Today

WDUQ 90.5 FM, "Champions of Sustainability" series, 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Topic: "Racial Implications of Regional Development," with john powell, executive director of the Ohio State University Institute for Race and Ethnicity in the Americas.

Monday

ACT! Users Group, meeting, 6 p.m., 1600 Centre City Tower, 650 Smithfield St., 5th floor conference center, Downtown. Topic: "Accounting Links -- Peachtree and Quick Books." Call 412-928-3853 or visit the Web site www.execautomation.com.

Tuesday

Sustainable Pittsburgh, program, 8 a.m. (7:30 a.m.), Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown. Topic: "The Brookings Institution "Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda for Renewing Pennsylvania." Speaker: Bruce Katz, vice president, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., and director of its Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy. Call 412-258-6642.

Pittsburgh Business Group on Health, health-care education forum, 9:45 a.m., Koppers Building conference center, 436 Seventh Ave., Grant Room, 9th floor. Topic: "Saving Benefit Dollars to Impact the Bottom Line: Award-winning Disease Management Strategies at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas." Speaker: Robert Queyrouze, manager, Compensation and Benefits, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Call 724-251-0230.

Wednesday

Saint Vincent College Small Business Development Center, workshop, 6 p.m., Saint Vincent College, Latrobe. Topic: "The First Step: Small Business Start-Up." Call 724-537-4572.

American Marketing Association -- Pittsburgh chapter, networking, 11:30 a.m., Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers. Topic: "The Building of a Loyal Customer Base One Customer at a Time." Speaker: Rebecca Kane, director, Customer Relationship Marketing, Giant Eagle Inc. Visit the Web site www.pittsburgh.marketingpower.com

Rotary Club of Pittsburgh, noon, Omni William Penn Hotel. Speaker: Mark Leahy, general manager, David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Call 412-471-6210.

PAPEN -- Westmoreland chapter, meeting, 5:30 p.m., Westmoreland County Community College, 300 East Hillis St., Youngwood. Topic: "Monthly MasterMind Session and Accountability Sessions." Speaker: Rod Stoll, visiting PAPEN member from Pittsburgh. Call 724-244-6624

Thursday

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh/Library Center, program, 12:15 p.m., 414 Wood St., Downtown. Topic: "Protecting the Health you Still Have." Speaker: Michelle Burda, Hopwood Library/UPMC Shadyside, and Lorie J. Scrabis, JD, Wellness Pormotion Consulant. Call 412-281-7141.

Among Friends, a networking group for unemployed and underemployed professionals, meeting, 10 a.m., University of Phoenix campus, Room 124-125, Campbells Run Road. Topic: "The Art of Writing Thank You Notes (and other types of job search writing)." Speaker: Hank Walshak, Walshak Communications Inc. Call 412-766-4348.

Friday

Projects@Work, program, 8:30 a.m., Pittsburgh Technology Council, council training room, 2000 Technology Drive. Topic: "Tough Decisions -- Managing Risk on your Project." Speaker: Vicky Haney, president, VBH Consulting. Call 412-558-9282.

PICPA -- Southwestern chapter, 8 a.m., Mountain View Inn, Greensburg. PICPA hosts 9th Annual Tax Conference -- 8 Tax CPE Credits. Register at www.picpa.org or call 1-888-CPA-2001.

Saturday

University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, open house -- Master of Public Policy and Management, 10 a.m. Call 412-648-7640.