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Bullwinkle Film Festival
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Everyone's favorite moose will be joined by his pals, Rocky, Dudley, Peabody, and assorted characters for two episodes of this television classic. Part of the National Affairs Series

KidsPlace: How to Make Your City a Good Place for Children - Robert Aldrich
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Aldrich is a pediatrician and urban planner who has traveled the world over seeking to relate children's health to the design and growth of cities. Seattle became the first city to adopt his idea of creating "KidsPlace", a program of innovation in city design and policy aimed at making cities safe and healthy places to raise families. Aldrich was the first director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.

Avoiding Trouble in River City - Marie Wilson, Martha Willits, Laurissa Sellers, Jack Shelley (Moderator)
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Marie Wilson was a Des Moines city council member and director of Human Resources at Iowa Bankers Association before she was named executive director of the Ms. Foundation. This foundation includes the Free-To-Be-You-And-Me Foundation which funds projects for children and families. Martha Willits is the first woman elected to the Polk County Board of Supervisors where she must make decisions concerning social services funding. Laurissa Sellers was the director of the Young Women's Resource Center and sit on the Child Abuse and Neglect council of Greater Des Moines. Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.

Film: The Learning Tree
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The story is set in a small midwestern town during the 1920's where a young black boy learns about the beauty of nature, about fear, sex, death and love. He also learns about honor and integrity when, all alone with his conscience, he has to decide to save a white man's life at the sacrifice of a black man's life. Part of the National Affairs Series

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Juvenile Delinquents - James Kunen
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - James Kunen has worked with the juvenile justice system as a public defender in Washington, DC, and in the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services as they were moving to deinstitutionalize the system. He has written several books including Why Are You Defending Those People? and is currently an assistant editor for Newsday. Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.

Children in Jeopardy - Margaret Hess, Judge Glenn Sedgwick, James Kunen, Valerie Hyman
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Valerie Hyman will moderate this discussion of children in the legal and social services system. Margaret Hess is director of Prevention Education at Youth and Shelter Services. Glenn Sedgwick is District Associate Judge and served as Story County juvenile court judge. James Kunen has worked as a youth service worker and a public defender and is the Wednesday evening speaker. Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.

Innocent Shame: The Legacy of Child Sexual Abuse - Valerie Hyman
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Valerie Hyman is a senior reporter with WSMV-TV in Nashville where she produced her award-winning series on child sexual abuse. She received her M.S. in Telecommunications News and Public Affairs from Indiana University and worked as a public television producer and assistant news director before accepting her current assignment. Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.

The Business of Teaching - Floretta McKenzie
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Floretta McKenzie is the Superintendent of the District of Columbia's Public School System which has 180 schools and 5,600 teachers. She was the first woman to hold the post of Deputy Commissioner of Education and was one of the primary architects of the Department of Education. Mrs. McKenzie has experience as a teacher, administrator, counselor, curriculum specialist, and national advocate for public education. Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.

Something There Is That Loves a Family - Marilee Fredericks
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Marilee Fredericks is a psychologist and Director of the Child Guidance center in Des Moines. She is a consultant and family life educator, and member of the Board of Trustees of the National Council on Accreditation for Services to Children and Families. Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.

A Landless People: Impacts of the Farm Crisis on Rural Families - David Ostendorf
12:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Rev. David Ostendorf is Associate Director of Rural America in charge of the Midwest Regional Office in Des Moines. The Midwest Office has operated a farm crisis line since January 1982 and has helped organize farm survival committees throughout Iowa. He is an ordained United Church of Christ minister, served as consultant to the movie "Country" and was named to Esquire magazine's list of Americans under 40 with high achievements. Rev. Ostendorf is a graduate of Union School of Theology and the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources. Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.