Monday, January 23, 2017

9:30 – 10:30 MONDAY INTEREST GROUPS Please see the Bulletin page 14

BOOK DISCUSSION: The Danish Girl by David Ebershof
TRAVEL: Thailand and Cambodia
HANDWORK/CRAFTS: Knitting
HOT TOPICS
KNOW YOUR DEVICE
WRITERS’ GROUP

10:45 – 11:45  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The Brown Revolution: Harnessing Soil Microbes to Feed a Hungry Planet

Speaker: Linda Kinkel, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota

Global population size is expected to climb to nine billion by 2050. We lack sufficient quality food for existing populations. Kinkel will explore soil microbes and the complex relationships between plants and their microbiomes, with a focus on enhancing crop production in developing and developed countries.

11:45 – Noon ANNOUNCEMENTS
12:00 – 1:15   LUNCHEON

1:15 – 2:15 PUBLIC POLICY

Planned Parenthood: 100 Years Strong

Speaker: Sarah Stoesz, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood of
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota

Planned Parenthood’s next century will be just as transformative as its first. The organization advocates that sexual and reproductive rights be recognized as human rights. Stoesz will discuss Planned Parenthood’s belief that all people should have access to health care, education, and healthy lives regardless of where they live.