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Environment, Technology and the Community - David Ehrenfeld
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - David Ehrenfeld is professor of Biology at Rutgers University, editor of Conservation biology and author of The Arrogance of Humanism, Biological Conservation and Conserving Life on Earth. He received his doctorate in zoology from the University of Florida and a medical degree from Harvard. Part of the National Affairs Series

New Workers for an Old Task: Building from Within - Anita Perez Ferguson
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Anita Perez Ferguson was the first Hispanic woman in California to run for the US House of Representatives and is currently director of education and training for the Democratic National Committee and vice president of the national Women's Political Caucus. She was associate professor in Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge, and chair of the Ethnic Advisory council to the California Superintendent of Education. Part of the National Affairs Series

We the People: Redefining the American Community - Cornell West
All Day – Memorial Union - Insititute on National Affairs. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Individual Freedom, Diversity and the First Amendment - Ira Glasser
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ira Glasser is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union and author of Visions of Liberty: The Bill of Rights For All Americans and Doing Good: The Limits of Benevolence. The ACLU is dedicated to defending constitutional freedoms and providing legal aid in cases of violated civil liberties, especially those of political, religious and racial minorities. Part of the National Affairs Series

healing the Broken Heartland - David Ostendorf
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - David Ostendorf was the Director of PrairieFire Rural Action, the Des Moines-based education and advocacy organization which he co-founded in 1985. he is now working to forge linkages between urban and rural communities around political, economic and racial justice issues as a consultant on projects which include the Midwestern Long Term Recovery Program of the American friends Service Committee and the Town and Rural Ministries Institute of the United Church of Christ. Part of the National Affairs Series

New Paradigms for Change in Business - Joline Godfrey
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ira Glasser is the executive director of the American civil Liberties Union and author of Visions of Liberty: The Bill of Rights for All Americans and Doing Good: The Limits of Benevolence. The ACLU is dedicated to defending constitutional freedoms and providing legal aid in cases of violated civil liberties, especially those of political, religious and racial minorities. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Individual and the Common Good - Elizabeth Hoffman
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Elizabeth Hoffman is dean of the ISU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of Economics. She has served as a member of the national Science Foundation economic review panel and her publications include more than 35 books and articles on the subject of group decision making. Part of the National Affairs Series

Race Matters - Cornel West
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Cornell West was Professor of Religion and director of the Afro-American Studies Program at Princeton University and now holds a joint appointment in Harvard's Afro-American Studies Department and the Harvard Divinity School. He is author of Race matters, Prophesy Deliverance: An Afro-American Revolutionary, Post-Analytic Philosophy, Prophetic Fragments, The American Evasion of Philosophy, Ethical Dimensions of marxist Thought and nearly 100 articles. His newest book is Keeping Faith: The Philosophy of Race in America. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus - Marcus J. Borg
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Extraordinary Things Can Happen When a Woman Gets Tired of Injustice - Iowa Community Activists
All Day – Gallery, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.