Hopeful Signs in Africa
Mwiza Munthali, Director of Public Outreach,
Transafrica Forum (www.transafricaforum.org )
Wayne Smith, Director of the Cuba Exchange Program at Johns Hopkins
former head of the US Cuba Interest Section in Havana
Environmental Crisis in Rapidly Changing China
Stacy Mosher, Communications Director of Human Rights in China (HRIC) editor of China Rights Forum
Editor with Sharon Hom of "Challenging China: Struggle and Hope in an Era of Change"
Christian Avérous ,Head of Environmental Performance & Information Division at OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development) Environment Directorate
2nd Verse: The Rebirth of Poetry
Carl Brown, Director/Co-Producer of Corduroy Media www.2ndversefilm.com
Yosilmar Reyes, 18 yr old poet, student, activist from San Jose featured in
the film 2nd Verse: The Rebirth of Poetry
Screening, Thursday August 02, 2007 $5-$10 sliding scale –
8pm @ La Pena Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
Jennifer Stone with Stone’s Throw "Sicko"
California’s Prison Industrial Complex
Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Assoc. Prof. of Geography and Director of the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at USC, author of "Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis and Opposition in Globalizing California" 7 PM tonight Modern Times Books 888 Valencia/20th