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Kitchen Table Talks: In Solidarity with the Occupy Movement
December 15th, 6:30-8:30PM
Kitchen Table Talks: In Solidarity with the Occupy Movement
$10 in advance
A limited number of sliding scale tickets will be available on a first come, first serve basis at 7 pm on the night of the event.
Location note: to accommodate a larger audience, this special KTT will be held at The Women's Building, 3543 18th St. (between Valencia and Guerrero Streets), San Francisco. KTT will be back at 18 Reasons in January.
In the 10 weeks since that momentous spark in mid-September, what began as an audacious protest, call to action, and singular act of civil disobedience on Wall Street, has quickly taken root worldwide. Capturing the hearts of those impacted by the current economic and political system, speaking passionately for the disenfranchised, and uniting arms in solidarity with protest movements around the world, the Occupy movement has become a lightning rod and catalyst stimulating a long needed dialogue. Economic and social justice, corporate control and profiteering, and systematic corruption are just part of that discussion.
On Thursday, December 15, 2011 please join us in San Francisco for the next Kitchen Table Talks for a thought provoking and stimulating exploration of the context, implications, actions, and promise of Occupy for the food movement.
When: Thursday, December 15. 2011; 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Food and drink at 6:30 pm; Discussion at 7:00 pm
Where: Women's Building, 3543 18th St. (between Valencia and Guerrero Streets), San Francisco
Tickets: $10
A limited number of sliding scale tickets will be available on a first come, first serve basis at 7 pm on the night of the event.
Joining us in conversation will be:
Raj Patel, thought leader, writer, academist, and activist who has worked for the World Bank and WTO, and now protests against both. Raj is currently a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Center for African Studies and a fellow at The Institute for Food and Development Policy, also known as Food First. In addition to numerous scholarly publications, he regularly writes for The Guardian, and for many mainstream publications. He is the author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and The Value of Nothing, is a New York Times bestseller.
Rebecca Spector, West Coast Director for The Center for Food Safety. Prior to joining CFS in 2000, Rebecca founded and co-owned Purisima Greens organic farm in Half Moon Bay and served as a director at Green Seal, the first U.S. product eco-labeling organization. She champions California policy initiatives at the state level and coordinates public outreach campaigns to promote healthy, safe, and sustainable food systems. She is associate editor of Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture and Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food.
Sarah Treuhaft, Associate Director, Policylink. Sarah collaborates with local and national partners on research and action projects and authors policy briefs and reports to advance Policylink's social equity mission. Sarah has worked on food policy and was a member of the team that successfully advocated for the creation of a national Healthy Food Financing Initiative. Her most recent publication is America's Tomorrow: Equity is the Superior Growth Model, co-authored with Angela Glover Blackwell and Manuel Pastor. Sarah was a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, West Africa.
Kitchen Table Talks is a joint venture of CivilEats and 18 Reasons. Space is limited, so please RSVP. Seasonal snacks and refreshments generously provided by Bi-Rite Market and Shoe Shine Wine.
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LocationThe Women's Building (View)
3543 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
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