From dfledfoundation-announce at communityforum.net Mon Apr 2 16:18:45 2007 From: dfledfoundation-announce at communityforum.net (dfledfoundation-announce@communityforum.net) Date: Mon Apr 2 18:09:28 2007 Subject: [DFLEF)] Education Blueprint, Politics in Mexico, History - session II Message-ID: <46118145.9020305@maltzen.net> *Plan on joining us! *** ** *_Stone Arch Discussion Group_ Saturday, April 14 - 8 to 9:30 AM *at Jitters, 205 E. Hennepin *Education: "A 'blueprint' for fixing the kids and improving the schools" with Jim Lenfesty*, former StarTribune editorial writer focusing on education. With the Governor and Legislature debating education, and Minneapolis School Board proposing closing schools, this is a timely topic. Jim's talk will be based on 2006 series he did for Mpls.St . Paul Magazine. The focus will be on preK-12 education. As usual, invite anyone interested, come, buy your coffee and join the discussion. ** _Downtown Discussion Group_ ********Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:00 to 1:30 pm** **(bring your own lunch)** **** **"Politics in Mexico"** Join us for a discussion with a LEADER OF MEXICO'S LABOR PARTY, Saul Escobar Toledo, a founding member and International Secretary of Mexico's PRD Party. The Downtown Discussion Group of the DFL Education Foundation is very pleased to sponsor this special session with one of the top leaders of Mexico's PRD Party. At the Offices of the Robins, Kaplan Law Firm 2800 LaSalle Plaza Building 800 LaSalle Avenue (between 8th and 9th Streets on LaSalle Avenue) Downtown Minneapolis Mr. Escobar Toledo, a resident of Mexico City, will be talking during this tour of the upper midwest with citizens, union workers and leaders, students and teachers about Mexico's foreign relations and recent shifts in the Americas: immigration and border relations, NAFTA and globalization, the presidential electoral challenge by popular Mexico City mayor Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador in July 2006, the recent turbulence in Oaxaca, reactions to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia. _ _ _DFL Education Foundation History Series_ Second Session - "Triumph and Conflict" The DFL Party in the 1950s featuring Honorable Walter F. Mondale Honorable Gerald W. Heaney Don and Arvonne Fraser Jack Puterbaugh** Sunday, April 29 -- 7 to 9 PM Ukranian Event Center 301 Main Street NE - Minneapolis FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC **Walter Mondale, Gerald Heaney and Don and Arvonne Fraser were all part of the 1948 Humphrey for U.S. Senate campaign, and were DFL Party officers or elected officials during the 1950s. Jack Puterbaugh served as DFL Executive Secretary in the 1950s. For further information contact: Barbara Allivato at _Barbara-allivato@comcast.net_ _*The New Wounded: The Evolution of War-related Injuries and their Medical, Social and Economic Impact *_ */April 5, 2007 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., refreshments to follow /* Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs 301 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have produced a new category of combat injury: the polytrauma. A dramatic number of returning soldiers also suffer from traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. Join Dr. Barbara Sigford, national program director for physical medicine and rehabilitation for the Veterans Administration, Dr. Irving Gottesman, Bernstein Professor of Adult Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, and Ardis Sandstrom, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota as they discuss the rewards and challenges of caring for the new wounded. *_"Food or Fuel: The Emerging Competition"_ 2007 Freeman Lecture */*Tuesday, April 17, 2007 */*/10:30 a.m. -- 3:30 p.m./ Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs 301 19th Ave. S. Minneapolis, Minnesota * The race for renewable energy has resulted in new conflicts among business, agriculture, and government leaders. The third annual Freeman Lecture, "Food or Fuel: The Emerging Competition," will address this issue through featured speakers and panel discussions. In the keynote address, Lester R. Brown, founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute, will examine the environmental and economic policy alternatives available to the world's population. Robert Elde, dean of the University of Minnesota's College of Biological Sciences and a local leader on renewable energy, will give a luncheon address on the energy potential of prairie ecosystems. Experts from agribusiness, farm organizations and cooperatives, environmental groups, and other non-governmental organizations will participate in the afternoon panel discussion. The Freeman Lecture is free and open to the public, with a nominal charge for lunch ($15 for the general public; no charge for high school and college students). Seating is limited, so pre-registration for the program and lunch is required. *Please register by April 12 at www.freemanforum.org. *Questions can be directed to (651) 645-9403. For more information, please visit www.dfleducationfoundation.org If you no longer wish to receive our announcements, reply with 'remove' in subject line. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mapnp.Geeks.ORG/pipermail/dfledfoundation-announce/attachments/20070402/3e588ea6/attachment.html From dfledfoundation-announce at communityforum.net Wed Apr 11 22:07:47 2007 From: dfledfoundation-announce at communityforum.net (dfledfoundation-announce@communityforum.net) Date: Wed Apr 11 23:03:09 2007 Subject: [DFLEF)] Education Blueprint, Politics in Mexico, Triumph and Conflict Message-ID: <461DB093.5020004@scheie.homedns.org> *Plan on joining us! * ** ** *Stone Arch Discussion Group Saturday, April 14 - 8 to 9:30 AM *at Jitters, 205 E. Hennepin *Education: "A 'blueprint' for fixing the kids and improving the schools" with Jim Lenfesty*, former StarTribune editorial writer focusing on education. With the Governor and Legislature debating education, and Minneapolis School Board proposing closing schools, this is a timely topic. Jim's talk will be based on 2006 series he did for Mpls.St . Paul Magazine. The focus will be on preK-12 education. As usual, invite anyone interested, come, buy your coffee and join the discussion. ** _Downtown Discussion Group_ ********Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:00 to 1:30 pm** **(bring your own lunch)** **** **"Politics in Mexico"** Join us for a discussion with a LEADER OF MEXICO'S LABOR PARTY, Saul Escobar Toledo, a founding member and International Secretary of Mexico's PRD Party. The Downtown Discussion Group of the DFL Education Foundation is very pleased to sponsor this special session with one of the top leaders of Mexico's PRD Party. At the Offices of the Robins, Kaplan Law Firm 2800 LaSalle Plaza Building 800 LaSalle Avenue (between 8th and 9th Streets on LaSalle Avenue) Downtown Minneapolis Mr. Escobar Toledo, a resident of Mexico City, will be talking during this tour of the upper midwest with citizens, union workers and leaders, students and teachers about Mexico's foreign relations and recent shifts in the Americas: immigration and border relations, NAFTA and globalization, the presidential electoral challenge by popular Mexico City mayor Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador in July 2006, the recent turbulence in Oaxaca, reactions to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia. _ _ _DFL Education Foundation History Series_ Second Session - "Triumph and Conflict" The DFL Party in the 1950s featuring Honorable Walter F. Mondale Honorable Gerald W. Heaney Don and Arvonne Fraser Jack Puterbaugh** Sunday, April 29 -- 7 to 9 PM Ukranian Event Center 301 Main Street NE - Minneapolis FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC **Walter Mondale, Gerald Heaney and Don and Arvonne Fraser were all part of the 1948 Humphrey for U.S. Senate campaign, and were DFL Party officers or elected officials during the 1950s. Jack Puterbaugh served as DFL Executive Secretary in the 1950s. For further information contact: Barbara Allivato at _Barbara-allivato@comcast.net_ For more information, visit www.dfleducationfoundation.org If you no longer wish to receive our announcements, reply with remove in subject line. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mapnp.Geeks.ORG/pipermail/dfledfoundation-announce/attachments/20070411/7d1ca19d/attachment.html From dfledfoundation-announce at communityforum.net Wed Apr 18 08:29:03 2007 From: dfledfoundation-announce at communityforum.net (dfledfoundation-announce@communityforum.net) Date: Wed Apr 18 09:21:09 2007 Subject: [DFLEF)] Politics in Mexico, Triumph and Conflict, Invest in Minnesota Message-ID: <46262B2F.1020908@scheie.homedns.org> *Plan on joining us! * ** ** ** _Downtown Discussion Group _**Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:00 to 1:30 pm****** ********"Politics in Mexico"** Join us for a discussion with a LEADER OF MEXICO'S LABOR PARTY, Saul Escobar Toledo, a founding member and International Secretary of Mexico's PRD Party. Mr. Escobar Toledo will lead the discussion about immigration and border relations, NAFTA and globalization, the presidential electoral challenge by popular Mexico City mayor Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador in July 2006, the recent turbulence in Oaxaca, reactions to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia. At the Offices of the Robins, Kaplan Law Firm 2800 LaSalle Plaza Building 800 LaSalle Avenue (between 8th and 9th Streets on LaSalle Avenue) Invite anyone interested, and bring your lunch.//// _ _ _DFL Education Foundation History Series_ Second Session - "Triumph and Conflict" The DFL Party in the 1950s featuring Honorable Walter F. Mondale Honorable Gerald W. Heaney Don and Arvonne Fraser Jack Puterbaugh** Sunday, April 29 -- 7 to 9 PM Ukranian Event Center 301 Main Street NE - Minneapolis FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC **Walter Mondale, Gerald Heaney and Don and Arvonne Fraser were all part of the 1948 Humphrey for U.S. Senate campaign, and were DFL Party officers or elected officials during the 1950s. Jack Puterbaugh served as DFL Executive Secretary in the 1950s. For further information contact: Barbara Allivato at _Barbara-allivato@comcast.net_ * _Invest in Minnesota Coalition_* Right now, state leaders are trying to address critical needs in education, health care, transportation and the environment. No matter which issue is most important to you, a larger discussion needs to happen before there's any /real/ change -- where will the revenue to fund these initiatives come from? Overall, we're investing about a penny less per dollar of our income in Minnesota's future, compared to the mid-1990s. That's about 200 billion pennies less per year for the issues we care about --- and less to prepare the next generation to keep Minnesota great. Let's invest more to keep Minnesota great. Sign the petition to call on state leaders to raise the money fairly to create prosperity that will strengthen our families and give kids a better start in life - _http://ga4.org/campaign/invest_ A coalition called *Invest in Minnesota* recognizes that unless the state has more to invest in the future, we're unlikely to prevail in our individual efforts to keep Minnesota a great state. So in addition to advocating for our own issues, we have joined together to send a common message: */Let's invest more to keep Minnesota great. We can raise the money fairly to create prosperity that will strengthen our families and give kids a better start in life./* We know that states that invest more do better. They grow their economies and create more opportunity for all. Each penny invested in Minnesota today is worth much more in the future. Join us today. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information, please visit www.dfleducation.foundation.org If you no longer wish to receive our announcements, reply with remove in subject line. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mapnp.Geeks.ORG/pipermail/dfledfoundation-announce/attachments/20070418/9363bbfe/attachment.html From dfledfoundation-announce at communityforum.net Wed Apr 25 06:14:43 2007 From: dfledfoundation-announce at communityforum.net (dfledfoundation-announce@communityforum.net) Date: Wed Apr 25 07:07:38 2007 Subject: [DFLEF)] Downtown Reminder- "Politics in Mexico" Message-ID: <462F4633.3030502@scheie.homedns.org> *Plan on joining Us!*** ** ** _Downtown Discussion Group_ ********Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:00 to 1:30 pm****** **** **"Politics in Mexico"** Join us for a discussion with a LEADER OF MEXICO'S LABOR PARTY, Saul Escobar Toledo, a founding member and International Secretary of Mexico's PRD Party. The Downtown Discussion Group of the DFL Education Foundation is very pleased to sponsor this special session with one of the top leaders of Mexico's PRD Party. At the Offices of the Robins, Kaplan Law Firm 2800 LaSalle Plaza Building 800 LaSalle Avenue (between 8th and 9th Streets on LaSalle Avenue) Downtown Minneapolis Mr. Escobar Toledo, a resident of Mexico City, will be talking during this tour of the upper midwest with citizens, union workers and leaders, students and teachers about Mexico's foreign relations and recent shifts in the Americas: immigration and border relations, NAFTA and globalization, the presidential electoral challenge by popular Mexico City mayor Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador in July 2006, the recent turbulence in Oaxaca, reactions to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia. Open to the public, invite anyone interested. Feel free to bring your lunch.**** For more information visit www.dfleducationfoundation.org If you no longer wish to receive our announcements, reply with 'remove' in the subject line. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Heaney Don and Arvonne Fraser Jack Puterbaugh** */Sunday, April 29 -- 7 to 9 PM/* Ukranian Event Center 301 Main Street NE - Minneapolis FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC **Walter Mondale, Gerald Heaney and Don and Arvonne Fraser were all part of the 1948 Humphrey for U.S. Senate campaign, and were DFL Party officers, activists or elected officials during the 1950s. Jack Puterbaugh served as DFL Executive Secretary in the 1950s. For further information contact: Barbara Allivato at Barbara-allivato@comcast.net For more information, visit www.dfleducationfoundation.org If you no longer wish to receive our announcements, reply with remove in subject line. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mapnp.Geeks.ORG/pipermail/dfledfoundation-announce/attachments/20070425/efd567e4/attachment.html