June 2, 1992 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, deposed president of Haiti, speaking at Minnesota Meeting in downtown Minneapolis. Aristide’s address is on the topic of current events and humanitarian concerns in his country. Following speech, Aristide answered audience questions. Aristide was elected with 70 percent of the vote in Haiti's first free election in December 1990 and was ousted in a military coup last September. He is a Catholic priest. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
June 3, 1992 - David Morris, co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in Washington, speaking at St. John's University. Morris’s address was titled "A Global Village and a Globe of Villages: Environmentally Sound Economic Development." A resident of St. Paul, Morris is a syndicated columnist with Knight Ridder News Service and has been an economic development consultant for 15 years.
June 3, 1992 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder interviews author Reynolds Price. The two discuss Price’s novel Blue Calhoun.
June 3, 1992 - Local critic and writer Erin Hart reviews Children's Theater Company production of Beauty and the Beast.
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June 3, 1992 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the 'Earth Summit', is being held.
June 4, 1992 - Republican Bill Schreiber, an outgoing Minnesota State representative, reflects on his time at the State Capitol and what the future may hold for legislature in the 1990s.
June 4, 1992 - Midday broadcasts American writer and activist Betty Freidan speaking at the College of Saint Benedict. Freidan’s address is entitled, Feminism Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
June 4, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with staff member at Science Museum of Minnesota regarding art defacement at the site, where a diorama was damaged.
June 5, 1992 - MPR’s Kitty Eisle interviews Howard Sivertson, a Grand Marais artist and author of "Once Upon an Isle: The Story of Fishing Families on Isle Royale." Sivertson details the past of Isle Royale fishermen.