Ruth Group Speakers Series
For about 4 years the Ruth Group brought speakers to small, local venues where ordinary folks could participate with authors, educators, activists in the idea and action formation so necessary to a vibrant democracy. After a tapering down of these meetings, we reconvened in November 2008 with a very good fund raising and viewing of Soldiers of Conscience, a documentary about active duty military deciding to be conscientious objectors. Watch the blog for more events to come. One of our group spun off his own Progressive Perspectives, a speakers series you will see mentioned on this blog often.
| SPEAKER | TOPIC | DATE |
| Cole Miller | No More Victims | 2/20/08 |
| Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan | Soldiers of Conscience | 12/06/07 |
| George Lakoff | Whose Freedom? | 6/21/07 |
| David Harris & Jerry Dekker | Showdown Over Iran | 5/24/07 |
| Melanie Sloan | Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (CREW) | 4/19/07 |
| Elizabeth de la Vega | The Criminal Case against Bush & Co | 2/26/06 |
| Bernie Sanders* | We are the Majority | 1/21/06 |
| Maxine Waters, Cindy Sheehan, Lynn Woolsey & Barbara Lee* |
Iraq: The Way Out | 10/23/2005 |
| Jacques Leslie | Deep Water: Global Resistance to Mega-Dams | 9/21/2005 |
| Rebecca Solnit | Hope in Dark Times (and vigil) | 8/17/05 |
| Ruth Rosen | If Women Only Mattered | 6/15/2005 |
| Jim Dean | Democracy for America | 5/18/2005 |
| Medea Benjamin | Stop the Next War Now | 5/4/2005 |
| Adam Hochschild | Bury the Chains: Organizing to Stop Slavery | 4/13/2005 |
| Barbara Boxer | Response to Ruth Group’s Congratulations | 3/30/2005 |
| Mary Evelyn Tucker | Ecology and World Religion | 3/16/2005 |
| Robert McChesney | The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics | 2/17/2005 |
| Sim VanDer Ryn | The Ecological Breakthrough | 2/16/2005 |
| Jim Burkle et al | Religion | 1/19/2005 |
| David Harris | The Crisis:Iran | 12/1/2004 |
| Marshall Ganz | On Organizing | 10/?04 |
| ACT Benefit: Harold Ickes; David Harris; Linda Ronstadt” |
Election Fundraising | 9/28/2004 |
| Alisson Friedman Alan Ungar & Mark Buell” |
People for American Way | 9/22/2004 |
| Mervin Field | State by State Polling | 9/15/2004 |
| Orville Schell | The State of the Media | 7/20/2004 |
| Mark Hertsgaard | Why Bush Will Lose | 5/9/2004 |
| David Harris | On Argument | |
| Robert Reich | Why Liberals Will Win | 4/21/2004 |
| Michael Schellenberger | The Apollo Project | 2/18/2004 |
| George Lakoff | On Framing | |
| Kevin Danaher | Local Green Economy | |
| Normon Solomon | Media Bias | |
| George Lakoff | Language | |
| Tyrone Cashman | The Rubicon Moment | |
| David Harris/Daniel Ellsberg | Reflections on Citizenship | 4/??/03 |
| Peter Coyote | Issues: Russian Dolls | |
| Elizabeth Boardman | Iraq — A Personal Visit | |
| SPEAKER | TOPIC | DATE |
* Co-sponsored with other groups.
