VIDEOS OF PAST EVENTS AND OTHERS OF INTEREST
MARILYN BERLIN SNELL – March 20, 2019, Snell is the author of Unlikely Ally, How the Military Fights Climate Change and Protects the Environment. https://vimeo.com/325594748
MIKO PELED – October 6, 2017. Peled is the son of an Israeli general who believes that for the good of everyone the separation of Israel and Palestine should end and be replaced by a secular democracy where Israelis and Palestinians live as equals in their shared homeland. More at www.mikopeled.com.. Sponsored by: Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center.
RICK STERLING – July 21, 2016 Board Member, Researcher/Writer traveled with members of a delegation organized by Center for Citizen Initiatives. They assembled in Moscow for a two-week visit to the region. Sterling gave a presentation on his trip with this delegation. Location: Mt. Diablo Peace Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA Sponsored by: Mt. Diablo Peace Center – OurPeaceCenter.org – and Friendly Favors – favors.org
ALISON WEIR – August 25, 2015 Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center hosted an evening with the journalist /author of Against Our Better Judgment. She spoke on the roots of violence and conflict in Israel/Palestine and uncovered the history and context that the mainstream media ignores. She is the director of If Americans Knewhttp://ifamericansknew.org/ Video:
LAFAYETTE HILLSIDE MEMORIAL video history on the memorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86S8vVNUi7Y
DENNIS BERNSTEIN – March 3, 2015, Video: https://vimeo.com/122207201 Executive Producer & Radio Host of FLASHPOINTS on KPFA, Bernstein spoke on Transformational Figures that have Changed History. Location: Mt. Diablo Peace Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Sponsored by: Mt. Diablo Peace Center – OurPeaceCenter.org – and Friendly Favors – favors.org
GEORGIA KELLY – February 17, 2015 Video: https://vimeo.com/122172189, Founder and Director Praxis Peace Institute, Sonoma, spoke on the speaking on the Institute’s Seminar & Tour of MONDRAGON, SPAIN scheduled for MAY 10 – 16, 2015 Location: Mt. Diablo Peace Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Sponsored by: Mt. Diablo Peace Center – OurPeaceCenter.org – and Friendly Favors – favors.org
TONI ANTOINETTE JOHNS, Ph.D. – February 7, 2015 Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center held its 4th Annual Conference – Creating a Peaceful School. The event took place at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill. Attendees were treated to an early morning keynote address by the dynamic Toni Antoinette Johns, Ph.D. who answered the question, “How can we begin to utilize and respect different types of knowledge and styles of learning to inspire the learners of today so as to become the successful citizens of tomorrow?” One of the teachers commented on her presentation…” I very much enjoyed the keynote speaker. [She] is addressing topic that has been a void in current training for teachers—internalized oppression”. Thereafter she led a “…very deep and relevant discussion [group]”. Video: https://vimeo.com/119052930
TASHI & NUNGSHI MALIK – JUNE 12, 2014 Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center hosted a presentation by these 22 years old twin sisters from India. They had just returned from a climb on Mt. McKinley and are climbing the highest mountains on each continent. By doing so they are becoming a role models for activism and peace making for youngsters around the world – www.nungshitashi.com
Video: https://vimeo.com/98148622
MIKO PELED – MAY 29, 2014: http://vimeo.com/96997436 Israeli Peace Activist and son of a famous Israeli General Matti Peled, spoke to a large crowd at the Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center in Walnut Creek. Peled is the author of the autobiographical book “The General’s Son”. He shared the remarkable history of his family and his vision for transforming the Israeli apartheid system into a secular democracy – www.mikopeled.com
ROBERT REICH EXPLAINS THE WAR ON THE POOR AND WORKING FAMILIES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npj2U1PdIhI&authuser=0 This video is the latest Robert Reich collaboration with MoveOn.org Civic Action.
PROJECT CENSORED – FEBRUARY 28, 2014: https://vimeo.com/88014573 Professors MICKEY HUFF, PETER PHILLIPS, Dr. ANDY LEE ROTH and NOLAN HIGDON and interns: Crystal Bedford, Emilee Mann, Lauren Freeman, Bryan Reid, and Siwatu Wright. Project Censored teaches students to identify the most significant censored news stories in the US, and to figure out why they were suppressed. Location: Mt. Diablo Peace Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Sponsored by: Mt. Diablo Peace Center – OurPeaceCenter.org – and Friendly Favors – favors.org
BRAD OLSEN – January 15, 2014: http://vimeo.com/84331765 Using Technology to Build World Peace. An organization started in 1999 to educate and encourage the use of technology to build a more informed, connected and peaceful world – PeaceTour.org. Location: Mt. Diablo Peace Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 – (925) 933-7850. Sponsored by: Mt. Diablo Peace Center – OurPeaceCenter.org – and Friendly Favors – Favors.org
DANIEL SHEEHAN – December 11, 2013: http://vimeo.com/81723206 The People’s Advocate – The Life and Legal History of America’s Most Fearless Public Interest Lawyer – danielpsheehan.net. Presentation, Q&A and book signing by our most courageous Constitutional Attorney. Introduced by Sara Nelson. Location: Mt. Diablo Peace Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 – (925) 933-7850. Sponsored by: Mt. Diablo Peace Center – OurPeaceCenter.org – and Friendly Favors – favors.org
DAVID KORTEN ~ November 14, 2013: http://vimeo.com/79539839 Sacred Stories, Earth Community, and Living Economies: Pathway to a Viable Human Future. Presentation by the co-founder and board chair of YES! Magazine and the author of: When Corporations Rule the World –davidkorten.org. Location: Walnut Creek, CA 94598. Sponsored by the Mt. Diablo Peace Center – OurPeaceCenter.org – and Friendly Favors – favors.org
ELLEN BROWN – June 6, 2013: http://vimeo.com/67902836 Presenting the advantages of establishing a Publicly Owned Bank of California to keep and manage our State’s treasure for our own needs rather than sending it to Wall Street. Location: Mt. Diablo Peace Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 – (925) 933-7850. Sponsored by: Friendly Favors – favors.org – and Mt. Diablo Peace Center – mtdpc.org – and Public Banking Institute –PublicBankingInstitute.org