October 20

This afternoon, John Merrill of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the U.S. State Department gives a talk entitled “What Do We Really Know About North Korea?” This is in room 5120 Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue, at 4.

Tonight, the Incarceration Coalition hosts analysis and discussion on what can be done to address the problems in Wisconsin’s prisons. Walter Dickey and Ada Deer are among panelists who will help audience participants visualize the problems and solutions. The discussion is open to all participants. This is part of Prison Awareness Month. The forum is in room 19 of Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, from 6 to 8. For more information, call 469-5540 or email driley@aclu-wi.org.

Tonight, the Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative hosts Kari Lydersen, author of the recently released Out of the Sea and Into the Fire: Latin American-US Immigration in the Global Age. In the book, she follows the effects of globalization on Latin American immigrants and their fight to survive in the United States. This is at the Bookstore, 426 West Gilman Street, at 7. For more information, call 257-6050 or check www.rainbowbookstore.org.

Tonight, Edgewood College holds a screening of the film “Rana’s Wedding”. This drama explores the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the eyes of a young woman who, with only ten hours to marry, must negotiate her way around roadblocks, soldiers, stone throwers, overworked officials to her lover. This is part of the “Finding Hope in Unexpected Places” series and is in Anderson Auditorium at Edgewood on Monroe Street at 7. For more information, call 663-3233.

Tonight, there is a screening of the documentary “Invisible Children” about the brutal conflict in northern Uganda. This is in room 1220 of Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue, at 7. For more information, call 332-6733.

Today through Sunday, Campus Organizers host a conference entitled “Democratizing Education”. The purpose of the conference is to plan nationally coordinated actions in defense of higher education because of skyrocketing tuition and public spending cuts. It features panel and workshop presentations from American, Canadian, and Mexican organizers. For more information, including times and locations, check www.democratizingeducation.org.