WORD/SPEAK
Susan Deborah King will read from the manuscript of a book of poems in progress entitled, Rutabaga, about her experience of disruption and homelessness following the deaths of her immediate family due to violence and alcoholism early in her life and her subsequent recovery and rebuilding of a new way of being. In addition she will read poems from an upcoming anthology she is editing by people around the nation emerging from poverty.

WORD/SPEAK
“Remaking California” author talk with Heyday Books author Jeff Lustig and reception.

In Remaking California: Reclaiming the Public Good, leading writers and scholars probe the roots of this crisis, trace its effects on people's lives and the environment, and propose reforms to remedy problems and restore the state's democratic promise. They conclude that only a systemic overhaul will shake California out of its paralysis, and they debate the promise and pitfalls of a new constitutional convention for remaking the Golden State. Contributors include Dan Walters, Lenny Goldberg, Kevin Starr, Mark Paul, former Senator Barry Keene, and many more. Jeff Lustig is a professor of government at California State University, Sacramento. He is the author of Corporate Liberalism: The Origins of Modern American Political Theory, 1890–1920, and he has written numerous articles on American and Californian politics and political theory, the corporatization of the modern university, and on immigration, race, and class. He was director of the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento, and founding chair of the California Studies Association. He has been a trustee of the California Historical Society and a founder and chair of Northcoast Labor History Project.

IDEA LOUNGE
Join us for a new series of interfaith faculty debates and reflections centered on exhibition content. Each quarter, CARE will invite three faculty members from different GTU schools to come together in the Doug Adams Gallery and reflect on the current exhibition from their particular disciplinary and theological perspectives. These are not formal talks, but more unscripted dialogues or forums. Each professor will have 15 minutes, and we recommend that they visit the show in advance of the program to formulate their initial thoughts. The final 15 minutes will be open to dialogue between speakers and also invite contributions from the audience. GTU faculty, students and staff are invited to bring their own lunches and attend these one-hour noontime chats.

THOUGHT MATTERS
Fine art photographer Lucy Gray shares two major projects referencing homelessness in California, including Naming the Homeless, which was shown at Grace Cathedral, and a more recent collaboration with journalist, Marilyn Snell, which followed Dorothea Lange's footsteps from the 1930s through the Central Valley in California where again the largest number of foreclosed upon houses are occurring in America. Text and image from this project will be soon published by Mother Jones.

WORD/PLAY
Reader’s Theater with writer/director Lizann Bassham Voices of Economic Hardship from Generations Past and Present

COMMUNITY VOICES: The Church and the Homeless
Leaders from community organizations devoted to providing food and shelter share moving personal stories and discuss the role that faith plays in their important collective work. Audience members are encouraged to share their own experiences, concerns and solutions with the group during this community forum.

Speakers include:
Terrie Light, Berkeley Emergency Food and Housing
Megan Rohrer, Welcome Ministry
Elaine deColigny, EveryOne Home
Laura Slattery, The Gubbio Project
Sally Hindman, Youth Spirit Artworks