PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release: 10 May 2005, Rockford, Illinois

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FRACTURED GENERATIONS: CRAFTING A FAMILY POLICY FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AMERICA

Washington, DC – On Wednesday, May 11, Dr. Allan C. Carlson, President of the Howard Center for Family Religion and Society and Distinguished Fellow for Family Policy Studies at the Family Research Council will present a Family Policy Lecture entitled, “Fractured Generations: Crafting a Family Policy For Twenty-first Century America.” This lecture will start at 11:00 a.m. in Washington, DC at the Family Research Council. The presentation will also be audiocast live via internet at www.frc.org (click on "Events").

In this Family Policy Lecture, Allan Carlson will discuss the themes of his new book, Fractured Generations (www.profam.org). He provides a comprehensive pro-family program to strengthen marriage, encourage larger families, restore home parenting and the home economy, transform schooling into a true homecoming, build pro-family housing, create a family-friendly tax code, and turn Social Security toward a rebinding of the generations.

Prof. Wilfred McClay of the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga comments: "Fractured Generations is ... a meaty compilation of particular policy initiatives that can begin to restore the strength and dignity of the natural family and give it the tools to defend itself."

Pat Fagan of the Heritage Foundation adds: "Allan Carlson is the best writer and thinker on family and society. ... In Fractured Generations he continues and refines his work--his tradition--and concludes with a list of public policy proposals that every congressman and senator should have in pocket-card form next to their heart."

Allan Carlson is Distinguished Fellow in Family Policy Studies at the Family Research Council and President of the Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society. He holds his Ph.D. in Modern European History from Ohio University and is the author of 8 books on the history of the family and family policy including, The 'American Way': Family And Community In The Shaping Of The American Identity; The Swedish Experiment In Family Politics; and Family Questions: Reflections On The American Social Crisis. A full bio of Allan Carlson is available at:

http://www.profam.org/people/xthc_acc.htm.

The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society is a non-profit education organization in Rockford, Illinois that conducts research and analysis on family and religious issues in society. For additional information, please visit www.profam.org or www.worldcongress.org.

Event Details:

When: Wednesday, May 11, 2005, 11:00 a.m

Where: Family Research Council, 801 G St. NW, Washington, D.C., Phone: 202/393-2100, ext. 3004

Complimentary Lunch Served

Please click here to listen live via the internet to Dr. Carlson’s lecture: http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=EVENTS

 

About The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society

The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society is an independent, non-profit research and education center that strives to be the leading source of fresh ideas and new strategies for affirmation and defense of the natural family, both nationally and globally.  The Howard Center is also the founder and organizer of the World Congress of Families project which unites people of goodwill who recognize that the family is the fundamental unit of society and coordinates the efforts of pro-family groups from more the 60 countries worldwide.

In terms of function, The Howard Center:

  • Shapes new ideas about the nature and status of the family and faith

  • Makes fresh scientific research on the family accessible and useful to family scholars

  • Creates effective national and international networks of family advocates

  • Magnifies ideas and influence through all forms of media

  • Provides expert opinions to public policy makers

Specific programs include:

  • Publishing three monthly periodicals (Family in America, New Research, and The Religion and Society Report)

  • Publishing weekly The Family Update, Online! a free email newsletter

  • Serving as administrator and co-convener of the World Congress of Families (WCF# 1 in Prague, 1997, WCF# 2 in Geneva, 1999, WCF# 3, March 29-31, 2004 in Mexico City, and WCF# 4 scheduled for 11-13 May 2007 in Warsaw, Poland)

  • Building the Swan Library of Family and Culture

  • Maintaining three active websites The Howard Center (www.profam.org), The World Congress of Families (www.worldcongress.org), and The Family Manifesto (www.familymanifesto.net).

  • Convening periodic lectures and special conferences

  • Sponsoring “The Kohler Fellows Program”, in support of young scholars

Please visit www.profam.org, www.worldcongress.org, or www.familymanifesto.net for the latest news and info.

 
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