Joan Mandell, Olive Branch Productions
Does Anyone Really Want Peace in the Middle East? November 6-8, 2007
Does Anyone Really Want Peace in the Middle East? November 6-8, 2007
The A.E. Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change The Privatization of Security and Human Rights in The Americas: Perspectives from the Global South University of Wisconsin-Madison Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, Wisconsin January 31-February 2, 2008 Listen to audio recordings here Co-Sponsored by: Politics and Society, the NAVE fund, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), Global Studies, the Global Legal Studies Center, Wisconsin International Law Society (WILS), the Wisconsin Human Rights Initiative, and Community Action on Latin America (CALA). Papers Madison Group Research Network on PMSCs Statement of Purpose Red Investigativa Madison sobre EPMs Declaración de Objetivos Amada Benavides (español) Amada Benavides (English) James Cockayne (English) José Gómez del Prado Dan Kenney Anna Kucia Mauricio Lazala Diana Murcia (español) Antoine Perret (español) Gualdemar Jiménez (powerpoint) Lee Mira (powerpoint) Registration The conference is free and open to the public. Registration is requested (though not required), which can be done by sending an email to pmc2008@havenscenter.org with your name and affiliation (optional) or call Kate McCoy at 608-262-1420. Contents Background Guiding Questions Conference Format and Outcome Schedule Participant Bios
Axis of Hope: Latin America on the March October 18, 2007
The Day that Changed Madison: The "Dow Riot" Forty Years On October 16-18, 2007
Russian Politics in Historic Context October 10-11, 2007
A talk by Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States. Check TITU in the Memorial Union for location
The Havens Center is proud to be involved in the Midwest Social Forum effort to send midwest grassroots organizers and activists to the first-ever United States Social Forum, June 27-July 1 in Atlanta, GA.Join other Midwest grassroots activists heading to Atlanta for the first United States Social Forum, June 27-July 1!To register for the buses from Madison, Milwaukee, or the Twin Cities, go to www.mwsocialforum.org. Registration is first come, first served. Deadline for registration is June 4.If you are unable to attend the Social Forum, please consider making a contribution to the Midwest Social Forum scholarship fund for low-income grassroots activists. Donations are tax deductible if checks are made out to "UW Foundation" with "Havens Center" specified in the memo. Mail to Havens Center, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706.
On Jim Crow and the Liberal Tradition May 8-10, 2007
Mexico, the U.S., and the Left in Latin America May 1-2, 2007