Selected Social Documentaries: Perspectives on Hoop Dreams, Harlan County, USA, American Dream, and 28 Up (open access)

Selected Social Documentaries: Perspectives on Hoop Dreams, Harlan County, USA, American Dream, and 28 Up

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing various documentaries and the race, class, and education issues they present.
Date: Autumn 1995
Creator: Oglesby, Sarah
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advancing a Community's Conversations About and Engagement with Climate Change (open access)

Advancing a Community's Conversations About and Engagement with Climate Change

The goal of this project completed for the Greater Northfield Sustainability Collaborative (GNSC) was to understand how Northfield, Minnesota citizens are experiencing climate change. Thirty individuals were interviewed to find out what they know about climate change, what actions they are taking, what they think the solutions are to the problems, and what barriers they have to more fully engaging with climate change issues. The interview results are intended to promote and advance the community's discussion on climate change via social learning and community engagement activities such as town hall forums and community surveys. These activities encourage citizens in the community to have direct input into the development of the community's climate action plan (CAP). Analysis of the interviews showed that the interviewees are witnessing climate change, that most are taking at least some action such as recycling or lowering thermostats, that they can name barriers to their own inaction, that they say communication about climate change remains confusing and is not widespread in Northfield, and that they are able to provide numerous suggestions for what the local and broader leadership should be doing. The analysis also showed wide individual variation within the group. Interviewees who were less knowledgeable about …
Date: August 2018
Creator: Hansen, Carla Grace
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Oral history interview with Mike Grossman] transcript

[Oral history interview with Mike Grossman]

Oral history interview with Mike Grossman. Topics covered include: Grossman's early life in Minneapolis, his failed marriage to a woman, his long term relationship with his late partner George and his coming out as gay, his involvement with fundraisers for services to support the gay and lesbian community in Dallas, his friendship with Lory Masters, and his work with The Dallas Way and EDUCARE.
Date: March 31, 2019
Creator: Testa, Nino
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library