More Roads into the Wilderness thanks to Bush administation policy – Ryan Henson, Policy Director of California Wilderness Coalition Based in Oakland; Robert Vandermark, Director of the Heritage Forest Campaign,
Failure of the "Summit for Life" in Brazil – Karen Sack, Greenpeace International Oceans Policy Advisor
Minimum Wage – Jean Ross, Director of the California Budget Project; John Eller ACORN head organizer in the bay area.
The 25th Annual Northern California Book Awards honor June Jordan- Sara Miles, co-editor (with Jan Heller Levi) of "Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan"; Joyce Jenkins, edtior/publisher of PoetryFlash, a sponsor of the awards; Event: Wed. April 5; Koret Auditorium, SF Main Library, Civic Center
Kevin Phillips, former Republican strategist, and author of "American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century"