2015 Summer Forum Lectures

June 7
Claudia Jimenez, architect, environmental planner, and community organizer. “Social Justice in the Latino community of Richmond”

June 14
Budd MacKenzie, founder of Trust in Education, “Working with Schools in Afghanistan”

June 21
Maria Kelemen Solis, holocaust survivor, shares her story of growing up in Budapest and her miraculous escape during the deportations of WWII.

June 28
Rev. Carrie Knowles, UUCB Chaplain. “Working with Homeless Veterans”

July 5
Meeting with a Killer,” a video from Restorative Justice Online

July 12
Ashby Village, “Volunteer Project to Help Seniors Stay in their Homes”

July 19
Dr. Frederick Shaw, founder of Developing Indigenous Resources (DIR). “Working with Women in Chandigarh, India”

July 26
Rhonda Servin, UUCB member. “Women in Art: a Presentation of Sculpture”

August 2
Karen Ande, “The Power of One: Africa, AIDS, and Making a Difference

August 9
Stephen Zunes, professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, “ISIS: Causes, Consequences, and Options”

August 17
Dr. Riess Potterveld, President, Graduate Theological Union. “The Roots of Religious Conflict”

August 23
Antonio Medrano, Chair, ACLU Berkeley/North East Bay Chapter. “What is Happening at the ACLU?”

August 30
James Church, International and Foreign Documents and Economics Librarian at the University of California Berkeley. “A Closer Look at Micro-Financing”