The East Bay Sanctuary was organized in 1982 to assist refugees fleeing the terrible violence in the Northern Triangle of Central America. While refugees from El Salvador and Honduras were fleeing,

The East Bay Sanctuary was organized in 1982 to assist refugees fleeing the terrible violence in the Northern Triangle of Central America. While refugees from El Salvador and Honduras were fleeing, mainly political persecution, the vast majority of Guatemalan refugees were Maya, fleeing persecution on account of their race. More than 200,000 Maya fled into Mexico at the height of the violence, and many eventually made their way to the United States, crossing the southern border without papers. Currently there are around 5,000 Mam Maya living in the East Bay, and thousands more working in the fields of the Central Valley of California, the forests in Washington, the meat packing plants in Iowa and Nebraska, the blueberry fields in Michigan, and the fields in many states in the Deep South. Through the years the sanctuary has assisted thousands of indigenous Guatemalans and currently has 5 attorneys and 9 paralegals on staff, as well as numerous volunteer attorneys, law students and undergrads. This summer, sanctuary is predicted to win its 4,000th asylum case. Michael Smith is the director of the Refugee Rights Program at the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant in Berkeley, CA. His background is in anthropology and archaeology, and he worked for many years on a project in Nicaragua for the National Museum. In 1984, he began work at East Bay Sanctuary and has been at sanctuary ever since. He has received awards from Helen Bamber and the Dalai Lama for his work in refugees and from Berkeley Law for his work with law students. MLF ORGANIZER Patrick O'Reilly, Moderator SPEAKERS Michael Smith Director, Refugee Rights Program, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant 💯SUBSCRIBE for more VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/user/commonwealthclub 📆 UPCOMING EVENTS: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events 🎉 BECOME a MEMBER: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/membership 💰 DONATE NOW: https://support.commonwealthclub.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=298 📺➕📻 Watch & Listen https://www.commonwealthclub.org/watch-listen CWC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecommonwealthclub/ CWC Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cwclub/ CWC Twitter https://twitter.com/cwclub The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum 📣, bringing together its 20,000 members for more than 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy. Founded in 1903 in San Francisco California 🌉, The Commonwealth Club has played host to a diverse and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Hillary Clinton in 2010. Along the way, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton have all given landmark speeches at the Club.

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Linda Neale of the Earth & Spirit Council and author of the book, Power of Ceremony responds to a question from the audience at the opening session of the EarthDay Conference 2012 co-sponsored by the Council and Portland Community College (PCC)/Sylvania Campus.  She is joined in the response by Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff who was born and raised with a traditional upbringing on the Pribilof Islands of the Bering Sea. His traditional name, Kuuyux, was given to him when he was four and means extension of ancient knowledge into modern times.

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Also on Earthsayers is Michael TwoFeather's teaching on the Power of Ceremony, presented by The Natural Way of the Earth & Spirit Council.

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Hear from experts including Britta Gross, managing director for RMI; Michael Backstrom, managing director of energy and environmental policy for Southern California Edison; Chris King, SVP-eMobility

Hear from experts including Britta Gross, managing director for RMI; Michael Backstrom, managing director of energy and environmental policy for Southern California Edison; Chris King, SVP-eMobility for Siemens; and Rick Spina, VP of electric vehicle commercialization for General Motors, as they discuss the massive potential to reduce carbon emissions in the mobility sector by shifting toward an electrified, more efficient transportation system.

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Michael Kaiser discusses the Arts in Crisis Initiative at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It is a call to people and organizations to offer their skills and expertise to those

Michael Kaiser discusses the Arts in Crisis Initiative at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It is a call to people and organizations to offer their skills and expertise to those organizations and professionals who are struggling for survivial during this economic crisis. The Center intends to match arts managers with a need to the expertise of professionals at the Center and around the nation.

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