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Information, discussion, community<\/strong><\/h3>\n

MASTER LIST<\/b><\/p>\n

September 2012 \u2013 May 2017<\/b><\/p>\n

2012\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

1. 9\/10\/12 Jerry Mander: Is Capitalism Obsolete?<\/b><\/p>\n

2. 9\/17\/12 No Forum: Occupy 1 year anniversary at Wells Fargo!!<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 9\/24\/12 Tom Ward, Michael Ditmore: The Working Class Anarchist Tradition<\/b><\/p>\n

4. 10\/1\/12 David McReynolds: Socialism In Its Many Forms<\/b><\/p>\n

5. 10\/8\/12\u00a0 Maria Gilardin and Christine Garcia: The Alarming Effects of the Corporatization of our Food Supply<\/b><\/p>\n

6. 10\/15\/12\u00a0 Connie Field: Strategies and Tactics of the Anti-Apartheid Movement: Bringing Down an Immoral System<\/b><\/p>\n

7. 10\/22\/12\u00a0 The Positive Peace Warriors: MLK Jr.\u2019s Strategy and Philosophy for Sustaining Social Movements<\/b><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 10\/29\/12 Forum Planning Meeting<\/p>\n

9. 11\/5\/12\u00a0 Cecile Pineda: How the Nuclear Industry Gets Away with Irradiating and Annihilating Us All<\/b><\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0 11\/12\/12\u00a0 Steve Zeltzer and Professor George Wright: Education for Profit: How the 1% is Privatizing Public Education and Commodifying our Children<\/b><\/p>\n

11. 11\/19\/12\u00a0 Ethan Davidson, Prasadchita, David Nelson: Buddhist Activism: The First 2,500 Years<\/b> (from Tibet to Thailand and Myanmar to Occupy Oakland)<\/p>\n

12. 11\/26\/12\u00a0 Ahmed Salah: From Tahrir Square to Occupy Wall Street: What the SF Movement Can Learn From Arab Spring<\/b><\/p>\n

13. 12\/3\/12 Positive Peace Warriors: MLK Jr.s Strategy and\u00a0<\/b>Philosophy II<\/b><\/p>\n

14.\u00a012\/10\/12\u00a0 Rebecca Solnit and Scott Crow: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster: The Implications for Everyday Life and the New Vision of what Civil Society Could Become<\/b><\/p>\n

2013<\/b><\/p>\n

15. 1\/7\/13\u00a0 Ian Boal (historian), Shannon Biggs (Global Exchange), Katherine Howard (SF Ocean Edge), Ed Dunn (HANC), Space Transformers: Defending Our Commons from Corporate Plunder<\/b><\/p>\n

16. 1\/14\/13\u00a0 Phil Hutchings (SNCC), David Hartsough (lunch counter sit-ins, bus boycott): The Civil Rights Movement and Beyond: How Can The Occupy Movement Keep our Eyes on the Prize for the Long Term?<\/b><\/p>\n

17. 1\/21\/13\u00a0 Steven Zunes and David Solnit: The Strategies and Tactics of Successful Civil Resistance and Revolutionary Movemets Around the World<\/b><\/p>\n

18. 1\/28\/13\u00a0 350.org<\/a><\/u> (Michael Marx), The Sierra Club (Jess Ackerman), and Clean Power SF (Jason Fried):Bringing on the Demise of Dirty Energy Corporations and the Rise of a Sustainable Future<\/b><\/p>\n

19. 2\/4\/13\u00a0 Greenaction for Environmental Health and Justice and Environmental Justice Activists: The Fight Against Environmental Racism: Updates from the Frontlines in Bayview Hunters Point, Richmond, and Kettleman City and How to Stop the 1% from Poisoning Us<\/b><\/p>\n

20. 2\/11\/13 Homes Not Jails SF\/\/ Alyisha Pelpon, Ted Bullickson, SF Tenants Union: A City of the 1% Or For Us All?<\/b><\/p>\n

21. 2\/18\/13\u00a0 Mark Kitchell: Film: A Fierce Green Fire: Battle for a Living Planet \/ The Strategies and Tactics of the Environmental Movement: What Can Occupy Learn, Adapt, Apply?<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

22. 2\/25\/13\u00a0 John Curl and Members of Local Co-Ops: The Surprisingly Rich History of Worker-Owned Co-Operatives and Communes:<\/b> Making our Workplaces More Democratic<\/b><\/p>\n

23. 3\/4\/13 Nancy Mancias\/CODEPINK: Drones: Killing By Remote Control<\/b><\/p>\n

24. Rootstrikers: Getting to the Root of the Problem<\/b><\/p>\n

25. 3\/18\/13\u00a0 Keith McHenry and Father River Sims: Beloved Community: Radical Volunteerism in the Age of Neglect<\/b><\/p>\n

26. 3\/25\/13\u00a0 Arthur Stamoulis, Citizens Trade Campaign: The Trans Pacific Partnership: What Corporations Want and Why People on Four Continents are Saying \u201cNO!\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

27. 4\/1\/13\u00a0 JJ Massar, Cassie Thornton, Margaret Rossoff (Strike Debt): Strike Debt: Why are we in debt, The Perception vs. The Reality, and What Can We Do About It?<\/b><\/p>\n

28. 4\/8\/13 Cecile Pineda and Steve Zeltzer: News from the Anti-Nuclear Campaigns from the People Out Front<\/b><\/p>\n

29. 4\/15\/13 <\/b>Jane Smith and Niels Hahn: Above the Law: High Crimes of International Financiers and the Neoliberal Connection<\/b><\/p>\n

30. 4\/22\/13\u00a0 Victor Menotti (The International Forum on Globalization): Outing the Oligarchy: The Battle of Seattle, the WTO, and the Koch Brothers\u2019 Scale of Influence<\/b><\/p>\n

31. 4\/29\/13\u00a0 Victor Menotti (The International Forum on Globalization): Outing the Oligarchy II: Mobilizing for Seattle, Weak Links and Unifiers<\/b><\/p>\n

32. 5\/6\/13\u00a0\u00a0 Jerry Mander, Koohan Paik (The International Forum on Globalization): Peoples of the Pacific: Confronting Globalizaiton, Militarization, Resource Theft and America\u2019s \u201cPacific Pivot\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

33. 5\/13\/13. The Bradley Manning Support Network and Courage to Resist: Update on the Trial of Bradley Manning<\/b><\/p>\n

34. 5\/20\/13\u00a0 Earth First! Founder Mike Roselle and Darryl Cherney: \u201cWho Bombed Judi Bari?\u201d Film: Stopping California\u2019s Chainsaw Massacre in the Redwoods<\/b><\/p>\n

35. 5\/27\/13\u00a0 Servio Cruipoma (Ecuador), Adam Zuckerman (Amazon Watch), Alex Goff (Amazon Watch), Sven Eberlein (Bike the Math, 350.Bay Area), Bill Pinkham (350.Bay Area), Dr. Henry Clark (West County Toxics Coalition): Tipping Point or Turning Point: The Crimes of Chevron and the Campaigns to Stop Them<\/b><\/p>\n

36. 6\/3\/13\u00a0 Earth First! Steve Jacobson, Mokai, Karen Pickett, Air, Dennis Cunningham (attorney), Ben Rosenfeld (attorney): \u201cNo Compromise In Defense of Mother Earth!\u201d Insiders and Outsiders: Allies or Inadvertant Antagonists<\/b><\/p>\n

37. 6\/10\/13\u00a0 John Lindsay Polin, Michael Eisenscher, Sandra Schwartz: Jobs Not Wars<\/b><\/p>\n

38. 6\/17\/13\u00a0 Gifford Hartman: Bread Riots in Cairo and the Oakland Port Shutdown: What\u2019s the Connection?<\/b><\/p>\n

39. 6\/24\/13\u00a0 Andres Thomas Conteris, Sherri Maurin: CloseGitmo.net: Organize to Close Guantanamo and End US Torture<\/b><\/p>\n

40. 7\/1\/13\u00a0 Mehmet Bayram, Sharat G. Linn, Ahmed Salah: The People Awake! Laying the Groundwork for the Recent Uprisings in Turkey, Brazil and Egypt<\/b><\/p>\n

41. 7\/8\/13\u00a0 Shannon Biggs: Rights-Based Organizing: California Communities Rising Against Fracking<\/b><\/p>\n

42. 7\/15\/13 Jane Smith: Bitcoin<\/b><\/p>\n

43. 7\/22\/13\u00a0 Strike Debt and Direct Defense Action Team: The Corporatocracy and the U.S. Post Office<\/b><\/p>\n

44. 7\/29\/13\u00a0 Ryan Smith: Occupy Labor<\/b><\/p>\n

45. 8\/5\/13 <\/b>Clark Sullivan: Livestreaming (including workshop)<\/b><\/p>\n

46. 8\/19\/13\u00a0 Bruce Neuberger, Rick Baum, Nancy Reiko Kato: Save City College: An Update on the Struggle<\/b><\/p>\n

47. 8\/26\/13\u00a0 Scott Parkin and Todd Zimmer: Direct Action in the Climate Movements \/\/ Extractive Industry Protest<\/b><\/p>\n

48. 9\/2\/13\u00a0 ???Sarah Menefee??? Homeless Struggle?<\/p>\n

49. 9\/8\/13 Pirate Mike (Veterans for Peace) and Fran Strine: Film \u201cBattlefield of the Mind\u201d: An Examination of Veterans\u2019 Homelessness and the Struggle of PTSD<\/b><\/p>\n

50. 9\/.16\/13\u00a0 Jill Stein: The Green Shadow Cabinet: Strategies for Movement vs. Money Politics<\/b><\/p>\n

51. 9\/23\/13 <\/b>Marco Vangelisti: How Do We Build A Better Economic System?<\/b><\/p>\n

52. 9\/30\/13 Movie Night: The Secret of Oz: The History of the Monetary System<\/b><\/p>\n

52. 10\/7\/13 <\/b>Carol Smith: Occupy Movements of the 1930s and 1940s: The Struggle for Free Speech at the City College of New York\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

53. <\/b>10\/14\/13 Ryan Smith and Darwin Bond-Graham: Brutal and Unequal: Disruption, Precarity and the New Tech Boom<\/b><\/p>\n

54. 10\/21\/13 <\/b>Paul Boden and Mike Zint: The Fight for Homeless Rights<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

55. 10\/28\/13 <\/b>Anne Donjacour \/\/ Schooling for Oppression\/Education for Freedom \/\/ Home Schooling vs forced public schooling. Panel: Adults and kids from San Francisco Homeschoolers<\/p>\n

56. 11\/4\/13\u00a0 JoAnn McAllister: The Movement Action Plan: A Model for How Successful Movements Work<\/b><\/p>\n

57.\u00a0 11\/11\/13\u00a0 Javier Ocasio: Making Observations: Seeing the World As It Is\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

58. 11\/18\/13 David Hartsough: screening of \u201cAmerican Autumn: An Occudoc\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

59. 11\/25\/13\u00a0 Ryan Smith and Ethan Davidson 4 Revolutions<\/b> (American, Russian, France and Cuba<\/p>\n

60. 12\/2\/13\u00a0 Jiwon Chung and the Community Democracy Project: Take Back Democracy \u2013 Occupy the Budget!<\/b><\/p>\n

61. 12\/16\/13 Nancy Mancias and Inder Comar: The Spirit of CODEPINK: More Than Marches! <\/b>The class action lawsuit to hold Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Powell and Wolfwotiz accountable for the illegal invasion & occupation of Iraq and more creative ideas from “Beautiful Trouble”<\/p>\n

62. 12\/9\/13\u00a0 Don Bechler: How Market Ideology and Corporate Power are Killing Our Health Care System<\/b><\/p>\n

63.\u00a0 12\/23\/13 Jane Smith and Panel: “FED UP” (Location: Federal Reserve Building at 101 Market) \/\/ Action: Surround the FED \/\/ The illuminator \/\/ Speakers \/\/ Light Brigade<\/b><\/p>\n

xx.\u00a0 12\/30\/13 No Forum\/\/Holiday<\/p>\n

2014<\/b><\/p>\n

64.\u00a0 1\/6\/14 Mayor Gayle McLaughlin Making Local Democracy Work in The City of Richmond,<\/b> also, Skype with Robert Hockett, originator of Eminent Domain Tactic to fight foreclosures<\/p>\n

65.\u00a0 1\/14\/14 \u201cWhat\u2019s That Stench?\u201d Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Expansion in the North Bay and Pittsburg and the Campaign to Stop it in its Tracks<\/b><\/p>\n

Diane Bailey (NRDC), Ernest Machen and Damien Luzzo (Sunflower Alliance), Henry C. Clark (West County Toxics Coalition), Martin Macherel (Pittsburg Defense Council):<\/p>\n

66. 1\/20\/13 Andrea Pritchett and Gerald Smith: Film:\u00a0 “Berkeley To Soweto”\u00a0<\/b>on the divestment movement to stop Apartheid in South Africa<\/p>\n

67.1\/25\/13 Shannon Biggs: Democracy School<\/b><\/p>\n

68. 1\/27\/14 Javier Orozo \u201cDebates\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

69. 1\/3\/14\u00a0 Jiwon Chung: Theater of the Oppressed (when was this? \u201913?)<\/b><\/p>\n

70. 2\/10\/14 Karthik Ramanathan and Ahmed Syed: Hindu Extremism in India and its Tentacles in the Indian American Diaspora<\/b><\/p>\n

71. 2\/17\/14 Miguel Altieri \/\/ The Food Supply<\/b> CANCELLED \/DID WE SHOW A FILM?\/ DISCUSSION?<\/p>\n

72. 2\/24\/14 (Steve Jacobson panel) David Rovics at Occupy: \u201cWe\u2019re Gonna Stay Right Here!!\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

73. March 3 \/14 OccupyForum at La Pena:<\/b> <\/i>Winona La Duke, Victor Menotti, Lyana Monterey<\/p>\n

74. March 10 \/14 Anne Donjacour\u2019s panel on Water\/Water rights<\/b><\/p>\n

75. March 17 \/14\u00a0 Bradley Angel Greenaction \/\/ Hunter’s View Mothers and Fathers \/\/ We Are Bayview Hunter’s Point!! \/\/ Peoples Earth Day March and Rally<\/b><\/p>\n

76. March 24 \/14\u00a0 What is Money? Part II<\/b> \/\/ Jane Smith and Spencer Veale, members of Politics Of Debt Reading group from Strike Debt Bay Area<\/p>\n

77. March 29th \/14\u00a0 Paul Kangas \/\/ Fukushima: Facts and Fiction<\/b><\/p>\n

78. April\u00a07th \/14\u00a0 Orion and Albany Bulb Panel: Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win! Save the Albany Bulb! <\/b>(Steve Jacobson\u2019s Panel)<\/p>\n

79. April 14 \/14\u00a0 Our Homes, Our Neighborhoods–The Fight to Wake up the City, Stop Displacement,and Take Back Control of Our Communities<\/b> \/\/ Julien Ball \/ SF ACCE and foreclosure and eviction fighters like Eviction-Free SF<\/p>\n

80. April\u00a021 \/14\u00a0 Field Trip to hear\u2026 Author Nomi Prins: All the President\u2019s Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power<\/b><\/p>\n

81. April\u00a028 \/14\u00a0 David Hartsough \/\/ Screening and discussion: \u201cHow to Start a Revolution\u201d — a film on the work of Gene Sharp<\/b><\/p>\n

82. May 5\u00a0\/14\u00a0 Strike Debt Bay Area introduces<\/b> The Debt Resisters\u2019<\/b> Operations Manual<\/b> Hannah Appel, Cassie Thornton and Jane Smith<\/p>\n

83. May 12 \/14\u00a0 Anarchism: Its Effects: Past, Present, and Future!<\/b> Ramsey Kanaan, Joey Cain and Liz Highleyman\u00a0 (Steve Jacobson\u2019s Panel)<\/p>\n

84. May19 \/14\u00a0 In conjunction with the Global Day of Action Against Chevron — Chevron Not Chagrined: What next? <\/b>Victor Menotti from the International Forum on Globalization, Grant Wilson from Earth Law Center \/ Rights of Nature and community rights ordinances as legal alternatives, Eric Brooks from CleanPowerSF, Sven Eberlein from Ecocity Builders re: sustainable cities and bicycles, Stephanie Hervey from Richmond CA: What it\u2019s like to live near Fossil Fuel Refineries<\/p>\n

85. May 26 \/14\u00a0 “There are Solutions”: Hear from 5 Green Party Candidates for the June 3rd Election: Ellen Brown<\/b>, candidate for California State Treasurer, Laura Wells<\/b>, candidate for California State Controller,Jena Goodman<\/b>, candidate for California State Lieutenant Governor, Luis Rodriguez<\/b>, candidate for California State Governor, Barry Hermanson<\/b>, candidate for US Congress, District 12<\/p>\n

86. June 2nd \/14\u00a0 Conversation with David Korten: A New Story for a New Economy — To Find Our Human Place in a Living Universe<\/b><\/p>\n

87. June 9th \/14\u00a0 Ryan Rising & Ivy Anderson \/\/ Story Telling and Discussion: Land Access, Food Autonomy,Permaculture and Direct Action<\/b><\/p>\n

88. June 16\u00a0 \/14\u00a0 Jade Batstone and Jessica Nuti 99Rise: Building the Nationwide Movement Waging Nonviolent Struggle to get Big Money out of American Politics<\/b><\/p>\n

89. June 23 <\/b>\/14\u00a0 Brainstorming Session: Where Are We Going Next?<\/b> (Internal discussion on where to take the OccupyForum in the future)<\/p>\n

90. June 30th \/14\u00a0 Patrick McKercher \/\/ Leverage Poins & Tipping Points: Deconstructing Politiacal Influence with Patrick McKercher<\/b> –Social network analysis of people, orgs and their info and money flows in global warming “debate” propaganda, which gives us a sort of map of the death star that would be good in strategic planning.<\/p>\n

91. July 7 \/14\u00a0 The Surveillance Industrial Complex\/OccupyGoogle <\/b>Zaigham and Roots Ryan<\/p>\n

92. July 14\/14\u00a0 Eric Brooks Private Fossil Fuel Monopolies or Community Choice Energy: Our Path to Renewables is Under Attack!<\/b><\/p>\n

93. July 21st \/14\u00a0 Anne and Laurie Baumgarten The Peoples Climate Curriculum (How to do teach-ins about fossil fuel and the climate crisis)<\/b><\/p>\n

94. July 28th\/14 Jiwon Chung: Theatre of the Oppressed: Internal Oppression<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

xx. August\u00a04 \/14 Forum is on vacation<\/p>\n

xx. August 11\/14 Forum is on vacation<\/p>\n

95. August 18th Roots Rising and Zaigham Kabir: Creating the World We Want to See, including Block the Boat<\/b><\/p>\n

96. August 25th Film by Stephen Vittoria\/ Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu Jamal<\/b><\/p>\n

97. September 8\/14 film \u201cJust Do It\u201d in honor of KinderMorgan direct action<\/b><\/p>\n

98. Sept 15th\/14\u00a0 Meg Whitaker Forum \u201cThe Ghosts of Jeju Island\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

99. Sept 22\/14\u00a0 Kim White Film: Climate Refugees<\/b><\/p>\n

100. Sept 29th\/14\u00a0 Naomi Klein Field Trip: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate <\/b>KPFA in Berkeley First Congregational Church<\/p>\n

101. Oct 6\/14 David Braun and Tia Lebhertz Food and Water Watch \/Fracking: Building a Diverse Movement to Win <\/b>Hosted by Californians against Fracking<\/p>\n

102. Oct 13\/14 Occupy<\/b><\/span> the Food Supply:Two films on the politics of food<\/b><\/p>\n

Ripe for Change<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i>— a film by Emiko Omori & Jed Riffe and\u00a0Occupy<\/i><\/b><\/span> the Farm <\/i><\/b>(Trailer) by Todd Darling<\/p>\n

103. Oct 20th\/14 Field Trip: Vandana Shiva The Rights of Mother Earth<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

104. Oct 27\/14 Addressing the Housing Crisis Head-On: Prop G and CARES Campaigns<\/b> \/\/ Attack Roots of San Francisco’s Housing Woes<\/p>\n

105. Nov 3\/14 Field Trip: Occupy the electoral process!!<\/b> YES on G<\/b> (Night before the Election) Meet at Prop G headquarters to Addressing the Housing Crisis Head-On Continued<\/p>\n

106. Nov 10th\/14 From divestment to\u2026 well, er\u2026 divestment: Discussion with long-time activist Billy Nessen <\/b>RE: divestment from South Africa\/Divestment from fossil fuels<\/p>\n

107. Nov 17t\/14h Film:\u00a0The Black Road — on the<\/b> Front\u00a0Line of Aceh’s War\u00a0—<\/b> the\u00a0struggle for <\/b>independence with Billy Nessen<\/p>\n

108. Nov 24th\/14 Film:\u00a0Walmart: The High Cost<\/b> of Low Prices<\/b><\/p>\n

109. Dec. 1 \/14 Panel: The Kurdish Struggle (against ISIS)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

110. Dec. 8th\/14 Field trip to 518 Valencia SF Climate Forum: From Lima to Paris \u2013The Road To Climate Justice in 2015<\/b> Teach-in & Fundraiser for the Caravana Climatica and the People\u2019s Climate Summit in Lima, Peru<\/p>\n

111. Dec 15th\/14 Pia Mancini on DemocracyOS (Democracy Operating System) via Skype from Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/h2>\n

112. Dec 22 Is Diablo Canyon our Fukushima Waiting to Happen?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0Harvey “No Nukes” Wasserman<\/b> Author of Solartopi,a<\/i><\/p>\n

Linda Seeley<\/b> San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace Cynthia Papermaster<\/b><\/p>\n

Codepink Golden Gate, organizer of the PG&E Ratepayer Revolt to Decommission Diablo<\/i><\/p>\n

xx. Dec 29th\/14 Global Exchange is closed<\/p>\n

2015<\/b><\/p>\n

113. January 5th\/15 Susan Harmon \u201cReckoning with Torture\u201d Abu Ghraib <\/b>Dramatic Reading of related documents in a film produced by CodePink, ACLU, The National Lawyers Guild & World Can\u2019t Wait\u00a0 –\u201cBerkeley Says No to Torture.\u201d<\/p>\n

January 12th \/15 President of the Board of Trustees, San Francisco City College, John Rizzo CCSF<\/b><\/p>\n

114. January 19th\/15\u00a0 MLK day <\/b>Global Exchange is closed <\/b>(Hartsough\u2019s house for film on MLK) From Selma to Montgomery \/ another film was shown.<\/p>\n

115. January 26the\/15\u00a0 Mark\u00a0 \/ \u201cWe cannot remain silent\u201d at the UU Climate Refugees Surviving Climate Chaos:<\/b> Reframing the Climate Question<\/b> \/\/ Groups: Americans Against Fracking (David Brown), 350 Bay Area (Jed Holtzman), Sunflower (Margaret Rossoff), Roots Rhyzing on Permaculture, Rising Tide (Scott Parkin)<\/p>\n

116. January 27th\/15 Harvey Wasserman at GX Shut Down Diablo Canyon Nuke <\/b>Harvey Wasserman, Linda Seeley, Larry Fahn, Cynthia Papermaster<\/p>\n

117. February 9\/9th\/15 Ahmed \/film: The Square Tahrir Square with Ahmed Salah \/Egypt update<\/b><\/p>\n

118. February 2\/15\/15\u00a0 Gifford Hartman Shutting Down the Fossil Fuel Industry via its Supply Chains<\/b><\/p>\n

119. February 16\/15\u00a0 WRAP Western Regional Advocacy Project: Housekeys Not Handcuffs<\/b> (Paul Boden\u2019s Group)<\/p>\n

120. February 23\/15\u00a0 Dennis Rivers (met at Hartsough\u2019s) Resilience Resources<\/b> in the face of \u201cSlow Violence\u201dand \u201cEnduring Emergencies\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

A Dialogue with Dennis Rivers, Writer, Activist & Communication Skills Trainer<\/p>\n

121. March 2 \/15\u00a0\u00a0 Film:<\/b> SEABROOK 1977<\/b> The Creation of the Grassroots Antinuclear Power Movement \/\/<\/b>In anticipation of the accelerating campaign to shut California\u2019s last nukes — the two reactors at Diablo Canyon, near San Luis Obispo — we will view Seabrook 77, the story the of attempt to block construction of a nuclear power plant. With Donna xxx from Clamshell Alliance<\/p>\n

122. March 9\/15\u00a0\u00a0 Stopping a Pipeline: Effective Resistance at the Unis\u2019tot\u2019en Blockade<\/b> Bryan Day<\/p>\n

123. March 16\/15\u00a0\u00a0 Film: The Hidden Enemy: The covert Operation Behind Military Suicides<\/b><\/p>\n

124. March 23\/15\u00a0 Film: My Brooklyn: Film and Discussion with Anti-Gentrification Activists <\/b>(couldn\u2019t screen it! Oops!)<\/p>\n

125. March 30\/15\u00a0\u00a0 Deep Green Resistance (Trans community got this changed\u2026. Contending with Differences Between Individuals and Groups in the Movement: Deep Green Resistance and Members of the Trans Community<\/b><\/p>\n

126. April 6\/15\u00a0\u00a0 Black Lives Matter: The Origins,<\/b> The Present and the Future<\/b> Steve Jacobson, Gerald Smith, Antionette Gaggera, Jenny Ryan and xxx from Open Circle (unite and help families of people murdered by police)<\/p>\n

127. April 13\/15\u00a0\u00a0 Anne: BAAQMD Do Your Job! The Failure of Regulatory Agencies to Protect the Public<\/b><\/p>\n

128. April 20\/15\u00a0\u00a0 Forum cancelled: Goldman Environmental Awards<\/p>\n

129. April 27\/15\u00a0\u00a0 SDS Film: Rebels with a Cause<\/b> \/\/ Helen Garvy<\/p>\n

130. May 4\/15\u00a0\u00a0 Kathy Kelly field trip<\/b><\/p>\n

131. May 11\/15\u00a0\u00a0 Jeffrey and Action Council on Mayors Conference<\/b><\/p>\n

132. May 18\/15\u00a0\u00a0 Harvey Wasserman David Braun Nukes\/Fracking<\/b> at Local 2<\/p>\n

May 25 Memorial Day GX Closed<\/p>\n

133. June 1st Ryan Smith: 2011: Understanding the Role of Cybersppace and Social Change<\/h2>\n

134. <\/b>June 2nd extra occupy forum Don\u2019t NUKE\/FRACK Our Mother Earth<\/b> Harvey, David Braun, Linda Seeley from Diablo Local 2<\/p>\n

135. <\/b>June 8th David Hartsough Discussion on Civil Disobedience<\/b><\/p>\n

136. <\/b>June 15th Film \u201c1971\u201d <\/b>Film and discussion about the 1971 Burglary which exposed massive FBI corruption<\/p>\n

137. <\/b>June\u00a0 22 Eva Donjacour on Greenpeace Camp \/ TWAC<\/b><\/p>\n

138. <\/b>June 29th Ryan Smith Confrontation with Fascism: The Spanish Civil War<\/b> (Dress rehearsal for Julie fisher My Brooklyn!)<\/p>\n

139. <\/b>July 6 Julie Fisher 415 307 1213 to show My Brooklyn<\/b><\/p>\n

140. <\/b>July 13 Andy Blue Monster in the Mission<\/b> with Peter Menchini and his video coverage of Mission Takes City Hall<\/b><\/p>\n

141. <\/b>July 20 Environmental Justice for Oakland:<\/b> Environmental Justice with Natalie Berns, Jennifer Fassbinder, Gifford Hartman for Oakland Fossil Fuel Resistance<\/p>\n

142. <\/b>July 27 Bob Rowen\u00a0 Nuclear Whistleblower<\/b><\/p>\n

143. <\/b>August 3 Melvyn\u2019s Forum <\/b>Crisis in Ukraine:<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Prologue to World War III?<\/b> <\/b>Presentation and Dialogue with Dr. George Wright, <\/b>Political Science Professor Emeritus<\/b><\/p>\n

144. <\/b>August 10 Melvyn\u2019s Forum PETER MATHEWS: Dollar Democracy: With Liberty and Justice for Some<\/b><\/p>\n

145. <\/b>August 17 \u201cOn Company Business\u201d \u2013 a Documentary<\/b><\/p>\n

146. <\/b>August 24th\u00a0 \u00a0Documentary \u201cAll Power to the People\u201d Lee Lou Lee<\/b><\/p>\n

147. <\/b>August 31st\u00a0 Who Killed Sandra Bland? Panel: <\/b>Gerald Smith, Antonia Gaggero, Nancy Mancias, Frances Collins, James Garrett<\/p>\n

September 7 closed for labor day<\/p>\n

148. <\/b>September 14 Unist\u2019ot\u2019en field trip Omni commons<\/b><\/p>\n

149. <\/b>September 21 (Melvyn\u2019s Forums) Stop Mass incarceration<\/b><\/p>\n

150. <\/b>Bruce Neuberger and other reps from Stop\u00a0Mass Incarceration<\/b> Bay\u00a0Area to\u00a0speak about their work and two upcoming actions in October.<\/p>\n

151. <\/b>September 28th Green Party Candidates<\/b> Fernando Herrera and Sherrif Hennesy<\/p>\n

152. <\/b>September 26\u00a0\u00a0 ??? Stop\u00a0Mass Incarceration<\/b> Bay\u00a0Area National Director\u00a0Carl Dix who will be in the Bay Area (HOPEFULLY) the following\u00a0Saturday September 26<\/span><\/p>\n

153. <\/b>October 5 Dr. Raymond Tompkins\/Bradley Angel Marie Harrison Greenaction on The Bayview<\/b><\/p>\n

154. <\/b>October 12 Steve Martinot (Marteeno) The Machinery of Whiteness<\/b><\/p>\n

Met with MK at Berkeley Barb Anniversary in Berkeley<\/span><\/p>\n

156. October 26th JP Masser and Debbie Notkin: Strike Debt Bay Area:<\/b><\/p>\n

How The Other Half<\/b> Isn’t Allowed to Bank<\/b><\/p>\n

157. <\/b>November 2 COPWATCH<\/b> Andrea Prichett Fieldtrip to Berkeley<\/p>\n

158. <\/b>November 9 Bernie Sanders and The Democratic Party:<\/b><\/p>\n

Limited Choices? Or Other Possibilities?<\/b> With Members of The Peace and Freedom Party and Independent Panelists Gerald Smith<\/p>\n

159. <\/b>November 16 Paul Kangas on Charlotteville AME Church murders\/racism Only a Pawn in Their Game:<\/i><\/b>First-hand report<\/b> from the Mother <\/b>Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C.<\/b><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

160. <\/b>November 23 Steve Martinot: The Machinery of<\/b> Whiteness <\/b>The foundations of racism in America:<\/i><\/b>\u201cRace\u201d is not a noun, it is a verb (\u201cto racialize\u201d)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

161. <\/b>November 30 Get together to discuss renewing faith in our activism at Pueto Alegre Reassessing and Recommitting To Your Activism in Dire Times<\/b><\/p>\n

162. <\/b>December 7 Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition<\/b><\/p>\n

163. <\/b>December 14th Movie Night: “Where the Spirit Lives”<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0A film about aboriginal life in Canadian residential schools<\/p>\n

164. <\/b>December 21st Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition<\/b><\/p>\n

165. <\/b>December 28th Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition<\/b><\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

166. <\/b>January 4 Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition<\/b><\/p>\n

167. <\/b>Thursday, January 7th, Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition<\/b><\/p>\n

168. <\/b>January 11 Susan Harmon: Urban Shield: Stop Urban Shield Coalition.<\/b> Ali Oak Baba, from Oakland Circle, representing families of murdered black children<\/b>; Susan Harmon: Oakland Privacy Working Group and CodePink (Local 2)<\/b><\/p>\n

169. January 18 MLK Day MLK Day March in Oakland \/ (Bay Bridge Takeover)<\/p>\n

170. <\/b>January 25 \u201cWhat They Never Learned in Their History Books\u201d —\u00a0<\/b>A film on Ray Fadden and his Mohawk People <\/b>shown by Steve Jacobson<\/p>\n

171. <\/b>February 1 Cecile Pineda reads from Apology to a Whale<\/b><\/p>\n

172. <\/b>February 8 Orange Revolution:<\/b> Film on stolen election<\/p>\n

February 15 GX closed: holiday<\/p>\n

173. <\/b>February 22 Melvin\u2019s Forum on Malcolm X \u201cMake it Plain\u201d<\/b> film<\/p>\n

174. <\/b>February 29 HEIST <\/b>with Don Goldmacher<\/p>\n

175. <\/b>March 7, Steve Zeltzer: Racist roots of Flint\u2019s water crisis.<\/b><\/p>\n

176. <\/b>March 14 Gerald Smith: Fascism What it is and How to Fight It<\/b><\/p>\n

177. <\/b>March 21 Deni Leonard Indigenous and Tribal Issues in the United States and around the world:<\/b>\u00a0Regarding Sovereignty\u00a0<\/b>and Self-Government<\/b><\/p>\n

178. <\/b>March 28 Film: 3 \u00bd Minutes, 10 Bullets<\/b><\/p>\n

179. April 4th Steve DeCaprio: Activist for Squatter Rights<\/b><\/p>\n

180. April 11 Anne Donjacour shows Kogi film \u201cFrom the Heart of the World \u2013 the Elder Brothers\u2019 Warning\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

181. April 18 Palestinian graphic novelist Leila Abdelrazaq<\/b> thru Erica Marcus (Ruthie to Goldman Environmental Awards<\/p>\n

182. April 25 Gerald Smith Working Class Defense: <\/b>\u00a0Building a United Front to<\/b> Stop Police Violence<\/b><\/p>\n

183. May 2 David Cobb: <\/b>Move to Amend: Waging Non-Violent Revolution through Constitutional Amendment\u00a0on Move to Amend Booked Local 2<\/b><\/p>\n

184. May 3rd Tuesday, Greg Suhr, Michael Krasne, Adache panel at Sherith Israel<\/b> (Just Jeff Adachi: Greg Suhr bailed)<\/p>\n

185. May 9 \u201cYou\u2019re Under Arrest for Masterminding<\/i><\/b> the Egyptian Revolution\u201d<\/i><\/b> With Ahmed Salah<\/p>\n

xx May 16 Ruthie in Frankfurt<\/p>\n

xx May 23 Ruthie in Frankfurt<\/p>\n

xx May 30 MEMORIAL DAY NO FORUM<\/b><\/p>\n

186. JUNE 6 Harvey Wasserman: No Nukes and Election Fraud: Discussion:<\/b> Will the 2016 election be stolen (again)?<\/b><\/p>\n

Will voting for Bernie help shut Diablo Canyon?<\/b><\/p>\n

Author\/activist Harvey Wasserman<\/p>\n

187. JUNE 20 Harry Bridges<\/b> A Man and His Union<\/i><\/b> with Longshoreman Ted Frazier (he did not show up but we saw the film)<\/p>\n

189. <\/b>June 27th Forum on the Forum<\/b><\/p>\n

190. <\/b>June 11th Report from Zapatista Territory<\/b> With Maria Donjacour<\/p>\n

191. <\/b>June 18th Gerald Smith The Sacramento Protest:<\/b> Victory over Fascism <\/b>Gerald and panel on Sacramento anti-Fascist Action<\/p>\n

192. <\/b>July 25th: \u00a0<\/span>Field Trip: Sea Level Rise, Flooding, and Justice in the Bay Area – policy workshop<\/b> we are doing with coalition allies on July 25 : Greenaction is part of a regional climate justice coalition called the Resilient Communities Initiative, and RCI will be having a workshop on sea level rise, flooding and justice. This is an important opportunity to engage\/challenge some of the government agencies who should be dealing with this issue, especially how sea level rise will impact the toxic and radioactive waste sites along the Baview Hunters Point and southeast waterfront.<\/p>\n

August 1st: Closed<\/b><\/p>\n

August 8th: Closed<\/b><\/p>\n

193. <\/b>August 15th: “Forum on the Forum Meeting”: bring your ideas<\/p>\n

194. <\/b>August 22nd: Francis Collins \u201cOccupation of the American Mind\u201d and \u201cFive Broken Cameras\u201d on Israel-Palestine.<\/p>\n

195. <\/b>August 29th Melvin will show a film \/ Michele Alexander<\/p>\n

September 5th: Labor Day Weekend: Closed<\/b><\/p>\n

196. <\/b>September 12th: 9\/11 films from the Truth festival<\/b><\/p>\n

197. <\/b>September 19th: Steve J and Dwight program: The History of Socialism in America:
\n<\/b>from Robert Owens\u2019 Utopian Experiment of 1825 to Bernie\u2019s Political Revolution of 2016 With Eugene Ruyle and Bruno Ruviaro<\/p>\n

198. <\/b>September 26th:<\/b> Ruthie \/\/ Debate\u2026 \u2026 Bernie debate? Hillary\/trump? Ralph nader?<\/p>\n

Reschedule: Eric Brooks on Rooftop Solar<\/b>\/ Community Choice public broadband vs monopoly internet companies, and pesticides being used in our parks. And I can update people about CleanPowerSF.<\/p>\n

199. <\/b>October 3rd: Bruce Neuberger\u00a0 COMMUNISM Bob Avakian\u2019s new book<\/b><\/p>\n

200. October 10 Making a Killing documentary<\/b> Guns, Greed, and the NRA: The Impact of Guns on America <\/b>(Melvin)<\/p>\n

\u00a0(OccupyOakland Omni Commons on October 9th 7pm)<\/p>\n

Film #OO (OccupyOakland Kevin Pina)<\/p>\n

201. October 17\u00a0 David Welsh on Haiti election Haiti Action Committee <\/b>\/\/ You have his number in your phone! 510 847 8657 ?????\u00a0 Pierre Labossiere co-founder of Haiti Action Committee, put it up on craigslist,<\/p>\n

202. <\/b>October 24 Report from The Homeless People\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n

Popular Assembly with Bilal Ali<\/b>: The Homeless People\u2019s Popular Assembly (HPPA)\u00a0is a gathering of the homeless, formerly homeless, and their supporters for self-determination to create solutions for encampments.<\/p>\n

October 31 Halloween No Forum<\/p>\n

203. <\/b>Nov 7 Film: Let the Fire Burn<\/b><\/p>\n

In 1985, when a longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia and the controversial radical urban group MOVE came to a deadly climax.<\/p>\n

204. <\/b>Nov 14 American Indian Genocide and Standing Rock<\/b> with Deni<\/p>\n

205. <\/b>Nov 21 The 13th,<\/b> Ava DuVernay’s documentary: Exposes Glaring Loophole in the Constitution (Ruthie) ask Chuck if he can show this Netflix film<\/p>\n

206. <\/b>Monday, November 28 from 6-8 p.m<\/p>\n

All Hands Meeting for the Amor for Alex Memorial<\/b> at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center<\/p>\n

207. <\/b>Dec 5 Gerald Smith: The New Path to Mumia\u2019s Freedom<\/b><\/p>\n

208. <\/b>Dec 12, Al Hamer on SDS and Port Huron Statement<\/b><\/p>\n

209. <\/b>Dec 19 Harvey Wasserman<\/b> on Election follies<\/p>\n

Dec 26 CLOSED<\/p>\n

210. <\/b>Jan 2 Field Trip to OmniCommons Earth2Trump<\/b><\/p>\n

211. <\/b>Jan 9 George Wright: International Relations and Big Oil in the Trump Administration<\/b><\/p>\n

212. <\/b>Jan 16<\/b><\/p>\n

213. <\/b>Jan 23 Father River Sims<\/b> and young dude on Ministering to the Homeless<\/p>\n

214. <\/b>Jan HEIST <\/b>Donald Goldmacher via phone<\/p>\n

215. <\/b>Feb 6th Meg Whitaker-Greene: Standing Rock report back \/\/ Standing Rock:” Every Footfall Is a Prayer “<\/b><\/p>\n

216. <\/b>Feb 13 Film: Climate Refugees<\/i> 2017<\/b><\/p>\n

Feb 20 VACATION<\/p>\n

217. <\/b>Feb 27 FILM <\/b>At the River I Stand <\/i><\/b>sanitation workers strike and MLK <\/b>Discussion with George Wright<\/p>\n

218. <\/b>March 6 VJ Burma<\/b> (Ethan\u2019s film about Ahn Sang Su Ki and the Burmese monk revolution)<\/p>\n

219. March 13th ruthie will go to Karen Fleshman\u2019s meeting of CEOs <\/b>about UNITY, how to get along with each other, sisterhood, and racial equity training<\/p>\n

Film and Discussion: The People Speak<\/b> (Based on Howard Zinn’s books) Discussion: Strategy For Resistance<\/b><\/p>\n

222. <\/b>March 20 \u201cWhat Is To Be Done?\u201d<\/b> Michael Goldstein<\/b> will present his challenging, promising, and unusual view of the path forward for those seeking fundamental social transformation, and then lead discussion.<\/p>\n

March 27 RUTHIE AWAY IN PHILLY<\/p>\n

223. <\/b>April 3 (The 1st Anniversary of the SFPD Killing of Luis Gongora with Adriana and Luis <\/b>first for 15 minutes)<\/p>\n

Steve Zeltzer: Workers and Activists demand BAAQMD Execs be prosecuted<\/b> for destroying records and illegally retaliating against agency whistleblowers<\/p>\n

224. <\/b>April 10 Film: 30 Seconds to Midnight<\/b> \/ David Hartsough\u2019s friend Regis Tremblay\u2019s film\u00a0http:\/\/registremblay.com\/kudos-thirty-seconds-midnight\/<\/a> (at Local 2)<\/p>\n

225. <\/b>April 17 Refuse Fascism:<\/b> Driving the Trump Regime from Power<\/b><\/p>\n

with speakers from No on Fascism! Bruce Neuberger, and Joey<\/p>\n

226. <\/b>April 24\u00a0 (Ruthie at Goldman awards ceremony)<\/p>\n

Film in Celebration of Earth Day:<\/b><\/p>\n

A Fierce Green Fire by Mark Kitchell<\/b><\/p>\n

xx. <\/b>May 1 MAY DAY NO FORUM! We are at MARCHES!<\/p>\n

227. <\/b>May 8 Michael Goldstein:\u00a0 Nuts and Bolts of Transitions of Power:<\/b><\/p>\n

Initiating a Just and Sustainable Society: \u00a0Part I<\/b><\/p>\n

228. <\/b>May 15th Visualize Impeachment: Film: The Final Days<\/b>\u00a0 (on the impeachment of Nixon)<\/p>\n

229. May 22nd George Wright: Why Is There No Socialism in the US?<\/b><\/p>\n

230. <\/b>May 29th Gerald Smith: Transition to ?<\/b><\/p>\n

xxx. <\/b>June 5 Toby Blome CODE PINK report back from Creech Airforce Base<\/b><\/p>\n

xxx. <\/b>June 12 Film: BOOM The Sound of Eviction <\/b>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9FfOHVu_noY<\/a><\/p>\n

xxx. <\/b>June 19 Film: From the Ashes <\/b>against Coal and Fossil Fuel. Premiers on National Geographic Channel June 25th 2017<\/p>\n

xxx. <\/b>June 26 Pearl Ubungen dancer activist<\/b><\/p>\n

xxx. <\/b>July 3 Peter Papadooo about Monster in Mission<\/b> (?) Andy is asking him.<\/p>\n

xxx. <\/b>July 10 Who Killed Park Merced?<\/b> Nick Pasquariello?<\/p>\n

xxx. <\/b>July 17 David Hartough Occupations and sit-ins \/\/ Labor fest<\/b><\/p>\n

Hartsough <davidrhartsough@gmail.com<\/a>>, can do it!<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0Gifford Hartman <giffordh@yahoo.com<\/a>>,<\/span>
\nGerald Smith <gsmith1917@gmail.com<\/a>>,<\/span>
\n“Wright, George (Retired)” <gwright@csuchico.edu<\/a>>,<\/span>
\n“Dr. Raymond Tompkins” <rtomp@sbcglobal.net<\/a>>,<\/span>
\nDonald Goldmacher <donald.goldmacher@gmail.com<\/a>><\/span><\/p>\n

July 24<\/b><\/p>\n

July 31<\/b><\/p>\n

Sandra Decker, Laura Wells, Green Party<\/p>\n

Corazon: Scottie Parkin\u2019s friend from Rising Tide<\/b><\/p>\n

George Wright<\/b> series on Socialism and how to implement it.<\/p>\n

Berkeley in the \u201860s\u2026<\/p>\n

Have You Heard From Johannesburg? FILM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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155. <\/b>October 19 Erica Marcus The People Make the Peace<\/b>
\nRennie Davis, Frank Joyce and Judy Gumbo. Erica Marcus <\/span>linkerica@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n