Van Jones: Ecologically Sustainable, Spiritually Fulfilling, ...AND SOCIALLY JUST?

DVD Video Event with Van Jones
Van Jones Speaks to Pachamama Alliance on Social Justice and Civil Rights

A Social Justice Event: Sponsored by Sustainable Bellingham and co-sponsored by Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, Bellingham Institute of Noetic Sciences; Whatcom Peace & Justice Center

Tuesday, February 5, 2008
7 - 9:30 Social time and tea at 6:30 - 7 PM
WECU Educational Center (next to Kinko's on Holly) - 511 E. Holly
Contact: 714-9305 lynallen.peace@yahoo.com

This may be the most important invitation you receive this year!

* Van Jones' message reminds us of the priority concern: How can you have a sustainable community without having a sustainable social structure? - Lynnette A
* It highlights the racial injustice and ineffectiveness of many progressives. It challenges us to move on as progressives. - Dan M.
* "Thought-provoking.. it challenged me to listen and engage more effectively. - Karen H.

Our video presenter is Van Jones, social activist and President of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland CA. He holds a B.A. from the University of Tennessee at Martin (1990) and a J.D. from Yale Law School (1993). He is a Fellow of The Institute of Noetic Sciences. The Ella Baker Center is a strategy and action center working for justice, opportunity and peace in urban America.

From the New York Times article: Van Jones: The Green Collar Solution:

"Mr. Jones, who heads the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, which helps kids avoid jail and secure jobs, has an idea how to change that — a “green-collar” jobs program that focuses on underprivileged youth. I would not underestimate him. Mr. Jones, age 39 and a Yale Law School grad, exudes enough energy to light a few buildings on his own."

--We are inviting local leaders of organizations working for social justice and their guests, and engaged citizens working for social justice.

Here in Bellingham, we will view the DVD of Van Jones' June 2007 presentation on Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice given to Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium facilitators. The purpose of the Symposium is that participants leave "committed and empowered to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on the planet."