The Bob Graham Center for Public Service provides a wide variety of programs for students and the larger public on topics related to public service, public leadership and civic engagement.
Ditch of Dreams
The 2009 Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series at the University of Florida began on September 23 with a presentation by two Gainesville historians. Steven Noll, senior lecturer in history at UF, and David Tegeder, history professor at Santa Fe College, presented “Ditch of Dreams: The Cross Florida Barge Canal and the Struggle for Florida’s …
Environmentalist Joe Browder discussed the past and future of the Everglades
Joe Browder, an environmental consultant and former conservation director of Friends of the Earth, presented “Everglades Visions, Revisions, and History” on October 8, 2009. Browder emerged from the grassroots in the early 1960s to help save South Florida’s most precious natural wonders from unrestrained forces of growth. Jack Davis, associate professor of history at UF explained …
Michael Grunwald discussed his book “The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise”
Michael Grunwald discussed his book "The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise" on October 29, 2009. To watch Grunwald's entire presentation, click these links: Grunwald Part 1: 19 min Grunwald Part 2: 19 min Grunwald Part 3: 19 min Grunwald Part 4: 6 min Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_x2fjxcC_Y
University of Florida historian Bill Link discussed the South’s civil rights movement
The 50th anniversary of the sit-ins that energized the civil rights movement in the South was discussed on December 8, 2009. Panelists for “The 50th Anniversary of the Sit-Ins: From Greensboro to Tallahassee” included history professors Bill Link and Alan Petigny and religion professor Gwendolyn Simmons, discussing the significance of the sit-in movement and its impact on …