{San Rafael}North Ca. 9/11 Truth Alliance @ The Bioneers Con.[19th-21st]

Opening remarks from Nina Simons, co-producer of Bioneers

SUNDAY PLENARIES
9:00 am – 1:00 pm

WALLACE J. NICHOLS
A Brave New Ocean, or an Ocean Revolution?
Senior scientist at the Ocean Conservancy and ocean activist extraordinaire explains how space-based research and new deep sea technologies have resulted in an explosion of information about the ocean. To change our destructive course we must harness this knowledge, make it accessible to everyone and creatively communicate what the state of the oceans means to the future of life on our planet.

CAROL BEBELLE
Culture and Re-building...Re-membering New Orleans / Re-weaving its Social and Cultural Fabric
The renowned community activist, poet and co-founder of the Ashé Cultural Arts Center, dedicated to the saving and re-birth of New Orleans’ rich legacy, discusses the cultural, social and creative mandates for the re-building of New Orleans that will respect the city’s bonds of connection and community.

CHARLOTTE BRODY
The Sea Around Us, The Environment in Us
Executive director of Commonweal, and seasoned organizer for civil rights, women’s rights, workers' rights, peace and environmental health since 1964, explores how chemicals are creating disease and disorders, and how solutions are being innovated to regain health and democracy.

WINONA LADUKE
Seeds the Creator Gave Us
This renowned indigenous rights leader and two-time Green Party U.S. Vice Presidential candidate highlights the struggles of indigenous peoples to protect their food sovereignty, restore their food systems and protect their cultures and foods from genetic modification.

KA HSAW WA & KATIE REDFORD
Earth Rights: Linking Human Rights and Environmental Struggles in the Age of Globalization
The co-founders and directors of EarthRights International will discuss their work from the jungles of Burma and the Amazon to U.S. courtrooms to hold corporations accountable for human rights and environmental abuses committed in the name of development. They will focus on EarthRights' landmark lawsuit Doe v. Unocal, and their work to raise the voices of indigenous people in international forums through their model training program, the EarthRights Schools.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSIONS
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Voices from the Global South
Movements are arising throughout the Global South to reverse centuries of exploitation and challenge dire human rights and environmental abuses. These struggles have profound relevance to the fate of global ecosystems and the future of humanity. Hosted by Eric Leenson of Progressive Asset Management; with renowned activists Ka Hsaw Wa and Katie Redford, co-founders of EarthRights International, which fights human rights and environmental abuses by governments and corporations around the world; and Miguel Altieri, UC Berkeley professor and expert on Latin American agroecology. (A20)

Social Entrepreneurs: The Angels Made Me Do It
Imaginative entrepreneurs are converting challenges into solutions by creating fairtrade networks, triple bottom-line business models and redirecting financial flows for the common good. Hosted by Chet Tchozewski, executive director of Global GreenGrants Fund; with Donna Frank, owner of A Shared Blanket Gallery in Durango, CO; David Bronner, CEO of the mission-driven iconic business, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, Inc; and fair-trade innovator Priya Haji of World of Good. (A21)

The Ocean Revolution
Extraordinary waves of social and technological innovations may yet save the matrix of planetary life and the storehouse of its greatest biodiversity — our mother ocean. Hosted by Ocean Conservation Research Sciences Advisor Michael Stocker; with one of the world's greatest experts on marine life and most effective activists to save the seas, Wallace J. Nichols; and Stanford University researcher and strategic thinker, George Shillinger, who addresses international marine conservation issues at the intersection of science, business, policy and journalism. (A22)

Community Food Sovereignty
Lack of access to fresh, vital food destroys the health of those in disenfranchised innercity and Native American communities. A dynamic food movement using diverse strategies to provide locally grown, healthy, affordable and traditional foods to underserved communities is growing rapidly around the country (and the world). Moderated by Bioneers' own Arty Mangan; with Jaime Iglesias of Nuestras Raices; Arturo Sandoval, president and founder of Voces, Inc.; and Geralina Fortier, peer nutrition coordinator at People's Grocery. (A23)

Alternet Presents: Social Media Activism/Web 2.0 Networking for Change
How can citizens use Web 2.0 interactivity to gain access to tools to become more politically effective and creative? Join leading-edge webizen activists for the latest, greatest practical tips. Hosted by Alternet publisher Don Hazen; with James Rucker of Color of Change; Deanna Zandt of Hightower Lowdown; and Theeba Soundararajan, media and technology justice coordinator for Third World Majority. (A24)

Alternative Futures: Scenario Planning for a Precarious World
How do big corporations, the military and governments use scenario planning to navigate a radically destabilized future? And how can the rest of us use this powerful tool to create a positive future instead? With ecologist, anthropologist and scenario consultant Peter Warshall; legendary scenario master Peter Schwartz, founder of the Global Business Network; and Diana Scearce, consultant with the Monitor Institute. (A25)

Building Successful Campaigns: An Interactive Problem-Solving Workshop
What are the ingredients of success and the thorniest obstacles inherent in activist campaigns? Join a circle of highly experienced organizers for some practical tips on your campaigns. Hosted by Charlotte Brody of Commonweal (former executive director of Health Care Without Harm); with Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK and Global Exchange; Michael Brune of Rainforest Action Network; Adrienne Maree Brown of The Ruckus Society; and Clayton Thomas-Müller, chair of the Indigenous Environmental Network's (IEN) Native Energy Campaign Advisory Committee. (A26)

grandmothersStaying Healthy in an Unhealthy World
How do we keep body and soul together in a toxic, degraded landscape? How can we use the most sophisticated and ancient tools of holistic healthcare to keep ourselves and our families vital as we work to clean our environment and restore our human relationships and ecological systems? With Robyn Benson, D.O.M. and founder of Santa Fe Soul Health and Healing Center; and Wendy Strgar, loveologist and founder of Good Clean Love, on healthy intimacy and the relationship between sexuality and health. (A27)

Grandmothers Council (A28)

Turning Inspiration into Action: An Open Space Workshop for Youth – Part 1
Open space workshops offer a unique way for participants to co-create the agenda or host their own discussion groups. If something lights a fire in your belly during the weekend, this is the place to solidify your commitment to positive social change and turn your passion into action! Facilitated by Dev Aujla, 23-year-old director of DreamNow, and members of the Bioneers Youth Advisory Council. Note: This is a double session. (Y5)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSIONS
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Fierce Grace: Six Women Organizers Talk about Gender and Social Change
Hear six women activists discuss how the research that women and girls think and relate differently from males applies to their work restoring the Earth and communities. Hosted by Charlotte Brody, executive director of Commonweal; with Mari Rose Taruc, operations director for Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN); Melinda Kramer, founding director of Women's Earth Alliance; Annie Leonard, coordinator of the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption (of the Environmental Grantmakers Association); Stacy Malkan, communications director for Health Care Without Harm; and Robin Guenther, the principal of Guenther 5 Architects, a leading expert in green healthcare facility design. (B17)

The Lives and Fates of Earth's Animals
What is our relationship and responsibility to our fellow sentient beings on this planet? What does our treatment of them tell us about ourselves? Does the plight of endangered species offer us a warning sign about our own fate if we don't change our ways? Bokara Legendre, television host and journalist, interviews Mark Bekoff, author of many books including The Emotional Lives of Animals and co-author (with Jane Goodall) of The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love; animal activist Camilla Fox, author of Culling the Wild; and James Deutsch, head of the African Program of the World Conservation Society, one of the largest worldwide animalsaving organizations. (B18)

Inside/Outside: The Social Ecology of Corporate Accountability
Visionary innovators are using a wide range of strategies to compel corporations and high finance to do the right thing. Hosted by Kevin Danaher, founder of the leading fairtrade nonprofit Global Exchange; with Tom Van Dyck, a senior vice president at the Royal Bank of Canada on greening the electronics industry; Morgan Simon of the Responsible Endowments Coalition on efforts to shift university portfolios to responsible investments; and Michael Marx, executive director, Corporate Ethics International, on a strategy to build a unified citizens' movement to bring corporations back under democratic control. (B19)

Crossing the Threshold: Indigenous Artists Bridging Divides
How can indigenous artists, operating today in a rapidly changing, multimedia planetary landscape, stay true to their roots and fully engage with the global culture? Hosted by Jaune Evans former executive director of the Lannan Foundation; with educator, writer and artist Jeannette Armstrong, founder of the En'owkin Centre; internationally renowned Santa Fe-based sculptor Bob Haozous; and Tlingit painter Celeste Worl. (B20)

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) Presents: Deposing King Coal, Drilling Down on Fossil Fools
Of all fuels, coal is the most polluting, toxic and greenhouse-gas-emitting. Yet, it still supplies 50% of energy in the U.S. What strategies are succeeding to keep coal underground and to force a shift to renewables? Hosted by Michael Brune, executive director of RAN; with Michel Gelobter of Redefining Progress; and Navajo anti-coal activist Enei Begaye, the executive director of Black Mesa Water Coalition. (B21)

Food Activism: Food Fights from Frankenfoods to Organic Sub-Standards
Corporate assaults are raising the pressure on the genetic integrity of our food supply while lowering the bar on organic standards. How do we resist? Hosted by Bioneers' food and farming program director Arty Mangan; with indigenous foods defender Winona LaDuke; Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception; and the Cornucopia Institute's Mark Kastel, a leader in the fight to maintain strong organic standards. (B22)

Story-based Strategy: Interventions and Actions to Change the Culture
Every day we are bombarded by sophisticated stories that try to sell us lousy products, bad policies and phony politicians. How can we intervene in this toxic mediascape and move new ideas that shift the culture towards sustainability and justice? smartMeme collective members James Bell, Doyle Canning and Patrick Reinsborough, with Kenneth Bailey of the Design Studio 4 Social Intervention, will share innovative strategies for transforming narratives, and profile creative actions to shift culture. Moderated by Ilyse Hogue of MoveOn.org. (B23)

Turning Inspiration into Action – An Open Space Workshop for Youth – Part 2
(See Sunday, 2:45, Y5 for more info) (Y6)

9/11 Truth Calendar

#5) 9/11: Blueprint for Truth: The Architecture of Destruction / Richard Gage, AIA, Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 7:00 PM, Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek
#6) Listening for a Change, Wednesday, 11 am to 1 pm, Lytton Plaza, Downtown Palo Alto
#7) Weekly 9/11 Truth and Change Meetings in San Francisco: Wednesdays, 9:00pm – 11:00pm, Naan and Curry on 642 Irving St. (at 8th Ave.). San Francisco
#8) Media Accountability Conference, Friday, October 26th- Saturday, October 27th, Sonoma State University
#9) National Mobilization to End the War in Iraq, Saturday, October 27, 2007, 11 am Civic Center, San Francisco, March to Dolores Park
#10) 9/11 & MARTIAL LAW?, Tuesday, October 30th 7:00 - 10:00 PM with Frank Morales, Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone, Berkeley Unitarian Center, 1606 Bonita Ave, Berkeley
#11) Trick or Truth? Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, (6th Anniversary of the Listening Project) 11 am- 1 pm, Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto
#12) Last Man Out- William Rodriguez - 9/11 Hero World Tour, November 1, 2007, 7 pm, Reception with local heroes to follow, Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland
#13) World Peace Week, War on War Week, November 5- November 11th (Guys Fawkes Day through Veterans Day) Unmask State Sponsored Terrorism

Details below and updates posted at http:// http://www.communitycurrency.org/events.html

#1) Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance Meeting, Thursday, October 18, 2007
at The Grand Lake Neighborhood Center
530 Lake Park Avenue, (between Lakeshore Avenue and Grand Avenue) in Oakland
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Directions-
From Hwy. 580 East (coming from the Bay Bridge or Berkeley), take the Grand Ave./Lakeshore exit (the exit ramp merges into MacArthur which intersects with Grand at the light), make a left at the light onto Grand, make a right onto Lake Park Ave. (the Grand Lake Theater will be on the corner on your far right). Go about a block, past the BofA, which will be on your left, and the GLNC will also be on your left. Park on the street or turn right into free public parking under the freeway.
From Hwy. 580 West (coming from Hayward), take the Lakeshore Ave. exit (get as far to the right when approaching the exit before, the Harrison/Oakland exit, then continue moving to the right). When you exit at Lakshore Ave., you will be on Lake Park. Go straight at the light (you'll see a Busy Body Home Fitness store in front of you to the right), crossing Lakeshore Ave. The GLNC will be a few storefronts down on your right. Park on the street or turn left into free public parking under the freeway across from GLNC. If you cross Grand Ave. (and the theater) you've gone too far.

Buses (check schedules):
The 57 Macarthur, to Kaiser hospital, 40th and the Emeryville shopping district.
The NL, via Grand to downtown Oakland and San Francisco


#2) Peninsula / South Bay PeaceProcession and Rally

Friday October 19, 2:30 p.m. to 6p.m.
Gather in Burlingame or San Jose
Drive/bike in the Peace Procession to Palo Alto

HearRay McGovern and Karen Meredith of Gold StarFamilies Speak Out and Iraq War Veterans from Veterans for Peace at the rally in Palo Alto.
http://peaceandjustice.org/article.php/Iraq_Moratorium_Oct_19

BurlingameStarting Point: United Methodist Church, 1443 Howard Ave.,
SanJose Starting Point: Calvary United Methodist Church, 729 Morse St. (enter on Naglee)



#3) The Bioneers Conference, October 19-21, 2007, San Rafael, California

The Conference is a dynamic, leading-edge forum, focused on practical and visionary solutions for restoring the Earth’s imperiled ecosystems and healing our human communities. http://www.bioneers.org

#4) Film Screening- 911 MYSTERIES, Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 1:30 p.m.
Fremont Main Library
2400 Stevenson Blvd at Paseo Padre
Fremont CA 94538
Tri-City Independent Documentary Series and Alameda County Libraries present a free screening of 911 MYSTERIES, followed by discussion led by Dr. Paul Rea, author of STILL SEEKING THE TRUTH ABOUT 9/11 and the forthcoming FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THE CRIME.
Information: 510-745-1400 , Wheelchair accessible


#5) 9/11: Blueprint for Truth: The Architecture of Destruction / a presentation by Richard Gage, AIA, Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 7:00 PM
Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center,
55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek

Richard Gage, AIA is the founding member of ae911Truth.org. He has been a practicing architect for 20 years and has worked on most types of building construction including numerous fire-proofed steel-framed buildings. He became interested in the 9/11 WTC high-rise “collapses” after hearing the startling conclusions of a reluctant 9/11 researcher, David Ray Griffin, on the radio in 2006, which launched his own unyielding quest for 9/11 Truth. Richard will present a slide show which provides evidence that the three World Trade Center buildings were felled by controlled demolition. The pieces of evidence include expert corroboration, foreknowledge of collapse, whistle blowers, government documentation and video documentation. When Richard gave this presentation at the Grand Lake Theater on September 11, 2007, he was given a standing ovation by the overflow crowd.
Peace is Possible!

Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center
925-933-7850
http://www.mtdpc.org


#6) Listening for a Change- Every Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto (University x Emerson)

Listening for a Change- Every Wednesday 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto (University x Emerson)

Since October 2001, every Wednesday, except when it is raining; I have set up tables, banners, chairs, food, educational material, and created a space for public dialogue on key issues. We ask the public three questions and write down their responses-
What do you think/feel about the events of September 11th and the U.S. government's response?

How could we defuse terrorism?"

How could we create a safer/better world for our children and all children?


Sponsored by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance All welcome. For more information call Carol Brouillet 650-857-0927.

#7) Additional Weekly 9/11 Truth and Change Meetings in San Francisco: Wednesdays, 9:00pm – 11:00pm
The new location of the Truth and Change meetings will be the Naan and Curry on 642 Irving St. (at 8th Ave.).
http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=21383118

Contact nineelevenmovement [at] yahoo.com for more information, free DVDs, flyers.


#8) Media Accountability Conference, Friday, October 26th- Saturday, October 27th
Sonoma State University
Organized by Project Censored

See- http://www.projectcensored.org/conference/07MAConf_files/Page627.htm for more details.


#9) National Mobilization to End the War in Iraq, Saturday, October 27, 2007, 11 am Civic Center, San Francisco,
March to Dolores Park

The Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance will have a contingent in the march and table at the Civic Center and Dolores Park. We will rally under the Deception Dollar banner at the Civic Center. Please contact Carol-cbrouillet [at] igc.org to commit to helping at either table or in the contingent. We also need folks to help put together and pass out signs.
http://www.oct27.org/sites/oct27.org/files/oct27/October_27.html

#10) 9/11 AND THE REPRESSIVE APPARATUS OF THE STATE:
IS MARTIAL LAW ON THE AGENDA?

Tuesday, October 30th 7:00 - 10:00 PM
Berkeley Unitarian Center, 1606 Bonita Ave (Corner of Cedar and Bonita)
Berkeley, CA

Frank Morales, Sonoma State University's Project Censored Award Winning Journalist and Taking Aim's Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone
Frank Morales will speak on Police State America and Pentagon Civil Disturbance Planning

Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone will speak on 9/11 and the Architecture of the Fascist State

$10 donation

#11) Trick or Truth? Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, (6th Anniversary of the Listening Project) 11 am- 1 pm, Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto


Since October 31, 2001, every Wednesday, except when it is raining; I have set up tables, banners, chairs, food, educational material, and created a space for public dialogue on key issues.
The first time was on Halloween and I wore a costume, it was scary to do it, all by myself. This year I think it would be a good idea to wear V for Vendetta masks- or Bush/Cheney masks and pass out 9/11 materials for Nov 1st and World Peace Week- we should have a good supply, in time for the October 27th rally. Everyone can participate in Trick or Truth wherever you may be on Halloween...
At Lytton we will pass things out and also-

We ask the public three questions and write down their responses-

What do you think/feel about the events of September 11th and the U.S. government's response?

How could we defuse terrorism?"

How could we create a safer/better world for our children and all children?

Sponsored by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance All welcome. For more information call Carol Brouillet 650-857-0927.


#12) Last Man Out- William Rodriguez - 9/11 Hero World Tour, November 1, 2007, 7 pm, Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland

William Rodriguez

A True Hero on 9/11
and ever since then...
With Special Guests- Peter Dale Scott, author of The Road to 9/11- Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America and Cindy Sheehan

Declared a hero for saving numerous lives at ground zero, William Rodriguez was a janitor on duty the morning of 9/11 who heard and felt explosions rock the basement sublevels of the North Tower before the jetliner struck the top floors. His testimony was omitted from the 9/11 Commission Report.

At great risk to his own life, William reentered the towers three times after the initial impacts and is believed to be the last person to exit the North Tower alive, surviving the building’s collapse by diving beneath a fire truck. After receiving medical attention at the WTC site for his injuries, he spent the rest of the day aiding in the rescue efforts as a volunteer, and at dawn the next day he was back to help rescue survivors.

In addition to being a spokesperson for the New York City first responders, William is also active in the movement for immigrant rights. He was a major force behind the campaign to encourage undocumented immigrant survivors and relatives of victims to come forward for help without fear of deportation. The group also raised funds for scholarships for children of immigrants killed or maimed in the attacks.

His firsthand account of his experiences that day challenges the official narrative, which claims that the towers' collapse had nothing to do with explosives. He has spoken throughout the world to share his story and to lobby for a genuine international inquiry into the events of 9/11--on behalf of those who died, the survivors, those whose health was compromised, and all who have suffered from bad policy decisions that were based on the official narrative of 9/11.

Meet a real hero. Hear his story. Followed by a reception for William and local heroes for 9/11 Truth,
Impeachment, Peace, and Justice. Now is the time for courage. Please join us!

A Benefit for the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance • sf911truth.org

Details posted at http://www.communitycurrency.org/nov1.html

#13) World Peace Week, War on War Week, November 5- November 11th (Guys Fawkes Day through Veterans Day) Unmask State Sponsored Terrorism
We declare World Peace Week from November 5th through November 11th to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day and Veterans Day. During this week, let’s awaken people to how governments use false flag terror to serve imperial agendas. November 5th is Guy Fawkes Day. Even now, few understand the original Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes was framed in a bogus “Catholic terrorist plot” to blow up the King and the Parliament. The real plot was royally successful: to invent a pretext for war with Catholic Spain. This fraud, which rallied popular opinion for a war with Spain, was the foundation of the British empire.

Please see these websites for more information:

World Peace Week • http://www.waronfreedom.org/peaceweek.html
War on War Week • http://www.waronwar.us

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