• Wednesday, April 29, 2009
    "President Obama’s First 100 Days: A Community Discussion” Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home, 4079 Albany Post Road (Rt. 9), Hyde Park, New York

    Moderator: David Woolner, Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and Marist College
    Panelists: Joanne Myers, Marist College; Joel Diemond, Dutchess Community College; Mark Lytle, Bard College; and Sarita Gregory, Vassar College.
     

  • Monday, April 20, 2009
    “Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust: What Remains to be Learned?” Doris Bergen, University of Toronto
    7:00 p.m., Hall Theater, Dutchess Hall,
    Dutchess Community College
    Co-sponsored by the Greenspan Trust-Handel Foundation Endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies

  • Sunday, September 21, 2008
    Eli Jaffe Film Series
    "A Dream in Doubt" followed by discussion with the producer, Preetmohan Singh, and reception
    Upstate Films, Rhinebeck, New York
     

  • Wednesday, November 19, 2008
    Understanding the 2008 Elections
    Marist College, Nelly Goletti Theater, Student Center

    Gerald Benjamin, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center fo Research, Regional Education, and Outreach SUNY-New Paltz;
    Lee Miringoff, Director, Marist College Institute for Public Opinion

     

  • Thursday, February 14, 2008
    "The Artist as Activist: A Conversation with Theodore Bikel and Tamara Brooks," Vassar College
     

  • Saturday, March 8, 2008
    "Community Forum on the United States and the World,"
    Dutchess Community College, Hall Theater, Dutchess Hall
     

  • Thursday, December 6, 2007
    "Preventive War and American Diplomacy," Professor Scott Silverstone, U.S. Military Academy Hall Theater, Dutchess Community College
     

  • Sunday, December 9, 2007
    "Claiming Justice." a presentation by the Hudson River Playback Theater An event to observe Human Rights Day (December 10) Lane Auditorium, Oakwood Friends School
     

  • Sunday, November 4, 2007
    Family Partnership Center, 29 North Hamilton Street, Poughkeepsie
    One-half block north of the Westbound 44-55 Arterial, abundant off street parking
    A Community Panel Discussion:
    IMMIGRATION IN DUTCHESS COUNTY

    Moderator:
    Alison Mountz, Syracuse University
    Panelists:
    Francesco Delmoral, Benito Juarez Hispanic Association
    Solange Muller, Hudson River HealthCare
    Rev. Richard Witt, Rural and Migrant Ministries
    Diana Vazquez, Workers Rights Law Center
    Mary Sherman, Migrant Education Outreach Program

    Special Music: Juan Basilio Sanchez

    Display of Children’s Art by participants in the Mill Street Loft’s Habilidad program for Latino children at risk

    There are many immigrant communities in Dutchess County and Hispanics are among the fastest growing, with a 50% increase between 2000 and 2005. The issues surrounding this growth have implications for other immigrant communities and all residents of Dutchess County. What challenges and opportunities does immigration present? Is our county a microcosm of the nation or are we distinctive?

    Co-Sponsors:
    Dutchess County Human Rights Commission
    Association of Hispanics to Obtain Resources &
              Assistance (AHORA)
    Family Partnership Center
     

  • Wednesday, October 17, 2007
    7:00 p.m. Nellie Goletty Theater, Marist College:
    "Catholic Mexico and Protestant America: Good Neighbors and Bad"
    Richard Rodriguez, journalist and memoirist
     

  • June 1, 2007
    7:00 PM, SUNY NEW PALTZ
    Lecture Center 100 (LC 100) New Paltz, NY
    BOOK SIGNING OF GREG PALAST'S AND STEVE FREEMAN'S BOOKS WILL BEGIN AT 6:00 PM
     
    THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE
    CURRENT AMERICAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM      

                                                                                                              
    Panel One:  Our National Electoral System: Democracy on the Brink  
    Greg Palast,     BBC award winning investigative journalist, NYT best-selling author, Armed Madhouse
    Steve Freeman, author of Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?
    Jonathan Simon, Co-founder Election Defense Alliance
     
    Panel Two: Solutions for Saving Democracy in New York
    Doug Kellner,     Co-Chair of the New York State Board of Elections* added to panel
    Anthony Stevens, New Hampshire Assistant Secretary of State* newly added to panel
    Bo Lipari, founder of New Yorkers for Verified Voting
    Nancy Tobi,  Chair of the New Hampshire Fair Elections Committee
     

  • March 25, 2007
    1:00 p.m., Upstate FIlms, Rhinebeck
    The Eli Jaffe Film Series
    9/11 Press for Truth
    This documentary explores unanswered questions about the September 11, 2001 attacks. Discussion and reception to follow. Co-sponsored with Northeast Citizens for Responsible Media. Admission: $10
     

  • March 29, 2007
    7:00 p.m., The James and Betty Hall Theater at Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie
    The Future of Health Care
    A lecture by Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist and Princeton University economist
    Co-sponsored with the Handel Family Endowed Chair, Worth Publishers, and the DCC Political Science Club.
    No admission charge.
     

  • November 15, 2006
    Michael Delaney    , the Director of Humanitarian Assistance for Oxfam America, will discuss “Lessons for the World’s Humanitarian Emergencies: A Recipe for Disaster” on Wednesday, 11/5 at 8:00 p.m., in the Villard Room of the College Center. This event, sponsored by the June and Aaron Gillespie Forum with support from Vassar College, is free and open to the public.

         Delaney leads Oxfam America's responses to such emergencies as the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the El Salvador earthquake of 2001, Hurricane Mitch in Central America, flooding in Mozambique, and drought in Ethiopia. Delaney joined Oxfam America in 1990, and was previously Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, where he oversaw the agency's development projects in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. He also initiated Oxfam's program in Cuba and Mexico.

    Delaney earlier spent five years in Central America and Mexico, working with refugee populations and promoting development in war-torn El Salvador. He also coordinated disaster relief efforts following the earthquake in San Salvador in 1986. Delaney holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Niagara University and a Master's Degree in Economics from SUNY Buffalo.

  • September 28, 2006
    "WHO WILL FIGHT? A MARINE OFFICER'S JOURNEY FROM COLLEGE TO IRAQ," Nathaniel Fick,     author of One Bullet Away, Dutchess Community College.     The lecture, sponsored by the DCC Student Government Association, the Mid-Hudson World Affairs Council, and the Gillespie Forum, was free and open to the public. Click here for more information.

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