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Tuesday April 02, 2002

Tuesday, April 2

Respite Caregiver Volunteer Training

9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Catholic Charities

433 Jefferson St., Oakland

Part two of a two day training for anyone interested in becoming a respite care volunteer. 768-3147, betty@cceb.org

The Enron Debacle: What Happened and What’s Next?

9-noon

Clark Kerr conference Center

Wood Krutch Theater

2601 Warring Street in Berkeley

keynote speaker Bala Dharan, J. Howar Creekmore Professor of Management at the Jesse H. Jones graduate school of management at Rice University will explore the complex issues surrounding the demise of Enron, implications for the accounting profession and its widespread implications for the stock market and its supporting institutions. The event is organized by the Center for Financial Reporting and Management at UC Berkeley.

For more information call 642-0324.

Wednesday, April 3

Spring Travel Writer’s Seminar

Don George (Travel Editor Lonely Planet Publications

Topic: Finding the story, exploring the experience

Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore

For more information 843-6725

North Berkeley Senior Center Advisory Council

10 a.m.

Monthly birthday party will feature The Dixieland jazz Band, asteswingers and refreshments.

1901 Hearst St.

For more information, 981-5190.

Melody Ermachild Chavis: “Reporting from Recent Trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan”

5:30-8:30 pm

For more information, 415-285-9734

Berkeley Peace Walk and Vigil

6:30 pm

Berkeley

Berkeley Peace Walk and Vigil

For more information, contact: 415-285-9734

Thursday, April 4

The Huston Smith Series on Religion: Why Religion Matters

7:30 p.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church

1187 Franklin St. in San Francisco

World renowned expert on Islam, Dr. Seyyed Nasr, to speak on Why Islam Matters

For more information, 415-575-6175

Berkeley Metaphysical Toastmasters Club

6:15-8:00 p.m.

2515 Hillegass Ave.

Free, on-going meetings 1st & 3rd Thursdays, emphasizing metaphysical topics. (510) 848-6510.

Graduate Theological Union presents liberation philosopher Enrique Dussel

noon- 2 p.m.

Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library

2400 Ridge Road

Enrique Dussel, pioneering scholar of the philosophy of liberation and a leading figure in Latin American liberation theology will present his recent work in “Modernity, coloniality and Capitalism in the World System.”

For more information, call 649-2464

Stop Sweatshops! Teach-in

7:30 p.m.

Berkeley

Stop Sweatshops! Teach-in

For more information, contact: 415-285-9734

War in Colombia: A Panel Discussion

7 p.m.

For more information, contact: 415-285-9734

Saturday, April 6

Library Grand Opening

1 p.m.

Berkeley Public Library

The celebration will include a ribbon cutting ceremony, a keynote speech by Alice Walker, musical guests, and building tours. 548-7102

Graduate Theological Union presents Suavecito — The Politics and Poetics of Asian American Soul Music in he 1970s.

5 p.m.

UC Berkeley Krutch Theater,

Clark Kerr Campus

2601 Warring St.

A panel discussion and musical offering explore the interplay between soul music and community politics.

For more information, call 849-8244.

East Bay Regional Parks District, special events

10-4 p.m.

Gathering of the Scottish clans,

Ardenwood Historic Farm

34600 Ardenwood Boulevard, Fremont

Fore more information, call 796-0663

Noche Latina in Berkeley

7-11 p.m.

The Bay Area Hispanic Institute for Advancement (Bahia, Inc.)is holding its second annual Noche Latina event. This fund raiser will feature food catered by Cafe de la Paz, music and a silent auction. Bahia is an after-school program for children ages 5-10. This year’s event will be held at the Law Offices of Duran, Ochoa & Icaza, which are located at 1035 Carleton Ave.

For more information, contact Estrella Fichter at 510.549.3506 or

estrella.fichter@earthlink.net

Emergency Preparedness Class

9 - 11 a.m.

Emergency Operations Center

997 Cedar St.

A class in basic personal preparedness for emergency situations. 981-5605

Sunday, Apr. 7

Minding the Body, Inc, a nonprofit corporation, is hosting a Fundraising Festival called Peace it Together

1-5 p.m.

2218 Acton St. between Bancroft and Allston streets. Proceeds will help send an emissary from the Bay Area (Elise Peeples—mediator, author and activist) to exchange peacemaking skills with people from all over the world at the 10th Annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution in St. Petersburg, Russia in May.

There will be: Participatory Booths, Jugglers, Storytellers, Performance Art, Co-creation of Music, Poetry and Art and a Vegetarian Potluck

This event is wheelchair accessible.

For more information, please visit our web site at MindingTheBody.org or e-mail elise@mindingthebody.org.

“Remedios” — Benefit for Poet Aurora Levins Morales

11-2 p.m.

Berkeley

For more information, contact: 415-285-9734

Weekly Peace Walk around Lake Merritt

7-3 p.m.

Oakland

For more information, contact: 415-285-9734

Mission 911: Bay Area Poets for Peace