George Packer, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, speaks at Youngstown State University April 17, 2012, as part of the Center for Working-Class Studies Lecture Series.
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Film
George Packer, "Do Journalist Care about the Working Class?"
Wade Rathke, Labor & Community Organizing (pt 6)
Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer, ACORN International, speaks at Youngstown State University March 22, 2012, as part of the Center for Working-Class Studies Lecture Series. Part 6 of 6
Wade Rathke, Labor & Community Organizing (pt 5)
Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer, ACORN International, speaks at Youngstown State University March 22, 2012, as part of the Center for Working-Class Studies Lecture Series. Part 5 of 6
Wade Rathke, Labor & Community Organizing (pt 4)
Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer, ACORN International, speaks at Youngstown State University March 22, 2012, as part of the Center for Working-Class Studies Lecture Series. Part 4 of 6
Wade Rathke, Labor & Community Organizing (pt 3)
Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer, ACORN International, speaks at Youngstown State University March 22, 2012, as part of the Center for Working-Class Studies Lecture Series. Part 3 of 6
Wade Rathke, Labor & Community Organizing (pt 2)
Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer, ACORN International, speaks at Youngstown State University March 22, 2012, as part of the Center for Working-Class Studies Lecture Series. Part 2 of 6
Wade Rathke, Labor & Community Organizing (pt 1)
Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer, ACORN International, speaks at Youngstown State University March 22, 2012, as part of the Center for Working-Class Studies Lecture Series. Part 1 of 6
Kenneth Patchen: An Art of Engagement film by Larry Smith and Tom Koba
This segment is particularly poignant given the debates in Columbus.
"Sacramento Poetry Center", Jan Beatty
Jan Beatty reads "A Waitress's Instructions on Tipping" at The Sacramento Poetry Center on November 3, 2008.
"A State of Industrial Grace" by Craig Paulenich
Poet Craig Paulenich talks about the steel mill experience and reads his poem "A State Of Industrial Grace" from his new collection, Blood Will Tell. Video produced by Bill Lewis.
"Manufacturing & Public Policy" Pt 8
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010, as part of the Williamson College of Business Administration's Williamson Symposium. Part 8 of 8
"Manufacturing & Public Policy" Pt 7, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010, as part of the Williamson College of Business Administration's Williamson Symposium. Part 7 of 8
"Manufacturing & Public Policy" Pt 6, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010, as part of the Williamson College of Business Administration's Williamson Symposium. Part 6 or 8
"Manufacturing & Public Policy" Pt 5, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010, as part of the Williamson College of Business Administration's Williamson Symposium. Part 5 of 8
"Manufacturing & Public Policy" Pt 4, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010, as part of the Williamson College of Business Administration's Williamson Symposium. Part 4 of 8
"Manufacturing & Public Policy" Pt 3, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010, as part of the Williamson College of Business Administration's Williamson Symposium. Part 3 of 8
"Manufacturing & Public Policy" Pt 2, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010, as part of the Williamson College of Business Administration's Williamson Symposium. Part 2 of 5
"Manufacturing & Public Policy" Pt 1, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010, as part of the Williamson College of Business Administration's Williamson Symposium.
"Future of Manufacturing" Pt 5, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010. Sponsored by the Center for Working-Class Studies. Part 5 of 5
"Future of Manufacturing" Pt 4, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010. Sponsored by the Center for Working-Class Studies. Part 4 of 5
"Future of Manufacturing" Pt 3, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010. Sponsored by the Center for Working-Class Studies. Part 3 of 5
"Future of Manufacturing" Pt 2, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010. Sponsored by the Center for Working-Class Studies. Part 2 of 5
"Future of Manufacturing" Pt 1, Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, speaks at Youngstown State University January 28, 2010. Sponsored by the Center for Working-Class Studies. Part 1 of 5
Richard McCormack on Youngstown
Richard McCormack, News Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing and Technology News, shares his thoughts about Youngstown, Ohio, during a speech at Youngstown State University on January 28, 2010. The event was sponsored by the Center For Working Class Studies at YSU.
What do we mean by Working Class?
In October 2009, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Working Class Student Union hosted Sherry Linkon, co-director of the Center for Working Class Studies at Youngstown State University, as their keynote speaker for Working Class Celebration Month. Linkon's talk addressed the challenge of defining "working class," how the field of working-class studies is integrating multiple disciplines and connecting academic work with activism, and how the field is working to draw attention to the perspectives and experiences of working-class students.
This is a portion of her presentation on "Why Class Matters in Higher Education".
What's new about New Working-Class Studies?
In October 2009, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Working Class Student Union hosted Sherry Linkon, co-director of the Center for Working Class Studies at Youngstown State University, as their keynote speaker for Working Class Celebration Month. Linkon's talk addressed the challenge of defining "working class," how the field of working-class studies is integrating multiple disciplines and connecting academic work with activism, and how the field is working to draw attention to the perspectives and experiences of working-class students.
This is a portion of her presentation on "Why Class Matters in Higher Education".
"Health Care Crisis" Pt 3, Sherrod Brown
As part of the CWCS Lecture Series, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown talked about "The Health Care Crisis and Working-Class Communities" on September 3, 2009, at Youngstown State University. Part 3 of 3
"Healthcare Care Crisis" Pt 1, Sherrod Brown
As part of the CWCS Lecture Series, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown talked about "The Health Care Crisis and Working-Class Communities" on September 3, 2009, at Youngstown State University. Part 1 of 3
"Health Care Crisis" Pt 2, Sherrod Brown
As part of the CWCS Lecture Series, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown talked about "The Health Care Crisis and Working-Class Communities" on September 3, 2009, at Youngstown State University. Part 2 of 3
Shout Youngstown, Part 5
Shout Youngstown incorporates videos, archival audio and oral histories to explore the effects of the shutdown of the steel industry, beginning with Black Monday, on the greater Youngstown area. By Carol Greenwald & Dorie Krauss
Shout Youngstown, Part 4
Shout Youngstown incorporates videos, archival audio and oral histories to explore the effects of the shutdown of the steel industry, beginning with Black Monday, on the greater Youngstown area. By Carol Greenwald & Dorie Krauss
Shout Youngstown, Part 3
Shout Youngstown incorporates videos, archival audio and oral histories to explore the effects of the shutdown of the steel industry, beginning with Black Monday, on the greater Youngstown area. By Carol Greenwald & Dorie Krauss
Shout Youngstown, Part 2
Shout Youngstown incorporates videos, archival audio and oral histories to explore the effects of the shutdown of the steel industry, beginning with Black Monday, on the greater Youngstown area. By Carol Greenwald & Dorie Krauss
Shout Youngstown, Part 1
Shout Youngstown incorporates videos, archival audio and oral histories to explore the effects of the shutdown of the steel industry, beginning with Black Monday, on the greater Youngstown area. By Carol Greenwald & Dorie Krauss
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows.
Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in TV's disturbing depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants -- stereotypical portrayals that reinforce the myth of meritocracy.
Factory Worker Management - 1955 short
A story about managing factory workers for maximum efficiency at Logan Company in Louisville, Kentucky.
Steel Town - 1944 film
A film about the steel mill town of Youngstown,Ohio and its workers in 1944.
Music
Murphys - Worker's Song
Dickens - Cole Miner's Grave
A song about the under appreciated way the coal miners are thought of. In memory of the victims of the Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion on April 5, 2010, in West Virginia.
Merchant - Which Side Are You On?
June 10, 2006 — On the occasion of priest/poet/peace activist Daniel Berrigan's 85th birthday Natalie Merchant (with Richie Stearns) performs a classic union struggle song.
"We Can't Make it Here (Anymore)" by James McMurtry
Youngstown - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen performs his song "Youngstown" at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown, Ohio on January 12, 1996.
Working-Class Hero - John Lennon
They Call Us Working Class, but We ain't Working Anymore
Walter Trout Band musical commentary on working today.
Youngstown by Eddie St. Clair
This was written in 1993 and recording in 1996. It was the artist's perspective after his grandfather lost his pension when the steel mills shut down.
Center for Working Class-Studies
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PH: 330.941.2976
