The CGO 2007 Conference
The 27th North American Conference of the
Council of Georgist
Organizations
July 22-27, 2007
Scranton, Pennsylvania
The 27th North American Conference of the
Council of Georgist
Organizations
July 22-27, 2007
Scranton, Pennsylvania
B: The Reconstruction of Henry George
Harry Pollard, dir., H. G. School of Los Angeles.
B: The Right to Human Dignity according
to Henry George: Vesa Nelson, librarian
and teacher, Henry George School of NY.
B: Anthracite Coal Mine
Tour
C: Anthracite Heritage
Museum Tour
Friday, July 27
Please call Sue with any questions or comments.
Hotel Room or Dorm Bed?
Our hospitality suite is in the hotel, which is
1/4 mile from Brennan Hall. Dorm rooms are
in Mulberry Hall, which is across the street
from Brennan Hall in the opposite direction
from the hotel. Parking is free either way.
Hotel rooms -- NEWS UPDATE
Hotel Rooms are going fast so please register before June 20th!
Dorm rooms are $30 per bed per night. 36
beds have been reserved on a first-come
basis. Reservations require full payment in
advance. Most rooms have one twin bed per
room in suites that have four to six beds and
two baths per suite. Dorms have no internet
or phone service, Brennan Hall has internet
service.
Those wishing to share a suite should register
together. Those who register separately have
no control over who their suite mates will be.
Neither the Council nor its Administrators
are responsible for problems between suite
mates. To register for a dorm bed or to inquire
about dorm registration, call Sue Walton, above.
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Special thanks to the Robert Schalkenbach
Foundation, the Henry George School of New
York and the University of Scranton for underwriting
this conference.
A Catholic / Georgist DialogueTentative Schedule of Events
7:00-9:00 pm Registration and Reception -- Beer, wine, hors d’oeuvres included.
8:00 pm Greetings from Conference Hosts.
Monday, July 23
Tuesday, July 24
7:30 am Full Buffet Breakfast.
8:00-10:00 am Registration.
8:30 am CGO Member Reports.
10:30 am CGO Town Meeting.
12:00 pm Lunch with Table Topics: Nic
Rosen, Henry George Foundation, host.
1:30 pm Concurrent Sessions:
A: Debate: Incrementalism or the
Whole Hog? Josh Vincent, director, Center
for the Study of Economics, and Lindy Davies,
director, Henry George Institute.
3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions:
A: All Persons Have Equal Rights to
Natural Opportunities presenter: Joe
Mazor, PhD candidate, Harvard; respondent: Nic
Tideman, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
6:00 pm Evening Picnic Dinner on campus grounds.
7:30 pm Open Mike:
Anyone may
speak for up to three minutes at a time.
8:00 pm Georgist Jeopardy
with Ed
Dodson, director, School of Cooperative
Individualism.
Wednesday, July 25
7:30 am Full Buffet Breakfast.
8:30 am Registration.
8:30 am CGO Business Meeting.
10:15 am Early Catholic Labor Champions:
Terence Powderly, Archbishop
Gibbons, and Father McGlynn.
Maria Mazenga, education archivist for the library
of the Catholic University of America; Dan Sullivan,
director of Saving Communities.
11:45 am Lunch with Dramatic Presentation:
Opening Scene from The
Fire Down Below: Bob Schlenshinger, director,
Scranton Public Theater.
1:15 pm Busses Leave for
Coal Mine Tour & lecture. 1:45 pm Concurrent Sessions:
A: The Real Molly Maguires
Joe Walsh, great grandson of
Molly organizer Jack Kehoe; Dan
Sullivan.
3:15 pm Sessions
from 1:45 PM Repeat
5:00 pm Bus returns to
Hotel
6:45 pm Reception
7:30 pm Banquet: The
Brighter Side of Economic
Justice – What
the World is Doing Right,
John L Kelly, Peoria, IL.
7:30 am Full Buffet Breakfast.
7:30 am Registration.
8:30 am Natural Law Catholic Perspective: Anthony J. Lisska, Department
of Philosophy, Denison University, Granville, Ohio.
Georgist Perspective: Francis K. Peddle, Ph.D., Research
Director, Canadian Research Committee on Taxation.
10:30 am Human Nature
Catholic Perspective: Rev. Joseph Koterski, SJ, Associate
Professor, Philosophy, Fordham University.
Georgist Perspective: Dr. James Dawsey, Chair, Religion
Department, Emory & Henry College.
12:00 pm Lunch and
Film Preview: An update on
the documentary about poverty
sponsored by the Robert
Schalkenbach Foundation.
1:30 pm Nature of Work:
Catholic Perspective: Daniel K. Finn, Professor of Theology
and Economics, St. Johns
University, Collegeville, MN. Georgist Perspective: Brendan
Hennigan, research director,
Canadian Research Committee
on Taxation.
3:30 pm Rerum
Novarum
Catholic Perspective: Brian
Benestad, Professor of Theology,
University of Scranton. Georgist Perspective: Mason
Gaffney, Professor of Economics,
University of California, Riverside.
5:15 pm Networking
Reception.
6:15 pm Dinner and
Open Mike.
Thursday, July 26
7:30 am Full Buffet Breakfast.
7:30 am Registration.
8:30 am Causes of War Catholic Perspective: William J. Parente, Professor
of Political Science, University of Scranton.
Georgist Perspective: Alanna Hartzok, Codirector,
Earth Rights Institute.
10:30 am Immigration. Catholic Perspective: Fr. William O'Neill, S.J., Associate
Professor of Social Ethics, Jesuit School of Theology
at Berkeley.
Georgist Perspective: John Beck, Professor of Economics,
Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Development and Wealth
Catholic Perspective: Charles Clark, Associate Dean,
Tobin College of Business, St. Johns University.
Georgist Perspective: William Batt, Albany, NY
3:30 pm Neighborhood Revitalization Catholic Perspective: Professor John J. DiIulio, Jr., Political
Science Department, University of Pennsylvania.
Georgist Perspective: Josh Vincent, director, Center
for the Study of Economics.
5:30 pm Reception
6:30 pm Concluding Banquet
Concluding remarks from representatives of the three
sponsoring organizations.
8:00 am Coffee & Open Mike 9:00-10:30 am Champagne Brunch: Toasts, remembrances and acknowledgements
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Contacts:
Sue & Scott Walton, conference administrators
PO Box 57, Evanston IL 60204
Phone: 888/262-9015 toll free in the USA or
847/475-0391 Fax: 775/248-8630
Emergency Cell Phone:847/209-0047
e-mail: sns@swwalton.com
You may register by check made out to Council of
Georgist Organizations or by credit card.
The National Reservation Office of Hilton has had a temporary glitch
on our file, so best service, please call:
Mary Kate at 570/558-7377. Mary Kate's hour's are 9:00 am
to 4:30 pm Eastern Time. If you call after that, please leave a
message for her to return your call. Her fax # is 570/343-8415.
Rooms are $89/night + tax for up to
four occupants if you identify yourself as a
CGO conference attendee when you book. Indoor pool,
health club, refrigerators, voice mail, coffee
makers, irons & ironing boards are available
at no extra charge. If you want help finding
someone to share a hotel room, contact Sue
Walton (above) by May 31.