Monday March 3, 2008

Monday at noon on a pledge drive edition of A Public Affair host Norm Stocckwell speaks with Jim Hightower concerning his new book "Swim Against the Current". It features Union Cab of Madison. Call 256-2001 for details.

Monday the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and others sponsor a brown bag lunch and panel discussion entitled, "Community Driven, Sustainable Restoration in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward". Featured are community leaders, Charles Allen III and Pan Dahiell. This is at 12:05 in Science Hall. Call 636-352-7942 for details.

Monday evening there is a meeting of the group, Truth and Alternatives to Militarism in Education (TAME).On the agenda are planning an action for the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War and working with other groups. This is in the Hawthorne Branch library, 2707 East Washington Avenue at 5:30. Call 250-9240 for details.

Monday evening the pledge drive edition of WORT's Access Hour features a sampler of past "Access Hour" shows. That's at 7:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Tuesday at noon the African Studies Sandwich Seminar and others host Ikuko Asaka, Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison speaking on "Race, Labor, and Climate: Former Slaves' Migration from Canada to the Post-Emancipation West Indies." This is in room 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For details call 262-2380.

Tuesday at noon on a pledge drive edition of WORT's A Public Affair host Chris Dols speaks with Dave Zirin, left-wing sports writer and author of "Welcome to the Terrordome." Call 256-2001 for details.