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Another world is possible | |
Date | Saturday April 03 |
Time | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
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Location Details | |
200 mc allister Room 510 in library | |
Event Type | Speaker |
Organizer/Author | Deborah Lagutaris |
Professor Howard Richards presents "Another World is
Possible." Saturday, April 3, UC Hastings College of the Law, 3:00PM, Room 510, Library, Building 200 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA 94102 Sponsored by UC Hastings National Lawyers Guild Most of us are concerned about some kind of injustice or unfairness in society. We know what we oppose and what we wish to promote, but many of us have been unable to formulate a clear vision of how a more just society might look. Professor Richards is an esteemed philosopher who spent his life working for and analysing the meaning of and path to social justice. Toting a BA from Yale and a JD from Stanford, he was the first legal volunteer for Cesar Chavez' United Farm Workers Union in the 1960s. He still has an active law practice in California. He will present his views of the changes needed to effect a peaceful and productive environment for all citizens of the world. The event is free. Light refreshments will be served. More Bio Howard Richards is a Research Professor of Peace and Global Studies at Earlham College, a program he organized and developed. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from UC Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in Educational Planning from the University of Toronto in addition to his law degree. He co-chairs the Global Political Economy Commission of International Peace Research Association with Bernedette Muthien of South Africa. He was the first western region vice president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the 1960s. He was the youngest staff member of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara. There, he worked with Robert M. Hutchins, Linus Pauling, Gunnar Myrdal, Arnold Toynbee, and E. F. Schumacher, among others. As Dean of Santiago College in Chile for ten years, he witnessed the Pinochet coup. He has authored ten books, five in Spanish. The Evaluation of Cultural Action, London, Macmillan 1985, is still widely used to evaluate educational work using Paulo Friere's educational philosophy. He authored both Spanish and English versions. Professor Richards evaluated grassroots development projects in third world countries with the sponsorship of the OAS and the Canadian IDRC. Many of Professor Richards' publications are online at http://www.howardri.org Sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild, UC Hastings Chapter. |
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