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Monday, March 1: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: Lincoln William Lee Miller is Scholar in Ethics and Institutions at the Miller Center.. Further info, schedule of other events, directions on the website http://www.millercenter.org Tuesday, March 2: 7:00 p.m. at Rapture on the Downtown Mall Panel discussion, "Dispatches from the Left at the General Assembly" sponsored by Left of Center. Wondering if there's any hope for the progressive agenda in Virginia now that the administration is firmly in the hands of the GOP? Trying to make sense of a state budget with more than $2 billion in spending cuts? We've brought together a panel of speakers to bring you up to speed on how many of the issues those left of center care about are faring during the current legislative session - from the environment to reproductive rights and from health care to social justice. Sarah Buckley, Del. Toscano's Legislative Aide; Jessica Honke, Public Policy Director for Planned Parenthood Virginia; Ali Faruk, Policy Analyst for the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy; and J.R. Tolbert, Environmental Advocate for Environment Virginia will share stories from Richmond about how to move forward on our issues during a Republican administration and offer tips about how you can best make your voice heard. Free appetizers and socializing (with a cash bar) will precede the panel discussion and then we will open the floor to audience questions. Please join us, bring your friends, and enjoy the opportunity to meet others who share your perspective. Left of Center is a Charlottesville-area group of mostly 20- and 30-something Democrats and progressives. Left of Center is age-centered but not age-exclusive. We gather monthly to discuss and get involved with local issues and politics. Friday, March 5: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: Can Our Shameful Prisons be Reformed? David Cole, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law School. Further info, schedule of other events, directions on the website http://www.millercenter.org Saturday, March 6: Charlottesville Democrats' Annual Political Pasta. "This single event is the principal source of funding for the Charlottesville Democratic Party. Volunteers are needed. Please contact Becky Thomas, Jim Nix or Tom Vandever if you can help." Monday, March 8: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World. Jack A. Gldstone, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason, warns that by 2050, the relative demographic weight of the world’s developed countries will drop nearly 25 percent, their labor forces will substantially age and decline, and most of the world’s expected population growth will be concentrated in today’s poorest, youngest, and predominantly Muslim countries. How must the world’s basic global-governance structures be changed to deal with these conditions? Further info, schedule of other events, directions on the website http://www.millercenter.org Thursday, March 11: 7:00 p.m. Regular monthly meeting of the Monticello Bird Club. “Birding Medley”: Biologist Andrew Dolby’s presentation will include an overview of our local bird club’s parent organization, the Virginia Society of Ornithology—its field trips, programs, and research—and also information about bird calls, nests, and winter adaptations. Early spring is a great time to see both our winter residents and also some early spring migrants, so bird club experts will be leading outings to some special spots. Come and get details about upcoming bird walks and field trips. Always free. Beginners always welcome. Education Building, Ivy Creek Natural Area, Earlysville Road, Charlottesville. Always free. Beginners always welcome. Further information Patricia Wilczek: 985-4444; Stauffer Miller: 296-5505; Ellen Dudley: 244-2688 or www.monticellobirdclub.org Friday, March 12: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future. Matthew Spalding is Director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation. An expert on political history and constitutionalism, he is co-author of The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2005), a clause-by-clause look at that foundational document by 109 legal specialists. Spalding appears frequently on The Glenn Beck Program. A book signing will follow his Forum. Further info, schedule of other events, directions on the website http://www.millercenter.org Friday, March 12 - Sunday, March 14: The Affording Hope Project and the Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless present the premier of Leaps and Bounds, a theatrical production, at The Haven (112 West Market St at N. First St. Charlottesville) Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00. Leaps and Bounds, a one woman show, employs storytelling, song, poetry, prayer, movement and music. Tevyn East is both producer and performer. Learn more at http://www.affordinghopeproject.org/ or contact Tevyn at info@affordinghopeproject.org or (434) 989 1371. Saturday, March 13 - Friday, March 19: An invitation from JULIAN BOND: Please join me for our 4th University of Virginia Civil Rights Program, Race to the South: From the Klan to Katrina, We will travel from Memphis to Little Rock, Clarksdale, Indianola, Natchez, and onto New Orleans, visiting sites from the tragic to those that brought hope, place like the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, site of Martin Luther King’s assassination, Central High School in Little Rock, and the struggle that is modern day New Orleans in its 9th Ward. Along the way we will meet people who lived the struggle, as well as many that are still living it today. We will talk with Minnijean Brown-Trickey who, as a young teenager, confronted the National Guard and a city to integrate Little Rock's Central High School. We will hear from ministers, like Al Green, NAACP leaders and political leaders, and historians like Douglas Brinkley, who covered Katrina for major television outlets and who has written so movingly about the hurricane's impact. And we will trace the development of a truly unique American Art form that was an expression of the plight of the African-American communities in the deep South--the Blues. I hope you can join us on this intellectual and emotional exploration. To find out information and to register please contact program administrator Cynthia Smith at 1-800-346-3882, 434-243-2277 or travelandlearn@virginia.edu. For University of Virginia faculty and staff: Travel & Learn seminars are noncredit adult learning courses. You may apply to Human Resources to use your educational benefit to pay for the tuition portion of our Program Tuition and Fees. Please contact us at 434-243-2277 or travelandlearn@virginia.edu for further information Monday, March 15: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: Evolution of the War in Iraq and Prospects for the Future. Brigadier General Herbert R. McMaster is Chief of Concept Development and Experimentation at the U. S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command at Ft. Monroe. He has spoken and written on the reliance of the war effort on technology, including a piece in War Affairs Journal, “The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy.” This Forum is part of a series on the state of the military. Further info, schedule of other events, directions on the website http://www.millercenter.org Wednesday, March 17: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum / Virginia Festival of the Book Event. Before Michael Davis wrote the New York Times bestseller Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street (Penguin, 2009), he was a senior editor at TV Guide, and worked at both the Baltimore Sun and the Chicago Sun-Times. Prior to this Forum, David Mullins, President and General Manager of WVPT-PBS and George H. Gilliam, Chair of the Miller Center Forum, will judge a contest of Sesame Street character drawings and costumes submitted by students in the Central Virginia area. Following the Forum, meet the local artists and have Davis sign your copy of his book, which will be on sale at the Miller Center. Further info, schedule of other events, directions on the website http://www.millercenter.org Wednesday, March 17 - Sunday, March
21: Festival of the Book. Information,
tickets http://www.vabook.org Friday, March 19: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: Crisis and Command: Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush. John Yoo, who authored the infamous “torture memos” while serving in the George W. Bush administration’s Justice Department, argues in Crisis and Command (Kaplan Publishing, 2010) that presidents gain power at the expense of Congress during national security crises. Yoo, who teaches law at the University of California at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall Law School, has written two previous books dealing with war and presidential power. A book signing will follow his Forum. Further info, schedule of other events, directions on the website http://www.millercenter.org Friday, March 19: 3:30 p.m. Professor John Yoo of the University of California-Berkeley will discuss his recently released book, Crisis and Command: A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush in Minor 125 (Main Grounds) at the University of Virginia. Yoo served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on issues involving foreign affairs, national security and the separation of powers. Sponsor: Federalist Society ; Burke Society. Contact: Alexander Cox Protesters are planning to march from the Corner at around 2 p.m. and then to demonstrate in front of Minor Hall starting at 3 p.m., in advance of Yoo's appearance. Further info http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/yooincville Saturday, March 20: 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Monthly Charlottesville / Albemarle Democratic Breakfast. Bob Toplin will speak about The Language of Politics: How candidates and leaders use psychology to win the hearts and minds of voters. At JABA, 674 Branchlands Dr, (Behind Fashion Square and adjacent to the Marriott Suites). A light breakfast is offered, the public is warmly invited and the event is free, although the hat is passed to cover the modest costs of room and food. Thursday, March 25: 6:30 p.m. Legislative Town Hall with Del. Toscano and Sen. Deeds at the Senior Center, Pepsi Place, Charlottesville. They will recap the recent General Assembly Session, discuss the budget outlook for the next two years, and field audience questions and comments about the issues that matter to you. Light refreshments will be provided. Further information / registration Saturday, March 27: Noon - 3:00 p.m. Forum on Living Wage at the University of Virginia Join Workers and Students United (WASU) to learn, discuss, share and strategize at the forum on a living wage at UVa. Wesley Foundation Building (next to Alumni Hall) Students, faculty, staff, and community members are all invited! Light lunch and day care provided. For more information contact: living.wage.at.uva@gmail.com Monday, March 29: 11:00 a.m.
Miller Center Forum: Latin American Presidents, 1990s–2000s: Who's
a Leftist, Who's a Populist, and What's the Difference? Javier Corrales,
Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College and a visiting
scholar at Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies,
argues that the notion of a united leftist coalition of Latin nations opposing
the United States and free-market reforms is an illusion. The author of
several books on democratization, constitutional change, and economic reforms
in Latin America, Corrales will explore the many faces of the leftist trend
in Latin America. Further info, schedule of other events, directions on
the website http://www.millercenter.org
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