Professors Invite Community for Tea and Soda Bread to Discuss the Meaning of Irish Quotes and Stereotypes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: April 2, 2008

CONTACT: Lisa Saunders

(845) 574-4244

SUNY Rockland Community College Professors Invite Community for Tea and Soda Bread to Discuss the Meaning of Irish Quotes and Stereotypes

Free and open to the public

Suffern, NY - SUNY Rockland Community College professors present, "Conversations with Jim & Maire" to discuss the origins of popular Irish stereotypes.

Jim Sherrier, Psychology, and Maire Liberace, Professor, Philosophy and Speech, will discuss the meaning and significance of quotes such as, "Life in America became a battle for survival"; "We can protect our own," Archbishop Hughes; "They are part of a Papist conspiracy"; "The Irish are running from disaster, not rushing toward freedom"; "The Irish girl has a permanent reputation for purity and honor" and "The Irish have become more Americanized than the Americans."

Event Facts:

Date: Wednesday, April 30

Host: SUNY Rockland Community College

Type: "Conversations with Jim & Maire," Irish Stereotypes

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Location: Black Box Theater (room 7100), Cultural Arts Center, (The entrance to the Black Box Theater is outside of the Cultural Arts Center, not the main entrance but around the corner to the left), Rockland Community College, 145 College Road, Suffern

Admission: Free and open to the public

More Info: Contact Irish Committee Co-Chairs Patty Maloney-Titland at 845-574-4380 or Maire Liberace at 845-574-4276

Web:www.sunyrockland.edu

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