Past Events
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Mar 6Deep RisingMarquee Cinema, Union South
This event is presented in collaboration with the Office of Sustainability at UW–Madison. Film screening will begin at 6:30 PM with discussion to follow. Executive-produced and narrated by Jason Momoa, Deep Rising illuminates the vital relationship between the deep ocean and sustaining life on Earth. The documentary also follows mining startup The Metals Company, as it pursues …
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Feb 29Wrecked: State Politics and the Deinstitutionalization of Public Higher Education
Barrett J. Taylor, University of North Texas
Online via Zoom
Barrett J. Taylor, University of North Texas
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Feb 28The Body PoliticMarquee Cinema, Union South
Doors open at 6pm. The Body Politic is a harbinger of hope in a country plagued by gun violence. Our protagonist is Brandon Scott, a young Mayor who grew up during Baltimore’s most troubling years and sets out, with unyielding idealism, to change the course of his battered and beloved city. Scott is elected Mayor …
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Feb 24Radical ImaginationUW School of Education Commons
Join us in this transformative event as we explore the power of radical imagination to shape the future of our community. Your presence and perspective will contribute to the richness of the dialogue and help us collectively reimagine UW-Madison as a space for all.
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Feb 21The 50Marquee Cinema, Union South
Film screening will begin at 6:30 PM with discussion to follow. At a time when the California state prison system was dangerously overcrowded, and more than 85% of its inmates were involved in drug uses, one unlikely program looked inward for the answer and took a chance on 50 men serving life inside. Post-screening discussion …
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Feb 21Abortion and Demographic Fears in the Heartland
Lina-Maria Murillo, University of Iowa
Hybrid Event: Zoom and Sewell Social Sciences Bldg., Room 8108
Lina-Maria Murillo, University of Iowa
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Feb 13The Alchemy of Organizing: Turning Insecurity Into Solidarity
Astra Taylor, writer & activist
Online via Zoom
Astra Taylor, writer & activist
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Feb 8Capitalist Crises, Capitalist Transitions
Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Online via Zoom
Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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Feb 7The StrollMarquee Cinema, Union South
This event is presented in collaboration with the Gender & Sexuality Campus Center at UW–Madison. Film screening will begin at 6:30 PM with discussion to follow. When Director Kristen Lovell moved to New York City in the 1990s and began to transition, she was fired from her job. With so few options to earn money …
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Jan 30How We Save Us: Rethinking Strategy and Collective Action in US Politics
Maurice Mitchell, Working Families Party
Sewell Social Science, Room 8417 and Online via Zoom
Maurice Mitchell, Working Families Party