions in the region and the Church's role in social justice. She was featured in a 1975 CBS documentary on poverty in Applachia. She serves on numerous councils concerned with addressing women's rights in Appalachia. A native of southeast Kentucky, Bobbie Jean McKiddy overcame economic barriers and stereotypes that keep women uneducated and out of public leadership roles to become active in organizing women's groups concerned with obtaining needed education and leadership skills. she is the administrator of a self-help community outreach center in the Cumberland Mountains. Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.