BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: Upcoming public events tagged with "activism" PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20120521T190000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Eisenscher of U.S. Labor Against the War to Speak on New Priorities DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8849863/ ] A Call for Better Priorities Since 2003 U.S. Labor Against the War has been a force for activism\, combining the two vital themes of labor advocacy and opposition to the war. While springing up around the Iraq war\, its leaders surely must see no reason for halting its efforts in the face of the continuing war in Afghanistan (and to a lesser extent Pakistan) and the threat of war on Iran. USLAW has\, with many other organizations\, long made the connection between excessive spending on war efforts and pleading poverty and too-high deficits for peacetime job creation. USLAW's co-founder and national coordinator\, Michael Eisenscher\, took that connection one more step when in 2010 he also founded the Bay Area Campaign for New Priorities - an affiliate of the New Priorities Network. The Oakland-based Eisenscher will be the special guest of Peace Action of San Mateo County at its next meeting\, on Monday\, May 21. Eisenscher's talk\, entitled "Militarism\, War and the Economic Crisis - Three Reasons to Occupy"\, will feature a power-point presentation entitled "War and Taxes"\, which is divided into three segments. The first describes the impact of the economic crisis on workers\, and growing inequality. The second shows the impact of the wars and military spending. The third presents a summary of the Budget for All issued by the Congressional Progressive Caucus\, and the case for demanding new budgetary\, political\, social and economic priorities. The rest of the presentation provides information about the Campaign for New Priorities. Michael Eisenscher is a veteran trade union activist\, labor educator\, organizer and writer. In 2009 he led a delegation of trade unionists and members of Iraq Veterans Against the War to Iraq for the first international labor conference ever held there. Along with his work in USLAW and the Campaign\, he also teaches a political economy course in the Laney College Labor Studies Program. The UU is wheelchair accessible. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8849863/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8849863/ DTSTAMP:20120511T084230 LAST-MODIFIED:20120511T084230 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4368/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/32018/":Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo @ 300 East Santa Inez (at Ellsworth)\, San Mateo\, California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20120524T180000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Petroleum Paradox Art Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8852034/ ] May 24 - June 23\, 2012\; Opens May 24\, 6pm-8pm An exhibition hosted by Denise Bibro Fine Art and the Women's Caucus for Art\, showcasing works that stir emotions\, discussion and debate about our petroleum-dependent world with works that address the impact of collecting\, processing and delivering fossil fuel on the environment\; global warming\; the power of big oil companies to control countries and governments\; and life forms that were the origins of fossil fuel. This exhibit seeks to raise awareness of the imminent danger of uncontrolled climate change\, caused by an excessive dependency on fossil fuels. The discovery of oil\, in 1859\, in Pennsylvania\, transformed our way of life\; we are enveloped by petroleum products-from the shoes we wear\, to the materials our clothes are made of\, to the way we heat our houses\, to our modes of transportation. Oil dependency pollutes the environment causing respiratory illness\, endangers wildlife\, and necessitates the large scale loss of life as we search to secure sources of oil overseas. How do we initiate change with this rush to grab dwindling non-renewable energy assets\, instead of focusing on renewable energy and the prevention of global warming? This exhibition manifests the artists response to the Petroleum Paradox and what is happening in our oil dependent society and world. From Karen Gutfreund\, Director: "Art can be a powerful\, productive force and instrumental in sparking change or critical thinking. Art can produce a visceral response and can provoke\, inspire\, or disturb\, and opens your eyes to worlds other than your own. We need works that help us to understand what is happening in our society\, who we are\, where we come from and where we're going." This exhibition was juried by Eleanor Heartney\, a Contributing Editor to Art in America and art press and has written for ARTnews\, Art and Auction\, The New Art Examiner\, The Washington Post\, and The New York Times. WCA celebrates 40 years of supporting women in the arts. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8852034/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8852034/ DTSTAMP:20120513T150203 LAST-MODIFIED:20120513T150203 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4368/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/924781/":Denise Bibro Fine Art @ 529 West 20th Street 4W\, New York\, New York 10011 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20120610T120000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Brighton Naked Bike Ride 2012 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/46171/ ] Every June\, in cities around the world\, people ride bikes naked to celebrate cycling and the human body. The ride demonstrates the vulnerability of cyclists on the road and is a protest against oil dependency. Be there\, as bare as you dare! 2012 will see the seventh annual Brighton ride. 800-1\,000 people took part in 2010. Planning meetings to discuss the ride's organisation and promotion will be held monthly prior to the event\, between January and May. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/46171/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/46171/ DTSTAMP:20060323T073927 LAST-MODIFIED:20060323T073927 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/22954/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/11221/":The Level @ Union Road\, Brighton & Hove\, Brighton BN2 3FX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20120614T193000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Derrick Jensen: Civilization and Resistance DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8849305/ ] Derrick Jensen is the most potent voice of the growing deep ecology movement. Winner of numerous awards and honors including the Eric Hoffer Book Award and Press Action's Person of the Year\, he is the author of some fifteen books\, including Endgame\, A Language Older Than Words\, The Culture of Make Believe\, Walking on Water: Reading\, Writing\, and Revolution\, and the new Derrick Jensen Reader: Writings on Environmental Revolution. Derrick Jensen is a force for the common good. His books are mandatory reading in the study of culture and change. He is a contemporary philosopher with his feet firmly on the ground". - Terry Tempest Williams Jensen raises vital questions that must be asked\, and moreover\, that must be answered. In this mad venture\, we are all complicit\, if only in our silence. Jensen shatters this silence." - Mumia Abu-Jamal If any voice can help us break free of this culture of denial\, this is it. Stunningly original\, grippingly personal\, this book will shock you to your core while at the same time quickening your deepest yearnings for reconnection with the Earth and all its creatures\, Jensen has achieved the impossible: a book that is simultaneously horrifying and uplifting\, terrifying and beautiful. I could not put it down. Passages will stay with me forever." - Frances Moore Lappe Hosted by Claire Cummings. Claire Cummings is an author\, journalist\, lawyer\, and lifelong social activist. Her book Uncertain Peril won the 2009 American Book Award and an award by the Society for Economic Botany. She has been honored for radio journalism and awarded a Kellogg Food and Society Fellowship. www.clairehopecummings.com $12 advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/244265 t: 800-838-3006 or: Pegasus Books (3 locations)\, Mrs. Dalloway's\, Moe's Books\, Walden Pond\, DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, in SF - Modern Times Bookstore ($15 at door) Information: www.kpfa.org/events KPFA benefit URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8849305/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8849305/ DTSTAMP:20120510T144531 LAST-MODIFIED:20120510T144531 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4368/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/3143/":M.L. King Middle School @ 1781 Rose Street\, Berkeley\, California 94703 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR