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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Rock County Progressives Present an Educational Forum

 

"Media Influences"

How the Right Wing Shapes

the Political Agenda

 

Mary Bottari

 

Speaker:

  • Mary Bottari
    • Director of the Center for Media and Democracy's Real Economy Project.
    • Editor of the www.BanksterUSA.org
    • Mary's most recent Huff Post article on ALEC actions
    • Mary's articles and Bio from Huffington Post:
      Mary Bottari is the Director of the Center for Media and Democracy's Real Economy Project and editor of the www.BanksterUSA.org site for bank busting activists. She is an experienced policy wonk and public interest advocate. For the last ten years she has served as a senior analyst for the Washington, D.C.-based consumer group Public Citizen in its Global Trade Watch division. She has investigated and documented the impact of international trade agreements on public policy including in the areas of financial services, health care, toxics regulation, food safety, and the environment. Prior to her stint at Public Citizen, Mary was press secretary for U.S. Senator Russ Feingold and worked for many years in the Wisconsin State Senate. She has an M.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her family. Her favorite Wisconsin cheese is Prairie Ridge Reserve.

 

 

Forum Schedule:

6 PM-6:30 PM cheese & cracker reception (nonalcoholic)
6:30 PM-7:45 PM, speakers & discussion

 

Forum Location:

Basics CO-OP

 

*Basics CO-OP Natural Foods
1711 Lodge Dr.
Janesville, WI 53545

 

 

 

*This is an independent event not affiliated with Basics.

 

Our April Forum:
 The Impact of
Walker's Budget
on Education

Speaker: Sen. Chris Larson

For the complete forum see past events.

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