Peace and Justice Calendar 4.18.12 -6.23.12
Susan Strong
A service of the Peace, Earthcare, and Social Witness Committee of Strawberry Creek Friends Meeting
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Wednesday, April 18, 4:00 PM
Screening of Israel vs. Israel Peacock Hall, Rossmoor, Walnut Creek Israel vs. Israel is a film about Israeli peace activists who face skepticism & criticism from their fellow Israeli citizens. A Rabbi, a soldier, a grandmother, and an anarchist--four very different Israelis share a common goal: to achieve peace in the Middle East & end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. This award winning documentary was released in 2010 & was directed by Terje Carlsson. This screening is sponsored by Voices for Justice in Palestine. For more information call Marvin Cohen 925-944-1757 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, April 18, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Screening of The End of the Line Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, RE Bldg., Benjy Rm., 1606 Bonita, Berkeley Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee as part of our Conscientious Projector Series For our first Environmental Emergency Film Night, we will show The End of the Line, the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans. Scientists predict that if we continue fishing as we are now, we will see the end of most seafood by 2048. The film examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; the profound implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation; and much more. It lays the responsibility squarely on consumers who innocently buy endangered fish, politicians who ignore the advice and pleas of scientists, fishermen who break quotas and fish illegally, and the global fishing industry that is slow to react to an impending disaster. Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away. NOT wheelchair accessible. Ph:510-841-4824; http://www.bfuu.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, April 18, 7:30 PM Screening of Crude Independence by Noah Hutton Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, uptown 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 low-key documentary captures the change in Stanley, North Dakota, after an historic 2006 oil discovery there. The film chronicles the transformation forced upon the residents of Stanley after geologists discover 200 billion barrels of crude oil beneath the small town. With a population of just 1,300 people, Stanley is immediately thrust into the global spotlight as oil companies from all around the world race to get their hands on the historic "black goldmine." With the advent of new drilling technologies, oil companies from far and wide descended on small towns like Stanley across the state with men and machinery in tow. This "goldmine" of oil is the largest oil discovery in the history of the North American continent. The film is a rumination on the future of small town America at the hands of the global energy market. It's a story about the heartland in the process of transplanting itself, and the new heart is pumping oil. The film captures the moment wrought by the unprecedented boom in the years since the discovery of oil. Through revealing interviews and breathtaking imagery of the northern plains, this film tells a tale of change at the hands of the global energy market and America's unyielding thirst for oil. Wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street $5 donations are accepted Contact Florence: 510-681-8699; http://www.HumanistHall.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, April 18, 6:15 - 9:OO PM ISLAMISM VS. SECULARISM: The Arab Spring Phase 2 United Nations Association - USAEastBay Dinner Forum Bacheeso's Restaurant, 265O Telegraph Ave., Berkeley (at Derby) Speaker: AHMED BENCHEMSI, Journalist And Visiting Scholar at Stanford. Background: Awarded twice "Best Journalist in the Arab World". Mr. Benchemsi was the Editor-in-chief of Morocco's best-selling News magazines TelQuel and Nishan. Cost: $2O gen'l ($1O students and new members). Reservations advised. Reservations: UNAd...@sbcglobal.net; or leave a message at 51O-849-1224. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, April 18, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Screening of The End of the Line Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, RE Bldg., Benjy Rm., 1606 Bonita, 2nd Fl., Berkeley For our first Environmental Emergency Film Night, we will show The End of the Line, the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans. Scientists predict that if we continue fishing as we are now, we will see the end of most seafood by 2048. The film examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; the profound implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation; and much more. It lays the responsibility squarely on consumers who innocently buy endangered fish, politicians who ignore the advice and pleas of scientists, fishermen who break quotas and fish illegally, and the global fishing industry that is slow to react to an impending disaster. Filmed across the world - from the Straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Senegal and Alaska to the Tokyo fish market - featuring top scientists, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials, The End of the Line is a wake-up call to the world. Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee as part of our Conscientious Projector Series http://www.bfuu.org Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away. NOT wheelchair accessible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, APRIL 19, 7:00 and 9:30 PM Screening of Heist: Who Stole the American Dream Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland 94610 7:00 Movie with Post-Screening Panel Discussion Moderated by Jakada Imani, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Featuring: "Heist" Director/Producer, Donald Goldmacher, Christine Cordero from Occupy the Hood - Oakland and UC Berkeley labor economist Sylvia Allegretto VIP tickets for 7:00 show include preferred seating & signed DVD and poster. 9:30 Movie With opening remarks by Donald Goldmacher. Come see the explosive new documentary about the roots of the American economic crisis, andthe continuing assault on working and middle class people in the United States. In addition to critical historical background, Heist offers real world solutions and up-to-the-minute footage from the current Occupy Wall Street movement - an essential primer for all Americans to participate in the restoration of economic fairness and our democracy. All proceeds from the evening benefit the Heist Community Engagement Campaign! Help "Heist" become available as a critical tool for partners working on the frontlines of economic justice. Please join us in raising awareness of Heist and getting the movie into communities across the country! This event is co-sponsored by Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Global Exchange, Green for All, Rebuild the Dream and Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club. For questions or more information, please write to infohei...@gmail.com Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/239195 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, April 19, 7:30 PM
ERIC ALTERMAN: The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism From Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley Eric Alterman delivers the definitive history of American postwar liberalism, told through the lens of those who brought it to life. Bestselling author, journalist, and historian Eric Alterman, together with historian Kevin Mattson, traces the history of liberal ideals through the lives and struggles of fascinating personalities. THE CAUSE tells the remarkable story of politicians, intellectuals, visionaries, activists, and public personalities battling for the heart and soul of the nation. The first full-scale treatment of postwar liberalism, THE CAUSE offers an epic saga driven by stories of grand aspirations, principled ambitions, tragic flaws, and the ironies of history of the people who fought for America to live up to the highest ideals of its history. Eric Alterman, the author of Why We're Liberals, What Liberal Media?, and Kabuki Democracy, among many other books, and Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate School of Journalism; a columnist for The Nation, The Forward, and The Daily Beast; and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, the Nation Institute, and the World Policy Institute. He lives in New York City. Tickets $12 ($6 students, OLLI, and Hillside members) in advance only at Brown Paper Tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/228199 or 800-838-3006; $15 at the door (all) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, April 19, 7:00 PM Speaker: Steve Martinot "Trayvon Martin and the Structures of Racialization" Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar Street (at Bonita Avenue), Berkeley Oscar Grant, Troy Davis, and Trayvon Martin. We know what they have in common. They were black men killed by white men with guns - a BART cop, a death row guard, and a Crimewatch vigilante. The second thing they had in common was that each killing was given a certain approbation and legitimacy by the white power structure - the California judicial machine, the Georgia court system, and the Sanford, Florida, police. The details of how this occurred in each case take on new meanings as soon as we recognize a common thread, and a common structure to each of these killings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday, April 21, 7:00 PM
The Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture Series Proudly Presents Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) Beebe Memorial Cathedral, 3900 Telegraph Ave., Oakland For more information and/or to RSVP, contact: Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center, 510-434-3988, www.mlkfreedomcenter.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday, April 23, 6:00 - 8:00 PM White Reconstruction and the Impasse of Racial Genocide 370 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley Dylan Rodríguez is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Riverside. Prof. Rodríguez is the author of two books: Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Prison Regime (University of Minnesota Press, 2006) and Suspended Apocalypse: White Supremacy, Genocide, and the Filipino Condition (University of Minnesota Press, 2009). His political and intellectual work addresses the social logics of racial genocide as they operate through the changing systems of racist state violence, global white supremacy, and other forms of institutionalized dehumanization. Co-sponsored by Ethnic Studies, Center for Race and Gender, American Cultures Studies program, Social Cultural Studies program in Graduate School of Education, African American Studies, and Rhetoric Department http://crg.berkeley.edu/content/dylan-rodriguez ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, April 25, 7:30 PM Screening of Spoiled by Mark Mathis Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, uptown 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. Our daily lives are dripping in oil. It's in virtually everything we use and fuels everything we do. When it comes to what we're told about oil, there's rhetoric and then there's reality. Who can we believe? For nearly ten years, journalist turned media analyst Mark Mathis studied our use of oil. And what he found shocked him so thoroughly that he made this movie about the misinformation, distortions, and outright lies about oil. We have an "oil problem" in America (and the world), but it's not what you've been told. So, it's time to fill up on Truth...for a change. Are you spoiled? Do you use a computer or cell phone? Do you use air conditioning in summer and heating in winter? Do you eat bananas, pineapples, cherries, and mangos all year? Is there paint on your walls? Do you have walls? Do you have indoor plumbing, a refrigerator and an oven? Do you cook your food with anything other than wood or dung? Do you sleep on a mattress? Do you take any medications or visit a doctor or dentist? Have you visited other states or nations? Do you drive a car? Do you watch TV go to movies, play video games, or read books? Do any of your clothes come from other nations? Have you ever had the time to ponder the meaning of life? Do you earn enough money to enjoy weekends or vacations? Do you support research and development of renewable energy? Do you want a cleaner planet? If you answered "yes" to all of these questions then you fall into the "spoiled" category. Every aspect of the activities and desires mentioned above are directly connected to the production and use of oil. There are billions of people who would LOVE to be able to say yes to all of the questions above, but they can't because their daily reality is different than yours. Wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street $5 donations are accepted Contact Florence: 510-681-8699; http://www.HumanistHall.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, April 26, 7:00 PM Sacramento Update with Assemblymember Joan Buchanan Ygnacio Valley Library, 2661 Oak Grove Rd., Walnut Creek Assemblymember Joan Buchanan will present A Sacramento Update at the meeting of the Diablo Valley Democratic Club. Buchanan will discuss the budget, water issues, education and the effect of the 2012 elections on the state legislature. Information: 925-946-0469 or www.dvdems.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, April 26, 7:00 PM (6:30 pm Potluck) Welcome Nuclear Resistor & Plowshares Activist Susan Crane BFUU Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar St., Berkeley Susan will be just released from the Federal Corrections Institution in Dublin. She has spent over six years in prisons for resisting weapons of mass destruction. She will be sharing truth and how she holds both joy and grief in her heart at the same time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday, April 28, 11:00 AM Unite Against the War on Women North Steps, Capital Building, Sacramento Help defend women's rights and pursuit of equality. Join Americans all across the United States on April 28th, 2012, as we come together as one to tell members of Congress in Washington DC and legislators in all 50 states, "Enough is enough!" Everyone is invited to join, plan, and rally as we unite to demand that every person be granted equal opportunities, equal rights, and equal representation. http://www.wearewomenmarch.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday, April 29, 12:00 Noon - 4:00 PM Bay Area Walk Against Genocide Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA Noon--4pm: Music and Tabling 1--2pm: Program 2--3 pm: Walk April is Genocide Awareness and Prevention month. Taking part in the 2nd Annual Bay Area Walk Against Genocide is a way for the community to raise awareness about social issues worldwide. The Walk is a way for us to publicly show our concern as well as our support for the victims of genocide. Together, we walk in solidarity and and learn how to initiate effective action to prevent further violence from taking place. This Walk is a way for our voice to be heard, to strengthen our community, to show that we care and to and demonstrate to local, national and international leaders of our committment to social justice. For more information please visit this website: www.walkagainstgenocide.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Wednesday, May 2, 7:30 PM Thursday, May 3, 7:30 PM |
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