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Center for Education and Social Action (CESA)
Listing of Peace and Social Justice Events, May 5 - May 19, 2004
Center for Education and Social Action (CESA)
Listing of Peace and Social Justice Events, May 5 - May 19, 2004
New College of California
Center for Education and Social Action (CESA)
Listing of Peace and Social Justice Events, May 5 - May 19, 2004
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- Wed May 5 @ UC Berkeley - "Media Regime Change" with McChesney, Nichols, Mander & Chideya
- Wed May 5 @ New College in SF - Caught in Between: What to Call Home in Times of War
- Tue May 11 @ New College in SF - Short Film Screening: "I am Palestine"
- Sat May 15 @ New College in SF - Working with Interns and Volunteers
- Tue May 18 @ New College in SF - Bringing Home ‘Bad News’: Conflict, Violence and Disaster Abroad
- Wed May 19 @ New College in SF - Alix Olson at New College!
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Wednesday, May 5th, Reception at 5:30 pm, Public Event at 7:00 pm
An Evening with Robert McChesney, John Nichols & Jerry Mander
"Media Regime Change - Obstacles & Opportunities"
Moderated by Farai Chideya, host of It’s Your Call on KALW 91.7 FM
Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley
"If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book."
— Bill Moyers on Robert McChesney’s The Problem of the Media
A Benefit for Media Alliance!
Co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, the International Forum on Globalization, New College Media Studies MA Program, San Francisco State University Journalism Department, and supported by KPFA Radio, 94.1FM.
Join Media Alliance in welcoming Robert McChesney - author of the new book The Problem of the Media - for a discussion of the problems and possibilities of a new media system. McChesney will be joined by John Nichols, D.C. correspondent for The Nation magazine, and Jerry Mander, the president of the International Forum on Globalization. Award winning journalist Farai Chideya, host of the KALW's (91.7FM) locally produced, nationally syndicated program "It's Your Call" will moderate the discussion.
Key topics will include the many ways citizens can intervene to make this a vastly superior media system, and the role of corporate and alternative media in shaping the 2004 electoral season.
PUBLIC EVENT
When: Wednesday May 5, 7PM
Where: Wheeler Hall Auditorium, UC Berkeley
Tickets: $7 General Public / $5 Media Alliance members & students / First 100 students FREE w/ student ID
RECEPTION with Bob McChesney, John Nichols and Jerry Mander.
When: Wednesday May 5, 5:30-6:30 PM
Where: North Gate Hall Library, Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley
Tickets: $25 General Public / $20 Media Alliance members & students w/ID
Advance tickets on-line at http://www.media-alliance.org , or by calling 415.546.6334, x300.
* * *
Farai Chideya is a multi-media journalist and the host of “It’s Your Call” on San Francisco's KALW 91.7 FM/Information Radio. In conjunction with San Francisco State University, she is also re-launching PopandPolitics, an online journal of news and opinion founded in 1995. Chideya is a former correspondent for ABC News and a commentator to CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and BET and has contributed stories to The New York Times, Time, Spin, Vibe, O, Mademoiselle and Essence. Her political coverage has ranged from labor issues to following the President as a pool reporter on Air Force One. Chideya's new book, Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters (Soft Skull, 2004), shows why half of Americans are cut out of the political system--and what we can do about it. Chideya's stereotype-shattering 1995 book, Don't Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African-Americans (Plume Penguin) is now in its eighth printing.
Robert W. McChesney is a Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and author or editor of several books, including the award-winning Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935, Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy, and, with Edward S. Herman, The Global Media: The New Missionaries of Corporate Capitalism. McChesney's most recent books are multiple award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times and, with John Nichols, Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media. His work concentrates on the history and political economy of communication, emphasizing the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies. McChesney also cofounded Free Press, on the web at http://www.mediareform.net
John Nichols, The Nation's Washington correspondent, has covered progressive politics and activism in the United States and abroad for more than a decade. He is currently the editor of the editorial page of Madison, Wisconsin's Capital Times. Nichols is the author of two books: It's the Media, Stupid and Jews for Buchanan.
Jerry Mander the President of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) which is an alliance of 60 organizations in 20 countries doing public education and campaigns on global economic issues. He is also the program director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology, and is a senior fellow at Public Media Center, a non-profit advertising company working only for environmental and social causes. His books include Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television (1977), In the Absence of the Sacred (1991), and The Case Against the Global Economy And For a Turn Toward the Local, co-edited with Edward Goldsmith (1996). Jerry Mander is President of the International Forum on Globalization, an alliance of 60 organizations in 20 countries doing public education and campaigns on global economic issues.
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Wednesday May 5th, Reception at 6:00 pm, Program starts at 6:45 pm
Caught in Between:
What to Call Home in Times of War
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., San Francisco
Join us for a screening of the powerful NEW DOCUMENTARY "Caught in Between:
What to Call Home in Times of War," amazing A Capella and Okinawan
MUSIC, FOOD, and DIALOGUE with artists and activists.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LOSE YOUR HOME? What is it like to be exiled within your own country or to live under military occupation? How does it impact your safety and security? Join us on our journey from past to present and from local to global. Connect the dots from WWII INTERNMENT of people of Japanese Ancestry to present DETENTIONS and DEPORTATIONS of immigrants to US MILITARY OCCUPATION in Okinawa to EVICTIONS of low income tenants in San Francisco to DISPLACEMENT of the indigenous peoples in Palestine and in the US.
Donation: Sliding Scale $5 - 50 dollars - No one turned away for lack of funds
(All proceeds go toward community screening tour of "Caught in Between")
SCREENING:
* "Caught in Between: What to call home in times of war" by Lima Hoshino
MUSIC:
* Okinawa Sunshine Music by Wesley UUNet
* Revolutionary A Canella Music by Samara
EMCEE:
* Khalil Bendib, Arab Muslim Political Cartoonist, artist and KPFA show host
SPEAKERS:
* Lina Hoshino, Documentary Maker of "Caught in Between"
* Joy Totah Hilden, East Bay Jewish Palestinian Dialogue Group
* Dina One Heart Gilio, Indigenous writer, artist and activist
EVENT ENDORSED BY: Nosei Network, Bridges, Chin Jurn Wor Ping, Jews for Free Palestine, Campaign for Justice: Redress now! for Japanese Latin American Internees, AMILA-American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism, AWAIR-Arab World And Islamic Resources and School Services, FFIPP-Faculty for Israeli Palestinian Peace, ISM-International Solidarity Movement, Break the Silence Mural Project, International Indian Treaty Council BAAITS-Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits, SWANABAQ-South West Arab and North African
Bay Area Queers, JFFP-Jews for a Free Palestine, Sacred Roots, American Muslim Voice, Pakistan American Alliance.
Contact: Lina Hoshino, 415-431-8232 or go to http://www.caughtinbetween.org for more info about the documentary.
Biography:
Khalil Bendib - Political Cartoonist, Artist, KPFA Show Host. Born in Paris, France as a refugee during Algeria¹s bloody war of independence, Khalil Bendib was indelibly marked by an early awareness of a world deeply divided between "Us and Them", us natives and settlers, conquered and conquerors. Having lived in different lands and fluent in 5 languages, Bendib is a pacifist involved in non-violent struggles for social justice, and he has always rebelled against pre-conceived ideas, group think and stereotypes. In both his political cartoons and his sculptures, Bendib has made a career of demystifying widely held beliefs about Muslims, Arabs and other underdogs, and he tries to provide, as a counterpoint, examples of the positive contributions his people have made to world civilization while at the same time challenging certain cultural attitudes within his own community.Since the early 80s, he has been active in Arab and Muslim American circles, Arab-Jewish dialogue groups, as well as other progressive causes in California, and has regularly been called upon by community groups, churches and schools to share his unique perspective on matters relating to art and Mideast politics and culture. Bendib has a Master's degree in Japanese Language and Culture from USC and is married to Song Chin, a Chinese from Malaysia. To see his work, visit http://www.studiobendib.com and http://www.bendib.com
Lina Hoshino - Producer/Director/Editor. Lina Hoshino has been making videos since 1993. Her videos have been screened at festivals around the world including England, Finland, Japan, Portugal, and Sweden. "Story of Margo" received an award at 1997 Tokyo Video Festival. She also directed and produced a number of video and animation segments for Independent Media Center's, "Breaking the Bank" and "Showdown in Seattle." As a co-founder of IEEHA(Institute for Equity, Ecology, Humor
and Art) and Tactile Pictures, Lina Hoshino has led the creative and design effort in wide range of new media projects including web sites such as http://www.whirledbank.org and http://www.globalarcade.org.) She is also an active member of Nosei Network(http://www.nosei.org), a SF Bay Area based progressive Nikkei community. She studied painting and sculpture at Carnegie Mellon University. She describes herself as a "JABC" (Japanese American Born Chinese from Taiwan) and grew up living in US, Japan and France. For more information about Caught in Between, visit http://www.caughtinbetween.org
Joy Totah Hilden Teacher, and a Leader of East Bay Jewish Palestinian Dialogue Group. Joy was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, of Quaker parents, her father a
Palestinian and her mother an American. Her father, Khalil Totah, was Principal of the Friends Schools of Ramallah, where the family lived for Joy's first nine years. The family left Palestine in 1944 and remained in the U.S. Joy lived in Saudi Arabia with her husband for twelve years and re-connected with her Arab roots. Joy has a degree in art, has been a teacher of art and English in Secondary schools, has researched and written on bedouin weaving and Middle Eastern crafts, and has been involved in community-building through the Co-Counseling communities. For the last several years, she has led the East Bay Jewish Palestinian Dialogue Group and participated in offshoots of that group.
Dina One Heart Gilio- Indigenous artist, writer, and activist. She is a descendant of the Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington on her mother¹s side, and Sicilian on her father¹s side. As a person of mixed heritage, she considers herself an ³urban Indian who live in a city and not a reservation. She has been a professional artist since 1991. She blends traditional and contemporary designs and techniques. Through her work with leather and beads, she brings Native culture into the non-Native world for
the purpose of educating people about who Native people really are today, and helping to dispel inaccurate stereotypes that are perpetuated in popular American culture. She worked for almost 20 years as a dental assistant before she started to earn her living as an artist. Gradually, her political awareness grew and she became an activist for progressive causes and Native rights. As a writer, she is also a part time journalist. Go to http://www.oneheartdesigns.net to see her work.
Wesley Ueunten - Wesley Ueunten teaches Japanese-American History, Asian American History, and Critical Issues in Asian American Studies at SFSU and assisted in teaching undergraduate courses in Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. He is a member of the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, the Okinawa Peace Network of the Bay Area, and Vice-President of the Northern California Okinawa Kenjin Kai.
SAMSARA - a capella women's trio. Samsara is an a capella women's trio who unite fierce, extraordinary vocal music with passionate struggles for justice. They strive to connect the music of struggle, freedom and tradition, creating the new generation of the culture of resistance. Samsara's repertoire ranges from traditional folksongs, sea songs, work songs and spirituals with new arrangements, to satirical parodies and original music on current topics, all with tight, searing, dissonant and bittersweet harmonies and intricate vocal percussions. Loren Olds, Rebecca Anders and Susan Appe are activists, teachers, musicians and artists, and as Samsara they have been performing everywhere from the streets to the Union Halls. Samsara has taught workshops on using your voice as resistance' across the country and have been an
active participants in, and organizers of, numerous benefits, protests and demonstrations for social, economic and environmental justice.
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Tuesday May, 11th,7:00 pm
Short Film Screening: "I am Palestine"
Speakers and discussion after the screening
New College Cultural Center, 766 Valencia St., SF
Millions of separate lives, yet one collective experience, I am Palestine is a window into what it means to be a Palestinian while Palestine does not exist, and how a profound hope holds Palestine together. For Palestinians, there is a story to be told, a purpose to exist, and a reason to believe in a future.
$5-10 Donation (sliding scale) No one turned away.
(Benefits the Palestinian Heritage Center in Bethlehem.)
For more information email: iampalestine [at] yahoo.com
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Saturday May 15th from 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Working with Interns and Volunteers
The Art Studio at New College, 741 Valencia St., San Francisco
This will be a three-hour workshop that will discuss best practices for working with interns and volunteers at your publication. Are you ready to use interns / volunteers (other than your current staff!)? What's the difference between an intern and a volunteer? How do you find the right interns for your organization? How do you use interns and volunteers most effectively? And finally, do I have to pay interns, and if so, how much? Find out how you can leverage staff time, spread excitement about your magazine, and save money by using interns and volunteers!
This workshop will be taught by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, currently the Senior Editor of Tikkun magazine, the Publisher of LiP magazine, and the Volunteer Chair at Live Oak School.
The cost for this seminar is $20.00 per person. FREE for New College Students!
Sponsored by the New College Center for Education and Social Action, Media Alliance and the Independent Press Association. For more information, contact Martha at paper [at] indypress.org or 415-643-4401 x 106
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Tuesday, May 18th, Check-In – 6:15 pm; Program – 6:30 pm; Q&A – 7:30 pm; Light reception after program
Bringing Home ‘Bad News’: Increasing Awareness in the US of Conflict, Violence and Disaster Abroad
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., SF
Why do certain stories of conflict, violence and disaster dominate headlines while other are overlooked? How do international crises affect press coverage in the US and development efforts abroad? Join us for an interactive discussion on media and NGO work in regions of international crises and the range of awareness of these crises in the United States.
Featuring:
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)
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
Contact: Lisa Sousa, 510-208-1708 or lisa [at] akpress.org
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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For information: Jon Garfield: (415) 437-3425.
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Center for Education and Social Action (CESA)
Listing of Peace and Social Justice Events, May 5 - May 19, 2004
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- Wed May 5 @ UC Berkeley - "Media Regime Change" with McChesney, Nichols, Mander & Chideya
- Wed May 5 @ New College in SF - Caught in Between: What to Call Home in Times of War
- Tue May 11 @ New College in SF - Short Film Screening: "I am Palestine"
- Sat May 15 @ New College in SF - Working with Interns and Volunteers
- Tue May 18 @ New College in SF - Bringing Home ‘Bad News’: Conflict, Violence and Disaster Abroad
- Wed May 19 @ New College in SF - Alix Olson at New College!
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Wednesday, May 5th, Reception at 5:30 pm, Public Event at 7:00 pm
An Evening with Robert McChesney, John Nichols & Jerry Mander
"Media Regime Change - Obstacles & Opportunities"
Moderated by Farai Chideya, host of It’s Your Call on KALW 91.7 FM
Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley
"If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book."
— Bill Moyers on Robert McChesney’s The Problem of the Media
A Benefit for Media Alliance!
Co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, the International Forum on Globalization, New College Media Studies MA Program, San Francisco State University Journalism Department, and supported by KPFA Radio, 94.1FM.
Join Media Alliance in welcoming Robert McChesney - author of the new book The Problem of the Media - for a discussion of the problems and possibilities of a new media system. McChesney will be joined by John Nichols, D.C. correspondent for The Nation magazine, and Jerry Mander, the president of the International Forum on Globalization. Award winning journalist Farai Chideya, host of the KALW's (91.7FM) locally produced, nationally syndicated program "It's Your Call" will moderate the discussion.
Key topics will include the many ways citizens can intervene to make this a vastly superior media system, and the role of corporate and alternative media in shaping the 2004 electoral season.
PUBLIC EVENT
When: Wednesday May 5, 7PM
Where: Wheeler Hall Auditorium, UC Berkeley
Tickets: $7 General Public / $5 Media Alliance members & students / First 100 students FREE w/ student ID
RECEPTION with Bob McChesney, John Nichols and Jerry Mander.
When: Wednesday May 5, 5:30-6:30 PM
Where: North Gate Hall Library, Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley
Tickets: $25 General Public / $20 Media Alliance members & students w/ID
Advance tickets on-line at http://www.media-alliance.org , or by calling 415.546.6334, x300.
* * *
Farai Chideya is a multi-media journalist and the host of “It’s Your Call” on San Francisco's KALW 91.7 FM/Information Radio. In conjunction with San Francisco State University, she is also re-launching PopandPolitics, an online journal of news and opinion founded in 1995. Chideya is a former correspondent for ABC News and a commentator to CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and BET and has contributed stories to The New York Times, Time, Spin, Vibe, O, Mademoiselle and Essence. Her political coverage has ranged from labor issues to following the President as a pool reporter on Air Force One. Chideya's new book, Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters (Soft Skull, 2004), shows why half of Americans are cut out of the political system--and what we can do about it. Chideya's stereotype-shattering 1995 book, Don't Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African-Americans (Plume Penguin) is now in its eighth printing.
Robert W. McChesney is a Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and author or editor of several books, including the award-winning Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935, Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy, and, with Edward S. Herman, The Global Media: The New Missionaries of Corporate Capitalism. McChesney's most recent books are multiple award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times and, with John Nichols, Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media. His work concentrates on the history and political economy of communication, emphasizing the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies. McChesney also cofounded Free Press, on the web at http://www.mediareform.net
John Nichols, The Nation's Washington correspondent, has covered progressive politics and activism in the United States and abroad for more than a decade. He is currently the editor of the editorial page of Madison, Wisconsin's Capital Times. Nichols is the author of two books: It's the Media, Stupid and Jews for Buchanan.
Jerry Mander the President of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) which is an alliance of 60 organizations in 20 countries doing public education and campaigns on global economic issues. He is also the program director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology, and is a senior fellow at Public Media Center, a non-profit advertising company working only for environmental and social causes. His books include Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television (1977), In the Absence of the Sacred (1991), and The Case Against the Global Economy And For a Turn Toward the Local, co-edited with Edward Goldsmith (1996). Jerry Mander is President of the International Forum on Globalization, an alliance of 60 organizations in 20 countries doing public education and campaigns on global economic issues.
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Wednesday May 5th, Reception at 6:00 pm, Program starts at 6:45 pm
Caught in Between:
What to Call Home in Times of War
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., San Francisco
Join us for a screening of the powerful NEW DOCUMENTARY "Caught in Between:
What to Call Home in Times of War," amazing A Capella and Okinawan
MUSIC, FOOD, and DIALOGUE with artists and activists.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LOSE YOUR HOME? What is it like to be exiled within your own country or to live under military occupation? How does it impact your safety and security? Join us on our journey from past to present and from local to global. Connect the dots from WWII INTERNMENT of people of Japanese Ancestry to present DETENTIONS and DEPORTATIONS of immigrants to US MILITARY OCCUPATION in Okinawa to EVICTIONS of low income tenants in San Francisco to DISPLACEMENT of the indigenous peoples in Palestine and in the US.
Donation: Sliding Scale $5 - 50 dollars - No one turned away for lack of funds
(All proceeds go toward community screening tour of "Caught in Between")
SCREENING:
* "Caught in Between: What to call home in times of war" by Lima Hoshino
MUSIC:
* Okinawa Sunshine Music by Wesley UUNet
* Revolutionary A Canella Music by Samara
EMCEE:
* Khalil Bendib, Arab Muslim Political Cartoonist, artist and KPFA show host
SPEAKERS:
* Lina Hoshino, Documentary Maker of "Caught in Between"
* Joy Totah Hilden, East Bay Jewish Palestinian Dialogue Group
* Dina One Heart Gilio, Indigenous writer, artist and activist
EVENT ENDORSED BY: Nosei Network, Bridges, Chin Jurn Wor Ping, Jews for Free Palestine, Campaign for Justice: Redress now! for Japanese Latin American Internees, AMILA-American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism, AWAIR-Arab World And Islamic Resources and School Services, FFIPP-Faculty for Israeli Palestinian Peace, ISM-International Solidarity Movement, Break the Silence Mural Project, International Indian Treaty Council BAAITS-Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits, SWANABAQ-South West Arab and North African
Bay Area Queers, JFFP-Jews for a Free Palestine, Sacred Roots, American Muslim Voice, Pakistan American Alliance.
Contact: Lina Hoshino, 415-431-8232 or go to http://www.caughtinbetween.org for more info about the documentary.
Biography:
Khalil Bendib - Political Cartoonist, Artist, KPFA Show Host. Born in Paris, France as a refugee during Algeria¹s bloody war of independence, Khalil Bendib was indelibly marked by an early awareness of a world deeply divided between "Us and Them", us natives and settlers, conquered and conquerors. Having lived in different lands and fluent in 5 languages, Bendib is a pacifist involved in non-violent struggles for social justice, and he has always rebelled against pre-conceived ideas, group think and stereotypes. In both his political cartoons and his sculptures, Bendib has made a career of demystifying widely held beliefs about Muslims, Arabs and other underdogs, and he tries to provide, as a counterpoint, examples of the positive contributions his people have made to world civilization while at the same time challenging certain cultural attitudes within his own community.Since the early 80s, he has been active in Arab and Muslim American circles, Arab-Jewish dialogue groups, as well as other progressive causes in California, and has regularly been called upon by community groups, churches and schools to share his unique perspective on matters relating to art and Mideast politics and culture. Bendib has a Master's degree in Japanese Language and Culture from USC and is married to Song Chin, a Chinese from Malaysia. To see his work, visit http://www.studiobendib.com and http://www.bendib.com
Lina Hoshino - Producer/Director/Editor. Lina Hoshino has been making videos since 1993. Her videos have been screened at festivals around the world including England, Finland, Japan, Portugal, and Sweden. "Story of Margo" received an award at 1997 Tokyo Video Festival. She also directed and produced a number of video and animation segments for Independent Media Center's, "Breaking the Bank" and "Showdown in Seattle." As a co-founder of IEEHA(Institute for Equity, Ecology, Humor
and Art) and Tactile Pictures, Lina Hoshino has led the creative and design effort in wide range of new media projects including web sites such as http://www.whirledbank.org and http://www.globalarcade.org.) She is also an active member of Nosei Network(http://www.nosei.org), a SF Bay Area based progressive Nikkei community. She studied painting and sculpture at Carnegie Mellon University. She describes herself as a "JABC" (Japanese American Born Chinese from Taiwan) and grew up living in US, Japan and France. For more information about Caught in Between, visit http://www.caughtinbetween.org
Joy Totah Hilden Teacher, and a Leader of East Bay Jewish Palestinian Dialogue Group. Joy was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, of Quaker parents, her father a
Palestinian and her mother an American. Her father, Khalil Totah, was Principal of the Friends Schools of Ramallah, where the family lived for Joy's first nine years. The family left Palestine in 1944 and remained in the U.S. Joy lived in Saudi Arabia with her husband for twelve years and re-connected with her Arab roots. Joy has a degree in art, has been a teacher of art and English in Secondary schools, has researched and written on bedouin weaving and Middle Eastern crafts, and has been involved in community-building through the Co-Counseling communities. For the last several years, she has led the East Bay Jewish Palestinian Dialogue Group and participated in offshoots of that group.
Dina One Heart Gilio- Indigenous artist, writer, and activist. She is a descendant of the Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington on her mother¹s side, and Sicilian on her father¹s side. As a person of mixed heritage, she considers herself an ³urban Indian who live in a city and not a reservation. She has been a professional artist since 1991. She blends traditional and contemporary designs and techniques. Through her work with leather and beads, she brings Native culture into the non-Native world for
the purpose of educating people about who Native people really are today, and helping to dispel inaccurate stereotypes that are perpetuated in popular American culture. She worked for almost 20 years as a dental assistant before she started to earn her living as an artist. Gradually, her political awareness grew and she became an activist for progressive causes and Native rights. As a writer, she is also a part time journalist. Go to http://www.oneheartdesigns.net to see her work.
Wesley Ueunten - Wesley Ueunten teaches Japanese-American History, Asian American History, and Critical Issues in Asian American Studies at SFSU and assisted in teaching undergraduate courses in Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. He is a member of the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, the Okinawa Peace Network of the Bay Area, and Vice-President of the Northern California Okinawa Kenjin Kai.
SAMSARA - a capella women's trio. Samsara is an a capella women's trio who unite fierce, extraordinary vocal music with passionate struggles for justice. They strive to connect the music of struggle, freedom and tradition, creating the new generation of the culture of resistance. Samsara's repertoire ranges from traditional folksongs, sea songs, work songs and spirituals with new arrangements, to satirical parodies and original music on current topics, all with tight, searing, dissonant and bittersweet harmonies and intricate vocal percussions. Loren Olds, Rebecca Anders and Susan Appe are activists, teachers, musicians and artists, and as Samsara they have been performing everywhere from the streets to the Union Halls. Samsara has taught workshops on using your voice as resistance' across the country and have been an
active participants in, and organizers of, numerous benefits, protests and demonstrations for social, economic and environmental justice.
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Tuesday May, 11th,7:00 pm
Short Film Screening: "I am Palestine"
Speakers and discussion after the screening
New College Cultural Center, 766 Valencia St., SF
Millions of separate lives, yet one collective experience, I am Palestine is a window into what it means to be a Palestinian while Palestine does not exist, and how a profound hope holds Palestine together. For Palestinians, there is a story to be told, a purpose to exist, and a reason to believe in a future.
$5-10 Donation (sliding scale) No one turned away.
(Benefits the Palestinian Heritage Center in Bethlehem.)
For more information email: iampalestine [at] yahoo.com
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Saturday May 15th from 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Working with Interns and Volunteers
The Art Studio at New College, 741 Valencia St., San Francisco
This will be a three-hour workshop that will discuss best practices for working with interns and volunteers at your publication. Are you ready to use interns / volunteers (other than your current staff!)? What's the difference between an intern and a volunteer? How do you find the right interns for your organization? How do you use interns and volunteers most effectively? And finally, do I have to pay interns, and if so, how much? Find out how you can leverage staff time, spread excitement about your magazine, and save money by using interns and volunteers!
This workshop will be taught by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, currently the Senior Editor of Tikkun magazine, the Publisher of LiP magazine, and the Volunteer Chair at Live Oak School.
The cost for this seminar is $20.00 per person. FREE for New College Students!
Sponsored by the New College Center for Education and Social Action, Media Alliance and the Independent Press Association. For more information, contact Martha at paper [at] indypress.org or 415-643-4401 x 106
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Tuesday, May 18th, Check-In – 6:15 pm; Program – 6:30 pm; Q&A – 7:30 pm; Light reception after program
Bringing Home ‘Bad News’: Increasing Awareness in the US of Conflict, Violence and Disaster Abroad
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., SF
Why do certain stories of conflict, violence and disaster dominate headlines while other are overlooked? How do international crises affect press coverage in the US and development efforts abroad? Join us for an interactive discussion on media and NGO work in regions of international crises and the range of awareness of these crises in the United States.
Featuring:
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)
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
Contact: Lisa Sousa, 510-208-1708 or lisa [at] akpress.org
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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New College Center for Education & Social Action (CESA)
Listing of peace and social justice events emailed weekly.
To subscribe or unsubscribe: jon [at] newcollege.edu
For information: Jon Garfield: (415) 437-3425.
New College CESA: http://www.newcollege.edu/cesa
New College of California: http://www.newcollege.edu
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For more information:
http://www.newcollege.edu/media_studies/
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