Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Roger Blobaum will talk on “Research on Organic Agriculture in the Upper Midwest”. This is sponsored by FH King Students for Sustainable Agriculture. The lecture is at 4:00 pm at the UW-Madison Soil Science Hall, Rm. 370 which is at 1525 Observatory Dr. Contact the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at 262-5200 for more information.

Also at 4pm, the seminar “Why and How to Take a Distance from the Western Critical Tradition” will be given by Boaventura de Sousa Santos of the Center for Social Studies at the Univ. of Coimbra, Portugal. This is in Room 206 Ingraham Hall at the UW campus, 1155 Observatory Dr. Hosted by the A. E. Havens Center. For more information, go to havenscenter.org.

Fill the Wisconsin Assembly Gallery for Concealed Camera Day as a response to recent arrests of peaceful activists who were quietly recording state Assembly proceedings from the visitors’ gallery. Bring a camera or camera-enabled device like a smartphone with you and visit the Wisconsin Assembly gallery any time after 2pm on the day that the concealed weapons law takes effect. Visit the “Concealed Camera Day” event page on Facebook for more information.

There will be a Voter ID Workshop tonight, where you can learn about recent changes to state election law, including voter ID requirements. This is from 6:30 – 7:30pm at the Sequoya Branch Library, 4340 Tokay Blvd. Contact the City Clerk's Office at 266-4601 to learn more.

Occupy Madison General Assemblies are held every day at 5:30pm in the occupation site at the abandoned Don Miller lot on 800 E. Washington. Visit the “OccupyMadison” event page on Facebook for more information.