PLATO Weekly Update 

June 13, 2023

CURRICULUM

SUMMER COURSES
Summer courses are in full swing! You may still be able to register for some courses by contacting the course coordinator. Find the schedule for in-person, virtual, and hybrid courses on the Courses webpage.  

SPECIAL EVENTS

TOMORROW – we look forward to seeing pre-registered members and their guests at PLATO's Annual Meeting held at The Goodman Community Center's BRASS WORKS BUILDING. Note the address on the building is 214 Waubesa St – but if you use Google Maps it will say that it is located at 206 Waubesa St. Find venue and parking details here.

FIELD TRIP
NEXT WEEK! Wednesday, June 21 is our trip to Historic Dubuque, Iowa, and the Mississippi River Museum. Registration has closed. View photos and review trip details here.  

BREAKFAST GATHERING
NEXT WEEK! Fourth Friday Breakfast – new venue! On June 23 at  9:30am we will meet in a new location: Monona Bank's Rotunda Café located at 1965 Atwood Ave. View photos, learn about parking options, and RSVP here.

LECTURES
CANCELLED – group screening of Nuclear Now, on Friday, July 14, due to copyright complications. However, PLATO members are invited to watch this Oliver Stone film from the convenience of home at any time before June 20 by clicking this link to register and using this case-sensitive passcode: NNR-0623. Email Richard Steeves if you have questions about registration or if you would like to participate in a group discussion of this important documentary via Zoom in the near future.

Dive into new topics of interest through recorded PLATO Lectures.

BIKE RIDES
Discover new Madison neighborhoods through self-guided bicycling routes.

THE AGORA
A juried literary magazine published by PLATO 
celebrates members’ creativity and diversity of thought.

Visit The Agora Features webpage for highlights from this past season, created and curated by fellow PLATO members for your enjoyment. 

SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS & READINGS
Select from a range of topics and formats 
for your late Spring reading, viewing, or listening, 
curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee.

DID YOU KNOW? for June 13 – 26, 2023 

Zitkala-Ša, Lakota for Red Bird, aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938) was a political activist who found work wearing many hats – as a Yankton Dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, and educator. Zitkala-Ša recounted her struggles with cultural identity, emphasizing the friction between the majority culture in which she was educated and the Dakota culture into which she was born and initially raised. Her work helped bring traditional Native stories to a mainstream audience and influenced Congress to pass the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934.

Visit the Social Justice page for more about Zitkala-Ša 
or past DID YOU KNOW? features.

DID YOU KNOW? – spotlighting notable historic events and 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).