Thursday, March 4, 2010

Writing Lives is a new discussion group that looks at multimedia representations of queer women’s lives. The group is especially interested in discussing living queer lives in Madison, in Wisconsin, and in the Midwest more broadly. The group will meet on the first & third Mondays of the month at OutReach, Madison & south central Wisconsin’s LGBT Community Center at 1200 Williamson Street. Contact youngblood@wisc.edu or vine@wisc.edu for more info.

Tickets are now available for the student-sponsored discussion about monkey experimentation on March 15th at the UW-Madison Memorial Union. Alliance for Animals Co-director, Rick Bogle and UW researcher, Paul Kaufman, M.D. will face off on the issues surrounding the use of monkeys at the University of Wisconsin. Tickets are limited to 2 per person and to UW or Memorial Union members. More info at 262-2201.

The Chicago Regional Census Center is encouraging job seekers to call 1-866-861-2010 to register to test for the hundreds of census taker jobs that remain. The next test in the Madison area will be tomorrow but are ongoing. A practice test and testing location information can be found at www.2010censusjobs.gov. More info at 312-454-5624.

The “We Care” organization is requesting winter clothing donations for Iowa County residents. The public is invited to drop off donations of unused coats, snow pants, boots, gloves, hats, mittens and scarves at the Dodgeville State Farm Insurance, Quality Liquid Feed, We Care office and all Dodgeville schools. Cash donations are also accepted. Contact Mary Berg at 574-9661 for more details.

A number of free workshops will be available all month from the Grassroots Leadership College. All workshops include childcare and interpreting for Spanish speakers. An application is available online at www.grassrootsleadershipcollege.org or by calling 441-0085. Applications must be received at least 1 week prior to the workshop. Space is limited.