Series: #99 Date: Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022 [freepress.org] [grassrootsep.org] [
A Gathering to Save our Elections & Our Earth
By Marianne Williamson - political activist, spiritual and progressive, best selling author
For the Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition & No Nukes/No War (GREEP)
Host: Cynthia Anderson Barker
Address: 1448 Club View Drive, Westwood, CA 90024
Tickets: Limited In-Person Attendance. Pay in advance. $36.00
Notes: Please donate to Grassroots Election Protection via Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism (CICJ)
2020-2022
2015-2019
Series: #77 Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015 [archive]
The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins
By Robert Baer - American author and former CIA case officer assigned to the Middle East. Time.com intelligence colomnist. Contributor to Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. Frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations, espionage and US foreign policy.
Moderator: Professor Peter Mathews
Hosts: Jan Goodman and Jerry Manpearl
Address: 939 San Vicente Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Tickets: $25.00 includes dinner and drinks. PDLA and SCADA Members $20.00
Notes: Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment recently purchase the rights to The Perfect Kill.
Series: #76 Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015 [archive]
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Selma March. From King to Obama: Witness to a Turbulent History
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - Contributing writer, author, columnist and activist
Hosts: Jan Goodman and Jerry Manpearl
Address: 939 San Vicente Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Tickets: $25.00 includes dinner and drinks. PDLA and SCADA Members $20.00
Notes: Activist-author's latest book examines legendary figures.
Series: #75 Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 [archive]
Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect
By Reese Elrich, Journalist - best-selling book author and freelance journalist who writes for CBS radio, Austrailian Broadcasting Corp., and National Public Radio. Special Correspondent for GlobalPost.
Host: Ted Vaill
Address: 20249 Inland Lane, Malibu, CA 90265
Tickets: $25.00 includes dinner and drinks. PDLA and SCADA Members $20.00
Notes: Based on first-hand reporting from Syria and Washington, journalist Reese Erlich unravels the complex dynamics underlying the Syrian civil war. Through vivid, on-the-ground accounts and interviews with both rebel leaders and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Erlich gives the reader a better understanding of this momentous power struggle and why it matters.
2010-2014
Series: #72 Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014 [archive]
The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It
By John W. Dean - Internationally known award-winning author and lecturer
Introduction by: Professor Peter Mathews
Host: Linda Leibovitch
Address: (to be announced)
Tickets: $25.00 includes dinner and drinks. PDLA and SCADA Members $20.00
Notes: President Richard M. Nixon's Nemesis andTimes bestselling author John W. Dean connects the dots between what we've come to believe about Watergate and what actually happened.
Series: #68 Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 [scvyoungdems.org] [myemail.constantcontact.com]
All the President's Bankers by Nomi Prins
Hear Conversations with Mr. 1%, Mark Pash, CEO Center for Progressive Economics
and Nomi Prins, Bestselling author: All the Presidents' Bankers
Moderator: Brad Parker
Host: The Mersons
Address: (to be announced)
Tickets: $25.00 includes dinner and drinks. PDLA and SCADA Members $20.00
Notes: Mark and Nomi will discuss the Fight over Inequality, the 1% vs the Rest of America. But Mark his words, there is a solution to all this financial pollution.
Series: #46 Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 [archive]
Ilene Proctor and City Lights Publishers Present
Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire
By Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald
Moderator: Byron De Lear
Hosts: Cheri and Naran Shanker
Address: Los Angeles (to be announced)
Tickets: $25.00 includes dinner and drinks. PDLA and SCADA Members $20.00
Notes: Invitation to an Afghan War debate leading into Great Minds event in LA on April 5th
Series: #38 Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2010 [discomfit.blogspot.com]
A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments
By H.P. Albarelli, Author
Moderator: Matt Damon - I Wish, Aiming High
Entertainment: Keaton Simons
Honored Guest: Eric Roberts
Hosts: Jan Goodman and Jerry Manpearl
Address: 939 San Vicente Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90402 (310) 458-7213
Tickets: $20.00 includes dinner and drinks. PDLA and SCADA Members $15.00
Notes: "MK Ultra and CIA human experimentation. The CIA Used People as Innocent Human Guinae Pigs in LSD Experiments. And Worse."