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4th STREET FORUM SUMMER SCHEDULE
Milwaukee Public Television will rebroadcast eleven of this season's 4th Street Forums.
Watch the following selections on Channel 10, Wednesdays at 11:00 p.m.
REBROADCAST JULY 2
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
WITH GUESTS
• Tyrome Dumas, former Director, Milwaukee County Department of Public Works, Community Activist
• Alan Horowitz, PhD, Director, Center for Urban Transportation Studies, Professor, Civil Engineering, UWM
• Ryan Horton, MS, Senior Researcher, Staff for Transportation Committee, Public Policy Forum
• Rosemary Potter, Executive Director, Transit Now
REBROADCAST JULY 9
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 Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
WITH GUESTS
• Maria Echaveste, JD, former Deputy Chief of Staff under President Clinton, Washington D.C. Attorney (Appearance sponsored by UWM Roberto Hernández Center)
• Chad Fradette, Alderman, Green Bay City Council
• Patrick McIleran, Editorial Columnist, Journal-Sentinel
• José Olivieri, JD, Partner, Immigration and International Lawyer, Michael Best & Friedrich
REBROADCAST JULY 16
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
WITH GUESTS
• Udo Simonis, PhD, Professor and Researcher, Global Environment and International Environmental Policy, Social Science Research Center, Berlin, Germany (Appearance arranged by the Goethe House)
• Mel Bromberg, MS, Global and National Water Issues Specialist, Institute of Environmental Health, UW-Milwaukee
• Karyn Rotker, JD, Senior Staff Attorney and Director, Poverty, Race and Civil Liberties Project, Environmental Justice, American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin
• Michael Howard, Community Activist and Founder, Eden Place Nature Center, Fuller Park, Illinois
REBROADCAST JULY 23
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
WITH GUESTS
• Laura Bray, Executive Director, Menomonee Valley Partners
• Carl Brown, President, Red Brown Kle Marketing Communications and Chair, Business Council, MMAC
• Marc Levine, PhD, Professor and Founding Director, Center for Economic Development, UW-Milwaukee, Author, "The Crisis of Black male Joblessness in Milwaukee: Trends, Explanations, and Policy Options"
• Una Vanduvall, Consultant, Cross Management Services, Former Associate Director, Northwest Side Community Development Corp, and Former Program Monitor, Dept of City Development
REBROADCAST JULY 30
MUST MILWAUKEE COUNTY 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
WITH GUESTS
• SUE BLACK, Director, Milwaukee County Park System
• RANDY BRYANT, Preservationist and Businessman and Board Member, Preserve Our Parks
• LYNNE De BRUIN, County Supervisor and Chair, Parks, Energy, and Environmental Committee, Milwaukee County
• JIM GOULEE, Executive Director, The Park People of Milwaukee
REBROADCAST AUGUST 6
The Violence of Poverty: 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
WITH GUESTS
• JULIE KERKSICK, Director, New Hope Project
• TINA KOEHN, Vice President, Workforce Development, UMOS
• TIM SULLIVAN, CEO, Bucyrus International
• DON SYKES, Executive Director, Milwaukee Workforce Development
REBROADCAST AUGUST 13
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
WITH GUESTS
• STEVEN BISKUPIC, JD, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin
• SPENCER COGGS, Wisconsin State Senator, 6th District
• STEPHEN HARGARTEN, MD, MPH, Director, Firearm Injury Prevention Center, Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
• MARLENE MELZER-LANGE, MD, Medical Director, Project Ujima and Medical Director, Emergency Trauma Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
REBROADCAST AUGUST 20
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
WITH GUESTS
• TOM BARRETT, Mayor of Milwaukee
• JOHN CHISHOLM, Milwaukee County District Attorney
• EDWARD FLYNN, Milwaukee Police Chief
• CHARLOTTE GOMEZ, Executive Director, Layton Boulevard West Neighbors
REBROADCAST AUGUST 27
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, 4th Street Forum Co-Chair
WITH GUESTS
• EDWARD FALLONE, JD, Professor, Marquette University Law School
• MAUREEN MARTIN, JD, Senior Fellow, Heartland Institute of Chicago
• JOHN NICHOLS, Washington Correspondent, THE NATION
• CHRISTOPHER WOLFE, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Marquette University
Our 2008 / 2009 Season will begin September 11, 2008.
QUESTIONS?
Deidre A. Martin
Director
4th Street Forum
414-272-2833
4thStreetForum@gmail.com
www.4thStreetForum.org
4th Street Forum is sponsored by the Milwaukee Turners, co-sponsored by Milwaukee Public Television, and in collaboration with UWM Milwaukee Idea.
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