18th Annual California Studies Conference
“Changing Climates: Class, Culture and Politics in an Era of Global Warming”
April 11-13, 2008
Berkeley City College
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FRIDAY, April 11
7:00-9: 00 p.m.
Keynote: Matt Gonzalez, Independent candidate for Vice-President of the United States
(auditorium)
Reception following keynote address.
SATURDAY, April 12
Complimentary buffet of coffee and pastries.
8:45-10:15 a.m.
Ports and People: Jobs, Health, Power
(room 51)
- Louise Dyble (chair), University of Southern California
- Margaret Gordon, Port of Oakland Commission
- Aditi Vaidya, EBASE
- Clarence Thomas, ILWU
- Peter Hall, Simon Fraser University
Organizing Community in the Silicon Valley
(room 57)
- Ruben Abrica, De Anza College
- Chris Block, Charities Housing
- Raj Jayadev, Silicon Valley De-Bug Magazine
- Nari Rhee, University of California, Berkeley
10:30-12:00
Writing California
(room 51)
- Susan McWilliams (chair), Pomona College
- Rick Wartzman, Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of The Grapes of Wrath
- Peter Richardson, American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams
- Philip Fradkin, Wallace Stegner and the American West
- Richard Walker, The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area
People, Place, and Water
(room 57)
- Michael Warburton, Public Trust Alliance
- George Basye, Levee historian and water policy consultant
- Mark Franco and Caleen Sisk-Franco, Winnemem Wintu Tribe
- Ruth Langridge, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Living Wage and Labor Power
(room 15)
- Marty Bennett (chair), Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County
- Wei-Ling Huber, Emeryville Living Wage/Woodfin Suites Campaign
- Sonya Mehta, Young Workers United
- Cesar Hernandez, CAUSE-Central Coast Organizing Project
12:00-12:30
Lunch in atrium
Box lunch by Rick and Ann’s available through pre-registration, $15-
12:30-1:30
Luncheon address: Jackie Goldberg, “The Changing Climate of Our Schools: Put Students on the Endangered List”
1:45-3:15
New California Literature: Breaking Into the Future
(room 51)
- Julia Stein (chair), Santa Monica College
- Owen Hill, The Chandler Apartments
- Judy Juanita, We Got Work to Do
- Rip Rense, The Oaks
Taxes, the Price of Democracy?
(room 57)
- Jeff Lustig (chair), California State University, Sacramento
- Jackie Goldberg, Former California Assemblywoman
- Peter Schrag, California: America’s High-Stakes Experiment
- Mason Gaffney, University of California, Riverside
Immigration and the Border
(room 15)
- Peter Richardson (chair), San Francisco State University
- Sasha Abramsky, American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment
- David Bacon, Illegal: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants
- Peter Laufer, Wetback Nation: The Case for Opening the Mexican-American Border
- Mary Moreno-Richardson, Episcopal Diocese of San Diego
3:30-5:00
Climate Change: What’s in Store for California?
(auditorium)
- Richard Walker (moderator) The Country in the City: The Greening of the San FranciscoBay Area
- Norman Miller, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- David Beesley, Crow's Range: An Environmental History of the Sierra Nevada
- Tim Rainey, California Federation of Labor
- Max Aufhammer, University of California, Berkeley
5:10-5:45
CSA business meeting
(room 51)
8:00 p.m.
Ian Ruskin, “From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks: The Life and Times of Harry Bridges”
(auditorium)
SUNDAY, April 13
Complimentary buffet of coffee and pastries.
9:00-10:30
Working in the Green Economy
(room 51)
- Enrique Davalos, San Diego City College
- Raquel Pinderhughes, San Francisco State University
- Ian Kim, Ella Baker Center
- Kate Gordon, Apollo Alliance
Arts and Activism I: The Creative Imperative
(room 57)
- Randolphe Belle (chair), Artist and community development consultant
- Amanda Williams, Soul Salon 10 Collective
- Arthur Monroe, Oakland Museum of California
- Svea Lin Vezzone, Swarm Gallery
- Jakada Imani, Executive Director, Ella Baker Center
10:45-12:15
Green Media
(room 51)
- Yumi Wilson (chair), San Francisco State University
- Rose Aguilar, KALW
- John Scott, Green 960AM
- Jonathon Rowe, KWMR
Sky as Commons: Pollution and Equal Rights
(room 57)
- Tom Athanasiou, Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and Poor
- Glenn Fieldman, San Francisco State University
- Christopher Lepe, De Anza College
- Ellen Choy, Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Arts and Activism II: The Moral Imperative
(room 15)
- Randolphe Belle (chair), Artist and community development consultant
- Robin Freeman, Merritt College Environmental Management
- Kim Anno, California College of the Arts
- Kristy Alfieri, The Crucible
- Mia Hanak, Natural World Museum
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