September 2009

Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor

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Thu, Sep 17 2009 - 6:00pm

Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor
Authors, Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother Daughter Story
In Conversation with Jane Ganahl, Co-director, Litquake Festival; Author, Naked on the Page
This Club event has been cancelled. However: Both speakers will appear at Dominican University of California (at 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael) at a 7:00 p.m. event on Friday, September 18. Read more »

Medical Care is the Repair Shop-- But What Determines Who Gets Sick In the First Place?

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Wed, Sep 16 2009 - 6:00pm

Medical Care Is the Repair Shop, but What Determines Who Gets Sick in the First Place?
This program has been cancelled
Paula Braveman, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, and Director, Center on Social Disparities in Health, UCSF
Join Braveman as she diagnoses the problems with American health care and writes a prescription for the nation’s future. Read more »

Tom Campbell

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Tue, Sep 15 2009 - 7:00pm

Tom Campbell
Former Member of Congress (R-CA)
With San Jose State University Professor and NBC11 Political Analyst Larry Gerston
How can we fix our battered and bruised Golden State? Former Congressman and State Finance Director Campbell will present an important and timely discussion on education, the economy and his ideas for the future of California.
Location: Morris Dailey Auditorium, San Jose State University, One Washington SquareTime: 6:30 p.m. doors open, 7 p.m. Read more »

Hopenhagen: Seth Farbman, Jon Krosnick, Adam Werbach

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Tue, Sep 15 2009 - 12:00pm

Hopenhagen: Seth Farbman, Jon Krosnick, Adam Werbach - Public Support for a Deal in Copenhagen
Adam Werbach, CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi SSeth Farbman, Managing Director, Ogilvy & Mather  Jon Krosnick, Professor of Communication and Political Science, Stanford UniversityGreg Dalton, Founder, Climate One
What do people around the world think about the threat of climate change and the promise of a new clean economy? Read more »

Admiral Dennis Blair: Director of National Intelligence

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Tue, Sep 15 2009 - 6:00pm

An Inside Look into America's Intelligence Apparatus
Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
Each day, thousands of men and women in America's 16 different intelligence organizations go to work behind the scenes. Blair will be on hand with an inside look at some of the unsung successes that rarely make it to the public eye and to discuss his key priorities and challenges.
Location: Club OfficeTime: 5:15 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. Read more »

T.R. Reid: Can We Really Fix U.S. Health Care?

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Mon, Sep 14 2009 - 12:00pm

T.R. Reid: Can We Really Fix U.S. Health Care?
T.R. Reid, Correspondent, The Washington Post; Commentator, National Public Radio; Author, The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
For 100 years, U.S. presidents have unsuccessfully strived to provide universal health coverage. Read more »

Firoozeh Dumas: In Conversation

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Thu, Sep 10 2009 - 6:00pm

Firoozeh Dumas in Conversation

Author, Funny in Farsi and Laughing Without an Accent
In conversation with Jaleh Daie
In her first appearance at The Commonwealth Club since Iran's disputed elections, author Dumas returns to talk about life as an Iranian-American. With exuberance, warmth and humor, best-selling author Dumas continues to amuse and delight with her personal reflections and stories growing up as a young Iranian in America. Read more »

The Imminent Next Step In Human Endeavor And How It Will Change Your Life

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Thu, Sep 10 2009 - 7:00pm

The Imminent Next Step in Human Endeavor and How It Will Change Your Life
Michael Mamas, Founder, Center of Rational Spirituality; Author, How to Be Your Own Best Psychotherapist
The only Westerner recognized by Gujarat University/Ashram India as spiritual master, Mamas aims to help you transform your understanding of what it means to be human. He believes that we dwell on a crest of the wave – the unification of all within the awareness of an individual. Discover the ramifications of these ideas. Read more »

What Marketers Need to Know About Generation Y

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Tue, Sep 8 2009 - 6:00pm

What Marketers Need to Know About Generation Y
Kit Yarrow, Co-author, Gen Buy: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail; Professor, Golden Gate University; Consumer Research Psychologist
Based on hundreds of interviews, focus groups across the country and a 2,000-person survey, Yarrow explains how the unique psychology of today's teens and twenty-somethings has resulted in a whole new breed of consumer. Read more »

Richard Gage: 9/11 Blueprint for Truth, Reexamining the WTC Collapses

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Tue, Sep 8 2009 - 6:00pm

9/11 Blueprint for Truth: Re-examining the WTC Collapses
Richard Gage, AIA, Founder, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth
Five years after the 9/11 Commission published its report, some people question the official findings on what brought down the World Trade Center. In a multimedia program, Gage contends that forensic evidence and eyewitness testimony reveal explosive-controlled demolition of the WTC skyscrapers on 9/11. Fact or fiction? Read more »