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PAST 4TH STREET FORUMS
PEOPLE IN POVERTY: COPING WITH MONEY
Living hand to mouth, that's reality for low-income Milwaukeeans.
How can people best handle meager resources?
Who helps and who exploits the poor?
Is gaining financial literacy the answer?
Forum Date: January 31, 2008, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: February 1 and 3, 2008
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUESTS
DEBORAH BLANKS
Executive Director
Social Development Commission
www.cr-sdc.org
JON RICHARDS
Wisconsin State Representative, 19th District
www.legis.state.wi.us/leginfo/contact/legislatorpages.aspx?house=Assembly&district=19
TEMO RODRIGUEZ
Consultant and Business Planner
Aztlan Business Consultants
http://abcbusinessplans.com/6.html
Founding Board Member, Latino Entrepreneurial Network
BOB WYNN, JD
Founder and Executive Director
Asset Builders of America Inc, nonprofit
www.assetbuilders.org
Owner and Investment Advisor, Akamai
THE POWER OF WORK
Good work brings money, a positive self-image, a stake in stable communities.
What makes a job good enough? What support is needed from society?
What's required of the poor to reap the power of work?
Forum Date: January 24, 2008, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: January 25 and 27, 2008
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUESTS
JULIE KERKSICK
Director
New Hope Project
www.newhopeproject.org
TINA KOEHN
Vice President
Workforce Development, UMOS
www.umos.org
TIM SULLIVAN
CEO
Bucyrus International
www.bucyrus.com
DON SYKES
Executive Director
Milwaukee Workforce Development
www.city.milwaukee.gov
REACHING AND TEACHING POOR CHILDREN
Education will help cure the disease of poverty.
But teaching
poor children requires innovation and a lot more.
Urban teachers speak out about school success.
Forum Date: January 17, 2008, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: January 18 and 20, 2008
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUESTS
DAVID COYLE
Lead Teacher and Founding Member
Milwaukee Learning Laboratory and Institute (MILLI)
Milwaukee Public Schools, Charter
http://mpsportal.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/portal/server.pt
ROXIE HENTZ
Teacher and Mentor
Milwaukee Public Schools
Founder and Executive Director, TEEN APPROACH, Inc
www.teenapproach.org
CONNIE HOHLFELD MOLBECK
Teacher, Retired
Worked for 32 Years with Students from Low Income Families
Racine Public School System
RITA TENORIO
Principal and Teacher
Fratney Elementary School
http://mpsportal.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/portal/server.pt
Editor and Founding Member, Rethinking Schools
www.rethinkingschools.org
font class='headline'>THE VIOLENCE OF POVERTY
One of every four Milwaukee residents lives in poverty.
The causes are many, institutional and personal.
And with poverty comes crime.
What does poverty do to people emotionally, physically?
What's it like to be stuck in the violence of poverty?
Forum Date: January 10, 2008, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: January 11 and 13, 2008
Moderator: Denise Callaway, Director of Communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUESTS
LUIS GARZA
Director
W-2 Nonprofit Advocacy Agency, UMOS
www.umos.org
DAVID PATE, PhD
Researcher, Assistant Professor
Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, UW-Milwaukee
Founder, Center for Family Policy and Practice
www.uwm.edu
BELINDA PITTMAN
Founder and Executive Director
Nia Imani
JOSEPH WALL, JD
Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Former Circuit Court Judge, Milwaukee County Children's Court
www.usdoj.gov
FIXING IMMIGRATION: PEOPLE AND POLITICS
Illegal immigrants, jobs for citizens, amnesty,
big money …the fate of 12 million people.
Can we fix immigration and honor American values?
MODERATOR
Enrique Figueroa, Ph.D.
Director, Roberto Hernánez Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUESTS INCLUDE
Maria Echaveste, JD*
Professor, University of California-Berkeley Law School
former Deputy Chief of Staff under President Clinton
www.nationwidespeakers.com
Chad Fradette
Alderman
Green Bay City Council
www.chadfradette.com
Patrick McIleran
Editorial Columnist, Journal-Sentinel
www.jsonline.com
José Olivieri
Partner, Immigration and International Lawyer
Michael Best & Friedrich
www.michaelbest.com
*Appearance sponsored by the Roberto Hernández Center, UWM
Forum Date: October 11, 2007, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: October 12 and 14, 2007
OUR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND WISCONSIN
There's no hiding from worldwide environmental issues.
Will we work locally toward global solutions?
Could the today's problems become tomorrow's opportunities?
MODERATOR
Denise Callaway
Director of communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUESTS INCLUDE
MEL BROMBERG
Program Coordinator
Institute of Environmental Health
UW-Milwaukee
Activist on Global and National Water Issues
www.uwm.edu/Dept/MFB/administration/partners.html
MICHAEL HOWARD
Founder
Eden Place Nature Center
Fuller Park Neighborhood, Chicago
www.fullerpark.com
KARYN ROTKER
Senior Staff Attorney
Poverty, Race, Environment, and Civil Liberties Project
American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin
http://www.aclu-wi.org
UDO SIMONIS*
Professor
Global Environment and International Environmental Policy Researcher
Berlin Germany
Social Science Research Center
http://www.wz-berlin.de/alt/uta/simonis.en.htm
*Appearance sponsored by the Goethe House of Chicago
Forum Date: October 18
Broadcast Dates: October 19 and 21, 2007
A SECURE HOMELAND:
RECONCILING CIVIL LIBERTIES AND TERRORISM
Should we give up some of our freedom for national safety?
Or have terror tactics won when civil liberties are compromised?
MODERATOR
Jack Murtaugh
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUESTS INCLUDE
CHRIS AHMUTY
Executive Director
American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin (ACLU)
www.aclu-wi.org
OTHMAN ATTA, JD
Atta Law Offices
www.attalaw.com
President, Islamic Society of Milwaukee
www.ismonline.org
VICKI BIER, PhD
Professor
Risk and Decision Analyst
(Specializing in probabilistic risk analysis for homeland security and infrastructure protection)
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
UW-Madison
www.engr.wisc.edu/ie/faculty/bier_vicki.html
JOHN MADDENTE
Community Columnist
Journal-Sentinel
Businessman
www.maddente.blogspot.com
Forum Date: October 25
Broadcast Dates: October 26 and 28, 2007
MILWAUKEE + INNOVATION = PROSPERITY:
Thriving on the Fresh Coast
Manufacturing prowess, our "Fresh Coast," human capital.
Big plans abound for a powerful Milwaukee economy.
Do we have the will to make it happen? Will everyone have a share of the prosperity?
MODERATOR
Jack Murtaugh
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUESTS INCLUDE
CARL BROWN
President
Red Brown Kle Marketing Communications
http://www.redbrownkle.com
Chair, Business Council
LAURA BRAY
Executive Director
Menomonee Valley Partner, Inc.
www.renewthevalley.org
MARC LEVINE, PhD
Professor and Director
Center for Economic Development
UW-Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED/staff.html
UNA VANDUVALL
Consultant
Cross Management Services
Former Associate Director, Northwest Side Community Development Corp
Former Program Monitor, Department of City Development
www.cross-management.com
Forum Date: September 27, 2007, NOON
MARCH ON MILWAUKEE: WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Milwaukee citizens fought hard for open housing.
What progress have we made over the last 40 years?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 28 and 30, 2007
GUEST PANELISTS
VEL PHILLIPS, JD, organizer, Committee for the Commemoration of March on Milwaukee, former leader in the Open Marches on Milwaukee, first woman elected to Milwaukee's Common Council, first African-American in the United States elected to the National Committee of either of the two major political parties, first woman judge in Milwaukee County, first African-American to serve in Wisconsin's judiciary, first woman and African-American elected to a statewide constitutional office as Secretary of State
http://velphillipsfoundation.com/vel.htm www.marchonmilwaukee.org
MARGARET ROZGA, PhD, professor, English Department, UW-Waukesha, poet and playwright, organizer, Committee for the Commemoration of March on Milwaukee, participant in the Open Marches on Milwaukee
www.marchonmilwaukee.org www.waukesha.uwc.edu/eng
WILLIAM TISDALE, president and CEO, Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council www.fairhousingwisconsin.com
Forum Date: September 20, 2007, NOON
MASS TRANSIT: SOLUTIONS AND ROADBLOCKS
What transit plan is best for Southeastern Wisconsin?
Will politics trump progress?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, Ph.D., director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 21 and 22, 2007
GUEST PANELISTS
TYRONE DUMAS, former director, Milwaukee County Department of Public Works, Community Activist
ALAN HOROWITZ, PhD, director, Center for Urban Transportation Studies, professor, Civil Engineering, UW-Milwaukee www.uwm.edu/Dept/CUTS
RYAN HORTON, MS, senior researcher, staff for Transportation Committee, Public Policy Forum www.publicpolicyforum.org
ROSEMARY POTTER, executive director, Transit Now www.TransitNow.org
Forum Date: September 13, 2007, NOON
THE WORLD'S REFUGEES AND WISCONSIN
There are 33 million refugees in the world. Camps and relief groups help them survive.
One of these frontline groups, Doctors without Borders, will be in Milwaukee.
What can - what should - the people of Wisconsin do to help?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 14 and 16, 2007
GUEST PANELISTS
KELLY GRIMSHAW, RN, MS, Doctors without Borders aid worker, who just returned from the Ivory Coast and has also worked with IDP's and refugees in Turkmenistan, China, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Zambia, Angola, Liberia www.doctorswithoutborders.org
UNNI KARUNAKARA, MD, DrPH, Doctors without Borders aid worker and board member, who works with refugees and internally displaced people (IDP's) in Angola, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, South Africa, and Uganda www.doctorswithoutborders.org
JAMES J. JAMES, MD, DrPH, MHA, director of the American Medical Association (AMA) Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response
www.ama-assn.org/go/disasterpreparedness
FARIA RAGHE, translator, International Institute of Wisconsin, sought and received political asylum here from Somalia (Mogadishu) www.iiwisconsin.org
In collaboration with DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, New York Office
Visit their special exhibit, "A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City"
Where: McKinley Park, near Milwaukee's lakefront lagoon
When: Thursday, September 13, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Runs through Sunday, September 16.
Learn more: www.DoctorsWithoutBorders.org
Forum Date: May 24, 2007
THE POLICE: IDEAL AND REALITY
What is the state of the art when it comes to police work?
How does Milwaukee's Police Department measure up?
And what support does it need from us?
Moderator
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair
4th Street Forum Executive Committee
MPTV Broadcast Dates: May 25, 27
Panelists
RICHARD COX is the assistant executive director for the Benedict Center (www.benedictcenter.org) and does extensive work in the Sentencing and Advocacy Program. He is an offender status consultant for the State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Division of Community Corrections. Mr. Cox is a member of the Fire and Police Commission. He is the former superintendent for the Wisconsin House of Correction and a former Milwaukee County deputy sheriff. He has a degree in criminal justice and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
CONNIE FLETCHER (http://www.luc.edu/communication/academics) is an associate professor with the Department of Communications, Loyola University Chicago. She has written extensively about policing, including, "What Cops Know", "Pure Cop", and "Breaking and Entering: Women Cops." Dr. Fletcher's writing has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Reader, Advertising Age, Newsweek, Chicago Magazine, and the New York Times Book Review.
MICHAEL SCOTT (http://www.law.wisc.edu) is the director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, which is a non-profit organization of university researchers and academicians and police practitioners. He is an assistant clinical law professor at UW-Madison Law School. Mr. Scott has extensive experience in police work as former chief of police in Lauderhill, Florida; Madison City police officer; and as a civilian police administrator for Metropolitan St Louis and NY City.
STAN STOJKOVIC (http://www.uwm.edu) is dean and professor of the department of criminal justice, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, UW-Milwaukee. He teaches public administration, philosophy, criminal justice, and criminology. His major research interest is in the area of correctional administration. Dr. Stojkovic has written two textbooks on criminal justice administration and a book on crime and justice in the future. In addition, he is coordinator of the California Leadership Institute for the California Department of Corrections.
Forum Date: May 17, 2007
WHY CAN'T WE HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE?
From Canada to Europe, citizens are guaranteed health care but not in the U.S.
Why not? Who wins? Who loses?
Moderator
ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, Ph.D.
Director
Roberto Hernández Center
UW-Milwaukee
MPTV Broadcast Dates: May 18, 20
GUEST PANELISTS
CAROLINA GONZALEZ SCHLENKER is a physician and researcher in bio-psycho-social health care needs of the Wisconsin Latino community. Although her research concentrates on the Latino community, she is concerned with the health care needs of everyone. Dr. González holds a masters of public health and is an adjunct professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She founded the Latino Health Organization of Wisconsin.
BILL JENKINS is the principal of Jenkins and Associates, a healthcare consulting firm. His experience in health care has been extensive. Mr. Jenkins is the former president of Alternative Delivery and Community Programs for Aurora Health Care; former president and CEO of Aurora Sinai Medical Center; and the former CEO of the Milwaukee County Medical Complex.
JON RICHARDS is a Wisconsin State Representative (www.legis.state.wi.us). He was first elected in 1998 and represents the 19th Assembly District. Representative Richards is the assistant minority leader, a position he has held since 2003. For two and one-half years, he has worked on the Wisconsin Health Plan, a comprehensive, bi-partisan health care reform bill. He believes that every Wisconsin resident should be allowed to purchase health care the same way state legislators do.
DANIEL STEININGER is president of Steininger and Associates, a consulting firm that assists businesses and industries in assessing obstacles to growth and entrepreneurship. The cost of health care is one of the issues that he helps clients assess. Mr. Steininger was chairman and CEO of Catholic Knights Insurance and headed its mutual fund. Under his leadership the fund grew to 650 million dollars in assets.
Forum date: APRIL 19, 2007
Broadcast dates: APRIL 20, 22, 2007
UW ADMISSIONS: DOES ACHIEVEMENT STILL COUNT?
A new UW policy broadens admissions criteria.
Critics question its legality.
Others say it's time UW looks beyond test scores and class rank.
What's fair?
Moderator
ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, Ph.D.
Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
Panelists
DANAE DAVIS
UW Board of Regents
www.uwsa.edu/bor/bios
Executive Director, PEARLS for Teen Girls, Inc
pearlsforteengirls.com
GLENN GROTHMAN
Wisconsin State Senator, District 20, Republican
www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen20/sen20.html
MICHEAL HAHN
UW-Madison Student
Member, Wisconsin College Republicans
www.wisconsincrs.org
THOMAS SHIELDS
UW-Oshkosh Student
UW Board of Regents Student Member
www.uwsa.edu/bor/bios/shields.htm
Former Vice President, United Council of UW Students
www.unitedcouncil.net
Forum date: APRIL 12, 2007
Broadcast dates: APRIL 13, APRIL 15, 2007
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HISPANICS
ISSUES THAT DIVIDE AND UNITE
How do Hispanics and African-Americans view each other?
As partners? As competitors?
How do the perceptions affect chances for success?
Moderator
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
Panelists
DEBORAH BLANKS
Chief Executive Officer, Social Development Commission
www.cr-sdc.org
MARIA FLORES
Program Director, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
www.eeoc.gov/milwaukee/smallbusiness.html
FRED GARCIA
Social Worker, Waukesha County Department of Health and Human Services
www.waukeshacounty.gov
JAMES WHITE
County Supervisor, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors
www.milwaukeecounty.org/router.asp?docid=7936
Forum date: APRIL 5, 2007
Broadcast dates: APRIL 6, 8, 2007
THE COLOR OF CONVICTION:
RACE AND JUSTICE IN WISCONSIN
In Wisconsin, almost half of the prisoners are African-American.
Is this a fair reflection of who is committing crime or is it justice gone awry?
Moderator
DENISE CALLAWAY
Director of Communications
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Guest Panelists
JENNIFER BIAS LUTER, JD
Deputy Trial Division Director
Office of the Wisconsin State Public Defenders
www.wisspd.org/html/acd/acd.asp
Member, Commission to Reduce Racial Disparity in
Wisconsin's Criminal Justice System
JOHN CHISHOLM, JD
District Attorney for Milwaukee County
www.milwaukeecounty.org/router.asp?docid=7715
Member, Commission to Reduce Racial Disparity in
Wisconsin's Criminal Justice System
RODNEY CUBBIE, JD
Attorney
Rodney L. Cubbie Law Office
PAMELA OLIVER, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
UW-Madison
www.ssc.wisc.edu/~oliver/RACIAL/RacialDisparities.htm
Member, Commission to Reduce Racial Disparity in
Wisconsin's Criminal Justice System
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
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 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
Forum date: February 22, 2007
SEEKING A VIBRANT MILWAUKEE ECONOMY
New ideas and actions are needed to spur the city’s economy.
Can business - and the people - emerge as winners?
Broadcast dates: February 23, 25, 2007
Moderator
Enrique Figueroa, Ph.D.
Director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUEST PANELISTS
TOM BARRETT
Mayor
City of Milwaukee
www.ci.mil.wi.us
JULILLY KOHLER
Green Developer
JWK Management, LLC
ROBERT MIRANDA
Executive Director
Esperanza Unida
www.esperanzaunida.org
ANTONIO RILEY
Executive Director
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA)
www.wheda.com
Forum date: February 15, 2007
GREEN PRODUCTS, GREEN LIVING, GREENBACKS
Can our economy reinvent, retool,
and emerge as a winner in the coming age of energy efficiency?
Broadcast dates: February 16, 18, 2007
Moderator
Jack Murtaugh
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUEST PANELISTS
FAITH BUGEL, JD
Staff Attorney
Environmental Law and Policy Center
www.elpc.org
BARRY BURSAK
Environmental Consultant
Green Exchange
www.greenexchange.com
IRV PALMER, Sr.
President
Manutec Inc.
www.manutecfab.com
PAUL Von PAUMGARTTEN
Director, Energy and Environmental Affairs
Johnson Controls, Inc.
www.johnsoncontrols.com
Forum date: February 8, 2007
ENERGY – THE CENTRAL QUESTION
Energy: dependence, high prices, global warming.
Can these deficits be turned to assets in Wisconsin?
Broadcast dates: February 9, 11, 2007
Moderator
Enrique Figueroa, Ph.D.
Director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUEST PANELISTS
JANET BRANDT
Executive Director
Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation
www.focusonenergy.com
DAVID CIEPLUCH
Energy Efficiency Project Strategist
WE Energies
www.we-energies.com/EE for energy efficiency
www.we-energies.com/RE for renewables
RANDALL FORTENBERY
Director
Renk Agribusiness Institute
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
www.aae.wisc.edu/renk
BRIAN RUDE
Director
External Relations
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Former Wisconsin State Senator
www.dairynet.com
FEBRUARY 2007: FOUR-PART SERIES
PATHWAY TO A PROSPEROUS
SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN
Looking toward our future... what will our region look like in 2050?
Forum Date: February 1, 2007
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT –
CAN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER?
Will the seven county business and government alliance result in more business and better jobs?
Broadcast dates: February 2, 4, 2007
Moderator
Denise Callaway
Director of Communications
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUEST PANELISTS
SHEILA COCHRAN
Secretary Treasurer
Milwaukee County Labor Council, AFL-CIO
www.milwaukeelabor.org
RYAN HORTON
Senior Researcher
Public Policy Forum
www.publicpolicyforum.org
COREY NETTLES, JD
Partner, Quarles and Brady Law Firm
former Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce
www.quarles.com
PAT O’BRIEN
President, Milwaukee Development Corporation
Executive Director, Milwaukee 7 Regional Economic Development Campaign
www.choosemilwaukee.com
Forum Date: January 25, 2007
Broadcast Dates: January 26, 28
RACE AND HEALTH CARE: ATTITUDES, ACCESS, OUTCOMES
Racial minorities are less healthy than the majority population.
What can the health care system do and is it doing enough to help solve the problem?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUEST PANELISTS
ELIZABETH FAYRAM, PhD, RN
Director, Institute for Urban Health Partnerships, UWM College of Nursing
www3.uwm.edu/nursing/facstaff/urban_health.cfm
GLENN FLORES, MD
Director, Center for the Advancement
www.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?docid=2249
EUGENE PRUITT, MD
Internist, Assistant Professor, Westside Health Care, Department of Medicine, MCW
www.doctor.mcw.edu/provider.php?2393
EARNESTINE WILLIS, MD, MPH
Director, Special Projects and Healthy Partnerships, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, MCW
Advisor, Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin
www.bhcw.org
In collaboration with the Department of Population Health and
The Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin
Forum Date: January 18, 2007
Broadcast Dates: January 19, 21
THE ARTS AND SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN
Arts programs are slashed in struggling urban schools.
Yet children achieve success through the arts.
If the arts are a path to success, why are these programs in danger?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUEST PANELISTS
BILL JACKSON
Theater Arts and Creative Writing teacher, South Milwaukee High School
www.sdsm.k12.wi.us/high/high%20main/main.htm
DIANE JOHNSON
Director, Co-founder, Modjeska Youth Theater Company
www.mytheatercompany.org
JENNIFER MORALES
Board Member, Milwaukee Public Schools
www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/governance/board/bio05.html
AMY SEWELL
New York Documentary Film Writer, Producer, "Mad Hot Ballroom"
www.paramountvantage.com/madhot
In collaboration with Mad Hot Ballroom Milwaukee
www.danceworks1661.org/Outreach/MadHot%20Ballroom%20Main.html
Forum Date: January 11, 2007
Broadcast Dates: January 12, 14
MPS REFORM: LISTENING TO EDUCATORS
Everybody seems to have a solution to the problems of urban education.
But what can we learn from the educators and those people working on the front lines?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UWM
GUEST PANELISTS
CAMILLE MORTIMORE, PhD
Executive Director, Co-founder, Academy of Learning and Leadership
KARYN ROTKER
Milwaukee Public School Parent
MANUELA SOTO
Milwaukee Public School Teacher
FLOYD BEACHUM, Ed.D
UWM-Milwaukee Professor of Education
www.soe.uwm
Forum Date: November 9, 2006
Broadcast Dates: November 10, 12
ELECTION BLUES AND CELEBRATIONS:
WRAP-UP 2006
November 7th brings this election season to a close.
We’ll finally know who won and who lost.
But what will the results mean for the people and for Wisconsin?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUEST PANELISTS
JEFF MAYERS, president and co-founder, Wispolitics.Com www.wispolitics.com
BRUCE MURPHY, editor and columnist, Milwaukee Magazine,
www.milwaukeemagazine.com/murphyslaw
MARY PANZER, consultant and registered lobbyist,
former Republican state senate majority leader
LENA TAYLOR, JD, Wisconsin State Senator, 4th District
Forum Date: November 8, 2006
Broadcast Dates: November 17, 19
CHILDREN IN CRISIS: MENTAL ILLNESS
Ten percent of America’s children and more than half of incarcerated youth
have a mental disorder. What’s our response to this crisis of childhood mental illness?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUEST PANELISTS
PETER LAKE, MD, medical director, adolescent and child psychiatrist,
Rogers Memorial Hospital, Oconomowoc
www.rogershospital.org/child_adolescent_center.php
CHRIS MORANO, PhD, clinical director, Mobile Urgent Treatment Team
website - Wraparound Milwaukee
DENA RADTKE, coordinator of social work, Milwaukee Public Schools
www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us
HILLARY WYNN, MD, adolescent and child psychiatrist, Aurora Psychiatric Institute
www.aurorahealthcare.org
Forum Date: November 2, 2006
Broadcast Dates: November 3, 5
ELECTION 2006
WILL A WISCONSIN DEATH PENALTY MAKE US A BETTER SOCIETY?
Wisconsin abolished the death penalty in 1853.
In November, voters face a referendum seeking to bring it back.
What’s the right path to choose?
On November 7, 2006 those of us who vote will be asked to decide on this question: Death penalty in Wisconsin.
"Should the death penalty be enacted in the State of Wisconsin for cases involving a person who is convicted of first-degree intentional homicide,
if the conviction is supported by DNA evidence?"
Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUEST PANELIST
JENNIFER BIAS, deputy director, Trial Division, Office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender
KEITH FINDLEY, co-director, Wisconsin Innocence Project, UW-Madison Law School www.law.wisc.edu/fjr/innocence
JOHN McADAMS, associate professor, Political Science, Marquette University
MICHAEL NIESKES, Racine County district attorney www.racineco.com
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
Please see their website for further information about their evening lecture on the death penalty.
www.wisconsinacademy.org or email bsanford@wisconsinacademy.org
Milwaukee Public Library www.mpl.org
Forum Date: October 26, 2006
Broadcast Dates: October 27, 29
Will the "Marriage Protection Amendment" Make Us a Better Society?
Does the proposed amendment threaten civil unions and demean same-sex couples?
Or does it preserve the institution of marriage? Voters will decide.
STATE REFERENDUM BALLOT READS
QUESTION: Marriage in Wisconsin
"Shall section 13 of article XIII of the constitution be created to provide that only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state and that a legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized in this state."
Moderator:
Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUEST PANELISTS:
RICK ESENBERG, JD, attorney, writer, adjunct professor, Marquette University (www.blogspot.sharkandshepherd.com)
LESTER PINES, JD, partner, Cullen, Weston, Pines, Back Law Offices
(http://www.cwpb.com/pines.html)
LENA TAYLOR, state senator, 4th District (www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/senhomepages)
KEVIN VOSS, director, Bioethics Institute and assistant professor of philosophy, Concordia University (www.cuw.edu/Academics/institutes/bioethics)
Forum Date: October 19, 2006
Broadcast Dates: October 20, 22
Illegal Immigrants - Stay or Go?
There are millions of undocumented people in the U.S.
Are they a threat, an asset, a handy issue in an election year?
How do they affect citizens and our society?
Moderator:
Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UWM
GUEST PANALISTS:
LEONE BICCHIERI, lead organizer, Justice for Janitors Campaign, Service Employees International Union (www.seiu1.org)
PAUL BUCHER, JD, Waukesha County District Attorney (www.waukeshacounty.gov)
BARBARA GRAHAM, JD, Catholic Charities Legal Services for Immigrants Program (www.archmil.org/aboutus)
GLENN GROTHMAN, State Senator, 20th District, Republican (www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen20/sen20.html)
Forum Date: October 12, 2006
Broadcast Dates: October 13, 15
The War, the World, and Milwaukee
Milwaukeeans need not fear insurgents, militias, and falling bombs.
But are we immune to the state of the world? How does conflict abroad impact Milwaukee?
Moderator:
Marcus White, executive director, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
GUEST PANELISTS:
JOHN KATZKA, former senior foreign service officer, U.S. State Department
GEORGE MARTIN, program director, Peace Action of Wisconsin (www.peaceactionwi.org)
ROB RICIGLIANO, JD, director, Institute of World Affairs, UWM (www3.uwm.edu/dept/cie/iwa/)
WARREN STUMPE, retired colonel, US Army, former Ozaukee County Supervisor (www.mequonnow.com)
Forum Date: October 5, 2006
Broadcast Dates: October 6, 8
Milwaukee County: DA and Sheriff Candidates
Who has the credentials, innovative ideas, and determination to lead Milwaukee County’s fight against crime?
Who is right for these important jobs?
Moderator:
Denise Callaway, director of communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUEST PANELISTS:
MILWAUKEE COUNTY DA CANDIDATES:
JOHN CHISHOM (www.chisholmforda.com) and LEW WASSERMAN (www.electwasserman.com)
MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF CANDIDATES:
DAVID CLARKE (www.mkesheriff.org) and DON HOLT (www.holt-dr.com)
Forum Date: September 28, 2006
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 29, October 1
City and Suburbs: What Are the
Greatest Problems?
It's campaign time and wedge issues get the headlines. But what are the larger issues?
Will politicians have the integrity and courage to tackle them?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, Director of Communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUEST PANELISTS
ESSIE ALLEN, Vice President, Community Impact, United Way - www.unitedwaymilwaukee.org
TOM BARRETT, Mayor of Milwaukee - www.ci.mil.wi.us
JEFF BROWNE, President, Public Policy Forum - www.publicpolicyforum.org
DANIEL VRAKAS, County Executive of Waukesha - www.waukeshacounty.gov
Forum Date: September 21, 2006
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 22, 24
How Do You Judge a Candidate?
Image, spin, and marketing, package today's political candidates.
Can we know - do the candidates themselves know - where they really stand?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UWM
GUEST PANELISTS
WARREN BRAUN, former candidate, 5th Congressional District; former State Senator, former Milwaukee Alderman, former Educator
ANDREA KAMINSKI, Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin - www.lwvwi.org
ROBERTO SURO, Director, Pew Hispanic Center www.pewhispanic.org, former journalist for Time Magazine, Washington Post, New York Times
EVAN ZEPPOS, President, Zeppos and Associates Public Relations - www.zeppos.com
Forum Date: September 14, 2006
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 15, 17
What Should You Expect from Government
Conflicting views abound but public policies determine our collective fate.
Where are the politicians taking us?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
Due to scheduling concerns, we will begin taping promptly at noon.
GUEST PANELISTS
WILLIE HINES, Alderman, 15th District, and Common Council President - www.ci.mil.wi.us
JULIE KERKSICK, Director, New Hope Project - www.newhopeproject.org
MAUREEN MARTIN, JD, Senior Fellow, Heartland Institute, former political reporter
BRUCE MURPHY, Editor, Milwaukee Magazine
Two-Part Series on Wisconsin Health Care
Part II
New Plans for Wisconsin Health Care
Forum Date: May 25, 2006
Broadcast Dates: May 26, 28
Ideas for tackling the crises in health care cost and delivery. Is change possible?
Can special interests be overcome in favor of better, cheaper health care?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
Click here for a comparison of four health care proposals as a PDF.
Click here for Governor Doyle's proposals – Healthy Wisconsin and
BadgerCare Plus as a PDF.
Guest Panelists:
LINDA FARLEY, M.D., Wisconsin Coordinator for Physicians for a National Health Program (supports Wisconsin Health Security Act - www.wisconsinhealth.org)
CURT GIELOW, 23rd District State Representative, (supports Wisconsin State Health Plan, www.wisconsinhealthplan.org)
JASON HELGERSON, Policy Director to the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (supports Governor Doyle's Healthy Wisconsin and Badgercare Plus Plans, www.dhfs.wisconsin.gov)
DAVID NEWBY, President, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO (supports Wisconsin Health Care Partnership Plan http://www.wisaflcio.org/features/Wis%20Health%20Care%20Proposal.htm)
Part I
Where Do Your Health Care Dollars Go?
Forum Date: May 18, 2006
Broadcast Dates: May 19,21
Who benefits as health care costs soar? Doctors? Insurers? Hospitals?
What's the impact of bloated costs on you and on the quality of your health care?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee
Guest Panelists:
DONNA FRIEDSAM, M.S., Researcher (Health Care Economics), Associate Director for Health Policy, Population Health Institute, UW-Madison, www.pophealth.wisc.edu/uwphi
BILL JENKINS, Principal, Jenkins and Associate, former President of Aurora Health Care Alternative Delivery and Community Programs, former CEO of Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, former CEO of Milwaukee County Medical Complex
LEIGH LoPRESTI, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
KRISTINE SEYMOUR, Vice President of Sales of Wisconsin, Humana
Defining Marriage: A Job of the State?
Forum Date: May 11, 2006
Broadcast Dates: May 12, 14
The “Marriage Protection Amendment” is on November's ballot.
Opponents say it will ban civil unions and deny gay partnership rights.
Proponents say it prevents the erosion of marriage.
What will happen if the amendment passes?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, Director of Communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Guest Panelists:
JULAINE APPLING, Executive Director, Family Research Institute, www.fri-wi.org
PATRICK McILHERAN, Editorial Columnist, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
EVA SHIFFRIN, JD, Wisconsin Attorney, Lawyers Against the Amendment
MIKE TATE, Campaign Manager, Fair Wisconsin, www.fairwisconsin.com
Economic Vitality, Tax Subsidies, and Jobs
Forum Date: April 19, 2006, Wednesday
Broadcast Dates: April 21, 23
Government money often fuels private development.
Can Milwaukee mandate that development include community benefits? Can there be successful development and good jobs that lead to healthy neighborhoods?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUEST PANELISTS
JOHN GOLDSTEIN, National Program Director, Partnership for Working Families
SANDY FOLARON, Businesswoman, Commercial Developer, former President,
West End Vliet St. Business Association
CURTISS HARRIS, Partner, Advantage Business Partners,
Business Development Consultant
GREG LeROY, Washington DC Author of The Great American Jobs Scam,
Executive Director, Good Jobs First
Part II: Money, Politics, and Campaign Integrity
Forum Date: April 13, 2006
Broadcast Dates: April 14, 16
It’s all about the money in political campaigns.
Can the system be reformed?
Can new rules help to make this serious game work for the common good?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUEST PANELISTS
SUSAN ARMACOST, Legislative/PAC Director, Wisconsin Right to Life
MICHAEL ELLIS, Wisconsin State Senator, Republican, 19th District
MIKE McCABE, Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
LENA TAYLOR, Wisconsin State Senator, Democrat, 4th District
Part I: Who Is Running Your Government?
Forum Date: April 6, 2006
Broadcast Dates: April 7, 9
Lobbyists, legislators, and money.
Getting elected is expensive and special interests are eager to pay up.
Is this a fair game? Is the public interest left out?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUEST PANELISTS
TOM BARRETT, Mayor of Milwaukee, former U.S. Congressman,
former
Wisconsin State Assemblyman and State Senator
BILL BROYDRICK,Senior Partner, Lobbyist, Broydrick and Associates
JAY HECK, Executive Director, Common Cause in Wisconsin
MORDECAI LEE, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Governmental Affairs, UW-Milwaukee and former WI State Assemblyman and State Senator
Mental Illness: Common, Costly, Neglected
Forum Date: March 30, 2006
Broadcast Dates: March 31, April 2
Who are Wisconsin’s mentally ill? How are they cared for?
How do the healthy and the mentally ill cope with each other?
Moderator:
Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUEST PANELISTS:
BILL BAZAN, vice president, Wisconsin Hospital Association,
author of MEDICINE IN SEARCH OF MEANING
WILLIAM GREER, M.S., L.C.S.W., executive director,
Mental Health Center of Dane County
JON LEHRMAN, M.D., residency training director and assistant professor,
Psychiatry Department, Medical College of Wisconsin
SANDRA PASCH, RN, assistant professor, Columbia College of Nursing,
psychiatric nurse specialist
Who Owns Lake Michigan Water?
Forum Date: March 23, 2006
Broadcast Dates: March 24, 26
Wisconsin’s great natural resource is in demand…and in peril.
Can water use be regulated to serve development, environmental justice,
AND protect our precious resource?
Moderator:
Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUEST PANELISTS:
CHRIS AHMUTY, executive director, ACLU of Wisconsin
DOUG CHERKAUER, Ph.D., professor, Dept. of Geosciences and
researcher, Great Lakes Institute, UW-Milwaukee
WILLIAM J. MIELKE, CEO, president, Ruekert-Mielke Engineering
MELISSA SCANLAN, founder and executive director, Midwest Environmental Advocates
No 4th Street Forum - March 9, 16.
Education: What About Accountability?
Forum Date: March 2, 2006
Broadcast Dates: March 3, 5
How should schools prove their quality?
Are good schools the responsibility of parents and elected officials?
Just where do "high standards" begin?
Click for a Glossary of Terms.
Moderator:
Denise Callaway, director of communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUEST PANELISTS:
ALAN BORSUK, education journalist, former editor, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
ALVARO GRACIA-VELEZ, president, Notre Dame Middle School
BARBARA MINER, freelance journalist and columnist
JEFF SPENCE, Milwaukee Public School Board Member
7-Part Series January and February:
Do Wisconsin Kids Count?
Forum Date: February 23, 2006
Family Survival: Making It in 2006
Families struggle, children suffer.
How do we shape our economy to make decent family life possible?
What’s needed to promote the common good?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee
Broadcast Dates: February 24, 26
Guest Panelists: JIM MILLER, president, WI Policy Research Institute;
MICHAEL ROSEN, Ph.D., chair, economics dept. MATC;
KAREN ROYSTER, executive director, Institute for WI’s Future;
KEVIN WALKER, freelance social-cultural commentator, author, and journalist.
Forum Date: February 16, 2006
Where We Live: Is There a Place for Everyone?
Can poor people find decent housing?
Can builders make affordable housing profitable?
What and who stand in the way of finding an adequate place for the poor to live?
Moderator: Marcus White, executive director,
Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
Broadcast Dates: February 17, 19
Guest Panelists: MIKE RUZICKA, president, Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors; ORVILLE SEYMER, former president of Apartment Association of S.E. WI; MIKE SOIKA, executive director, YMCA-Community Development Center; ANN WILSON, manager, Hillside Family Resource Ctr., Milwaukee Housing Authority.
Forum Date: February 9, 2006
Foster Care-Protect or Neglect?
Children with no place to go - all in great need.
The country and state stumble; there’s not enough money.
Does anybody, anywhere have a remedy?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Broadcast Dates: February 10, 12
Guest Panelists: ECCLESIASTES ALLEN, LCSW, therapist; SUSAN CONWELL, JD, executive director, Milwaukee CASA; SUSAN DREYFUS, Chief Operating Officer, Alliance for Children and Families; MICHAEL MALMSTADT, JD, former Children’s Court Judge, Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare.
Forum Date: February 2, 2006
Wisconsin Kids : Who Gets a Healthy Start?
Do Wisconsin children receive the health care they need?
Who should pay to keep our children well? What programs work?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
Broadcast Dates: February 3, 5
Guest Panelists: LEE DRESANG, M.D., family practice physician, Johnston Community Health Center and associate professor, Pub. Health Dept. of Family Medicine, UW-Madison Medical School; SHERI JOHNSON, Ph.D., administrator, Div. of Pub. Health, WI Dept. of Health and Family Services; CAROLINA GONZÅLEZ SCHLENKER, MD, MPH, founder and past president, Latino Health Organization of WI, adjunct professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Medical College of WI; EARNESTINE WILLIS, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics and director, Special Projects and Healthy Partnerships,
Medical College of WI.
Forum Date - January 26, 2006
Early Childhood-Do Wisconsin Kids
Get a Fair Start?
While parents struggle to make a living, what happens to the children?
Day Care, Head Start, and other early childhood programs-how good are they?
Is more government input needed to protect our children?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
Broadcast Dates - January 27, 29
Guest Panelists: RICARDO DIAZ, executive director, United Community Center; GAIL PORATH, director, Head Start, Social Development Commission; JAN RIORDAN, program director, Bradley Foundation; DOUGLAS G. UDELL, instructor, Early Childhood Department, MATC
Forum Date - January 19, 2006
Kids Having Kids-Consequences and Solutions
Teenage pregnancy, shockingly high infant mortality, sexually transmitted diseases-all big problems. Why is it happening? What can be done about it?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Broadcast Dates - January 20, 22
Guest Panelists: MARIA BARKER, multicultural programs manager, Planned Parenthood;
DAWN GROSHEK, director of development, Rosalie Manor Community & Family Services;
W. CURTIS MARSHALL, public health educator, WI Division of Public Health, SE Regional Office; DARLENE ROBINSON, director, The Milwaukee Birthing Project.
Forum Date - January 12, 2006
Snapshot of Wisconsin Kids-Harsh Realities
Many of Wisconsin’s children struggle for a decent life.
What are the problems, and who is responsible?
Are we interested in finding solutions?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernandez Center,
assistant to the provost, Latino Affairs, UW-Milwaukee
Broadcast Dates - January 13, 15
Guest Panelists: CHARITY ELESON, executive director, WI Council on Children & Families;
REGGIE MOORE, co-founder & executive director, Urban Underground; JASON TURNER, visiting fellow, Heritage Foundation; SAMMIS WHITE, Ph.D., director, Center for Workforce Development, professor, Urban Planning, UW-Milwaukee.
Forum Date - November 10, 2005
WHAT DOES WISCONSIN HAVE AGAINST WOMEN?
The Wisconsin gender gap is wide.
There’s a female brain drain, a pay gap, the struggle to balance home and work.
Can Wisconsin prosper if women are left behind?
Moderator: Denise Callaway
Broadcast Dates - November 11 and 13
ELLEN BRAVO, Assistant Professor, Women’s Studies, UWM and former Director of 9to5; SHEILA COCHRAN, Secretary/Treasurer and Chief Operating Officer of Milwaukee Cty. Labor Council, AFL-CIO; BARBARA LAWTON, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin; and MARY VAN de KAMP NOHL, Senior Editor, Milwaukee Magazine.
This forum is in collaboration with the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. www.wisconsinacademy.org
Forum Date - November 3, 2005
CHRISTIANS, JEWS, MUSLIMS –
CAN WE ALL GET ALONG?
Do religious divisions threaten America’s civil liberties and religious minorities?
Do we need to embrace tolerance in order to survive as a nation?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh
Broadcast Dates - November 4 and 6
OTHMAN ATTA, JD, President, Islamic Society of Milwaukee; MARIA ROSA MENOCAL, PhD*, Scholar and Author, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University; HARRIET McKINNEY, Executive Director, Milwaukee Chapter of the American Jewish Committee; and MARILYN MILLER, Executive Director, Lutheran Human Relations Association.
*We are grateful to our friends at EARLY MUSIC NOW, who arranged for Dr. Menocal’s appearance on 4th Street Forum. Early Music Now will present a concert celebrating the music of Muslims, Jews, and Christians that will be performed by the Ivory Consort on Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6. Check their website for more information. www.earlymusicnow.org
Forum Date - November 17, 2005
TODAY’S OBESE CHILDREN –
TOMORROW’S MEDICAL TIME BOMB?
Junk food, TV, and video games are some of the culprits that undermine children’s health.
Can the obesity problem be solved before everyone pays the price?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD
Broadcast Dates - November 18 and 20
FRANCISCO ENRIQUEZ, MD, Director of Pediatrics at 16th Street Health Care Center; FRANCES M. LAPPE, National Speaker, Author of Diet for a Small Planet; KYMM MUTCH, MS, MPS Supervising Dietician; and
JOSEPH SKELTON, MD, Director of NEW Kids Program, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
The Madison-based CENTER FOR MEDIA & DEMOCRACY arranged for Ms. Lappé’s appearance.
October 27, 2005
America’s Storm Part 4 -
THE DEATH PENALTY
Wisconsin has no death penalty, but that could change. Does it deter crime?
Is death exactly what some criminals deserve? Or is it immoral?
Moderator: ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD
PANELISTS: REVEREND ROBERT FLEISCHMANN, National Dir., Christian Life Resources; JOHN McADAMS, PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, Marquette U.; ROB WARDEN, Ex. Dir., Ctr. on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern U.; REVEREND KEN WHEELER, Asst. to the Bishop, Greater Milwaukee Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church.
October 20, 2005
America’s Storm Part 3 -
A DEATH OF ONE’S OWN
When it’s our time to die, who will have power over our death - preachers, politicians, medical experts, our families? Or is it just our own business?
Moderator: JACK MURTAUGH
PANELISTS: ANDREW FERGUSSON, M.B., Pres. & CEO, Ctr. for Bioethics & Human Dignity; TRACEY HUMBERT, M.D., Fellow, General
Internal Medicine & Palliative Care, Medical College of WI; FATHER ANDREW NELSON, Prof., St. Francis Seminary, Hosp. Chaplain, Asst.
Priest-St. Paul’s Parish; THOMAS POTTER, JD, Milwaukee Cty. Asst. DA.
Please click here to download an Advance Directive Form http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/forms/AdvDirectives
October 14, 2005 (FRIDAY)
America’s Storm Part 2 -
CONTRACEPTION, ABORTION
The right to choose, the right to life. Hot button political, personal, religious, and ethical issues. Is there common ground?
Moderator: DENISE CALLAWAY
PANELISTS: CORRENA HURLEY, Vice President and Tresurer, O'Meara Life Resources; DAN MAGUIRE, PhD, Prof., Religious Ethics, Social Justice, Marquette U.; FATHER KEVIN O’ROURKE, Prof., Bioethics, Loyola U. Medical School; LAURIE ZOLOTH, PhD, Dir., Bioethics Ctr., Prof., Medical Humanities & Bioethics, Northwestern U. Medical School, Prof. of Religion.
OCTOBER 6, 2005
America’s Storm Part 1 -
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Does stem cell research promise great medical and financial benefits for Wisconsin? Or is using stem cells a dangerous moral practice?
Moderator: JACK MURTAUGH
PANELISTS: CLARETTA DUPREE, RN, PhD, Asst. Prof., Medical College of WI, Dir. of Res., Children’s Hosp. Palliative Care Prog.; ED FALLONE, JD,Pres., Stem Cells Now, Law Prof.; CLIVE SVENDSEN, PhD,Prof. of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dir. of Stem Cell Res. Prog., UW-Madison; REVEREND KEVIN VOSS, Dir., Concordia Bioethics Inst., Philosophy Instructor.
Forum Date - September 30, 2005 (Special Friday Taping)
MPTV Broadcast Dates - September 30 and October 2
MEXICANS IN THE U.S. -
JOBS, LAWS, CONFLICTS
From porous borders to health care pressures, Mexicans are in the news.
Are the politicians' solutions good for the U.S. and for the Mexican people?
Moderator: DENISE CALLAWAY
PILAR GOMEZ, Treasurer, Hispanic Heritage Council, former director of the Governor’s Office under Scott McCallum; GLENN GROTHMAN, State Senator, Dist. 20, Republican; ANSELMO VILLARREAL, Executive Director, La Casa de Esperanza; JOSH ZEPNICK, State Representative, Dist.9, Democrat
Forum Date - September 22, 2005
MPTV Broadcast Dates - September 23 and 25
HISPANICS AND HERITAGE -
ASSIMILATE OR ISOLATE?
The Latino population swells. The debate over assimilation continues.
Can the U.S. and its Latinos prosper if assimilation is resisted?
Moderator: JACK MURTAUGH
ROSARIO SANCHEZ, Principal, Nativity Jesuit Middle School; CARLOS SANTIAGO, PhD, Chancellor, UW-Milwaukee & Professor of Economics; CAMILLE QUIROS SOLBERG, Nationally Published Freelance Journalist & Columnist; ALFONSO ZEPEDA-CAPISTRAN, Migrant Education Prog. State Recruiter, WI Dept of Public Instruction.
Forum Date - September 15, 2005
SPECIAL TAPING TIME OF 3 P.M.
MPTV Broadcast Dates - September 16 and 18
MAKING IT IN THE U.S. -
HISPANICS AND ECONOMIC POWER
The U.S. Latino population increases. Is prosperity increasing too?
Money, jobs, and how Latinos' progress could affect everyone.
Moderator: ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD
LEONE BICCHIERI, Lead Organizer, Justice for Janitors Campaign, Service Employees International Union, former Organizer for Farmworkers working in the Northwest & South; FRANK CUMBERBATCH, Senior Assistant to Mayor Tom Barrett in charge of Business, Economic Development, Real Estate, and Job-Related Issues, member of the Latino Community Center Board; NANCY HERNANDEZ, President, Abrazo Multicultural Marketing and Communications, WI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board Member, a founding member of the Hispanic Business Council; LILIANA SALAS-GRIP, Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank National Alliances Manager of Diverse Growth Segments based in Colorado, National Hispanic Chamber of Commerce member
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