Friday, January 3, 3:30–5:30 p.m.

Affiliated Society Early Evening Session

Polish American Historical Association Session 3

Contemporary Immigration Issues in Chicago Polonia

Palmer House, Parlor C

Chair: Mary Erdmans, Central Connecticut State University

Papers: The Search for Community:
Polonian Elderly and Polonian Workers in a Chicago Area Nursing Home
Celia Berdes, Northwestern University

Educating Polish Immigrants Chicago Style, 1960–77
Geraldine Balut Coleman, Loyola University Chicago

Skilled Suburbanites: Occupational and Residential Trends of New Immigrants in Chicago
Mary Erdmans

Polonia Media Post-1989: Whose Interests Are Served?
Maciej Wierzynski, Nowy Dziennik daily, New York

Comment: The Audience

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