Hungarian Heritage Review, 1991 (20. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1991-09-01 / 9. szám
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs Commission (PHAC) is offering video presentations based on the 1990 Governor's Conference on Ethnicity to stimulate public awareness of cultural pluralism and its impact for important public policy issues. Three training videos are available for sale or loan, according the Shalom Staub, PHAC executive director. The video tapes provide excerpts from selected conference speakers including prominent Pennsylvanians and nationally recognized leaders in the fields of health care and human services, human relations, and education. The conference drew nearly 300 participants — scholars, community leaders, professionals and practitioners in a variety of fields — to examining public policy implications of ethnic and cultural diversity in contemporary society. "The videos offer perspectives, raise issues and pose questions in order to stimulate public awareness, discussion and action," said Staub. "The tapes will be particularly useful as a catalyst for discussion, for example in staff meetings, training sessions, or classrooms." Video titles include: — Current Perspectives on Ethnicity and Race in the United States. — The Cultural Dimension of Health Care and Human Services. — Multi-Cultural Education. The length of the tapes range from just under 18 minutes to 271/2 minutes. Those wishing to purchase the tapes can order them from the PHAC, 309 Forum Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120. The cost of a single tape is $16. Any two tapes cost $28. The complete set of three is $40. The tapes also are available on a loan basis from the Department of Community Affairs' Video Lending Library, Post Office Box 155,529 Forum Building, Harrisburg, PA 17129. Loans are available for up to 20 days. The borrower must pay return postage and insurance. The PHAC, chaired by Lt. Gov. Mark S. Singel, comprises more than 50 individuals representing the state's diverse cultural and ethnic groups ********** New Brunswick, New Jersey - As an international Sister City project between the cities of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Debrecen, Hungary, the American Hungarian Foundation with headquarters in New Brunswick is shipping 400 books to the Institute of English and American Studies of Kossuth University in Debrecen. These books, ten copies of each of 40 different titles, will be read and used by students at Kossuth University in a course on contemporary American literature. The course is to be taught by visiting professor David Brottman of Iowa City during the 1991-1992 academic year. The overseas book program of the American Hungarian Foundation as provided quantities of English and American studies books to Hungarian universities during the past 15 years. A grant from the William Penn Association in Pittsburgh, PA, aided in funding the gift of 400 books to Kossuth University in Debrecen, Hungary. Mayor James M. Cahill of New Brunswick joined August J. Molnár, president of the Foundation, in the send-off ceremonies of the air shipment of400 books to Debrecen, Hungary. By signing an agreement on May 18, 1990, the cities of New Brunswick and Debrecen became the first two cities in the United States and Hungary to establish such a relationship. Further official visits and negotiations between the two cities are in progress. Founded in 1954 the American Hungarian Foundation supports student and scholar exchanges, publications, academic programs and research at American universities and colleges. Beginning in 1959, the Foundation's SEPTEMBER 1991 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW-continued next page 5
