>INFO:
>The Global Horizons series is especially pleased to welcome Harvard
>sociologist William Julius Wilson to the Madison area, Tuesday February
>29, 2000 as the keynote speaker in this MATC Global Horizons
>Distinguished Lecture Series. Listed by Time magazine in 1996 as one
>of America's 25 most influential people, Wilson is a leading scholar on
>issues of race and class in American life.
>
>Wilson has not only earned Harvard's most distinguished professorial
>distinction, but has also been awarded an amazing 32 honorary doctorate
>degrees from institutions including Columbia, Princeton, Loyola,
>Rutgers, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, and the University of Amsterdam. He
>is widely regarded as one of the preeminent Black intellectual figures
>in the USA today.
>
>Author of over half a dozen important books on issues of race, class and
>social policy, William Julius Wilson brings a sophisticated
>understanding of issues all to often reduced to polarized political
>sloganeering. In particular, Wilson raises criticisms of contemporary
>Affirmative Action programs, arguing that they are inadequate or unable
>to address the needs of America's most disadvantaged the poor,
>under-skilled, and underemployed.
>
>Wilson is slated to deliver the following presentations on Tuesday,
>February 29:
>@ Keynote Address 1: "When Work Disappears: The Changing Face of
>American Life and Labor" 12:30 1:30, MATC Norman Mitby Theater (3550
>Anderson Street)
>@ Panel Discussion: "The Structure of Opportunity" A panel discussion
>with Wilson, MATC Sociologist Dr. J. Mark Thomas, and City of Madison
>Equal Opportunities Commission Director Anthony Brown.
>@ Keynote Address 2: "The Bridge Over the Racial Divide: Rising
>Inequality and Coalition Politics" 7:00 8:30 MATC Downtown Education
>Center Room D240 (211 N. Carroll Street).
>
>
>Wilson's keynotes are to serve as the launching point for a series of
>Global Horizons lectures and discussions centering on the topic of race,
>class and Affirmative Action in the United States. Potential topics
>would include Community Coalition Building, Race, Class and Opportunity
>in Education, Race Class and Opportunity in Business, and other related
>topics.
>
>Please contact Dr. Geoff Bradshaw (MATC Multicultural and Social Issues
>Program Coordinator) at 608-246-6165, [log in to unmask] or
>Calvin Williams ( Community Relations Administrator) at 608.246.6710
>[log in to unmask] for more information.
>
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> Calvin J. Williams Office 608.246.6710
> Community Relations/ Affirmative Action Administrator
> Madison Area Tech. College dept. fax 608.246.6700
> 3550 Anderson St. Madison, Wisconsin
> 53704
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> http://td.ele.madison.tec.wi.us/~cwill/cwill.htm
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