7:00
Elections in Afghanistan. Nelofer Pazira, journalist and author of A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan; Nazif Shahrani, chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, author of a number of books and articles about Afghanistan
7:30
Labor with David Bacon: Sutter forces a strike. Sal Rosselli, President, United Healthcare Workers – West; Della Reed, Licensed Vocational Nurse Employed for 27 years at Sutter California Pacific Medical Center – California Campus
8:00
Cancer survivors and their loved ones supporting one another
Lori Hope, author of Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You
to Know; Marc Silver, author of Breast Cancer Husband : How to Help Your Wife (and Yourself) during Diagnosis, Treatment and Beyond. Cancer in So Many Words Event: Thursday, September 22,
6:00 – 8:30 PM Samuel Merritt Fontaine Auditorium Health Education Center
400 Hawthorne Avenue, Oakland www.cancerinsomanywords.com
8:30
Reflections in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Daniel Buford, regional coordinator at the People’s Institute West; Thulani Davis, a writer and a former editor of the Village Voice