Community Corner
The Human Face of Equlity
The Plowshare Center of Waukesha is hosting a forum on Saturday, February 2nd titled “The Human Face of Equality: Securing Human Rights for All”. Registration starts at 8:30 am, with the program running from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. The event will be held at Carroll University in the Campus Center Ballroom (corner of East and College). Forum speakers will include Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Founding Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera; Marie Kingsbury, Executive Director of The Women’s Center, Inc. in Waukesha; Carol Ann Kay, Executive Director of the Adaptive Community Approach Program, (ACAP); George Martin, National Peace Action Board of Directors. The event is free and open to the public. The Forum kicks off on Friday evening with a special showing of the film CRASH at 7:00 pm in the Carroll University Campus Center Ballroom. CRASH won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Picture. The movie, CRASH, incorporates a series of vignettes about racial and social tensions demanding a closer look at our own attitudes and belief systems. Suggested donation for the film is $5. The forum and the film are sponsored by The Plowshare Center and Carroll University. For more information on the forum or the film, please contact: Sally Michalko at smichalko@wi.rr.com.