Other Bay Area Events

Monday, March 1, 6:00 PM Reception, 6:30 - 8:00 PM Program
Nuclear Tipping Point
Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
Please join us for this important occasion and help us intensify our campaign for a nuclear weapon-free world.
Ploughshares Fund is honored to welcome former Secretary of State George Shultz and former Secretary of Defense William Perry to a panel discussion with Ploughshares Fund Board member Gloria Duffy, CEO of the Commonwealth Club of California. You are invited to join the conversation, and view a special short screening of Nuclear Tipping Point, a stirring documentary about the journey that brought four prominent architects of America's nuclear deterrence policies to a startling conclusion: it’s time to eliminate nuclear weapons altogether. The film is narrated by Ploughshares Fund board member Michael Douglas.
Free Admission, Free Parking
RSVP Required: (415) 775-2244 or rsvp@ploughshares.org
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Thursday, March 4, 7:00 – 9:00 PM; Doors open at 6:30pm
EMPIRE, POWER, AND PROPAGANDA LECTURE SERIES continues with a Focus on Haiti
Fellowship Hall, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley CA 94709
Hosted by Dennis Bernstein, FlashPoints Radio, KPFA, with panelists Walter Riley, Kevin Pina, and Pierre LaBossiere.
This series is a fundraiser in support of Flashpoints Radio and the Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored Investigation reporting fund.
For a list of the whole series see: http://www.bapd.org/n2252.html
Sliding scale $5 - $20 at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair accessible
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Thursday, March 4, 4:00 PM
Mark Braverman, author of highly acclaimed new book "Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land"
Las Trampas Hall, Hillside Clubhouse, 3400 Lower Golden Rain Road, Rossmoor, Walnut Creek.
Author Mark Braverman shows how the Jewish quest for safety and empowerment and the Christian endeavor to atone for centuries of anti-Semitism have combined to suppress the conversations needed to bring about a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land. Fatal Embrace charts Braverman’s journey as an American Jew struggling with the difficult realities of modern Israel.
Sponsored by Human Rights in the Middle East / Rossmoor and Middle East Study Group / Contra Costa. For more information contact Marvin Cohen at 925-944-1757.
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Friday, March 5, 7:00 PM
Ambassador Warren Clark: What We Can Do To Help Bring Peace to the Holy Land
Orinda Community Church, 10 Irwin Way, Orinda
Ambassador Warren Clark, Executive Director of Churches for Middle East Peace in Washington DC, was formerly a career U.S. Foreign Service Officer in the Department of State, serving in the Middle East, Europe, Canada, Africa, and he represented the U.S. on the U.N. Security Council for Middle East and African issues.
This is a free event – a free will offering for the Churches for Middle East Peace will be made available.
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Friday-Saturday, March 5-6, All day
A Time for Truth, A Time for Action: Palestine/Israel & the U.S. at the Crossroads
First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo, 72 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo 94960
Sabeel, Arabic for The Way, is an international peace movement initiated by Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land. Sabeel seeks a just peace for Palestinians in Palestine/Israel and promotes the theological, moral, and legal principles set forth in the Jerusalem Sabeel Document, which may be reviewed at www.fosna.org.
Speakers include Dr. Hisham Ahmed, Professor of Politics at St. Mary’s College; The Rev Naim Ateek, Founder and leader of Sabeel; Anna Baltzer, Jewish-American granddaughter of Holocaust survivors; Dr. Jeff Halper, Founder and coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions; Dr. Paul Larudee, Human rights advocate for peace and justice in Palestine; Barbara Lubin, Cofounder of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA); Lorin Peters, a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams in the West Bank who teaches the Nonviolence Study and Discussion Group at the Peace Center; Norman Solomon, nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics and author of a dozen books, including Made Love, Got War.
Registration includes Friday dinner and Saturday lunch.
Price: $90.00 (register at http://www.fosna.org/content/marin-countybay-area-conference-march-5-6-2010)
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Saturday, March 6, 5:00 - 9:00 PM
What Women Can Do: The Can-Do-Ness of Women to save the academic and emotional lives of children / featuring Marianne Williamson
Historical Sweet's Ballroom, 1933 Broadway, Oakland 94612
The Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. celebrates International Women's Month with author and international lecturer Marianne Williamson. Special guests: Dr. Jerry Jampolsky and Dr. Diane Cirincione, authors and founders of Attitudinal Healing International. Music and drumming 5:00 - 6:30 PM.
Tickets $25 at http://www.whatwomencando.org/
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Monday, March 8, 7:00 PM
Benefit for the Middle East Children's Alliance with authors, Kathleen and Bill Christison
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley CA 94709
Kathleen and Bill Christison will speak on their new book "Palestine in Pieces: Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation". The Christisons are former CIA Political analysts and currently write on Palestinian issues and on U.S. foreign policy.
Cosponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace
$5-20 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair accessible.
Phone: 510-841-4824
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Thursday, March 11, 6:00 PM appetizers & wine, 7:00 PM Film
Green Rheem presents A Chemical Reaction
Rheem Theater, 350 Park Street, Moraga (Rheem Shopping Center)
"A Chemical Reaction" is about a dermatologist who raised concerns about the chemical pesticides that people unknowingly put on their lawns, and began one of the most effective and inspiring community initiatives in the history of North America. See trailer at http://www.pfzmedia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=53#/images/stories/screen/small/HomeDepot3.jpg
Tickets are $10 for wine,appetizers and movie, $8 for movie only. Purchase tickets at http://www.sustainablelafayette.net/events/green-rheem.html
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Sunday, March 14, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Conflict Mediation for Social Change Workshop
Common Circle Education, 2130 Center St, Berkeley
Facilitated by John Kinyon (johnkinyon.com)
Would you like to develop skills in various conflict contexts?
~ Effectively mediate as a “third side” professionally or in work?
~ Lend your skills to support people in conflict in life?
~ Peacefully resolve conflicts you are having with others?
~ Transform warring voices in your own head?
~ Apply mediation skills to conflict coaching & group work?
Cost: $150 (before March 1st), $225 (after March 1)
Registration: http://commoncircle.com/medevent
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Thursday, March 18, 1:30 - 4:00 PM
Winter Soldier event sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society
Trophy Room, Diablo Valley College, 321 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill 94523
One day before the Iraq invasion anniversary, Students For a Democratic Society is holding a Winter Soldier event similar to the 1971 "Winter Soldier Investigation" sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War and the 2008 Iraq and Afghanistan Winter Soldier Congressional event in Washinton, D.C. sponsored by the Iraq Veterans Against the War. Speakers, veteran testimonials, and a peace display with combat boots.
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Thursday, March 18, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Health Care Reform: What’s Next in California
Lafayette Library, 3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Speakers:
Deborah Leveen, PhD, Professor Emerita ,SFSU
Andrew McGuire, Exec Dir, HCA - California
Lea Rosemurgy, CaHPSA
California Health Professions Student Association
Ample Parking - entrance in the rear on Golden Gate Way; .75 miles from BART
Funding support from CA Nurses Assoc gratefully acknowledged
Cosponsoring Organizations: CA Assoc of Retired Americans (CARA), CaHPSA, CA Nurse Assoc (CNA), CA Physicians Alliance (CaPA), CA School Employees Assoc (CSEA), Diablo Valley Democratic Club, HCA-Contra Costa, Interfaith Council of Contra Costa, Lamorinda Peace and Justice Group, LWV- West Contra Costa County
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Thursday, March 18, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Legendary Activist Kathy Kelly speaks on her travels in Pakistan and Gaza
Hillcrest Congregational Church, 404 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill
Kathy has recently returned from travels and on-the-ground observations in the Near East including Pakistan and Gaza.
Come to hear her observations and report. Sponsored by Middle East Study Group and Social Justice Alliance of the Interfaith Council / Contra Costa.
Free admission. For more information call 925-934-0759.
Sponsored by Middle East Study Group, Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center and Social Justice Alliance of the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa.
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Thursdays: March 18 - April 8, 7:00 PM
Climate Change Workshops
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Education Building, 1606 Bonita Avenue, Berkeley CA 94709
In line with their denomination’s Ministry for the Earth program,BFUU announces their sponsorship with the Ecology Center of four workshops to address Climate Change.
The public is invited for four fun, informative and interactive sessions to take action on climate change and deepen citizen roles as environmental stewards. Participants will explore and engage in easy and effective actions to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in their everyday lives, in their homes, and in their broader community.
Participation is free. A $10 fee (at cost) will be charged for the Low Carbon Diet workbook.
No one turned away for lack of funds. All participants who have not previously been Ecology Center members will be given free membership for one year.
For info or to sign up: Email: debra@ecologycenter.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For more information, visit http://www.ecologycenter.org
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Saturday, March 20, 11:00 AM
San Francisco March and Rally
Civic Center Plaza, McAllister & Larkin, San Francisco
People from all over the country are organizing to converge on Washington, D.C., and in cities across the nation to demand the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq.
We will march together to say “No Colonial-type Wars and Occupations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine!” We will march together to say “No War Against Iran!” We will march together to say “No War for Empire Anywhere!”
March 20 is the seventh anniversary of the war of aggression launched by Bush and Cheney against Iraq. One million or more Iraqis have died. Tens of thousands of U.S. troops have lost their lives or been maimed, and continue to suffer a whole host of enduring problems from this terrible war.
This is the time for united action. It is time to be back in the streets. Organizing centers are being set up in cities and towns throughout the country.
For more information e-mail answer@answersf.org or call (415) 821-6545.
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Saturday, March 20, 4:00 - 9:00 PM
American Muslim Voice 2010 Peace Convention
Muslim Community Association (MCA) located at 3003 Scott Blvd , Santa Clara , CA 95054
From Fear to Friendship: Replacing the culture of despair, division and violence with a culture of hope, inclusion and peace.
This convention is part of the AMV Foundation’s ongoing global campaign “The Miracle Movement of Peace and Friendship.” We are walking on the path Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. paved for all of us to build an inclusive, peaceful and beloved world. We are striving to create a culture of peace, acceptance, mutual respect and harmony in our world.
Tickets: Advance purchase: $25.00 Students: $20.00 At the door: $35:00 (Includes dinner And panel discussions)
For pre registration please send us an email at: saminasundas@gmail.com / asghazali@gmail.com with the names of the guests and choice of panel discussion.
For details of the convention program, speakers, panelists and moderators bios please visit www.amuslimvoice.org
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Thursday, March 25, 6:00 PM Reception with wine and appetizers, 7:00 PM Program
Afghanistan - From the Inside Looking Out
Diablo Country, 1700 Club House Road, Diablo, CA 94528
Join us and keynote speaker Ambassador Said T. Jawad, at a fundraising event dedicated to funding the construction of a school for girls in Afghanistan. Ambassador Jawad is Afghanistan's Abassador to the United States. The topic of his address is " Afghanistan - From the Inside Looking Out". Don't miss this opportunity to hear from a valued and trusted advisor to President Hamid Karzai what the government's perspective is on a wide range of issues.
Sponsored by Trust in Education http://www.trustineducation.org/
Cost: $50.00 a person, $25.00 for students
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Saturday, March 27, 1:00 - 5:00 PM
The Freedom Movement: Stories We've Always Wanted to Tell
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St. (enter from Grove)
2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the first mass student movement in U.S. history--a nationwide rising led and inspired by Black students from Black colleges--the "Borning Movement" that went on to help stop the War in Vietnam, win rights for women, farmworkers, and others, launch the environment movement, and that continues to this day in struggles for equal access to health care and a quality education for all.

To commemorate and celebrate this 50th anniversary of student activism, veterans of the civil rights movement will share their personal stories of the struggle. Stories of the events they witnessed, the experiences that shaped their lives, and the people they knew and admired.
For further information contact: Don Jelinek, don@donjelinek.com.

Note that this is a free program open to the public. There is no admission charge, nor any donation requested.
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Tuesday-Sunday, March 30-April 4
2010 Annual Sacred Peace Walk, Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site
Nevada Desert Experience, 1420 W. Bartlett Ave., Las Vegas NV 89106
Walk with us as we transform fears into compassion and apathy into action.
We walk in the footsteps of a long legacy of peace walkers and spiritual leaders to draw attention to the nuclear dangers that continue to threaten our sacred planet and the community of life. We come to heal this, the most bombed place on Earth. The 63 mile journey is a walking meditation. It is also an opportunity for civil resistance calling for an end to development and testing of new weapons of mass destruction at the Nevada Test Site and Creech Air Force Base.
Most nights are spent camping with help from a Las Vegas support team. Other accommodations are also available. Part-time “pilgrims” welcome.
Recommended orientation is on March 29; April 5 is extra-optional weekday morning of action at the Nevada Test Site.
Please register to help us in our planning.
Suggested donation or fundraising goal is $150 per person. Any contribution makes a difference.
Sponsor a walker or collect pledges for walking!
Political background and logistical materials are online at www.NevadaDesertExperience.org

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