Cordell Reed Student Union - Rotunda
8:30 am - 9:45 am
WELCOMING REMARKS, Chicago State University President, Dr. Elnora D. Daniel and Calumet Heritage Partnership President, Frank Greco
Historical Background of Steel in the Calumet Region of Illinois and Indiana
Rod Sellers, Author of Chicago's Southeast Side and Chicago's Southeast Side Revisited
Stephen McShane, Archivist / Curator for the Calumet Regional Archives, Indiana University Northwest
9:45 am - 11:30 am
Panel Discussion: The Present and Future Status of the Steel Industry
Robert Bruno, Associate Professor, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois, Chicago. Author of Reforming the Chicago Teamsters: The Local 705 Story and Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown. Host of How Labor Works.
Roberta Lynch, Deputy Director of Illinois Council 31 of AFSCME
Jack Metzgar, Professor of Humanities, Roosevelt University. Author of Striking Steel: Solidarity Remembered
11:30 am - 12:30 pm LUNCH
12:30 pm - 5:00 pm Bus Tour (Optional)
Chicago State University, Attn: Michael Siola (LIB-303), 9501 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60628-1598