CPS Lecture #160:
Susannah Fox on Rebel Health
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Susannah Fox is a health and technology strategist. Her book, Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care, will be published in February 2024 by MIT Press (pre-order now!). She is a former Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she led an open data and innovation lab. She has served as the entrepreneur-in-residence at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and she directed the health portfolio at the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project.
CPS Lecture #157:
5 year anniversary of All the Women in My Family Sing Samina Ali, Kira Allen, La Rhonda Crosby-Johnson, Wanda M. Holland Greene, Maria Ramos-Chertok, Janine Shiota, and Dera R. Williams
Monday, February 6, 2023
All the Women in My Family Sing is an anthology documenting the experiences of women of color at the dawn of the twenty-first century. It is a vital collection of prose and poetry whose topics range from the pressures of being the vice-president of a Fortune 500 Company, to escaping the killing fields of Cambodia, to the struggles inside immigration, identity, romance, and self-worth. These brief, trenchant essays capture the aspirations and wisdom of women of color as they exercise autonomy, creativity, and dignity and build bridges to heal the brokenness in today's turbulent world. Sixty-nine authors -- African American, Asian American, Chicana, Native American, Cameroonian, South African, Korean, LGBTQI -- lend their voices to broaden cross-cultural understanding and to build bridges to each other's histories and daily experiences of life.
CPS Lecture #154: Dr. Lucy Kalanithi on When Breath Becomes Air
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Dr. Lucy Kalanithi is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and an advocate for culture change around healthcare value. She is the widow of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and translated into more than 40 languages, and for which she wrote the epilogue. A graduate of the Yale School of Medicine, the University of California-San Francisco’s Internal Medicine Residency and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford’s Clinical Excellence Research Center, Dr. Kalanithi is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society and an honoree of Mass General Cancer Center’s “the one hundred” and Stanford’s Medical Staff Awards. She has implemented novel healthcare delivery models in primary care, hospitals and health systems, and she serves on leadership boards for TEDMED, the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care and the American College of Physicians. Find her on Twitter at @rocketgirlmd.
CPS Lecture #151: Daniel Yergin on The New Map
Monday, May 10, 2021
The world is being shaken by the collision of energy, climate change, and the clashing power of nations in a time of global crisis. Out of this tumult is emerging a new map of energy and geopolitics. Climate change is challenging the global economy and way of life, accelerating a second energy revolution in the search for “net zero carbon”. The “shale revolution” in oil and gas has transformed the American economy, ending the “era of shortage” but introducing a turbulent new era. Almost overnight, the United States has become energy independent and the world's number one energy powerhouse., changing its position in the world. All of this has been made starker and more urgent by the growing tension between the United States and China and the uncertainties for the world coming out of the coronavirus pandemic.
A master storyteller and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin takes the reader on an utterly riveting and timely journey across the world's new map. He illuminates the great energy and geopolitical questions in an era of rising political turbulence and points to the profound challenges that lie ahead.
CPS Lecture #148: Jennifer Risher on We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
And check out the movement #HalfMyDaf!
Many books offer advice on how to get rich. Some inspire us with a fantasy of being rich. Others poke fun at the rich. We Need to Talk takes an honest look at what it’s really like to have a lot of money.
Jennifer’s thought-provoking, personal story includes the voices of others in her demographic and explores the hidden impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. At a time when income inequality is a huge problem, our country’s economic system is broken, and money is still a taboo subject even among those closest to us, this engaging, introspective memoir is essential reading: a catalyst for conversation that demystifies wealth and inspires us to connect.
CPS Lecture #145: Ron Lieber on The Price You Pay for College
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Sticker prices at flagship state universities can now top $125,000 for four years of tuition, room and board for state residents. At many selective private colleges, students who began this past fall will pay $300,000. Discounts are available, but the financial aid system that governs them works differently at different schools and can be wildly unpredictable.
The Price You Pay For College, the culmination of 15 years of personal finance reporting for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, I’ll ask college presidents questions that families don’t know (or are afraid) to ask, put the surprisingly small amount of existing data on this topic into context, summarize the research that does exist about what matters and what doesn’t and pull the curtain back on how schools set prices.
CPS Lecture #142: Stew Friedman on Leadership Science in Parents Who Lead
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Parents in today’s disorienting world can too readily lose track of who they are and what really matters most, but it doesn’t have to be this way. As a parent, it’s possible to harness the power of leadership science to thrive in all aspects of your life.
Drawing on the principles of Total Leadership, Stew Friedman and Alyssa Westring offer a robust and proven method that will help you gain a greater sense of purpose and control. Parents Who Lead includes tools, illustrated with compelling examples from the lives of real working parents, for how to:
Design a future based on core values.
Engage with children in fresh, meaningful ways.
Cultivate a community of caregiving and support, in all parts of life.
Experiment to discover better ways to live and work.
CPS Lecture #141: Dr Sam McLean on the Heroes Health Initiative, in conversation with Obi Felten
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Heroes Health is an initiative and free mobile application from the University of North Carolina that allows healthcare workers to track their mental health and access mental health resources. By taking 5 minutes to complete weekly surveys, healthcare workers can track their own wellness throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Heroes Health also connects healthcare workers to vetted mental health resources and uses the power of collective data to support the development of new programs tailored to current needs.
CPS Lecture #137: Bruce Feiler on Life Is In the Transitions
Thursday July 23rd, 2020
Galvanized by a personal crisis, Bruce Feiler spent the last few years crisscrossing the country, collecting hundreds of life stories of Americans in all 50 states who’d been through major life changes—from losing jobs to losing loved ones; changing careers to changing relationships; getting sober to getting healthy to simply looking for a fresh start.
LIFE IS IN THE TRANSITIONS introduces the fresh, illuminating vision of the nonlinear life, in which each of us faces dozens of disruptors.
CPS Lecture #134: Catherine Sanderson on Why We Act
Thursday April 23rd, 2020
Our first virtual CPS Lecture
In Why We Act, Catherine Sanderson demystifies the mindset of bullies and bystanders to show why courage comes at such a high cost, and how we can learn to be brave.
Why do good people so often do nothing when a small intervention could make a big difference?
Sanderson gives practical strategies for resisting these pressures in our own lives, laying out how – from schools to the workplace – people can be nudged into taking action and speaking out.
Courage, it turns out, is not just an innate virtue. A bystander can learn to be brave.
CPS Lecture #131: Screening of the documentary El Susto with Director/ Producer Karen Akins and Laura Schmidt
Thursday January 30th, 2020
Health & Wellness
You can view the trailer here: www.elsustomovie.com.
El SUSTO, a bold new feature documentary, tells the story of how lack of clean water, aggressive soda marketing, the NAFTA trade agreement, and conflict of interest by public officials combined to create the perfect storm in Mexico. EL SUSTO is ultimately an inspiring story of how courageous public health activists fought back against the powerful beverage industry and passed the first national soda tax to address the twin epidemics of diabetes and obesity.
CPS Lecture #130: Andrea Evans & Stephany Ashley on the All In Initiative: Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco
Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
Community
Tackling homelessness is a shared responsibility that requires involvement from the entire City. As one of the wealthiest and most innovative cities in the world, we have the resources and ingenuity to address homelessness boldly and compassionately. Now is the time for action. Why is the All In campaign needed? Concern about homelessness is at an all-time high, but the public lacks information about viable solutions and how best to engage. Beginning in summer 2019, the All In campaign will engage San Francisco residents by asking them to support solutions to homelessness in their neighborhoods.
CPS Lecture #129: Jake Kushner on Love and Diabetes: Nurturing Self-Compassion to Live and Thrive with Chronic Illness
Saturday, November 23rd, 2019
Health & Wellness
The challenge of living with a chronic illness such as diabetes must start with self-compassion. In this lecture Dr. Jake Kushner will discuss the challenges and opportunities of living and thriving with diabetes and other chronic illnesses. Although some assert that the path to better outcomes for people with type 1 diabetes is through advanced medicines, emerging technologies, creative nutrition strategies, or other novel clinical modalities, Dr. Kushner believes love and compassion are essential.
CPS Lecture #126: Obi Felten Gets Moonshots Ready for the Real World
Monday, October 7th, 2019
Community / Business
Obi will share insights and stories from inside the moonshot factory. She will talk about how to combine purpose and profit, falling in love with problems that technology can solve (rather than technology itself), and how to fail gracefully on the way to success
CPS Lecture #159:
Dr. Marion Nestle on Food Politics, Blue Zones, & her memoir Slow Cooked
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Marion Nestle reflects on her late-in-life career as a world-renowned food politics expert, public health advocate, and founder of the field of food studies following decades of low expectations.
In this engrossing memoir, Marion Nestle reflects on how she achieved late-in-life success as a leading advocate for healthier and more sustainable diets. Slow Cooked tells the story of how she built an unparalleled career at a time when few women worked in the sciences, and came to recognize and reveal the enormous influence of the food industry on our dietary choices.
Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor, of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003 and from which she officially retired in September 2017.
CPS Lecture #156:
Annie Duke on Quit
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
If you’re like most people, you probably make a pro and con list, spend a lot of time obsessing about decisions that didn’t work out, get caught in analysis paralysis, endlessly seek other people’s opinions to find just that little bit of extra information that might make you sure, and finally go with your gut.
What if there was a better way to make quality decisions so you can think clearly, feel more confident, second-guess yourself less, and ultimately be more decisive and be more productive? Making good decisions doesn’t have to be a series of endless guesswork. Rather, it’s a teachable skill that anyone can sharpen.
Making good decisions doesn't have to be a series of endless guesswork. Rather, it's a teachable skill that anyone can sharpen. In How to Decide, best-selling author Annie Duke and former professional poker player lays out a series of tools anyone can use to make better decisions.
CPS Lecture #153: Dr. Christia Brown on Unraveling Bias, in conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
In Unraveling Bias: How Prejudice Has Shaped Children for Generations and Why It’s Time to Break the Cycle, Dr. Brown uncovers what scientists have learned about how children are impacted by biases because of their race and ethnicity, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and explore how biased policies from the past and present (from segregating schools because of race to banning trans students from playing school sports) can be changed. Part science, part history, part current events, and part call to arms, Unraveling Bias provides readers with the answers to vital questions:
How do biased policies, schools, and media harm our children?
Where does childhood prejudice come from, and how do these prejudices shape children’s behavior, goals, relationships, and beliefs about themselves?
CPS Lecture #150: Julie Lythcott-Haims on Your Turn
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
What does it mean to be an adult? In the twentieth century, psychologists came up with five markers of adulthood: finish your education, get a job, leave home, marry, and have children. Since then, every generation has been held to those same markers. Yet so much has changed about the world and living in it since that sequence was formulated. All of those markers are choices, and they’re all valid, but any one person’s choices along those lines do not make them more or less an adult.
Early adulthood looks dramatically different for young people today than it did for their parents. Many members of the Millennial and Gen Z generations feel lost or unsure. In this compassionate but insistent offering for 18- to 35-year-olds, Julie shares how to find a path that leads to joy and fulfillment and gives guidance for anyone struggling with #adulting. A ‘Commitment to Inclusion’ is part of Julie’s practice as an author; you can read about her commitment here.
CPS Lecture #147: Robbie Kellman Baxter on The Forever Transaction
In conversation with Lisa Earle McLeod
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
A veritable blueprint for success in the new membership economy, The Forever Transaction is a must-have for organizations of any size. It’s a true game-changer. Baxter takes readers through every step of the subscription business process—from initial start-up or testing of a new model to scaling the operation for long-term growth and sustainability to revamping your culture so everyone works together to optimize customer lifetime value.
It covers all the essentials like subscription pricing, Software-as-a-Service, digital community engagement, and freemium incentives as a way to turn casual browsers into cash-paying superusers. It also features first-hand insights into subscription superstars like Amazon and Spotify. Most importantly, it shows readers how to build lasting relationships with their customers that are the very foundation of business success—today, tomorrow, and forever.
CPS Lecture #144: Fred Dust on Making Conversation
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Fred Dust works at the intersection of business, society and creativity. As a designer, author, educator, consultant, trustee, and advisor to social and business leaders, he is one of the world’s most original thinkers, applying the craft and optimism of human-centered design to the intractable challenges we face today.
Using the methodology in his forthcoming book Making Conversation, he has been working with The Rockefeller Foundation to look at the future of global dialogue; and with The Einhorn Family Fund and other foundations to host constructive dialogue with leaders ranging from David Brooks, Reverend Jenn Bailey, and Vivek Murthy to rebuild human connection in a climate of widespread polarization, cynicism and disruption.
CPS Lecture #140: Dolly Chugh on The Person You Mean to Be
Monday, October 19, 2020
An inspiring guide from Dolly Chugh, on how to confront difficult issues including sexism, racism, inequality, and injustice so that you can make the world (and yourself) better. Many of us believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion. But how do we stand up for those values in our turbulent world? The Person You Mean to Be is the smart, "semi-bold" person’s guide to fighting for what you believe in.
Please sign up for her incredible newsletter, Dear Good People, here. You can expect stories, science, reflections, anecdotes about her own mess-ups.
Dolly will be joined by New York Times bestselling author and CPS Lecture alum, Julie Lythcott-Haims.
CPS Lecture #138: Emily Bazelon on Charged
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Bazelon follows a wave of reform-minded D.A.s who have been elected in some of our biggest cities, as well as in rural areas in every region of the country, put in office to do nothing less than reinvent how their job is done. If they succeed, they can point the country toward a different and profoundly better future.
In CHARGED, Emily Bazelon mounts a major critique of the American criminal justice system—and tells the story of the movement for change. Charged won the 2020 LA Times Book Prize in the current interest category and the Silver Gavel Book Award from the American Bar Association
CPS Lecture #135: Phil Buchanan on Giving Done Right
Wednesday May 20th, 2020
Giving back has been a crucial part of the American fabric, and philanthropy supports a vast and diverse nonprofit sector that strengthens our country. But, in recent decades, much of the guidance for donors has been misguided -- seeking to import the frameworks of business to a vastly different terrain.
In his book, Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count, Phil Buchanan draws on his experience advising many of the world’s largest foundations and suggests an approach to giving that yields results.
CPS Lecture #132: Jessica Powell on The Big Disruption
Monday, February 24th, 2020
Technology / Business
The Big Disruption: Something is fishy at Anahata—and it’s not just the giant squid that serves as a mascot for the world’s largest tech company. A prince in exile is working as a product manager. The sales guys are battling with the engineers. The female employees are the unwitting subjects of a wild social experiment. The VPs are plotting against each other. And the yoga-loving, sex-obsessed CEO is rumored to be planning a moon colony, sending his investors into a tizzy.
CPS Lecture #128: Diana Kapp on Girls Who Run the World: 31 CEOs Who Mean Business
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
Community / Business
You can’t be what you can’t see. Such a small number of women become CEO. Just six percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are female—and the number has barely budged in decades. Girls Who Run the World is how we make female CEOs a norm, but that won’t happen until books like this one are read, shared, and discussed.
These entrepreneurs didn’t and don’t internalize the pervasive put-down culture that derails so many girls. Why were they able to resist all the messages about women’s work? They lived in the same world – what makes the difference? And these founders have taken real risk.
The way we change the future? Raise up a generation of girls who expect to be CEO.
CPS Lecture #124: Catherine Sanderson on The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset for Happiness, Health, and Longevity
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Health & Wellness
In The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset For Happiness, Health, And Longevity, Dr. Catherine Sanderson breaks down the science of thought and shows how our mindset or thought pattern exerts a substantial influence on our psychological and physical health.
It’s the reason why spending time on Facebook makes us feel sad and lonely. Why expensive name-brand medicines provide better pain relief than the generic stuff, even if they share the same ingredients. And why a hospital room with a good view speeds up recovery from surgery.
CPS Lecture #121: James Corbett on Orbiting the Hairball & Innovating Health
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Health & Wellness
James Corbett, M.Div., J.D. is a seasoned healthcare executive and bioethicist bringing over a decade of c-level leadership experience from both the for-profit and the non-profit sectors of the industry. James has served as a fellow at Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health and Social Medicine as well as Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics and recently completed a fellowship at the Nashville Healthcare Council. In addition, he was appointed a 4-year term on the National Institutes of Health’s National Advisory Council for Nursing Research by former Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebellius.
CPS Lecture #125: Safi Bahcall on Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Social Science
In Loonshots, physicist and entrepreneur Safi Bahcall reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs.
Drawing on the science of phase transitions, Bahcall shows why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing wild new ideas to rigidly rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice.
CPS Lecture #161:
Gary Taubes on Rethinking Diabetes: What Science Reveals About Diet, Insulin, and Successful Treatments
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was treated almost exclusively through diet, from subsistence on meat, to reliance on fats, to repeated fasting and near-starvation regimens. After two centuries of conflicting medical advice, most authorities today believe that those with diabetes can have the same dietary freedom enjoyed by the rest of us, leaving the job of controlling their disease to insulin therapy and other blood-sugar-lowering medications. Rather than embark on "futile" efforts to restrict sugar or carbohydrate intake, people with diabetes can lead a normal life, complete with the occasional ice-cream cake, side of fries, or soda.
These guiding principles, however, have been accompanied by an explosive rise in diabetes over the last fifty years, particularly among underserved populations. And the health of those with diabetes is expected to continue to deteriorate inexorably over time, with ever-increasing financial, physical, and psychological burdens. In Rethinking Diabetes, Gary Taubes explores the history underpinning the treatment of diabetes, types 1 and 2, elucidating how decades-old research that is rife with misconceptions has continued to influence the guidance physicians offer--at the expense of their patients' long-term well-being.
CPS Lecture #158: Monica West on Revival Season
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
"Tender and wise, Revival Season explores a girl’s faith in both her family and in God. Monica West’s formidable talent is matched by her generosity of spirit, making the most winning combination a reader could wish for." - Ann Patchett
Celebrating both feminism and faith, Revival Season is a story of spiritual awakening and disillusionment in a Southern, black, Evangelical community. Monica West’s transporting coming-of-age novel explores complicated family and what it means to live among the community of the faithful.
CPS Lecture #155: Catherine Newman on What Can I Say?, in conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims
Monday, July 25, 2022
Middle school is an essential time to learn and practice social skills, including how to get along with others, talk about hard things, be an ally, and be a good friend. In What Can I Say?, Catherine Newman, author of the bestseller How to Be a Person, provides supportive guidance and instruction to help kids establish or and maintain meaningful relationships and effective communication with friends, teachers, family members, and others in their communities. Talking the talk can be tricky, and every page of this super-useful book provides easy, accessible scripts and guidance on the right thing to say in all kinds of situations, from how to be inclusive, listen, give advice, argue, stick up for yourself, and ask for help to how to turn down a date, express sympathy, deal with offensive comments, respond to bullying, and be trustworthy.
CPS Lecture #152: Dr. Vanessa Bohns on You Have More Influence Than You Think
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
If you’ve ever felt ineffective, invisible, or inarticulate, what if you weren’t actually any of those things? Those feelings may instead have been the result of a lack of awareness we all seem to have for how our words, actions, and even our mere presence affect other people.
In You Have More Influence Than You Think social psychologist Vanessa Bohns draws from her original research to illustrate why we fail to recognize the influence we have, and how that lack of awareness can lead us to miss opportunities or accidentally misuse our power.
CPS Lecture #149: Lori Gottlieb on Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Every year, nearly 30 million Americans sit on a therapist’s couch—and some of these patients are therapists. In her remarkable new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb tells us that despite her license and rigorous training, her most significant credential is that she’s a card-carrying member of the human race. “I know what it’s like to be a person,” she writes, as a crisis causes her world to come crashing down.
With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb reveals our blind spots, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.
CPS Lecture #146: Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas on Humor, Seriously
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Humor is serious business.
And that’s a fact backed by cold, hard research. Humor builds bonds, defuses tension, boosts innovation, and bolsters resilience through hard times.
That’s why Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas teach “Humor: Serious Business”, at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, a course that has helped some of the world’s most hard-driving, blazer-wearing business minds have more joy in their work and lives.
Their new book Humor, Seriously shares advice from world-class comedians, findings from behavioral scientists, and stories from leaders around the world.
CPS Lecture #143: Stephen DeBerry on Disparity by Design & Eastside Communities
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
The vast inequities between communities is unnatural and unnecessary. It's an artifact of bad design and a false choice. Someone decided where transportation would flow and where it wouldn't, where the garbage and toxins would be taken, where the homes, offices and grocery stores would be built, and where they wouldn't. A thousand large and small decisions make up this imaginary place called the other side of the tracks.
The good news is it doesn't have to be this way, says Stephen DeBerry of Bronze Investments. We live in a time of new tools to solve old problems. Technology makes us more efficient, and with more efficiency we can have less scarcity. That's also a design decision; a choice. We are privileged to live in a moment where it's possible to do more with less every single day. Is it crazy to think we might finally be able to take good care of everyone?
CPS Lecture #139: Dr. David Kessler on Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs
Thursday, September 10, 2020
In his new book, FAST CARBS, SLOW CARBS Dr. David Kessler gives a detailed look at how refined grains such as wheat, corn, and rice became the foundation of our diets; explains the negative physical effects of these fast carbs, especially when combined with saturated fats; offers clear guidelines for discerning what it is we’re really eating; and provides proven ways to cut fast carbs and fats, increase exercise, and improve overall health.
Informed by cutting-edge research as well as Dr. Kessler’s own personal quest to manage his weight, the book reveals how we got to this critical turning point as a nation—and outlines a plan for eliminating heart disease, allowing us to regain control of our health.
CPS Lecture #136: Catherine Newman on How To Be A Person
Tuesday May 26th, 2020
A complete and wonderful, easy to read guide for the little people in your life. But, we also found there was plenty of great information for adults too.
"How to Be a Person is a revelation, an invaluable starting place for parents and a fun, gentle nudge toward independence for kids. I am in love with this book." Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of Failure
CPS Lecture #133: Kara Swisher on Technology & Privacy in 2020
Thursday, February 27th, 2020
Technology / Business
Kara Swisher is the co-founder and editor-at-large of Recode, producer and host of the Recode Decode and Pivot podcasts, and co-executive producer of the Code Conference series. She also has a special series on MSNBC called Revolution on the impact of technology on work, society, and more, and is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.
Check out Sway on Apple Podcasts here!
CPS Lecture #127: Marlis Jansen & Kjartan Jansen on The Money Conversation
Friday, October 18th, 2019
Community / Business
How to Have an Empowering, Inspiring and Rewiring Money Conversation
Talking about money can be and often is extremely stressful. In fact, a 2018 survey done by the American Psychological Association found it to be the most significant stressor facing Americans. Why is this and what can we do about it? How can we keep it from interfering in our relationships, our productivity and our lives in general?
CPS Lecture #123: Annie Duke on Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Social Science
In Thinking in Bets, Annie Duke reveals to readers the lessons she regularly shares with her corporate audiences, which have been cultivated by combining her academic studies in cognitive psychology with real-life decision making experiences at the poker table.
“I’ve been writing this book since 2015, but it’s the distillation of issues I’ve been addressing since 2002 – and arguably since 1992 or even earlier. During the last half of my 20 years in poker, I developed a pair of mirror-image careers: using my behavioral science approach to teach groups of developing players about poker strategy, and using my poker background to teach business and professional groups about decision-making strategy. —Annie
CPS Lecture #120: Dr. David Ludwig and Chef Dawn Ludwig on Always Hungry? and Always Delicious
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Health & Wellness
In both Always Hungry and their new book Always Delicious, David and Dawn Ludwig rewrite the rules on weight loss, diet, and health. Forget everything you’ve been taught about dieting. They bring more than 25 years of research and state-of-the-art science, plus more than 75 delicious recipes and a 3-week menu plan.
CPS Lecture #119: Maria Ramos-Chertok, Want Chyi, Wanda Holland-Greene, Camille Hayes, Marti Paschal, and Deborah Santana on All The Women in My Family Sing
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Community
Six of almost 70 authors and contributors, Wanda Holland Greene, Deborah Santana, Maria Ramos-Chertok, Marti Paschal, Camille Hayes, and Want Chyi discuss their book of essays: All The Women in My Family Sing. Both written and published entirely by women of color, including the editing, cover design, and promotions, the book empowers underrepresented voices and endeavors to impact the world of book publishing in America — particularly important in an industry that considerably lacks diversity.
CPS Lecture #122: Gretchen Rubin on Outer Order, Inner Calm
Monday, March 11, 2019
Health & Wellness
Outer Order, Inner Calm, is where Gretchen Rubin illuminated one of her key realizations about happiness: For most of us, outer order contributes to inner calm. And for most of us, a rigid, one-size-fits-all solution doesn't work. The fact is, when we tailor our approach to suit our own particular challenges and habits, we're far more likely to be able to create the order that will make our lives happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative.
CPS Lecture #118: Matt Richtel and Matt Wrobel play American Muse
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Community
Matt and Matt collaborate on writing original songs with story-telling at the core. They played their songs and used the music as a jumping off point for a discussion and dialogue about how we can all tap into our inner creativity, take creative risk and give voice to the muse.
CPS Lecture #113: Emily Esfahani Smith on The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Social Science
Positive psychology expert Emily Esfahani Smith discussed what makes a life worthwhile. Author of The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters, Emily shared how to connect and contribute to something that lies beyond the self, and the sources of meaning that surround us.
CPS Lecture #111: Salman Ahmed on US National Security Strategy and Decision-Making in a Turbulent World
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Government
Salman Ahmed, an expert on international peace and security, reflected on his time serving on President Obama's National Security Council staff as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Planning.
CPS Lecture #108: Miriam Horn on Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland
Friday, November 18, 2016
Environment
New York Times bestselling author of Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman; Miriam Horn shared stories of unexpected environmental stewards – the people who live and work in the American heartland while simultaneously driving innovation and conservation.
CPS Lecture #105: Emma Seppälä on The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Social Science / Health & Wellness
Drawing on the latest findings from the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience—research on happiness, resilience, willpower, compassion, positive stress, creativity, mindfulness—Dr. Seppälä showed that finding happiness and fulfillment may, in fact, be the most productive thing we can do to thrive professionally.
CPS Lecture #102: Adam Grant on Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Forward
Monday, February 29, 2016
Leadership / Social Science
How do non-conformists change the world? How do leaders resist groupthink? In Originals, Adam shared insights on how to recognize a good idea, speak up without being silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt. In addition, he discussed how parents and teachers can play a vital role in nurturing originality in children.
CPS Lecture #99: Tina Seelig on Insight Out: Get Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the World
Thursday, October 29th, 2015
Leadership / Social Science
Dr. Seelig read from her book, Insight Out: Get Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the World. In her book, she discusses the core concepts of imagination, creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and presents a model for what she calls the “Invention Cycle.” Dr. Seelig describes this framework as revealing “how to harness the required attitudes and actions to take a compelling idea and transform it into something extraordinary.”
CPS Lecture #96: Stefany Shaheen on Elle & Coach
Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
Family, Health & Wellness
Stefany Shaheen has recently published a heartwarming and inspiring book, Elle & Coach, that chronicles the Shaheen family’s struggles with her daughter Elle’s diabetes, and what a gift it has been to have Elle’s diabetes dog, Coach, in their lives.
CPS Lecture #94: Bernard von Bothmer on Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator
Friday, May 1st, 2015
Leadership/Government
A journey, through slides and photographs, of the life and times of Lincoln, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and of Lincoln's assassination.
Bernard von Bothmer has taught American history for twenty years. He teaches at the University of San Francisco, where he received USF's 2010 Distinguished Lecturer Award for Excellence in Teaching, and at Dominican University of California.
CPS Lecture #91: Jennifer Senior on All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenhood
Monday, January 26th, 2015
Family/Social Science
In the highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood, Jennifer Senior delves deeply and provocatively into questions about how children change the lives of parents - for better and sometimes for worse, in partnerships, work, friendships, and more.
CPS Lecture #88: Linda Rottenberg on Crazy Is A Compliment
Friday, October 24th, 2014
Leadership
We heard from Linda Rottenberg, whose book Crazy Is A Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags had just been published. Linda is an American lawyer and businesswoman; she is the CEO and Co-founder of Endeavor, a non-profit organization that credits itself with pioneering the field of high-impact entrepreneurship.
CPS Lecture #85: Saeed Malik on transforming education in Pakistan with jeeps, enthusiasm, and cast-off kids books
Wednesday, August 27th, 2014
Leadership/Education
Inspired by what he saw in San Francisco, Saeed returned to Pakistan and in 2011 the Bright Star Mobile Library started operations with two aging jeeps donated by his former employer, the United Nations World Food Program. Bright Star now has five vehicles and serves 17 schools in the surroundings of Islamabad, reaching 5,000 children a week.
“Our kids are more likely to attend school on the days when our library visits. And teachers tell us that they’re also more engaged in their other classes after they’ve spent some time with the books in our libraries.”
CPS Lecture #82: Sheryl Sandberg on Lean In: Women, Work and The Will to Lead
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
Leadership/Business
CPSL is very excited to host Sheryl Sandberg in mid-February. Her first widely-awaited book, Lean In, was published in 2014 to incredible attention and success.
CPS Lecture #79: Ben Davis on lighting up our San Francisco Bay
Friday, October 4th, 2013
Community
CPS Lectures was proud to welcome Ben Davis on Friday, October 4, when he discussed the creative direction behind the Bay Bridge’s light celebration for the bridge’s 75th birthday. Likening the bridge to Cinderella in a New York Times article (compared to the more popular Golden Gate Bridge), he asks, “Wouldn’t it be nice just for a moment to put on a gown and be the belle of the ball?” If you haven’t seen the lights in action, view this Vimeo video produced by Davis’ company, Words Pictures Ideas: http://vimeo.com/25870560
CPS Lecture #77: Stewart Oksenhorn speaks on Aspen Culture
Monday, August 5th, 2013
Community
Stewart Oksenhorn, longtime Arts editor for the Aspen Times, joined us for an evening of conversation about Aspen Culture.
CPS Lecture #74: Jon Mooallem on Wild Ones
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Health & Wellness
CPS Lectures was proud to welcome Jon Mooallem on Saturday, May 18, when he discussed his most recent research concerning animal species extinction using science and history. In addition to this lecture, he also signed copies of his book "Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America."
CPS Lecture #71: Todd Wanerman on From Handprints to Hypotheses
Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
Education
Todd Wanerman discussed early childhood education and the importance of art-based projects in their development. Parents and educators alike place have placed high value on creativity and its importance in education in recent years. But what is creativity? How does it connect with play, friendships and learning? What does creativity in the classroom look like? How can teachers and families foster children's unique ways of exploring while still promoting academic skills?
CPS Lecture #68: Wanda M. Holland Greene on As Necessary As Bread: Poetry as Substance and Sustenance
Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Community
Wanda M. Holland Greene shared her passion for poetry and how it can and will enrich our lives when it is included as a part of our daily lives.
CPS Lecture #65: Kara Swisher on All Things D(igital)
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
Science
Ms. Swisher currently co-produces and co-hosts The Wall Street Journal’s “D: All Things Digital,” with Walt Mossberg. This major annual high-tech conference is a highly sought-after, invitation-only gathering with interviewees such as Bill Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, and many other leading players in the tech and media industries. The gathering (http://www.allthingsd.com/d) is considered the leading conference focused on the convergence of tech and media.
CPS Lecture #62: Dr. Tina Seelig on inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Leadership
In today's world, innovation and creative problem solving are more important than ever. For many, however, this process is a mystery. Whether we are attempting to generate fresh ideas or struggling with problems with no solutions in sight, the innovative spark is out of reach. inGenius (released on April 17) offers a fascinating new model, the Innovation Engine, which explains how creativity is generated on the inside and how it is influenced by the outside world. Describing the variables that work together to catalyze or inhibit our creative abilities, Dr. Seelig provides a set of tools we can each use right away to radically enhance our own ingenuity as well as that of our colleagues, teams, organizations, and communities.
CPS Lecture #59: Jodi Kantor on The Obamas
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Government
We were thrilled to welcome Jodi Kantor to CPS Lectures, where she spoke and signed copies of her new book on President and First Lady Obama "The Obamas", which debuted in January at #6 on the New York Times Bestseller list.
CPS Lecture #56: Lauren Kiino on The Bay Area's Hidden Gems
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Community
Food brings people together, but great food can keep them together. The Bay Area has some of the best culinary delights in the country and some of the best organic movement initiatives to boot. Lauren Kiino of il Cane Rosso spoke at our CPS Lecture #56 on December 10th, 2011.
CPS Lecture #53: Christin Evans and Alex Beckstead on their Haight-Ashbury bookstore, Booksmith
Monday, June 20th, 2011
Business
Christin Evans is one of the owners of the Haight’s very successful independent bookstore, the Booksmith. Christin and her husband Praveen bought the Booksmith in 2007 after leaving their jobs in corporate America, and have great plans (that are underway as we speak!) to nurture the Booksmith into “the bookstore of the 21st century.”
Alex Beckstead is the director of the documentary, Paperback Dreams, which recounts the history of two of the Bay Area’s favorite independent bookstores, Cody’s and Kepler’s. The story of these two bookstores exemplifies the trends that, on a national level, all bookstores have faced over the years.
CPS Lecture #50: Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith on The Dragonfly Effect
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
Social Science
How do you connect meaning to social media to create impact? In The Dragonfly Effect, Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith draw on social psychological insights to reveal why some ideas take off when they harness social media--and why others don't. They will conclude with key insights on the psychology of happiness and meaning. An experienced tech marketer, Andy Smith is a Principal of Vonavona Ventures where he advises and bootstraps technical and social ventures with guidance in marketing, customer strategy and operations. A social psychologist and marketer, Jennifer Aaker is the General Atlantic Professor of Marketing at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Her research spans time, money and happiness. Co-authors and husband and wife, Jennifer and Andy live in Lafayette, California.
CPS Lecture #46: Bill Hemenger on High Tech Flight from San Francisco: What it is and why it's happening
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Business
Bill Hemenger, candidate for District 8 Supervisor, has twenty years of experience with local technology businesses, from working with small startups during the dotcom boom to his tenure at, most recently, Oracle, where he spent nearly a decade. On Oct 30, 2010, he spoke with us on what attracts tech and other businesses to the area, as well as constraints—and discussed ways San Francisco can learn from other cities. Learn more about Bill at www.billfordistrict8.com.
CPS Lecture #43: James Hirsch on Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend
Saturday, May 1st, 2010
Community
Best-selling author James S. Hirsch spent seven years trying to meet Willie Mays -- he finally did, and the result is "Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend," the groundbreaking biography of a baseball immortal. (www.williemaysbook.com) Arguably the greatest player of all time -- and a true icon of San Francisco -- Mays is still revered for the passion that he brought to the game. He began as as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult hero in New York, and was the headliner in Major League Baseball’s bold expansion to California. Athletically, he was a fusion of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, a new archetype. With 3,283 hits, 660 home runs, and 338 stolen bases, he was a blend of power, speed, and stylistic bravado that enraptured fans for more than two decades. He also contributed to blacks’ assimilation during the turbulent civil rights era, a distinctive figure of ambition, sacrifice, and triumph who became a lasting cultural touchstone for a nation in search of heroes.
CPS Lecture #40: Richard Tedlow on Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face - and What To Do About It
Monday, April 12th, 2010
Business
Denial -- the unconscious belief that a certain fact is too terrible to face and therefore cannot be true -- has torpedoed many good businesses and more than a few great ones. It turns challenges into crises, and dilemmas into catastrophes. It is one of the greatest obstacles business leaders face.
In Denial, Harvard Business School Professor Richard S. Tedlow tackles two essential questions: Why have so many sane, smart leaders refused to accept and act on the facts that threatened their companies and careers? And how have some executives found the courage to resist denial when facing new trends, changing markets, and tough new competitors?
CPS Lecture #36: Mick LaSalle on MovieFest 2010
Sunday, December 27th, 2009
Community
For the third year in a row, San Francisco movie critic Mick Lasalle gave his best movie picks for 2009 and told us what to look out for in 2010. Mick is the longstanding lead film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, and is the author of two books on pre-code Hollywood. He has written nearly two thousand reviews and has been podcasting since 2005. See more on his work at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mlasalle/index.
CPS Lecture #34: Proposition 8: Past Present and Future- A Seminar On Same Gender Marriage
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Government
This was an incredible panel that examined the issues surrounding same gender marriage and proposition 8 for our 34th CPS Lecture. We discussed what happened last year with Proposition 8, the gay rights defeat in Maine, and how this issue will move forward in California and around the nation. We believe the issue of same sex marriage has become one of the most divisive civil rights issues of our time and we were very eager to hear this most compelling slate of speakers.
CPS Lecture #31: Linda Himelstein on Vodka Nation - the Story behind Russia and its First Family of Vodka
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Community
Linda Himelstein is the author of The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire. We are in for a HUGE treat as she discusses her new book (out May 12) and as we indulge in a vodka tasting by one of San Francisco's biggest cocktail experts. Linda is a veteran award-winning reporter, having begun her career at The Wall Street Journal, and from there covering congress, federal agencies, city hall, and the courts, and appearing on networks like CNN and C-SPAN as an expert commentator on legal goings-on. In 1993, she joined BusinessWeek. There, she wrote about a wide array of topics, including the tobacco industry and Wall Street. As legal affairs editor, Ms. Himelstein also covered the lawsuit filed by Smirnov's descendants. They sought to return the trademarks and copyrights of the vodka empire, lost in the tumult following the Russian revolution, to the family and to Russia. It was a fascinating story that earned BusinessWeek's coveted publisher's award.
CPS Lecture #27: Chris Lehane Unplugged: The Election, the Bailout, and the Post-Crash Economy
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Business
Anyone who knows Chris or has followed his career knows what an extraordinary time this will be. Chris has worked on a range of presidential, gubernatorial, congressional and initiative/referendum campaigns, was special counsel to Bill Clinton (1995-97), press secretary to Al Gore (1997-2000) .... and generally was perceived during his years at the White House of as the "Master of Disaster".
CPS Lecture #24: Heather McLeod Grant and Leslie Crutchfield on Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits
Friday October 19th, 2007
Business/Leadership
We are thrilled and honored to welcome Heather McLeod Grant and Leslie Crutchfield to CPS Lectures. They will be discussing their soon-to-be published book Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits and sharing the wisdom they have gleaned from years of experience in the business and nonprofit world.
CPS Lecture #116: Daniel Pink on When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Friday, February 16, 2018
Social Science / Business
Daniel Pink examined the impact that timing can have on our daily lives. A #1 bestselling author of two other books, To Sell is Human and Drive, Dan discussed how timing can be the key to success in When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing.
CPS Lecture #112: Bruce Feiler on The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Social Science / Family
Celebrated author, television host of two popular PBS series, and columnist of the beloved “This Life” monthly column in the New York Times Bruce Feiler read from his latest book, The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us, and discuss how the story of Adam and Eve has forever changed the idea of love.
CPS Lecture #110: Lisa Kay Solomon on Design a Better Business
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Business
Lisa Kay Solomon, author of Moments of Impact and Design a Better Business is a thought leader in design innovation, shared key tips on how to work with, and thrive from, uncertainty, plus how to launch and sustain innovation as a discipline.
CPS Lecture #107: Jim Hirsch on his collaboration with the Beach Boys' Mike Love and his bestselling memoir Good Vibrations
Sunday, November 7, 2016
Community
Renowned author and journalist Jim Hirsch, gave an insider’s perspective on working with Mike Love, the lead singer of quintessential American rock band the Beach Boys while discussing his book Good Vibrations. Not only did attendees leave this lecture humming along to “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” but they also carried away some unprecedented insights into the life of an American icon.
CPS Lecture #104: Larry Tramutola on The People vs. Big Soda
Monday, May 9, 2016
Health & Wellness
What lessons from his previous work on sugar-sweetened beverage taxes Larry bring to campaigns in Berkeley and San Francisco, and what unique challenges does taking on Big Soda present? During a time when over 20 million Americans have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, over 86 million Americans have pre-diabetes, and 1 out of 2 Latino and African American children will develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime, can a soda tax in two of the United States’ leading cities catalyze a movement across the country that reverses these trends and helps build a culture of health?
CPS Lecture #101: Gopi Kallayil on The iNTERNET To the iNNER-NET
Friday, February 26, 2016
Leadership / Social Science
Gopi Kallayil writes in his published book The Internet to the Inner-Net that the Internet has become humanity’s invisible central nervous system. It connects us and can sometimes overwhelm us, he says. Yet the most important technology is within us, he emphasizes—our brain, body, and consciousness. A fast-paced career in the high-tech industry in combination with a deep yoga and meditation practice has allowed Gopi to integrate what he calls his inner and outer technologies to a remarkable degree. Wisdom from his yoga mat and meditation cushion guides his professional career, and in turn his professional life provides the perfect classroom to deepen his wisdom practice. In his talk with CPS Lectures, discussed tools for us to do the same as we learn more about integrate our disparate worlds.
CPS Lecture #98: Drs. Astro and Danielle Teller on Sacred Cows: The Truth About Divorce and Marriage
Tuesday, October 13th 2015
Family / Social Science
Astro and Danielle know better than most that finding the right partner in life doesn't always happen the first time around. Through their own divorces they learned how widely held cultural assumptions and misinformation that nobody thinks to question -- what they refer to as "sacred cows" -- create unnecessary heartache for people who are already suffering through a terrible time. Do you think, for example, that the divorce rate in the United States is rising? Or that children are harmed by divorce? Most people do, they tell us, but it turns out that neither of these ideas is supported by the data.
CPS Lecture #94: Laura Lauder on A Year of National Service for All Americans Ages 18-28: The Franklin Project of the Aspen Institute
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
Leadership/Government
Laura discussed the movement being led by General Stan McCrystal in DC on a million young people empowering America. This is relevant for everyone in the RFV - potential par- ticipants, partner organizations and sponsors are all encouraged to participate.
CPS Lecture #93: Gretchen Rubin on Better Than Before
Friday, March 27th, 2015
Social Science/Health & Wellness
Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness, according to happiness guru Gretchen Rubin. If we have habits that work for us, we’re much more likely to be happy, healthy, productive, and creative.
Gretchen will share from her new book Better Than Before (how great is that title?) the multiple strategies we can exploit to change our habits.
CPS Lecture #90: Chip Conley on Festivals and Cultural Curiosity
Thursday, January 8th, 2015
Leadership
Chip Conley. Hotel guru. Armchair psychologist. Traveling philosopher. Author. Speaker. Teacher. Board member, Burning Man, the Esalen Institute, Glide Memorial*. Student. Chip Conley has lived out more than one calling in his lifetime. For those interested in the development and future of our country and world, those with a passion for creating joy, and anyone who wants to find (or has already found!) their calling in life and work.
CPS Lecture #87: Wanda M. Holland Greene, Sara Shenkan-Rich, and Amy Guggenheim Shenkan on Two Heads Are Better Than One: A Conversation Between Principals about the Challenges and Opportunities in Public and Private Schools
Sunday, October 5th, 2014
Education
CPS Lectures welcomed Wanda Holland Greene (CPS Lectures #68), Sara Shenkan-Rich, and Amy Guggenheim Shenkan on who discussed with us the opportunities and challenges in education broadly speaking - Wanda Holland Greene and Sara Shenkan-Rich had a lively discussion moderated by Amy Guggenheim Shenkan.
CPS Lecture #84: Sheila Heen on Thanks for the Feedback
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
Leadership/Social Science
CPS Lectures was very excited to welcome Sheila Heen who shared with us her latest thinking on feedback, based on her new book with co-Author Douglas Stone, Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well.
CPS Lecture #81: Esther Wojcicki on 30 years of instilling a passion for critical thinking in high schoolers
Thursday, December 19th, 2013
Education
CPS Lectures was excited to welcome Esther Wojcicki, who discussed how her career in teaching has been more than just reading the classics of literature, but teaching her students to learn the skills of analysis and critical thinking, and how rewarding that can be for both teacher and student.
CPS Lecture #76: Ron Lieber on The Opposite of Spoiled
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
Family
CPS Lectures welcomed Ron Lieber to discuss his book in progress, called "The Opposite of Spoiled," about parenting, money and values. He'll walk us through a handful of things he's already certain about (your family should operate more like a farm; your 14 year-old should know how much money you make -- and may have already figured it out anyway), and others that he's still trying to figure out before his December 31 manuscript deadline (including the merits of forced deprivation, aka "The Four Seasons dilemma;" and how and why college admissions officers ruined the after-school job).
CPS Lecture #73: Nínive Calegari Celebrates National Teacher Day
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
Education
Nínive Calegari is a veteran teacher with ten years of experience in the classroom, including teaching at San Francisco's first charter school. Her experience spans suburban and urban high schools and she holds a Master’s Degree in Education in Teaching and Curriculum from the Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.
CPS Lecture #70: Dr. Robert Lustig on Darwin, Diet, Disease, and Dollars
Saturday, February 9th, 2013
Health & Wellness
Dr. Robert Lustig discussed one of the topics he is most passionate about: how food sugar fructose can be damaging not only for your diet, but also on your wallet due to the multitude of side effects that come with obesity. This topic has sparked quite the debate in not only the medical field, but also for friends and family who may have an overweight or obese family member.
CPS Lecture #67: Dan Pink on To Sell Is Human
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
Social Science
Dan Pink discusses ideas from his book To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. Many of you heard Dan speak in 2010 at CPS Lectures and we're thrilled he returned. For those new to his work, Dan is the author of three other provocative books about the changing world of work — including the long-running New York Times bestseller, A Whole New Mind, and the #1 New York Times bestseller, Drive.
CPS Lecture #64: Sebastian Ruth on Redefining Musicianship For The Public Good
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
Education
CPS Lectures had the honor of hosting Sebastian Ruth. He is a musician at heart, but that belies his achievements as the founder of Community MusicWorks, which The New Yorker recently characterized as a revolutionary organization “in which the distinction between performing and teaching disappears.” This group, based in West Providence, Rhode Island, provides music lessons and concerts to countless young people in multiple high-risk areas of Providence, giving the community a sense of purpose and pride as well as appreciation of music itself.
CPS Lecture #61: Ken Jennings on The Greater Goal
Saturday, April 28th, 2012
Social Science
Have you ever wondered what it takes to stay motivated? Where does that gusto come from? Ken Jennings's new book, co-authored with Heather Hyde, lets the rest of us in on the little secret that the most motivated people already know. The answer lies in "aligning every person and every function around an inspiring purpose." As Jennings explains in The Greater Goal: Connecting Purpose and Performance, "purpose gives everyone the feeling of working for a cause, not just a company. But simply having a greater goal is not enough. Leaders must also make this greater goal the foundation of their overall strategy and execute that strategy while staying true to the larger purpose."
CPS Lecture #58: Erin Keown Ganju of Room to Read on Scaling Social Good
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Education
Before joining Room to Read as its first employee in 2001, Erin was a financial analyst for Goldman Sachs in New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore. She helped expand Room to Read from a small nonprofit to one of the most respected nonprofit organizations today - it has been awarded the Charity Navigator 4-star rating each year since 2006. Erin joined us to discuss Room to Read's pioneering model of scaling social good.
CPS Lecture #55: Laure Latham on Best Hikes with Kids: San Francisco Bay Area
Saturday, November 19th, 2011
Health & Wellness
Laure Latham, author of "Best Hikes with Kids: San Francisco Bay Area," writer for local websites The Red Tricycle, Daily Candy, SFKids, and the Examiner, spoke about the benefits of greenbonding with your loved ones and why everyone needs a little nature, and she’ll also share her favorite haunts and foraging experiments. Author of the travel and outdoors blog Frog Mom, Laure Latham connects the dots between what gets kids excited and what’s out there waiting to be discovered.
CPS Lecture #52: Matt Richtel on The Devil's Plaything
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Social Science
San Francisco-based Matt Richtel is a novelist, cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times. His writing includes exploration of technology, its impact on society, and how it changes the way we how we work, play, and relate to each other. Matt joined CPS Lectures in advance of the publication of The Devil's Plaything; his second novel, it is the sequel to Matt's national bestseller Hooked.
CPS Lecture #49: Peggy Orenstein on Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
Family
Peggy Orenstein joined to read from her forthcoming book Cinderella Ate My Daughter.
CPS Lecture #48: Mick LaSalle on MovieFest 2011
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
Community
Mick LaSalle joins CPS Lectures for its fourth annual movie fest, sharing his top picks for 2010 and looking ahead to films in 2011. Mick is the longstanding lead film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, and is the author of two books on pre-code Hollywood. He has written nearly two thousand reviews and has been podcasting since 2005. Read Mick's work at his Chronicle blog.
CPS Lecture #45: Tina Sciabica on Stories of Impact in Asia from Read Global
Saturday, August 11th, 2010
Education
Tina is the Executive Director of READ Global, an international nonprofit that is inspiring rural prosperity in Nepal, India, and most recently, Bhutan-- a country that measures its success in terms of Gross National Happiness. In nearly 50 rural communities, READ Global has built community library and resource centers that give adults and children access to books, computers, health services, vocational training and leadership development. READ Nepal received the Bill and Melinda Gates' Foundation's Access to Learning Award in 2006, and READ Global subsequently received Gates funding to bring its model to additional countries in the developing world. To learn more, please visit www.readglobal.org.
CPS Lecture #42: Roger Berkowitz on The Gift of Science
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Government
The front pages of our newspapers and the lead stories on the evening news bear witness to the divorce of law from justice. The rich and famous get away with murder; Fortune 500 corporations operate sweatshops with impunity; blue-chip energy companies that spoil the environment and sicken communities face mere fines that don't dent profits. In The Gift of Science, a bold, revisionist account of 300 years of jurisprudence, Roger Berkowitz looks beyond these headlines to explore the historical and philosophical roots of our current legal and ethical crisis. Berkowitz will talk about this in his discussion with us.
CPS Lecture #39: Curtis Roosevelt on Too Close To The Sun
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Government
Curtis Roosevelt is the oldest grandson of Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt. He and his sister are the only living people to have lived with Franklin and Eleanor and there is simply nothing out there like his recently-published book Too Close to the Sun.
CPS Lecture #37: Fran Kaufman on Diabesity
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Health & Wellness
Fran Kaufman, MD, author of best selling book, Diabesity, is an internationally-known authority on diabetes and obesity. Dr. Kaufman she has developed many important clinical innovations and is a tireless public advocate. She has developed innovative programs for overweight and diabetic children and their families, served for more than twenty years as medical director of a summer camp for diabetic children, and was instrumental in banning the sale of soda in the LA Unified School District.
CPS Lecture #33: Dr. David Kessler on The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Health & Wellness
Dr. Kessler, author of The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, is an amazing advocate for public health. From 1984-1990, Dr. Kessler ran a major teaching hospital in New York City, and taught at the Columbia Law School and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In 1990, he was appointed as Commissioner of the FDA by President Bush and was later reappointed by Presidfent Clinton. He has served as the Dean of the medical schools at Yale and UCSF and today is a Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF.
CPS Lecture #30: Jacque Grillo on Raising Good and Engaged Citizens
Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Education
Jacque Grillo is known by many parents in the bay area - he has contributed to helping rear over a thousand pre-schoolers during his years in San Francisco. Jacque has been a teacher at Lone Mountain Children's Center for over thirty years and has directed the preschool program for nearly 15 years. All who know Lone Mountain are struck by the remarkable happiness about the place - infused with so much good karma, no one is sure whether the children or the parents relish the place more. It's always hard to get parents out the door! We were very lucky that Jacque joined us for CPS Lectures on March 7, where he will give us his view on what's required, beginning at a very young age, to raise good and engaged citizens. Jacque holds a BS in Human Development, with a specialty in Early Childhood, from the University of Massachusetts, and an MA in Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University. His first teaching job was in a laboratory preschool at Harvard University from 1975 to 1977. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Jacque is also licensed and a Marriage and Family Therapist.
CPS Lecture #26: Pete Blackshaw on Satisfied Customers Tell Three Friends, Angry Customers Tell 3000
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Business
In today's digital world, a single consumer can use social media — blogs, social networks, message boards, product review sites — to broadcast a complaint to an audience of millions. How influential are online consumers to a brand's reputation and how can businesses manage and thrive in this new reality — the consumer-driven world?
CPS Lecture #23: Jon Cowan on Building a Lasting Progressive Majority: What Will it Take?
Saturday August 25th, 2007
Government
We're very excited to present returning CPS Lecturer Jon Cowan, president and co-founder of Third Way, a non-profit, non-partisan strategy center for progressives.
CPS Lecture #117: Julie Lythcott-Haims on Real American
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Community / Education
New York Times bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims shared her experience with racism and her journey toward self-acceptance through the lens of her latest work, Real American.
CPS Lecture #115: Nancy Koehn on Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Social Science / Leadership
Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn shared the powerful stories of five great leaders. Author of Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times, Nancy discussed how leaders are not born but made.
CPS Lecture #114: Adam Brown on Bright Spots and Landmines
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Health & Wellness
diaTribe Senior Editor Adam Brown discussed how that the usual focus on the problems and mistakes we’re making (“Landmines”) misses the bigger opportunity: “Bright Spots.”
CPS Lecture #109: Stephen Satterfield on Power Food
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Community / Health & Wellness
Oakland-based food writer and leader Stephen Satterfield's lectured centered on how eating locally is the most radical act you can take – both politically and for your health.
CPS Lecture #106: Catherine Newman on Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy Years
Monday, October 10, 2016
Family
Beloved writer Catherine Newman, author of the newly-published Catastrophic Happiness, led a reading and follow-up discussion that illuminated, inspired, and even unearthed some old childhood memories.
CPS Lecture #103: Cathy Hunter on Clearing the Path for the Child or Preparing the Child for the Path?
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Education
Well-intentioned, ill-prepared, subject to peer pressure - that describes the nature and challenges of parenting these days. Cathy Hunter cast a cynical eye on some of the most fervently held beliefs on effective parenting, and provided evidence favoring a version of "benign neglect" that produces kids with heartier spirits and better decision-making skills. She also encouraged attendees to bring some long-arc thinking to their parenting, and understand the "backwards design" that excellent teachers — and parents — use to fashion social, emotional and learning goals for their students.
CPS Lecture #100: Robert Greene on A Dream Deferred
Saturday, January 30th, 2016
Leadership / Social Science
Robert has been a thought leader in independent schools and nonprofits for more than 20 years, having served successfully as a teacher and administrator in several independent school models on both coasts, as well as in urban school environments and social entrepreneurship agencies. Throughout his career, he has leveraged the experience and networks he gained in the independent school community to drive increased access and equity for communities of color and for students/families from communities where educational organizations have been traditionally underserved.
CPS Lecture #97: Jessica Lahey on The Gift of Failure
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Family / Social Science
Lahey is an educator, author, and speaker who writes the bi-weekly column "The Parent-Teacher Conference" for the New York Times, is a contributing writer for The Atlantic, and recently published a book called The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. Her new book explores how today's parents try so hard to keep their children from experiencing failure that it stops them from taking any kinds of intellectual risks, ultimately leading to a loss of love of learning. Join us for a discussion on how we can figure out where we've misguided our children, and how we can help them rediscover their enthusiasm for learning, their intellectual bravery, and their resilience.
CPS Lecture #95: Julie Lythcott-Haims on The Harm of Overhelping
Sunday, June 14th, 2015
Family/Health & Wellness
We celebrated with Julie Lythcott-Haims, Stanford's former Dean of Freshman, who will join us to muse on her new book, "How To Raise An Adult" - the discussion is called "The Harm of Overhelping."
We heard her views on young adults today and what every generation can do to prepare themselves and the next generation more thoughtfully. In her words, Julie's love of writing stems from her interest in humans living lives of meaning and purpose.
CPS Lecture #92: Ron Lieber on The Opposite of Spoiled
Friday, February 13th, 2015
Family/Social Science
The Opposite of Spoiled is being described as sort of a taboo-shattering manifesto - all how to raise kids, teens, and young adults who are grounded, unmaterialistic, and financially wise. Ron designed THE OPPOSITE OF SPOILED to be a practical guidebook for parents and friends who want to use conversations about money to imprint good values. Not only does he cover "all the basics ... (tooth fairy, allowance, chores, charity, saving, birthdays, holidays, checking accounts, part-time jobs and college) but he's also identified a set of virtues and character traits like modesty, patience, generosity and perspective, that, the hope is, " ... kids will carry with them out into the world."
CPS Lecture #89: Sam Mogannam, founder/owner of Bi-Rite in San Francisco
Monday, December 1st, 2014
Leadership
For most people from the Bay Area, the name “Bi-Rite” is synonymous with fresh food, local charm, and the best salted caramel ice cream out there. But how did Bi-Rite, a grocery market that first opened its doors in 1940, become the San Francisco institution it is today? The answer starts with this CPS Lecture’s speaker: Sam Mogannam, Bi-Rite’s owner, one of Fast Company’s top 100 most creative people in business, and who The Atlantic characterizes as a pioneer in the farm-to-grocery store movement.
CPS Lecture #86: Matt Richtel on A Deadly Wandering
Saturday, October 4th, 2014
Social Science
Matt will speak with us about his book A Deadly Wandering, an exploration of technology’s vast influence on the human mind and society, through the lens of a tragic “texting-while-driving” car crash that claimed the lives of two rocket scientists in 2006.
Matt interweaves Reggie’s story with scientific findings regarding human attention and the impact of technology on our brains, putting forward actionable thinking to help manage this crisis individually and as a society.
CPS Lecture #83: Dr. Zeke Emanuel on Reinventing American Health Care
Wednesday, April 30th, 2014
Government/Health & Wellness
CPS Lectures was excited to welcome Dr. Zeke Emanuel, who shared with us his latest book Reinventing American Health Care: How the Affordable Care Act will Improve Our Terribly Complex, Blatantly Unjust, Outrageously Expensive, Grossly Inefficient, Error Prone System. Dr. Emanuel explored his point of view on the latest health care system reform, and discussed the six mega trends in health that will determine the market for health care to 2020 and beyond.
CPS Lecture #80: Kim Malone Scott on Virtual Love
Saturday, November 16th, 2013
Social Science
CPS Lectures was excited to welcome Kim Malone Scott, who discussed her book Virtual Love. Recently reviewed in Wired, Steven Levy writes, “...you get far more of the actual texture of a real-life company. And she doesn’t duck behind a fictional name for her firm. Virginia Libert might be an imagined character but she works for Google. Scott even puts Virginia on the same team she led in real life — AdSense.”
CPS Lecture #78: Jen Chaiken on Inequality For All
Monday, September 30th, 2013
Government
We hosted a private showing of the film "Inequality For All," which examines the crisis of widening income inequality in the US through the eyes and the influential work of Robert Reich.
Jen Chaiken, the producer of "Inequality for All", joined us to answer questions and tell us about the experience of creating this documentary! You may remember Jen showed the amazing, award-winning "My Flesh and Blood" at CPS Lectures #5 in fall, 2003.
CPS Lecture #75: Dr. Daphne Miller on FARMACOLOGY
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
Health & Wellness
Practicing family physician, nutrition explorer and author of THE JUNGLE EFFECT, Daphne Miller MD will bring us beyond the simple concept of “food as medicine” and introduce us to the critical idea that it's the farm where that food is grown that offers us the real medicine.
CPS Lecture #72: Dr. Adam Grant on Give and Take
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Business
Some background on Dr. Grant -- he is the youngest-tenured and highest-rated professor at UPenn's Wharton School of Business. He was on the cover of New York Times Magazine article "Is Giving the Secret To Success?" The lengthy (and impossible to put down) piece discusses how changing your perspective from 'answering 300 emails' to 'helping 300 people through email' can make all the difference.
CPS Lecture #69: Jill Sheeley on The Importance of Writing for Youth
Friday, February 8th, 2013
Education
Jill Sheeley discussed the importance of teaching young writers the value and art of writing. For Sheeley, her writing has been influenced and contributed to by her family: her first three books were illustrated by her mother, Ruth Stern, and it was after reading her daughter Courtney hundreds of books that she decided to write an adventure book for children. Courtney became the character in her Fraser Chidlren's Book series, and her dogs are also characters in the series -- they are some lucky dogs!
CPS Lecture #66: Chris Lehane on Masters of Disaster
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Leadership
Chris Lehane reprises CPS Lectures #27 four years ago, when Chris spoke to us in a standing room only setting, riffing on the election, the bailouts, and the post-crash economy. A longtime political and economic strategist, Chris is a partner in the California-based company Fabiani & Lehane, has since 2001 provided strategic advice and tactical execution to corporate, entertainment, political and professional sports clients facing complex financial, communications, government affairs, electoral and legal challenges.
CPS Lecture #63: Pam Allyn on the Write Track
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Education
Ms. Allyn, a graduate of Amherst College and Columbia University, is the head of LitWorld, a group that fights for “children’s rights as readers, writers and learners.” She has authored such acclaimed books as What To Read When: The Books and Stories To Read With Your Child - And All The Best Times to Read Them (Penguin).
CPS Lecture #60: Elizabeth Weil on No Cheating, No Dying
Saturday, March 31st, 2012
Family
Celebrated New York Times Magazine Contributing Writer Elizabeth Weil's book "No Cheating, No Dying: I Had A Good Marriage. Then I Tried to Make It Better" was just published and is making lots of waves around San Francisco and across the country! This is a thoroughly fascinating look at modern marriage today. Says Oprah: “Weil has a voice that charms, full of wit, intelligence and compassion.” Says Meredith Maran in the SF Chronicle: “Quite wonderful . . . an astonishingly intimate, hilariously self-deprecating, vibrant and thoroughly modern memoir.”
CPS Lecture #57: Annie Barrows with Bedtime Stories
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Family
Annie read from her books, in addition to leading a mini tutorial on making wax mustaches from Babybel cheese! Be sure to bring your kids (and tell them to come in their PJ's, too!!).
CPS Lecture #54: Todd Wanerman on Disability, Diversity, Democracy: Directions in Education From the Inclusion Preschool Classroom
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Education
Todd Wanerman, co-author of Including One, Including All: A Guide to Relationship-Based Early Childhood Inclusion and Head Teacher at San Francisco’s The Little School, spoke at CPS Lectures on the topic of inclusion, a model of early childhood education that sees all children as aligned through their strengths and challenges; all programs as able to serve children with challenges; and the job of teachers to be attuned to the unique needs of individuals and groups. Todd shared stories and insights gained from two decades of relationship-based inclusion teaching to kick off a discussion on how serving one child at a time can inform and inspire the field of early childhood education from developmental perspectives through curriculum planning, administration and funding, community networking, up through public policy and the role of education in a democratic society.
CSP Lecture #51: Ted Conover and The Routes of Man
Saturday, March 12th, 2011
Social Science
In his latest book The Routes of Man, Ted Conover explores the ways roads can both bind cultures and people as well as sunder them, taking a look at six major byways across the globe and using them to engage with some of today's most pressing global issues. Says The Economist: "One of Mr Conover's previous books, about being a corrections officer in Sing Sing prison, was a finalist for the Pulitzer prize, and it is easy to see why. He has a wonderful eye for detail and the easy, unshowy style that marks the best travel writing. ...Like the hoboes he met on the railways and the Mexican migrants of his earlier book, Mr. Conover here has taken an unpromising subject and turned it into a book that is about far more than just the strips of tarmac that criss-cross the world." Ted Conover describes himself as an author "that writes about real people, often by living, or 'visiting' their lives for awhile." He is currently a writer-in-residence at New York University.
CPS Lecture #47: Kelly Corrigan on Lift and The Middle Place
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Family
Kelly Corrigan, author of Lift and The Middle Place, was with CPS Lectures on Dec 8th, 2010 to read from her latest work and share her reflections on life, loss and family. Kelly's touching, warm and funny writing can be found at http://kellycorrigan.com/.
CPS Lecture #44: Marion Nestle on Food Politics and Today's Healthcare Mess
Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Community
Marion Nestle on Food Politics, Pet Food Politics, and Today's Healthcare Mess." Marion Nestle is a Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. She has a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. She is author of the widely praised Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (2002), What to Eat (2006), and Feed Your Pet Right (2010). See more at www.foodpolitics.com. We so hope you can join us! Easy parking a block away at Castro/Dubose; free for after 9 pm departures.
CPS Lecture #41: Dr. Ed Hallowell on CrazyBusy
Friday, April 16th, 2010
Health & Wellness
This discussion is for anyone looking for practical, how-to solutions for, as Dr. Hallowell puts it, managing modern life. Best selling author Dr. Ned Hallowell offers groundbreaking advice on how to survive in an ultra-competitive, ultra fast, attention deficit society while remaining sane, how to raise happy children, the art of forgiveness, the importance of connection, and how to manage worry. A graduate of Harvard College and Tulane School of Medicine, Dr. Hallowell is a child and adult psychiatrist and the founder of The Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Sudbury, MA. He was a member of the faculty of the Harvard Medical School from 1983 to 2004.
CPS Lecture #38: Dan Pink on Drive
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Social Science
Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, joined us and shared his take on this intriguing issue. While intuition might suggest that external rewards are the major drivers in our lives, Daniel will explain to us why that is a mistake. In his book, he talks about how performance and satisfaction are deeply human needs to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
CPS Lecture #35: Diane Frankenstein on Reading Together
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Education
Diane Frankenstein, author of Reading Together: Everything You Need to Know to Raise a Child Who Loves to Read, joined us to share the secret that helps children become good reader: finding the appropriate book and talking with them about the story. Her book shares invaluable advice for parents, teachers, librarians, and caregivers on how to help children find what to read, and further find meaning and pleasure in their reading through conversation. Included in her book are over 100 book recommendations for kids Pre-K through sixth grade. Frankenstein has been an educational consultant in children's and adolescent literature for the past 20 years. She earned her Masters in Children's Literature and Language at SF State University.
CPS Lecture #32: Ron Lieber, Milo Benningfield, and Spencer Sherman on The Madness of Money
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Health & Wellness
Ron Lieber, Milo Benningfield, and Spencer Sherman will touch on irrational money behaviors, infuriating financial-system mismanagement, and how tough if it to trust anyone at a time when the financial sector is so crazy. As they point out, never before in the history of humankind have so many people been asked to provide for themselves over several decades by managing risky financial assets. Since we're not wired to focus on the long-term and find it challenging to deal with probabilities, rather than perceived cerainty, this is a problem - food for thought leading up to the 20th ...
CPS Lecture #29: Mick LaSalle on MovieFest 2008
Friday, January 16th, 2009
Community
At our evening with SF Film Critic Mick LaSalle Friday night (Jan 16) - for the third year in a row, Mick gave us his best movie picks for 2008, his own personal oscar-watch, the best picks so far for 2009 ... and Johnny showed us all the trailers with all the flourish that so enchanted you the last two years!
CPS Lecture #28: Lloyd Sacks on Demystifying Darfur
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Community
Despite the international attention Darfur has received and the diplomacy attempted, the reality on the ground remains one of death, destruction, division and displacement. A nearly four-year-old government-sponsored counter-insurgency campaign has resulted in an inexcusable human rights catastrophe...and in the absence of unified international political will, 2008 may play out just the same.
To help extrapolate on current conditions of the crisis, Lloyd Sacks, former UN humanitarian worker in Sudan, identified the root causes of the crisis, detailed the domestic and geo-political interests of each party involved, evaluate diplomatic efforts to date, outlined the most efficacious measures to reverse the current course of chaos and impunity in the region, and gave a personal account of life in Sudan and Darfur.
CPS Lecture #22: Cathy Hunter on Eyes for Invisibles
Thursday March 29th, 2007
Education/Family
Please join us in an evening to which we've long looked forward - San Francisco Friends School Head of School Cathy Hunter will come and lead a discussion of the ways in which children develop the resilience, spiritual strength, and tenacity they need for healthy lives.