Upcoming By the People events:
By the People: America in the World
7 pm Tuesday, October 19, 2004 on WILL-TV
| WILL-TV received a $10,000 grant from the
PBS initiative By the People: America in the World
to examine how U.S. foreign policy affects
Champaign-Urbana, with a particular emphasis on the
international student population.
Funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundations
and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting/PBS, the
award allows WILL-TV to develop programming and events
to facilitate dialogue between the local community and
the international citizens who attend school or teach
and work in central Illinois.
"We also want to help people understand the
views of international students who receive a U.S.
education and return home," said WILL-TV's Tim
Hartin, who will work with producer Martha Diehl on the
project. "What attitudes do these international
students take back to their home country and how does
that contribute to a perception of the United States and
its foreign policy?" |
Previous events
Forum with the League of Women Voters
held Monday,
September 20, 2004
A continuing community dialogue with members
of our international community and their views on how the
United States is viewed. Co-sponsored by the League of Women
Voters.
By the People: America in the World Panel Discussion
Held June 28, 2004
How has the United States’ foreign policy affected the Champaign-Urbana area’s citizens, particularly as it relates to
agriculture?
John Paul hosts a panel discussion of this topic. He will
be joined by Ed Kolodziej, emeritus research professor of
political science at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign; Pete Goldsmith, assistant professor of
agribusiness management in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics;
Tamara White, director of commodities at the Illinois Farm Bureau;
Rep. Tim Johnson, Congressman for the 15th district, and a member of the House Agriculture Committee;
and Eric Rund, a local producer who has traveled in South America.
Local support for WILL By the People: America in the
World is provided by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, and by
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
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