May 18

This afternoon, Christine Neumann-Ortiz and a representative of the Workers Rights Center hold a meeting to discuss immigration and work issues. The meeting is held in Spanish and translated into English. This is at the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 South Park Street, at 3. Call 335-1680 for details.

This evening Dr. Shazia Khalid (sha-ZEE-ah KAH-lid), a rape survivor and advocate of women’s human rights, speaks about the social and legal challenges women face in Pakistan today. Dr. Khalid has spoken out against the injustice women face with laws that allow perpetrators of rape and abuse to escape punishment and the existing environment of hostility and “victim blaming” of Pakistani rape survivors. This is sponsored by the Asian American Network Against Abuse of Human Rights and South Asia Forum-Madison. This is in the Red Gym, 716 Langdon Street, from 6 to 7:30. Check www.4anaa.org or www.southasiaforum.org for more information.

Tonight Mary Ann Novascone (no-VAH-skone-ee) shares her experiences in dealing with school districts, students and parents in the Sauk Prairie, Reedsburg, Baraboo and Lodi school districts on countering military recruitment in public schools. This is in Regina Hall’s Lake Room at Edgewood College from 7 to 8:30. Call 233-1898 for more details.

Tonight, environmental author Peter Friederici (free-der-REE-chee) speaks at the UW Arboretum on stories from his new book, Nature’s Restoration: People and Places on the Front Lines of Conservation. The stories are examples of how ordinary citizens are working to help nature heal itself. Friederici teaches journalism at Northern Arizona University, and has contributed articles to Audubon, Orion, High Country News and many other periodicals. The event is free and open to the public and is at the Visitor Center auditorium at the Arboretum at 7. For more information contact Pat Brown at 265-3355 or by email at pabrown1@wisc.edu.