As America scrambles to meet the retirement needs of 78 million aging Baby Boomers, Professor of Social Welfare Andrew Scharlach explains that the country "needs to focus on creating communities that accommodate our needs as we grow older, communities where the wisdom of years is valued and applied." In this interview, Scharlach details how these aging-friendly communities help accommodate the growing numbers of senior citizens. (2:30 min.) Contact: Roxanne Makasdjian, UCB Media Relations
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/02/12_aging.shtml
Moderator: Catherine Wolfram, UC Berkeley Panelists: Jeanne Clinton, California Public Utilities Commission Scott Henderson, Clinton Climate Initiative Tony Salazar, McCormack Baron Salazar
PACS 164A: Introduction to Nonviolence - Fall 2006. An introduction to the science of nonviolence, mainly as seen through the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. Historical overview of nonviolence East and the West up to the American Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr., with emphasis on the ideal of principled nonviolence and the reality of mixed or strategic nonviolence in practice, especially as applied to problems of social justice and defense.