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FINDING YOUR MEDIA CAREER

Join four Bay Area specialists for a
panel discussion on choosing and building a career in media

Wednesday, October 8
Reception: 6:30 p.m., Panel: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
New College Theater, 777 Valencia, S.F.

A wide array of media careers is available. . . but what's the best path for you? And how can you ensure success in today's media market? Join four Bay Area specialists for a panel discussion:

Craig Newmark of Craigslist.org speaks about how freelancers can use resources like Craigslist to achieve their goals. Lois Bukowski, Bay Area Video Coalition's career development coach, discusses how to decide which media career is best for you. Career counselor Sheila Weisblatt talks about the impacts of values, personality, skills, and interests on our work lives. And KTVU journalist Hari Sreenivasan discusses how he achieved his career goals.

Co-sponsored by
Media Alliance http://www.media-alliance.org and
New College Media Studies MA Program http://www.newcollege.edu/media_studies .

Free for New College Students and Media Alliance members / $10 general admission
For more information: (415) 546-6334

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New College Media Studies MA Program presents:

NEW COLLEGE ROUNDTABLE,
a live webcast radio program, entitled

"MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY"

Tune in online at
http://newmedia.newcollege.edu:8000/

on Thursday, October 9th from 5 - 6 p.m.

Panelists include:

ART McGEE of Media Justice Network and the Online Policy Group,
SARAH OLSON of San Francisco Liberation Radio and Indymedia (((i)))
WILL DOHERTY of the Electronic Frontier Foundation

This one-hour roundtable discussion will explore media consolidation, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC)'s recent rule changes and public resistance to those changes, internet freedoms and the fate of democracy.

This program will be archived and distributed for rebroadcast.

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For information about the Media Studies MA Program contact the Co-Directors:
Don Foster and Jon Garfield (415) 437-3425
http://www.newcollege.edu/media_studies

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"FLIGHT FROM DEATH: THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY"

A DOCUMENTARY FILM NARRATED BY GABRIEL BYRNE, DIRECTED AND EDITED BY PATRICK SHEN
with an appearance by New College alumnus Toni Riss

Friday, October 10, 7:00 p.m.
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., S.F.

"Flight from Death" explores the ways in which our day-to-day behaviors are affected by the awareness of our own mortality. Through stunning visuals and insightful interviews, this award winning film (Best Documentary, 2003 Beverly Hills Film Festival), explores human beings' innate and subconscious fear of death and portrays the impacts of that fear on our behavior, specifically in regard to violence. "Flight from Death" is directed by Patrick Shen, co-produced by Greg Bennick, and narrated by actor Gabriel Byrne.

For more information about the film visit: http://www.flightfromdeath.com
For film information: (714) 937-3966
For Venue information: (415) 437-3473
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EARTH CHARTER COMMUNITY SUMMIT
in San Francisco

with Julia Butterfly Hill

Saturday, October 11, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., S.F.

New College will host this year's Earth Charter Community Summit in San Francisco on Saturday, October 11 to raise awareness about the importance of this document and how to act on it. The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful society on a global scale for the 21st century. Our summit is one of hundreds that will be taking place all around the United States and will include 4-5 guest speakers in the morning, with a national hook-up from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., break for lunch and then two rounds of break-out sessions in the afternoon. We want to inspire dialogue and the format will be through guided discussions rather than presentations. These will enhance awareness and bring about the ideal of world citizenship by safeguarding fundamental human rights for every person on the planet to help build a sustainable world based in respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice and a culture of peace.
The afternoon will also include music and poetry.

For more information contact Laura Mckaughan, (415) 437-3479, laura [at] newcollege.edu .
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THE CURRENT STATE OF THE BRAZILIAN LANDLESS WORKERS MOVEMENT

Belchior Gonsalves, a leader of Latin America’s largest social movement, the MST,
will speak on the current process of agrarian reform in Brazil.

Thursday, October 23, 7;30 p.m.
New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., S.F.

An evening of updates and analysis on the current state of agrarian reform and rural activism in Brazil. The featured speaker will be Belchior Viana Gonsalves, a leader of Brazil’s Rural Landless Workers Movement (MST) and an expert in ecological agriculture. Mr. Gonsalves will speak about the history of the MST as well as the current status of the movement and its relationship to the government of President Luis “Lula” Ignacio da Silva.

Sponsored by the Friends of the MST
$5-10 sliding scale - with no one turned away for lack of funds
For more information, call (510) 644-9341.

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GREG PALAST,

BBC commentator and best-selling author, speaks on
"Elections and the Media: From Florida to California and on to 2004"

Special benefit for Media Alliance,
Co-sponsored by New College Media Studies MA Program

Friday, November 7; Reception 5:30, Program 7:30 p.m.
Location and ticket price to be announced

Help us welcome back to the Bay Area a leading investigative journalist, Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. As entertaining as he is journalistically rigorous, Palast is best known in the United States for uncovering the details of how the Bush family stole the Presidential election in Florida in 2000. Come hear Palast riff on the connections between the California recall and the Florida scandal as he shares his take on what we can expect from the 2004 Presidential election. Get a taste of Greg at http://www.gregpalast.com.
Be sure to get your tickets early!

Media Alliance: http://www.media-alliance.org/

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