Laura McFadden
Co-Chair

Greetings from your co-chairs!

Come celebrate with us the achievements of today’s women, decision-makers in politics and government, journalism and academia. At each of our four meetings, we will celebrate where we are today, our future, and also reflect on the Club’s rich history as reported in the June, 2011, issue of Madison Magazine.

Join us. Rejoin us. Invite others to join us. Be part of the membership as we celebrate

100 Years of Engaging Minds in Madison.

Kristi Williams
Co-Chair

Madison City Channel is recording some of our speakers this year. The programs are broadcast shortly after the luncheons and are then made available for streaming on your computer on demand. Please visit their Madison Civics Club "channel" to view the presentation by Janet Napolitano or Gwen Ifill, or to see the special program on John Nolen's Civic Vision with David Mollenhoff and George Austin.

Event pages have been updated with photos from the event.

Joel Rogers has kindly provided MCC with the slides from his PowerPoint presentation. Please visit the event page to read more about him, his publications, and to view the slides from his presentation.

Please see the home page for a preview of next year's program.

Thank you for a wonderful season!

Joel Rogers

Website

Professor of Law, Political Science, Public Affairs, & Sociology, UW-Madison; Director, COWS

Rebuilding the Middle Class

April 14, 2012

Public Affairs Speaker

Sarah Orr

Director, UW Consumer Law Litigation Clinic

Joel Rogers is professor of law, political science, public affairs, and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also directs COWS (Center on Wisconsin Strategy), and its subsidiary Mayors Innovation Project, Center for State Innovation, and State Smart Transportation Initiative. Rogers has written widely on American politics and public policy (books include On Democracy, Right Turn, The Forgotten Majority, What Workers Want, and, most recently American Society: How It Really Works). He is a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and a longtime social and political activist; Newsweek identifies him as one of the 100 living Americans most likely to shape U.S. politics and culture in the 21st century. He co-founded and was first chair of the Apollo Alliance, and recent co-founded the Emerald Cities Collaborative, whose first project is comprehensive, cost-effective energy retrofits of American’s urban building stock.

Joel Rogers has kindly shared the slides from his PowerPoint presentation. You may view them here.

Anniversary Celebration Luncheon,
recreating the 1940s menu served when Carl Sandburg spoke

Iceberg lettuce with pineapple wheel and apricot, served with a poppyseed dressing

Savory chicken and mushroom filling inside a puff pastry
Vegetarian option – Herbed portabella and leeks in parchment
Cranberry compote
Buttered haricot verts

Rolls and butter
Coffee, Decaf, Tea

100th Anniversary cake, compliments of Monona Catering

Passover option — A gluten-free version of the meal using potato starch rather than corn starch as the thickening agent. Those observing Passover will receive matzoh instead of rolls and will have fruit for dessert, but will be sent home with a piece of the celebration cake to enjoy at a later date.

Home

Preview of Next Season

Individual Rights and Societal Responsibilities: where these issues intersect and how they impact each of us and our world.

October 13, 2012 Major General Marcia Anderson—My Life as a Public Servant
December 8, 2012 Dr. Richard Davidson—The Emotional Life of Your Brain
February 16, 2013 Christine Brennan—The Effect of Title IX
April 27, 2013 Daniel Okrent—Prohibition: How Did That Happen?

Membership

Anyone can become a member of the Madison Civics Club.

The 2012-2013 membership fee is $120. If you join or renew by August 1, 2012, the fee will be discounted by $10 to $110. The membership fee includes the cost of all four luncheon meetings for the season. Contributing Membership ($150) and Sustaining Membership ($200) are categories for those willing to give an additional amount to support the increasing costs of the ongoing operations of the Madison Civics Club. Or, you can be a "Friend of the Club" by donating any amount above the membership fee. Now that we have attained 501(c)(3) status, donations above the $110 membership fee may be claimed as charitable deductions.

To become a member, please print and fill out the form linked here and mail it in with your check. Or become a member by clicking on the blue "Membership" tab at the top of the screen. Membership fees and donations can be made through our online payment system.

Click on the "Newsroom" link (left side) to see Madison Civics Club in the news.
Click on "Updates" above for late-breaking information about meetings.

100th Anniversary Book Collection Goes on Tour

As part of its centennial celebration, the Madison Civics Club has donated a collection of about 150 books by Wisconsin women authors to the Madison Public Library. Over the coming year the collection will be displayed at each branch library for several weeks, before returning to its permanent home at the South Madison branch. Please click here for a tentative schedule.