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Town Hall Movie Nights and Forums The Town Hall Coalition has sponsored movie nights and public forums throughout the county with panels of experts from government, business, farm labor, scientists, and non-profit organizations. These forums are designed to exchange information and provide community stakeholders and opportunity to speak and listen to each other as well as organize. At
the regional level, we have held seven free public town hall forums.
They are: Your Water, Your Wallet, and Your Health! Cancer
in Sonoma County, Are You Concerned about Vineyard Development?
Pesticides, People, and Healthy Farming, Concerned About
Pesticides? Industrial Vineyard Development, and an
Evening of Water Issues. Each forum teaches communities
about current issues and public policy. Participants meet decision-makers
and those knowledgeable about the issues at hand. The forums are
designed to provide clear steps about how to get involved and
participate in the decision-making process in order to effect
social change and create sustainable healthy communities. Monthly Film Nights On Wed. May 31, 2006 we showed the movie “INVISIBLE BALLOTS” INVISIBLE BALLOTS is an in-depth exposé of all-electronic computerized voting. Underneath the radar of public scrutiny, election officials and voting machine manufacturers are putting into service tens of thousands of touch screen voting machines that cannot be relied upon for accuracy or security from tampering. Voting is swiftly coming under the control of private corporations using secret software with little or no independent oversight. These companies and the people who run them are rife with corruption and insider alliances. Mysterious election upsets are increasing, and verified recounts are impossible. If we are to preserve representative government, the public must learn the secrets revealed in Invisible Ballots and take action quickly. No host pizza and drinks. Defend Democracy! Stop Election Fraud! On August 18, 2005 we had a Forest Slide Show and Skit in preparation for August 23 Forest Conversion meeting. At 6:30PM at Coffee Catz, Sebastopol. Town Hall Coalition presents a Slide Show of Sonoma County Forest Conversions on Thursday, August 18th at 6:30PM at Coffee Catz Café in Sebastopol. See what Forest Conversions look like, and what they do to the landscape, ecology, and habitat. Find out the latest information and prepare for the Public Hearing. We will also perform a SATIRICAL skit (inspired by the San Francisco Mime Troupe) which outlines the issues. Activism and entertainment! On June 30, 2005 we showed "Coastal Clash" in cooperation with Coast Walk. Whose coast is it, anyway? Coastal Clash, a one-hour, high-definition documentary produced by KQED Public Television, takes an in-depth look at the many sides of the struggle for California's shores. Many Californians believe that the passage of the Coastal Act in 1976 and the subsequent creation of the California Coastal Commission and California Coastal Conservancy effectively saved the coastline for its citizens. But despite the fact that California leads the nation in its protection and management of coastal resources, few locations in the United States rival California for its constant, intense pressure for development or for the politics that plague the operations of the California Coastal Commission. Coastal Clash travels the California coastline and features environmental experts, coastal scientists, government representatives, community leaders and property owners reveal the state's history of tension between public vs. private coastal interests, examine the science of sea walls and their effect on beaches and offer examples of both failed and successful attempts at coastal development. Featured speaker: County Supervisor and Coastal Commissioner Mike Reilly. On May 19, 2005 we showed "Oil on Ice"- a documentary on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and U.S. energy policy. Followed by a discussion: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. What is to be done? How to reshape environmentalism to bring in more people, engage the mainstream, and get past retrograde policies? On March 10, 2005 we showed a film on Voter Security "Contesting a Stolen Election" followed by a discussion with Eve Roberson: Ohio 2004 Voting Irregularities, Hazards of Electronic (Black Box) Voting, Where were the Exit Polls, and more… Eve Roberson is a former election supervisor, Vice President of League of Women Voters, has served on the Sonoma County Grand Jury, and spent 4 weeks in Ohio this Fall. The first film night was February 10, 2005. We showed the DVD of Professor George Lakoff called "How Democrats and Progressives can Win" which discussed the concept of "framing" and the metaphor of the family in American politics. A lively discussion followed. Past Town Hall Forums Political
Comedy Night- April 2, 2006
6:30
PM Music
General Admission Tickets for the show: $20. Town
Hall Coalition Annual Dinner
Tickets are $25, available by calling (707) 824-4371 Town Hall Coalition, Community Clean Water Institute, and the Redwood Empire Environmental Center are hosting their annual dinner at the Sebastopol Community Center on Saturday, December 10, 2005. The Theme of the evening is "Defending the Commons." The Commons are the shared wealth of our community including our public schools, wetlands, national parks, forests, air, water, Social Security, Medicare, libraries, and more. Our collectively held public properties and social programs are being sold (privatized) to the highest bidder. Elected officials are relinquishing public ownership, encouraging privatization and extraction, and destroying the framework in which community and democracy operate. How can we defend these Commons? Author and journalist Jonathan Rowe will be the keynote speaker. Jonathan Rowe is the Founder of Tomales Bay Institute, and the author of "The Common Good: An argument for asserting our rights to quiet, community, a drink of pure water, and a breath of fresh air," and an expert on the importance of protecting the commons. His articles have appeared in The Atlantic, Christian Science Monitor, Yes Magazine, Utne Reader, and more, and he has been a contributing editor to the Washington Monthly. A recent article he wrote appeared in the Sierra Club magazine. Here in Sonoma County, the acquisition of 3,375 acres in the Willow Creek watershed in Western Sonoma County is a positive example of protecting land for the common good. The environmental activists who made this park a reality will be honored at the Dinner. For years of combating excessive logging through lawsuits and organizing, we will honor Darrell Sukovitzen, Pieter Myers, and Richard Coates. For the work of Willow Creek’s acquisition and permanent protection, we will honor Caryl Hart, Craig Anderson (Landpaths), Richard Retecki (Coastal Conservancy), and Sonoma County Open Space District. A special honor will be given posthumously to Francie Gallegos for her inspiration and work to initiate Willow Creek’s permanent protection. The
dinner menu includes: lasagna, salad, garlic bread and chocolate
mousse cake. Music will be provided by Jeffrey Jon (Whitebear)
who has just released a new CD titled, “Honoring Life”.
The event will also include music, raffle prizes, and silent auction. Tickets are $25 tickets and available by calling (707) 824-4371, or at the Redwood Empire Environmental Center, 6741 Sebastopol Ave. Suite 140, Sebastopol. (in Gravenstein Station near Coffee Catz). This is a benefit for Town Hall Coalition and Community Clean Water Institute. The
San Francisco Mime Troupe- "Doing Good"
"Getting
the Truth Out In Media" Followed
by: A COMMUNITY FORUM ON THE MEDIA Guest appearance by Esteemed Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey Emcee
and Moderator SHERRY GLASER SUNDAY,
JUNE 5, 2005 2:00
- 4:00-$10-William Rivers Pitt, Sherry Glaser, and Panel Only
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." Harry S. Truman "The only security of all is a free press." Thomas Jefferson Post-Election
Political Comedy Night Saturday,
January 29, 2005- 7:30 PM at the Sebastopol Community Center.
With
live music, raffle, silent auction, and awards for grassroots
peace and environmental activists: Pocket Canyon Protection Group,
Coffee Lane Alliance, Coastal Forest Alliance, Healdsburg Peace
Project.
Are
You Concerned About Dead and Dying Redwoods and Other Trees? Stop
Corporate Water Theft! Gualala
and Albion River Water Bags, Water Rights,Privatization, and the
Public Trust
Water Action Forum Your
Water, Your Wallet, Your Health! Are
you Concerned about Cancer in Sonoma County? Sharpshooter
and Pesticides Forum Water
Forum Are
you concerned about vineyard development? Forum #3 Are
you concerned about vineyard development? #2 Are
you concerned about vineyard development?
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Saturday, December 10, 2005 from 6:00pm-10:00pm
