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4th Street Forum DVDs
Now at Your Local Library
Milwaukee Public Library now has DVD copies of past 4th Street Forum programs thanks to the Faye McBeath Foundation. You can go to your local library, check the on-line catalog (http://countycat.mcfls.org/search/a?4th+Street+Forum), and order programs that cover a wide range of civic and social issues. Here are some of the 4th Street Forum topics that we have covered over the years. (See the complete list with titles, questions, and the names of the speakers with their websites posted under "Speaker's List" on our website.)
Health care
Criminal justice
Campaign financing
Environment: Water, Energy, Transportation, Green Technology
Job creation
Public assistance programs
Voter and civic participation
Government policies -- federal, state and local levels
Election analyses
Religion
Race issues
Stem cell research
End-of-life issues
Abortion and contraception
Death penalty
Immigration
Economic parity for women
Obesity in children
Tax policy
State and local budgets
Create a Civic and Social Awareness Group
Some of our viewers have told us that they are using copies of 4th Street Forum to initiate discussion within their classrooms, their organizations or service agencies. We've learned that a few agencies use them as training tools or discussion facilitators. They either show the entire program or the first twenty minutes, until it is time for audience questions and group discussion.
Each DVD cover provides questions that are good for initiating discussion. For our more recent programs, we also include the opening question the moderator asks the panel of experts. Some organizations present the questions on the DVD cover first to allow their participants time to think about their answers and then return to the recording to find out what the experts have to say.
There are book groups, investment clubs, so why not form a civic and social awareness club? Create your own discussion group at home and let us know about your group by emailing us at 4thStreetForum@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
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