March २७, 2007

Tuesday evening the Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) sponsors a free community workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater. Participants will create a “Cantastoria!” This is an ancient form of storytellig that combines text, movement, music, and painting. This is at 5:00 in the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street. There is also one at 6:30. Call 698-2401 for details.

Tuesday evening Community Action on Latin America (CALA) sponsors author and activist John Ross speaking on “No Mexico Without Corn". Specifically he will discuss how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and corporate agriculture threatens the identity of Mexico's people. This is in Rainbow Bookstore, 426 West Gilman Street at 7:00. Call 251‑1551 for details.

Wednesday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Esty Dinur speaks with Rose Brewer, Professor of African American and African Studies at the University of Minnesota, about race, class, and gender. Call 256-2001 for details.

Until tax filing day on April 15 the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs provide people with limited incomes, disabilities, or limited English proficiency free tax help. For details call 1-800-829-1040 or (414) 297-3302.

The Madison Coalitions of Older Adults are looking for volunteers this winter to shovel snow for the elderly. This is a flexible volunteer opportunity. Call 243-5252 for details.

The Respite Center is a safe place for kids, ages birth to fourteen, whose families are under stress or in crisis. They are looking for volunteers to play with kids four hours a week. Training is required. Call Molly at 244‑5730 for details.