Dear Colleague,
This may be of some interest to you.
Sincerely,
Fred Lee
> "Public Service Employment Assurance:
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> Lessons from the Past, Looking to the Future"
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> An Interdisciplinary Workshop
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> Friday, March 17th - 8:00 AM to 5:45 PM - Room 106
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> University Center - University of Missouri - Kansas City
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> 5000 Holmes Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110
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> Program
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> 8:00am-8:30am Coffee and Fruit
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> 8:30am-9:00am
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> Welcome: James Durig, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of
Missouri-Kansas City
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> Opening Remarks: Mathew Forstater, Director, Center for Full Employment and
Price Stability
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> Morning Session
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> 9:00am-12:30pm
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> Public Service Employment in Historical Perspective
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> Presiding: James Sturgeon, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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> "Full-Employment: The Missing Entitlement, 1935-1996"
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> Gertrude Goldberg, Adelphi University and National Jobs for All Coalition
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> "Combating Joblessness: An Assessment of the Principal Strategies that have
Influenced the Development of American Employment and Social Welfare Law in the
Twentieth Century"
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> Philip Harvey, Rutgers Law School
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> "Government Work Programs in Historical Perspective"
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> Nancy Rose, California State University-San Bernardino
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> "The Full Employment Approach to Reducing Black Poverty and Unemployment"
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> Mathew Forstater, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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> Lunch
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> 12:30pm-2:00pm
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> Keynote Address:
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> "If We're So Smart...Why Good Ideas Are Not Enough"
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> Sumner Rosen, Columbia University
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> Afternoon Session
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> 2:15pm-5:45pm
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> Toward Full Employment: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century
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> Presiding: Peter Eaton, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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> "Public Service Employment-Assured Jobs Program"
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> L. Randall Wray, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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> "Political Constraints on the Development of a Universal Public Employment
Program"
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> Joel Blau, State University of New York at Stony Brook
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> "Challenges to and Opportunities for Legislating Job Creation Programs in
Washington"
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> Bill Grady, Chief of Staff to Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) (affiliation listed for
identification only)
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> "Barriers to the Prevention of Unemployment in the United States"
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> Harold Oaklander, International Industrial Relations Association
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> PLEASE PRE-REGISTER:
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> The event is free and open to the public. We do ask, however, that those
planning to attend pre-registrater in order that we may adequately plan for
meals. Please RSVP via email: [log in to unmask] ;by phone: (816) 235-5835; or
by fax (816) 235-6558.
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