This Month’s Book and Movie Recommendations WOMAN AT WARFilm by Benedikt ErlingssonHalla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist. Known to others only by…
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LJDC Monthly Meeting – November 2019
The LJDC Monthly Meeting Sunday, November 10, 2019 2 – 4:30 pm PROGRAM: Endorsements – Members will consider endorsing candidates in one or all of the following races, as time permits, U.S. Congress, 52nd District, San Diego Mayor and 78 State Assembly…
LJDC October 2019 – Book Recommendations
This Month’s Book Recommendations Permanent Record, by Edward SnowdenMetropolitan Books (September 17, 2019) 352 Pages Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his…
LJDC Monthly Meeting – October
The LJDC Monthly MeetingSunday, October 13, 2019 2 – 4:30 pm SPEAKER:: Budd Titlow, wetland scientist and wildlife biologist, PROGRAM: How 2 Generations Fight the Climate Crisis Budd and his daughter, Mariah Tinger, together wrote “Protecting the Planet.” Mariah began…
LJDC Monthly Meeting – September 2019
SPEAKER: Jess DurfeePROGRAM: Looking at Democratic and U.S. Politics at the National Level Jess Durfee is a Member of the Democratic National Committee. He’s the only Democratic National Committee (DNC) member from San Diego. He is chair of the DNC Western Region, Chair of…
LJDC September 2019 – Book Recommendations
This Month’s Book Recommendations Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul HawkenPublisher: Penguin Books (April 18, 2017) 256 PagesThe 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and…
The LJDC Monthly Meeting – August
The LJDC Monthly MeetingSunday, August 11, 20192 – 4:30 pm PROGRAM: “Truth in Ten” by The Climate Reality ProjectSPEAKER: Nancy Casady Former General Manager, Ocean Beach People’s Organic Food Co-op (1996-2016)Member, State Board of Food and Agriculture (2012 – to…
August’19 Books
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World,by Anand Giridharadas Knopf; First Edition, First Printing edition (August 28, 2018) 304 PagesThe New York Times bestselling, groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite’s efforts to “change the world” preserve the status…
LJDC Monthly Meeting – July
The LJDC Monthly MeetingSunday, July 14, 2019 2 – 4:30 pm PROGRAM: The Case Against Expanding the San Diego Convention Center SPEAKER: Cory Briggs The initiative to expand the convention center will be on the Primary Ballot in March, in…
June ’19 Books
This Month’s Book Recommendations Our History Is the Future – Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous ResistanceBy Nick EstesPublished by Verso (Mar 05, 2019) 320 PagesHow two centuries of Indigenous resistance created the movement…
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