January 2012
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| 01/06/2012 | Guantanamo, Torture Accountability, & Indefinite Detention: We Are All At Risk
Friday, Jan. 6, 7:00 PM Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall 1924 Cedar (@Bonita), Berkeley www.bfuu.org Film: "Ending U.S. Sponsored Torture Forever" followed by a brief discussion led by members of Bay Area Religious Campaign Against Torture (BARCAT). We will honor Berkeley Peace & Justice Commissioner Rita Maran for her work in getting the Berkeley City Council Guantanamo Resolution passed. Actions will be discussed, such as writing notes to send to Guantanamo detainees. Candidate Barrack Obama promised to close Guantanamo prison after worldwide outrage at revelations of tortures and deaths of prisoners never charged with a crime. What shall we do to overcome war profiteering and the loss of rights in a sea of vast and deep corruption? Co-sponsored by Code Pink Golden Gate. See No More Guantanamos No Law-Free Zones! http://www.nogitmos.org Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away. Wheelchair accessible. Ph:510-841-4824 For occasional email notices of peace/eco/social justice alerts and related events at BFUU, send any email to: bfuusjev-subscribe@lists.riseup.net For weekly notices of BFUU services etc. go to: www.bfuu.org/signup.html |
| 01/07/2012 | Palestinian Human Rights Activist OMAR BARGHOUTI will be speaking on "Occupy Wall Street not Palestine: BDS and the Global Struggle for Justice & Freedom in Palestine."
Saturday, Jan 7, 2012, 7:30PM First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, 2619 Broadway Tickets: $10 -- No one turned away for lack of funds Event Website: http://www.mecaforpeace.org/events/oakland-ca-occupy-wall-street-not-palestine-palestinian-human-rights-activist-omar-barghouti |
| 01/12/2012 | An Evening with Richard Wolff
The Problem is Capitalism. The Solution is Democracy at Work Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 7:30 pm First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way (at Dana) Berkeley $12 advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/207605 :: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores ($15 door) Information: www.kpfa.org/events Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of mainstream economists and pundits. It would be difficult to come away from this with anything but an acute appreciation of what is needed to get us out of this mess - Stanley Aronowitz One year ago Richard Wolff thrilled a jam-packed audience in Berkeley with his talk Capitalism Hits the Fan. He differed sharply from most other explanations by politicians, media commentators, and academics by revealing step by step exactly how deep economic structures account for our fiscal crisis. Wolff now offers a new rallying vision of a radically better economic system that could become a means to mobilize a broad and inclusive social movement one that would transform every individual's daily life and the entire structure of our society: Democracy at Work. Richard Wolff has shown in its entirety the model of today's global economy in a methodical and coherent way. While the facts mentioned are well known, the perfect continuity and conclusions are as unbelievable as they are unarguable. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. He has a PhD in Economics from Yale University as well as degrees from Harvard University (history BA) and Stanford University (economics MA). Wolff has authored or co-authored 10 books. >rdwolff.com< Brian Edwards-Tiekert, formerly a host of KPFAs popular Morning Show, is now in the News Department. |
| 01/13/2012 | During the weekend of the 91st Miss America Pageant, join us for a screening of Miss Representation, a film exploring how the media's misrepresentations of women have led to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power (in particular in politics) and influence.
Event will be held Friday, January 13 at 7 p.m. at the Women's Building. Tickets are $8 early bird (www.missrepresentationsf.eventbrite.com) and $15 at the door, or $12 for students. The documentary, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and aired on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in October. For more information about the film visit www.missrepresentation.org Watch the Trailer here: http://youtu.be/6gkIiV6konY |
| 01/13/2012 | Berkeley Fellowship Open Mic featuring Sarah Seeds
Friday, Jan. 13, 7:00 PM Performers Note: sign-up for performers/musicians begins at 6:30 pm for the 20 available 10-minute spots. . Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall 1924 Cedar (@Bonita), Berkeley www.bfuu.org Cynthia Johnson of BFUU SJC will host. Sarah Seeds will present a variety of spoken word, including political satire, some comical, some not. Sarah is a Trainer/Practitioner of Non-Violent Direct Action Citizenship Skills. She calls it Helping Mensches in the Trenches Since 1986 ! Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Committee Suggested donation of $5 $10 will benefit the BFUU No one turned away. Wheelchair accessible. BFUU phone: 519-841-4824 For occasional email notices of peace/eco/social justice alerts and related events at BFUU, send any email to: bfuusjev-subscribe@lists.riseup.net For weekly notices of BFUU services etc. go to: www.bfuu.org/signup.html |
| 01/14/2012 | Dalit Baum on Boycotts, Divestments & Sanctions on Israel
Saturday, Jan. 14, 7:00 PM Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall 1924 Cedar (@Bonita), Berkeley www.bfuu.org Israeli peace and justice activist, Dalit Baum will talk about BDS (boycott, divestment & sanctions on Israel and the corporations who profit from the decades long occupation of Palestine). She will be fresh back from a December trip to Israel and occupied Palestine. Dalit Baum, Ph.D. is a co-founder of Who Profits from the Occupation, an activist research initiative of the Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel. During the last four years, "Who Profits" has become a vital resource for dozens of campaigns around the world, providing information about corporate complicity in the occupation of Palestine. Co-sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee, Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area, NorCal Friends of Sabeel, Global Exchange. Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away. Wheelchair accessible. Ph:510-841-4824 For occasional email notices of peace/eco/social justice alerts and related events at BFUU, send any email to: bfuusjev-subscribe@lists.riseup.net For weekly notices of BFUU services etc. go to: www.bfuu.org/signup.html |
| 01/19/2012 | KPFA Radio presents
DIANE RAVITCH The Death and Life of the Great American School System Hosted by Philip Maldari Thursday, JANUARY 19, 2012 - 7:30 PM The Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley $12 advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/215453 :: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores ($15 door) Information: www.kpfa.org/events KPFA benefit Diane Ravitch draws on over forty years of research and experience to critique the most popular ideas for restructuring schools, in the process rejecting some of her own long-held beliefs about school reform. Ravitch offers a road map for getting our schools back on track. This is a passionate plea to preserve and renew public education. It reveals a radical change of heart by one of Americas best-known education experts. No citizen can afford to ignore this brave book by our premier historian of education. E.D. Hirsh, Jr, author of Cultural Literacy, and The Schools We Need Diane Ravitch is the rarest of scholarsone who reports her findings and conclusions, even when they go against conventional wisdom and even when they counter her earlier, publicly espoused positions&a must read for all who truly care about American education. -Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education BIO: Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. She blogs for Huffington Post.com and EDWeek.org, and is the author or editor of 20 some books. It is precisely because of her associations with those more conservative on educational matters that this &carries the impact that it does. It may infuriate some of her former colleagues, because she is thorough, she is blunt...anyone concerned about public schools should read it& It is that good, that rich, that important. DailyKos.com Philip Maldari, veteran KPFA Public Affairs Producer, now hosts the Sunday Morning Show |
| 01/19/2012 | An Evening with Richard Wolff
The Problem is Capitalism. The Solution is Democracy at Work Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 7:30 pm First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way (at Dana) Berkeley $12 advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/207605 :: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores ($15 door) Information: www.kpfa.org/events Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of mainstream economists and pundits. It would be difficult to come away from this with anything but an acute appreciation of what is needed to get us out of this mess Stanley Aronowitz One year ago Richard Wolff thrilled a jam-packed audience in Berkeley with his talk Capitalism Hits the Fan. He differed sharply from most other explanations by politicians, media commentators, and academics by revealing step by step exactly how deep economic structures account for our fiscal crisis. Wolff now offers a new rallying vision of a radically better economic system that could become a means to mobilize a broad and inclusive social movement one that would transform every individuals daily life and the entire structure of our society: Democracy at Work. Richard Wolff has shown in its entirety the model of today's global economy in a methodical and coherent way. While the facts mentioned are well known, the perfect continuity and conclusions are as unbelievable as they are unarguable. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. He has a PhD in Economics from Yale University as well as degrees from Harvard University (history BA) and Stanford University (economics MA). Wolff has authored or co-authored 10 books. >rdwolff.com< Brian Edwards-Tiekert, formerly a host of KPFAs popular Morning Show, is now in the News Department. |
| 01/21/2012 | Commemoration 1932 MASSACRE IN EL SALVADOR- 30,000 murdered-indigenous peoples wiped out
Screening of film: "Cicatrices de Memoria" (English subtitles) Fotos from 1932 in conjunction with Museo de Imagen y Palabra Saturday January 21st 6 PM 2940-16th Street (Redstone Building) Room 209 San Francisco admission free sponsored by: EL NUEVO TOPO Peoples School Network-Paulo Freire Radio Sansonat Support Committee |
| 01/21/2012 | Occupy Sing Along & Potluck
Saturday, Jan. 21, 6:00-9:00 PM Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Connie Barbour Rm., RE Bldg., 2nd Floor, 1606 Bonita, Berkeley www.bfuu.org We're gonna sing out!, share a potluck dinner, and raise some funds to send our friend, Charlie McGarry to Occupy Washington DC! Charlie was a stalwart & gentle soul at OccupyBerkeley. If you have an Occupy song, you can bring the words and/or a CD to give to our courier Charlie to take to Occupy Washington DC! Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away. Not wheelchair accessible. Ph:510-841-4824 For occasional email notices of peace/eco/social justice alerts and related events at BFUU, send any email to: bfuusjev-subscribe@lists.riseup.net For weekly notices of BFUU services etc. go to: www.bfuu.org/signup.html |
| 01/25/2012 | KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents
THOMAS FRANK Pity the Billionaire: The Unlikely Resurgence of the American Right Hosted by Richard Wolinsky Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 7:30 pm Berkeley Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA $12 advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/216731 :: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores ($15 door) Information: www.kpfa.org/events From the bestselling author of Whats the Matter with Kansas? a stunningly insightful and sardonic look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has incurred the inchoate wrath of tea party conservatism. Economic catastrophe usually brings social protest and demands for change, but when Thomas Frank set out in 2009 to look for expressions of American discontent, all he could find were loud demands that the economic system be made even harsher on the recessions victims and that societys traditional winners be given even grander shares. The American Right, apparently moribund after the election of 2008, was peculiarly reinvigorated by the arrival of serious hard times. The Tea Party movement demanded not that we question the failed system (as the Occupy Movement insisted) but that we reaffirm our commitment to its worst excesses. Republicans in Congress embarked on a grim strategy of total opposition to the liberal state. In Pity the Billionaire Thomas Frank, wily chronicler of American paradox, examines the bizarre mechanism by which dire economic circumstances have delivered wildly unexpected political results. Using firsthand reporting, a deep knowledge of the American Right, and a wick sense of humor, he provides the first full diagnosis of our dangerous cultural malady. No one fools Thomas Frank, who is the sharpest, funniest, most intellectually voracious political commentator on the scene&he has written a brilliant expose of the most breathtaking ruse in American political history& Barbara Ehrenreich |
| 01/26/2012 | Screening of: Hypothesis (9/11 truth film)
Thursday, Jan. 26, 7:00 PM Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall 1924 Cedar (@Bonita), Berkeley www.bfuu.org A documentary by Brett Smith about professor Steven E. Jones and his controlled demolition hypothesis regarding the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. The film examines the public controversy of his application of the scientific method to investigate the disintegration of three buildings of the WTC in about 10 seconds. Out of probing into the physics and forensic facts of 9/11 came a new story which included threats, bribery and academic suppression. What started as a mere Hypothesis became so much more... Ken Jenkins of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, who is also widely respected as a documentary film maker, will speak and lead the discussion after the film. Co-sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee & Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance as part of our Conscientious Projector Series Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away. Wheelchair accessible. Ph:510-841-4824 For occasional email notices of peace/eco/social justice alerts and related events at BFUU, send any email to: bfuusjev-subscribe@lists.riseup.net For weekly notices of BFUU services etc. go to: www.bfuu.org/signup.html |
| 01/26/2012 | Progressive Democrats of America San Francisco Chapter meeting and speaker:
Steven Hill is the author of Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age. Steven argues that a quiet revolution has been occurring in post-World War II Europe. A world power has emerged across the Atlantic that is recrafting the rules for how a modern society should provide economic security, environmental sustainability, and global stability. For a decade Steven Hill traveled widely to understand this uniquely European way of life. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 1187 FRANKLIN AT CORNER OF GEARY BLVD. MARTIN LUTHER KING ROOM TIME: 7:00-9:00 PM |
| 01/27/2012 | South Africa COP17 and Looking Forward to 2012
Friday January 27th from 7:00 to 9:30 pm at the Corte Madera Town Center Community Room in Marin Please join the Womens Earth and Climate Caucus on Friday January 27th from 7:00 to 9:30 at the Corte Madera Town Center Community Room for an exciting report back event. While it is not surprising that the results of COP17 lack the ambition and urgency we need to truly address the climate crisis, women across many sectors demonstrated remarkable leadership--offering us courage and hope. Through stories and photographs, hear about women-led NGOs, businesses, and grassroots organizations on the forefront of climate change and their innovative solutions. Additionally, throughout COP17, the Women's Earth and Climate Caucus -- as part of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature -- held meetings, panels and actions advocating for a systemic alternative framework that acknowledges that Nature in all its life forms has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles. We are now preparing for the Rio +20 Earth Summit. Come learn about the groundbreaking Rights of Nature work, women who are leading the way locally and internationally, and WECC plans for 2012. Presenters: COP17 and Looking forward to 2012 Claire Greensfelder, Conversations with the Earth Osprey Orielle Lake, Womens Earth and Climate Caucus Honoring Local Women Leaders Pandora Thomas, EarthSeed Consultancy Konda Mason, EarthSeed Consultancy Location: Corte Madera Town Center Community Room in Marin County in the three story office building at the southern end of the Town Center shopping mall 770 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 201 Corte Madera, CA 94925 Please contact Wyolah Garden 415-722-2083 if you have questions. |
| 01/29/2012 | Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction -- a film and discussion
Sunday January 29th 2012, 1-4 PM Koret Auditorium - Lower Level -- San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, SF 94102 All over the world species are becoming extinct at an astonishing rate, from 1000 to 10,000 times faster than normal. The loss of biodiversity has become so severe that scientists are calling it a mass extinction event. Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction is the first feature documentary to investigate the growing threat to Earths life support systems from this unprecedented loss of biodiversity. Through interviews with leading scientists, psychologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and indigenous and religious leaders, the film explores the causes, the scope, and the potential effects of the mass extinction, but also looks beyond the immediate causes of the crisis to consider how our cultural and economic systems, along with deep-seated psychological and behavioral patterns, have allowed this situation to develop, continue to reinforce it, and even determine our response to it. Call of Life tells the story of a crisis not only in nature, but also in human nature, a crisis more threatening than anything human beings have ever faced before. Before the feature presentation, Call of Life, a short clip from a film about Jung called "Matter of Heart" will be presented. Following the screening, there will be a conversation between Call of Life executive producer David Ulansey and a Jungian analyst, Dr. Thomas Singer. Please register in advance at calloflife.eventbrite.com although no one will be turned away at the door. This event is co-sponsored by the C.G. Jung Institute in San Francisco. For more information go to www.sfjung.org All Library events are free and open to the public. Website: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1008573501 |
| 01/30/2012 | Truth & Unity Forum for KPFA Pacifica
Monday, Jan. 30, 7:00-10:00 PM Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall 1324 Cedar @ Bonita, Berkeley www.bfuu.org The Social Justice Ctee. of BFUU has had many discussions about what's going on? over at KPFA Pacifica. We are deeply concerned about the viability of KPFA Pacifica after a long trend toward financial insolvency and internal divisiveness. We are inviting all parties and all concerned community activists to participate in a civil dialogue to inform ourselves about the nature of our concerns and how to resolve them. Will you come to the forum? Will you come with a spirit of good will and dedication to truth and unity? The event will be videotaped as a public record. So bring your best deeper caring self. State your best points without posturing or meanness? Encourage others to bring an open mind along with that great capacity for critical analysis that we already share in common. Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee Admission free. Donations accepted for KPFA Pacifica Wheelchair accessible. Ph:510-841-4824 For occasional email notices of peace/eco/social justice alerts and related events at BFUU, send any email to: bfuusjev-subscribe@lists.riseup.net For weekly notices of BFUU services etc. go to: www.bfuu.org/signup.html |
February 2012
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| 02/01/2012 | Ode Magazine Presents Rock the Bank with Arkadi Kuhlmann, CEO of Ing. Ode Magazine presents Arkadi Kuhlmann, visionary CEO of Ing. Direct, the worlds largest online bank, with an unconventional approach to how money can build a more enlightened world. February 1, 2012. $10 online, $35 in person. Includes reception, wine, free copy of Arkadi's book Rock, Then Roll: The Secrets of Culture-Driven Leadership and an Ing. Kid's savings account. At Cowell Theatre Ft. Mason, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA Register: http://www.odenow.com/. ABOUT ODE NOW: Ode Now is a new series of positive live and online events from Ode Magazine, the magazine for intelligent optimists. Future Bay Area events will feature visionary optimists such as holistic physician and alternative health pioneer Dr. Ray Martina, Dr. Bruce Lipton, author of The Biology of Belief, and writer Jean Houston on How to Be a Social Activist. Online events are $10 will feature Barbara Marx Hubbard, Gunter Pauli, The Shamans Pharmacy with the Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham, science and spirit researcher Lynne Mc Taggart, Boston Philharmonic conductor Benjamin Zander, and food activist Carolyn Steele. For a complete listing, visit: www.odenow.com |
| 02/01/2012 | Ode Magazine Presents Rock the Bank with Arkadi Kuhlmann, CEO of Ing. Ode Magazine presents Arkadi Kuhlmann, visionary CEO of Ing. Direct, the worlds largest online bank, with an unconventional approach to how money can build a more enlightened world. February 1, 2012. $10 online, $35 in person. Includes reception, wine, free copy of Arkadi's book Rock, Then Roll: The Secrets of Culture-Driven Leadership and an Ing. Kid's savings account. At Cowell Theatre Ft. Mason, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA Register: http://www.odenow.com/. ABOUT ODE NOW: Ode Now is a new series of positive live and online events from Ode Magazine, the magazine for intelligent optimists. Future Bay Area events will feature visionary optimists such as holistic physician and alternative health pioneer Dr. Ray Martina, Dr. Bruce Lipton, author of The Biology of Belief, and writer Jean Houston on How to Be a Social Activist. Online events are $10 will feature Barbara Marx Hubbard, Gunter Pauli, The Shamans Pharmacy with the Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham, science and spirit researcher Lynne Mc Taggart, Boston Philharmonic conductor Benjamin Zander, and food activist Carolyn Steele. For a complete listing, visit: www.odenow.com |
| 02/15/2012 | If this email doesnt display well,
read it on your browser at http://tinyurl.com/884qgtp Which Way Forward? Direct Action, Electoral Politics, and Other Paths to Progressive Change in America WED, FEB 15, 7:00 9:00 pm First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin Street (at Geary) San Francisco A public forum presented by The San Francisco 99% Coalition Inspired by the nationwide and international Occupy movement, this program will explore how activists can devise effective strategies to bring about a more just, peaceful and humane society. Participants: ROCKY ANDERSON, Justice Party candidate for US President. MARGARET FLOWERS, Physicians for a National Health Program, Occupy-Washington DC. TOM GALLAGHER, Progressive Democrats of America-SF, former Mass. State Representative. DAVE WELSH, SF Labor Council, US Labor Against the War, ILWU Longview port support. Moderated by ROSE AGUILAR, host of KALWs Your Call. Question and Answer session will follow the panel discussion. More on this event and to order tickets on-line: http://tinyurl.com/6vbut45 Tickets also available at the door. Admission: $10 (nobody turned away for lack of funds) Wheelchair accessible. Sponsored by the SF99% Coalition. The purpose of the SF99% Coalition is to work in coalition with and offer support to groups which promote nonviolent advocacy for more equitable social, economic and environmental public policies. |
| 02/15/2012 | Which Way Forward? Direct Action, Electoral Politics, and Other Paths to Progressive Change in America.
Wednesday, February 15th at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin St. (at Geary), San Francisco at 7:00pm Speakers at the forum are Margaret Flowers of Occupy Washington D.C. Rocky Anderson, Justice Party candidate for President, Tom Gallagher, chair of the Progressive Democrats of San Francisco, and Dave Welsh, delegate to the San Francisco Labor Council. Moderated by Rose Aquilar of KALW radio. |
March 2012
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| 03/23/2012 | The Economics of Happiness conference
Connect, share and join in the movement for positive economic change!
This coming March, join Vandana Shiva, Annie Leonard, Richard Heinberg, Joanna Macy, Anuradha Mittal, Manish Jain and many more for a ground-breaking conference in Berkeley, California. Through a program of plenary presentations and interactive workshops, we will explore ways of building a new economic systeman Economics of Happiness. Hosted by the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC), the conference will examine the structures and destructive qualities inherent in the corporate-controlled market economy and deconstruct the myths that have prevented us from making the necessary positive changes. Together, we will explore systemic solutions to support the local, globallydrawing inspiration from the many international grassroots initiatives: local food, new progress indicators, local business alliances, Occupy movements, urban agriculture, Transition towns, Ecovillages and more& The conference is a unique opportunity to continue the dialog started by our award-winning documentary, The Economics of Happiness. Come be part of the discussion! Capacity is limited so early booking is recommended. |