PLATO Weekly Update

January 10, 2023

CURRICULUM

WINTER COURSES

· Most Winter Courses begin this week! Find details on the Courses page. 

· If your course meets in person, please review theCOVID-19 Protocols posted in the Curriculum Showcase.

· NOTE: Refighting the Civil War, usually a Spring course, began on January 9 and will end April 24. The course is 12 weeks total with no classes during March. You may still join now or wait and join during the Spring session. Please contact the coordinator, Daryl Sherman at snippetswi@gmail.com for more information about this virtual course.

SPRING COURSES

COMING SOON! On Tuesday, January 24, the Spring Course Schedule will be posted to the Courses page and registration opens the same day.

SPECIAL EVENTS

BREAKFAST GATHERING
THIS WEEK! Second Friday, January 13 at 9:30am, join fellow PLATO members and guests for breakfast and conversation at at Lakeside Street Coffee House in the Bay Creek neighborhood. Seating is on both the main floor and downstairs levels. You will need to climb nine steps in order to be seated on the downstairs level. RSVP and learn more here.

LECTURES
Look for two upcoming lectures on one of Wisconsin's greatest assets – our fresh waters. Complete details about these events are coming soon! 

· On Wednesday, February 8 at 2pm we welcome Don Sanford, author of On Fourth Lake: A Social History of Lake Mendota. 

· Then in March, author Scott Spoolman will share what he learned writing his fascinating book Wisconsin Waters: The Ancient History of Lakes, Rivers and Waterfalls. 

As always, check out archived PLATO Lectures on many interesting subjects.

THE AGORA
The Agora, PLATO’s literary and arts journal, 
celebrates members’ creativity and diversity of thought.

SEEKING SUBMISSIONS for The Agora, Volume 8
PLATO members are invited to submit original works for the 2023 edition of The Agora in the following categories: Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction (including essays) and Visual Arts (painting, sculpture, drawing and photography). 

This is a blind juried review and the deadline for submissions is Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Click here to learn more and submit your work.

To view highlights from this past season, click on The Agora Features button below.

SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS & READINGS

Select from a range of topics and formats 

for your 2023 reading, viewing, or listening, 

curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee.

DID YOU KNOW? for January 3 – 16, 2023

Did You Know…Freedom House Ambulance Service, formed in 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the first emergency medical service in the United States staffed by paramedics who had received medical training. They served the predominantly black Hill District of Pittsburgh, and the majority of the staff were African-American. Formed with partial funding from President Johnson’s War on Poverty, Freedom House Ambulance Service established new national and international standards in emergency medical care. They operated until 1975 when the city took over providing emergency ambulance service. 

Visit the Social Justice page for more about Freedom House Ambulance Service
or past DID YOU KNOW? features.

DID YOU KNOW? – spotlighting notable contributions made by non-mainstream individuals you might not have learned or read about. Suggestions for inclusions are welcome (send to Kathy at: ksmichaelis@gmail.com).