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VICTORY OVER THE WTO IN CANCUN! A REPORT-BACK FROM FOOD FIRST & BAY AREA PREMIERE OF "KILOMETER 0"

Tuesday, September 30th, 7:00 p.m.
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., San Francisco

Join us as we report back from the WTO Ministerial in Cancún and view the Bay Area premiere of Kilometer Zero, Big Noise Film's latest documentary that follows those who refused to be shut out of the Cancún meeting, who raised their voices, broke down the barricades, and celebrated as the WTO collapsed. Speakers including representatives from Food First, Via Campesina and UNORCA (the largest Mexican peasant federation) answer your questions on what happened at the collapse of the World Trade Organization's Ministerial Meeting in Cancún, what next for the WTO, and the future of the global justice movement. Co-sponsored by New College.

Download a flyer for this event: http://www.foodfirst.org/images/mailinglist/2003-09-25/flyer.pdf

Visit Big Noise Film's Web Page: http://www.bignoisefilms.com/

Contact Information: Food First, foodfirst [at] foodfirst.org;
http://www.foodfirst.org/wto

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HELP SAVE CANADA'S ENDANGERED FOREST: CORPORATION BY CORPORATION!

Thursday, October 2nd, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., S.F.

Come learn how the global timber industry is destroying endangered forest
across Canada, and how you can help stop the destruction using cutting-edge
market-based activism.

Special guest Timothy Hull from Whidbey Island, Washington will provide
inspiring music with a great Irish sound.

Forest Ethics will present a multi-media presentation highlighting Canada's
breathtaking and biologically rich endangered forests. See spectacular
images of British Columbia's world-famous Great Bear Rainforest, and
Canada's vast boreal forests -- North America's largest remaining wilderness.
US consumption and corporate control is driving them all to their
destruction.

These forests are critical to the survival of grizzly bears, wild salmon,
mountain caribou, wolves and migratory songbirds, as well as hundreds of
indigenous communities.

The presentation will be followed by action planning for the following day.

JOIN US THE NEXT DAY OCT 3rd FOR AN ACTION TO SAVE THESE WILD PLACES

For more information: 503-539-7471 or kim [at] forestethis.org

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FINDING YOUR MEDIA CAREER

Join four Bay Area specialists for a panel discussion on choosing and building a career in media

Wednesday, October 8th
Reception: 6:30 p.m., Panel: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., S.F.

A wide array of media careers is available. . . but what's the best path for you? And how can you ensure success in today's media market? Join four Bay Area specialists for a panel discussion:

Craig Newmark of Craigslist.org speaks about how freelancers can use resources like Craigslist to achieve their goals. Lois Bukowski, Bay Area Video Coalition's career development coach, discusses how to decide which media career is best for you. Career counselor Sheila Weisblatt talks about the impacts of values, personality, skills, and interests on our work lives. And KTVU journalist Hari Sreenivasan discusses how he achieved his career goals.

Co-sponsored by
Media Alliance http://www.media-alliance.org and
New College Media Studies MA Program http://www.newcollege.edu/media_studies .

$20 admission / $10 Media Alliance members and New College students.
For more information: (415) 546-6334
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THE CURRENT STATE OF THE BRAZILIAN LANDLESS WORKERS MOVEMENT

Belchior Gonsalves, a leader of Latin America’s largest social movement, the MST, will speak on the current process of agrarian reform in Brazil.

Thursday, October 23rd, 7:30 p.m.
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., S.F.

An evening of updates and analysis on the current state of agrarian reform and rural activism in Brazil. The featured speaker will be Belchior Viana Gonsalves, a leader of Brazil’s Rural Landless Workers Movement (MST) and an expert in ecological agriculture. Mr. Gonsalves will speak about the history of the MST as well as the current status of the movement and its relationship to the government of President Luis “Lula” Ignacio da Silva.

Sponsored by the Friends of the MST
$5-10 sliding scale - with no one turned away for lack of funds.
For more information, call (510) 644-9341.

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The New College Center for Education & Social Action (CESA) listing of peace and social justice events is emailed about once each week. To subscribe or unsubscribe: jon [at] newcollege.edu .
Contact: Jon Garfield: (415) 437-3425.

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