Here are several events sponsored through the Humphrey Center. To sign up for events/news updates from the Humphrey Center, visit http://www.hhh.umn.edu/news/events/index.html
August 19 "The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference"
7 p.m., Virginia Street Swedenborgian Church, 170 Virginia Street, St.Paul
The Common Good bookstore will host a lecture with Senior Fellow Harry Boyte at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19, at the Virginia Street Swedenborgian Church, 170 Virginia Street in St. Paul (about two blocks east of Common Good books). Boyte will talk about his new book, The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference.
August 29 Washington Week will broadcast from University of Minnesota
3:15-5:15 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2106 4th Street South, Minneapolis
*You are invited to attend a special taping of Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m. on Friday, August 29, at Ted Mann Concert Hall on the University of Minnesota's West Bank campus. Washington Week, the longest-running public affairs program on PBS, will visit Minneapolis as part of a 10-city tour during the 2008 campaign season, sponsored nationally by AARP. Host and moderator Gwen Ifill will be joined in discussion by Michele Norris, co-host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," Doyle McManus, Washington Bureau Chief of the Los Angeles Times, John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate Magazine, and Michael Duffy, assistant managing editor of TIME Magazine. Following a live taping of its classic program to air nationwide on PBS, an additional special half-hour program, Washington Week EXTRA: Minnesota Edition, will be taped with Ifill and her panel that will include questions from the audience. Click here for more information about this free event or call (612) 624-2345. Please note, by attending this taping you agree to have your image broadcast on television.
September 17: The Humphrey Institute will host a program and reception with Governor Al Quie to celebrate the release of Riding into the Sunrise: Al Quie: A Life of Faith, Service, and Civility Written by Mitch Pearlstein, the biography features the broad career of one of Minnesota's most beloved public servants. All are invited to attend the event from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 17, at the Humphrey Institute. For more information: http://www.pogopress.com/alquie.htm
September 18: The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance
September 18 or 19: James M. Goldgeier , a fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, will address foreign policy issues raised in his new book America Between the Wars, in which he looks at the 12 years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the start of the War on Terror. Watch www.hhh.umn.edu for more information. This free program is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance.
October 15: The State and Local Policy Program will co-sponsor the 24th annual Conference on Policy Analysis, "Trouble in Lake Wobegon: Is Minnesota Becoming Average," on Wednesday, October 15, at the Continuing Education and Conference Center in St. Paul.
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs is located at the University of Minnesota, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
