Friday, May 7--E Pluribus Unum: Immigration, Diversity, Community

Disconcerting new evidence shows that community bonds can be weakened by ethnic diversity. Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam examines how we can overcome these challenges to realize the benefits of diversity.

First Wednesdays is a program of the Vermont Humanities Council.

April 7--100 Years Since Triangle: the Fire that Seared a Nation's Conscience

Dartmouth Professor Annelise Orleck reflects on the March 25, 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village, which killed 146 workers, most of them young immigrant Jewish and Italian women.

First Wednesdays is a program of the Vermont Humanities Council.