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24 Views
18:00:00 05/21/09
726 - MPS: Money, Control, and Kids Too
[LESS INFO] 24 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 05/21/09
MPS: MONEY, CONTROL, AND KIDS TOO
A financial crisis. A possible takeover from the elected school board.
At stake, the future of 85,000 children. Does anyone know what to do?
MODERATOR
DENISE CALLAWAY
Director of Communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
www.greatermilwaukeefoundation.org
WITH GUESTS
TOM BARRETT
Mayor of Milwaukee
www.ci.mil.wi.us
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 Director
Author, "SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE REFORM: The Devil is in the Details"
Public Policy Forum
www.publicpolicyforum.org
DENNIS OULAHAN
President
Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
www.mtea.org
18 Views
18:00:00 05/21/09
726 - MPS: Money, Control, and Kids Too
[LESS INFO] 18 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 05/21/09
MPS: MONEY, CONTROL, AND KIDS TOO
A financial crisis. A possible takeover from the elected school board.
At stake, the future of 85,000 children. Does anyone know what to do?
MODERATOR
DENISE CALLAWAY
Director of Communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
www.greatermilwaukeefoundation.org
WITH GUESTS
TOM BARRETT
Mayor of Milwaukee
www.ci.mil.wi.us
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 Director
Author, "SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE REFORM: The Devil is in the Details"
Public Policy Forum
www.publicpolicyforum.org
DENNIS OULAHAN
President
Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
www.mtea.org
13 Views
18:00:00 05/14/09
725 - Stimulating Wisconsin's Green Economy
[LESS INFO] 13 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 05/14/09
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?
MODERATOR
ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD,
Director, Roberto Hernandez Center
UW-Milwaukee www.uwm.edu
WITH GUESTS
ANN BEIER
Director
City of Milwaukee Environmental Sustainability
www.ci.mil.wi.us/greenteam
CURTISS HARRIS
Executive Director
African American Chamber of Commerce
www.aaccmke.org
Business Consultant
MELISSA SCANLAN, JD
Founder and Senior Counsel
Author of "Blueprint for Wisconsin's Economy"
Midwest Environmental Advocates
www.midwestadvocates.org
NEAL VERFUERTH
President and CEO
Orion Energy Systems
www.oriones.com
0 Views
18:00:00 05/14/09
725 - Stimulating Wisconsin's Green Economy
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 05/14/09
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?
MODERATOR
ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD,
Director, Roberto Hernandez Center
UW-Milwaukee www.uwm.edu
WITH GUESTS
ANN BEIER
Director
City of Milwaukee Environmental Sustainability
www.ci.mil.wi.us/greenteam
CURTISS HARRIS
Executive Director
African American Chamber of Commerce
www.aaccmke.org
Business Consultant
MELISSA SCANLAN, JD
Founder and Senior Counsel
Author of "Blueprint for Wisconsin's Economy"
Midwest Environmental Advocates
www.midwestadvocates.org
NEAL VERFUERTH
President and CEO
Orion Energy Systems
www.oriones.com
10 Views
18:00:00 05/07/09
724 - Media and Race: Is it Back and White?
[LESS INFO] 10 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 05/07/09
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, www.nabjwbma.com.
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
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
Aqui 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
10 Views
18:00:00 05/07/09
724 - Media and Race: Is it Back and White?
[LESS INFO] 10 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 05/07/09
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, www.nabjwbma.com.
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
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
Aqui 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
7 Views
18:00:00 04/16/09
723 - Is Wiscosin Day Care Worthy of Our Kids?
[LESS INFO] 7 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 04/16/09
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?
MODERATOR
ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD
Director
Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
www.uwm.edu
WITH GUESTS
ROB HENKEN
President, Public Policy Forum
www.publicpolicyforum.org
BRENDA RIOS
Director, Early Care and Education, La Casa de Esperanza
www.lacasadeesperanza.org
ANN TERRELL
Director, Division of Early Childhood Education
Milwaukee Public Schools
DOUGLAS UDELL
Instructor, Early Childhood Development
Milwaukee Area Technical College
www.matc.edu
14 Views
18:00:00 04/16/09
723 - Is Wiscosin Day Care Worthy of Our Kids?
[LESS INFO] 14 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 04/16/09
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?
MODERATOR
ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD
Director
Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee
www.uwm.edu
WITH GUESTS
ROB HENKEN
President, Public Policy Forum
www.publicpolicyforum.org
BRENDA RIOS
Director, Early Care and Education, La Casa de Esperanza
www.lacasadeesperanza.org
ANN TERRELL
Director, Division of Early Childhood Education
Milwaukee Public Schools
DOUGLAS UDELL
Instructor, Early Childhood Development
Milwaukee Area Technical College
www.matc.edu
13 Views
18:00:00 04/07/09
722 - Combating School Violence
[LESS INFO] 13 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 04/07/09
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?
MODERATOR
DENISE CALLAWAY
Director of Communications
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
www.greatermilwaukeefoundation.org
WITH GUESTS
JANINE GESKE, JD
Director, Restorative Justice Project
Marquette Law School
www.law.marquette.edu/jw/restorative
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
WENDELL HARRIS, MS
Executive Director
Reuben Harris Institute for Family Enrichment
http://wendellharrisassociate.homestead.com
Founder, Ambassadors for Peace of MPS Transition High School and
Community High School
www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/transition
President, National Coalition of Black American Men
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
13 Views
18:00:00 04/07/09
722 - Combating School Violence
[LESS INFO] 13 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 04/07/09
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?
MODERATOR
DENISE CALLAWAY
Director of Communications
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
www.greatermilwaukeefoundation.org
WITH GUESTS
JANINE GESKE, JD
Director, Restorative Justice Project
Marquette Law School
www.law.marquette.edu/jw/restorative
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
WENDELL HARRIS, MS
Executive Director
Reuben Harris Institute for Family Enrichment
http://wendellharrisassociate.homestead.com
Founder, Ambassadors for Peace of MPS Transition High School and
Community High School
www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/transition
President, National Coalition of Black American Men
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
6 Views
18:00:00 03/31/09
721 - Wisconsin Declare a New War on Drugs?
[LESS INFO] 6 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 03/31/09
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?
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
WITH GUESTS
LATRICE BUCK BRIGGS, MSW
Director of Social Services
Milwaukee Women’s Center, Community Advocates
http://communityadvocates.net
JOHN CHISHOLM, JD
Milwaukee County District Attorney
www.county.milwaukee.gov/DistrictAttorney7715.htm
DUNCAN SHROUT
Vice President
Public Policy and Government Relations, IMPACT, Inc
www.impactinc.org
KELLI THOMPSON, JD
Deupty State Public Defender
www.wisspd.org
7 Views
18:00:00 03/31/09
721 - Wisconsin Declare a New War on Drugs?
[LESS INFO] 7 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 03/31/09
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?
MODERATOR
JACK MURTAUGH
Co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
WITH GUESTS
LATRICE BUCK BRIGGS, MSW
Director of Social Services
Milwaukee Women’s Center, Community Advocates
http://communityadvocates.net
JOHN CHISHOLM, JD
Milwaukee County District Attorney
www.county.milwaukee.gov/DistrictAttorney7715.htm
DUNCAN SHROUT
Vice President
Public Policy and Government Relations, IMPACT, Inc
www.impactinc.org
KELLI THOMPSON, JD
Deupty State Public Defender
www.wisspd.org
15 Views
18:00:00 03/26/09
720 - Should Business and Health Insurance Divorce?
[LESS INFO] 15 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 03/26/09
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?
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 Distric
Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
www.legis.wisconsin.gov
21 Views
18:00:00 03/26/09
720 - Should Business and Health Insurance Divorce?
[LESS INFO] 21 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 03/26/09
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?
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 Distric
Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
www.legis.wisconsin.gov
5 Views
18:00:00 03/19/09
719 - Making it in Wisconsin: Manufacturing Our Future
[LESS INFO] 5 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 03/19/09
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?
MODERATOR
DENISE CALLAWAY
Director of Communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
www.greatermilwaukeefoundation.org
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
14 Views
18:00:00 03/19/09
719 - Making it in Wisconsin: Manufacturing Our Future
[LESS INFO] 14 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:00 03/19/09
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?
MODERATOR
DENISE CALLAWAY
Director of Communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
www.greatermilwaukeefoundation.org
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
02/28/08