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How to Pass the Flaming Baton: Managing, Mentoring, and Moving On - Regenia Bailey
12:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Regenia Bailey is the founder and principal of the Bailey Leadership Initiative. She has worked for more than 12 years in the not-for-profit sector and was the founding director of the Iowa Women's Foundation. Bailey teaches business courses as an adjunct faculty member at Kirkwood Community College. She has an MBA from The University of Iowa. In addition to her consulting work, Bailey is serving in her second term as an Iowa City city council member and just completed a two-year term as mayor. Another presentation - "The Time to Relax is When You Don't Have Time For It: Finding More Balance in Your Life," 7 p.m., Oak Room, Memorial Union. Part of the Women's Leadership Series

Rhythm & Color: A Live Painting Performance with David Garibaldi
9:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - David Garibaldi is a performance artist who creates six-foot portraits of pop icons in minutes, working live, on stage to music. As a young man, Garibaldi walked away from a life of graffiti on the streets and turned his influences of hip-hop culture in a positive direction. He began to paint live at urban jazz sessions, nightclubs, and hip-hop events for the direct influence of the music. As he works, Garibaldi shares with his audience the personal struggles and life experiences that helped shape him into a painter and performer in the studio and on the stage. His success has led to a tour with the Blue Man Group; a collaboration with the clothing line Goodie Two Sleeves; and work with Fortune 500 companies, charities, and celebrities like Carlos Santana.

To Die in Jerusalem: Documentary Film and Discussion
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - After two seventeen-year old girls - one an Israeli, the other a Palestinian suicide bomber - die in a Jerusalem market, their mothers confront each other, revealing a microcosm of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the complexity of reconciliation. Through the personal stories of the two families' losses and by contrasting the lives and deaths of these two teenage girls, To Die in Jerusalem offers a personal human perspective that is often eclipsed by the political issues. Hilla Medalia, an Israeli student and first-time filmmaker, was looking for a topic to fulfill her master's degree at Southern Illinois University, when she set out to make what became a Peabody Award-winning HBO documentary. Since then she has helped produce the documentary 39 Pounds Of Love and is currently working on After the Storm, about a group of New York Broadway actors who were inspired to help the youth of New Orleans. The 76-min documentary will be followed by a discussion.

The Race to Save Earth's Most Endangered Species - A Multimedia Presentation with Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin
8:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium - Wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin is an Emmy Award-winning producer and host of more than a dozen television series on such networks as Animal Planet, Discovery, Disney, and the Travel Channel. He has been working for the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems around the world since he was a teenager. Corwin was introduced to the tropical rain forests while on an expedition to Belize and is now an expert in rainforest animals. He is the author of Living On the Edge: Amazing Relationships in the Natural World and the Jeff Corwin Junior Explorers Series. He has bachelor of science degrees in biology and anthropology from Bridgewater State College, and a master of science degree in wildlife and fisheries conservation from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His most recent documentary project, MSNBC's 100 Heartbeats, is based on his book by the same name. Immediately following, there will be a book signing downstairs in Stephens' Celebrity Cafe. Part of the 2010 National Affairs Series: Innovation and Ethics.

Marriage Equality Forum: A Legal Perspective
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Camilla Taylor was lead counsel when the Iowa Supreme Court voted unanimously that the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples. She is Senior Staff Attorney with Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered. She received her J.D. from Columbia Law School and her B.A. From Yale College, and is currently an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law. Mark Kende is the James Madison Chair in Constitutional Law and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Drake University Law School and teaches both sides of the ruling. He received his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. Iowa State philosophy professor Clark Wolf will moderate. Wolf is director of the Bioethics Program, and much of his published work is in political and legal philosophy.

Gambling: The Hidden Addiction - Peg Naylor
6:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Peg Naylor is the Gambling Treatment Coordinator for Community and Family Resources. Her professional experience includes working in the mental health and substance abuse fields, as a research analyst in the Iowa Legislature, as well as an adjunct faculty member at Buena Vista University. Naylor holds a masters degree in public policy and state certifications in both substance abuse and gambling treatment. She is also certified as a medication manager, trained as a Qualified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner and trained as a domestic abuse advocate. Naylor recently served for two years on the Iowa Gambling Training Advisory Committee and the Iowa Gambling Treatment Program Advisory Committee.

Catholicism on Eco-justice - Anne Clifford
7:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Anne Clifford is the Msgr. James Supple Chair of Catholic Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State. In recognition of the fortieth anniversary of the first Earth Day, she will discuss Catholic eco-justice teachings, with a focus on their roots in creation theology and their call to responsibility for the environment. Clifford is a former consultant for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Environmental Justice Program and has written on the topic of Catholicism and environmental stewardship. She is also the author of Introducing Feminist Theology and coeditor of Christology: Memory, Inquiry, Practice. Msgr. James Supple Lecture

Where's the Math - Juanita Copley
7:00 PM – Reiman Ballroom, Alumni Center - Juanita Copley is recognized internationally for her work in early childhood mathematics. She is the author or editor of four books and numerous articles on the topic for such organizations as the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and Creative Curriculum. She recently presented a series of national Math Webcasts for Head Start. Copley is the former chair of the Curriculum and Instruction Department at the University of Houston. She will discuss how young children learn mathematics, what an effective curriculum in early childhood mathematics should include, and how we assess children's knowledge of the subject. The 2010 Barbara E. (Mound) Hansen Early Childhood Lecture.

Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead - Frank Meeink
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Frank Meeink speaks about his descent into America's Nazi underground and his ultimate triumph over hatred and addiction. By age sixteen, Meeink was one of the most notorious skinhead gang leaders on the East Coast. By eighteen, he was doing hard time in an Illinois prison, where he began to question his hatred, thanks in large part to his African-American teammates on a prison football league. Shortly after being paroled, Meeink defected from the white supremacy movement. The Oklahoma City bombing inspired him to try to stop the hatred he once had felt. He began speaking on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League and appeared on MTV and other national networks as a part of his efforts. Meeink, who was the director of fan development for the Iowa Chops hockey team, is the founder of the Hockey for Harmony Foundation, which encourages youth of all races to play hockey. Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead is his first book.

Death by Alcohol: The Sam Spady Story - Brian Alley
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Binge drinking kills nearly 2,000 college students each year. The SAM Spady Foundation educates students on the dangers of alcohol, specifically high-risk consumption, and the signs and symptoms of alcohol poisoning. The foundation honors the memory of Samantha Spady, a Colorado State student who died of alcohol poisoning in 2004. Sam was a nineteen-year-old Nebraska homecoming queen, high school class president, and scholarship winner. She had looks, brains, youth, and promise. But all that came to a sudden and tragic end when Sam shared too many shots of vodka, passed out, and died alone in a fraternity house. Executive Director Brian Alley delivers the foundation's message that alcohol can kill and provides information to empower students to use good judgment and drink responsibly.