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September 2008 Schedule
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?
Forum Date: September 11, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: This week only!
4th Street Forum will air Sunday and Monday.
No Friday broadcast.
Sunday, September 14, 3:00 PM, Channel 36
Monday, September 15, 10:00 PM, Channel 10
Moderator: Denise Callaway, Director of Communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
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
JAMES PEOPLES, PhD
Professor, Department of Economics
UW-Milwaukee, www.uwm.edu/Dept/Economics
JULIA TAYLOR
President, The Greater Milwaukee Committee, www.gmconline.org
ANSELMO VILLARREAL
Executive Director, La Casa de Esperanza (Waukesha), www.lacasadeesperanza.org
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?
Forum Date: September 18, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 19, 21
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, Director,
Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUESTS
JOHN COLEMAN, PhD
Professor and Chair, Political Science
UW-Madison, www.polisci.wisc.edu
Wisconsin Advertising Project, www.polisci.wisc.edu/tvadvertising
JANE HAMPDEN
Former WUWM “Lake Effect” Producer and Host, Milwaukee Public Radio
Former News Anchor and Reporter
Lecturer, Broadcast Journalism, UW-Milwaukee, www.uwm.edu/Dept/JMC
EUGENE KANE
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Metro Columnist, www.jsonline.com
Former Host of “Black Nouveau,” Milwaukee Public Television
RAUL VASQUEZ
Editor, ¡Aquí! Milwaukee Magazine, www.aquimilwaukee.com
WISCONSIN 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?
Forum Date: September 25, NOON
MPTV Broadcast Dates: September 26, 28
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUESTS
SPENCER COGGS
Wisconsin State Senator
www.legis.wisconsin.gov
ED GARVEY, JD
Founder and Shareholder or the Law Firm of Garvey McNeil & McGillivray
Editor and Publisher of FightingBob.com, www.fightingbobfest.org
Former Wisconsin Deputy Attorney General
Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin and U.S. Senate
MARY PANZER
Former Wisconsin Republican Senate Majority Leader
First woman to serve as Senate Majority Leader
Consultant and Registered Lobbyist
CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER
Fellow, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, www.wpri.org
Political Blogger, atomictrousers.blogspot.com
THE WEEKS AHEAD
Forums will be held in October and November on these dates.
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
November 6, 13, 20
Questions?
Deidre A. Martin
Director
4th Street Forum
414-272-2833
4thStreetForum@gmail.com
www.4thStreetForum.org
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