Social Action Summer Forum
Working Towards a Better, More Just World...
by informing and engaging the congregation in conversation on local and international social justice action and changing issues.
The Social Justice Council sponsors forums focussing on social justice topics each Sunday from June through August at 10:00 a.m. in the Fireside Room.
Committee: Dorothy Herzberg, Helena Knox, Mac Lingo, Ingeborg Nienhold
Summer Forum 2011 Lectures
Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. in the UUCB Fireside Room, June through September.
| June 5 |
Professor Chris O'Sullivan, USF Professor of History. "A Personal Perspective" |
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| June 12 | Rev. Bob Mathews, ACLU. "Against the Death Penalty |
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| June 19 |
Joy Moore, KPFA programmer. "Focusing on Health Programs." |
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| June 26 | David Seaborg, President of the Rainforest Fund. "The Environmental Crisis." | |
| July 3 |
Video: Biography of Al Qaeda |
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| July 10 | Steve Volker, Habitat for Humanity. "New Programs in the East Bay." | |
| July 17 | Lawrence Shectman, "Community Gardening - Neighborhood Vegetables." |
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| July 24 | Speaker from STAND Against Domestic Violence |
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| July 31 | Mike Haggerty, "Mindfulness. A program that works in teaching kids to deal with stress." |
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| August 7 |
Dr. Arthur Blaustein teaches Community Development and Public Policy at UC Berkeley. He will speak on his book, Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport. | |
| August 14 | Dr. Jon Peterson and Professor Hertha Wong, "A Personal Journey to Palestine." (Power Point® presentation.) |
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| August 21 | Madeline Kronenberg, Member of the West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education. "What's Happening to the Schools in West County?" | |
| August 28 | Dr. Stephen Zunes, USF Professor of Political Science. "What's Happening in the Middle East." |
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