Art as Intervention co-sponsored by Independent Arts & Media
Wed. Sept. 10, 7:30pm Free
Creative works that disrupt mundane expectations of daily life as critique or education: guerrilla art, street installations and flash mobs; as well as youth creative empowerment. Featuring: Dr. Milton Rand Kalman (Billboard Liberation Front), Xago Jaurez and Rosa Gonzales (headRush/hip-hop theater), and more TBA. Part of Expo for Independent Arts. More info: www.artsandmedia.net/expo/
40th Anniversary: San Francisco State Strike 1968-69
Wed. Sept. 17, 7:30pm Free
The student/faculty strike at S.F. State College in 1968-69 was a seminal event, ushering in ethnic studies in higher education, contributing energy and activists to dozens of San Francisco political movements and much more. Learn about it from original participants: Roger Alvarado, Margaret Leahy, John Levin.
podcast: https://diva.sfsu.edu/users/Chris.Carlsson/ssf_talks?podcast=93
Global Africa co-sponsored by Global Commons Foundation
Wed. Sept. 24, 7:30pm Free
A discussion of African liberation movements and decolonialization from 1945 to the present, of political problems of the post-independence period—coups, civil wars, struggles against oppressive regimes, economic problems of post-independence, of cultural renaissance, and of links to movements in diaspora. Immanuel Wallerstein, Walter Turner and Will Grant.
podcast: https://diva.sfsu.edu/users/Chris.Carlsson/ssf_talks?podcast=94
Art & Politics! S.F. Print Collective
Wed. Oct. 8, 7:30pm Free
The S.F. Print Collective has been postering striking silk-screened images on the city’s walls for years, speaking to politics, police, immigration, and much more. Slides and discussion from several of the Collectivistas...http://www.sfprintcollective.com/
Precarious, Dead-End Job? The Cooperative Alternative!
Wed. Oct. 22, 7:30pm Free
Members of Bay Area worker cooperatives will share their thoughts on the history and practice of democratic organization, decision making, equitable employment, and the effects that these organizations have had on the local economy (Rainbow, Inkworks, Box Dog Bikes, Design Action, NoBAWC).
Candlestick Point—State Park for the People
co-sponsored by Nature in the City
Wed. Oct. 29, 7:30pm Free
San Francisco California State Park at Candlestick, an urban shoreline park used by bird watchers, picnickers, and fisherman, is being ecologically transformed for the benefit of the Bayview community and local critters. Alan Hopkins, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Patrick Rump, Literacy for Environmental Justice, Claude Everhart, Friends of Candlestick. More Info: www.natureinthecity.org
The Invisible Public Legacy of the Great Depression
Wed. Nov. 12, 7:30pm Free
Government agencies (created to lift the U.S. out of the Depression) built important public works that we all use every day without realizing it. Gray Brechin of California’s Living New Deal Project will focus on San Francisco, 75 years after Roosevelt inaugurated the New Deal.
Green Streets—Redesigning San Francisco 1 Block at a Time
co-sponsored by Nature in the City
Wed. Nov. 19, 7:30pm Free
Nature in the city is buried under roads, emerging when we rip up concrete street by street. Planting for wildlife habitat, stormwater management, and water resource conservation is a critical part of creating a new urban ecological experience. Tom Radulovich (Livable City), Amber Hasselbring (Mission Greenbelt), Jane Martin (Plant SF). More Info: www.natureinthecity.org
The Talks Series will continue in December, running through May 09, but due to a switch in our calendar deadlines, we will be finalizing the details on the rest of the series in two segments, deadline for Dec.-Feb. is Oct. 15, and for March-May, Jan. 15.
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