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Nov 15, 2018
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Shaping San Francisco
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An event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco State Strike. A discussion will be initiated by leaders and participants of the Strike, as well as an artist who graduated from San Francisco State in Raza Studies and now teaches at State. U.C. Berkeley Professor Waldo E. Martin will moderate the discussion which will touch on what sparked the Strike, how it happened, and the impact it had and continues to have on San Francisco, California, and the country at large.
Topics: student movement, 1968, strike, faculty strike, S.I. Hayakawa, La Raza Studies, Third World...
The student/faculty strike at S.F. State College in 1968-69 was a seminal event, ushering in ethnic studies in higher education, contributing energy and activists to dozens of San Francisco political movements and much more. Learn about it from original participants: Roger Alvarado, Margaret Leahy, John Levin.
Topics: Student strike, faculty strike, police violence, Ronald Reagan, S.I. Hayakawa, Black Student Union,...
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Jul 17, 2019
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Ocean View–Merced Heights–Ingleside Community Association
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The Publication of The Ocean View–Merced Heights–Ingleside Community Association, working toward a model interracial community
Topics: Dr. Thomas Shaheen, Wilson Riles, desegregation, public education, education, Elaine Mannon,...
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Feb 9, 2014
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30-minute radio program for February 11, 2014. Illusion vs. reality in America today. Getting lost on Groundhog Day inspires a reflection by K.D. on S.I. Hayakawa's maxim, "The map is not the territory." The "map" of reality handed to us by the corporations and politicians falsely depicts the lay of the land (so to speak). Plus--making similar points--a selection from Virtual Renderings' new audio collage. Includes commentary by Woody Harrelson, Chris Hedges, and Jordan...
Topics: S.I. Hayakawa, corporations, propaganda, Virtual Renderings
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Renowned professor and former U.S. Senator S. I. Hayakawa discusses the role of language in human life, the many functions of language, and how language—sometimes without our knowing—shapes our thinking in this engaging and highly respected book. Provocative and erudite, it examines the relationship between language and racial and religious prejudice; the nature and dangers of advertising from a linguistic point of view; and, in an additional chapter called “The Empty Eye,” the content,...
Topic: Language in Thought and Action S.I. Hayakawa
