Representing U.S. interests in the Nordic states
The U.S. ambassadors to Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark are in Minnesota to promote relations between the Nordic countries and the Land of 10,000 Lakes.11:00 a.m.Benson Whitney: U.S. ambassador to Norway. Whitney is a Minnesotan.
Marilyn Ware: U.S. ambassador to Finland.
James Cain: U.S. ambassador to Denmark.
Michael Wood: U.S. ambassador to Sweden.
- Lessons in changing the world from Rosa Parks, Mahatma Gandhi and others
Paul Loeb, author of "The Impossible Will Take a Little While" and "Soul of a Citizen," offered some advice on how to change the world in a recent speech at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Loeb drew the lessons from activists ranging from Rosa Parks to Mahatma Gandhi.12:00 p.m.