Gillespie Forum Events are free and open to the public.
“The Ravine” Lecture by Dr. Wendy Lower
A family, a photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed
Dr. Wendy Lower, the John K. Roth Professor at Claremont McKenna College
and director of the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights, and author of The Ravine, will discuss her
groundbreaking investigation into a single photograph—a rare “action shot”—
documenting the horrific final moment of a family’s murder in Ukraine
The lecture is facilitated by Dr. Werner Steger, DCC professor of history and recipient of
the Handel Foundation-Greenspan Trust Endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
FREE COMMUNITY EVENT
James and Betty Hall Theatre, Dutchess Hall | Dutchess Community College
Visitors are advised to park in Lot D (97 Cottage Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601)
Francis Perkins and Eleanor Roosevelt: Progressives in the New Deal
Time: TBA
The Roosevelt Administration's New Deal was a time of new ideas, fresh approaches and wide-spread-thinking-outside-the-box. Two key drivers in these efforts were Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins (first woman to hold a presidential cabinet position) and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. This session explores the impact these women had on the New Deal and our lives today.
Discussion topics include: Who were these incredible women? How did they develop such a passion for helping others? How did their ideas help shape the New Deal? How do we continue to benefit from their work today?
The event will be held at the Wallace Center at the FDR Library and Museum in Hyde Park, NY. Jeffrey Urbin, Director of Education for the FDR Library will present and lead a discussion. This is a free public event.
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Frances Perkins and Eleanor Roosevelt: Progressives in the New Deal - October 1, 2024
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At the River I Stand - MLK and the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike (film and discussion) - April 4, 2024
Coping and Caring in the Time of Covid - February 25, 2021
“Soil Food”: Dr. Alvenia Moody Fulton and the Rise of Black Veganism in America - February 26, 2020
The Generous Human Body: Organ Donations - October 22, 2019
Big Blue History on the Bus - May 18, 2019
IBM: 75 Years in the Hudson Valley - November 13, 2018
The Center of Activity: Suffrage and New York City - November 1, 2017
America and the Refugee Crisis - March 29, 2017
A War for the Soul of Trump’s America - February 21, 2017
The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State - September 17, 2016
Bad Governance is Good Politics - November 9, 2014
Eli Jaffe Film Competition 2014 - May 9, 2014
Eli Jaffe Film Competition 2013 - November 5, 2013
Foreclosing the Future: The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction - November 5, 2013
Yom Hashoah, the Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust - April 9, 2013
Religion and Politics in America - October 25, 2012
Leo Ribuffo: The Obama Presidency in Historical Perspective - October 11, 2012
Eli Jaffe Film Competition 2012 - August 15, 2012
Alan Steinweis, Becoming a Professional Anti-Semite: Three Biographies from Nazi Germany - April 17, 2012
Film screening of Gasland - April 4, 2012
Lecture with Joseph A. McCartin, Author of Collision Course - January 28, 2012
Constitution Day 2011 - September 13, 2011
The Eli Jaffe Film Competition - May 16, 2011
Panel discussion: Technology and the Future of Journalism - September 12, 2010
Frances Perkins: The Forgotten Woman Revealed - September 12, 2010
2010 The Global Water Crisis: Water as a Human Right or Private Property? - May 12, 2010
Eli Jaffe Film Series featuring the film “Sixth Section” - February 12, 2007
Lecture on the civil war in Sudan - January 12, 2007
Lessons From the World’s Humanitarian Emergencies: A Recipe for Disaster - November 15, 2006
Who Will Fight - September 28, 2006
Eli Jaffe Film Series: The Israeli/Palestinian conflict and its impact on children - June 11, 2006
The Problems of Mainstream Media: An Inside View of Journalistic Ethics - June 11, 2005
Eli Jaffe Film Series: Same Sex Marriage - May 12, 2005
9/11 and Human Rights - May 11, 2005
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shape of the Twentieth Century - May 11, 2004
Eli Jaffe Film Series: The War In Iraq - May 11, 2004
Globalization and Human Rights - May 11, 2003
Eli Jaffe Film Series: Global Human Rights - May 11, 2003
Special Theater Benefit - May 11, 2001
Economic Opportunities in a Culturally Diverse Community - February 11, 1999
Smoke Signals - January 11, 1998
Death and Dying - January 1, 1998
Social Security and Medicare - January 1, 1997
Money and Politics or The Decline of American Democracy - January 1, 1997
The Press and the Presidential Campaigns: Then and Now - January 1, 1996
Franklin and Eleanor: Politician and Agitator - January 1, 1995