Faculty, Students, Administrators and Staff, join us at
The Presidential Election and Poverty
2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
1:50 PM to 3:15 PM
St. Albert’s Hall Room B 70
A Panel of Interdisciplinary Faculty will:
- Highlight the issue of poverty in America within the context of
the 2012 Presidential election
- Examine specific proposals in the Republican and Democratic
Platform to identify how these proposals can be predicted to
alleviate or exacerbate poverty
- Explore the relationship of the middle class and persons who
are poor in the political sphere
- Encourage voter participation in the 2012 Presidential
election
Panelists:
Science of Politics and Poverty
Robert Pecorella, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Political Science and Government, Director of the Core Curriculum,
Senior Vincentian Research Fellow, St. John’s College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences
The Economics of Poverty and the Middle Class
Charles M.A. Clark, Ph.D., Professor of Economics,
Senior Vincentian Research Fellow, Peter J. Tobin College of
Business
Food Security & Food Stamps
Barrett Brenton, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology,
Director of the Center for Global Development , Senior Vincentian
Research Fellow, St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Health Care: There are real differences between the
candidates!
Joanne Carroll, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Senior Vincentian Research
Fellow, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Participation: Encouraging or Controlling Voter
Turnout
Robert Tomes, Ph.D., Professor of History, Senior
Vincentian Research Fellow, College of Professional Studies
Please join us for this important and timely
forum!
For registration and more information
Email us at vccs@stjohns.edu
Call us at the Vincentian Center for Church and Society (718)
990-1612