Ruth Group Speakers Series

For about 4 years the Ruth Group brought speakers to small, local venues where ordinary folks could participate with authors, educators, activists in the idea and action formation so necessary to a vibrant democracy. After a tapering down of these meetings, we reconvened in November 2008 with a very good fund raising and viewing of Soldiers of Conscience, a documentary about active duty military deciding to be conscientious objectors. Watch the blog for more events to come. One of our group spun off his own Progressive Perspectives, a speakers series you will see mentioned on this blog often.

SPEAKER TOPIC DATE
Cole Miller No More Victims 2/20/08
Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan Soldiers of Conscience 12/06/07
George Lakoff Whose Freedom? 6/21/07
David Harris & Jerry Dekker Showdown Over Iran 5/24/07
Melanie Sloan Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (CREW) 4/19/07
Elizabeth de la Vega The Criminal Case against Bush & Co 2/26/06
Bernie Sanders* We are the Majority 1/21/06
Maxine Waters, Cindy Sheehan,
Lynn Woolsey & Barbara Lee*
Iraq: The Way Out 10/23/2005
Jacques Leslie Deep Water: Global Resistance to Mega-Dams 9/21/2005
Rebecca Solnit Hope in Dark Times (and vigil) 8/17/05
Ruth Rosen If Women Only Mattered 6/15/2005
Jim Dean Democracy for America 5/18/2005
Medea Benjamin Stop the Next War Now 5/4/2005
Adam Hochschild Bury the Chains: Organizing to Stop Slavery 4/13/2005
Barbara Boxer Response to Ruth Group’s Congratulations 3/30/2005
Mary Evelyn Tucker Ecology and World Religion 3/16/2005
Robert McChesney The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics 2/17/2005
Sim VanDer Ryn The Ecological Breakthrough 2/16/2005
Jim Burkle et al Religion 1/19/2005
David Harris The Crisis:Iran 12/1/2004
Marshall Ganz On Organizing 10/?04
ACT Benefit:
Harold Ickes; David Harris; Linda Ronstadt”
Election Fundraising 9/28/2004
Alisson Friedman
Alan Ungar & Mark Buell”
People for American Way 9/22/2004
Mervin Field State by State Polling 9/15/2004
Orville Schell The State of the Media 7/20/2004
Mark Hertsgaard Why Bush Will Lose 5/9/2004
David Harris On Argument
Robert Reich Why Liberals Will Win 4/21/2004
Michael Schellenberger The Apollo Project 2/18/2004
George Lakoff On Framing
Kevin Danaher Local Green Economy
Normon Solomon Media Bias
George Lakoff Language
Tyrone Cashman The Rubicon Moment
David Harris/Daniel Ellsberg Reflections on Citizenship 4/??/03
Peter Coyote Issues: Russian Dolls
Elizabeth Boardman Iraq — A Personal Visit
SPEAKER TOPIC DATE

* Co-sponsored with other groups.

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