Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Today the Madison Urban Ministry, (MUM) sponsors a program designed to provide ongoing support for men and women recently re-entering the community. It begins at 2:30 in the Villager Mall, 2300 South Park Street. Call 256-0906 for details.

Tonight there is a benefit for “Haiti Relief”. It will feature “Bonobo Secret Handshake” and others. All proceeds will go towards “Doctors Without Borders Haitian Relief Fund”. This is in the “Cardinal Bar”, 418 East Wilson Street at 8:00. Call the “Cardinal Bar,” at 257-2473 for details.

Tomorrow morning the state Senate is holding a public hearing on the pro-nuclear measures in the climate bill. This is at 10:00 in room 412 East of the State Capitol building. Call 250-9240 for details.

Tomorrow at noon the “Africa at Noon” program presents, “Jeremy Foltz”,Associate Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics in the University of Wisconsin, Madison speaking on quote “Highway Robbery: The Economics of Extortion in West African Trucking.” This is in room 206 of Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. Bringing a lunch is suggested. Rwanda's “Bufcafe’ “ Cooperative coffee roasted locally by Ancora is provided. Call 262-4461 for details.

Tomorrow at noon on WORT’s “A Public Affair” host “Esty Dinur” talks with “Eric Assadourian”, Project Director of the “State of the World 2010”. Call 256-2001 for details.

“The Internal Revenue Service” (IRS) and others provide income tax help to differently-abled, low income and elderly people through its “Volunteer Income Tax Assistance” (VITA) sites. It is available by appointment on various dates. This is at 1302 Mendota Street. Participants may call 608-246-3140 extension 112 to schedule an appointment. Additionally they may call 1-800-829-1040 for other “VITA” site locations or “Taxpayer Counseling for the elderly” (TCE) 1-888-227-7669 for details.