Voices From the Heartland

Voices from the Heartland is a newsletter published quarterly by Heartland Center. Below are links to an archive of past issues of Voices. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view these files. If Acrobat Reader is not installed on your computer, you can download a free copy from Adobe.com or by clicking the link below.

September, 2009 Voices From the Heartland
Includes: This entire issue is devoted to the complex and troubling issue of human trafficking nationally, internationally, and in Indiana.

May, 2009 Voices From the Heartland
Includes: Essay on the economy with data on what populations are being most affected and information about what segments of the economy are growing, Essay on the merits of living simply in the midst of a recession.

December, 2008 Voices From the Heartland
Includes: Reflection on Obama, Advent, and Change; Fr. Jim Dixon, S.J., new director of Heartland Center, new staff members, Goodbye to Fr. Tom Gannon, S.J.

June, 2007 Voices From the Heartland
Includes: Heartland Center's 20th Anniversary and Building Blocks of Economic Development, an essay by Richard Barnes, PhD that explores how investment in education can yield high returns.

February, 2007 Voices From the Heartland
Includes: Global Warming Debate Heating Up; Welfare Reform in Indiana After Ten Years; and an essay on changing the definition of hunger

September, 2006 Voices From the Heartland
Includes: A detailed essay on how the senate's decision to reject a minimum wage increase will affect citizens of the United States and residents of Northwest Indiana.

June, 2006 Voices From the Heartland
Includes: Important information on who will benefit from proposed health savings accounts and a request for funding from the Heartland Center Staff.

November, 2005 Voices From the Heartland
Includes: Making the Grade: Lake County Schools and School Corporations, Community Based Organizations in Lake Country, Poverty in Lake County

July, 2005 Voices from the Heartland
Includes: Employment Trends in Lake County - Good News/Bad News

February, 2005 Voices from the Heartland :: Part 2
Includes: Privatizing Social Security, and To Grandmother's House we go --And Stay-- Grandparents Raising Children
Note: We struggled to convert this issue of Voices into .pdf format. For that reason, two graphics are missing and we're delivering Voices to you in two parts. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience and interest.

November, 2004 Voices from the Heartland
Includes: Affordable Housing, Social Justice and the Family, Fr. Tom Gannon, S.J., celebrates 50 years in the Society of Jesus

August, 2004 Voices from the Heartland
Includes: Hope IV affordable housing, Taxing the Poor: Indiana's income tax, Heartland Center Income

March, 2004 Voices from the Heartland
Includes: Economic recovery and the job market, Faithful Citizenship: A presentation by John Carr, Number of uninsured rising, and An invitation to volunteer

Contact Heartland Center if you wish to obtain hardcopies of any of these reports.