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SUMMARY:Simone White
DESCRIPTION:Readings begin at 6:30pm\, are free & open to the public\, and will take place in the Hearst Field Annex\, room D37\, at UC Berkeley.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/simone-white/
LOCATION:Hearst Field Annex\, Hearst Field Annex\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:David Hartsough w/ Norman Solomon
DESCRIPTION:An evening of discussion between lifleong activists and authors David Hartsough and Norman Solomon \ncelebrating David Hartsough’s recently released book \nWaging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist \nfrom PM Press \nAn evening to discuss the current political climate and how we can move forward constructively and powerfully. We will hear stories of courageous nonviolent responses to racism\, war and violence during sixty years of organizing actions and movements for peace and justice in the US and around the world. What has worked and what are some of the lessons learned as we build campaigns and movements to challenge Trump’s extremist policies? Where do we find hope in the gloom of the Trump presidency? The American people may be more motivated and ready to get actively involved than any time since the 1960’s. We do have the power if we mobilize it to completely change the future course of our country. \nAbout Waging Peace: \nDavid Hartsough knows how to get in the way. He has used his body to block Navy ships headed for Vietnam and trains loaded with munitions on their way to El Salvador and Nicaragua. He has crossed borders to meet “the enemy” in East Berlin\, Castro’s Cuba\, and present-day Iran. He has marched with mothers confronting a violent regime in Guatemala and stood with refugees threatened by death squads in the Philippines. \nWaging Peace is a testament to the difference one person can make. Hartsough’s stories inspire\, educate\, and encourage readers to find ways to work for a more just and peaceful world. Inspired by the examples of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.\, Hartsough has spent his life experimenting with the power of active nonviolence. It is the story of one man’s effort to live as though we were all brothers and sisters. \nEngaging stories on every page provide a peace activist’s eyewitness account of many of the major historical events of the past sixty years\, including the Civil Rights and anti–Vietnam War movements in the United States and the little-known but equally significant nonviolent efforts in the Soviet Union\, Kosovo\, Palestine\, Sri Lanka\, and the Philippines. \nHartsough’s story demonstrates the power and effectiveness of organized nonviolent action. But Waging Peace is more than one man’s memoir. Hartsough shows how this struggle is waged all over the world by ordinary people committed to ending the spiral of violence and war. \nPraise: \n“Peace will only come when all of us become the change we wish to see in this world. David Hartsough became that change and has spent the best part of sixty years working to bring peace to our troubled world. His book is one that every peace-loving person must read and learn from.” —Arun Gandhi\, president\, Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute (grandson of Mahatma Gandhi) \n“It has been my privilege to work with David Hartsough over the years and to be arrested and jailed with him for nonviolent civil disobedience. I highly recommend Waging Peace to every American who wishes to live in a world with peace and justice and wants to feel empowered to help create that world.” —Daniel Ellsberg\, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers \n“When great events happen\, such as the falling of the Berlin Wall\, we must never forget that people like David Hartsough and many others have worked hard to prepare the ground for such ‘miracles.’ David’s belief in the goodness of people\, the power of love\, truth\, and forgiveness and his utter commitment to making peace and ending war will inspire all those who read this book.” —Mairead Maguire\, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate\, Peace People\, Northern Ireland \n“David Hartsough has lived an exemplary nonviolent life. Waging Peace highlights the numerous ways he has done this in many troubled parts of the world as well as in the United States.” —Martin Sheen\, actor \n“If you want to know what it means to live a ‘life well lived\,’ read David Hartsough’s masterful book. It is not only a page turner\, but it will probably transform the way you look at your own life—your priorities\, your lifestyle\, your future.” —Medea Benjamin\, cofounder of Code Pink and Global Exchange \n“Over thirty years ago with great trepidation I went through nonviolence training in order to join the blockade at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.   David Hartsough was my trainer\, and his personal stories inspired me to put myself on the line for what I believed in.   Later I went on to become a trainer myself\, and for some years Hartsough and I were in a training collective together.   Now he’s compiled his tales of moments of crisis and his life story into this wonderful book.   Waging Peace will inspire anyone who is concerned with social and environmental justice\, and will help you formulate your own approach to the activism so crucial now for the world!”\n—Starhawk\, Author\,The Fifth Sacred Thing\, San Francisco \n“Waging Peace is a collection of powerful and moving stories about how one remarkable person has acted on his belief that peace is possible. It’s a must-read for anyone who wants to help create the world we all hope and pray for. Be prepared to be empowered!”\n—Parker J. Palmer author of Healing the Heart of Democracy\, Let Your Life Speak\, and The Courage to Teach
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-hartsough-w-norman-solomon/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Lyrics + Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Lyrics and Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. \nHosted and curated by Mk Chavez and Sharon Coleman. Every third Wednesday of the month at Pegasus Books Downtown.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-monthly-reading-series/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170215T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170215T213000
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SUMMARY:Natalie Bazsile
DESCRIPTION:Natalie Baszile is the author of the novel\, Queen Sugar\, adapated for TV by writer/director Ava DuVernay of Selma and co-produced by Oprah Winfrey for the OWN network. Queen Sugar was named one of the San Francisco Chronicles’ Best Books of 2014\, was long-listed for the Crooks Corner Southern Book Prize\, and nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Baszile has a MA in Afro-American Studies from UCLA\, and an MFA from Warren Wilson College’s Program for Writers. She lives in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/natalie-bazsile/
LOCATION:Hagerty Lounge\, SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga \, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Min Jin Lee
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading\, talk\, and signing of Min Jin Lee‘s new novel\, Pachinko; a tour de force following one Korean family through the generations. The story begins in early 1900s Korea with Sunja\, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family\, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame and ruin them. Deserted by her lover\, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan. So begins a sweeping saga of an exceptional family in exile from its homeland and caught in the indifferent arc of history. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs\, its members are bound together by deep roots as they face enduring questions of faith\, family\, and identity. \n  \nThere is a long and troubled history of legal and social discrimination against Koreans living in Japan\, even those who have partial ethnic Korean background. Some never disclose their heritage\, although it can follow them in their identification papers and government records. While writing Pachinko\, Min Jin (who herself was born in Korea before moving to the United States) lived in Japan with her husband and son and interviewed dozens of ethnic Koreans about their family histories. Min Jin wanted to acknowledge their stories when so much of their lives had been denied\, erased and despised. \n  \nPachinko is a popular type of adult pinball game\, which originated in Japan in the first half of the twentieth-century. Those who run and operate pachinko parlors\, many of them of Korean ethnicity\, are looked down upon socially\, but some parlors can generate immense fortunes. Many Korean-Japanese families today have some original ties to the pachinko industry. Struggling to find their place in Japanese society\, Sunja’s family finds work in the pachinko business and attempts to build their lives in a new land. \nMin Jin Lee’s debut novel\, Free Food for Millionaires\, was one of the “Top 10 Novels of the Year” for the Times (London)\, NPR’s Fresh Air\, and USA Today. Her short fiction has been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts. Her writings have appeared in Conde Nast Traveler\, Times (London)\, Vogue\, Travel + Leisure\, Wall Street Journal\, New York Times Magazine\, and Food & Wine. Her essays and literary criticism have been anthologized widely. She served as a columnist for Chosun Ilbo\, the leading paper of South Korea. She lives in New York City with her family.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/min-jin-lee/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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