The Forum
Amy Goodman
Democracy Now!
Due to an unfortunate family emergency, The Forum featuring Amy Goodman has been
-- POSTPONED --
The Forum will be rescheduled for the
Spring 2010 semester - information will
be posted on this site, when available.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Zorn Arena | 7:30 P.M.
Investigative journalist Amy Goodman is the host and executive
producer of Democracy Now!, an award-winning, independent,
international news program that airs daily on 750 radio and TV
stations in North America. Time Magazine named the show
its
“Pick of the Podcasts,” along with NBC’s Meet the Press.
As
well as receiving awards from the Associated Press, United
Press International, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and
Project Censored, Goodman was
the first journalist honored with
the Right Livelihood Award for “developing an innovative model
of truly
independent grassroots political journalism that brings to
millions of people the alternative voices that
are often excluded by the mainstream media.”
Goodman’s reporting has won
numerous awards, including the George Polk Award, the Robert
F. Kennedy
Prize for International Reporting and the Alfred I.
duPont-Columbia Award. She and her brother, journalist
David
Goodman, have co-authored three New York Times bestsellers,
most recently Standing Up to the
Madness: Ordinary Heroes in
Extraordinary Times (2008). She will open the 68th season of
The Forum with a
program that will shed light on how the truth
is often distorted by the media as a result of corporate interests.
Interpreted for the deaf and hard of hearing.
More information: www.democracynow.org | wikipedia: Amy Goodman
Tickets for The Forum are $8 for the public, $6 for those 62 and older and UW System
or Chippewa Valley Technical College faculty and staff, and $4 for those 17 and younger
and UW System or CVTC students. Student tickets are half-price ($2) until the day of the
event. On the day of the event, students will be required to pay the full student ticket price.
Tickets are available at the Service Center in the east lobby of Davies Center and will be
sold at the door. Patrons may charge tickets to MasterCard or Visa when they order by
phone. Call 715-836-3727 or, outside the immediate Eau Claire area, call toll-free
800-949-UWEC. A $3 handling fee will be added to all telephone charge orders.
The Forum & Artist Series 2009-2010 -- Brochure (pdf)
The Forum & Artist Series 2009-2010 -- Printable Ticket Order Form (pdf)
