Peace and Justice Calendar 5.02.12 -6.23.12
Susan Strong
The Peace and Justice Calendar 5.02.12 - 6.23.12
A service of the Peace, Earthcare, and Social Witness Committee of Strawberry Creek Friends Meeting
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DATED EVENTS:
Wednesday, May 2, 7:30 PM
Screening of Growth Busters: Hooked on Growth
Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, between Telegraph and Broadway, Oakland Film evenings begin with potluck refreshments & social hour at 6:30 pm,
followed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after the film.
This
amazing documentary flips our world upside down to see what makes it
tick, as it explores the most critical question of our time: How do we
become a sustainable civilization? The film takes us on a whirlwind
tour of growth mania. The cameras are turned on humanity as they look
into the psychology of denial, crowd behavior, our obsession with urban
and economic growth, and our reluctance to address overpopulation issues
head-on. The film holds up a mirror, encouraging us to examine the
beliefs and behaviors we must leave behind - and the values we need to
embrace - so our children can survive and thrive.
Water shortages,
hunger, peak oil, species extinction, and even increasing depression are
all symptoms of a deeper problem: addiction to unending growth in a
world that has limits.
Wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street
$5 donations are accepted
Contact Florence: 510-681-8699; http://www.HumanistHall.org
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Thursday, May 3, 7:30 PM
Van Jones on Author Tour
King Middle School, 1781 Rose Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
Sponsored by KPFA Radio; Hosted by Aimee Alison
In
Rebuild the Dream, green economy pioneer Van Jones reflects on his
journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider. For the first
time, he shares intimate details of his time in government, and why he
chose to resign his post and launch a new organization: Rebuild the
Dream.
As the first Obama administration official to write a book
about his experiences, Jones offers a unique perspective on why the 2008
"hope" bubble burst, exploring the origin and fate of the movements
that helped to elect President Obama, as well as those that have
challenged and shaped his presidency. Along the way, Jones reveals
surprising parallels between Obama's people-powered campaign, the Tea
Party, and Occupy Wall Street.
$12 advance tickets can be purchased at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/236719
or (800) 838-3006 or at Pegasus Books, Marcus Books, Mrs. Dalloway's,
Moe's, Walden Pond, DIESEL and Modern Times Bookstore. Tickets can also
be purchased for $15 at the door.
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Saturday, May 5, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9th Annual Diversity Spring Festival: BAISAKHI MELA
Todos Santos Park Plaza, Downtown Concord (off of Willow Pass Rd. Corner to Grant St.)
Sponsored by South Asian Behavioral Health and Training Foundation Inc. &
Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County
Chief Guest: Ron Leon, Mayor, City of Concord
Invited Guests: Congressmen John Garamendi and George Miller
Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla
County Supervisors Karen Mitchoff and Federal Glover
Guest Speakers: Dr. Kuldip Thusu and Dr. Erica Bains
For more information: Brian Stein Webber 925-933-6030
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Saturday, May 5, 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Mother's Day Walk to Prevent Violence
San Leandro Marina, 13801 Monarch Bay Dr, San Leandro, CA 94577 Please
join Cheryl Jennings in a Mother's Day walk to prevent violence, with
Lorrain Taylor, who lost two sons to gun violence. It's only a couple of
miles!!
1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence - Mourning Mothers Walk is
intended to raise awareness for the ongoing need for therapy, advocacy
and resources for those coping with the loss of a murdered loved one.
The
2k walk at your own pace even is expected to draw hundreds of grieving
families and concerned citizens from all over the state. The walk will
be led by ABC 7 - KGO TV news anchor and host of "Beyond the Headlines",
Cheryl Jennings.
http://1000mpv-esearch.eventbrite.com/?srnk=1
The cost is $22.09 including the processing fee and includes lunch.
Contact: Lorrain Taylor (510) 510-581-0100, mothe...@aol.com, www.1000mothers.org
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Sunday, May 6 and May 20, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
What Do You Know About Prisons? Be Part of the Solution
Asbury United Methodist Church, 4743 East Avenue, Livermore
May 6: What About Community Safety?
1. Detention Commander, County Jail- Carla Kennedy
2. Effective Prison systems- Jeanne Woodford, Former Warden and CDCR Director
3. Senate Chair of Public Safety -Senator Loni Hancock
4. Defense Lawyer-- Jack Noonan
5. Formerly Incarcerated- Kenny Johnson,
May 20: Where Can Change Happen?
1. Juvenile Detention, Institutional Change-Lisa Hill, Superintendent, Camp Sweeney
2. Psychiatric Considerations-Terry Kupers M.D. Court and Prison Consultant
3. Secure Housing Issues (SHU)- Ron Ahnen, President Calif Prison Focus, Professor
4. Area Legislature-Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan
5. Formerly Incarcerated-Jerry Elster, Staff, All of Us or None.
There is no charge for this event but donations are appreciated.
Please join us for light refreshments and to speak with the panelists from 8:00 to 9:00 PM
For more information, contact Sally Bystroff at 925-449-8555 or sallyb...@gmail.com
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Tuesday, May 8, 7:30 PM
TIMOTHY NOAH: The Great Divergence: America's Growing Inequality - And What We Can Do About It
Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley
In conversation with Paul Pierson
How
did "the 1 percent" pull away from "the 99 percent"? A probing and
provocative exploration of income inequality in America, and the dangers
it poses to our democracy.
For the past three decades, America has
steadily become a nation of haves and have-nots. Our incomes are,
increasingly, drastically unequal: the top 1% of Americans collect
almost 20% of the nation's income-more than double their share in 1973.
We have less equality of income than Venezuela, Kenya, or Yemen.
The
income gap has been blamed on everything from computers to immigration,
but its causes and consequences call for a patient, non-partisan
exploration. In The Great Divergence, based on his award-winning series
of articles in Slate, Timothy Noah delivers this urgently needed
inquiry, ignoring political rhetoric and drawing on the best work of
contemporary researchers to peer beyond conventional wisdom. Noah
explains not only how the Great Divergence has come about, but why it
threatens American democracy and most important, how we can begin to
reverse it.
Tickets $12 ($6 students, OLLI, and Hillside members) in advance only at Brown Paper Tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/228204 or 800-838-3006; $15 at the door (all)
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Tuesday, May 8, 7:00 PM
Screening of The End of Poverty?
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists' Hall, 1924 Cedar (@Bonita), Berkeley
A
daring, timely and thought-provoking documentary by award-winning
filmmaker, Philippe Diaz, revealing that poverty is not an accident. It
begins with military conquest, slavery, and colonization that results in
the seizure of land and natural resources as well as in forced labor.
Today, global poverty has reached new levels because of unfairly imposed
debt, and unfair trade and tax policies. Wealthy countries exploit the
developing countries. The End of Poverty? asks why today 20% of
the world's population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more
than the planet can regenerate? Can we really end poverty under our
current economic system? www.TheEndofPoverty.com
Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee as part of our Conscientious Projector Series for the 99%
Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away.
Wheelchair accessible.
Ph:510-841-4824, www.bfuu.org
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Wednesday, May 9, 7:30 PM
Screening of The Economics of Happiness by Helena Norberg-Hodge
Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, between Telegraph and Broadway, Oakland
Film evenings begin with potluck refreshments & social hour at 6:30 pm,
followed by the film at 7:30 PM, followed by a discussion after the film.
Wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street
This thoughtful and
inspiring documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two
opposing directions. On the one hand, an unholy alliance of governments
and big business continues to promote globalization and the
consolidation of corporate power. The film shows how globalization
breeds cultural self-rejection, competition, and divisiveness; how it
structurally promotes the growth of slums and urban sprawl; how it is
decimating democracy. We learn about the obscene waste that results
from trade for the sake of trade. We hear about the demise of
land-based cultures in every corner of the world.
People all over the
world are resisting these policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade
and finance - and, far from the old institutions of power, they're
starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming
together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a
new paradigm - an economics of localization. The film provides not only
inspiration, but practical solutions.
$5 donations are accepted
Contact Florence: 510-681-8699 ; http://www.HumanistHall.org
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Thursday, May 10, 7:00 PM
Bay Area Premiere of HABIBI
Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland
Middle
East Children's Alliance screens Habibi at the historic Grand Lake
Theatre in Oakland, CA. Habibi is a poetic story of forbidden love, set
in Gaza; a film that works towards universal human rights and challenges
the stereotype of the oppressed Arab woman. This is a fundraiser for
clean water for childen in Gaza, a special project led by Dr. Mona
El-Farra.
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Friday, May 11, 6:30 PM Wine and Appetizers; 7:30 PM Program
Trust in Education Fundraiser
Veteran's Memorial Building, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
Comedian Mark Lundholm
Please join Trust in Education for a fun evening of Afghan appetizers, silent auction and comedy!
Budd and Nabi will provide the latest info from Afghanistan!
Adults $60 / Students $30
Call 925-299-2010 or order tickets online at www.trustineducation.org
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Saturday-Sunday, May 12-13, and Sunday, May 20
People's Summit and Protest the NATO/G8 Summit in Chicago
At
the invitation of the White House, military and civilian
representatives of the 28-nation US-commanded and largely US-financed
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and heads of state and finance
ministers of the G-8 world economic powers are meeting in the U.S., in
May. The G8 has been moved to Camp David, but the NATO summit will
still be held in Chicago. The Chicago demonstration on May 20 will
still protest the war and poverty agenda of both organizations.
Coalition Against NATO/G8 War and Poverty Agenda (CANG8) and Occupy
Chicago are organizing a democratic counter-summit in opposition to NATO and
the
G8. Keynote speakers will include Malalai Joya, who is a former Afghan
member of parliament and internationally renowned opponent of NATO's
occupation of Afghanistan, and Rainer Braun, a member of the
International Coordinating Committee of the European No to NATO network.
For more information including housing and ride boards, please go the www.CANG8.org.
United National Antiwar Committee, UNAC...@gmain.com or UNAC at P.O. Box 123, Delmar, NY 12054; 518-227-6947; www.UNACpeace.org
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Tuesday, May 15, 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Michael Sandel / What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley 94704
From
Harvard University's Michael Sandel, the New York Times bestselling
author of Justice and "perhaps the most prominent college professor in
America" (The Washington Post), comes a timely look at the relationship
between markets and morals, a book that asks fundamental questions about
the reach of markets into our daily lives.
Clear and compelling,
WHAT MONEY CAN'T BUY offers the same immersive experience of moral
philosophy as Justice, a quality that also defines Sandel's enormously
popular public lectures. Covering all aspects of life, from health to
education, public safety to national security, criminal justice,
environmental protection, sports and art, family life and personal
relationships, Sandel delves into the difficult arguments missing from
our public debates about the value being assigned by markets to
nonmarket norms.
Tickets $12 ($6 students, including OLLI) in advance only at Brown Paper Tickets online or 800-838-3006; $15 at the door (all)
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/228205
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Wednesday, May 16, 7:30 pm
Screening of Earth Days by Robert Stone
Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, between Telegraph and Broadway, Oakland
Film evenings begin with potluck refreshments & social hour at 6:30 pm,
followed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after the film.
Wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street
Earth Days
looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental
movement-from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962
publication of Rachel Carson's incendiary bestseller Silent Spring, to
the first successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent
firestorm of political action.
$5 donations are accepted
Contact Florence: 510-681-8699; http://www.HumanistHall.org
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Saturday, Monday-Wednesday, June 23, 25-27, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
BePeace Foundations Course with BePeace Teacher Sandy Stober
Unity of Walnut Creek, 1831 Geary Rd, Walnut Creek, CA
BePeace is a practice of coherence through appreciation and connection to universal needs through empathy and honesty.
Learn
to: Stop stress; Think more clearly and tap into your intuition more
reliably; Maintain emotional balance; Respond consciously to life with
compassionate communication; Enrich your own life and help create a more
peaceful world.
Cost: $399 ($299 before May 23).
Register at www.unitycenter.net, www.rasurinternational.org, or Unity Book Center.
Questions? Call Sappho Calphas at 925-939-5397.
http://unitycenter.net/bepeace.html
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Susan C. Strong, Ph.D. Author, MOVE OUR MESSAGE: HOW TO GET AMERICA'S EAR Founder and Executive Director The Metaphor Project http://www.metaphorproject.org