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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.

Film: This Land is Home to Me
2:30 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - This film presents some underlying structural reasons for poverty in Appalachia while examining the Church's role in changing the injustice and exploitative conditions created there primarily by wealthy companies. Part of the National Affairs Series

Films: Harvest of Shame & Migrant Farm Workers
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The first film is an Edward R. Murrow-narrated documentary showing the degradation and exploitation of migrant workers in 1960; the second film shows that little has changed for the migrants in 1982. Part of the National Affairs Series

Social Welfare in Capitalist America - Jeff Glaper
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Galper, an associate professor in the School of Social Administration at Temple University, received his Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work and Social Research. He has authored numerous articles and reviews, as well as his two books: The Politics of Social Services and Social Work Practice: A Radical Perspective Over the past decade he has been involved in progressive political work, particularly in Philadelphia. Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.

The Two Wars on Poverty: Before and After LBJ - Charles Murray
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Charles Murray is currently a Research Fellow with the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and is writing a major study of the postwar history of poverty, race, and federal social welfare policy. He has spent several years with the American Institutes for Research studying the effectiveness of various government spending programs. A defender of the trickle-down theory of economics, he has recently published articles in The Wall Street Journal and The Public Interest. His forthcoming book is titled Crime and Public Policy. Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.

Film: From Cradle to Grave
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - 1976 Nobel Prize Winner in economics Milton Friedman debates with opponents the conflicts between growing economic controls and dwindling personal freedoms while condemning the "welfare state". Part of the National Affairs Series

The New Poor - Barbara Mikulski
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski is a Democrat representing the Third Congressional District of Maryland. She began her career as a child-neglect social worker and community organizer. After receiving her M.S. from the University of Maryland School of Social Work, she served as the chief social worker in a program for the elderly which was part of Baltimore's anti-poverty program. Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.

Film: The Grapes of Wrath
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - John Steinbeck's Joad family comes alive on film as they migrate from the 1930's mid-western dustbowl to California, desperately seeking an end to their poverty. Henry Fonda stars in the 1940 classic. Part of the National Affairs Series