BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-10603 SEQUENCE:10603 CREATED:20040203T182500Z DESCRIPTION:PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE \n\nDATE: September 12, 2002\nSUBJECT: Congressman Dennis Kucinch Appearance, September 14, 2002, at \nWheeler Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley Campus. \nFROM: Social Justice Committee, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian \nUniversalists, 1606 Bonita, Berkeley CA 94709\nCONTACT: Richard Challacombe: 510-233-3175; cell: 510-685-5145\n email: rscongress@bfuu.org www.bfuu.org/rscongress\n\n\nCONGRESSMAN KUCINICH KEYNOTING THE THIRD REDWOOD SEQUOIA CONGRESS\n\nCongressman Dennis Kucinich, chair of the House Progressive Caucus and author \nof bills for a Department of Peace and against weaponization of space, will \ndeliver the keynote speech, “Democracy or Empire,� of the Third Redwood \nSequoia Congress. Also featured will be Supervisor Keith Carson, Country Joe \nMcDonald and performance artist Sherry Glaser. This session will be held \nSaturday evening, September 14, 7pm, at Wheeler Auditorium on the University \nof California Berkeley Campus. \n\nThe subject, “Democracy or Empire?� will be further examined and debated \nduring the two day session of the Third RS Congress, Saturday and Sunday, \nSeptember 14th and 15th. Panels and speakers will analyze the nature and \nsignificance of the dramatic alterations in our political, economic, and \nlandscape since September eleven. A special part of the program will present \ncandidates standing for election in November and invite questions and \ndialogue. All the events of the Third RS Congress, other than the keynote \naddress, will be held at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, \n1924 Cedar at Bonita, in Berkeley. More information about the RS Congress can \nbe seen at www.bfuu.org/rscongress.\n\nTickets for the keynote address are available in the East Bay at Avenue \nBooks, Black Oak, Boadecia’s, Cody’s, Walden Pond and in San Francisco at A \nClean Well-Lighted Place for Books, City Lights & Modern Times. They are $10 \nin advance, $12 at the door, and will benefit the Berkeley Fellowship \nBuilding Restoration Fund. Donations are suggested for the other events. All \nevents are wheelchair accessible.\n\n---ooo---\n\n=========\n\nTHIRD REDWOOD SEQUOIA CONGRESS \nProgram\n\nPREFACE: Neo-colonialism, its extent and its effects, is the subject of the \nThird Redwood Sequoia Congress 2002 to be held in Berkeley, California, \nSeptember 14 & 15, 2002. The theme, Democracy or Empire, Which side are you \nchoosing? is stated as a question to remind us that democracy in our time is \nnot a given. Absent our proactive choice through nurturing of community and \nmutual goals and agreements, the forces bent on empire and colonial \nexploitation win by default. \nSaturday, September 14\n9:00-9:30am: Registration & Introduction. Venue: Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar \nat Bonita, Berkeley, CA\n9:30am-NOON: Forestry Panel: 'Standing Together For The Trees'\n(Facilitators: Darlene Pratt, BACH; Redwood Mary, Plight of the Redwoods;) \nThe great forests. humankind’s original community. Their condition an \nindicator of the state of the planet. The efforts to protect them here and \nabroad. Indigenous forest communities struggle against the oiligarchies. \n(Panelists: Kirsten Kirk, Forests Forever; Greg Van Mechelen, Green Building; \nPhilip Batcheldor, San Bruno Mountain Watch; Keven Koenig, Amazon Watch; \nLelia Salazar, Ecudorian Rainforest. Music: Erica Luckett; Hali Hammer, \nFreedom Song Network.) \nSaturday, September 14 \n1:30pm - 3:30pm: “The New World Order—Democracy or Empire?�\n(Facilitator, Pratap Chatterjee, KPFA) Panel on the contest between \ncommunities and supranational corporations. Historical origins of the \ncolonial culture. The drive by central powers to acquire what have been the \n“commons� of the earth. Our place and role in the long sweep of historical \nprocesses. How communities have fought back and the successful techniques \nthey have used. Delaying tactics, genuine change, and co-optation. Africa as \nthe classic colonial expression then and now. Demands for reparations & debt \nrelief. (Panelists: Prof.Gray Brechin, Richard Challacombe, Roxanne Dunbar \nOrtiz, Prof. Jim Syfers) Venue: Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar at Bonita, \nBerkeley, CA. \nSaturday, September 14 \n7pm - 10pm\nKeynote Evening. Master of Ceremonies: Supervisor Keith Carson. Music: \nCountry Joe McDonald. Performance: Sherry Glaser. Keynote Speech: Congressman \nDennis J. Kucinich. Venue: Wheeler Auditorium, Berkeley Campus. \nSunday, September 15\n10am - 12pm\nGreen Sunday Service at the Fellowship Hall. Richard Challacombe: “The Nature \nOf Our Relationship With The Living Earth.�\nSunday, September 15\n1pm - 2:45pm\n(Facilitator, Cynthia Johnson) Panel discussion of military plans to control \nthe populations of the Earth from space. The Kucinich Bill to create a \nfederal Department of Peace. Venue: Fellowship Hall (Panelists: Garth Smith, \nEarth Island Institute; Carol Rosin, Institute for Cooperation in Space)\nSunday, September 15\n3pm - 5pm\nForum of candidates, state and local, standing for election in November, \n2002. Hear platforms and ask questions. The election of elect capable, \nresponsive representatives is essential to our form of democracy. Venue: \nFellowship Hall\nSunday, September 15, 5pm\nClosing remarks.\nNOTE: This schedule for the RS Congress 2002 Program last updated on \nSeptember 12, 2002. Third Redwood-Sequoia Congress, Berkeley Fellowship of \nUnitarian Universalists. Contact: 510-233-3175. email: rscongress@bfuu.org - \nwww.bfuu.org/rscongress\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/10603.php SUMMARY:REDWOOD SEQUOIA CONGRESS LOCATION:check below, can't edit due to IMC calendar programming URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/10603.php DTSTART:20020914T160000Z DTEND:20020915T050000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR