Events Nationwide

[GX LOGO] = Global Exchange event

Berkeley,
CA
June 17, 2013 - 7:30pm
Hosted by Gaetano Kazuo Maida
San Francisco,
CA
June 18, 2013 - 12:00pm
Brian Fagan, Author, The Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present and Future of Rising Sea Levels
Berkeley,
CA
June 18, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
We will discuss the article, "A Summer of Big Challenges and Intense Struggle," from Revolution newspaper #307, 6/16/13. As spring turns to summer, the situation in the world and in this country, is very intense. There is potential for eruptions "in the routine" of one kind or another. The actual events in the world, the dynamics driving forward and giving rise to these events, and the potential within these events to develop in all kinds of different directions, including ones favorable to revolution - is the reality.
San Francisco,
CA
June 19, 2013 - 12:00pm
Bill Ritter Jr., Former Governor of ColoradoChristine Todd Whitman, Former Governor of New Jersey; Former Administrator, US EPA Hurricane Sandy and the devastating Colorado fires of 2012 underscore the idea that climate disruption is amplifying natural disasters, if not causing them. Sandy and other disasters last year caused more than $100 billion in damage. Politicians are grappling with who bears those costs and whether and how areas such as the Jersey Shore should be rebuilt.
Piedmont,
CA
June 19, 2013 - 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Room To Breathe is a surprising story of transformation of struggling children in a San Francisco public middle school as they are introduced to the practice of mindfulness meditation.
San Francisco,
CA
June 19, 2013 - 7:00pm
“Eyes on the Rainbow” portrays the life of Assata Shakur, the Black liberation leader who escaped from unjust imprisonment. Assata was given political asylum in Cuba, where she has lived for 29 years. She is still being persecuted by the FBI for a crime she did not commit, and was recently put on the “Most Wanted Terrorist List.”
San Jose,
CA
June 19, 2013 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
When is it right to kill? In the midst of war, is it right to refuse? Eight U.S. soldiers today, some who killed and some who said no, reveal their inner moral dilemmas in Soldiers of Conscience. Made with official permission of the U.S. Army, the film transcends politics to explore the tension between spiritual values and military orders.
Oakland,
CA
June 19, 2013 - 7:30pm
Part III: Apocalypse by Scott Noble
Berkeley,
CA
June 19, 2013 - 7:30pm
The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies by Tina Bachemin
San Francisco,
CA
June 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
The Keystone XL pipeine represents the false choices of the austerity era. Jobs VS the planet. Economic recovery VS healthy communities. Our money or our lives. The Robin Hood Tax will heal our environment and our economy. March across the Golden Gate Bridge with Bill McKibben, 350.org, National Nurses United, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, CREDO, Food and Water Watch, Asian Pacific Environmental Network and other environment and public health advocates to send this message to Wall Street and Washington, DC.