February 9th, 2009. 7:30 PM
UC Berkeley Professor Michael Nagler,
Director of Peace and Conflict Mediation Studies
speaks on“Peace from Within: Spiritual Practice and Social Change”
FREE ADMISSION
UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Michael Nagler founded Peace and Conflict Studies at Berkeley.
He is now founder and board president of the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education, based in
Berkeley (www.mettacenter.org ) and a presenter for the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation (www.easwaran.org ).
He is the author of a major book, The Search for a Nonviolent Future, which won a 2002 American Book Award,
and among other things received a J. Bajaj Int’l. Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Outside India in 2007.
Prof. Nagler will talk and show slides about Metta’s work with LaOnf, the network that is trying to promote nonviolence
in Iraq, and other aspects of their work that have effects in the Middle East.
February 23rd, 7:30 PM
The Farmers Market as a Vehicle for Sustainability, Localization, and Building Community
Joins us for an evening with the creators of the Noe Valley Farmers Market as they discuss how they started the market, the relationships they have developed with local farmers and the community, and the role of the market in shaping the culture and politics of Noe Valley as well as the challenges they anticipate now that Whole Foods is moving into our neighborhood.
We will begin the evening with a presentation by Farmers Market Board Member Rich Hildreth, who will show and comment on his twenty-minute DVD "HOMEGROWN: Do It Yourself Grocery in San Francisco," which describes the distinct histories of and challenges facing the Farmers Markets in Noe Valley and Bayview-Hunters Point. We will follow this with a panel discussion with Noe Valley Farmers Market Board Members and Founders Leslie Crawford, Peter Gabel, and Steve Powell.
