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Mental Illness: Common, Costly, Neglected
Forum Date: March 30, 2006
Broadcast Dates: March 31, April 2
Who are Wisconsin’s mentally ill? How are they cared for?
How do the healthy and the mentally ill cope with each other?
Moderator:
Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
GUEST PANELISTS:
BILL BAZAN, vice president, Wisconsin Hospital Association,
author of MEDICINE IN SEARCH OF MEANING
WILLIAM GREER, M.S., L.C.S.W., executive director,
Mental Health Center of Dane County
JON LEHRMAN, M.D., residency training director and assistant professor,
Psychiatry Department, Medical College of Wisconsin
SANDRA PASCH, RN, assistant professor, Columbia College of Nursing,
psychiatric nurse specialist
Who Owns Lake Michigan Water?
Forum Date: March 23, 2006
Broadcast Dates: March 24, 26
Wisconsin’s great natural resource is in demand…and in peril.
Can water use be regulated to serve development, environmental justice,
AND protect our precious resource?
Moderator:
Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee
GUEST PANELISTS:
CHRIS AHMUTY, executive director, ACLU of Wisconsin
DOUG CHERKAUER, Ph.D., professor, Dept. of Geosciences and
researcher, Great Lakes Institute, UW-Milwaukee
WILLIAM J. MIELKE, CEO, president, Ruekert-Mielke Engineering
MELISSA SCANLAN, founder and executive director, Midwest Environmental Advocates
No 4th Street Forum - March 9, 16.
Education: What About Accountability?
Forum Date: March 2, 2006
Broadcast Dates: March 3, 5
How should schools prove their quality?
Are good schools the responsibility of parents and elected officials?
Just where do "high standards" begin?
Click for a Glossary of Terms.
Moderator:
Denise Callaway, director of communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
GUEST PANELISTS:
ALAN BORSUK, education journalist, former editor, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
ALVARO GRACIA-VELEZ, president, Notre Dame Middle School
BARBARA MINER, freelance journalist and columnist
JEFF SPENCE, Milwaukee Public School Board Member
7-Part Series January and February:
Do Wisconsin Kids Count?
Forum Date: February 23, 2006
Family Survival: Making It in 2006
Families struggle, children suffer.
How do we shape our economy to make decent family life possible?
What’s needed to promote the common good?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernandez Center, UW-Milwaukee
Broadcast Dates: February 24, 26
Guest Panelists: JIM MILLER, president, WI Policy Research Institute;
MICHAEL ROSEN, Ph.D., chair, economics dept. MATC;
KAREN ROYSTER, executive director, Institute for WI’s Future;
KEVIN WALKER, freelance social-cultural commentator, author, and journalist.
Forum Date: February 16, 2006
Where We Live: Is There a Place for Everyone?
Can poor people find decent housing?
Can builders make affordable housing profitable?
What and who stand in the way of finding an adequate place for the poor to live?
Moderator: Marcus White, executive director,
Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
Broadcast Dates: February 17, 19
Guest Panelists: MIKE RUZICKA, president, Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors; ORVILLE SEYMER, former president of Apartment Association of S.E. WI; MIKE SOIKA, executive director, YMCA-Community Development Center; ANN WILSON, manager, Hillside Family Resource Ctr., Milwaukee Housing Authority.
Forum Date: February 9, 2006
Foster Care-Protect or Neglect?
Children with no place to go - all in great need.
The country and state stumble; there’s not enough money.
Does anybody, anywhere have a remedy?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Broadcast Dates: February 10, 12
Guest Panelists: ECCLESIASTES ALLEN, LCSW, therapist; SUSAN CONWELL, JD, executive director, Milwaukee CASA; SUSAN DREYFUS, Chief Operating Officer, Alliance for Children and Families; MICHAEL MALMSTADT, JD, former Children’s Court Judge, Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare.
Forum Date: February 2, 2006
Wisconsin Kids : Who Gets a Healthy Start?
Do Wisconsin children receive the health care they need?
Who should pay to keep our children well? What programs work?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
Broadcast Dates: February 3, 5
Guest Panelists: LEE DRESANG, M.D., family practice physician,
Johnston Community Health Center and associate professor, Pub. Health
Dept. of Family Medicine, UW-Madison Medical School; SHERI JOHNSON, Ph.D., administrator, Div. of Pub. Health, WI Dept. of Health and Family Services; CAROLINA GONZÅLEZ SCHLENKER, MD, MPH, founder and past president, Latino Health Organization of WI, adjunct professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Medical College of WI; EARNESTINE WILLIS, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics and director, Special Projects and Healthy Partnerships,
Medical College of WI.
Forum Date - January 26, 2006
Early Childhood-Do Wisconsin Kids
Get a Fair Start?
While parents struggle to make a living, what happens to the children?
Day Care, Head Start, and other early childhood programs-how good are they?
Is more government input needed to protect our children?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh, co-chair, 4th Street Forum Executive Committee
Broadcast Dates - January 27, 29
Guest Panelists: RICARDO DIAZ, executive director, United Community Center; GAIL PORATH, director, Head Start, Social Development Commission; JAN RIORDAN, program director, Bradley Foundation; DOUGLAS G. UDELL, instructor, Early Childhood Department, MATC
Forum Date - January 19, 2006
Kids Having Kids-Consequences and Solutions
Teenage pregnancy, shockingly high infant mortality, sexually
transmitted diseases-all big problems. Why is it happening? What can be
done about it?
Moderator: Denise Callaway, director of communications,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Broadcast Dates - January 20, 22
Guest Panelists: MARIA BARKER, multicultural programs manager, Planned Parenthood;
DAWN GROSHEK, director of development, Rosalie Manor Community & Family Services;
W. CURTIS MARSHALL, public health educator, WI Division of Public Health, SE Regional Office; DARLENE ROBINSON, director, The Milwaukee Birthing Project.
Forum Date - January 12, 2006
Snapshot of Wisconsin Kids-Harsh Realities
Many of Wisconsin’s children struggle for a decent life.
What are the problems, and who is responsible?
Are we interested in finding solutions?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD, director, Roberto Hernandez Center,
assistant to the provost, Latino Affairs, UW-Milwaukee
Broadcast Dates - January 13, 15
Guest Panelists: CHARITY ELESON, executive director, WI Council on Children & Families;
REGGIE MOORE, co-founder & executive director, Urban Underground; JASON TURNER, visiting fellow, Heritage Foundation; SAMMIS WHITE, Ph.D., director, Center for Workforce Development, professor, Urban Planning, UW-Milwaukee.
Forum Date - November 10, 2005
WHAT DOES WISCONSIN HAVE AGAINST WOMEN?
The Wisconsin gender gap is wide.
There’s a female brain drain, a pay gap, the struggle to balance home and work.
Can Wisconsin prosper if women are left behind?
Moderator: Denise Callaway
Broadcast Dates - November 11 and 13
ELLEN BRAVO, Assistant Professor, Women’s Studies, UWM and former Director of 9to5; SHEILA COCHRAN, Secretary/Treasurer and Chief Operating Officer of Milwaukee Cty. Labor Council, AFL-CIO; BARBARA LAWTON, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin; and MARY VAN de KAMP NOHL, Senior Editor, Milwaukee Magazine.
This forum is in collaboration with the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. www.wisconsinacademy.org
Forum Date - November 3, 2005
CHRISTIANS, JEWS, MUSLIMS –
CAN WE ALL GET ALONG?
Do religious divisions threaten America’s civil liberties and religious minorities?
Do we need to embrace tolerance in order to survive as a nation?
Moderator: Jack Murtaugh
Broadcast Dates - November 4 and 6
OTHMAN ATTA, JD, President, Islamic Society of Milwaukee; MARIA ROSA MENOCAL, PhD*, Scholar and Author, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University; HARRIET McKINNEY, Executive Director, Milwaukee Chapter of the American Jewish Committee; and MARILYN MILLER, Executive Director, Lutheran Human Relations Association.
*We are grateful to our friends at EARLY MUSIC NOW,
who arranged for Dr. Menocal’s appearance on 4th Street Forum. Early
Music Now will present a concert celebrating the music of Muslims,
Jews, and Christians that will be performed by the Ivory Consort on Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6. Check their website for more information. www.earlymusicnow.org
Forum Date - November 17, 2005
TODAY’S OBESE CHILDREN –
TOMORROW’S MEDICAL TIME BOMB?
Junk food, TV, and video games are some of the culprits that undermine children’s health.
Can the obesity problem be solved before everyone pays the price?
Moderator: Enrique Figueroa, PhD
Broadcast Dates - November 18 and 20
FRANCISCO ENRIQUEZ, MD, Director of Pediatrics at 16th Street Health Care Center; FRANCES M. LAPPE, National Speaker, Author of Diet for a Small Planet; KYMM MUTCH, MS, MPS Supervising Dietician; and
JOSEPH SKELTON, MD, Director of NEW Kids Program, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
The Madison-based CENTER FOR MEDIA & DEMOCRACY arranged for Ms. Lappé’s appearance.
October 27, 2005
America’s Storm Part 4 -
THE DEATH PENALTY
Wisconsin has no death penalty, but that could change. Does it deter crime?
Is death exactly what some criminals deserve? Or is it immoral?
Moderator: ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD
PANELISTS: REVEREND ROBERT FLEISCHMANN, National Dir., Christian Life Resources; JOHN McADAMS, PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, Marquette U.; ROB WARDEN, Ex. Dir., Ctr. on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern U.; REVEREND KEN WHEELER, Asst. to the Bishop, Greater Milwaukee Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church.
October 20, 2005
America’s Storm Part 3 -
A DEATH OF ONE’S OWN
When it’s our time to die, who will have power over our death -
preachers, politicians, medical experts, our families? Or is it just
our own business?
Moderator: JACK MURTAUGH
PANELISTS: ANDREW FERGUSSON, M.B., Pres. & CEO, Ctr. for Bioethics
& Human Dignity; TRACEY HUMBERT, M.D., Fellow, General
Internal Medicine & Palliative Care, Medical College of WI; FATHER
ANDREW NELSON, Prof., St. Francis Seminary, Hosp. Chaplain, Asst.
Priest-St. Paul’s Parish; THOMAS POTTER, JD, Milwaukee Cty. Asst. DA.
Please click here to download an Advance Directive Form http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/forms/AdvDirectives
October 14, 2005 (FRIDAY)
America’s Storm Part 2 -
CONTRACEPTION, ABORTION
The right to choose, the right to life. Hot button political, personal, religious, and ethical issues. Is there common ground?
Moderator: DENISE CALLAWAY
PANELISTS: CORRENA HURLEY, Vice President and Tresurer, O'Meara Life Resources; DAN MAGUIRE, PhD, Prof., Religious Ethics, Social Justice, Marquette U.; FATHER KEVIN O’ROURKE, Prof., Bioethics, Loyola U. Medical School; LAURIE ZOLOTH, PhD, Dir., Bioethics Ctr., Prof., Medical Humanities & Bioethics, Northwestern U. Medical School, Prof. of Religion.
OCTOBER 6, 2005
America’s Storm Part 1 -
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Does stem cell research promise great medical and financial benefits
for Wisconsin? Or is using stem cells a dangerous moral practice?
Moderator: JACK MURTAUGH
PANELISTS: CLARETTA DUPREE, RN, PhD, Asst. Prof., Medical College of WI, Dir. of Res., Children’s Hosp. Palliative Care Prog.; ED FALLONE, JD,Pres., Stem Cells Now, Law Prof.; CLIVE SVENDSEN, PhD,Prof. of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dir. of Stem Cell Res. Prog., UW-Madison; REVEREND KEVIN VOSS, Dir., Concordia Bioethics Inst., Philosophy Instructor.
Forum Date - September 30, 2005 (Special Friday Taping)
MPTV Broadcast Dates - September 30 and October 2
MEXICANS IN THE U.S. -
JOBS, LAWS, CONFLICTS
From porous borders to health care pressures, Mexicans are in the news.
Are the politicians' solutions good for the U.S. and for the Mexican people?
Moderator: DENISE CALLAWAY
PILAR GOMEZ, Treasurer, Hispanic Heritage Council, former director of the Governor’s Office under Scott McCallum; GLENN GROTHMAN, State Senator, Dist. 20, Republican; ANSELMO VILLARREAL, Executive Director, La Casa de Esperanza; JOSH ZEPNICK, State Representative, Dist.9, Democrat
Forum Date - September 22, 2005
MPTV Broadcast Dates - September 23 and 25
HISPANICS AND HERITAGE -
ASSIMILATE OR ISOLATE?
The Latino population swells. The debate over assimilation continues.
Can the U.S. and its Latinos prosper if assimilation is resisted?
Moderator: JACK MURTAUGH
ROSARIO SANCHEZ, Principal, Nativity Jesuit Middle School; CARLOS SANTIAGO, PhD, Chancellor, UW-Milwaukee & Professor of Economics; CAMILLE QUIROS SOLBERG, Nationally Published Freelance Journalist & Columnist; ALFONSO ZEPEDA-CAPISTRAN, Migrant Education Prog. State Recruiter, WI Dept of Public Instruction.
Forum Date - September 15, 2005
SPECIAL TAPING TIME OF 3 P.M.
MPTV Broadcast Dates - September 16 and 18
MAKING IT IN THE U.S. -
HISPANICS AND ECONOMIC POWER
The U.S. Latino population increases. Is prosperity increasing too?
Money, jobs, and how Latinos' progress could affect everyone.
Moderator: ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD
LEONE BICCHIERI, Lead Organizer, Justice for Janitors Campaign,
Service Employees International Union, former Organizer for Farmworkers
working in the Northwest & South; FRANK CUMBERBATCH, Senior
Assistant to Mayor Tom Barrett in charge of Business, Economic
Development, Real Estate, and Job-Related Issues, member of the Latino
Community Center Board; NANCY HERNANDEZ, President, Abrazo
Multicultural Marketing and Communications, WI Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce Board Member, a founding member of the Hispanic Business
Council; LILIANA SALAS-GRIP, Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank
National Alliances Manager of Diverse Growth Segments based in
Colorado, National Hispanic Chamber of Commerce member
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