Bay Area political events: QAnon, climate science
Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted:
THURSDAY
“Ashes to Ashes”: A discussion with Taylor Rees, director of “Ashes to Ashes,” the story of leatherwork artist Winfred Rembert’s survival of an attempted lynching in 1967 and his friendship with Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker. Whitaker will also participate; she is working to memorialize the 4,000 African Americans lynched during the Jim Crow era. Event is hosted by the Commonwealth Club. Noon. More information is here.
QAnon: Salon staff writer Matthew Rozsa analyzes the disinformation conspiracy movement. Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. 5:30 p.m. More information is here.
WEDNESDAY
Climate science: Climate One presents its annual climate science communications awards to Edward Maibach, director of the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication, and Anthony Leiserowitz, senior research scientist and director at Yale University. Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. Noon. More information is here.
Obama book club: Reading and discussion of former President Barack Obama’s book “A Promised Land,” with Cecilia Muñoz, director of the Domestic Policy Council under Obama. Hosted by Manny’s. 5 p.m. More information is here.
JAN. 14
EMILY’s List: Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List and author of “Run to Win: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World,” in discussion at the Commonwealth Club. 3 p.m. More information is here.
Cost of racism: Author and advocate Heather McGhee discusses her new book, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.” Hosted by Holy Names University. 4 p.m. More information is here.
Abortion rights law: Mary Ziegler, law professor at Florida State University, discusses her new book, “Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present,” with Mother Jones reproductive rights reporter Becca Andrews. Hosted by the Booksmith, Mother Jones and the Bindery. 6 p.m. More information is here.
Biden and nuclear weapons: How the Joe Biden administration may deal with nuclear weapons policies toward North Korea, Russia, Iran and others. With Jackie Cabasso, executive director of the Western States Legal Foundation. Hosted by the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center. 7 p.m. More information is here.
JAN. 18
MLK Day in Oakland: Groups organizing under the banner of Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy Day of Action mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a march in Oakland focused on Defunding the Oakland Police Department. Starting at noon at Frank Ogawa Plaza, 14th Street and Broadway, Oakland. More information is here.
JAN. 19
Climate change: The future of climate change action and politics under the Joe Biden administration, with Michael Mann, director, Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, and Leah Stokes, assistant professor of political science at UC Santa Barbara. Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. Noon. More information is here.
JAN. 26
Dolores Huerta and Luis Valdez: A conversation with United Farm Workers civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, and playwright, Luis Valdez, on the history, land and people of Santa Clara Valley and greater California. Hosted by the Peninsula Open Space Trust. 7 p.m. More information is here.
JAN. 28
“How to Make a Slave”: Jerald Walker on his new book about being a Black man in America, “How to Make a Slave and Other Essays.” Hosted by KPFA-FM. 7 p.m. More information is here.
FEB. 4
Black women’s history: Historians Daina Ramey Berry of the University of Texas and Kali Nicole Gross of Rutgers University discuss their new book, “A Black Women’s History of the United States.” Hosted by KPFA-FM. 7 p.m. More information is here.
To list an event, please email Chronicle politics editor Trapper Byrne at tbyrne@sfchronicle.com
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