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Inside the Heart of Darkness: South Africans Under Apartheid - Barbara Brown
All Day – Carver 101 - Barbara Brown is an associate researcher in political science and economics at Boston University and organizer of "Mass Divest," legislation passed in Massachusetts which requires the state to divest itself of any holdings in South Africa. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Dominant Themes and Values in Chinese Films - Joan Chung-Wen Shih
All Day – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Dr. Shih is Chair of the East Asian Language Department and Professor of Chinese Literature at George Washington University. Her film, "Return from Silence" will be shown following her lecture. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Film: Eugene Debs: The American Movement
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - This documentary traces the life of an influential American leader in turn-of-the-century labor and socialist movements and shows why he saw socialism as the best system for making changes in the lives of the poor and exploited. Part of the National Affairs Series

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