Upcoming Events
The following is a list of upcoming events sponsored by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Visit the Humphrey Institute online at www.hhh.umn.edu.
March 5 | Women and Politics Reading Group
5 p.m., Freeman Commons (205 HHH)
The Center on Women and Public Policy will host the Women and Politics Reading Group at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, in Freeman Commons (205 HHH). This month’s selection is Saturday’s Child: A Memoir by Robin Morgan, a former child actor who became a prize-winning author and a national leader in the women’s movement. In Saturday’s Child, she writes about her personal and professional life and her decades-long fight for civil rights.
March 6 | Women’s Human Rights Film Series
12:45 p.m., Humphrey Forum (please note the change in date and time)
The Women’s Human Rights Film Series will feature a free screening of View from a Grain of Sand at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, in the Humphrey Forum. The movie captures the last 30 years of Afghanistan’s history as lived by three Afghan women. The event is sponsored by the Center on Women and Public Policy.
March 11 | “The Science of Science and Innovation Policy”
10:30 a.m. –noon, Cowles Auditorium
Innovation and entrepreneurship are essential to American competition and to development and progress. With limited financial resources, how should our country balance impending social needs with the potential benefits of scientific research? And how should the United States evaluate potential research projects? Visiting economist Kaye Husbands Fealing will talk about “The Science of Science and Innovation Policy” from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, March 11, in Cowles Auditorium. She will present her work as a science adviser at the National Science Foundation. A panel of respondents will follow her remarks. The discussion is sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy.
March 13 | “The Opportunities and Challenges of Nonprofit Advocacy”
Noon–2 p.m., Humphrey Forum
The Humphrey Institute will host a panel discussion of the “Opportunities and Challenges of Nonprofit Advocacy” from noon to 2 p.m. on March 13 in the Humphrey Forum. Minnesota’s nonprofit organizations have a long history of advocacy and public policy development. The discussion will offer a broad national view of nonprofit organizations and a local analysis of the advocacy being done by nonprofits throughout Minnesota. The panelists include leading academic Jeff Berry, Tufts University; Marcia Avner, director of public policy for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; and Susie Brown, public policy director at Family and Children’s Service. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by March 7 to Karen McCauley at meyer094@umn.edu or (612) 624-2465. This event is co-sponsored by the Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center, the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, and the Cowles Endowment for the Study of Public Service.
March 24 | Conference on the vice-presidency with Walter F. Mondale
8:30 a.m. –noon, Cowles Auditorium
Once the 2008 presidential candidates are selected, greater attention will be paid to possible running mates. What should we look for in the next vice president? What political factors might influence the selection of a running mate in 2008? The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance and the preeminent journal on the presidency, Presidential Studies Quarterly, will sponsor a conference on the vice presidency featuring Vice President Walter F. Mondale from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Monday, March 24, in Cowles Auditorium. Leading experts from around the country will address these questions with Vice President Mondale and discuss the selection of the vice presidential nominees. The program is free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested at cspg@umn.edu.
March 26 | Ronald Heifetz lecture on leadership
12:30–1:45 p.m., Cowles Auditorium
Ronald Heifetz, King Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, will give a public lecture about adaptive leadership from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, in Cowles Auditorium. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Integrative Leadership and the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance.
March 26 | “Norway and the United States in the 21st Century”
6–7 p.m., Cowles Auditorium
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre will address the relationship between “Norway and the United States in the 21st Century” from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, in Cowles Auditorium. Since 1989, Støre has held a number of senior posts with the Norwegian government. Before taking up his current post, he was chief of staff at the World Health Organization. And from 2003 to 2005, he was secretary-general of the Norwegian Red Cross. He became Norway’s minister of foreign affairs in 2005. The visit from the minister is presented in partnership with the Royal Norwegian Consulate General, the Minnesota International Center, and the Humphrey Institute. Admission to the public forum is free, but advance registration is requested. Please register online at www.micglobe.org or call (612) 625-4421.
March 26 | Front Runners: Women with Political Ambition
6–8 p.m., State Capitol rotunda (please note the change in date and location)
Front Runners will hold its next monthly workshop for women interested in electoral politics from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, at the State Capitol. Participants will meet with women legislators and discuss the changing role of women in government. A capitol tour will conclude the workshop, but spots are limited. Please RSVP to Debra Fitzpatrick at harex004@umn.edu by March 13. For more information, visit the Center on Women and Public Policy website.
March 27 | Art, public policy, and national security
7–9 p.m. at the Weisman Art Museum
Security expert Bruce Schneier, author of Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World, will talk about the “Theater of Security” from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, at the Weisman Art Museum. In his book, Schneier explains how security works and attempts to bring the reader beyond fear to start thinking sensibly and creatively about security. The Humphrey Institute will co-sponsor this program as part of the Weisman’s new exhibition Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power.
March 27 | Roundtable discussion on social policy implementation
7:30–9:30 p.m., McNamara Alumni Center
The European Studies Consortium and the Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota will hold a roundtable discussion for local and regional policy makers, practitioners, and the public. Visiting European experts with experience in proposing and implementing new social policies and programs will discuss the demands, opportunities, and frustrations they have faced. All are invited to this free program from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, at the McNamara Alumni Center. E-mail Laura Seifert at seif0056@umn.edu for more information. The roundtable is the opening event for the conference, “Social Policy in the New Europe: The Experience of Austria and the Smaller States,” held at the Humphrey Institute March 27–29. See www.cas.umn.edu for details.
March 29 | “Represent! Civic Videos by Area Youth”
1:30–3:30 p.m., Weisman Art Museum
The Center for Democracy and Citizenship will co-sponsor “Represent! Civic Videos by Area Youth” with the Weisman Art Museum from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 29. Teen video artists and civic activists from Hope Community, Inc., in Minneapolis and various community-based programs in West Saint Paul will come together to share their concerns, questions, and vision for the future through conversation and film. Find out more online.
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April 2: Roxanne T. Ornelas, a race, gender, and public policy postdoctoral fellow at the Humphrey Institute, will lecture on “Water and the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples” from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. on April 2 in Room 30 at Mondale Hall. Please note the change of date for this program.
April 3: The Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center will co-sponsor a brownbag discussion about nonprofit mergers from 12:45 to 2 p.m. on April 3 in Freeman Commons (205 HHH). Staff members from Project ReDesign, a pilot project at MAP for Nonprofits, will talk about their efforts to counsel nonprofit organizations considering a merger.
April 8: Congressman James Oberstar will keynote this year’s Freeman Lecture on Tuesday, April 8, in Cowles Auditorium. Panelists will address current conditions and problems confronting Minnesota’s water supply. More information will be posted on the Freeman Forum website.
April 9: The Sawyer Seminar will feature a lecture by Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies and professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, at 4 p.m. on April 9 in Cowles Auditorium. Juergensmeyer is an expert on religious violence, conflict resolution, and South Asian religion and politics.
April 10: The Sawyer Seminar continues with a presentation by Andrew S. Natsios, the Distinguished Professor in Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, at 4 p.m. on April 10 in Cowles Auditorium. Natsios has served as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and managed USAID’s reconstruction programs in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Sudan.
April 10: Citizens sometimes feel shut out of the political process or unsure of how to exert influence on issues. In Citizenship 101, a workshop co-sponsored by the Center for Democracy and Citizenship, participants will learn about tools and avenues for exercising their democratic rights. All are welcome from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, at the Weisman Art Museum.
April 17: The Sawyer Seminar series concludes with a lecture from Hany El-Banna at 4 p.m. on April 17 in Cowles Auditorium. He is the co-founder and president of Islamic Relief, the largest Western-based international Muslim relief and development organization.
April 17: Senior Fellow Harry Boyte argues that our society requires a much deeper focus on “civic agency”—the collective abilities of citizens and communities to work across differences on common challenges. Boyte will address these ideas in “How to Save Democracy in the 21st Century” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, at the Weisman Art Museum.
April 18: All are invited to a graduation ceremony for the 2007–08 class of international fellows at 4 p.m. on April 18 in Cowles Auditorium. Refreshments will be served.
April 21-22: Senior Fellow Tim Penny will headline the 2008 Center for Integrative Leadership conference, “Making Communities Work: Leadership Across Public, Private, Nonprofit, and Geographic Boundaries,” April 21-22 at the Humphrey Institute. Registration for the two-day event is $80 per person. Find out more online or contact Joyce Hoelting at (612) 625-8233.
April 28: The Humphrey Institute will co-host a panel discussion on diplomacy and democracy building around the world at 6 p.m. on April 28 in Cowles Auditorium. The program is presented in partnership with the National Democratic Institute, International Republican Institute, and the American Academy of Diplomacy.
April 29: Political scholar Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, will talk about his new book, The Spirit of Democracy, from noon to 1:30 p.m. on April 29, in Cowles Auditorium. Dean J. Brian Atwood will moderate the conversation.
April 29: Charles M. Denny, Jr., the 2007–08 Louis W. Hill, Jr., Fellow in Philanthropy, will conclude his one-year fellowship with a public presentation of his research on corporate philanthropy and citizenship. All are welcome to the Hill Symposium from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on April 29 in Cowles Auditorium.