Hello and welcome to the Commonwealth Club of california. Im Elizabeth Carney chair of the business and Leadership Forum and your host for todays, which is evening with Rebecca Solnit. An energizing case for hope about the climate. Also with us here on zoom, her coauthor thelma young, lieutenant lu, and to book howd i do . And her partner, fenton and a small one that is really the whole reason why we worry about climate. So thank. And theyll join us for the first part of this program from fiji and then they will have to stay around for the whole thing. Rebecca and ill have a conversation well have some question and time together. We want to give everyone chance to speak. So later in the program, please use the microphone. If youre coming up for a question or if youre on youtube, use the chat box feature. Your participation in the program is really important to us. So well try to get to everyone that we can can. And now its my pleasure to introduce susan haymer from biennials. Shell giv
Administration. We will also look at how in newt and lawyers haven, connecticut, successfully fought back a decade ago against ice over immigration raids launched after new haven adopted the first minutes ago id card in the nation. Then we speak to the acclaimed writer Rebecca Solnit about resistance, hope, the fight against climate change, and her new book, a followup to our bestseller men explain things to me. Because all myt life, men would explain things to me that they do not necessarily know better than i did and sometimes i knew much better than they did because there was this assumption that because of gender, they were inherently knowledgeable and superior and in control and i was inherently ignorant and in need of an injection of their knowledge, wisdom, insight, etc. TheRebecca Solnit on mother of all questions. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Top democratic lawmakers are demanding House In
[inaudible conversations] good evening, friends. Welcome to the Berkeley Hillside Club and the latest in a series of events produced by the wonderful folks at berkeley arts and letters. We are very privileged to have been as a regular contributor to our cultural events here. Evan karp is the boss and you having to think and his volunteers to thank for this come for all these wonderful events. [applause] how many of you have been in this hall before . A fair number, thats good. How many of you havent and havent a clue what this place is . Thats great because uncle to take about 30 seconds to tell you about the Berkeley Hillside Club pick the club itself was founded in 1898 by a group of berkeley women who were really concerned about the plans the city fathers had for laying a grit over this thing and paving and grading and instead they got really active physically active. We think we probably need some more about these days. But there able to get the city to turn up the wait has and a l
Welcome to the Berkeley Hillside Club in the offense by the arts and letters we are privileged to have them as a regular contributor to the cultural event. Fm is the boss and you have them to thank for all of these wonderful event. [applause] how many of you have been in this whole before and how many have not a clue what this is thats great because im going to take about 30 seconds to tell you. It was founded in 88 by a group of women that were concerned about the plans that the city fathers have for buying a grade over this thing and paving and grading and instead they got active, physically active. We think we probably need more abouof that these days but theye able to get the city to turn out like it has in large measure that is one of the most beautiful cities in this part of the country i believe. He was our president in 1910 and designed and built the first clubhouse that adult down burnt down and swept through the area. Many of the homes were burned as well in the open fire. So
Welcome to the Berkeley Hillside Club in the offense by the arts and letters we are privileged to have them as a regular contributor to the cultural event. Fm is the boss and you have them to thank for all of these wonderful event. [applause] how many of you have been in this whole before and how many have not a clue what this is thats great because im going to take about 30 seconds to tell you. It was founded in 88 by a group of women that were concerned about the plans that the city fathers have for buying a grade over this thing and paving and grading and instead they got active, physically active. We think we probably need more abouof that these days but theye able to get the city to turn out like it has in large measure that is one of the most beautiful cities in this part of the country i believe. He was our president in 1910 and designed and built the first clubhouse that adult down burnt down and swept through the area. Many of the homes were burned as well in the open fire. So