Scranton & the Nation: Who Are We and Who Do We Aspire to Be?
Roundtable Discussion
Monday, Dec. 6, 5 - 6:30 p.m., PNC Board Room, Brennan Hall, The ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ
Scranton has been called “the best-known small city in America.” We have many of the key elements of the American experience: including the ongoing impacts of industrial-era growth and decline and ethnically and religiously diverse immigration past and present, as well as recognition of the diverse history of African-Americans and Native American peoples. As we look ahead to the 250th anniversary of the United States, we will consider the role of our city in the nation’s progress, or as urbanist Jane Jacobs wrote: “what Scranton is, has been, and can be.”
Participants will reflect on excerpts from Glenna Lang’s book and Our America: Who are We? edited by Sondra Myers.
Resource Speakers
Alejandra Marroquin
Co-chair, Scranton Immigrant Inclusion Committee
Maureen McGuigan
Deputy Director of Arts & Culture, Lackawanna County
Larry West
Business Administrator, City of Scranton
Co-moderators
Julie Schumacher Cohen
Assistant Vice President of Community Engagement & Government Affairs, The ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ
Sondra Myers
Senior Fellow for International, Civic and Cultural Projects and Director of the Schemel Forum, The ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ
Humanities Resources
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Myers, S. (Ed.). (2020). Our America: Who Are We?: A Digest of Impressions, Reflections and Opinions. The ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ.
Jacobs, J. Mailed to Office of Economic and Community Development, City of Scranton, Dec. 31, 1987.
Event sponsors:
- The ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ with special support from the Office of Community and Government Relations and the Schemel Forum
- The National Endowment for the Humanities
- Scranton Immigrant Inclusion Committee
- Lackawanna County Department of Arts & Culture
- City of Scranton
- WVIA