TALKING THROUGH OUR HATS? Loud voices stifle dialogue. Facts and respect are lost in the din.
Can we find solutions to problems if we can’t talk reasonably?
Forum Date: September 17 Broadcast Dates: September 18 and 20
GUESTS MICHAEL DEAS
Lecturer, Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University www.medill.northwestern.edu
Former Chicago Tribune Reporter
JANE HAMPDEN
Broadcast Journalism Lecturer
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
UW-Milwaukee www.uwm.edu
CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER
Fellow
Wisconsin Policy Research Institute www.wpri.org
Political Blogger
EVAN ZEPPOS
President
Zeppos and Associates www.zeppos.com
HOMES, BANKS, AND THE BUBBLE American homes, once the basis for family financial security, became a source of banking and homeowner speculation. Will banks and owners return to responsibility?
Forum Date: September 24 Broadcast Dates: September 25 and 27
MODERATOR ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD
Director, Roberto Hernández Center
UW-Milwaukee www.uwm.edu
GUESTS CATEY DOYLE, JD
Chief Staff Attorney
Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee www.lasmilwaukee.com
ANTONIO RILEY
Executive Director
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority www.wheda.com
GARY WHITE
Senior Mortgage Loan Officer and Community Development Coordinator
PyraMax Bank www.pyramaxbank.com
SEASON 2008/2009
MPTV Show Number: 701
Broadcast Dates: September 14 and 15, 2008
WISCONSIN'S CHOICE: CHANGE OR DECLINE? It will take bold ideas, executed with courageous determination, to succeed in the 21st Century. Will the Midwest and Milwaukee make the changes required to prosper in our global economy?
OPENING QUESTION: The great Chicago architect, Daniel Burnham, said, "Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood." What bold plans do we need for Wisconsin and Milwaukee to succeed in the 21st Century?
WITH GUESTS MARC LEVINE, PhD
Senior Fellow and Founding Director, Center for Economic Development
Director, Center for Canadian-American Policy Studies
Professor, UW-Milwaukee, www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED
MPTV Show Number: 702
Broadcast Dates: September 18 and 21, 2008
SEEKING TRUTH AS CAMPAIGNS SPIN America overflows with election year spin and glitter. Can we ever know where the candidates truly stand? And can a straightforward politician be elected in media-frenzied America?
OPENING QUESTION: In today's campaign environment, can we ever get a reliable sense of what candidates really believe and what kind of leaders they might be?
MODERATOR
Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director, Roberto Hernández Center
UW-Milwaukee, www.uwm.edu
JANE HAMPDEN
Former WUWM "Lake Effect" Producer and Host, Milwaukee Public Radio
Former News Anchor and Reporter
Lecturer, Broadcast Journalism, UW-Milwaukee, http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/jmc/
EUGENE KANE
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Metro Columnist, www.jsonline.com
MPTV Show Number: 703
Broadcast Dates: September 26 and 28, 2008
WISCONSIN'S POLITICS – MOVING "FORWARD" IN 2008? Wisconsin's motto is "Forward." Yet our legislators practice gridlock politics as vital issues go unresolved. Will election 2008 shift the Madison dynamic in favor of ideas that propel Wisconsin "Forward" again?
OPENING QUESTION: What is gridlock? When does it happen? And who benefits?
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
MPTV Show Number: 704
Broadcast Dates: October 3 and 5, 2008
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?
OPENING QUESTIONS: If you could design a health care plan that would include all Americans, what would be the essential elements? Follow-up: Does either presidential candidate have a plan that takes in cost and quality?
WITH GUESTS ALISON BARNES, JD
Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School, www.marquette.edu
Specialty in health care, managed care, and health policy
BILL JENKINS
President, Jenkins and Associates, www.jenkinsandassoc.com
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
MPTV Show Number: 705
Broadcast Dates: October 10 and 12, 2008
Exploring Election Issues Together
WHAT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA? OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE 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?
OPENING QUESTION: Due to our economic crisis is there a shift in political philosophy over the role of government in the market place?
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
WITH GUESTS LAURA DRESSER, PhD
Associate Director
Center on Wisconsin Strategy, UW-Madison, www.cows.org
CURT HARRIS
Small Business Consultant
President Elect, African-American Chamber of Commerce, www.aaccmke.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
MPTV Show Number: 706
Broadcast Dates: October 17 and 19, 2008
Exploring Election Issues Together
WHAT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA? BEYOND OUR BORDERS '08 War, disease, terrorists, hunger. Which presidential candidate can best confront world problems for the Good of America?
OPENING QUESTION: What are the most important foreign policy topics, excluding, for now, Iraq and Afghanistan, that will confront the next President of the United States?
WITH GUESTS FRED GERLACH, PhD
Former Senior Officer, United States Foreign Service
Frequent Speaker on Foreign Policy and International Political Economy
ANNE HAMILTON, PhD
International Studies Coordinator and Lecturer on Foreign Policy
Political Science Department, UW-Whitewater, www.uww.edu
Former United States Foreign Service Officer
JOHN KATZKA
Former Senior Officer, United States Foreign Service
Frequent Speaker on Foreign Policy
MPTV Show Number: 707
Broadcast Dates: October 24 and 26, 2008
Exploring Election Issues Together
WHAT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA?
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?
OPENING QUESTION: The environment and energy: What are the key problems confronting us and can they be solved with technology?
MODERATOR
Enrique Figueroa, PhD
Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee, www.uwm.edu
WITH GUESTS ROBERT GRIFFIN, PhD
Professor and Director, Center for Mass Media Research in the Diederich College of Communication (Special focus on energy & environmental issues)
Marquette University, www.marquette.edu
PATRICK McILHERAN
Editorial Columnist
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, www.jsonline.com
MAI MORSHIDI PHILLIPS, PhD
Coordinator, Conservation & Environmental
Science Program, UW-Milwaukee, www4.uwm.edu/letsci/ces/about.cfm
Former Senior Scientist, Global Environmental Management Education Center UW-Stevens Point
MPTV Show Number: 708
Broadcast Dates: October 31 and November 2, 2008
Exploring Election Issues Together
WHAT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA? 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?
OPENING QUESTION: This election season seems to be unusually bitter and nasty. With what supporters of both major parties feel they've experienced over the past several months, is it possible, once the election is over, for us to move forward and find agreement on "What's Good for America?"
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-Chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
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
Marquette University, www.itlmuonline.com/content.asp?cat=1
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
MPTV Show Number: 709
Broadcast Dates: November 7 and 9, 2008
ELECTION '08: A WIN FOR AMERICANS? It's finally finished! Will our newly elected officials represent our common interests and work for the Good of America?
MODERATOR
Enrique Figueroa, PhD
Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee, www.uwm.edu
OPENING QUESTION: What were, for you, the biggest surprises of Tuesday's election?
WITH GUESTS BARBARA LAWTON
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Democrat, www.ltgov.state.wi.us
RICARDO PIMENTEL
Vice President and Editorial Page Editor
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, www.jsonline.com
LORI WALDON
News Director
WISN-TV News Channel 12, www.wisn.com
TED KANAVAS
Wisconsin State Senator, District 33, Republican, www.legis.state.wi.us/senate State Senator Ted Kanavas cancelled due to a late call for a vote of the Republican Senate Leadership Caucus.
MPTV Show Number: 710
Broadcast Dates: November 14 and 16, 2008
MILWAUKEE COUNTY – OUR MONEY, OUR FUTURE Tough times squeeze Milwaukee County. Politicians struggle to find agreement. Are the county's quality of life services, for the haves and the have-nots, in jeopardy?
OPENING QUESTION: Taking into consideration both finances and the quality of services, what is the condition of our County Government?
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
WITH GUESTS STEVE BAAS
Director of Governmental Affairs
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, www.mmac.org
GERARD RANDALL
Managing Partner, Lazarus Group, Inc
Consulting on Work-force Issues for Milwaukee County
MPTV Show Number: 711
Broadcast Dates: November 21 and 23, 2008
FORWARD TO BASICS: Food, Farms, Our Future Organic farming, sustainable agriculture, locally grown food. Will Wisconsin embrace agriculture's cutting edge to ensure food security in the 21st Century?
MICHELLE MILLER
Associate Director
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, www.cias.wisc.edu
UW-Madison
MPTV Show Number: 712
Broadcast Dates: January 16 and 18, 2009
BABIES DYING: WISCONSIN'S EPIDEMIC Three African-American babies die in Wisconsin for every white baby. And Hispanic deaths are elevated too. The latest statistics show we are improving, but what more can be done?
OPENING QUESTION: Why does Wisconsin have such a high infant mortality rate for babies of color?
PATRICIA McMANUS, PhD
Executive Director
Black Health Coalition, www.bhcw.org
EMMANUEL NGUI, PhD
Assistant Professor
Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children
Depts. Population Health and Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin, www.mcw.edu
KAREN TIMBERLAKE
Secretary of the Department of Health Services
State of Wisconsin, dhs.wisconsin.gov
MPTV Show Number: 713
Broadcast Dates: January 23 and 25, 2009
TOUGH TIMES / BOLD SOLUTIONS
Part 1: IS OBAMA'S VISION WISCONSIN'S HOPE? America's new president has big challenges and optimistic plans. What will his goals mean for Wisconsin?
OPENING QUESTION: Obama's campaign theme was change, and change is what the American people voted for on November 4. Did President Obama say anything in his inaugural address that signals a profound change in how the country will be run?
WITH GUESTS JAMES BURKEE, PhD
Associate Professor of History
Concordia University Wisconsin, www.cuw.edu
Co-founder, Americans for Responsibility in Washington
JAMES CAUSEY
Editorial Writer
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, www.jsonline.com
President, Wisconsin Black Media Association
MARK GOTTLIEB
State Representative
Republican, 60th Assembly District
Assistant Minority Leader, www.legis.state.wi.us
MPTV Show Number: 714
Broadcast Dates: January 29 and February, 2009
TOUGH TIMES / BOLD SOLUTIONS
Part 2: IS IT TIME TO RAISE WISCONSIN TAXES? We have a five billion dollar revenue shortfall. Should we raise taxes and close loopholes to pay for the cost of government? Where do we begin?
OPENING QUESTION: Should taxes be raised and loopholes closed to pay the cost of state government?
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
WITH GUESTS STEVE BAAS
Director of Governmental Affairs
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce www.mmac.org
TODD BERRY
President
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance www.wistax.org
DEBORAH BLANKS
Chief Executive Officer
Social Development Commission www.cr-sdc.org
MPTV Show Number: 715
Broadcast Dates: February 6 and 8, 2009
TOUGH TIMES / BOLD SOLUTIONS
Part 3 – HOPE FOR URBAN EDUCATION There's no shortage of ideas about how to improve urban schools. But what works and who can make it happen?
OPENING QUESTION: What bold solutions for urban education do you recommend?
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
WITH GUESTS MIKE D'AMATO
Director
Wisconsin SEED Foundation, www.seedfoundation.com
Former District 3 Milwaukee Alderman
JEANETTE MITCHELL, PhD
Program Director
The Leadership Center, Cardinal Stritch University, www.stritch.edu
Former Milwaukee Public School Board President
POLLY WILLIAMS
Wisconsin State Representative, District 10, www.legis.state.wi.us
Committee Chair for Education Reform
MPTV Show Number: 716
MPTV Broadcast Dates: February 13 and 15, 2009
TOUGH TIMES / BOLD SOLUTIONS, Part 4
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: DOLLARS AND RESULTS Does an MPS audit show the way to better education? What needs to change and what can be changed at MPS, where tough times require bold solutions?
OPENING QUESTION: Is money – either not enough of it or not spending it in the right places – at the heart of the problems facing MPS?
BARBARA HORTON
Executive Director
Darrell Lynn Hines Academy, www.cffcinfo.org/dlha.php
Former Milwaukee Public School Board Member
TOM MORGAN
Executive Director
Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association (MTEA) www.mtea.org
MPTV Show Number: 717
Broadcast Dates: February 20 and 22, 2009
TOUGH TIMES / BOLD SOLUTIONS, Part 5
ENLIGHTENED PARENTS, SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN Evidence mounts that quality parenting helps children succeed. Should society help parents learn how to raise their children?
OPENING QUESTION: Should society take a role in helping people to become capable parents? If yes, why? If not, why not?
MODERATOR
Enrique Figueroa, PhD
Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee www4.uwm.edu/rhc
MPTV Show Number: 718
Broadcast Dates: February 27 and March 1, 2009
TOUGH TIMES / BOLD SOLUTIONS
Part 6 - Jobs for Minority Men As many as half of Milwaukee's African American men have no work. The results? Struggling families, crime and despair. In these tough times are there bold solutions for men without jobs?
OPENING QUESTION: Why are over half of Milwaukee's African American men unemployed?
MODERATOR
Enrique Figueroa, PhD,
Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee www4.uwm.edu/rhc
WILLIE HINES
Alderman and Common Council President, City of Milwaukee www.ci.mil.wi.us
MARC LEVINE, PhD
Director, Center for Economic Development, UW-Milwaukee www.uwm.edu/Dept/CED
TONY PEREZ
Secretary-Executive Director, Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee www.hacm.org
MPTV Show Number: 719
Broadcast Dates: March 20 and 22, 2009
MAKING IT IN WISCONSIN: MANUFACTURING OUR FUTURE Throughout the 20th century, Wisconsin was an industrial power. What's required to make us innovative, efficient, and profitable in the 21st century?
OPENING QUESTION: Is the manufacturing sector rising or sinking in Southeastern Wisconsin and why?
WITH GUESTS MARY ISBISTER
President and Co-owner
General MetalWorks Corporation www.genmet.com
RICHARD MEEUSEN
President and Chief Executive Officer
BADGER METER, Inc www.badgermeter.com
MICHAEL TOWNSEND, PhD
Vice President
Milwaukee Area Technical College, Mequon Campus www.matc.edu
CHARLENE YAUCH, PhD
Associate Professor
Industrial Engineering
Milwaukee School of Engineering www.msoe.edu
MPTV Show Number: 720
Broadcast Dates: March 27 and 29, 2009
SHOULD BUSINESS AND HEALTH INSURANCE DIVORCE? Companies struggle with high premiums or can no longer provide health insurance for their workers. Millions go without. Is there a bold 21st century solution to this national problem?
OPENING QUESTION: Is it time for business and health care to divorce?
MODERATOR
Enrique Figueroa, PhD
Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee www.uwm.edu
WITH GUESTS WAYNE COREY
Executive Director
Wisconsin Independent Small Businesses www.wibiz.org
SUSAN GIAIMO, PhD
Visiting Professor, Political Science Department and Author of Markets and Medicine:
The Politics of Health Care Reform in Britain, Germany, and the United States
Marquette University www.marquette.edu
BILL JENKINS
President, Jenkins and Associates
Former President and CEO of Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Former CEO, Milwaukee County Medical Complex
JEFF STONE
Wisconsin State Representative, 82nd Assembly District
Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform www.legis.wisconsin.gov
MPTV Show Number: 721
Broadcast Dates: April 3 and 5, 2009
SHOULD WISCONSIN DECLARE A NEW WAR ON DRUGS? Unfair sentencing, violence, desperate neighborhoods. Can we ensure safety and embrace a new, public health approach to drugs?
OPENING QUESTION: The federal government has fought the War on Drugs for forty years. Billions of dollars later, many would say the results haven't been impressive. Is it time now for us, in Wisconsin, to do things differently?
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
DUNCAN SHROUT, MS
Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations, IMPACT, Inc, www.impactinc.org
KELLI THOMPSON, JD
Deputy State Public Defender, www.wisspd.org
MPTV Show Number: 722
MPTV Broadcast Dates: April 10 and 12, 2009
COMBATING SCHOOL VIOLENCE Some Milwaukee schools are using tools of maturity to help prevent and resolve conflicts. The tools are restorative justice and conflict resolution. Should everyone use them?
OPENING QUESTION: Why are schools interested in the process of restorative justice?
WITH GUESTS JANINE GESKE, JD
Director, Restorative Justice Project, Marquette Law School www.law.marquette.edu/jw/restorative
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
MORGAN PEETE
Student, Senior, MPS Transition High School
Ambassador for Peace and member of the Restorative Justice Program www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/transition
MARVIN WILLIAMS
Social Studies Teacher
Restorative Justice Team Teacher with Milwaukee County District Attorneys, David Lehrman and Paul Dedinsky
MPS Audubon Technology and Communications Center High School www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/audubon/
MPTV Show Number: 723
MPTV Broadcast Dates: April 17 and 19, 2009
IS WISCONSIN DAY CARE WORTHY OF OUR KIDS? Good early childhood education is a key to success. Is our day care system first-class? Is it time to expect more of those who nurture young children?
OPENING QUESTION: What should we expect of taxpayer supported child care – what is the ideal, the gold standard?
MODERATOR
Enrique Figueroa, PhD,
Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee www.uwm.edu
DOUGLAS UDELL
Instructor, Early Childhood Development, Milwaukee Area Technical College www.matc.edu
MPTV Show Number: 724
MPTV Broadcast Dates: May 8 and 10, 2009
MEDIA AND RACE: IS IT BLACK AND WHITE? Do news reports shape the way we perceive race? And if so, does the perception square with reality? 4th Street Forum tackles race and the media.
In collaboration with the Wisconsin Black Media Association
OPENING QUESTION: Do news reports shape the way we perceive race?
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
WITH GUESTS JILL GEISLER
Director, Leadership and Management
Poynter Institute, www.poynter.org
Former Channel 6 News Director
EUGENE KANE
Metro-columnist
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, www.jsonline.com
RAUL VASQUEZ
Editor and Associate Publisher
¡Aquí! Milwaukee Magazine, www.aquimilwaukee.com
JOANNE WILLIAMS
Vice President of Public Relations & Marketing
Cardinal Stritch University, www.stritch.edu
Former FOX 6 Reporter and News Anchor
MPTV Show Number: 725
MPTV Broadcast Dates: May 15 and 17, 2009
STIMULATING WISCONSIN'S GREEN ECONOMY Stimulus money is flowing. It could nurture green jobs, energy, and transit. But will bureaucratic inertia and a powerful status quo stifle Wisconsin's green future?
Enrique Figueroa, PhD,
Director, Roberto Hernández Center
UW-Milwaukee, www.uwm.edu
WITH GUESTS ANN BEIER
Director
City of Milwaukee Environmental Sustainability, www.ci.mil.wi.us/greenteam OPENING QUESTION: Ms. Beier, what is Milwaukee city government doing to foster a green economy?
CURTISS HARRIS
Executive Director
African American Chamber of Commerce, www.aaccmke.org OPENING QUESTION: Mr. Harris, what promise does a green economy hold for the scores of unemployed people in Milwaukee?
MELISSA SCANLAN, JD
Founder and Senior Counsel
Author of "Blueprint for Wisconsin's Economy"
Midwest Environmental Advocates, www.midwestadvocates.org OPENING QUESTION: Ms. Scanlan, tell us about the Blueprint for Wisconsin's Green Economy.
NEAL VERFUERTH
President and CEO
Orion Energy Systems, www.oriones.com OPENING QUESTION: Mr. Verfuerth, tell us what's green about Orion Energy Systems, and how you think business and government should interact to promote green solutions?
MPTV Show Number: 726
Broadcast Dates: May 22 and 24, 2009
MPS: MONEY, CONTROL, AND KIDS TOO A financial crisis. A possible takeover. At stake, the future of 85,000 children. Does anyone know what to do?
OPENING QUESTION: Given the attention and efforts poured into MPS recently, if we don't make substantial changes now, will we miss our best opportunity to improve MPS?
MICHAEL BONDS, PhD
Milwaukee Public School Board President www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Associate Professor of Education Policy, UW-Milwaukee www.uwm.edu
ANNELIESE DICKMAN, JD
Research Directo, Public Policy Forum, www.publicpolicyforum.org
Co-Author, "SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE REFORM: The Devil is in the Details"
DENNIS OULAHAN
President, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association, www.mtea.org
SEASON 2007/2008
Forum 601
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 14 and 16, 2007
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
GUESTS 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
Forum 602
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 21 and 22, 2007
MASS TRANSIT: SOLUTIONS AND ROADBLOCKS Mass transit for Southeastern Wisconsin is stuck in traffic. We stall out as other regions accelerate. What should be done and who is stopping us?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, Ph.D., director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUESTS TYRONE DUMAS, Community Activist, former Director, Milwaukee County Department of Public Works 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 603
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 28 and 30, 2007
MARCH ON MILWAUKEE: WHERE ARE WE NOW? Forty years ago Milwaukeeans fought for open housing. What did those struggles achieve? And what are the racial justice issues facing Wisconsin today?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUESTS Muhibb Dyer, Community Activist, The Children Are Crying, Inc. Vel Phillips, JD, Organizer, Committee for the Commemoration of March on Milwaukee
former Leader in the Open Marches on Milwaukee, www.marchonmilwaukee.org Margaret Rozga, PhD, Professor, English, UW-Waukesha, poet and playwright, Organizer, Committee for the Commemoration of March on Milwaukee.
Participant in the Open Marches on Milwaukee, www.marchonmilwaukee.org William Tisdale, President and CEO, Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council
www.fairhousingwisconsin.com
Forum 604
MPTV Broadcast Dates: October 5 and 7, 2007
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 Maria Echaveste, JD,* Professor, University of California-Berkeley Law School and 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 605
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 MEL BROMBERG, MS, 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, JD, Senior Staff Attorney, Poverty, Race, Environment, and Civil Liberties Project, American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, www.aclu-wi.org UDO SIMONIS, PhD,* 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 606
MPTV 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 OTHMAN ATTA, JD, Atta Law Offices www.attalaw.com and 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 ATHAN THEOHARIS, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Marquette University Department of History Author, The Quest for Absolute Security
Forum 607
MPTV 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 CARL BROWN, President, Red Brown Kle Marketing Communications, www.redbrownkle.com and 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 608
MPTV Broadcast Dates: November 2 and 4, 2007
ATTACK ON MILWAUKEE HOMICIDES Arresting murderers is essential. But that doesn’t help their victims. Now Milwaukee is trying something different. Can smart prevention tactics decrease crime and keep our community safe?
Moderator: ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, Ph.D., Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
Forum 609
MPTV Broadcast Dates: November 9 and 11, 2007
HOME FROM AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: WAR AND MENTAL HEALTH Veterans return, many with psychological problems. What are their struggles?
And is government honoring their service with appropriate care?
Moderator: DENISE CALLAWAY, Director of communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUESTS DAVID CORY, MD, Psychiatrist and Local Recovery Coordinator, Milwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center, www.visn12.med.va.gov/Milwaukee and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin AMIEE DAVIS, MS, Veteran and former Staff Sergeant in the United States Army Reserves
Served in Iraq and Kuwait; Instructor of Mechanical Design, MATC DARCIE GREUEL, RN, Clinical Case Manager, coordinating medical care for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Milwaukee Veteran’s Administration Medical Center
www.visn12.med.va.gov/Milwaukee and Captain, United States Army Reserves, Company Commander of 452 Combat Support Hospital; Served in Afghanistan WILL JOHNSON, Transition Patient Advocate, Milwaukee Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, www.visn12.med.va.gov/Milwaukee; Veteran of the United States Army Reserves, Desert Storm
Forum 610
MPTV Broadcast Dates: November 16 and 18, 2007
MUST MILWAUKEE’S PARKS DECLINE? Before the 20th Century began, Milwaukeeans were committed to a vibrant park system. No longer. What has gone wrong and should we care?
Moderator: JACK MURTAUGH, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUESTS SUE BLACK, Director, Milwaukee County Parks, www.countyparks.com RANDY BRYANT, Preservationist and Businessman; Serves on boards of Preserve Our Parks and Water Tower Landmark Trust LYNNE DeBRUIN, Milwaukee County Board Supervisor, 15th District and Member, Parks, Energy and Environment Committee, www.milwaukeecounty.org JIM GOULEE, Executive Director, The Park People, www.parkpeoplemke.org
Forum 611
MPTV Broadcast Dates: January 11 and 13, 2008
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?
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 and Former Circuit Court Judge, Milwaukee County Children’s Court
www.usdoj.gov
Forum 612
MPTV Broadcast Dates: January 18 and 20, 2008
REACHING AND TEACHING POOR CHILDREN Education will help secure a future without poverty. But teaching poor children requires innovation and a lot more. Urban teachers speak out about school success.
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, 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 and Editor and Founding Member, Rethinking Schools, www.rethinkingschools.org
Forum 613
MPTV Broadcast Dates: January 25 and 27, 2008
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?
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
Forum 614
MPTV Broadcast Dates: February 1 and 3, 2008
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?
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 TEMO RODRIGUEZ, Consultant and Business Planner, Aztlan Business Consultants
http://abcbusinessplans.com/6.html and Founding Board Member, Latino Entrepreneurial Network BOB WYNN, JD, Founder and Executive Director, Asset Builders of America Inc, nonprofit, www.assetbuilders.org and Owner and Investment Advisor, Akamai
Forum 615
MPTV Broadcast Dates: February 8 and 10, 2008
POLITICS, POWER, AND PRAYER For many Americans, politics and religion are linked. Others want the two kept well apart. What does the presence of religion in politics mean for pluralistic America?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
Forum 616
MPTV Broadcast Dates: February 15 and 17, 2008
UNFUNDED MANDATES: POLITICAL IRRESPONSIBILITY? The State of Wisconsin likes to tell local government what to do. But often they fail to pay for it. How do unfunded mandates impact you and your taxes?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, Director of Communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUESTS TODD BERRY, President, Wisconsin Taxpayer Alliance, www.wistax.org MARY PANZER, Consultant and Registered Lobbyist, Former Republican Wisconsin State Senator and State Senate Majority Leader JASON FIELDS, 11th District, Wisconsin State Representative
www.legis.wisconsin.gov ROGER QUINDEL, 18th District, Milwaukee County Supervisor
www.county.milwaukee.gov/router.asp?docid=7931
Forum 617
MPTV Broadcast Dates: February 22 and 24, 2008
GUNS, OUR HEALTH, AND PUBLIC POLICY Deaths and injuries from guns are usually seen as matters for the police. But are the negative impacts of firearms really a public health issue? Can we be a healthy society and accept high levels of gun violence?
Moderator: Marcus White, Executive Director, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
GUESTS STEVEN BISKUPIC, JD, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, www.usdoj.gov SPENCER COGGS, Wisconsin State Senator, 6th District, www.legis.state.wi.us STEPHEN HARGARTEN, MD, MPH, Director, Firearm Injury Prevention Center, Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
http://www.mcw.edu/display/docid22455.htm MARLENE MELZER-LANE, MD, Director, Project Ujima, Professor, Pediatrics, Associate Medical Director, Emergency Trauma Center, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, www.chw.org/display/PPF/DocID/20624/router.asp
In collaboration with Department of Population Health, Medical College of Wisconsin
Forum 618
MPTV Broadcast Dates: February 29 and March 2, 2008
FARMERS IN THE CITY: BACK TO THE FUTURE? People in cities are planting gardens again. It's called Urban Agriculture.
Some think the gardens might help alleviate poverty and other social problems.
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUESTS SHARON ADAMS, Co-founder, Walnut Way Conservation Corp, www.walnutway.org MARCIA CATON CAMPBELL, PhD, Milwaukee Project Director, Center for Resilient Cities, www.resilientcities.org YOUNG KIM, Executive Director, Fondy Food Center, www.fondymarket.org JAC SMIT, President, The Urban Agriculture Network (TUAN), Wash DC
www.cityfarmer.org/TUAN.html
In collaboration with MILWAUKEE URBAN AGRICULTURE NETWORK (MUAN)
Forum 619
MPTV Broadcast Dates: March 21 and 22, 2008
TRANSPORTATION GRIDLOCK: GOING NOWHERE IN THE 21st CENTURY? What transportation options does a 21st Century economy demand? In SE Wisconsin, politicians can't agree. But can we compete in the global economy with a 1950's transportation system? How do we move ahead?
Special thanks to Mark Irving, i level media, Inc, for permission to run a clip from upcoming documentary, “GRIDLOCK: Public Transit in SE Wisconsin.”
MODERATOR: DENISE CALLAWAY, Director of Communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUESTS PETER BEITZEL, Vice President, Business Development, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, www.mmac.org ROB HENKEN, President, Public Policy Forum, www.publicpolicyforum.org KERRY THOMAS, Executive Director, Transit Now, www.transitnow.org JEFF STONE, State Representative, 82nd Assembly District, www.legis.wisconsin.gov
Forum 620
MILWAUKEE’S NEXT COUNTY EXECUTIVE Who has the vision, the capability, to run Milwaukee County? Lena Taylor or Scott Walker? Tune in as the candidates present their plans for Milwaukee County's future.
MPTV Broadcast Dates: March 28 and March 30, 2008
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
LENA TAYLOR is a State Senator, representing the 4th District of Wisconsin. She is the second African American woman to serve in the Wisconsin Senate. Ms. Taylor served in the State Assembly from May 2003 until she was sworn-in as a senator in 2005. She is an attorney with her own law practice. Ms. Taylor was born and raised in Milwaukee County. She and her eight-year-old son, Isaiah, live in Milwaukee on the same block where she grew up as a child.
SCOTT WALKER, Milwaukee County Executive since 2002, was born in Colorado but moved with his family to Delavan, Wisconsin in 1977. Ten years later, Mr. Walker came to Milwaukee to attend college. He began his political career in 1993 when he won a State Assembly special election. He continued to serve in the Assembly until the Milwaukee County pension scandal broke and he decided to run for County Executive. Mr. Walker and his wife, Tonette, live in Wauwatosa with their two sons, Matt and Alex.
Forum 621
MPTV Broadcast Dates: April 4 and 6, 2008
TAKE BACK THE NEIGHBORHOOD! Mayor Barrett, District Attorney Chisholm,
Chief Flynn, and Citizens Working Together How will these three Milwaukee leaders make the city safer? Can neighborhoods regain security with intelligent policing,innovative prosecution, and citizens working together?
Moderator: DENISE CALLAWAY, Director of Communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Forum 622
MPTV Broadcast Dates: April 11 and 13, 2008
WISCONSIN TAXES: WHAT’S ENOUGH? WHAT’S FAIR? What's the truth about Wisconsin taxes? Are they fairly distributed? Excessively high? Are some people and businesses getting a good deal at the expense of others?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUESTS JASON FIELDS, Wisconsin State Representative, 11th District, www.legis.state.wi.us JACK NORMAN, PhD, Research Director, Institute for Wisconsin’s Future
www.wisconsinsfuture.org MARY LAZICH, Wisconsin State Senator, 28th District, www.legis.state.wi.us CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER, Fellow, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, www.wpri.org
Forum 623
MPTV Broadcast Dates: April 18 and 20, 2008
BALANCING POWER: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON? America's Constitution is revered for its system of checks and balances.Now some fear that things are out of kilter. Has the President become too powerful for the good of America?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUESTSEDWARD FALLONE, JD, Professor, Constitutional and International Law, Marquette University Law School, www.marquette.edu MAUREEN MARTIN, JD, Senior Fellow, Heartland Institute of Chicago, www.heartland.org JOHN NICHOLS, Editorial Page Editor, THE CAPITAL TIME, www.madison.com CHRISTOPHER WOLFE, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Constitutional Law
Marquette University, www.marquette.edu
Forum 624
MPTV Broadcast Dates: May 9 and 11, 2008
INNER PAIN: CHILDREN AND MENTAL ILLNESS Children with mental illness are at risk for failure in school, in society, in life.
Poverty increases the risk. Are we paying attention? Is there adequate treatment? What does the future hold for children with mental illness?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, Director of Communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUESTS LATRICE BUCK BRIGGS, MA, Director of Social Services for the Milwaukee Women’s Center, Community Advocates http://communityadvocates.net and Former Director, Community Advocates, Child Welfare Clinical Services MARY ESSER, PhD, Supervisor, Office of Psychological Services, Milwaukee Public School System, http://communityadvocates.net CECILIA VALLEJOS, LMFT, Family Therapist, 16th Street Community Health Center
www.sschc.org and former Clinical Director for United Community Center, Behavioral Services HILLARY WYNN, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, St. Charles Youth and Family Services, AJA Counseling Center, Fresh Start and Aurora Family Services and Founder, Collective Focus Speaking and Training Options, collectivefocus@att.net
Forum 625
MPTV Broadcast Dates: May 16 and 18, 2008
JUVENILE JUSTICE IN WISCONSIN: IS THE SYSTEM WORKING? How good is Wisconsin at rehabilitating juvenile offenders? Do adult jails, or juvenile institutions, or restorative justice programs have greater success?
The prognosis for young people who commit crimes, next time on 4th Street Forum.
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUESTS VICTOR BARNETT, Executive Director and Founder, Running Rebels Community Organization, www.runningrebels.org AUDRIAN BROWN, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Chief, Division of Juvenile Corrections, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, www.wi-doc.com CHARLES GLYNN, Program Manager, Focus Program, St. Charles Youth and Family Services, founded 1920, www.stcharlesinc.org MARY TRIGIANO, JD, Judge, Milwaukee County Children’s Court
www.milwaukeecounty.org/ClerkofCircuitCourtC10485.htm
Forum 626
MPTV Broadcast Dates: May 23 and 25, 2008
LAKE MICHIGAN’S FATE AND MILWAUKEE’S FUTURE Lake Michigan, Milwaukee’s “Fresh Coast,” birthed this city. The two are intertwined. Now will Milwaukee use its great lake to promote regional cooperation and city growth?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUESTS LYNN BROADDUS, Executive Director, Friends of Milwaukee Rivers, www.mkeriverkeeper.org JACK CHIOVATERO, Mayor of New Berlin, www.newberlin.org PEDRO COLON, Wisconsin State Representative, www.legis.wisconsin.gov and Commissioner, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, www.mmsd.com JIM ROWEN, Freelance Writer and Blogger, http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com
Consultant, Environmental Issues and Former Chief of Staff, Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin; Former Investigative Reporter and Assistant Metropolitan Editor, Milwaukee Journal and Journal Sentinel
SEASON 2006/2007
Forum 501
Broadcast dates: September 15 and 17, 2006
Election 2006: What Should You Expect from Government? Conflicting views abound but public policies determine our collective fate. Where are the politicians trying to take us? Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee 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 (www.milwaukeemagazine.com/murphyslaw)
Forum 502
Broadcast dates: September 22 and 24, 2006
Election 2006: 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.lwwi.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 503
Broadcast dates: September 29 and October 1, 2006
ELECTION 2006: CITY AND SUBURBS - WHAT ARE THE GREATEST PROBLEMS? It's campaign time and wedge issues grab headlines. But what are the larger issues? Will politicians have the integrity and courage to tackle them?, Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications, The 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.publicpolicy.org) DANIEL VRAKAS, County Executive of Waukesha (www.waukeshacounty.gov)
SEASON 2006/2007
Forum 504
Broadcast dates: October 6, 8, 2006
ELECTION 2006: 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, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation MILWAUKEE COUNTY DA CANDIDATES:
JOHN CHISHOM (www.chisholmforda.com/)
LEW WASSERMAN (www.electwasserman.com) MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF CANDIDATES:
DAVID CLARKE (www.mkesheriff.org)
DON HOLT (www.holt-dr.com)
Forum 505
Broadcast dates: October 13, 15, 2006
ELECTION 2006: 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: Dan Jones, MPTV producer and host 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 506
Broadcast dates: October 20, 22, 2006
ELECTION 2006: 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 PANELISTS: 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, program director and attorney, Catholic Charities Legal Services for Immigrants Program (www.archmil.org/aboutus) GLENN GROTHMAN, Wisconsin state senator, 20th District, Republican (www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen20/sen20.html)
SEASON 2006/2007
Forum 507
Broadcast Dates: October 27, 29, 2006
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. Moderator:Jack Murtaugh, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee co-chair 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 508
Broadcast dates: November 3 and 5, 2006
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? Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation GUEST PANELISTS: JENNIFER BIAS, deputy director, Trial Division, Office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender
www.wisspd.org/html/leadership/management/Jennifer2.asp 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 www.marquette.edu/polisci/McAdams.htm MICHAEL NIESKES, district attorney, Racine County www.racineco.com
Forum 509
Broadcast dates: November 10, 12, 2006
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, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee co-chair GUEST PANELISTS: JEFF MAYERS, president and co-founder, Wispolitics.Com www.wispolitics.com BRUCE MURPHY, editor and columnist, Milwaukee Magazine, www.milwaukeemagazine.com/murphyslaw GWEN MOORE, U. S. Congresswoman, 4th District, www.house.gov/gwenmoore/bio.shtml MARY PANZER, consultant and registered lobbyist, former Republican state senate majority leader
SEASON 2006/2007
Forum 510
Broadcast dates: November 17, 19, 2006
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, 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 511
Broadcast dates: January 12, 14, 2007
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: FLOYD BEACHUM, Ed.D, Professor of Education, UW-Milwaukee www.uwm.edu CAMILLE MORTIMORE, PhD, Executive Director, Co-founder, Academy of Learning and Leadership www.all-milwaukee.org KARYN ROTKER, Milwaukee Public School Parent MANUELA SOTO, Teacher-Mentor, TEAM Program, Milwaukee Public Schools www.mpsportal.milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Forum 512
Broadcast dates: January 19, 21, 2007
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, The 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, Artistic Director, Co-founder, Modjeska Youth Theater Company www.mytheatercompany.org/ JENNIFER MORALES, Board Member, www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/governance/board/bio05.html, Milwaukee Public Schools AMY SEWELL, NY Documentary Film Writer, Producer, "Mad Hot Ballroom" www.paramountvantage.com/madhot/
In collaboration with Mad Hot Ballroom Milwaukee
4th SEASON 2006/2007
Forum 513
Broadcast Dates: January 26, 28, 2007
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
UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing http://cfprod.imt.uwm.edu/nursing/ GLENN FLORES, MD, Director, Center for the Advancement Underserved Children
Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health, Medical College of Wisconsin www.mcw.edu EUGENE PRUITT, MD, Internist, Assistant Professor, Westside Health Care, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin EARNESTINE WILLIS, MD, MPH, Director, Special Projects and Healthy Partnerships Associate professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin www.mcw.edu
Advisor, Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin http://www.bhcw.org)
In collaboration with the Department of Population Health and The Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin (www.hwli.org)
Forum 514
Broadcast dates: February 2, 4, 2007
FOUR-PART SERIES: PATHWAY TO A PROSPEROUS SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN Looking toward our future - what will our region look like in 2050?
Part one: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT - CAN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER? Will the seven county business and government alliance result in more business and better jobs? 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 CORY NETTLES, JD, Partner, Quarles and Brady Law Firm www.quarles.com
former Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce PAT O'BRIEN, President, Milwaukee Development Corporation,
Executive Director, Milwaukee 7 Regional Economic Development Campaign
www.ChooseMilwaukee.com or www.milwaukee7@mmac.org
SEASON 2006/2007
Forum 515
Broadcast dates: February 9, 11, 2007
Part Two: ENERGY - THE CENTRAL QUESTION Energy: Dependence, high prices, global warming. Can these deficits be turned to assets in Wisconsin? Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director, Roberto Herandez Center, UW-Milwaukee GUEST PANELISTS: JANET BRANDT, Executive Director, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation www.focusonenergy.com or www.weccusa.org DAVID CIEPLUCH, Energy Efficiency Project Strategist, WE Energies
www.we-energies.com/EE (energy efficiency) or www.we-energies.com/RE (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, www.dairynet.com, Former Wisconsin State Senator
Forum 516
Broadcast dates: February 16, 18, 2007
Part Three: Green Products, Green Living, Greenbacks Can our economy reinvent, retool, and emerge as a winner in the coming age of energy efficiency? 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.jci.com
Forum 517
Broadcast dates: February 23, 25, 2007
Part Four: 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? Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, Ph.D., director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee GUEST PANELISTS: JOEL BRENNAN, Director, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, www.mkedcd.org/racm 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
SEASON 2006/2007
Forum 518
Forum date: March 1, 2007
Broadcast dates: March 2, 4, 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 our dilemma? Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee GUEST PANELISTS: JEAN PIERRE BIAGUI, Member, Wisconsin's Commission on the United Nations JOHN KATZKA, Former Senior Officer, United States Foreign Service DEBORAH METKE, Milwaukee Chapter President, Citizens for Global Solutions and Committee, www.globalsolutions.org/ and Member Milwaukee Mayor's Committee on the United Nations ROBERT RICIGLIANO, Director, Institute for World Affairs, UW-Milwaukee
www3.uwm.edu/dept/cie/iwa
MPTV Show Number 519
Broadcast dates: March 23, 25 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 middle class workers? Do they need saving? Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation GUEST PANELISTS: JUDY BURNICK, Business Manager and former Labor Organizer, Office of Professional Employees International Local 35, AFL-CIO, 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, Department of Economics, Milwaukee Area Technical College, www.matc.edu DAVID WARD, Ph.D., President and Founder, Northstar Economics, former Professor of Finance, UW-Madison, www.northstareconomics.com
MPTV Show Number 520
Broadcast dates: March 30, April 1 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 GUEST PANELISTS: DAVID NEWBY, President, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, www.wisaflcio.org CANDICE OWLEY, RN, President, Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, AFT, AFL-CIO, www.wfnhp.org JAMES PEOPLES, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics, UW-Milwaukee, www.uwm.edu/~peoples JOHN SHERIDAN, Former Partner, Adams, Nash, Haskell and Sheridan, www.anh.com
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MPTV Show Number: 521
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 Defender, www.wisspd.org/html/acd/acd.asp JOHN CHISHOLM, JD, District Attorney, Milwaukee County, www.milwaukeecounty.org/router.asp?docid=7715 RODNEY CUBBIE, JD, Attorney, Rodney L. Cubbie Law Office PAMELA OLIVER, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Sociology Department, UW-Madison
www.ssc.wisc.edu/~oliver/RACIAL/RacialDisparities.htm
MPTV Show Number: 522
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 GUEST 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 Dept. of Health and Human Services, www.waukeshacounty.gov JAMES WHITE, County Supervisor, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, www.milwaukeecounty.org/router.asp?docid=7936
MPTV Show Number: 523
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 Hernandez Center, UWM GUEST PANELISTS: DANAE DAVIS, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Member, Executive Director, PEA RLS for Teen Girls, Inc., www.pearlsforteengirls.com/ GLENN GROTHMAN, State Senator, 20th District, Republican, www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen20/sen20.html MICHEAL HAHN, Wisconsin College Republicans Member, UW-Madison Student
Please Note: The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Student Member cancelled last minute.
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MPTV Show Number: 524
Broadcast dates: MAY 18, MAY 20, 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 Hernandez Center, UWM GUEST PANELISTS: CAROLINA GONZALEZ SCHLENKER, MD, MPH, Founder, Latino Health Organization of Wisconsin (www.latinohealthorganization.org), Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin BILL JENKINS, Principal, Jenkins and Associates, Former CEO, Milwaukee County Medical Complex, Former President, Aurora Health Care Community Programs JON RICHARDS, JD, Wisconsin State Representative, 19th District, Assistant Minority Assembly Leader, www.legis.state.wi.us/leginfo/contact/legislatorpages.aspx?house=Assembly&district=19 DANIEL STEININGER, JD, President, Steininger and Associates, Former CEO and Chairman, Catholic Knights Insurance
MPTV Show Number: 525
Broadcast dates: MAY 25, MAY 27, 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 GUEST PANELISTS: RICHARD COX, Assistant Executive Director, Benedict Center (www.benedictcenter.org), Member, Fire and Police Commission, Former Superintendent, Wisconsin House of Correction, Former Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriff CONNIE FLETCHER, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept of Communications, Loyola University Chicago, Author: "What Cops Know," "Pure Cop," and "Breaking and Entering: Women Cops," www.luc.edu/communication/academics_facultystaff_fletcher.shtml MICHAEL SCOTT, JD, Director, Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, Assistant
Clinical Professor, UW-Madison Law Schoo (http://law.wisc.edu/facstaff/biog.php?iID=608), Former Chief of Police, Lauderhill, Florida STAN STOJKOVIC, PhD, Dean and Professor, Dept of Criminal Justice, Helen Bader School of Welfare, UW-Milwaukee, Coordinator, CA Leadership Institute, CA Dept of Corrections, www.uwm.edu
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3-Part Series Highlighting Issues of Concern for the Hispanic Community
Forum 1: MAKING IT IN THE U.S. - HISPANICS AND ECONOMIC POWER LEONE BICCHIERI, Lead Organizer, Justice for Janitors Campaign (www.workerjustice.org), Service Employees International Union, former Organizer for Farmworkers working in the Northwest and 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 (www.abrazomarketing.com), 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
Forum 2: HISPANICS AND HERITAGE - ASSIMILATE OR ISOLATE? ROSARIO SANCHEZ, Principal, Nativity Jesuit Middle School (www.nativitymiguelschools.org) CARLOS SANTIAGO, PhD, Chancellor, UW-Milwaukee & Professor of Economics (www.uwm.edu) CAMILLE QUIROS SOLBERG, Nationally Published Freelance Journalist & Columnist ALFONSO ZEPEDA-CAPISTRAN, Migrant Education Program (www.dpi.wi.gov), State Recruiter, WI Dept of Public Instruction.
Forum 3: MEXICANS IN THE U.S. - JOBS, LAWS, CONFLICTS IVAN GAMBOA, Executive Director, Hispanic Heritage Council GLENN GROTHMAN, State Senator, Dist. 20, Republican (www.legis.state.wi.us) ANSELMO VILLARREAL, Executive Director, La Casa de Esperanza (www.lacasadeesperanza.org) JOSH ZEPNICK, State Representative, Dist.9, Democrat (www.legis.state.wi.us)
4-Part Series on Issues of Life and Death
Forum 4: America's Storm Part 1-STEM CELL RESEARCH CLARETTA DUPREE, RN, PhD, Asst. Prof., Medical College of WI (www.mcw.edu), Dir. of Res., Children's Hosp. Palliative Care Prog. ED FALLONE, JD, Pres., Wisconsin Stem Cell Now (www.wistemcellnow.org), Law Professor CLIVE SVENDSEN, PhD, Prof. of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dir. of Stem Cell Res. Prog., UW-Madison (www.waisman.wisc.edu) REVEREND KEVIN VOSS, Dir., Concordia Bioethics Institute (www.cuw.edu/Academics/institutes/bioethic), Philosophy Instructor.
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Forum 5: America's Storm Part 2-CONTRACEPTION, ABORTION CORRENA HURLEY, Vice Pres. & Treasurer, O'Meara Life Resources (www.mediatransparency.org) DAN MAGUIRE, PhD, Prof., Religious Ethics, Social Justice, Marquette U. (www.marquette.edu) FATHER KEVIN O'ROURKE, Prof., Bioethics, Loyola U. Medical School (www.meddean.luc.edu/depts/bioethics) LAURIE ZOLOTH, PhD,Dir., Bioethics Ctr., Prof., Medical Humanities & Bioethics, Northwestern U. Medical School, Prof. of Religion (www.medschool.northwestern.edu/mhb)
Forum 6: America's Storm Part 3-A DEATH OF ONE'S OWN ANDREW FERGUSSON, M.B., Pres. & CEO, Ctr. for Bioethics & Human Dignity (www.cbhd.org) TRACEY HUMBERT, M.D., Instructor, General Internal Medicine & Palliative Care, Medical College of WI (www.mcw.edu) FATHER ANDREW NELSON, Prof., St. Francis Seminary, Hosp. Chaplain (www.sfs.edu/faculty.html), Asst. Priest-St. Paul's Parish;
THOMAS POTTER, JD, Milwaukee Cty. Asst. DA (www.co.milwaukee.wi.us)
Forum 7: America's Storm Part 4 - THE DEATH PENALTY REVEREND ROBERT FLEISCHMANN, National Dir., Christian Life Resources (www.christianliferesources.com) JOHN McADAMS, PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, Marquette U. (www.marquette.edu) ROB WARDEN, Ex. Dir., Ctr. on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern U. (www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions) REVEREND KEN WHEELER, Asst. to the Bishop, Greater Milwaukee Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church (www.milwaukeesynod.org)
Forum 8: CHRISTIANS, JEWS, MUSLIMS – CAN WE ALL GET ALONG? OTHMAN ATTA, JD, President, Islamic Society of Milwaukee (www.ism-masjid.org) MARIA ROSA MENOCAL, PhD, Scholar and Author, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University (www.yale.edu) HARRIET McKINNEY, Executive Director, Milwaukee Chapter of the American Jewish Committee (www.ajc.org) MARILYN MILLER, Executive Director, Lutheran Human Relations Association (www.lhra.org)
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Forum 9: WHAT DOES WISCONSIN HAVE AGAINST WOMEN? ELLEN BRAVO, Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, UWM (www.uwm.edu) and former Director of 9to5 (www.9to5.org) SHEILA COCHRAN, Secretary/Treasurer and Chief Operating Officer of Milwaukee Cty. Labor Council, AFL-CIO (www.milwaukeelabor.org) BARBARA LAWTON, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (www.ltgov.state.wi.us) MARY VAN de KAMP NOHL, Senior Editor, Milwaukee Magazine (www.milwaukeemagazine.com )
Forum 10: TODAY'S OBESE CHILDREN – TOMORROW'S MEDICAL TIME BOMB? FRANCISCO ENRIQUEZ, MD, Director of Pediatrics at 16th Street Health Care Center, (www.sschc.org) FRANCES M. LAPPE, National Speaker, Author of Diet for a Small Planet (www.smallplanetinstitute.org) LAWRENCE A. MILLER, Psych.D, Health Care Psychologist, NEW Kids Program, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin (www.chw.org) KYMM MUTCH, MS, MPS Supervising Dietician (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us)
Forum 11: Snapshot of Wisconsin Kids-Harsh Realities CHARITY ELESON, Executive Director, WI Council on Children & Families (www.wccf.org) REGGIE MOORE, Co-founder & Executive Director, Urban Underground (www.urbanunderground.org) JASON TURNER, Visiting Fellow, Heritage Foundation (www.heritage.org) SAMMIS WHITE, Ph.D., Director, Center for Workforce Development, professor, Urban Planning, UW-Milwaukee (www.uwm.edu)
Forum 12: Kids Having Kids-Consequences and Solutions MARIA BARKER, multicultural programs manager, Planned Parenthood (www.plannedparenthood.org) DAWN GROSHEK, director of development, Rosalie Manor Community & Family Services (www.rosaliemanor.org) W. CURTIS MARSHALL, public health educator, WI Division of Public Health, SE Regional Office (www.dhfs.wisconsin.gov) KATHRYN HALL, founder and executive director, Birthing Project, U.S.A., California Headquarters (www.birthingprojectusa.com)
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Forum 13: Early Childhood-Do Wisconsin Kids Get a Fair Start? RICARDO DIAZ, executive director, United Community Center (www.unitedcc.org) GAIL PORATH, director, Head Start, Social Development Commission (www.cr-sdc.org/HeadStart2.html) JAN RIORDAN, program director, Bradley Foundation (www.bradleyfdn.org) DOUGLAS G. UDELL, instructor, Early Childhood Department, MATC (www.matc.edu)
Forum 14: Wisconsin Kids: Who Gets a Healthy Start? LEE DRESANG, M.D., family practice physician, Johnston Community Health Center, associate professor, Pub. Health Dept. of Family Medicine, UW-Madison Medical School (www.mcw.edu) SHERI JOHNSON, Ph.D.,administrator, Div. of Pub. Health, WI Dept. of Health & Family Services (www.dhfs.state.wi.us) CAROLINA GONZALEZ SCHLENKER, MD, MPH, founder and past pres., Latino Health Organization of WI (www.latinohealthorganization.org/), adjunct professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Medical College of WI (www.mcw.edu) EARNESTINE WILLIS, MD, MPH, assoc. prof. of pediatrics & dir., Special Projects and Healthy Partnerships, Medical College of WI (www.mcw.edu)
Forum 15: Foster Care-Protect or Neglect? ECCLESIASTES ALLEN, LCSW, therapist SUSAN CONWELL, JD, executive director, Kids Matter and Milwaukee CASA (www.kidsmatterinc.org) SUSAN DREYFUS, Chief Operating Officer, Alliance for Children & Families (www.alliance1.org) MICHAEL MALMSTADT, JD, former Milwaukee County Children's Court Judge (www.milwaukeecounty.org)
Forum 16: Where We Live: Is There a Place for Everyone? MIKE RUZICKA, president, Greater Milwaukee Assoc. of Realtors (www.gmar.ws) ORVILLE SEYMER, former president, Apt. Assoc. of S.E. WI MIKE SOIKA, executive director, YMCA-Community Dev. Ctr.(www.umcamke.org) ANN WILSON, manager, Hillside Fam. Resource Ctr., Milwaukee Housing Authority (www.ci.mil.wi.us)
Forum 17: Family Survival: Making It in 2006 JIM MILLER, pres. WI Policy Research Institute (www.wpri.org) MICHAEL ROSEN, Ph.D., chair, economics dept. MATC (www.matc.edu) KAREN ROYSTER, exec. dir., Institute for WI's Future, (www.wisconsinsfuture.org) KEVIN WALKER, freelance social-cultural commentator, author, and journalist
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Forum 18: Education: What About Accountability? ALAN BORSUK, education journalist, former editor, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (www.jsonline.com) ALVARO GRACIA-VELEZ, president, Notre Dame Middle School (www.ssnd-milw.org/NDMS.htm) BARBARA MINER, freelance journalist and columnist JEFF SPENCE, Milwaukee Public School Board Member (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us)
Forum 19: Who Owns Lake Michigan Water? CHRIS AHMUTY, executive director, ACLU of Wisconsin (www.aclu-wi.org) DOUG CHERKAUER, Ph.D., professor, Dept. of Geosciences and researcher, Great Lakes Institute, UW-Milwaukee (www.glwi.uwm.edu) WILLIAM J. MIELKE, CEO, president, Ruekert-Mielke Engineering (www.ruekert-mielke.com) MELISSA SCANLAN, JD, founder and executive director, Midwest Environmental Advocates (www.midwestadvocates.org)
Forum 20: Mental Illness: Common, Costly, Neglected BILL BAZAN, vice president, Wisconsin Hospital Association (www.wha.org) , author of MEDICINE IN SEARCH OF MEANING WILLIAM GREER, M.S., L.C.S.W., executive director, Mental Health Center of Dane County (www.mhcdc.org) JON LEHRMAN, M.D., residency training director and assistant professor, Psychiatry Department, Medical College of Wisconsin (www.mcw.edu) SANDRA PASCH, RN, assistant professor, Columbia College of Nursing, psychiatric nurse specialist (www.ccon.edu)
Two-Part Series on Campaign Finance Reform
Forum 21: Part I: Who Is Running Your Government? TOM BARRETT, Mayor of Milwaukee, former U.S. Congressman, former Wisconsin State Assemblyman and State Senator (www.ci.mil.wi.us) BILL BROYDRICK,Senior Partner, Lobbyist, Broydrick and Associates (www.broydrick.com) JAY HECK, Executive Director, Common Cause in Wisconsin (www.commoncause.org) MORDECAI LEE, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Governmental Affairs, UW-Milwaukee and former WI State Assemblyman and State Senator (www.uwm.edu)
Forum 22: Part II: Money, Politics, and Campaign Integrity SUSAN ARMACOST, Legislative/PAC Director, Wisconsin Right to Life (www.wrtl.org) MICHAEL ELLIS, Wisconsin State Senator, Republican, 19th District (www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/senhomepages) MIKE McCABE, Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (www.wisdc.org) LENA TAYLOR, Wisconsin State Senator, Democrat, 4th District (www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/senhomepages)
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Forum 23: Economic Vitality, Tax Subsidies, and Jobs JOHN GOLDSTEIN, National Program Director, Partnership for Working Families (www.californiapartnership.org) 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 (www.goodjobsfirst.org)
Forum 24: Defining Marriage: A Job of the State? JULAINE APPLING, Executive Director, Family Research Institute (www.fri-wi.org) PATRICK McILHERAN, Editorial Columnist, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (www.jsonline.com) EVA SHIFFRIN, JD, Wisconsin Attorney, Lawyers Against the Amendment MIKE TATE, Campaign Manager, Fair Wisconsin (www.fairwisconsin.com)
Two-Part Series on Health Care
Forum 25: Part I-Where Do Your Health Care Dollars Go? 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 (www.mcw.edu) KRISTINE SEYMOUR, Vice President of Sales of Wisconsin, Humana (www.humana.com)
Forum 26: Part II- New Plans for Wisconsin Health Care 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 (www.wisaflcio.org)
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ELECTION 2004 (9-part series)
Forum 1: What Issues Really Matter? Bill Christofferson, Political Consultant Margaret Farrow, former Lt. Governor, Business Consultant Barbara Miner, freelance writer and columnist, former Journal-Sentinel reporter Ralph W. Conner, Mayor of the Village of Maywood; African-American speaker for Libertarian Party (www.maywood-il.org)
Forum 2: Fighting Terrorism: Which Candidate Can You Trust? Othman Atta, JD, President, Islamic Society; (www.ism-masjid.org) Ed Garvey, JD, Founder and Partner, Garvey and Stoddard John Hiller, Businessman, WI Republican Party Strategist John P. Savage, JD, WI State Election Board, Republican
Forum 3: IRAQ - Consequences & Costs Colonel Ray Boland, former Secretary, WI Dept of Veterans' Affairs & Chair, member, Veterans for Bush/Cheney; George Martin, Program Director, Peace Action (www.peace-action.org) Robert Ricigliano, JD, Director, Institute for World Affairs, UWM (www3.uwm.edu/dept/cie/iwa) Will Williams, Vietnam War Veteran
Forum 4: Whose Road to Prosperity? Louis Fortis, Publisher, Shepherd Express; former professor of Economics; former State Representative; (www.shepherdexpress.com) Bret Mayborne, Director of Economic Research, Metro Milwaukee Association of Commerce (www.mmac.org) Perfecto Rivera, Businessman, member of Hispanic Heritage Council Michael Rosen, PhD, Chair, Economics Dept, MATC (www.matc.edu), President, Local 212 AFT
Forum 5: SHOULD WISCONSIN SING THE TAX BLUES? Carolyn Castore, Legislative Director, Wisconsin Citizen Action (www.citizenactionwi.org) Michael Morgan, Wisconsin Secretary of Revenue (www.dor.state.wi.us) Maureen McGinnity, JD, Partner, Chair of Tax Practice, Foley and Lardner (www.foley.com) Andrew Reschovsky, PhD, Professor of Public Affairs and Applied Economics, UW-Madison (www.wisc.edu)
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Forum 6: AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE WOES: WHO HAS THE CURE? Bevan Baker, Health Commissioner, City of Milwaukee (www.ci.mil.wi.us) Linda Farley, MD, Emeritus Asst Professor, UW-Madison Medical School (www.med.wisc.edu) Dianne Kiehl, Executive Director, Business Health Care Group of SE Wisconsin; David Riemer, former Wisconsin State Budget Director
Forum 7: EDUCATION: POLITICIAN'S PLAYGROUND? Kermit Hall, PhD, President, Utah State University and Professor of History (www.usu.edu) Barbara Horton, MS, MPS School Board member (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us), Executive Director, DLH Academy Michael Spector, JD, Chair of Governor's Task Force on Educational Excellence, retired Chair and Managing Partner, Quarles and Brady Law Firm; (www.edexcellence.wisconsin.gov ) Rita Tenorio, MPS Teacher, (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us), writer and editor for Rethinking Schools (www.rethinkingschools.org)
Forum 8: COUNTDOWN: WHO GOES TO WASHINGTON? Gerald H. Boyle, Republican 4th District Candidate for US Congress Gwen Moore, Democratic 4th District Candidates for US Congress Bryan Kennedy, Democratic 5th District Candidate for US Congress James Sensenbrenner, Republican 5th District Candidate for US Congress
Forum 9: ELECTION 2004: NOW WHAT, AMERICA? Maureen Martin, JD, former political reporter, Senior Fellow for Legal Affairs, The Heartland Institute (www.heartland.org) Patrick McIlheran, Columnist for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (www.jsonline.com) John Nichols, Editorial Page Editor of THE CAPITAL TIMES (www.madison.com) Eric Von, Radio Commentator and Host of EVENING RUSH, WMCS 1290 AM.
Forum 10: JAIL HOUSE WISCONSIN: DOES PUNISHMENT WORK? Glenn Grothman, Republican, Wisconsin State Assembly Representative Loyd Hubbard, Co-chair of Treatment Not Prisons, MICAH, WISDOM (www.micah.org) Duncan Shrout, Associate Director, Impact, Inc (www.impactinc.org) Kathleen Ware, Assistant Regional Chief, Department of Corrections
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Forum 11: THE POOR AMONG US: BOOTSTRAPS, CHARITY, GOVERNMENT Bishop Sedgwick Daniels, Holy Redeemer Church (www.hrcogic.org) Sherrie Tussler, Executive Director, Hunger Task Force;(www.hungertaskforce.org) Marcus White, Executive Director, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee;(www.interfaithconference.org) Conor Williams, Co-chair, MICAH and WISDOM (www.micah.org)
8-Part Series on professionals, leadership, and the commitment to the common good
Forum 12: MILWAUKEE'S FUTURE: Leaders and the Common Good Jill Geisler, Leadership and Management Group Leader, The Poynter Institute (www.poynter.org), former WITI-TV News Director Bob Greenstreet, PhD, Dean, UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Milwaukee City Architect; (www.uwm.edu) Jeanette Mitchell, Ed.D, Executive Director, Leadership Center, Cardinal Stritch University;( www.stritch.edu) Paul Schmitz, President and CEO, Public Allies (www.publicallies.org)
Forum 13: WISCONSIN'S 4TH ESTATE: How Good Is Our Journalism? Joel McNally, Syndicated Columnist for Wisconsin newspapers, former Editor of Shepherd Express, Regular Commentator on MPTV's "Interchange" and CBS-58's "Belling & Company"
O. Ricardo Pimentel, Editorial Page Editor and Vice President, Journal-Sentinel (www.jsonline.com) Jerry Taff, Anchor, WISN-TV, Channel 12 Anita Weier, Government Reporter, The Capital Times (www.madison.com), Society of Professional Journalists' National Ethics Committee Member
Forum 14: WISCONSIN'S LAWYERS: Justice, Power, and the Common Good Patricia A. Ballman, JD, Partner, Quarles and Brady Law, past President of the Wisconsin State Bar Association and Milwaukee Bar Association Justice Louis Butler, JD, Wisconsin Supreme Court (www.courts.state.wi.us) E.Michael McCann, JD, Milwaukee County District Attorney (www.county.milwaukee.gov) Dean A. Strang, JD, Federal Defender of Wisconsin (www.fdswi.org)
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Forum 15: WISCONSIN'S DOCTORS: Healing, Profit, and the Common Good Arthur Derse, MD, JD, Director of Medical and Legal Affairs and Associate Director, Bioethics Center (www.mcw.edu/bioethics), Clinical Professor of Bioethics & Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin and national President, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities David Olson, MD, Family Practice, Elmbrook Hospital, President of Milwaukee County Medical Society Wayman Parker, MD, Private Practitioner, Lakeshore Medical Clinic-Midtown Health Center Monica Vohmann, MD, Madison Group Health Coop Physician, National Board Member for Physicians for Social Responsibility, Asst. Clinical Professor, University of Wisconsin Medical School (www.psr.org)
Forum 16: DO WISCONSIN'S POLITICIANS SERVE YOU? TOM BARRETT, Mayor of Milwaukee (www.ci.mil.wi.us) ASHANTI HAMILTON, 1st District Alderman;(www.ci.mil.wi.us) GRETCHEN SCHULDT, Community Activist, Co-founder, Citizens Allied for Sane Highways, Editor of Story Hill Neighborhood Website (www.storyhill.net), former Journal-Sentinel government reporter JOSEPH WALL, JD, Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge and Certified Public Accountant (www.wicourts.gov)
Forum 17: WISCONSIN'S EDUCATION: INSPIRED OR JUST TIRED? MARY DIEZ, Ph.D., Graduate Dean, Alverno College (www.alverno.edu) DAN McKINLEY, Executive Director, Partners-Advancing-Values-In-Education (www.pave.org) BOB PETERSON, Co-founder and Editor of Rethinking Schools and MPS teacher (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us) BETTY SMITH, Milwaukee Catalyst - a city-wide education reform coalition (www.mediatransparency.org)
Forum 18: WISCONSIN BUSINESS: THE BOTTOM LINE & THE COMMON GOOD EUGENE LACZNIAK, Ph.D., Professor and Sanders Chair, Marquette University Business School; (www.marquette.edu) AMELIA MACARENO, Sr. Vice President, Merchants and Manufacturers BanCorp and President of Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee (www.hpgm.org) CHRISTOPHER WARE, JD, General Counselor and Business Development, Initiative for a Competitive Milwaukee, Sr. Vice President, Greater Milwaukee Committee (www.gmconline.org) DAN STEININGER, President and CEO, Catholic Knights Insurance Company (www.catholicknights.org)
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Forum 19: BUILDING WISCONSIN: WHAT DO WE NEED? WHAT DO WE GET? RANDY BRYANT, Preservationist and Businessman, board member of Water Tower Landmark Trust, Preserve Our Parks, Milwaukee Historical Society, and Ten Chimneys WHITNEY GOULD, Journal-Sentinel Urban Landscape Writer (www.jsonline.com) BOB MONNAT, Chief Operating Officer, Mandel Development Group (www.mandelgroup.com) ROCKY MARCOUX, Commissioner of Milwaukee City Development (www.mkedcd.org)
2-Part Series: PRIVATE VALUES AND PUBLIC SPACES
Forum 20: My Life and Your Religion REVEREND VELMA SMITH, Central United Methodist Church
JODY HIRSH, Judaic Education Director, Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee (www.jccmilwaukee.org) Reverend Drew Kennedy, First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee (www.uumilwaukee.org) Angus Menuge, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Concordia University (www.cuw.edu)
Forum 21: Religion, Science, and Politics Julaine K. Appling, Executive Director, The Family Research Institute of Wisconsin
(www.fri-wi.org) Dr. Ashok Bedi, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin (www.mcw.edu) Reverend Mary Ann Neevel, Plymouth United Church of Christ (www.plymouth-church.org) Father Andrew L. Nelson, Professor, St. Francis Seminary and Assistant Priest at St. Paul's Parish (www.sfs.edu)
Forum 22: Social Security: What's in Our Future? JAMES HICKMAN, PhD, Emeritus Professor and Dean of the School of Business, UW-Madison (www.wisc.edu) KAREN HOLDEN, PhD, Professor of Public Affairs and Consumer Science, UW-Madison (www.wisc.edu) LISA LAMKINS, Associate State Director, AARP WI State Office; (www.aarp.org) PAUL RYAN, US Congressman, 1st Congressional District, Republican (www.house.gov/ryan)
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Forum 23: Our Families, Our Pocketbooks, and Wisconsin's Budget PEDRO COLON, State Representative, 8th Assembly District, Democrat (www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asmhomepages) CHARITY ELESON, Executive Director, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (www.wccf.org) JIM MILLER, President, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (www.wpri.org) JEFF STONE, State Representative, 82nd Assembly District, Republican (www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asmhomepages)
Forum 24: Wisconsin's New Immigrants: Benefit or Burden? ED A. FALLONE, JD, Associate Professor Law, Marquette University Law School, founding member of The Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Assistance program;(www.marquette.edu) CHRISTINE NEUMANN ORTIZ, President, Voces de la Frontera and active member of the Immigrant Organizing Committee and the national organization, Fair Immigration Reform Movement - FIRM (www.vocesdelafrontera.net) AHMED J. QUERESHI, JD, Attorney, Ahmed J. Quereshi Law Office, Islamic Society's representative to Milwaukee Association of Interfaith Relations, frequent lecturer on Islam to non-Muslim audiences SUSAN TULLY, Midwest Regional Director, The Federation for American Immigration Reform or FAIR (www.fairus.org)
3-PART SERIES: POLICE/COMMUNITY TENSIONS
Forum 25: PART I: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE POLICE STEVEN G. BRANDL, PhD, associate professor, Dept. of Criminal Justice, UW-Milwaukee; (www.uwm.edu) ROSA DOMINGUEZ, president and CEO, Council for Spanish Speaking, member of Milwaukee Commission on Police and Community Relations, former commissioner of Fire and Police Commission (www.councilforthespanishspeakingmilw.org) MARY HOERIG, captain, Profession Performance Division, Milwaukee Police Department LENARD WELLS, MS, chair, The Parole Commission of Wisconsin, former Milwaukee police officer
Forum 26: PART II: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PEOPLE PETER G. EARLE, JD, civil rights attorney, Peter Earle Law Offices GLORIA F. GILMER, social justice activist and educator DENNIS HANSON, director, Wisconsin Law Enforcement Training and Standards Bureau, WI Dept of Justice (www.doj.state.wi.us) JEFF YANG, CEO, Global Staffing Resources, co-owner, Noodle House, Hmong activist
Forum 27: PART III: FINDING SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE NAN HEGERTY, chief, Milwaukee Police Department KENYATTA RILEY, JD, attorney; Eisenberg & Riley Law Offices, chair, member of Milwaukee Commission on Police & Community Relations, NAACP Legal Redress Committee (www.hcbnaacp.org) STAN STOJKOVIC, PhD, dean and professor, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, UW-Milwaukee (www.uwm.edu) MARCUS WHITE, executive director, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee (www.interfaithconference.org), member of Milwaukee Commission on Police and Community Relations
SEASON 2003/2004
Fixing Health Care (6-part series)
Forum 1: Health Care: Right or Privilege? Kristine Gebbie, DrPH, RN, Director, Center for Health Policy, Columbia University (www.columbia.edu) Wayman Parker, MD, Partner, Capitol Dr. Health Care Center John Petersen, MD, President, Center for International Health, Former Director Milwaukee County Hospital Robyn Shapiro, JD, Director, Center of Bioethics, MCW/ Partner, Michael, Best and Friedrich Law Firm
Forum 2: The Industry: Who Benefits? Paul Nannis, Vice President, Government Community Relations, Aurora Health Care Larry Rambo, CEO, Humana, Inc./Wisconsin and Michigan Markets Jim Wrich, CEO, J Wrich and Associates
Forum 3: Health Care: A System or Chaos? Georgia Cameron, Senior. Vice President, Business Development, OIC-GM and former Assistant Director of Milwaukee Public Health Bobby Peterson, Public Interest Attorney, ABC for Health Inc. (www.safetyweb.org) Chris Queram, CEO, Employer Health Care Alliance David Riemer, Budget Director, State of Wisconsin
Forum 4: National Systems Linda F. Farley, MD, Prof Emerita, UW Medical School (www.med.wisc.edu) David A. Kindig, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Population Health Sciences, UW Medical School (www.med.wisc.edu) Katharyn A. May, RN, DNSc, Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, UW-Madison (www.wisc.edu) Louise Trubek, JD, Director, Health Law Project, UW-Madison Law School (www.law.wisc.edu)
Forum 5: Wisconsin's Future Wayne Corey, Executive Director, Wisconsin Independent Businesses (www.wibiz.org) David Newby, President, AFL-CIO Wisconsin (www.wisaflcio.org) Art Taggart, JD, Chair, Coalition for Wisconsin Health (www.wisconsinhealth.org) John Torinus, CEO, Serigraph Inc. (www.serigraph.com) Jim Wrich, CEO, J.Wrich and Associates
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Forum 6: Fixing Health Care: Politics and Ideals Bill Broydrick, Principal, Broydrick and Associates (www.broydrick.com) Eugene S. Farley, MD, Emeritus Professor, UW-Madison (www.wisc.edu) Margaret A. Farrow, Director of Local Government Services, Law Firm of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek John Norquist, Mayor, City of Milwaukee.
Taxes (2-part series)
Forum 7: Tax Policy: What's Fair? Joan Hansen, Director of Tax & Corporate Policy, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (www.wmc.org ) Michael Rosen, PhD, Chair, Dept of Economics, MATC (www.matc.edu) Noel Williams, CPA, Williams and Associates Clare Zempel, CFA, Consultant in Economics and Investment Strategies.
Forum 8: Tax Freeze: City-County Consequences Rich Abelson, Executive Director, AFSCME (www.afscme.org) Chris Kliesmet, Citizens for Responsible Government (www.responsiblegov.net) Sammis White, PhD, Professor, Department of Urban Planning, UW-Milwaukee (www.uwm.edu) Janice Wilberg, PhD, Community Planning Consultant
Civic Participation and Government (12-part series)
Forum 9: What Should We Expect from Government? Jim Carpenter, Lecturer, Economics Dept., MATC (www.matc.edu) and former Green Party candidate Alberta Darling, State Senator (www.legis.state.wi.us) Barbara Lawton, Lt. Governor (www.ltgov.state.wi.us) Ed Thompson, Chair, Libertarian Party of Wisconsin (www.lpwi.org)
Forum 10: The Patriot Act: Balancing Freedom & Security Bob Barr, JD, former U.S. Congressman and 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy, American Conservative Union (www.conservative.org) Steven M. Biskupic, JD, U.S. Attorney, Eastern Dist. of Wisconsin (www.usdoj.gov) David Mitchell, Special Agent, FBI ( www.fbi.gov) Nadine Strossen, JD, President, ACLU (www.aclu.org) and Constitutional Law Professor, NY Law School (www.nyls.edu)
SEASON 2003/2004
Forum 11: Why Don't We Vote? Kathleen A. Dolan, PhD, Associate Professor, Political Science Dept., UWM (www.uwm.edu) Gladys Gonzalez, Director, Lawyer Referral & Information Service, Milwaukee Bar Association (www.milwbar.org) Todd Robert Murphy, President, Todd Robert Murphy Advertising and Public Relations Reverand Rolen Womack, Minister, Progressive Baptist Church (www.pbcfamily.org)
Forum 12: Can Milwaukee Government Create Jobs? Sheila Cochran, Secretary Treasurer, Milwaukee County Labor Council (www.milwaukeelabor.org) Curtiss E. Harris, Senior Partner, Advantage Business Partners Barry R. Mandel, President, Mandel Group Julia Taylor, President, Greater Milwaukee Committee (www.gmconline.org)
Forum 13: Power to the Voter Rick Graber, JD, Chair, Wisconsin Republican Party Art Heitzer, JD, Heitzer Law Office, Political Activist Linda Honold, Chair, Wisconsin Democratic Party Mike McCabe, Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (www.wisdc.org)
Forum 14: Race to the White House Barbara Boxer, JD, Co-Chair Government Relations, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director, Roberto Hernandez Center for Latino Affairs, UW-Milwaukee (www.uwm.edu) Thomas M. Holbrook, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Political Science, UW-Milwaukee; (www.uwm.edu) Gerard A. Randall, Jr., President and CEO, Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County (www.milwjobs.com)
Forum 15: Dissecting the Primaries Eugene Kane, Columnist, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (www.jsonline.com) Frederick P. Kessler, JD, Judge Jim Miller, President, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (www.wpri.org) Mary Panzer, Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader, Republican
SEASON 2003/2004
Forum 16: Has County Government Abdicated Its Role? Sheila Aldrich, Milwaukee County Supervisor (www.county.milwaukee.gov) Rachel Forman, Executive Director, Grand Ave Club (www.grandavenueclub.com) Marc Marotta, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Administration (www.doa.state.wi.us) Stephanie Stein, Director, Milwaukee County Department on Aging (www.milwaukeecounty.org)
Forum 17: GenXers: Unactivated Generation? Chris Boston, Interim Lead Organizer, MICAH (www.micah.org) Ramon Candelaria, Executive Director, Latino Community Center (www.latinocommunitycenter.com) Shelley Jurewicz, Executive Director, Young Professionals of Milwaukee (www.ypm.mmac.org) Stephanie Walters, Assistant Executive Director, Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association (www.mtea.org)
Forum 18: Visions for a Greater Milwaukee Michael J. Cudahy, President, The Endeavors Group Peter Earle, Civil Rights Attorney Nancy Frank, PhD, Acting Dean, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, UWM (www.uwm.edu) John Goldstein, President, Milwaukee County Labor Council, AFL-CIO (www.milwaukeelabor.org) Margaret Henningsen, Founder, Legacy Bank (www.legacybank.co)
Forum 19: Milwaukee's Next Mayor and County Executive: Make Your Choice
Mayoral Candidates: Tom Barrett and Marvin Pratt
County Executive Candidates: David Riemer and Scott Walker
Forum 20: Metro Mayors: Living with Milwaukee Michael R. Miller, Mayor, West Bend (www.villageprofile.com/wisconsin) Christine Nuernberg, Mayor, Mequon (www.mequon.govoffice.com) Jim R. Ryan, Village President, Hales Corner (www.halescorners.org) Gary Becker, Mayor, Racine (www.cityofracine.org)
SEASON 2003/2004
Road to Reconciliation: Issues of Black and White (4-part series)
Forum 21: What Is Race? Who Defines It? Pamela Oliver, PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology, UW-Madison, Principal on the Racial Disparities Project of Wisconsin; (www.wisc.edu) Shelia Payton, President, Sales and Marketing Communications Associates, Publisher, WI Black Pages and authored Cultures of America: African Americans; L.G. Shanklin-Flowers, President and Principal Consultant, Inreach, NGO delegate, World Conference Against Racism in South Africa Winston Van Horne, PhD, Professor, Department of Africology, UWM, Teaching topics: African-American Politics and Political Philosophy (www.uwm.edu)
Forum 22: Race or Class? Which Is the Real Obstacle? Deborah Blanks, CEO, Social Development Commission, authored Weaving Diversity into the Fabric of America William Powell Jones, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of History, UWM, Teaching topics: African-American workers and immigration (www.uwm.edu) Paul Street, PhD, Vice President for Research and Planning, Chicago Urban League, Freelance writer for Black Commentator, Chicago Tribune, Z Magazine Frank H. Wilson, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept of Sociology, UWM, Teaching topics: Urban inequality, gentrification and poverty (www.uwm.edu)
Forum 23: Law, Money, & Embedded Racism Ralph Hollmon, President and CEO, Urban League of Milwaukee (www.tmul.org) Ahmed Mbalia, PhD, Lecturer, Dept of Africology, UWM, Teaching topics: Effects of racism, mass media and racism; (www.uwm.edu) E. Michael McCann, Milwaukee County District Attorney (www.county.milwaukee.gov) Devah Pager, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Sociology, Northwestern University, Teaching topics: Racial stratification in education, employment and criminal justice system (www.northwestern.edu)
Forum 24: Can Reparations Bring Reconciliation? Martha Biondi, PhD, Department of African-American Studies, Northwestern University, Teaching topics: Social movements, politics, ideology and protest (www.northwestern.edu) Judge Russell Stamper, Wisconsin Reserve Circuit Court Judge Kevin Walker, Freelance Journalist on Social Issues Marcus White, Executive Director, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, Worked with Archbishop Desmond Tutu in So Africa (www.interfaithconference.org)
SEASON 2002/2003
Election 2002: Choices Shaping Wisconsin' Future (10-part series)
Forum 1: The State's Role in Financing Public Schools Andrews Morris, Educational Consultant James Haney, President. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (www.wmc.org) Karen Royster, Executive Director, Institute for Wisconsin's Future (www.wisconsinsfuture.org)
Forum 2: The Future of Criminal Justice in Wisconsin Michael McCann, District Attorney, Milwaukee County (www.county.milwaukee.gov) Pam Oliver, Professor, Sociology Department, UW Madison (www.wisc.edu) Pastor Harold Moore, Director, 3rd District Community Justice Center (http://members.aol.com/NbhdCollege/centers/cjc.htm)
Forum 3: What Can the State Do to Promote Affordable Health Care? James Hartert, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Cobalt Corporation Pat McManus, Executive Director, Black Health Coalition (www.bhcw.org) David Newby, President, Wisconsin AFL–CIO (www.wisaflcio.org)
Forum 4: Does Public Assistance Move People Out of Poverty? Pamela Fendt, Research Policy Analyst, Center for Economic Development (www.csuchico.edu) Anne Hazelwood, Women and Poverty Education Initiative David Riemer
Forum 5: Can We Create A Competitive Workforce? Linda Stewart, Director, UWM Center for Workforce Development (www.uwm.edu) Laura Dresser, Research Director of Center on Wisconsin Strategy John Stollenwerk, CEO, Allen Edmonds
Forum 6: The State's Role in Shaping Our Regional Transportation System Thomas Carl, Acting Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Transportation (www.dot.state.wi.us) Dan Finley, Office of the Waukesha County Executive John Norquist, City of Milwaukee Mayor (www.ci.mil.wi.us)
Forum 7: How Do We Resolve the State Budget Deficit? Andrew Reschovsky, Professor of Public Affairs and Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison (www.wisc.edu) Michael Rosen, Chair, MATC Department of Economics (www.matc.edu); President, Local 212 AFT Jeaneete Bell, Mayor city of West Allis (www.westalliscentennial.com) Richard Chandler, Secretary for Department of Revenue, State of Wisconsin (www.dor.state.wi.us)
SEASON 2002/2003
Forum 8: Tax Policy: Who Pays? Tim Sheehy, President, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association (www.mmac.org) Jack Norman, Research Director, Institute of Wisconsin's Future (www.wisconsinsfuture.org) Spencer Coggs, State Representative
Forum 9: Campaign Finance: Free Speech, Fair Elections, Equal Access? Carin Clauss, Professor, UW-Madison Law School (www.wisc.edu) Nathan P. Feinsinger, Professor, Labor Law, UW-Madison Law School (www.wisc.edu) Mike Wittenwvler, Plaintiffs Attorney for challenge to new Wisconsin campaign Mike McCabe, Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (www.wisdc.org)
Forum 10: What Do the Election Results Tell Us? Eugene Kane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Columnist (www.jsonline.com) Fred Kessler, Judge Thomas Holbrook, Professor, Political Science, UWM (www.uwm.edu) John Nichols, editor, The Capital Times (www.madison.com)
Energy for the Future (4-part series)
Forum 11: SE Wisconsin Energy Needs:
Where We Are, How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? Lee Cullen, Senior Partner, Cullen Weston, Pines and Bach Law (www.cwpb.com) Bert Garvin, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (www.psc.wi.gov) Ed Garvey, Senior Partner, Garvey and Stoddard Law Mark Williamson, Vice President of American Transmission Company (www.atcllc.com)
Forum 12: The WI Energies answer: "Power of the Future" Plan Chip Brewer, Director of Government Relations S.C. Johnson and Sons, Inc. (www.scjohnson.com) Larry Salustro, Executive Vice President of Wisconsin Energy (www.wisconsinenergy.com) Joe Strohl, Strohl and Associates John Thompson, Clean Air Task Force (www.catf.us)
Forum 13: Other Powers of the Future: Are There Viable Alternatives? George Edgar, Director of The Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (www.weccusa.org) Ron Kind, U.S. Representative, 3rd Congressional District Susan Stratton, Executive Director of Energy Center of Wisconsin (www.ecw.org)
Carl Siegrist, Senior Renewable Energy Strategist, WE Energy (www.we-energies.com)
SEASON 2002/2003
Forum 14: Energy Policy: Effects on Investors, Consumers and the Economy Steve Hinker, Executive Director of Citizens' Utility Board (www.citizensutilityboard.org) Dennis Gizezinski, Enviornmental Attorney Kris Krause, Vice President of WE Energy Enviornmental Group Kevin Quinn, St. Norberts College (www.snc.edu)
Wisconsin's Criminal Justice System: Is It Working? (4-part series)
Forum 15: What Should the Criminal Justice System Be Doing? Paul Bucher, District Attorney, Waukesha County (www.waukeshacounty.gov) Rodney Cubbie, Attorney At Law; Walter Dickey, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Criminal Law, University of Wisconsin Law School (www.law.wisc.edu) Sue Kenealy, Manager, Community Partners-SDC.
Forum 16: The Juvenile Justice System: Rehabilitation or Criminal Training? Ramon Candelaria, Executive Director, Latino Community Center; (www.latinocommunitycenter.com) Gary Erdmann, Executive Director, Lad Lake, Inc.; (www.ladlake.org) Nancy Joseph, Assistant Federal Defender, Former Public Juvenile Defender; (www.rashkind.com) Honorable Michael Malmstadt, Judge, Milwaukee County Children's Court Branch 39 (www.county.milwaukee.gov)
Forum 17: Sentencing and Prisons: Costs and Effects Honorable Louis Butler, Judge, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 9 (www.county.milwaukee.gov) Matthew Frank, Secretary, Department of Corrections; (www.wi-doc.com) LaVealea Grandberry, Women's Support Specialist, Asha Family Services, Inc., and Graduate of Project Return (www.volunteermatch.org) Pam Oliver, Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (www.wisc.edu)
Forum 18: Innovative Approaches to Justice Fr. John Celichowski, Pastor, St. Benedict the Moor Parish and Attorney; Janine Geske, Acting Dean, Marquette University Law School (www.marquette.edu) Kit McNally, Executive Director, Benedict Center (www.benedictcenter.org) Bob Gibson, Criminal Justice Systems Consultant and President, Preston Corporation (www.business.com)
SEASON 2002/2003
The Future of Public Education in Milwaukee (4-part series)
Forum 19: Race, Quality and Neighborhood Schools Janie Hatton, Principal and Principal Coach, North Division and MPS (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us) Dr. ¡Aquí!ne Jackson, Director, Office of Neighborhood Schools, Milwaukee Public Schools (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us) Robert Lowe, Co-Chair/Professor, School of Education, Marquette University (www.marquette.edu) Antonio Riley, Executive Director, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (www.wheda.com)
Forum 20: Crisis in Public Education Funding Paulette Copeland, Vice President and Literacy Specialist, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association and Milwaukee Public Schools (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us) Doug Haselow, Executive Director, Association for Equity in Funding (www.waef.net) Jack Norman, Research Director, Institute for Wisconsin's Future (www.wisconsinsfuture.org) David Riemer, State Budget Director, Wisconsin Department of Administration (www.doa.state.wi.us)
Forum 21: Testing and Accountability: How Do We Leave No Child Behind? Deb Lindsey, Director, Division of Assessment and Accountability, MPS (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us) Jennifer Morales, 5th District Director, Milwaukee Board of School Directors (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us) Bob Peterson, Teacher, La Escuela de Fratney and Editor, Rethinking School (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us) Betty Smith, Director, Milwaukee Catalyst (www.mediatransparency.org)
Forum 22: Facing Challenges of Urban Education: Racial Disparities, Dropouts and Job Preparation William Andrekopoulos, Superintendent, Milwaukee Public Schools (www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us) Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent, Department of Public Instruction (www.dpi.wi.gov) Darnell Cole, President, MATC (www.matc.edu) Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.uwm.edu)
SEASON 2002/2003
Wisconsin Water: Conflicts, Crisis and Solutions? (5-part series)
Forum 23: Water, The Resource: Is Our Well running Dry? Robert Biebel, Chief Environmental Planner, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (www.sewrpc.org) Douglas Cherkauer, Prof. of Hydrogeology, UWM – Dept. of Geological Sciences (www.uwm.edu) Carol Lombardi, Mayor, City of Waukesha (www.ci.waukesha.wi.us) Atty. Melissa Scanlan, Exec. Dir, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Inc, (www.midwestadvocates.org)
Forum 24: Water, The Commodity: Who Owns It? Who Can Sell It? Cameron Davis, Executive Director Lake Michigan Federation (www.greatlakesdirectory.org) Morgan Robertson, Research Fellow, Geography Dept-UW Madison/Consulting Ecologist, Applied Ecological Services, Inc (www.wisc.edu) Cathleen Rose, National Water Privatization Task Force/Human Rights and Responsible Trade Committee, Sierra Club (www.wisconsin.sierraclub.org) Tim Speerschneider, Atty., DeWitt, Ross & Stevens, LLC.
Forum 25: Water – Air, Surface & ¡Aquí!fer: Can the System Hold Together? Timothy Ehlinger, Assoc. Prof., Biological Sciences-UWM/Dir., Conservation & Environmental Sciences Program-UWM (www.uwm.edu) Sharon Gayan, Team Leader, Milwaukee River Basin, Wisconsin DNR (www.dnr.state.wi.us) Kevin Shafer, Exec. Dir., MMSD (www.mmsd.com) Edward J. Wilusz, Dir., Government Relations., Wisconsin Paper Council (www.wipapercouncil.org)
Forum 26: Water, the Conflict and Crisis: Lifestyle Sustainability Mike D'Amato, Alderman, 3rd District, City of Milwaukee (www.ci.mil.wi.us) Daniel Finley, County Exec., Waukesha County (www.waukeshacounty.gov) Nancy Frank, Chair and Assoc. Dean/Professor, Dept of Urban Planning-UWM (www.uwm.edu) Joseph Greco, Former Village President, Menomonee Falls
Forum 27: Water, The Solution: The Individual, The Market, The Government John Norquist, Mayor, City of Milwaukee (www.ci.mil.wi.us) Peter Peshek, Partner, Dewitt, Ross & Stevens (www.dewittross.com) Glenn Stoddard, Partner, Garvey & Stoddard Law Firm; Peter Wise, Principal, Kestrel Management Services, Inc./Consultant to Council of Great Lakes Governors on Water Management Initiatives Great Lakes Charter Annex 2001 (www.kestrelmanagement.com)
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