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Women's Rights and Women's Wrongs in the Me Too Era
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - Gloria Allred is a founding partner of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Her firm has been the leading women's rights private law firm in the nation for 44 years, winning hundreds of millions of dollars for victims. Ms. Allred has won countless honors for her pioneering legal work on behalf of women's rights and for minorities. She is best known for her work on behalf of victims of rape, sexual harassment, child sexual abuse, and battered women cases. A recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Trial Lawyers and also American Lawyer Magazine for her work in combating injustices and winning new rights especially for women and minorities, Ms. Allred was honored to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in September 2019. Ms. Allred will discuss how women take action to right the wrongs against them to win justice and accountability in both the civil and criminal justice system. She will provide real life examples of women becoming empowered and achieving legal and political reckonings in the Me Too era. WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=ed7a06d1b2cd29e29b9a3da663adfc060

Digital Surveillance: How Gen Z Gave Up Its Privacy to Corporations and the Government
7:00 PM – Info to Come - This event will be streamed live to YouTube. Please click on the link to join the event on March 4: https://youtu.be/8b1eRrbi3rM The author of the memoir, Permanent Record, former CIA officer and National Security Agency (NSA) consultant Edward Snowden risked everything to expose the U.S. government’s system of mass surveillance. He is the subject of the Oscar-winning best documentary Citizenfour and the critically acclaimed Oliver Stone film, Snowden. Appearing live from Moscow, Snowden continues to speak out about technologies and practices (increasingly by nongovernmental entities) that have created “the most effective means of social control in the history of our species.” “Everything we do now lasts forever. Not because we want to remember, but because we are no longer allowed to forget,” he says, evoking the key theme of Permanent Record. “Helping to create that system is my greatest regret.” As one of the world’s most passionate and authoritative voices on privacy and cybersecurity, Snowden continues to warn us of the growing threats of our digital age. Edward Snowden shocked the world in 2013 when he broke with the intelligence establishment and revealed that the U.S. government was pursuing an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the potential to collect every single phone call, text message and email of every person on earth. Fearing arrest, he fled to Hong Kong, where he secretly met with journalists from The Guardian newspaper and filmmaker Laura Poitras. Poitras later won an Academy Award for Citizenfour. The Guardian and The Washington Post were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for their role in reporting on the NSA leaks. Snowden saw this honor as “a vindication” of his efforts to bring the secret surveillance programs to light. Snowden himself has received numerous honors for his public service, including the Right Livelihood Award, the German Whistleblower Prize, the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling and the Carl von Ossietzky Medal from the International League of Human Rights. He currently serves as president of the board of directors of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. National Affairs Lecture Series

Post-Election and Post-Impeachment: What's Next
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=edf3bf497120e26b1784beccddbe8946f These experts will discuss the political events since the November 6 election and talk about what to expect from the first months of the Biden Administration. Moderator: Dr. Kelly Winfrey is an assistant professor with the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication and faculty with the Leadership Studies Program. Her research focuses on gender and political campaign communication. Winfrey teaches courses in women and leadership, political campaigns, public relations and journalism. She serves as the coordinator of research and outreach for the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics where she oversees such research and outreach programs such as the Archives of Women’s Political Communication, Women in Iowa Politics Database and Ready to Run® Iowa: Campaign Training for Women. Panelists: Julie Roosa is an adjunct assistant professor and the First Amendment Specialist at the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication. Her classes include First Amendment law, media law and principles of journalism. She chairs the First Amendment Committee, which coordinates events throughout the year for the Greenlee School's First Amendment Series. The most prominent event in the series is ISU's annual First Amendment Days celebration, a nationally recognized event since 2002. Julie serves as a resource on legal issues related to freedom of speech and press. She also provides outreach and training on First Amendment topics to the campus and community. Zack Bonner is a Lecturer in the ISU Department of Political Science. His research focuses on political psychology, including how we process political misinformation and avenues for reducing its impact on political attitudes. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in American politics focusing on Campaigns & Elections, Public Opinion & Voting Behavior, and the Presidency.

The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e2db991e36755863ce6287d835574b292 United Nations 2020 Champions of the Earth Achievement Award Robert D. Bullard is often described as the father of environmental justice. He is the former Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University 2011-2016. Professor Bullard currently is Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy. Prior to coming to TSU he was founding Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University. He is an award-winning author of eighteen books that address sustainable development, environmental racism, urban land use, industrial facility siting, community reinvestment, housing, transportation, climate justice, disasters, emergency response, and community resilience, smart growth, and regional equity. He is co-founder of the HBCU Climate Change Consortium. Dr. Bullard is a proud U.S. Marine Corps veteran Dr. Bullard will discuss the intersection of environmental action (or inaction) and racial disparities that plague minority communities.

Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics: Truth to Power
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e8a253ba519be3363ba6da790be03a55b Congresswoman Katie Porter represents California’s 45th Congressional District and is the 2021 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics at ISU. As a member of House Financial Services Committee and the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Congresswoman Porter asked tough questions of bank CEOs and administration officials to hold them accountable to the American people. She has also been a key supporter of legislation to reduce the influence of dark money in politics and restore ethics to Washington. As a single working mom, Rep. Porter knows firsthand about the challenges faced by working families. She’s introduced bipartisan legislation to allow families to set aside more pre-tax income for dependent care. She’s continued to press for a repeal of the limits on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction, which has hit California’s middle-class families especially hard. Before coming to Congress, Porter spent nearly two decades taking on the special interests that dominate American politics and drown out the voices of working families. As California’s independent watchdog against the banks, she made sure the big banks that had cheated Orange County homeowners followed through on their promise to help affected families get back on their feet. As a consumer finance expert, Congresswoman Porter also helped Congress pass the original Credit CARD Act in 2009, which enacted federal protections from abusive credit card fees. Mary Louis Smith Chair in Women and Politics

Mexican Americans and the Administration of Justice, 1970-Today
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - U.S. Latino/a Studies Faculty Lectures Series, Spring 2021 The title of this presentation is drawn from a 1970 study conducted by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and entitled “Mexican Americans and the Administration of Justice in the Southwest.” That study, a first of its kind exploration of the Mexican community and the criminal justice system, found that the justice system in its totality discriminated against Mexican Americans. The report, in its concluding analysis, “paints a bleak picture of the relationship between Mexican Americans in the Southwest and the agencies which administer justice in those states. Police departments, courts, the law itself are viewed as Anglo institutions in which Mexican Americans have no stake and from which they do not expect fair treatment. Acts of police misconduct result in mounting suspicion and incite incidences of resistance to officers. These are followed by police retaliation, which results in escalating hostilities.” This presentation tests that analysis by demarcating Mexican American and police interactions from 1970 to the present day. To do that, I focus on three examples where interactions between Mexican people and law enforcement resulted in the exposure of the inner workings of the entirety of the criminal justice system. Those examples demonstrate some of the factual accuracy of the Commission’s report, while also revealing some critical elisions missing from the report’s analysis. Brian D. Behnken is associate professor in the Department of History and the U.S. Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa State University. He also has a courtesy appointment in the African and African American Studies Program. His research and teaching interests include comparative race relations, civil rights, and ethnic history. He is the author of two monographs, Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas and with Greg Smithers Racism in the American Popular Media: From Aunt Jemima to the Frito Bandito. He is currently completing two books on the history of the Mexican American community and its relationship with police agencies in the Southwest from the early 19th century to the early 21st century. The information discussed in this presentation comes from his second book on this subject, titled, Brown and Blue: Mexican Americans and Law Enforcement in the Modern Southwest. World Affairs Lecture Series WebEx link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1911e14b6cb5e720fea6c55509d86403

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents; 2021 MLK Jr. Speaker
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Speaker Keynote Isabel Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize winner and the National Humanities Medal, is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. A gifted storyteller, Wilkerson captivates audiences with the universal human story of migration and reinvention, as well as the unseen hierarchies that have divided us as a nation, in order to find a way to transcend them. She has become an impassioned voice for demonstrating how history can help us understand ourselves, our country and our current era of upheaval. In her writing, Wilkerson brings the invisible and the marginalized into the light and into our hearts. In her lectures, she explores with authority the need to reconcile America’s karmic racial inheritance — a notion she has expressed in her widely-shared Op-Ed essays in The New York Times. WebEx link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=ec2d3996141dc26b99d0b362584466150

Modern Monetary Theory: Creating an Economy that Puts Humans Before Corporations
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - Dr. Stephanie Kelton is a leading authority on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), a new approach to economics that is taking the world by storm. She is one of the most important economists influencing the policy debate today. Her new book, The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy, shows how to break free of the myths and misunderstandings about money and the role of taxes, debt and deficits that have hamstrung policymakers around the world.National Affairs Lecture Series WebEx link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=edef2379ffb2fae096dc2485b6ada8501

Latina Studies Matter: Programming in Times of Crisis
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - U.S. Latino/a Studies Faculty Lecture Series, Spring 2021 WebEx link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e6c191b5ba1a1238076cd95f42cf04e93

Canceled: Addressing Challenging Behaviors with Individualized Support - Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter is a professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on effective instruction, supporting social emotional development and addressing challenging behavior, and coaching teachers. She has been a PI or Co-PI on numerous projects funded by the US Departments of Education and Health and Human Services. Through her work on the National Center on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning and funded research projects, she was involved in the development of the Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Young Children and a model for coaching teachers to implement effective practices known as Practice Based Coaching. She is currently leading projects focused on examining the efficacy of the Pyramid Model in infant toddler, pre-k and kindergarten settings. 2020 Barbara E. (Mound) Hansen Lecturer