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February

Monday, February 8 – Friday, February 12, 2010

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Writing for Change: Civic Writing
SLCC Community Writing Center - 210 East 400 South on the Plaza, Suite 8 , Salt Lake City, 801-957-4992
Learn techniques for civic writing such as letters to editors & public officials. Come with a concern to write a letter!
Free

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The Wisdom of Our Years – A documentary that uses first person narratives from seven elderly African-Americans experiencing racism in Utah.
Utah Cultural Celebration Center – 1355 West 3100 South West Valley City, 801-965-5100
Free Admission

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Westminster College and UCCD Present: ‘The Quest for Sustainability: Climate Change and Economic Growth’

Bruce McKenzie Everett, Ph.D., discusses climate change and economic growth

Westminster College and the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy present a lecture by Bruce McKenzie Everett, Ph.D., and professor of business at Tufts and on The Quest for Sustainability: Climate Change and Economic Growth on Feb. 9, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall in the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory.

In a world of accelerating technological and social change, we face unprecedented complexity regarding the global economy and the environmental challenges it poses. To what extent do we really understand the science of climate change? Can we address climate change through modest lifestyle changes, or are the trade-offs between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions simply too severe? Can technology save us? With over three decades of experience in the energy business as a government official, oil industry executive, teacher and commentator on energy policy, Dr. Everett will interpret the relationship between climate change and economic growth.

Born and bred in the Boston area, and still a die-hard Red Sox fan, Dr. Everett graduated from Princeton University in 1969 and earned a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University in 1980.

All lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.westminstercollege.edu/culturalevents or www.utahdiplomacy.org.

About the series:
The 2009-2010 American Express Weldon J. Taylor Executive Lecture Series, in partnership with the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy’s Ambassador John Price and Marcia Price World Affairs Lecture Series, is a learning-lecture experience that features distinguished speakers who are leading authorities in their field. Their expertise is relevant to the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business and includes topics related to business management, leadership, social entrepreneurship and international issues.

Thursday, February 11 – Saturday February 13, 2010

The Vagina Monologues – Westminster College – 7:30pm

Even Enslers, traveling show preformed to raise awareness & funds for organizations working to end violence against women.
CALL FOR TICKETS:  Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, 801-832-2457

Friday, February 12, 2010

S.O.S. Haiti – Benefit show in response to the devastatin Haiti Earthquake

Whisper’s Cafe, 1429 south 1100 East, SLC

HOST: WHISPER’S CAFE and THE AMERICAN RED CROSS

Come out and have a good time drink some coffee and have some dinner. ALSO SERVING VEGAN FOOD. This coffee shop offers a nice and warm atmosphere.

All doations along with a percentage of sales will benefit The Red Cross efforts in haiti.

Art Show: 5pm-7pm

Live Music: 7pm-10pm

Open Mic: 10pm – midnight.

For questions or interest in performing call or text Kurt at 801-67152.

Facebook link toWhisper’s Cafe:

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=whisper%27s+cafe&init=quick#!/group.php?gid=336711945390&ref=ss

Friday, February 12, 2010

A powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time…people who have profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry.

Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation.

Official Selection – 2009 Sundance Film Festival
Official Selection – 2009 Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival
Winner – Best Director, Atlanta Documentary Film Festival

Where: Salt Lake Arts Center, 20 S. West Temple
More information: www.slcfilmcenter.org

Friday, February 12 – Saturday, February 13, 2010

A Climate of Change: Working for Peace, Social Justice and a Healthy Planet

5:30 Friday – 8:30 Saturday, Orson Spencer Hall and the adjacent University Union Building at the University of Utah Campus

5:30 pm: OSH 202 The Carbon Reduction Imperative: Energy Crisis in the Climate Crisis. Ed Firmage Jr., Wim Cardoen, and others.

7 pm: OSH Auditorium, Keynote speech by Tyler Volk: CO2 Rising: The World’s Greatest Environmental Challenge. He will be introduced by Barbara Richardson.

9 pm: OSH Auditorium, Film Home (90 mins)

9 pm: Union Theater, Film Rethink Afghanistan (60 mins)

9 pm: OSH 202, Film One Degree Matters (57 mins)

Saturday All Day Feb. 13 (Refreshments will be served)

10 am: Union Den, Brunch with Tyler Volk

11 am: OSH Auditorium, ‘Reviving the labor movement’ Steve Early and Rand Wilson speaking, w/ Peter Philips (chair), discussants: Julie Holzer, Jim Cooksey, Warren Brodhead, others.

1 pm: OSH 202, “Health Care Reform: a post mortem examination” panel with Rand Wilson and others.

3 pm: OSH Auditorium, Justice for the Palestinians with Alison Weir, founder of If Americans Knew, and Frances ReMillard, Utahns for a Just Peace in the Holy Land.

5 pm: Union Den, Plenary Session: What Next? Planning the next actions of the HPMC.

7 pm: OSH Auditorium, Film Garbage Dreams (79 mins) presented by SLC Film Center.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

HREC with The Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable

is hosting a workshop on Forgiveness:

Forgiving One Another as a Path to Peace

Please join us for a workshop about forgiveness that acknowledges among faith traditions there is a common understanding that forgiveness of self and others is central to peacemaking. In some traditions, forgiveness is understood as an obligation as well as a choice.

Forgiveness is one of the most difficult things we are ever asked to do, and none of us can claim to be an expert on the subject. Forgiveness is so difficult because when we have harmed or betrayed one another, or have been harmed by another, a sense of justice and fairness comes into direct conflict with our desire to show mercy and compassion. We must learn how to forgive ourselves and others.

In this highly interactive workshop we discover our individual empathy and compassion are the tools that will bring peace to our lives. Acknowledging the challenges and sharing our stories we learn that forgiveness will become a process that brings a peaceful life.

“The holiest of all the spots on earth is where an ancient hatred has become a present Love.”
—A Course in Miracles

When: Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Where: The Episcopal Diocese of Utah, 75 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, Utah
Time: 10AM-4PM
Facilitators: Carla Kelley, Director HREC and Karla Reading, L.C.S.W.

Lunch will be provided.

RSVP (a must) to carla@hrecutah.org or (801) 521-4283

The Human Rights Education Center of Utah is a 501©3 nonprofit organization dedicated to peace, justice and equality.
www.hrecutah.org

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Panel Discussion: What is the Value and Purpose of Black History Month?
7:30 p.m. Gore School of Business Auditorium , Westminster College
Panelists from the SLC area, to be announced when finalized.

Friday, February 26, 2010

New Models of Societal Transformation – Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, room 107 at 3 p.m
• Learn about several new approaches to politics and governance

The Westminster College Center for Civic Engagement will host an upcoming series of innovative community leadership workshops entitled “From Civility to a New Social and Political Movement: How to be a Societal Transformation Agent.”

The workshops will feature Salt Lake community organizer John Kessler who has presented on community work throughout Utah and is currently developing a wellness program with a team of engaged citizens.

All workshops are free and open to the public and will take place in the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, room 107 at 3 p.m.

The workshops are hosted as a part of Westminster’s S.L.I.C.E. (Student Leaders in Civic Engagement) program to help students hone their community organization skills. S.L.I.C.E. students design projects to address issues about which they are passionate and the Center for Civic Engagement provides them the resources and mentorship they need to turn their ambitions into real social change.

For more information or to RSVP for the workshop, contact Westminster’s Center for Civic Engagement at (801) 832-2805 or email civicengagement@westminstercollege.edu. An RSVP is encouraged, but not necessary.

March

Tuesday, Mary 9, 2010

Westminster College Presents: ‘The Iraq War: Three Things Americans Still Don’t Understand About It’

Lecture by Thomas E. Ricks is part of the Kim T. Adamson Lecture Series on International Studies

As part of the Kim T. Adamson Lecture Series on International Studies, Westminster is pleased to present a lecture by Thomas E. Ricks entitled “The Iraq War: Three Things Americans Still Don’t Understand About It” on March 9, 2010, at 7:30 in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall in the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory.

Ricks will provide insight into three critical things we don’t understand about the Iraq War. A multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter, Ricks’ expertise in such matters is substantial.
With a penchant for national security issues, he has studied and reported on U.S. military activities for nearly 30 years, covering American combat in Somalia, Haiti, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Kuwait, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iraq. He served as a special military correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, followed by a similar position at the Washington Post. He has also written on defense matters for the Atlantic Monthly and was a member of two teams that won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 2000 and 2002.

Ricks is also the author of multiple books on the U.S. military. Two of his works, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003–05 and The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006–08 were New York Times bestsellers. Michiko Kakutani of the Times has called these two books “devastating,” “brilliant,” “provocative,” “powerful,” “illuminating,” and “important and chilling.” Ricks also published several novels, including Making the Corps, which won Washington Monthly’s “Political Book of the Year” award, and A Soldier’s Duty, about U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan—published four months before the U.S. actually intervened there.

Currently, Ricks is a senior fellow at the Center for New American Security and a contributing editor of Foreign Policy magazine, for which he writes a blog called “The Best Defense.” Ricks grew up in New York and Afghanistan and graduated from Yale University in 1977.

The lecture is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow the event. For more information, visit www.westminstercollege.edu/campusevents.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Panel Discussion: What is the Value and Purpose of Women’s History Month? 7:30 p.m. Vieve Gore Concert Hall , Westminster College
Panelists from the SLC area, to be announced when finalized.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Facilitating five levels of civil discourse and behavior
• Learn five increasingly superior levels of civility, reciprocity, dispute resolution and policy development

The Westminster College Center for Civic Engagement will host an upcoming series of innovative community leadership workshops entitled “From Civility to a New Social and Political Movement: How to be a Societal Transformation Agent.”

The workshops will feature Salt Lake community organizer John Kessler who has presented on community work throughout Utah and is currently developing a wellness program with a team of engaged citizens.

All workshops are free and open to the public and will take place in the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, room 107 at 3 p.m.

The workshops are hosted as a part of Westminster’s S.L.I.C.E. (Student Leaders in Civic Engagement) program to help students hone their community organization skills. S.L.I.C.E. students design projects to address issues about which they are passionate and the Center for Civic Engagement provides them the resources and mentorship they need to turn their ambitions into real social change.

For more information or to RSVP for the workshop, contact Westminster’s Center for Civic Engagement at (801) 832-2805 or email civicengagement@westminstercollege.edu. An RSVP is encouraged, but not necessary.