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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; and finally a consideration of America’s current and future economic prospects.  This is a series that you can’t afford to miss.

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

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School Film Screening
Course Number: IDY-209-80
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 
Time:  11 a.m.
Location:  Camden County College, Camden Conference Center, 601 Cooper Street, Camden, NJ
                        On-site parking available

The Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility is partnering with the Camden Free Public Library to present A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School which tells the little known story of the last all-black, publicly funded, co-educational boarding school north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Ruby Dee narrates this stirring portrait of a remarkable black cultural hub which thrived in a time when discrimination was both law and custom.

Post-screening discussion will be led by Dr. Wayne Glasker, Associate Professor of History, and Director, African American Studies Program, Camden Campus, Rutgers University.  
The screening is funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.

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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/

Educating First Responders about Autism
Course Number: IDY-209-91
Date: Monday, March 22, 2010 
Time:  7 to 9:30 p.m.
Location:  The Forum inside the Connector Building (Room-101), Blackwood Campus

This seminar will discuss the large and growing autism population in New Jersey.  Participants will identify those symptoms and behaviors that indicate an autism diagnosis and explain how these persons are likely to react to routine police and first responder protocols. The seminar will provide tangible, useable nuts and bolts information to minimize liability, de-escalate situations and promote successful outcomes.  The instructor, Michelle Bourbon is Police Training Certified. Registered attendees can earn 3 CEU credits or NJ Professional Development certificates at this seminar.

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This workshop is being presented by Associate Professor Jennifer Hoheisel, of Camden County College, who is a parent of a child with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder who has been in private, public and home school settings. Jennifer has served on the Oaklyn School Board, currently serves on the Board of Parents of Autistic Children Together (PACT) and has conducted several presentations on autism.

This workshop will provide an overview of the symptoms and behaviors commonly exhibited by individuals with autism, Asperger Syndrome or pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). Emphasis will be on understanding the strengths and challenges for these students and on equipping teachers with curricula and strategies to meet some of the educational needs of these children. This will be a very general session that both introduces autism and provides a few “take home” strategies for teachers and caregivers.

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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.

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 following topics:  Acute historical and cultural issues that are at stake, but often go unnoticed in the public eye; and 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.

“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.

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.

Burning the Future: Coal in America
Course Number: IDY-209-89
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 
Time:  7 p.m.
Location:  Civic Hall inside the Connector Building, Blackwood Campus

Burning the Future: Coal in America challenges the concept of “clean coal,” documenting the devastating ecological, social and health impact of coal mining and mountain-top removal. The film follows the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia, where over 1.4 million acres of mountains have been destroyed and groundwater polluted.

Following opening remarks by Camden County College’s Matthew Sorrento, the Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility will present this ninety minute film documentary, concluded by a question and answer session with the film’s director, David Novack.

View the trailer

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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 11 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.

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-for-classroom excerpts, a curriculum guide and a DVD with 9 additional short films.

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:  http://www.defiancemovie.com/

Educating First Responders about Autism
Course Number: IDY-209-90
Date: Monday, May 17, 2010 
Time:  7 to 9:30 p.m.
Location:  William G. Rohrer Center Executive Conference Room (Room-110)    

This seminar will discuss the large and growing autism population in New Jersey.  Participants will identify those symptoms and behaviors that indicate an autism diagnosis and explain how these persons are likely to react to routine police and first responder protocols. The seminar will provide tangible, useable nuts and bolts information to minimize liability, de-escalate situations and promote successful outcomes.  The instructor, Michelle Bourbon is Police Training Certified.  Registered attendees can earn 3 CEU credits or NJ Professional Development certificates at this seminar.

Please click on the title of this event to access the registration form.