Community Building in the New Deal Era:
Migrant Workers, the Federal Government, and the Politics of Social Reform
Veronica Martinez-Matsuda
Doctoral Candidate in American History with a portfolio in Mexican American Studies,
University of Texas at Austin and Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Fellow,
Department of History, Bryn Mawr College
| When: | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| Time: | 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research 300 Airdale Rd., Bryn Mawr, PA |
| Light supper at 6:00 p.m. | |
| RSVP: | 610-520-2605 or email probinson@brynmawr.edu |
| Lecture is FREE and open to the public. | |
| CEu's: | 2 continuing education units available-Processing Fee of $10.00 |
During the Great Depression the U.S. Federal Government developed what is arguably one of the most provocative and far-reaching programs for farm workers undertaken to this date. The Migratory Labor Camp Program, which lasted through the Second World War, aimed to provide migrant families with housing while transforming significant social, cultural, and personal matters of their everyday lives.
Two continuing education credits associated to this lecture. CEU forms will be made available at the registration table and a ceu processing fee of $10.00 collected the evening of the event.
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Matsuda's lecture is part of the Center for Child and Family Well-Being 2008-2009 Scott Lecture Series. Sponsored by the G. Mildred and A. Foster Scott Endowment Fund.