NEW GLARUS — During the month of Oct., the South Central Chapter of the Wisconsin Farmers Union is offering an online/call-in forum “A Very Timely Civics Roadshow.” Open to all and based on the teaching principle “There’s no such thing as a dumb question,” the forum won’t be a lecture or class. Instead, it will be a group of citizens getting questions answered, letting others hear their voices, learning something new or becoming aware of opportunities for leadership.

The chapter often hears comments like: “I must have missed that in my US History course,” “How can the electoral college vote change the popular vote?,” “I’d run for local office but I don’t know how much of a commitment it is or how to do it,” and “Just how big is my Assembly district?”

Earlier this month, the topics were “State and Federal Government: WAY More than Every 4 Years” and “Local and County Government: Who, What, When, Where and Why.” On hand for the state and federal forum were State Representative Mark Spreitzer, State Senator Janis Ringhand, and Calvin Boldebuck, Field Rep for U.S. Representative Mark Pocan. Enlightening viewers on processes at the local and county level were Dela Ends, Secretary, and Betty Anderson, Treasurer, Spring Valley Township (Rock County) and County Supervisors Erica Roth (Green) and Kriss Marion (Lafayette).

On Oct. 22, interested users can take part as the league of Women Voters present “The Constitution and Voting.”

Registered is required to attend. Register with an email to wfusouthcentral@gmail.com to receive a Zoom link for each week’s forum.