By the people: America in the World
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?”
Forum with the League of Women Voters
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
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.
