{"id":142805,"date":"2026-03-19T14:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/142805\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:50:06","slug":"community-conversations-geisinger-news-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/142805\/","title":{"rendered":"Community conversations | Geisinger | News Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    SCRANTON \u2013 Community members are invited to explore what the American Dream means at \u201cAmerigo: The American Dream,\u201d an engaging public conversation on Tuesday, March 31, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Geisinger School of Medicine, 525 Pine St., Scranton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The event serves as a lead-up to the upcoming PBS documentary series \u201cAmerigo,\u201d a three-part project examining resilience, creativity and the evolving meaning of opportunity in the United States.<br \/>Filmmakers traveled across all 50 states and conducted more than 1,000 conversations with Americans to explore a central question: What does the American Dream look like today?<\/p>\n<p>The Scranton event will feature an intimate discussion with the project\u2019s creators and community leaders. Themes will include the renewal of rural communities and the role of arts and culture in shaping national dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers will also discuss how communities in Pennsylvania and across the country are redefining the American Dream as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The program is open to the public.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Registration is required: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvia.org\/community-calendar\/event\/amerigo-the-american-dream-03-03-2026-14-12-20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.wvia.org\/community-calendar\/event\/amerigo-the-american-dream-03-03-2026-14-12-20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About Geisinger College of Health Sciences<br \/>Educating. Inspiring. Leading. At Geisinger College of Health Sciences, we bring innovation and purpose together to educate the next generation of healthcare leaders. As the academic and research arm of the Geisinger family, our college was founded to enhance and improve community health, with a focus on discovery, hands-on learning and applied practice across our system. Today, we offer a research institute, graduate medical education, schools of medicine, graduate education and nursing, and faculty and professional development programs. 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Concerns or questions may be directed to the Title IX coordinator whose contact information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/geisinger.edu\/titleix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">geisinger.edu\/titleix<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON \u2013 Community members are invited to explore what the American Dream means at \u201cAmerigo: The American Dream,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-142805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}