A4SJ DIVERSITY PROJECT PRESENTS: TRANS 101

 

 

The Diversity Project of Advocates of Social Justice invites all to a thought provoking and fun dialogue on topics of gender fluidity & transgender/queer identity.

Our dialogue is led by Elis Herman—Health Educator Planned Parenthood of Northern California. Elis earned BA’s in Sociology and Gender Studies, with a minor in music from Salem College in North Carolina. In the South, Elis did organizing and education around queer, feminist & other intersecting justice issues. Currently, Elis teaches health and sex ed for Planned Parenthood in Sonoma County, is a Certified Family Planning Health Specialist, and is endorsed thru San Francisco Sex Education (SFSI).

Light refreshments provided. Bring a bag lunch if desired

SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM PROJECT
JANUARY FILM:
THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT

Produced by National Geographic
Our 5th film the Human Footprint is the OMG! (Oh, My God!) movie in our Environmental Justice/Climate Change Series.  You will never see everyday life in quite the same way after you view National Geographic’s unique phase-by-phase journey through life to illustrate the enormous imprint every American makes during his or her time on Earth. Incorporating surprising facts with playful and really memorable visuals, this enlightening 2008 portrait reveals our levels of consumption, suggesting changes we can all make to reduce our negative impact on the world. 

Discussion as always follows viewing of the film.  Please bring whatever you wish to eat.  We will provide snacks, not lunch.

SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM PROJECT
DECEMBER FILM:
THE END OF SUBURBIA 

 

The Advocates for Social Justice Film Project is pleased to present this important documentary as the 4^th film in our Environmental Justice/ Climate Change series.  We are a society addicted to oil. The 2004 documentary, The End of Suburbia, tells us everything we need to know about our addictions to fossil fuels: the history, the science, the economics and politics, the implications, and the alternatives.   This film explores the intertwining histories of the energy industry and the suburbs which emerged after WWII enabled by the rapid growth of the automobile industry.  The End of Suburbia is a well-crafted work with engaging and frank discussions that may change our understandings of the future. Internationally known experts include Richard Heinberg of the Post Carbon Institute here in Santa Rosa.  Director:  Gregory Greene.

Discussion as always follows viewing of the film.  Please bring whatever you wish to eat.  We will provide snacks, not lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Making of  Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Robyn Kopp, Associate Producer of An inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, will speak at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation on December 3, at 12:45 in room 545. The presentation is sponsored by the Advocates for Social Justice.

 Robyn found her way into film through her passion for social justice. Her first film, Audrie and Daisy about sexual harassment was purchased by Netflix; her second film, Liverly chronicles the unraveling of a woman’s world after the death of her son.  Robyn will describe her journey into film, the making of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power and her next venture in filming the plight of homelessness in America.

 

SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM PROJECT
NOVEMBER FILM:
LIVING DOWNSTREAM:  An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment

A thought provoking documentary springing from the book by poet, biologist and cancer survivor Dr. Sandra Steingraber.  This is at once an intensely personal account and a well-documented scientific documentary about the carcinogenic effects of environmental degradation. Following her mentor, Rachel Carson, Dr. Steingraber has become a well-known researcher and activist addressing the cancer epidemics of our time.

Her inspiration comes from a fable about a village on a river: 
       The residents who live there, according to this parable, began noticing
        increasing  numbers of drowning people caught in the river’s swift current
        and so went to work  inventing ever more elaborate technologies to resuscitate them.
        So preoccupied were these heroic villagers with rescue and treatment that they never 
        thought to look upstream to see who was pushing the victims in.
This 2010 documentary is a walk up that river

The Social Justice Film Project is offering this as the third film in our series: Environmental Justice/Climate Change.  This was the topic which was chosen by our members in the survey we took before our summer break. Please join us for what promises to continue to be a very rich series.

Discussion follows viewing of the film.  Feel free to bring a bag lunch.  We will offer a snack, not lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

Speed Diversity Dialog

Led by Dr. Elisa Velasquez

A “thought provoking, enlightening, and awesome experience.”

Sunday, October 15th – 12:30-2:00 pm in the Sanctuary

Dr. Velasquez is the Director of Diversity and Inclusive Excellence at Sonoma State University

Offered by the Diversity Project of the UU Advocates for Social Justice