The Center for Civic Leadership
and Responsibility|Spring 2010
SPECIAL EVENTS INFORMATION
Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility
Connector Building, Room 103
Camden County College
P.O. Box 200
Blackwood, NJ 08012
The Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility|Spring 2010
The Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility (CCLR/Center) focuses on the
needs and interests of communities. Its goal is to create an informed citizenry with a
heightened sense of civic responsibility through exploration of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and issues critical to a democratic society. The Center develops
opportunities to meet scholars, scientists, government officials and business leaders to
discuss societal problems and their solutions.
Those who take part in the Center’s activities gain the knowledge and tools necessary to
become informed, active participants in the social and political processes of American
society. They bring to the Center their interests and concerns, and from the Center
emanates the vox populi – the voice of the people.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR SPECIAL EVENTS:
All programs offered by the Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility are tuition free and
open to the public unless otherwise stated in the description of the event. The Center reserves the
right to cancel or reschedule programs should the need arise. Cancellation notices will be posted on
the door of the event location, at the CCLR office, on CCLR Web site and/or sent out via mail, if
time permits. The Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility is under the direction of Camden
County College’s Professor of History, John Pesda.
Please register in advance - registration form enclosed - for the events you would like to attend and
fax, mail or drop off this form to the Center’s office in the Connector Building, Room 103.
To mail your registration:
Camden County College – CCLR
P.O. Box 200
Blackwood, NJ 08012
FAX: (856) 374-5092
Prior registration will allow us to properly prepare for each event in advance of your arrival.
We look forward to your participation and welcome the opportunity to share the world with you…
America’s Great Depression: A Social and Cultural History
Course Number: IDY-209-51
Date: Spring 2010 - Wednesday evenings
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Civic Hall inside the Connector Building, Blackwood Campus
Over 80 years ago, on October 29, 1929, the greatest crash in the history of the New York Stock Market signaled
the beginning of the Great Depression. For over a decade, America found itself in the throes of an economic crisis
marked by business failures, a 25 percent unemployment rate and nationwide despair.
Join our guest lecturers as they discuss the causes, conditions and consequences of America’s most devastating economic crisis and society’s response to it. These scholars will analyze and discuss the implications of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, their effectiveness and public reaction to them; along with a review
of the impact this crisis had on American culture and how it is depicted in various mediums such as art, film, literature, magazines, music and entertainment along with a consideration of America’s current and future economic
prospects. This is a series that you can’t afford to miss.
Date
Topic
February 24, 2010
Civil Rights & the Transformation of Black Politics:
African Americans & the Great Depression
March 10, 2010
Culture and Community During the Great Depression
March 24, 2010
Philadelphia Baseball: the Great Depression
April 14, 2010
Women and the Great Depression as Reflected in the Films of the Golden Age of Hollywood
April 21, 2010
Economic Lessons from the Great Depression
April 28, 2010
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Great Depression
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CARNAVAL at CCC: Poetry Reading & Open Mic
Course Number: CE.IDY-209-80
Date: February 23, 2010
Time: Doors open at 7 p.m. Program starts at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Hall inside the Connector Building, Blackwood Campus
Assistant Professor of English Keith O’Shaughnessy, whose poems recently have or will be appearing in Columbia
Magazine, Measure, Sixty-Six: The Journal of Sonnet Studies, and Able Muse, will read from his recently-published
chapbooks: Carnaval, a series of lyric poems set in an unidentified Mexican village during the carnival and The
Devil’s Party, a collection of dramatic monologues in the voices of famous literary personages. Copies of both
books will be available for purchase after the event.
After O’Shaughnessy’s reading, attendees will then be invited to read samples of their own work during the remainder of the evening. Those attendees who wish to perform are required to sign up on the performer’s list located at the event registration table prior to the beginning of the reading. Performance will be based on a first
come, first served basis due to the limited time availability.
Top Secret ‘Rosies’
Course Number: CE.IDY-209-81
Date: March 11, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Civic Hall inside the Connector Building
In 1942, only months after the United States entered World War II, a secret military program was launched to recruit women to the war effort. But unlike recruiting “Rosie” to the factory, this search targeted female mathematicians who would become human “computers” for the U.S. Army. These women worked around-the-clock
shifts creating ballistics tables that proved crucial to Allied victory. “Rosie” made the weapons, but the female
computers made them accurate. When the first electronic computer (ENIAC) was invented to aid ballistic calculation efforts, six of these women were tapped to become its first programmers. “Top Secret ‘Rosies’: The Female
Computers of WWII” is a documentary that will share this untold story of the women and technology that
helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. The film’s producer/director, LeAnn Erickson, will
present an engaging illustrated lecture incorporating historical documents and photos from the project. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.
Visit the trailer: http://topsecretrosies.wordpress.com/view-trailer/
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Originally American:
Walt Whitman - Celebrating and Singing America’s Bard
Course Number: IDY-209-82
Location and Date: Blackwood Campus: See below for location and date of the event
Day: Thursdays
Start Time: 7 p.m.
This five-part program in celebration of Walt Whitman shall be hosted by Camden County College’s Division of
Arts and Humanities through the generous grant funding of The New Jersey Council for Humanities (NJCH).
The schedule of topics and dates are listed below by location. An open discussion will follow each
of the presentations.
Location: Civic Hall inside the Connector Building
March 25, 2010
The Smallest Sprout Shows There Really Is No Death
Professor Emeritus Robert Lorenzi (CCC)
April 1, 2010
Whitman’s Women: Women Writers and Queenly Advocates
Dr. Edward Whitley (Lehigh University)
April 8, 2010
The Camden Connection: Walt Whitman Bridges & Brings
America Together
Dr. Carol Singley (Rutgers University)
Location: Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre – Lincoln Hall
April 15, 2010
Poetry in Motion
Professor Michael Billingsley (CCC)
April 22, 2010
Leaves of Grass - in concert with Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch (musical performance)
Navigating a Crisis: Teaching Conflict in Iran, Iraq and
Afghanistan
Course Number: CE.IDY-209-85
Date: April 12 and 19, 2010
Time: 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: The Forum inside the Connector Building, Blackwood Campus
The Middle East Center and Camden County College’s Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility present
another two-part seminar on teaching the Middle East at the K-12 level. The seminars will focus on three regions
of conflict in the Middle East, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Speakers will address the acute historical and cultural
issues that are at stake, but often go unnoticed in the public eye and the political problems of these countries and
how to relate them from the media headlines to the classroom.
This event provides both an excellent learning opportunity for all educators who deal with current events of the
Middle East and International Politics, and community members who would like more knowledge on these regions.
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The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage
Course Number: CE.IDY-209-83
Date: April 15, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Civic Hall inside the Connector Building, Blackwood Campus
Novelist, poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein will explore the marriage of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, reflecting on how Lincoln’s relationship with Mary Todd and the tragedies of their marriage impacted Lincoln’s behavior as the chief executive officer of the United States.
This free lecture program on The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage is open to the public at large and is jointly sponsored by Camden County College’s Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility, William J. Hughes Center
for Public Policy of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and the New Jersey Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
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Abraham Lincoln: New Findings, Fresh Perspectives
Course Number: CE.IDY-209-84
Date: April 22, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Civic Hall inside the Connector Building, Blackwood Campus
Connecticut College’s Professor of History Emeritus Michael Burlingame is one of America’s leading Lincoln
scholars, and considered among peers to be a researcher-of-researchers. As an author or editor of eleven previous
Lincoln titles, Burlingame will draw upon research from his recently published two-volume work entitled, Abraham Lincoln: A Life, in which he retells Lincoln’s dramatic life account using his unprecedented research from recent years. He will present fresh perspectives from his seemingly inexhaustible discoveries of new Lincoln
materials that have made him a legend in Lincoln circles.
Abraham Lincoln: New Findings, Fresh Perspectives simulcast is being co-sponsored by the William J. Hughes
Center for Public Policy, Camden County College and the New Jersey Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and is
open to the public. Please register in advance and reserve your seat for this event.
“Grapes of Wrath: For Voices”
Course Number: CE.IDY-209-86
Date: April 13, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: First Floor, Wolverton Library, Blackwood Campus
Come one and all, to this wonderful vocal adaptation of the “Grapes of Wrath” and hear a tale of hope and determination come to life as the performers from Camden County College’s Department of Visual, Performing and
Communication Arts and the Speech Program bring the adaptation of this book to voice.
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Teaching with Defiance
Course Number: CE.IDY-209-87
Date: April 26, 2010
Time: 3:30 to 6 p.m.
Location: The Forum inside the Connector Building, Blackwood Campus
In cooperation with the Goodwin Holocaust Museum and Education Center of the Delaware Valley, the Center
for Civic Leadership and Responsibility is hosting the Teaching with Defiance workshop . Based on the acclaimed
Defiance film, the workshop is open to educators and CCC education students. The workshop is designed to
facilitate classroom discussion about difficult ethical dilemmas relating to war and resistance as exemplified by
the Jewish Partisans during the Holocaust. Each participant will receive a Defiance DVD with special made-forclassroom excerpts, a curriculum guide and a DVD with nine additional short films.
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Screening of “Defiance”
Course Number: CE.IDY-209-88
Date: April 26, 2010
Time: 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Hall inside the Connector Building,
Blackwood Campus
NOTE: Film Rating: R – mostly for violent content.
Join us for a free public screening of the critically acclaimed hit, Defiance, starring Daniel Craig and Liev
Schreiber. The film portrays the true story of three brothers who, against all odds during World War II, survived
in the forest, fought the Nazis and saved more than 1,000 Jewish lives. The post-film question and answer session
will be led by the executive director of the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation. This screening event is being
held in cooperation with the Goodwin Holocaust Museum and Education Center of the Delaware Valley.
View the film trailer at: www.defiancemovie.com
Registration Form|Spring 2010
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SELECT EVENTS FROM BELOW:
America’s Great Depression: A Social and Cultural History
Dates:
Location:
CARNAVAL at CCC: Poetry Reading & Open Mic
Date:
Location:
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Time: Doors open at 7 p.m.
Civic Hall inside the Connector Bldg. Blackwood Campus
Program begins 7:30 p.m.
Top Secret ‘Rosies’
Date:
Location:
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Wednesdays – Feb 24, Mar 10, 24, Apr 14, 21, 28
Time: 7 p.m.
Civic Hall inside the Connector Bldg. Blackwood Campus
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Civic Hall inside the Connector Bldg. Blackwood Campus
Originally American: Walt Whitman - Celebrating and Signing America's Bard
Date & Locations:
See Below
The lectures listed below are being held in:
Civic Hall inside the Connector Building
The Smallest Sprout Shows There Really Is No Death
by Professor Emeritus Robert Lorenzi (CCC)
March 25, 2010
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Whitman's Women:
Women Writers and Queenly Advocates
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The Camden Connection: Walt Whitman
Bridges & Brings America Together
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CE.IDY-209-83
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CE.IDY-209-84
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CE.IDY-209-85
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CE.IDY-209-86
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CE.IDY-209-87
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CE.IDY-209-88
by Dr. Edward Whitley (Lehigh University)
April 1, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
The lectures listed below are being held in:
Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre – Lincoln Hall
Poetry in Motion
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by Professor Michael Billingsley (CCC)
April 15, 2010
“Leaves of Grass”
- In Concert with Fred Hersch
by Fred Hersch
April 22, 2010
by Dr. Carol Singley (Rutgers University)
April 8, 2010
The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage
Date: April 15, 2010
Location: Civic Hall inside the Connector Building
Abraham Lincoln: New Findings, Fresh Perspectives
Date: April 22, 2010
Location: Civic Hall inside the Connector Building
Time: 7 p.m.
Time: 7 p.m.
Navigating a Crisis: Teaching Conflict in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan
Date: April 12 and 19, 2010
Time: 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: The Forum, inside the Connector Building, Blackwood Campus
“Grapes of Wrath: For Voices”
Date: April 13, 2010
Location: First Floor, Wolverton Library, Blackwood Campus
Time: 7 p.m.
Teaching with “Defiance”
Date: April 26, 2010
Time: 3:30 to 6 p.m.
Location: The Forum, Inside the Connector Building, Blackwood Campus
Screening of “Defiance”
Date: April 26, 2010
Time: 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Hall inside the Connector Building, Blackwood Campus
FAX Registration to CCLR Office: (856) 374 – 5092 or Mail to: CCC-CCLR, P. O. Box 200, Blackwood, NJ 08012
Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility
Connector Building, Room 103
P.O. Box 200
Blackwood, NJ 08012
The Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility
Spring 2010
SPECIAL EVENTS INFORMATION & REGISTRATION FORM