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Calendar of Events
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February |
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20 |
Graduation for STRIVE class #128, 11:00 AM |
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20-22 |
Int'l Social Action Film Festival |
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27 |
Orientation for STRIVE class #129, 9:00 AM |
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March |
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20 |
Graduation for STRIVE class #129, 11:00 AM |
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27 |
Orientation for STRIVE class #130, 9:00 AM |
Complete calendar of events online
Vision
Empowering people to open doors, change lives and strengthen communities.
Mission
Creating opportunities for self-sufficiency by providing job readiness training, employment placement, affordable housing and life skills for homeless and unemployed men, women and youth.
Board Members
Chair
Greg Markow, Esq.
HECHT, SOLBERG, ROBINSON, GOLDBERG & BAGLEY
Past Chair
Ray Ellis
BUSINESS CONSULTANT
Vice Chair
Mitch Dubick
HIGGS FLETCHER & MACK
Treasurer
Bennet Greenwald
GREENWALD TALBOT & COMPANY
Secretary
Marianne Nelson
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
Stephen Chin
SHARP HEALTHCARE
Gordon Cooke
THE BRIDGES AT RANCHO SANTA FE
Ray Ellis
BUSINESS CONSULTANT
Elizabeth Gibson
LEE HECHT HARRISON
Bill Hahn
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
Eric Kiser
STU SEGALL PRODUCTIONS,
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
STRIVE alumni, class #112
M.G. Kristian
INVITROGEN CORPORATION
Jeffrey Silberman
CARLETON MANAGEMENT
Heather Whitley
MANPOWER
Advisory Board Members
John Baker
Malin Burnham
Anita Crandall
Murray Galinson
Warden R. Hernandez
Robert Ito
Mike Kirkeby
Judy McDonald
David Minton
Jason Shidler
Cecil Steppe
Richard Taylor
Geri Ann Warnke |
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 International Social Action Film Festival This
Weekend
Time is running out to purchase tickets to the upcoming International Social Action Film Festival. Films will be screened on February 20-22. Ticket prices have been lowered to $25 for the gala on Friday evening and $10 for film-only
tickets. Second Chance will receive a portion of each ticket sale. Please purchase tickets online at
isaff.inticketing.com. Tickets will also be available at the door.
This film festival is designed to support local social action organizations like Second Chance. The schedule for the weekend is as follows:
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION FILM FESTIVAL
San Diego Schedule
February 20-22, 2009
The Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park
Session One, Friday 2/20, 6-10 PM
OPENING NIGHT
Suggested Donation $10.00
Skoll Foundation Films
Dorothy Stoneman YouthBuild USA (08:34)
Karen Tse International Bridges to Justice (06:52)
Rupert Howes Fish for Today, Fish for Tomorrow (8.05)
Victoria Hale Institute for OneWorldHealth (07:12)
Blaise Judja Sato VillageReach (07:03)
Capim Dourado (10:40)
Local Films
Second Chance (12:12)
San Diego Social Venture Partners (5:00)
San Diego Coastkeeper (5:39)
Human Development Foundation (3:32)
San Diego CanyonLands (28:30)
La Cuna
Just in Time for Foster Youth (6:30)
Outdoor Outreach
Into the Light – Center for Community Solutions (9:04)
Pierre's Place (5:00)
Escondido Community Child Development Center (14:14)
Border Voices (16:00)
Session Two, Saturday 2/21, 10 AM - 1 PM
SOCIAL ACTION AT LARGE
Suggested Donation $10.00
Climate Matters – (4:00) Mary Sky
RootCapital Finance for Communities and Conservation (15:23)
Moving the Mountain of Poverty (12:00) Jay Milbrandt
The Face of Egyptian Women (15:03) ADEW Mona Kandil
Opening Adoption (15:33) Shari Levine
Detecting Danger Africa's Giant Rats (51:51) Herbert Ostwald
What I See When I Close My Eyes (29:32)
Walleyball (3:26) Brent Hoff
Orbital Debris (4:00) Richard Clar
SESSION THREE, Saturday 2/21, 2-5 PM
THE BIRTH OF SOCIAL ACTIVISTS
Suggested Donation $10.00
SCREENING: This Brave Nation films produced by Robert Greenwald's New Brave Films. Films feature:
Carl Pope and Van Jones (30:00)
Majora Carter and Pete Seeger (30:00)
Bonnie Raitt and Delores Huerta (30:00)
Tom Hayden and Naomi Klein (30:00)
PANEL DISCUSSION: What motivates people to engage in social action?
GALA SESSION, Saturday 2/21, 6-10 PM
Suggested Donation $100.00 for gala
Suggested Donation without gala $25.00 (Admission @ 7 PM)
Gala event with local social action organizations and patrons
The Purple Couch - Feature Short from Moving Pictures, Inc
War/Dance, Feature-length Documentary from Shine Global
SESSION FOUR, Sunday 2/22, 10 AM - 2 PM
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE
Suggested Donation $10.00
Occupied Minds - Jamal Dajani and David Michaelis (55:00)
Outlawed - Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the 'War on Terror' Witness (28:00)
Pilgrimage Through Kham - Roshi Joan Halifax (10:27)
Leading the Way to Peace - Sun and Moon Vision Productions (65:00)
Recognition and awards to all local participants
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