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ACTION SPEAKS 2004
sponsored by AS220 and The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
Sundays at 8pm on 1290 WRNI.
Attend live event Wednesday evenings at 5:30.
Action Speaks: Significant Yet Underappreciated Dates of 20th Century
American History is a topic driven, panel organized humanities forum
established to contextualize contemporary American issues through
the lens of less well known events in American 20th Century history.
Action Speaks is the result of a unique partnership between the
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH) and AS220, an award-winning
arts organization located in Providence, RI. With this program,
our goal is
to make high quality, impartial, intellectually diverse dialogue
and civic debate available to the general public. It is our hope
that the Action Speaks program contributes to a more engaged and
enlightened citizenry.
This year, as Action Speaks approaches its 9th season of bringing
thought-provoking dialogue to our capital city, our focus is on
topics that will help us contextualize American politics in this
important election year. What role have these organizations played
in shaping the American political and cultural landscapes? What
are some of the driving forces behind local and national politics?
Please join us to explore these questions on Wednesday evenings
in October at AS220 from 5:30 to 7pm at the AS220 café. The
Action Speaks panel discussions are taped live for rebroadcast on
RI’s NPR station 1290 WRNI on Sunday evenings at 8pm. For more
information, please contact RICH Program Officer, SueEllen Kroll
at sue@rihumanities.org or 273-2250.
Archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format. Click here to download. Audio is archived on the Web four hours after the WRNI radio broadcast.
Tobacco Ads Banned from TV, 1970
Why did the tobacco companies extinguish their own TV ads?
Live Event: October 13
WRNI Broadcast: October 17
Panelists:
Anne Landman, Tobacco Document Research Specialist
Susan Smulyan, Associate Professor of American Civilization,
Brown University
Robert Newbert, CEO of the advertising firm Duffy & Shanley.
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to Listen
Christian Coalition, 1989
Live Event:October 6
Broadcast: October 24
What are 'Christian' values and what are they doing in the political
arena?
Panelists:
William Hutchison, Charles Warren Research Professor of the
History of Religion in America, Harvard Divinity School; author
of Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious History of a
Founding Ideal.
Bill Thomson, National Field Director, Christian Coalition
The Rev. Anne Fowler, Rector, St. John’s Episcopal Church,
Jamaica Plain, MA
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to Listen
Income Tax, 1913
Income Tax as legalized theft or part of a social contract?
Live Event: October 27
WRNI Broadcast: October 31
Panelists:
Daniel Mitchell, Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation;
author of Flat Tax: Freedom, Fairness, Jobs, and Growth
Michael Aaronson, CPA, Aaronson, Lavoie, Streitfeld &
Co.
John Miller, Williams Professor of Economics, Wheaton College;
contributing editor, Dollars & Sense
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to Listen
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1949
Can we have any 'protected' heritages when we have so many to protect
and when 'change' defines our society?
Live Event: October 20
WRNI Broadcast: November 7
Panelists:
Dolores Hayden, Professor of Architecture & Urbanism,
and American Studies, Yale University; author of Building Suburbia:
Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000 and A Field Guide to Sprawl
Mark Van Noppen, Managing Director, The Armory Revival Company
Trudie Lamb Richmond, Schaghticoke Tribal Nation; Director
of Public Programs, Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
Wendy Nicholas, Regional Director of the Northeast Office,
National Trust for Historic Preservation
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to Listen
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