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4th Street Forum
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THURSDAYS, NOON
Join the audience at Historic Milwaukee Turner Hall.
Ask questions of the panelists!
www.4thStreetForum.org 414-272-2833
Milwaukee Public Television records each forum for later broadcast
Friday, Channel 10 @ 10pm & Sunday, Channel 36 @ 3pm
OCTOBER 2008 Schedule
Exploring Election Issues Together –
WHAT’S GOOD FOR AMERICA?
HEALTH CARE ‘08
American health care is expensive and bureaucratic.
Nearly one in six of us has no health insurance.
Which presidential candidate has the best health plan for the Good of America?
Forum Date: October 2, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: October 3 and 5
Moderator: Marcus White, Director of Community Partnerships,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
WITH GUESTS
ALISON BARNES, JD
Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
Specialty in health care, managed care, and health policy
www.marquette.edu
DAVID NEWBY
President, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
www.wisaflcio.org
BILL JENKINS
Principal, Jenkins and Associates
Former CEO, Milwaukee County Medical Complex
Former President, Aurora Health Care Community Programs
GEORGE LIGHTBOURN
Executive Vice President, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
www.wpri.org
Former Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration under
Governor Thompson
OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE ‘08
Prices rise, incomes stagnate or drop, and ordinary Americans feel the squeeze.
Which presidential candidate has the best economic vision for
the Good of America?
Forum Date: October 9, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: October 10 and 12
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
WITH GUESTS
LAURA DRESSER, PhD
Associate Director, Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), UW-Madison
www.cows.org
CURT HARRIS
Business Consultant
President Elect, African-American Chamber of Commerce
www.aacc-milw.org
AVRUM LANK
Credit Counselor
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Milwaukee
Former Journal-Sentinel Business Reporter
BRET MAYBORNE
Director of Economic Research
Metro Milwaukee Association of Commerce
www.mmac.org
BEYOND OUR BORDERS ‘08
War, disease, terrorists, hunger.
Which presidential candidate can best confront world problems for
the Good of America?
Forum Date: October 16, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: October 17 and 19
Moderator: Denise Callaway, Director of Communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
WITH GUESTS
FRED GERLACH, PhD
Former Senior Officer, United States Foreign Service
Frequent Speaker on Foreign Policy and International Political Economy
ANNE HAMILTON, PhD
Coordinator, International Studies Program
Lecturer, Political Science Department
UW-Whitewater
www.uww.edu
JOHN KATZKA
Former Senior Officer, United States Foreign Service
Frequent Speaker on Foreign Policy
ROB RICIGLIANO, JD
Director, Institute for World Affairs, UW-Milwaukee
www3.uwm.edu/dept/cie/iwa
ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, ELECTION ‘08
Oil prices soar, the planet heats up.
Which presidential candidate has the right energy and environmental vision
for
the Good of America?
Forum Date: October 23, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: October 24 and 26
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director,
Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
WITH GUESTS
ROBERT GRIFFIN, PhD
Professor and Director
Center for Mass Media Research in the Diederich College of Communication
(With special focus on energy and environmental issues)
Marquette University
www.marquette.edu
PATRICK McILHERAN
Editorial Columnist
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
www.jsonline.com
MAI MORSHIDI PHILLIPS, PhD
Coordinator, Conservation and Environmental Science Program
UW-Milwaukee
www4.uwm.edu/letsci/ces/about.cfm
Former Senior Scientist
Global Environmental Management Education Center
UW-Stevens Point
KAREN SCHAPIRO, JD
Executive Director
Midwest Environment Advocates
www.midwestadvocates.org
A MORE PERFECT UNION
Bitter partisanship and gridlock frustrate American progress.
Which presidential candidate will help us recognize our common interests
and
the Good of America?
Forum Date: October 30, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: October 31 and November 2
Moderator: Denise Callaway, Director of Communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
WITH GUESTS
JAMES BURKEE, PhD
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Concordia University Wisconsin
www.cuw.edu
Co-founder, Americans for Responsibility in Washington
HOWARD FULLER, PhD
Professor of Education
Founder and Director
Institute for the Transformation of Learning
www.itlmuonline.com/content.asp?cat=1
Marquette University
ALEXIA KELLEY
Executive Director and Co-founder
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
www.catholicsinalliance.org
Author of A Nation For All: How the Catholic Vision of the Common Good
Can Save America from the Politics of Division
JIM MILLER
President
Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
www.wpri.org
Questions?
Deidre A. Martin
Director
4th Street Forum
414-272-2833
4thStreetForum@gmail.com
www.4thStreetForum.org
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