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Angie Coiro - In Deep Radio live at Kepler's: June 10, 2015
Angie Coiro - In Deep Radio - Live at Kepler's
Every Wednesday 11am-1pm Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park CA 94025
Doors open at 10:30am. Show starts promptly at 11:00am!
JUNE 10 11:00am: AFFORDING SILICON VALLEY - Sharing the Dream San Jose, San Francisco, and its surrounding communities are enjoying a new flush of success and money. Along with the uptick comes the dogged problem of keeping urban areas diverse - racially, financially, and generationally.
Among our guests:
Egon Terplan, Regional Planning Director, San Francisco Planning and Urban Renewal Association (SPUR). A regional planner and economic development specialist with more than 14 years of experience, Egon Terplan has authored or co-authored numerous reports and policy studies related to regional planning, economic development, transportation and government reform, including the first-ever report on the Northern California megaregion and a 2011 report on land use planning and high-speed rail in California.
Derecka Mehrens, Executive Director, Working Partnerships Derecka's work at WP includes organizing and campaign strategies for San Jose's minimum wage increase, engaging low-income communities of color in public policy issues, and forming coalitions with the Domestic Workers Alliance, Bay Area Equal Voice Coalition, and California Calls, among others.
Prior to joining Working Partnerships she was a director with the California chapter of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), where she set statewide legislative priorities and managed organizing campaigns in 12 regions across the state. Mehrens is currently a board member for the Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and California Calls.
12:15pm: SILENT VOICES: People with Mental Disorders on the Street; Author: Robert L. Okin, MD. Dr. Okin was chief of service of the San Francisco General Hospital Department of Psychiatry; professor of clinical psychiatry at UC San Francisco.
JUNE 17 11:00am: Guests to be announced.
12:15pm: Guests to be announced.
JUNE 24 11:00am: PRO-VOICE: How to Keep Listening When the World Wants a Fight; Author: Aspen Baker Aspen Baker is the founder and executive director of Exhale, a national nonprofit endorsing a "pro-voice" stance. Taking no official stand on the abortion fight per se, she endorses respect, patience, and empathy from all involved.
12:15pm: Guests to be announced.
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LocationKepler's Books (View)
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 93025
United States
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Kid Friendly: No |
Dog Friendly: No |
Non-Smoking: Yes! |
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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