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.
Monday, April 2, noon-1:30 p.m.: The Center
for the Study of Politics and Governance (CSPG) will kick-off a new program
series, Connecting with Government: Public Forums with Minnesotas
Elected Officials, with a policy presentation by Senator Amy
Klobuchar. The program will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday, April
2, in Cowles Auditorium. Klobuchars presentation is free and open to the public.
Registration is not required. Click
here for more information on CSPG and its activities.
Wednesday, April 4, 5 p.m.: The Women
and Politics Reading Group will discuss Republican Women by Catherine
Rymph at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4, in Freeman Commons (205 Humphrey Center).
Part of an emerging body of work on womens participation in partisan politics,
Republican Women explores the dilemmas that confronted progressive, conservative,
and moderate Republican women as they sought to achieve a voice within the Grand
Old Party from the initiation of womens suffrage to Barry Goldwaters
1964 bid for president. All are welcome. The reading group is sponsored by the
Center on Women and Public Policy.
Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m.: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have produced
a new category of combat injury: the polytrauma. A dramatic number of returning
soldiers also suffer from traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Join Dr. Barbara
Sigford, national program director for physical
medicine and rehabilitation for the Veterans Administration; Dr. Irving
Gottesman, Bernstein Professor of Adult Psychiatry at the University of
Minnesota Medical School; and Ardis Sandstrom, executive director of the Brain
Injury Association of Minnesota, as they discuss the rewards and challenges
of caring for the new wounded. The New Wounded: The Evolution of War-related
Injuries and their Medical, Social, and Economic Impact will be held from
7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, in Cowles Auditorium. For more information
on this Home and Away program, click
here.
Monday, April 9, noon-1 p.m.: Congresswoman Betty
McCollum will speak at the Humphrey Institute from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday,
April 9, in Cowles Auditorium. This event is sponsored by the Center
for the Study of Politics and Governance as part of its new series Connecting
with Government. McCollum's presentation is free and open to the public.
Registration is not required.
Tuesday, April 10, 10 a.m.-noon: The Long-term Costs of War: Landmine
Abatement in Laos is another program in the Home
and Away series. Congresswoman Betty
McCollum and representatives from the U.S. State Department and HDI
will discuss the Laos Back to School Project, a renewed effort to
remove Vietnam War-era landmines surrounding schools in this Southeast Asian
nation. The panel discussion will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, April
10, in Cowles Auditorium. All are invited to attend this free program.
Tuesday, April 10, 4:30 p.m.: The 20062007 Hill Fellow Laura
Waterman Wittstock will present her research on American Indian Giving
and Philanthropy: The Overlaid Relationship at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April
10, in Cowles Auditorium. Waterman Wittstocks research has focused on American
Indian philanthropy, including the historical relationship between the American
public and American Indians. A reception will follow. The symposium is free
and open to the public, but registration is requested to hhhdeans@umn.edu
or (612) 625-2082 by April 3.
Tuesday, April 10, 8 p.m.: South African political analyst Xolela Mangcu
will talk about the future of South African politics at the end of South African
President Thabo Mbekis term. The lecture, sponsored by the Center
for Democracy and Citizenship, will begin at 8 p.m. on April 10 in Cowles
Auditorium.
Thursday, April 12, 10-11:30 a.m.: First-term Congressman Tim
Walz will speak at the Humphrey Institute from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday,
April 12, in Cowles Auditorium. This event is sponsored by the Center
for the Study of Politics and Governance as part of its new series Connecting
with Government. Walzs presentation is free and open to the public.
Registration is not required.
Thursday, April 12, 2-5 p.m.: The Public
and Nonprofit Leadership Center will host the inaugural Local
Government Innovation Awards from 2 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, in
Cowles Auditorium. Cities, counties, and school districts will be recognized
for innovative practices that have fueled new collaborations and have led to
greater efficiency and better public service. This event is cosponsored by the
Association of Minnesota Counties, the League of Minnesota Cities, and the Minnesota
School Boards Association. For more information, contact Jeremy Gordon at (612)
624-7095 or pnlc@umn.edu.
Monday, April 16, noon-1:30 p.m.: The Center
for the Study of Politics and Governance will host a panel discussion on
The 1996 Welfare Reform Law and Its Impact Today from noon to 1:30
p.m. on Monday, April 16, in Cowles Auditorium. Ron Haskins, who helped write
the 1996 law and later wrote Work
over Welfare, will talk about the origins of welfare reform and its
performance over the last decade. He will be joined in discussion by Mitch Pearlstein,
founder and president of the Center of the American
Experiment, and Humphrey Institute Associate Professor Maria
Hanratty, an expert in the economics of poverty and social welfare institutions.
Professor Larry Jacobs will moderate. The event is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, April 17, 10:30-3:30 p.m.: The 2007 Freeman Lecture will address
Food or Fuel: The Emerging Competition with a keynote address by
Lester Brown,
president and founder of the Earth
Policy Institute. Experts from agribusiness, farm organizations and cooperatives,
environmental groups, and other non-governmental organizations will participate
in the afternoon panel discussion to address policy issues raised from their
perspective. Food or Fuel will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 17, at the Humphrey Institute. For more information and to register,
visit the Freeman Forum online. Please
register by April 12. Questions can be directed to (651) 645-9403.
Wednesday, April 18, 12:45-2 p.m.: The State
and Local Policy Program will host a discussion with Steve Cramer, chair
of the Minnesota
Ballpark Authority, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, in the
Wilkins Room (215 Humphrey Center). Cramer will talk about potential infrastructure
and land-use issues related to planning for the Twins stadium. This program
is free and open to the public.
Save the date!
May 2-3: Toward a Global Food and Agricultural Policy for an Open
International Economy will be held May 23 to honor recently retired
Regents Professor G.
Edward Schuh. For more information and to register for this two-day symposium,
visit the Schuh Symposium website.
May 3: Bill George, former Medtronic Inc. CEO and chairman, and David
Gergen, director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Universitys
Kennedy School of Government, will headline a kick-off celebration for the Center
for Integrative Leadership at noon on May 3 at Ted Mann Concert Hall. The
Age of Integrative Leadership: A Conversation with David Gergen & Bill George
is free and open to the public.
May 9: Dr. Steven Miles and University law professor Oren Gross will
examine wartime interrogation techniques in Torture,
War, and Medical Ethics. This Home and Away program will be
held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on May 9 in Cowles Auditorium.
May 16: The Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs will host the 2007
Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Awards on Wednesday, May 16, at the
McNamara Alumni Center. This years recipients are Senator John C. Danforth,
former U.S. Senator from Missouri and Ambassador to the United Nations; Josie
R. Johnson, civil rights leader and educator; Eugene C. Sit, founder and co-chair
of the Minnesotans Military Appreciation Fund; and Harlan Cleveland, former
ambassador to NATO and founding dean of the Humphrey Institute. A reception
begins at 6 p.m., and the dinner and program, including remarks from the award
recipients, begins at 7 p.m. For tickets to the scholarship fundraiser, contact
Lars Leafblad at leafblad@umn.edu or (612)
625-9588. Tickets for the dinner and program are $125, of which $75 is a tax-deductible
contribution.
May 30: The Humphrey Institute welcomes Congressman Jim
Ramstad from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 30, in Cowles Auditorium.
Ramstad will give a policy presentation as part of Connecting with Government,
a program series sponsored by the Center
for the Study of Politics and Governance. Ramstads presentation is free
and open to the public. Registration is not required.