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Public talk by Dra. Vandana Shiva on GMOs

­by the staff of El Reportero

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World renowned activist, environmental justice leader, author and thinker Dr. Vandana Shiva will talk at the pre-conference Justice Begins with Seeds about the global state of GMOs and the global food justice and food sovereignty movement. September 13th, 2011, 7-9 PM, San Francisco. Horace Mann School Auditorium, 351 23rd Street, San Francisco. Please RSVP to miguel@biosafetyalliance.org.

Farmer-Run Farmers’ Market “Heart of the City” Celebrates 30 years

Heart of the City Farmers’ Market, located in the heart of San Francisco at the UN Plaza in the Civic Center on Wednesdays and Sundays – is celebrating thirty years of bringing affordable, locally-grown produce from small farms to an inner-city, low-income community that lacks a grocery store. We invite the community to join us for our 30th Anniversary Festival, held during market day on Wednesday, September 14 at San Francisco’s UN Plaza in the Civic Center. Free!

FistUp Hip-Hop Film Festival at La Peña Cultural Center

Thursdays Sept. 1, 8, 15 and 22 at La Peña Cultural Center. On September 8, “Ni wakati!!”, directed by Michael Wanguhu, representing Hip-Hop in Kenya. From the ashes of the Mau Mau in East Africa to the Black Panthers in America, arises a movement to awaken people globally especially in Africa, to the opportunities that now exist.

“Furious Force of Rhymes”

On September 15, directed by Joshua Atesh Litle and representing Hip-Hop in Germany, Palestine, France, USA. Whatever your preconceptions about Hip-Hop may be, throw them out the window. Furious Force of Rhymes explores the stereotypes of swagger and bravado to reveal an irresistible unifying force of global significance.

7:30pm $5 donation at La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley. 510- 849-2568

http://www.lapena.org/event/1886.

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