New College CESA Events List, May 18 - 22

New College of California
Center for Education and Social Action (CESA)
Listing of Peace and Social Justice Events, May 18 - May 22, 2004

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- Tue May 18th, 6:30 pm - Bringing Home ‘Bad News’: 2004 Bay Area NGO-Media Dialogue
- Wed May 19th, 7:00 pm - Alix Olson at New College!
- Thu May 20th, 7:00 pm - March for Women's Lives Report Back
- Sat May 22nd, 6:30 pm - We are Everywhere Tour and David Martinez

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Tuesday May 18th, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

2004 Bay Area NGO-Media Dialogue:

Bringing Home ‘Bad News’: Increasing Awareness in the US of
Conflict, Violence and Disaster Abroad

New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., San Francisco

Panelists include:

David Michaelis, Director of Current Affairs, WorldLink TV
Andrew Ross, Executive Foreign-National Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
Fairuz Taqi-Eddin, Media and Event Coordinator, CARE
Mary Ann Tenuto Sanchez, Founding Member, Chiapas Support Committee
Jeff Perlstein, Executive Director, Media Alliance (Moderator)
This dialogue features a panel of NGO staff and Bay Area journalists as they discuss international crises and the range of their coverage and awareness in the US. Why do some foreign stories of crises get covered while others seem to be overlooked in the US? How can NGO and media professionals accurately convey at home common hazards experienced abroad? How can they succeed in their international work while protecting themselves in politically sensitive or violent environments? These are only a sample of topics that may be discussed, and the audience is invited to ask questions afterward.

Donation at door: Students – $5; BAIDO / Media Alliance Members – $8; General – $10

Sponsors: Bay Area International Development Organizations-BAIDO (http://www.baido.org),

Media Alliance (http://www.media-alliance.org), New College Media Studies MA Program (http://www.newcollege.edu/media_studies).

For more information: email Martin Witte, BAIDO Program Coordinator, at martin [at] baido.org.

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Wednesday May 19th, 7:00 pm

Alix Olson at New College!

New College Cultural Center, 777 Valencia St., SF

"Alix Olson is a brilliant performer, an ingenious poet, a serious thinker, a funny person. She brought me to my feet." — Howard Zinn

Alix Olson is a nationally touring folk poet and progressive queer artist-activist whose quick wit, fearless poetry, and charismatic presence sells out venues across the country. One part peace vigil, one part protest rally, and one part joyful raucous concert, Alix ignites audiences everywhere she performs.

Alix's innumerable stage, broadcast, radio and print appearances include, most recently, headlining HBO's "Def Poetry Jam" (Russell Simmons), and an inclusion in Utne Magazine's InRadio compilation. Utne's website calls Alix "...the spoken word diva everyone's talking about." Alix has graced the cover of Ms. Magazine, who called Alix a "road-poet-on-a-mission," and her work has been featured in Girlfriends Magazine, The Advocate, Lesbian Review of Books, and on the cover of Lambda Book Report. A recent interview with Alix for The Progressive (see http://www.alixolson.com ) calls her a "Word Warrior" and gives a comprehensive peek into just what makes Alix's work so compelling. She has appeared on Oxygen television, CNN, In the Life, and WXPN's World Cafe with David Dye, as well as local radio stations around the country.

In June 2003, Alix (along with Margaret Cho and Nobuko Oyabu) received the "Visionary Award" from the DC Rape Crisis Center for her "exceptional commitment to the promotion of social justice." Past honorees include Gloria Steinem, Tori Amos, Patricia Ireland and Sarah Jones.

Admission is $10 - A Benefit for SF Bay Indymedia!
Co-sponsored by New College Center for Education and Social Action

For more information email Sara Olson at solson75 [at] yahoo.com

Media Quotes:

The Progressive called Alix "an electrifying performer who seduces the audience with wit and energy, spinning tales of life on the road between her fiery poems. A sharpshooter with theatrical flair, Olson oozes both love and rage."

"An advocate for grassroots truth." - Utne Magazine

For more Info on Alix Olson, visit: http://alixolson.com/

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Thursday May 20th, 7:00 pm

March for Women's Lives Report Back

New College Cultural Center, 766 Valencia Street, San Francisco

Join journalist Rose Aguilar for a report back and video footage from the March,
along with a panel discussion about reproductive rights.

Panelists include:

Deborah Glenn-Rogers, President, San Francisco National Organization for Women
Joan Flores, Development Coordinator, ACCESS/Women’s Health Rights Coalition
Lydia Pace, Coordinator, UCSF chapter of Medical Students for Choice
Erika Jackson, President, San Jose State chapter of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance

The March for Women’s Lives drew the largest crowd the women’s movement has ever seen. Organizers said 1.15 million people -- from across the United States and 57 countries -- packed Washington DC’s National Mall. The diverse group, including Catholics for Choice and Republicans for Choice, came together in solidarity to challenge the Bush administration’s assault on women’s rights.

How did the media cover the event?
Did organizers accomplish their goal of reaching out to women of color?
Who marched?
What’s the state of reproductive rights in California and across the nation?
How do women’s rights groups plan to turn over a million marchers into voters?
Where do we go from here?

Co-sponsored by the New College Women’s Spirituality MA Program
http://www.newcollege.edu/womenspirituality/

For more information, call 415-759-6872 and visit:

News We Can Use
http://www.newswecanuse.com/womenspanel.html

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Saturday, May 22nd, 6:30 pm

We Are Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anticapitalism

New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., SF

"We Are Everywhere is the first book to truly capture and embody the exuberant creativity and radical intellect of the protest movements."
— Naomi Klein

Jennifer Whitney and Andrew Stern, two of the books producers on a national tour, present a multimedia performance. Stern, just back from Iraq, will present hard-hitting images from the streets of Baghdad, a video of hopeful resistance movements around the world, an exhibition of beautiful photos and illustrative quotations from their book, and a discussion of the current situation in Iraq and the connections between the anti-war movements and the global anticapitalist movements.

David Martinez, journalist and filmmaker, sent dispatches from Iraq to the SF Bay Guardian and Democracy Now!. Just returned from Fallujah, Iraq, where he worked with injured civilians, was fired on by US Marines and captured (and released) by Iraqi resistance. http://vitw.us/weblog/archives/cat_david_martinez.html

Author-activist Rebecca Solnit will read from her new book Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

Eddie Yuen, New College Teacher and co-editor will present from the new book Confronting Capitalism: Dispatches From A Global Movement

Saturday May 22nd, 6:30 pm New College of California Theater 777 Valencia Street, SF.
Benefit for Direct Action to Stop War: $5 donation or what you can. No one turned away.

Co-sponsored by the New College Activism and Social Change Emphases
http://www.newcollege.edu/activismchange/actsocma.html

We Are Everywhere Tour and David Martinez will also appear:

Thursday May 20th, noon - 2 pm, Community College of SF, Phelan Campus, Upper Level Student Union.
Free event and free lunch. Sponsored by the Anarchist Library

Friday May 21st, 8:30 pm Long Haul Infoshop, 3124 Shattuck Ave. at Woolsey, Berkeley

For more information contact: WeAreEverywhere.org



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