November 6, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks to the playwright and cast behind "We are Hmong," an original play collaboratively produced in St. Paul. The play explores the generational and cultural tug-of-war that characterizes Hmong family life in America.
November 8, 1992 - Mary Frances Berry, U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner, giving inaugural lecture in a new series of Hamline University Lectures on "Creating Community Through Diversity". Berry’s speech was titled "Achieving the American Dream". Berry gained national attention in 1983, when she and several other commissioners on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights were fired by President Reagan for criticizing the President's civil rights policies. Berry successfully sued the government and was reinstated by a Federal District Court. She is a former Assistant Secretary for Education in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and is now a Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 9, 1992 - Mickey Kaus, senior editor at The New Republic, speaking recently at Hamline University’s Justice for Everyone lecture series. Theme of this lecture was "Democracy, Diversity and Disparity: The Growing Urban Poor." Kaus is the author of a book called “The End of Equality”. Larry Osness, president of Hamline University, introduced Kaus.
November 9, 1992 - Ronald Walters, professor of political science at Howard University, speaking recently at Hamline University’s Justice for Everyone lecture series. Theme of this lecture was "Democracy, Diversity and Disparity: The Growing Urban Poor." Walters is the author of several books, including "Black Presidential Politics in America", and was a consultant to the Jesse Jackson presidential campaigns. Larry Osness, president of Hamline University, introduced Walters.
November 9, 1992 - Q&A period at "Democracy, Diversity and Disparity: The Growing Urban Poor" lecture held at Hamline University’s Justice for Everyone lecture series. Participants Mickey Kaus, editor of the New Republic; and Ronald Walters, professor of political science at Howard University, answered audience questions after their respective speeches.
November 14, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles District 202, gay and lesbian youth center in Minneapolis that is preparing to open by end of 1992. The site is designed be a safe social space and resource center for gay and lesbian youth. Report includes numerous interviews, including Elissa Raffa, who came up with the idea of center.
November 19, 1992 - On this Midday program, host Gary Eichten talks with police officers Pat McGowan and John Rouncer about what it's like to be a policeman. The two guests also take calls from listeners.
November 27, 1992 - Arts Over AIDS sponsors an “Aids in the Workplace” forum, held at Minnesota Public Radio. MPR’s Paula Schroeder moderated the panel. The panelists included the following: Cynthia Mayeda, chair of the Dayton Hudson Foundation, one of Minnesota's leading private funder of the arts. The foundation provided key funding to help create Arts Over AIDS. Hazel O'Leary, executive vice president of corporate affairs for Northern States Power Company. NSP has been working on HIV issues since 1987 through policy development, employee education and employee health services. Catherine Jordan, president of United Arts, which represents small and mid-sized arts organizations. She was coordinator of Arts Over AIDS during its initial years. Bob Tracy, director of Arts Over AIDS in the Twin Cities, begins program.
December 10, 1992 - James Bopp, founder and president of the National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled, and general counsel for the National Right to Life Committee, speaking at "Ethics, Euthanasia and the Termination of Medical Treatment" conference, organized by the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics. Bopp shares his view in addressing the issue of balancing the rights of parents and the interests of patients who are in a persistent vegetative state. He speaks on how hospices help both patient and family.
December 10, 1992 - George Annas, professor of law and medicine at Boston University, speaking at "Ethics, Euthanasia and the Termination of Medical Treatment" conference, organized by the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics. Annas shares his view on debate of addressing the issue of balancing the rights of parents and the interests of patients who are in a persistent vegetative state. He speaks on patient rights.