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MARCH 2007 SCHEDULE

Forum Date: March 1, 2007
CAN THE U.S. LIVE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD?
The United States is the world's only superpower.
Yet world events often defy our power.
Is the United Nations the answer to this dilemma?

Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
MPTV Broadcast Dates: March 2, 4

JEAN PIERRE BIAGUI
Member
Wisconsin's Commission on the United Nations
www.wisgov.state.wi.us

JOHN KATZKA
Former Senior Officer
United States Foreign Service

DEBORAH METKE
Milwaukee Chapter President
Citizens for Global Solutions
Committee Member
Milwaukee Mayor's Committee on the United Nations
www.globalsolutions.org

ROBERT RICIGLIANO
Director
Institute for World Affairs
UW-Milwaukee
www3.uwm.edu/dept/cie/iwa


Spring Break - No Forums for the
Next Two Weeks



Forum Date: March 22, 2007
THAT SINKING FEELING –
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE MIDDLE CLASS?

America's economy grows more polarized and those in the middle drift downward.
What's needed to save the middle class?

Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
MPTV Broadcast Dates: March 23, 25

JUDY BURNICK
Labor Organizer
Office of Professional Employees International, Local 35
www.myunion.org

GERARD RANDALL
President and CEO
Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County
www.milwaukeepic.com/youth/work/YouthJobSource.html

MICHAEL ROSEN, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Milwaukee Area Technical College
www.matc.edu

DAVID WARD, Ph.D.
President and Founder
NorthStar Economics
www.northstareconomics.com


Forum Date: March 29, 2007
DO LABOR UNIONS MATTER ANYMORE?
Americans struggle economically, job security is tenuous, pensions disappear.
Would a revitalized labor movement bring about a better, more equitable, America?

Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
MPTV Broadcast Dates: March 30, April 1

DAVID NEWBY
President
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
www.wisaflcio.org

CANDICE OWLEY, RN
President
Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
www.wfnhp.org
Vice President
Milwaukee County Labor Council, AFL-CIO

JAMES PEOPLES, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
www.uwm.edu/~peoples

JOHN SHERIDAN
former Vice President (recently retired)
Adams, Nash, Haskell and Sheridan
Labor relations consulting firm specializing in union avoidance
www.anh.com


 



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