Distinguished Lecture

Distinguished Lecture 2011
Las Vegas, NV

Congratulations to Dr. Frances Fox Piven
Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center
2011 Distinguished Lecturer

Left to right: Vice President Chris Oakley,
Dr. Frances Fox Piven, President Joe Healey

“The Resurgence of Corporate Power in the
United States and the Implications for
Democracy as We Know It”

Dr. Piven examined the implications for the basic tenets of electoral representative democracy in the United States of three major changes: the growing influence of money in lobbying and campaigns; the vast expansion of propaganda in both mass media and astroturf forms; and the resurgence of methods of election administration that depress voting among particular groups.

Thank you to everyone who came! See you in Denver in 2011!

Updated: 9/23/11