Events
09 / 27
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Start: 09/26/2008 - 21:00
End: 09/28/2008 - 13:30
CRITICAL RESISTANCE 10 [CR10] 26 - 28 September 2008 [From Press Release] In September 1998, thousands gathered in Berkeley, California, for a conference that founded Critical Resistance’s movement to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC). Each participant, with their own experiences of oppression and resistance, watched as diverse struggles were unified: by humanity, hope, and the shared vision of a different world. We witnessed a vision of a world with truly safe, healthy, and whole communities; a world with unconditional access to self-determination and dignity for all; and, critically, a world without imprisonment, policing, and other forms of punishment and control. To celebrate 10 years of Critical Resistance, thousands will converge once more, September 26-28, 2008, in Oakland, California, for CR10, a 10th Anniversary Celebration and Strategy Session. For more information about CR10 and to register for attendance, visit www.criticalresistance.org + + + + CHAMP (Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project) and Project UNSHACKLE present 25 September 2008, 9:30am to 5pm [From Press Release] CHAMP's Project UNSHACKLE is sponsoring a FREE daylong institute about the intersection between HIV and imprisonment in Oakland, California from 9:30am to 5pm on Thursday, September 25th, the day before CR10, the 10th anniversary celebration and strategy session of Critical Resistance. The institute will equip HIV and social justice activists with the tools, skills and information to understand and utilize research findings at the intersection of HIV/AIDS and imprisonment to ensure that research addresses community concerns and experiences. All community members and advocates are welcome. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Audio activists Ultra-red present strategy session "Art and Organizing Prevention Justice" and screen their recent video "Untitled (for six voices)" as part of performance series at the Tenth Anniversary gathering of Critical Resistance. Critical Resistance 10 Lighthouse Charter School The audio activist collective Ultra-red are proud to be participating in the Tenth Anniversary convergence of Critical Resistance. CR10 brings together activists and organizers from around the U.S. to strategize and share experiences in the struggle against the prison industrial complex. Ultra-red will present their recent work in the "Untitled" series, an on-going investigation into the potential links between AIDS activism and prison justice. Collective members will screen a single-channel version of our video, "Untitled (for six voices)" and then facilitate an open strategy-session with participants in the project together with movement activists and organizers. We invite everyone in the Bay Area to join us for CR10 and the Ultra-red workshop. Since 2005, the collective Ultra-red has been involved in an extensive militant investigation into the present conditions of the AIDS crisis in North America and globally. Conceptually rooted in Paulo Freire's radical pedagogy, Ultra-red have developed a series of performances and installations that engage audiences in analyzing the conditions of poverty, racism, and homophobia in the perpetuation of the epidemic. In this workshop, Ultra-red will introduce their work and their partnerships with community organizations including the national organization CHAMP (Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project) whose Project UNSHACKLE has informed Ultra-red's approach to AIDS cultural analysis, prevention justice and prison abolition. | ||
09 / 28
End: 1:30 pm
Start: 09/26/2008 - 21:00
End: 09/28/2008 - 13:30
CRITICAL RESISTANCE 10 [CR10] 26 - 28 September 2008 [From Press Release] In September 1998, thousands gathered in Berkeley, California, for a conference that founded Critical Resistance’s movement to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC). Each participant, with their own experiences of oppression and resistance, watched as diverse struggles were unified: by humanity, hope, and the shared vision of a different world. We witnessed a vision of a world with truly safe, healthy, and whole communities; a world with unconditional access to self-determination and dignity for all; and, critically, a world without imprisonment, policing, and other forms of punishment and control. To celebrate 10 years of Critical Resistance, thousands will converge once more, September 26-28, 2008, in Oakland, California, for CR10, a 10th Anniversary Celebration and Strategy Session. For more information about CR10 and to register for attendance, visit www.criticalresistance.org + + + + CHAMP (Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project) and Project UNSHACKLE present 25 September 2008, 9:30am to 5pm [From Press Release] CHAMP's Project UNSHACKLE is sponsoring a FREE daylong institute about the intersection between HIV and imprisonment in Oakland, California from 9:30am to 5pm on Thursday, September 25th, the day before CR10, the 10th anniversary celebration and strategy session of Critical Resistance. The institute will equip HIV and social justice activists with the tools, skills and information to understand and utilize research findings at the intersection of HIV/AIDS and imprisonment to ensure that research addresses community concerns and experiences. All community members and advocates are welcome. | ||
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Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
In the 1950’s Detroit was an economic powerhouse, the Silicon Valley of its day. It was one of the 10 wealthiest cities in the world with a population approaching 2 million. Today, having lost over one million people since its peak, many of the city’s monumental buildings, mighty industrial complexes and grand residential neighborhoods have been abandoned and are falling into ruin. There is more farmland within the city limits today than in 1900. While Detroit is not on many top tourist destination lists, its ruins make for a unique sort of modern deindustrialized and depopulated landscape. Join architect Robin Levitt, a former Detroiter, on a fascinating and disturbing tour of the City’s great architecture and fabulous ruins. He’ll show images of its glorious past and continuing demise. Event location: Get Lost Travel Books | ||
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10 / 10
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
From Dont Rhine: Media and Social Movements Join Jen Angel, Bob Ostertag, and Jeremy Adam Smith in a discussion on the role of media in U.S. social movements, and celebrate the opening of a new SF bookstore! Friday, October 10, 2008 at 7 p.m. - Free! The Green Arcade - 1680 Market Street at Gough http://www.thegreenarcade.com/ This informal panel will address several critical questions: - What is the role of media in U.S. social movements? Please join three people who have worked long within independent media and have worked and written on social movement media: Jen Angel is a media activist and former publisher of Clamor Magazine. She is the author of "Media and Activism: Creating and Maintaining Effective Movement Media" Historian, journalist, composer, Bob Ostertag's work cannot easily be summarized or pigeon-holed. He has published 21 CDs of music, two movies, two DVDs, and two books. His writings on contemporary politics have been published on every continent and in many languages. He is currently Professor of Technocultural Studies and Music at the University of California at Davis. He is author of "People's Movements, People's Press: The Journalism of Social Justice Movements" | ||
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10 / 25
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
as part of the Virilio symposium: City Lights Booksellers & Publishers present An event coinciding with the weekend long symposium: Trajectories of the Catastrophic: Paul Virilio's classic volume Bunker Archeology is evoked as GGNRA The tour shall be given twice. Admission is free, but requires making reservations. Admittance shall be on a "first come, first serve" basis. We request that attendees sign up either at the front counter at City Lights or by e-mailing their reservation to: info@trajectoriesofthecatastrophic.net. Please include your name, phone number, and number of persons attending. Details on how to reach the site will be e-mailed to you in the form of a pdf file or you may pick up a map provided at the front counter at City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA. 94133 | ||
10 / 26
Start: 3:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
For those of you in the Bay Area, join us for a general meeting of the Nonsite Collective, to discuss recent and upcoming activities. Sunday, October 26 See workbook page entitled--Meeting, October 2008--to add to the agenda. Please feel free to contribute topics, ideas, questions, or concerns, whether or not you plan on attending the meeting. | ||
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