SPEAKING IN TONGUES on KQED | Sunday 9/26 at 6p.m.!

From PatchWorks Films

Patchworks Films Presents: “A lively, smart & timely film about the new globalized world.“ -Graham Leggat Executive Director, San Francisco Film Society This film will be broadcasing at 6pm on KQED – San Francisco.  Don´t miss it!

PachaCalendar

From the Peña Pachamama Center

Peña Pachamama Center CALENDAR

1630 Powell Street, in North Beach, San Francisco 94133
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THIS WEEK’s Calendar

Calendar online: Pachamama Center Calendar

Happy Hour 5:30-7:00pm $5 all tapas & sangria

Wednesday 22 september

Danilo Paiz y su Orquesta Universal

Thursdays & Sundays Flamenco (see calendar)

Wednesday 29 september

FREDDY CLARKE and Wobbly World

Fridays CUBAN Night & Georges Lammam (late show)
& Saturdays World Music Peñas

Peña Pachamama’s Bolivian inspired menu features:

• Tasty Tapas
• Grass-fed Beef, Chicken & Fish Dinner Entrees
• Organic Raw-living Entrees & Desserts
• Salteñas

Our food features organic produce whenever possible, and we use only extra virgin olive, canola and raw-coconut oils…

T e  e s p e r a m o s !
Peña Pachamama Center

World Music & Dance
1630 Powell Street (between Union & Green in North Beach)
San Francisco, CA 94133

tel-415.646.0018

www.pachamamacenter.org

THIS Saturday, Sept. 25th – ¡Viva Muralismo! Gala Benefit for Precita Eyes Muralists

From Precita Eyes Muralists

From the walls, into the streets, and to your home!

Come celebrate and support community mural arts at ¡VIVA Muralismo! Precita Eyes Muralists Gala Benefit and Art Auction at SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street (near 8th Street), San Francisco. Own a piece of mural history by bidding on original art work created by featured muralists. Dance to lively beats by DJ Special K and friends, and keep muralism alive and thriving by joining the party!

Featured art collection, curated by Suaro Luis Cervantes, will allow you to own a piece of mural history!

Some of the contributing muralists for the fabulous event will include:

Susan Cervantes, Miranda Bergman, Max Ehrman, John Wehrle, Jane Norling, John Leanos, Patricia Rose, Raul Audelo, Marsha Klein, Amanda Lynn, Megan Wilson, Carlos Loarca, Henry Sultan, Steve Della Maggiora, Betsie Miller-Kusz, Suzanne Husky, Marta Ayala, Claire Bain, Brooke Fancher, Laura Campos, Rafa, Eli Lippert, Marina Perez-Wong, Fred Alvarado, Christy Majano, Eric Craven, Cory Devereaux, and more!!

Vitals:

Saturday, September 25, 2010

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
VIP Champagne Reception: Meet the Artists & Gala
$50.00

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
General Admission
$30.00 Advance Sales, $35.00 at the door

Tickets available at Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center and online. For more information call 415/285-2287 or visit

www.precitaeyes.org/vivagala.html

A special thanks to the event volunteers, sponsors and hosts!

MC: Alfredo Pedroza

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HOST COMMITTEE

Bob Armstrong • Raul Audelo • Cassidy Blackwell • Susan Cervantes
Susana Cuan • Betsy Barron • Luis R. Cancel • Linda J. D´Avirro
Irene Hernandez-Feiks • Gia N. Grant • Richard Kamler
Brock Keeling • Ruth Krumbhaar • Teresa Mejía • Mary McDermott
John Mikkelsen • Yaron Milgrom-Elcott • Janice Mirikitani
Kimberly María Newton-Klootwyk • Dan Nguyen-Tan
Kelenia Olsen • Jennie Rodrigues • Amy Seidman
Dr. Miriam Sheinbein • Morgan Simon • Henry Sultan
Robynn Takayama • Dorota Walczyk • John Zarobell

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HONORARY HOST COMMITTEE

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi • Senator Mark Leno
Senator Leland Y. Yee, PhD • Congresswoman Jackie Speier
Assemblymember pro tempore Fiona Ma
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano • The Honorable Gavin C. Newsom
Supervisor John Avalos • Supervisor David Campos
Supervisor David Chiu • Supervisor Carmen Chu
Supervisor Bevan Dufty • Supervisor Eric Mar
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi

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SPONSORS

Parducci Winery • 7×7 Magazine • O’Grady Plumbing
Salesforce.com • Fleur*t • Hotel Nikko San Francisco
Paxton Gate • Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant

VISIT THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE AND INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS! – Click here

Facilitator training this Thursday, next Climate Action Workshop dates, and Global Work Party for Climate Action

From the Ecology Center

September and October are brimming with opportunities to take climate action!
Meet your neighbors and make a measurable difference through these fun and free upcoming events:

1) Climate Action Facilitator Training: This Thursday, 9/23, 6-9pm at the Ecology Center

2) Global Work Party: Sunday, 10/10/10, across Berkeley and beyond
2) 3-Session Climate Action Workshop Series: October 12, 19, 26, 6:30-8:30pm at the Ecology Center

Read on for more information…
Free Climate Action Facilitator Training

This Thursday, September 23, 6-9pm at the Ecology Center

Expand your role as a climate action advocate with the Ecology Center’s free one-session facilitator trainings. Whether or not you’ve already participated in a Climate Action Workshop series, you can learn how to lead your own series with friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, congregation members or others. Just come to our one-session facilitator training. We’ll share materials and strategies to help you easily mobilize your community members, and we’ll provide ongoing support as you plan and hold your own series. No experience necessary to participate.

By organizing a series, you’ll be given free membership to the Ecology Center for a year if you have not previously been a member

On October 10, 350.org Berkeley invites you to deepen your work on climate change by taking part in our Global Work Party. Start your planning here.

We are challenging neighbors, non-profits, community-based organizations, places of worship, schools, youth organizations, businesses — and YOU to join us in continuing to transform Berkeley into an environmentally sustainable, vibrant and healthy community. Through local climate action projects, we’ll make our policymakers wake up and take the lead on creating climate solutions.

Here’s how you can get involved:

• Start your own Work Party. Organize your own work party with your neighborhood. Some party examples: create or work on a backyard garden (with help from the Victory Garden Foundation), host a zero-waste potluck, plant trees, fix bikes… anything that reduces greenhouse gas emissions! Some environmental organizations have also offered to host work parties.

• Participate in a Work Party. Find out which registered work parties are looking for volunteers here.

• Take the 10/10 Challenge. Commit to take action to reduce your carbon footprint. Ride your bike, insulate your home, reduce your meat consumption, sign up for a CSA, and look for more ideas here

• Come celebrate! Community Picnic and Party, Civic Center Park (Martin Luther King and Center cross streets), 3-5 pm. Come celebrate our accomplishments! Bring your own (local, organic and minimally packaged — if possible) food and enjoy live music, speakers and kids’ activities while meeting other 10/10/10 participants.

For more information, visit www.101010berkeley.org

Free 3-session Climate Action Workshop

Tuesdays, October 12, 19, 26, 6:30-8:30pm

Where: Ecology Center (2530 San Pablo Ave, between Dwight and Parker, Berkeley, CA)

Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Dates: Tuesdays, October 12, 19, 26 (attendance at all sessions is requested)

RSVP: debra

During three sessions, you will:

• Consider ways to reduce your ecological footprint and make changes in your community
• Take action (as much or as little as you choose)
• Access the wisdom, advice, and collaboration of your community members and receive valuable information and support from the Ecology Center as you make individual and collective changes.

By participating in all sessions, you’ll be given free membership to the Ecology Center for a year if you have not previously been a member.

We hope you can join us!

From Brookings: Millennium Development Goals; UN General Assembly; U.S. Constitution

From Brookings Institute

Progress on Millennium Development Goals

The United Nations‘ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) remain the most prominent initiative for improving social and economic conditions in the world’s most impoverished nations. On September 20-22, world leaders will convene in New York city for a U.N. summit to evaluate the progress of the MDGs. Brookings experts assess the progress that has been made and the obstacles that hinder the U.N.’s efforts. Read more »

______________________________________________________________________ Preview of the U.N. General Assembly As President Barack Obama and other world leaders prepare to address the new session of the United Nations General Assembly, Bruce Jones will preview the event, and discuss the main opportunities and challenges for international cooperation during a live web chat with POLITICO. Learn More »

______________________________________________________________________ The Relevant Constitution The U.S. Constitution, which turned 223 years old last Friday, remains a living, breathing document capable of sparking fresh thought and debate. Brookings experts from across the Institution reflect on the Constitution’s continuing importance, and offer their ideas on policy issues from “don’t ask, don’t tell” to a new fiscal federalism. Learn More » ______________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK AT BROOKINGS The United Nations and International Cooperation: A Live Web Chat with Bruce Jones September 22, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Regional Innovation Clusters: Advancing the Next Economy September 23, 8:00 am to 3:15 pm _____________________________________________________________________ ON THE HORIZON Crossing Borders: From Myth to Sound Immigration Policy, with Gov. Bill Richardson September 28, The Hamilton Project Private Capital, Public Impact September 30, Initiative on Business and Public Policy ______________________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS Advanced Legislative Strategies October 5-7, 2010, Washington, DC Women’s Leadership: Strategies for Success October 14, 2010, Washington, DC More Executive Education »____________________________________________________________________ BROOKINGS 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036 E-mail Brookings | Phone 202.797.6000 | www.brookings.edu | Privacy Policy

Related Articles

• Millennium Development Goals summit opens at UN (cbc.ca)
• World leaders to discuss global poverty fight (cnn.com)
• UN Foundation Statement on the Release of the U.S. Government Strategy on the Millennium Development Goals (prweb.com)
• International forum of irrelevance – United Nations (nowpublic.com)
• You: U.N. struggles to prove its relevance (washingtonpost.com)
• Summit to spotlight how to help world’s poor by 2015 (ctv.ca)
• Obama at the U.N.: Seems Not Like Old Times (cbsnews.com)
• World meeting comes at a pivotal time for struggling U.N. (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• ON NOW: TEDxChange Webcast On Millennium Development Goals (huffingtonpost.com)

Presidio Graduate Program MBA/MPA Info Session on Sept. 29th

From Presidio Graduate School

Information Session September 29th On Wednesday, September 29th the Presidio Graduate Program invites     interested students to an information session in downtown San Francisco. Learn first hand from faculty, students and graduates about our MBA and MPA programs in Sustainable Management.This information session is a great opportunity to learn more before their admissions deadline for spring 2011. Presidio Information Session Wednesday, September 29th 6:00 – 8:00 pm Program from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Refreshments / Networking from 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm Location SPUR Urban Center 654 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Between New Montgomery and 3rd Street RSVP http://sept29infosession.eventbrite.com/ or call (415) 655-8914 Invite a friend Presidio Offers: Educational rigor, management fundamentals, and sustainability principles infused into every class, better preparing graduates to lead in all fields Opportunities to implement real-world sustainability projects within a variety of organizations World-class faculty and a thriving network of mission-driven colleagues For more information, visit www.presidioedu.org.

Don´t Miss Flying Dancers Hanging Off The Women’s Building

From The Women´s Building

Singing Praises: Centennial Dances for The Women’s Building3543 18th St. at Lapidge (btw. Valencia and Guerrero) FREE!!! Jo Kreiter, in collaboration with the dancers of Flyaway Productions, has choreographed aerial dances in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the structure that is now The Women’s Building. The dancers will soar off the top of the building, out of windows and scale fire escapes to music by Jewlia Eisenberg in collaboration with Charming Hostess with Ava Mendoza. This unique and magical experience happens: Fri Sept 10 8pm and 9:30pm Sat Sept 11 8pm and 9:30pm Sun Sept 12 8pm only Thu Sept 16 Pre-show event 6:30 8pm and 9:30pm Fri Sept 17 10am MATINEE Fri Sept 17 8pm and 9:30pm Sat Sept 18 8pm and 9:30pm For more performance info: www.flyawayproductions.com or 415.333.8302 The Women´s Building is located at 3543 18th Street | San Francisco, CA 94110 US

Fall 2010 Kids Art Classes at Precita Eyes Muralists

From Precita Eyes

Precita Eyes Muralists Fall 2010
Kids Art Classes are now up and running!

We are currently accepting students for the Mural Arts Workshop on Tuesdays from 3:30pm-5:30pm. For students ages 5-11.
Learn to paint monumental murals!

New after school art workshops begin October 2010.
Please inquire about our Mural Workshop, Monster Sculpture and Art Explosion classes coming up in October and classes continuing through the fall!

All classes are held at 348 Precita Avenue, just off Precita Park. Across from Flynn Elementary School.

We look forward to meeting you!

Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center
415-285-2287

Pre-Registration Available. Drop-Ins Welcome.
$15/class packages available or $18/class drop in rate.

Make a donation to Precita Eyes here:

https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=94-2614023

Spanish Through Creative Movement Class for San Francisco Toddlers Starts Next Tuesday (9.14) – Sign Up Today!

Instituto Conexiones & recess urban recreation Present

****SPANISH THROUGH CREATIVE MOVEMENT****

Learn Spanish, move your body and enjoy quality time with your child at the same time!

NEXT 6-Week Class Starts on Tues. 9/14/2010, 4pm
at recess urban recreation

in Potrero Hill, San Francisco

What is Spanish through Creative Movement?

It’s a joyful way for children (and adults) to develop physical skills, promote creativity, increase energy,

and now, LEARN SPANISH!

Increase your Spanish vocabulary while following basic, enjoyable exercises, songs, stretches, and dance!

For children 18 months and up with a caregiver.  Taught by Kimba & Lou Lou

RECESS MEMBERS:  $95 for a 6-week class.
NON-MEMBERS–Class only:  $150 for a 6-week class.
NON-MEMBERS–Class + Play:  $170 for a 6-week class, with use of playspace before/after class.

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SIGN UP BY EMAILING:

Signups@recessurbanrecreation.com

Questions? Call 415.701.7529

 

¡Mucho Más! Spanish through Art, Music & More is an educational program of Instituto Conexiones, an international institute dedicated to advancing  peaceful and abundant globalization for all through arts and culture.   The ¡Mucho Más! curriculum consists of enrichment classes and experiences for schools, recreation centers, coops, home-schooling play dates, etc.  It includes Spanish through Art, Spanish through Play, y más!

recess urban recreation is a space to play for children 0-5 & their adults.  Located in Potrero Hill, they have been providing a safe & unique space for San Francisco kids and their families to hang out, experiment, learn and run around, since 2008.

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Speaking in Tongues Documentary by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider

Speaking in Tongues | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/speaking-in-tongues/index.html

Speaking in Tongues is a film airing on PBS which follows four students involved in an educational experiment designed to make them bilingual and biliterate. The film questions rote debates about immigration, assimilation, globalization and what it means to be American in the 21st century.

Watch the full episode. See more Speaking in Tongues.