SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Events in 2008

March
Grrrl Brigade
Photo by Susan Merrell
Human Rights Summit 2

March 12, Noon - "Living with Fear: Unresolved Conflicts in Eastern Congo" @ 223 Moses Hall

Patrick Vinck, Director, Berkeley-Tulane Initiative for Vulnerable Populations

With a background in agricultural engineering and international development, Vinck has designed and managed rural development projects and conducted research on peace, justice, and social reconstruction in Iraq, Rwanda, Northern Uganda, Sudan, and other areas affected by armed conflict. Most recently, he spent six months in eastern Congo conducting research on the war and its impact on vulnerable populations.

Sponsored by the Center for African Studies. Co-sponsored by the Religion, Politics, and Globalization Program and the Human Rights Center. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events.html.

March 14, 1 PM - "Realizing the Potential: Global Corporations and Human Rights" @ 105 Boalt Hall

The 2008 Riesenfeld Symposium will explore the potential of multinational corporations to advance human rights practices globally. It will bring together students, scholars, global business leaders, and legal practitioners in a collaborative, synergistic forum on the role of the legal profession in realizing humanitarian potential of corporate social responsibility. Keynote speech at 4:30 PM by Professor David Weissbrodt. More information available at: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/bjil/adhome.htm.

Sponsored by the Berkeley Journal of International Law, the Human Rights Center, the Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights, and Morgan Lewis. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events.html.

March 18, 12:45 PM
"The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Cambodia's Best Hope for Justice" with Heather Ryan, Court Monitor, Open Society Justice Initiative @ 105 Boalt Hall

In the 1970s, the Cambodian Khmer Rouge government committed a genocide of two million people in Cambodia. Thirty years later, the leaders of this regime are brought to justice in front of a UN-backed tribunal on war crimes. However, many challenges face the tribunal, including lack of adequate financial support, serious infrastructure problems, and constant reports of corruption. Ms. Ryan has been instrumental in bringing these issues to light, but still believes the Tribunal is the best chance Cambodians have for justice.

Sponsored by the Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events.html.

March 20th, 7pm @ SFSU in Cesar Chavez Student Center, Rosa Parks Conference Room F
Darwin's Nightmare by Hubert Sauper
"Not just the fish are rotten"

The myriad and altogether devastating effects of a "globalized" economy on the residents of a Tanzanian fishing village are depicted in this haunting, hard-hitting documentary. Some time in the 1960's, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was introduced into Lake Victoria as a little scientific experiment. The Nile Perch, a voracious predator, extinguished almost the entire stock of the native fish species. However, the new fish multiplied so fast, that its white fillets are today exported all around the world.

Sponsored by Students for Critical Anthropology Presents. If you are interested in joining SCA please contact Tani Sebro at tanisebro@hotmail.com

April

April 5th, 6pm @ Stray Bar in SF
SFSU Human Rights Summit Fundraiser
RSVP @ http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=GVDULDLJUTELTDSJLRCU

Host: Students of the Anthropology and Human Rights class at San Francisco State University

Location: Stray Bar, 309 Cortland, SF, CA

When: Saturday, April 5, 6:00pm
Please join us for a fun night of socializing and drinking... and it is for an AMAZING cause!

$20/per person for all you can drink beer until the kegs(s) run dry and there will be certain shots available where proceeds will be going towards the summit, and there will be baked goods available for sale as well. We will also be selling raffle tickets (restaurant gift certificates, movie tickets, gift certificates for sporting goods, and many more) and you do not need to be present to win.

We hope you can join us for a really fun night. Feel free to add anyone and everyone to the evite, the more the merrier. If you plan on attending please RSVP so we know how many kegs we will need.

You must be 21+ to attend this party.

Stray Bar: http://straybarsf.com/

For more information on the 5th annual Human Rights Summit Lindsay at lindsayakauffman@gmail.com, I would be more than happy to talk to you about the summit and how you can be involved. If you would like to make a donation to the summit, please visit the get involved page where instructions are given on how to donate.

Thank you in advance for your support!

April 10th, 3p-5p @SFSU in Hensill Hall Room 206
Women, Nature, and Animals through an Ecofeminist Lens
A slideshow presentation by Marti Kheel

Dr. Marti Kheel's ecofeminist slideshow explores the psychosexual roots of violence toward women and nature. Using cultural images, the slideshow illustrates the interlocking conception of women, nature, and animals as wild, demonic entities that must be subdued, and as inanimate matter that exists to serve patriarchy's needs.

Sponsored by: GSPSU, Political Science Dept and Eco-Students. For questions please contact Erin Evans at eevans8@sfsu.edu.

April 14, 12 PM @ Stanford University 223 Moses Hall
"It's the Law, Even in War"
Professor Allen Weiner

Is the "war on terror" launched by the United States against al-Qaeda and other terrorist entities really a "war"? Invoking a state of war is not merely a matter of rhetoric but has been used to vest the Executive Branch with substantial legal powers only available in wartime. Although there are parallels between the use of force against terrorist acts and conventional forms of armed conflict, the Executive Branch has claimed only wartime powers, but has refused to accept the relevant legal duties in the fight against terrorism. Although the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions applies to the Guantanamo detainees has been cited by some as a vindication of the rule of law, the decision effectively endorses the Executive Branch's assertion of sweeping wartime powers in the fight against terrorism.

Sponsored by the Institute of International Studies
Co-sponsored by the Human Rights Center
Part of the "Laws and Ethics of War" series
Lunch will be served
Event infomation provided by http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events.html.

Events in 2007

JANUARY and FEBRUARY

January 29 – March 23, 2007 @ 190 Doe Library, UC Berkeley
Art Exhibition: Fernando Botero, Abu Ghraib

The exhibit includes 24 paintings and 23 drawings from the provocative Abu Ghraib collection by Colombian artist Fernando Botero. Botero is considered Latin America's best known living artist and is among the best known artists in the world today.
Sponsored by UC Berkeley's Center for Latin American Studies. More details are online at clas.berkeley.edu. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

February 25th, 2007, 3:30 PM @ Pacific Film Archive and
March 8, 2007, 8:45 PM @ Yerba Buena Center
KZ
Rex Bloomstein, UK, 2005, 88m, doc
In English and German with English subtitles

How does it feel to be a tourist at a former concentration camp? How does it feel to work here as a guide, day in, day out? How does it feel to live here as a local alongside the dark secrets of the past? These questions are explored in a visit to the pictureseque Danube town of Mauthausen. Stripped of the usual dramatic devices - survivor testimonies and archive footage - this is a groundbreaking film about facing our ultimate demons. *Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2006.
Event Info taken from: http://hrw.org/iff/2007/sanfrancisco/index.html.

MARCH

March 2nd, 2007, 7:30 PM @ Yerba Buena Center.
Total Denial

Milena Kaneva – Bulgaria/Italy – 2006 – 90m – video – doc

In English and Karen and Burmese with English subtitles

The inspiring story of fifteen villagers from the jungles of Burma whose quest for justice eventually leads them to bring suit in a U.S. court against two oil giants – UNOCAL and TOTAL – for human rights abuse. For five years producer/director Milena Kaneva collected accounts from Burmese villagers of forced labor, relocation of villages, rape, and murder associated with construction of the Yadana pipeline. Her “guide” during this journey was Ka Hsaw Wa, a member of Burma’s Karen ethnic minority, and one of the leaders of the student movement for democracy in Burma in 1988 which was violently suppressed by the Burmese government. For more than a decade, at considerable personal risk, he has gathered testimonies and other evidence on numerous cases of human rights and environmental abuse. In 1995, along with the co-founder of Earth Rights International, Katie Redford, Ka Hsaw Wa brought a landmark lawsuit against UNOCAL and TOTAL that drew international attention to the pervasive abuses in Burma.

March 7 , 2007, 4 PM @ Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall School of Law in Berkeley

Abu Ghraib 74
By Bot

Aryeh Neier is the President of the Open Society Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University.
José Zalaquett is the president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and a Professor of Law and co-director of the Human Rights Center at the University of Chile’s Law School.
Jenny S. Martinez argued the 2004 case of Rumsfeld v. Padilla (2004) before the U.S. Supreme Court and is an Associate Professor of Law at Stanford University.
Philip Zimbardo is the former President of the American Psychological Association, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University, and the author of a forthcoming book on Abu Ghraib.

March 12, 2007, 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. @ Cesar Chavez Building 3rd Floor in Jack Adams Hall , SFSU
Human Sex Trafficking Conference: Raising Awareness in Social Service Communities.
Conference

March 13, 2007, 7 PM -- SOLD OUT @ UC Berkeley
Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire, "The Failure of Humanity in Preventing Genocides"
International House, Chevron Auditorium
Free admission, tickets required.

General Dallaire led the United Nations peacekeeping mission to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. He will open the conference with a discussion of the tragedy and its personal and professional aftermath.
Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

March 13-14, 2007 @ UC Berkeley
Stopping Mass Atrocities: An International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect
University of California, Berkeley

How can state governments be encouraged to stop genocide and other mass atrocities? Join an international assembly of policymakers, legislators, philanthropists, religious leaders, scholars and activists to discuss the "responsibility to protect" and move the concept from principle to practice.
Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

March 14, 2007, 9 AM to 5 PM @ Lipman Room in Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
Free and open to the public, registration requested.

Keynote address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group. Panelists include representatives of the World Federalist Movement, Human Rights Watch, the Council on Foreign Relations, and more.

For more information, email r2pconference@berkeley.edu or call 510-642-0965.
Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

March 15, 2007, 8 PM @ UC Berkeley
Mohamad Adam Yahya, Darfurian Human Rights: Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy
2050 Valley Life Science Building
University of California, Berkeley

Mohamad Adam Yahya is a refugee from the Darfur region of Sudan and serves as Executive Director of the Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy. In 1993 his village witnessed the first attacks of the Sudanese government's Arab militia raiders, known as janjaweed. Mr. Yahya's village was completely destroyed and most of his relatives were raped, killed, or burned alive. He recruited Sudanese friends and colleagues into an organization that would eventually become known as the Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy.
Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

March 15, 2007, 7 PM @ Yerba Buena Center
Switch Off

Manel Mayol, Spain, 2005, 87m, doc

Spanish and Mapudungun with English subtitles

The Pehuenche-Mapuche people live above the B?ob?o River, in Ralco valley, Chile. For over four centuries they have fought off all invaders who tried to enter the valley, from the Incas to the Spanish conquistadors. In 2004, Spain's largest hydroelectric company, Endesa, constructed the world's third largest dam which flooded the Ralco valley and forced the "exchange" of whole villages to much higher ground. Despite protections for indigenous people enshrined in the Chilean constitution, the government has shown little inclination to enforce their rights against the wealthy Spanish multinational.
Event Info taken from: http://hrw.org/iff/2007/sanfrancisco/index.html.

March 15, 2007, 8:45 PM @ Yerba Buena Center
Rain in a Dry Land

Anne Makepeace, 2006, US/Kenya, 83m, doc
In English, Mai Mai and Somali with English subtitles

In 2004, thirteen thousand Somali Bantu refugees realized their dream of coming to America. Rain in a Dry Land chronicles two years in the lives of two families as they leave behind a 200-year legacy of oppression in Africa to face new challenges. Filmmaker Anne Makepeace brilliantly succeeds in capturing every step of this remarkable journey - from their very different new homes in Massachusetts and Georgia, through their encounters with racism, poverty, and severe culture shock, to their ultimate survival in a new land.
Event Info taken from: http://hrw.org/iff/2007/sanfrancisco/index.html.

March 22, 2007, 7 PM and 8:45 PM @ Yerba Buena Center; Accompanies screenings of Rosita.

Punam

Lucian Muntean and Nataka Stankovic, Serbia, 2005, 28m, doc
In Nepali and Tamang with English subtitles

Beautifully and sensitively produced, Punam tells the story of nine-year-old Punam Tamang, who lives in Bhaktapur in Nepal. Punam lost her mother when she was five and has since been the family caretaker, providing for her younger brother and sister as her father works double shifts in a rice factory to pay for their school fees. We also meet Punam's neighborhood friends, who cannot afford school; instead of studying, these children work each day with their parents at the local brick factories and stone quarries.

March 22, 2007, 7 PM and 8:45 PM @ Yerba Buena Center
Rosita

Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater – US/Nicaragua/Costa Rica – 2005 – 55m – video – doc
In English and Spanish with English subtitles

In January 2003, news spreads throughout Central and South America that a nine-year-old Nicaraguan girl has become pregnant as the result of a rape. Rosa, or Rosita as the girl becomes known in the press, is the only child of illiterate campesinos working in Costa Rica as coffee pickers at the time of the assault. Fearing for their daughter's life and mental health, Rosa's parents are determined to obtain an abortion for their child. In both Nicaragua* and Costa Rica, abortion is illegal except when deemed necessary to save the life of the mother. Despite the odds of obtaining a rarely granted exception for a so – called "therapeutic" abortion, Rosa's parents move forward only to be forced into battle with two governments, the medical establishment, and the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. The drama unfolds chronologically, combining the public media reports with the private remembrances of those involved – Rosa's parents, lawyers, doctors, psychologists, priests and journalists. *In October, 2006 Nicaragua’s legislature outlawed all abortion without exception.
Event Info taken from: http://hrw.org/iff/2007/sanfrancisco/index.html.

Mar. 30, 2007, 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Rally @ Chinese Embassy 1450 Laguna St. San Francisco, CA
Held by Amnesty International.

Join us and urge the Chinese government to take a stand for human rights in Darfur.

APRIL

April 4, 2007, Noon @ 270 Stephens Hall
"Topoi of International Justice: The Social Effects of War Crimes Trials in Bosnia-Herzegovina"
Isabelle Delpla, Assistant Professor in Philosophy, University of Montpellier, France

Professor Delpla is conducting research on the impact of war crimes trials on the formation and reformation of community in Bosnia. She has interviewed members of victims associations, witnesses for both prosecution and defense and convicted war criminals who have returned home. Her work focuses on the relationship between testifying in war crimes trials, returning home, and searching for the missing in the post-war justice process.

Co-sponsored by the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

April 5, 2007; Check for participating Resturants

In honor of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, restaurants across the city will be donating up to 50% of their proceeds to SFWAR on this day. Dine for a Change is an annual event that engages community and business support in ending rape and sexual assault. Join us as we dine, lunch and eat out for change! Event taken from http://www.sfwar.org/

April 12, 2007, 4 PM to 5:30 PM @ 223 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley
"Darfur and Regional Destabilization: Human Rights Abuses on the Chad-Sudan Border"
David Buchbinder, Africa Division Researcher, Human Rights Watch

Buchbinder visited eastern Chad in 2006 and 2007 to document the regional destabilization caused by the violence in Darfur. He has documented refugees moving out of Darfur and into eastern Chad as well as cross-border incursions by the janjaweed militia. His research is the basis for Human Rights Watch's report on Chad, "They Came Here to Kill Us," published in January 2007.

Co-sponsored by the Institute of International Studies, the Center for African Studies, and STAND - UC Berkeley. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

April 13, 2007, Noon @ UC Berkeley
"Healing Invisible Wounds: An Innovative Philosophy around Healing and Human Rights"
Dr. Richard Mollica, Director, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University

Professor Mollica is the founder of the Indochinese Mental Health Clinic in Boston that grew out of his work in Cambodia and is internationally known for his work on trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder. He has worked extensively with refugees from war-torn areas and developed the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. He has recently published a book titled Healing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including the Human Rights Award of the American Psychiatric Association and is a Fulbright New Century Scholar.

Co-sponsored by Institute of International Studies, International Health Program of the School of Public Health, Bay Area International Mental Health Interest Group. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

April 16, 2007, Noon to 1 PM @ 223 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley
"Counterterrorism and Liberal Grand Strategy"
Tom Farer, Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver

Tom Farer is Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. An international lawyer and policy analyst, he has written extensively on human rights, international law, U.S. foreign policy, and humanitarian intervention. From 1976 to 1983 he was a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, and served as its president from 1980 to 1982. In 1993 he served as legal advisor to the director of the United Nations operation in Somalia. His many publications include War Clouds on the Horn of Africa, U.S. Ends and Means in Central America, The Grand Strategy of the U.S. in Latin America, and Toward a Humanitarian Diplomacy. In the fall of 2007, Oxford University Press will publish his new book: Confronting Global Terrorism: The Elements of a Liberal Grand Strategy.

Co-sponsored by the Institute of International Studies. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

April 17, 2007, 1 PM to 3 PM @ UC Berkeley Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall
"Winning the Peace in Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities"
His Excellency Said Tayeb Jawad, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States, and Mrs. Shamim Jawad, International Chair, Roots of Peace, Penny Campaign

Co-sponsored by the Rotary Peace and Conflict Center, Peace and Conflict Studies, Roots of Peace, Institute of International Studies, Institute of Governmental Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Religion, Politics and Globalization Program. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

April 21, 2007, 1 PM to 2:30 PM @ UC Berkeley in 105 North Gate Hall
"America and Torture": Panel discussion, presented as part of UC Berkeley's CalDay
Panelists include: Eric Stover, Human Rights Center; Mark Danner, Graduate School of Journalism; Laurel Fletcher, International Human Rights Law Clinic; Michael Posner, Human Rights First

Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo will forever be associated with interrogation practices and prison conditions that have amounted to torture and cruel and degrading treatment. International law and federal statutes prohibit severe interrogation techniques, and intelligence officials are skeptical of their value. So why have we allowed torture to be practiced in our name? Join us for a panel discussion on the legal basis for American military practices, the role of the media in reporting on torture, and what these revelations mean for the "war against terrorism" and the perception of American values throughout the world.

April 22, 2007, 9am
Earth Day: Ocean Beach Clean Up
Ocean Beach Parking Lot * Stairwell #17. All you need to get the job done will be provided.

April 24, 2007, 4:30 - 7pm @SFSU in Jack Adams Hall
Turning Negative Into Positive
SAFE at SF State - 15 SAFE Years at SFSU, sponsored by SFSC, The SAFE Place Peer Educators.
No cost, contact Nina Jo Smith at chaya@sfsu.edu (also to RSVP) or at 415.338.2819.
This celebration of survivors and The SAFE Place for its 15 years of service on campus.
Featuring Chemine Arfuso, The Medea Project, Janet Gee, Nina Jo Smith, Heather Watkins Band. Food served by Taqueria Girasol.

April 28,2007 @ Cow Palace 2600 Geneva AVE.Daly City, CA 94014
"DisPlace Me"
When Hurricane Katrina hit this country, we saw for the first time what a displaced American looks like. Now we’re asking you to voluntarily become displaced, leaving the comforts of your homes, to imagine for 24 hours what it’s like for the millions of people in Northern Uganda who have been displaced for more than ten years.

Everyone who comes to “Displace Me” will be asked to bring the following:

1. Enough cardboard to build something the size a small tent.
2. A sleeping bag.
3. A 1.5-liter bottle of water (with airtight seal-to be collected upon entry).
4. A box of saltine crackers (yes, they need to be saltines, with sealed packaging- to be collected upon entry).
5. A current photo of yourself wearing a white t-shirt with a red X.

Check out the details at http://www.invisiblechildren.com/displaceMe/

April 28, 2007 @10am in San Francisco : Starts @ Justin Herman Plaza and ends @ Mission Dolores Park
Walk Against Rape: Making the Invisible, Visible!

Sexual violence touches all of our lives, Walk Against Rape is the chance to say NO! to sexual violence in our communities. March with us as we speak out against sexual violence and rape. Let's make our voices and stories known. Silence is not golden!

If you are interested in walking, here's how:
* Call Janet Updahye at 415.861.2024 ext. 301 or email janetupadhye@sfwar.org for the brochure. Compile a list with your supporters name, contact information (address/ email/ telephone) and amount they donated.
* Visit www.firstgiving.com to create you own fundraising website! This is an easy and fun way to let you friends and family know you are walking, and how to support you via email.

Registration is the day-of at Justin Herman Plaza. Make sure to bring your donations and plegde forms with you. Breakfast snacks will be provided while you register! Check out http://www.sfwar.org/node/view/89 for more information.

April 30th, 2007 @SFSU 7pm - 9:30  in Jack Adams Hall (upstairs of Caesar Chavez Student Center)

INTRO TO TANTRA
Monday April 30

7:00pm – 9:30pm

Jack Adams Hall (upstairs  in Caesar Chavez)

Q. What is Tantra?

A. The practice of meditation through sensual stimulation
of all the senses.

At Intro to Tantra you can:

• learn the intricacies and importance of foreplay
• learn to accentuate the five senses and seven chakras
• practice tantric breathing patterns
• practice yogic stretches for tantra
• dip into the ancient wisdom of the Kama Sutra, Kama Shasthra, and others...

"Don't just improve your sex life;
improve your whole life through sex!"

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MAY

April 30 – May 2, 2007 -- Human Rights Summit @SFSU
4th SFSU Annual Human Rights Summit – Power and Pleasure: Expressions and Repressions of Sexuality and Reproductive Rights

May 7, 2007, 7 PM @ 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley
"A Discussion on Darfur and Southern Sudan"
John Prendergast, Senior Advisor, International Crisis Group, and Dave Eggers, Author

John Prendergast is co-author, with Don Cheadle, of Not On Our Watch. He is a leader of the ENOUGH campaign and worked in the White House and State Department during the Clinton administration. John travels regularly to Africa's war zones on fact-finding missions, peace-making initiatives, and awareness-raising trips involving network news programs, celebrities, and politicians. Dave Eggers is a renowned Bay Area author. His most recent novel, What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Sponsored by STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition. Co-sponsored by Amnesty International, Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights, Center for African Studies, Human Rights Watch, San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

JUNE

June 19 - HRC Meeting on Human Rights @ Paragon Restaurant and Bar
Hotel Montgomery, 211 South First Street, San Jose, California 95113

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) invites you and your friends to Third
Tuesday, a monthly event designed to provide all members of the community
with a casual, informal way to learn more about what HRC is doing at the
national and local level.

• Learn what HRC is doing to bring equality to all members of the LGBT community.
• Hear national and local personalities speak to the issues that are “top of mind” for our community.
• Mingle with local members of our community as you promote awareness of the issues important to you.
• Share a drink and snack on complimentary appetizers.
  

Download Flyer: Invitation
Taken from http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=San_Fran_Bay_Area_CA

November

November 1 - "Slavery in the New Global Economy" @ World Affairs Council Auditorium, 312 Sutter Street, Second Floor, San Francisco

Admission: $7 for friends of the Human Rights Center; $5 for students

Kevin Bales, President, Free the Slaves, and author of Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy

In his 1999 book, Disposable People, Kevin Bales brought to light the existence of modern slavery and described how, nearly two hundred years after the slave trade was abolished, global slavery stubbornly persists. In his new book, Ending Slavery, Bales again presents the ideas and insights that can finally lead to slavery's extinction and freedom for the 27 million people currently held in slavery worldwide. Recalling his own involvement in the antislavery movement, he recounts the lives and stories of todays slaves, and explains how governments and citizens can build a world without slavery. President of the human rights organization Free the Slaves, he joins the Council to discuss what is needed to bring global slavery to an end and how to rebuild the lives of freed slaves and victims of human trafficking.

Sponsored by the World Affairs Council. Co-sponsored by the Human Rights Center @ UC Berkeley. Event Info taken from http://www.hrcberkeley.org/events/index.html.

November 24 - UN's Internation Day for Elinating Violence Against Women @ the Mission Cultural Center,
2868 Mission St. (between 24th and 25th Streets)

On Nov. 24 and 25, San Francisco will observe the United Nation's annual International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with music, healing ceremonies, dance, art, and information … all with the blessing of a mayoral proclamation.

Healing ceremonies begin at 3 pm Saturday, followed by the screening of “El Camino que se Abre,” a short film that documents a community’s reaction to the murder of a young woman. Then at 7 pm, live music by some of the Bay Area’s finest world-vibe and folk voices – including Melissa Rivera, Meklit Hadero, Maria Loreto, Alfredo Gomez, Maria Medina, Steve Taylor-Ramírez and Juan Cuba y Los Nadies – will begin.

“This day is dedicated to those who have died of femicide in coherence with the ancient celebration of Day of the Dead in which our ancestors dedicated a special community ceremony at the end of November to those who departed violently,” said event curator MamaCoAtl (pronounced mama-coe-ah-tull). “The public is welcome to bring altar offerings.”

Both days’ events are open free to the public. Donations will be accepted to cover production costs. See next event for more information. Event information taken from http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=8409.

November 25 - UN's Internation Day for Elinating Violence Against Women and Girls @
Dance Mission Theatre, 3316 24th Street (at Mission), San Francisco.

Mayor Gavin Newsom will proclaim the following day, Nov. 25, as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Toward Women and Girls, according to Alfredo Pedroza, Liaison to District 9 and the Latino Community, in the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services.

Then at 5 pm on Sunday, Nov. 25, ceremonies will continue at Dance Mission Theatre, 3316 24th Street (at Mission), San Francisco, with a repeat screening of “El Camino que se Abre,” aerial dance by the Dream Catchers ensemble of dancers and trapeze artists, music by troubadours Valery Orth and Anne Caroll, rhythms by Maria Medina and her speaking drum, and healing ceremony by Maria Conlon.

Both days’ events are open free to the public. Donations will be accepted to cover production costs. GrayPanthersBerk@aol.com

For more information contact:
Steve Taylor
Taylor Communications
(510) 845-3501
taylorcom@sbcglobal.net
http://www.myspace.com/taylorcommunications
MamaCoAtl
415-632-0330

www.un.org/depts/dhl/violence

November 28 - "Holiday Giving: Think Green, Think Fair Trade" with Shannon Biggs @ North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley

Shannon Biggs will be speaking along with Non-Profit Fundraiser Jack Soares at this month's Berkeley Gray Panthers meeting. Holiday Party and Refreshments After the Presentation.

Event information taken from http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=8522.
For more information contact:
Berkeley Gray Panthers
510-548-9696
GrayPanthersBerk@aol.com

To be active in other Bay Area Events check out http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php.

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