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Fall
2016
2021
September 20–4
Sept. 26 – Nov.
November 12
Innovative education
for the 50+
Discover forlearner
yourself
Courses, community, and
research for learners 50+
olli.berkeley.edu
510.642.9934
olli.berkeley.edu
Photos: (above, right) Keegan Houser, (below) Max Godino
Four in-person
Four courses in
Lafayette!
courses at F&S!
Seecalendar,
See page 11.
page 2.
Who We Are Letter from the Director
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at
We began planning this fall term six months ago,
UC Berkeley is a dynamic learning community reimagining OLLI as a hybrid learning environment.
for explorers age 50 and up. An OLLI @Berkeley “Hybrid” is an odd term but recognizable now, as many
membership opens up a world of discovery: parts of the world have had to find a way to exist in real
smart, curated courses — with no exams or time as well as online. Our fall programming will have both
grades — taught by Cal faculty and other scholars; in-person and online options, and it will provide ways for
opportunities to participate in pivotal research; you to continue learning, whether you are at home or
and a year-round lineup of lectures, workshops, traveling, or eager to rejoin the community face-to-face.
discussion groups, club, and activities. Here’s what’s in store for the fall:
OLLI @Berkeley was established in 2007 with We will offer four courses on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Freight & Salvage, our venue
generous support from the Bernard Osher partner; the team at F&S will welcome OLLI members inside with your safety in mind (and
Foundation and is one of more than 120 Osher a new HVAC system). These in-person courses will be livestreamed as well as recorded. On
Lifelong Learning Institutes in the country. Mondays and Wednesdays, we will offer a roster of remote courses. Fridays will continue
to feature our special events.
Director: Susan Hoffman
Business and Operations Manager: Lisa Hardy Many of our fall offerings are informed by a rethinking of “security.” This theme was
Curriculum Coordinator: Matt Shears initially chosen for Words Over Time, our intergenerational dialogue with Cal students,
Communications and Marketing Coordinator: and extends to our lineup of courses and special events, from cybersecurity to an analysis
of cultural divisions to climate change.
Nancy Murr
Classroom and Facilities Coordinator: Reciprocally, how can we better understand efforts to overcome division and divisiveness,
Max Godino through multiple mediums both political and cultural? Our course offerings will provide
Classroom Coordinators: both historical and contemporary accounts, exploring the power of music, theater, and
LaeCharles Lawrence, Jr., Rob Chew social movements, and a retelling of American history from the Native perspective.
Research Program Associate: Cheryl Brewster Our lecture series will explore this question: how can we be secure in a world that is
confronting the existential threat of climate change? Professor Dan Kammen will return
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with an assessment of current efforts to build a clean energy response to climate change.
OLLI @Berkeley
Additional colleagues will investigate wildfires, species extinction, and environmental
UC Berkeley
policy. And we will ask: what are local and state policies in which citizen action can matter?
1995 University Avenue, Suite 365
Berkeley, CA 94704-1570 We are very excited to reopen carefully and have you back this fall term.
Website: olli.berkeley.edu
Email: berkeley_olli@berkeley.edu Fiat Lux,
Voicemail: 510.642.9934 Susan Hoffman
Director
19 courses · Four in-person,
12 remote instruction, three encore
Fall registration opens July 12
Information at olli.berkeley.edu
OLLI @Berkeley Faculty Showcase
Thursday, July 15, 10 a.m.–noon
Hear directly from faculty about their fall courses. The Zoom link to join
will be available on our website and in digital communications.
II Visit olli.berkeley.edu/courses
Photo: Max Godino
for syllabi and other information.
Information
In the fall of 2021, we begin the process of
reintegrating in-person instruction alongside
our remote offerings. We will be returning
to the Freight & Salvage (F&S) Coffeehouse
on Tuesdays and Thursdays. F&S courses
will run for six weeks, at two hours per
session, beginning at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
These courses will also be livestreamed and
recorded. OLLI members who register
for our Tuesday and Thursday courses
may choose to attend in person at F&S,
participate in the class via livestream,
and/or view a recording of the class at a
later date.
There will be no make-up sessions
for Tuesday and Thursday courses.
Should public health mandates or other
circumstances prevent us from delivering a
class session in person, that session will be
Photo: Max Godino
offered remotely instead.
Membership Tiers
Membership is a prerequisite for Staying Healthy Course Structure
participating in our learning community. OLLI @Berkeley will follow all UC Berkeley Remote Instruction: Courses run for eight
Membership options are listed below. and City of Berkeley health mandates in consecutive weeks at 90 minutes per session.
order to safely provide programming this fall.
Single Term: All Access In-Person Instruction: Courses run for
OLLI @Berkeley will also follow mandates
Benefits: Access to registration for all courses, six consecutive weeks at 120 minutes per
as interpreted by our venues. Updated
events, and special program offerings. session. In-person courses will also be
information will be provided on our website
Price: $50 livestreamed and recorded.
and in our digital communications. Please
Annual: All Access understand that this situation remains fluid Note: Both remote and in-person courses
Benefits: Access to registration for all courses, and subject to change. total 12 instruction hours.
events, and special program offerings for four
Fee Assistance Program Zoom
consecutive terms.
Fee assistance is available on a sliding scale if Zoom is a video conferencing tool that you
Price: $100
costs present a barrier to your participation. will use to participate in livestream OLLI
Premium Membership To be considered, download an application courses and special events. You must have
Benefits: Access to registration for all courses, from olli.berkeley.edu/fee-assistance. a Zoom account to access courses and
events, and special program offerings for four events. Zoom links will be made available on
Affiliate Discount
consecutive terms beginning fall 2021. Price A your member dashboard.
Members of the following groups can
and D courses are no additional cost; Price C
receive a $10 discount on Annual or Course Changes
courses are $80.
Premium OLLI memberships: • Course schedules and faculty are subject
Price: $950
• Cal Alumni Association (CAA) to change. Please refer to our website
Annual: Encore Only • Current faculty/staff at UC Berkeley, for the most current listings.
Benefits: Access to encore courses LBNL, and UCOP • Courses can be dropped up to seven
and events. Discounts do not apply to Encore Only days prior to the start of the term for
Price: $25 memberships. Additional discounts cannot a refund. Contact us at berkeley_olli@
be applied to Fee Assistance memberships. berkeley.edu prior to the deadline to be
issued a refund.
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Calendar
MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS
9/20 – 11/8 9/21 – 10/26 9/22 – 11/10 9/23 – 10/28
9:30–11 a.m. 10 a.m.–noon 9:30–11 a.m. 10 a.m.–noon
Cooking with Seasonal Diving Into the Movies Religious Nationalism Cybersecurity II: The
Produce: Late Summer Harry Chotiner and Ethnic Conflict in Long-Awaited Sequel
and Early Fall in the F&S, In Person (Livestream Contemporary India Darren Zook
Bay Area only, 9/21, 10/5) Vasundhara Sirnate F&S, In Person
Linda Carucci Livestream + Recorded Livestream + Recorded Livestream + Recorded
Livestream + Recorded Price A Price A Price A
Price A
1–3 p.m. 9:30–11:30 a.m. 1–3 p.m.
9:30–11 a.m. How the U.S. Spent the Building a Great Memoir The Politics of “WE”:
Minority Voices in Early Legacy of the Greatest Louise Nayer Transformative Collective
Folk, Soul, and Rock Generation Livestream Only Action Today
Richie Unterberger Michael Baker Ends 10/27 Sandra Bass
Livestream Only F&S, In Person (Livestream Price C F&S, In Person
Price A only, 9/21, 10/5) Livestream + Recorded
Livestream + Recorded Noon–1:30 p.m. Price A
Noon–1:30 p.m. Price A Let it Rock: Six Great
Cultivating Human: How American Bands,
Evolution, Diversity, and 1966–1996
Communication Uniquely Pete Elman
Shaped Human Beings Livestream Only
Carlos D. Torres Price A
Livestream + Recorded
Price A Noon–1:30 p.m.
Collective Imagining:
Noon–1:30 p.m. Ensemble Devised
Breaking the Frame: Theater Evan Johnson
Introduction to Livestream Only
Metafiction Price C
Stephanie Wells
Livestream Only 2:30–4 p.m.
Price A Shakespeare in Today’s
World: Exploring the
2:30–4 p.m. Timeless Relevance
Global Lens: The of Shakespeare’s
International Masterpieces
Documentary Michael Socrates Moran
Michael Fox Livestream + Recorded Price
Livestream + Recorded A
Price A
2:30–4 p.m.
2:30–4:30 p.m. Meditation, Volunteering,
iPhoneography and Neuroplasticity Amelia
Yoni Mayeri Barili
Livestream Only Livestream Only
Begins 9/27; ends 11/1 Price C
Price C
2 Visit olli.berkeley.edu/courses for syllabi and other information.
Starts 9/20 Monday
FRIDAYS
9/23 –11/12
Special Events
(see p. 8)
TYPES OF COURSES
In Person courses (Tuesdays
and Thursdays) will take
place at Freight & Salvage
Coffeehouse (2020 Addison
St., Berkeley). These courses
will also be livestreamed Photo: Matthias Wilke, Pexels
and recorded.
Livestream Only courses
will stream live at the Cooking with Seasonal Produce: Respect: Minority Voices in Early
scheduled time and will not Late Summer and Fall in the Soul, Folk, and Rock
be recorded for viewing later. Bay Area Richie Unterberger
Zoom links are found on your
Linda Carucci 9:30–11 a.m.
member dashboard.
9:30–11 a.m. Livestream Only
Livestream + Recorded Livestream + Recorded Price A
courses will stream live at the Price A
Ethnic minorities have expressed some of their
scheduled time and will be
recorded for viewing later. The Bay Area’s late summer and fall harvests strongest and most influential social activism
Course videos will post on bring us fruits, nuts, and vegetables imbued with through popular music. This course will examine
Fridays and will appear in the magnificent color, flavor, and nutrients. Each week social commentary in early soul, reggae, rock, and
course materials section of we’ll Zoom into the home kitchen of Oakland folk, focusing on the musical voices of African-
your member dashboard. culinary educator Linda Carucci and watch her Americans, Jamaicans, Native Americans, and
prepare both savory and sweet recipes that Latinos. Among the artists featured will be soul
Encore courses are pre-
recorded courses that were feature the best of the season’s produce. Please greats like Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder;
provided live in a previous note: These are demonstration (not “cook- reggae superstar Bob Marley; Native American
term. Course videos post along”) classes. singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie; and Latino
on the first day of the term. rockers Santana and Los Lobos.
Encore course listings can be Linda Carucci is the author of Cooking School
found on page 9. Secrets for Real World Cooks, a finalist for James Richie Unterberger is the author of numerous
Beard and Julia Child First Book awards. She’s rock history books, including volumes on the
excited to share her craft with you. Beatles, the Who, the Velvet Underground, Bob
Marley, and 1960s folk-rock. He’s taught courses
on rock history at Bay Area colleges for the past
decade, and gives regular presentations on rock
and soul history throughout the Bay Area.
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Monday (cont.)
Cultivating Human: How between the reader and the author, and iPhoneography
Evolution, Diversity, and what happens when that contract is broken, Yoni Mayeri
Communication Uniquely our readerly expectations violated? Whom 2:30–4 p.m.
Shaped Human Beings can we trust if we can’t trust the author? Livestream Only
Carlos D. Torres In this class, we will explore the boundaries Begins 9/27; ends 11/15
Noon–1:30 p.m. of narrative and examine texts with shifting Price C
Livestream + Recorded perspectives, destabilized narrators, and
Learn how to expertly capture images, edit,
Price A contradictory plotlines.
and create extraordinary photographs
More than any other living creature, we Stephanie Wells has a B.A. from Berkeley, using solely your iPhone. Gain inspiration to
Homo sapiens are most defined by our an M.A. from the University of Virginia, find your creative vision and expand your
ability to communicate. This journey of and a Ph.D. from UC Davis, with a focus on technical knowledge. By the end of this
human communication will travel from the modernism and postmodernism in American workshop, you will understand the ins and
birth of communication on earth to times and British novels and poetry. She has been outs of iPhone photography. Presentations
and places in human history where enduring a literature professor for over 20 years and will cover photography techniques and tips
societal prejudicial framings of the world currently teaches at the College of Marin. for shooting, exposing, and processing using
were questioned, illustrating some of the your iPhone; a review of all the features built
Global Lens: The International
unheralded stories in our past when open into the camera for shooting and Photos app
Documentary
exchanges of information flourished and for editing and organizing your images; and
Michael Fox
created societal growth, shared prosperity, live demos of third-party apps for editing,
2:30–4 p.m.
and cultural understanding. Ultimately, special effects, and image manipulations
Livestream + Recorded
Cultivating Human outlines the great that will take your photographs from so-so
Price A
potential human beings have for overcoming to wow. We will review saving, printing,
the prejudice and miscommunication that The view from abroad, courtesy of foreign accessories for the iPhone, and ways to
has plagued us. filmmakers speaking primarily to viewers in share your photography.
their own countries, is refreshing, revealing,
Carlos D. Torres (Ph.D., anthropology) Yoni Mayeri is a professional photographer
and occasionally jarring. The lineup
is a media anthropologist who has spent who began her career at Polaroid and
encompasses a range of documentary
years researching the ways Maya people Nikon, and had studios in San Francisco and
approaches and techniques, with each
have adapted new media technologies to Berkeley. Her iPhoneography workshops
film — most of which haven’t screened in
tell stories derived from their own cultural have been presented at UC Berkeley,
the U.S. — followed by a discussion of its
legacy. Dr. Torres has recently opened Stanford University, Saint Mary’s College,
goals, strategies, aesthetics, and ethics. We
new research arenas in Europe, looking at Rancho La Puerta, Pacific Art League,
will examine central aspects of nonfiction
paleo art and the larger story of human Stanford Research Park, Google, the Garden
filmmaking including the representation of
communication. Club of America, and elsewhere.
reality, the properties of storytelling, and the
Breaking the Frame: interplay between advocacy and art.
Introduction to Metafiction Michael Fox is a film journalist and critic for
Stephanie Wells
KQED Arts, among other outlets. A member
Noon–1:30 p.m.
of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics
Livestream Only
Circle and inductee of the S.F. Film Society’s
Price A
Essential SF, he has taught documentary
This course examines the genre of literature classes at the OLLI programs at UC Berkeley
known as postmodernism, and more and San Francisco State for 15 years.
specifically the concept of metafiction. As
readers, we’re conditioned to expect an
author to follow a certain set of conventions
when we open a book. What is the contract
4 Visit olli.berkeley.edu/courses for syllabi and other information.
Starts 9/21 Tuesday
Photo: Nathan Engel, Pexels
Diving Into the Movies Zoetrope Studios, and a story editor at CBS. held roughly two-thirds of the available gold
Harry Chotiner He was also vice president of development reserves and controlled the most valuable
10 a.m.–noon at 20th Century Fox and Interscope currency in international markets. With this
F&S, In Person and Livestreamed (9/28, 10/12, Communications, and has taught history rapid rise in power and influence, the U.S.
10/19, 10/26) and film courses at a college preparatory took on new responsibilities, signaling the
Livestream only (9/21, 10/5) high school and in the school of professional beginning of the “American Era” of global
All sessions will be recorded studies at New York University. leadership. The good, the bad, and the
Price A ugly of American power since 1945 will be
How the U.S. Spent the Legacy
reviewed and discussed.
In this course, we’ll take a look at six films of the Greatest Generation
that seem worthy because of the interesting Michael Baker Michael Baker is a surgeon who had
nature of their themes, issues, storytelling, 1–3 p.m. a parallel career in the military and has
and acting. Students will receive notes before In Person and Livestreamed, F&S (9/28, 10/12, experience in strategic planning. He
each class with suggestions regarding what 10/19, 10/26) retired as a Rear Admiral after 30 years of
to look for when watching the film. After the Livestream only (9/21, 10/5) uniformed service to his country and was
lecture, there will be a discussion about the All sessions will be recorded awarded his 3rd Legion of Merit, which he
different elements of the film and whether Price A wore proudly alongside his U.S. Marine
or not it should be considered a work of Corps Combat Action ribbon and his Officer
World War II transformed the United States
art. The class aims for the fun, vitality, and in Charge Riverine Warfare pin.
from an isolationist, inward-looking nation
warmth of friends sharing a conversation
with minimal influence on the global stage
about a great film they’ve just seen. Note:
to an economic powerhouse and world
more information about the films will be
leader. After 1945 the U.S. was manufacturing
provided as the term approaches.
more than half of the produced goods in the
Harry Chotiner has served as an editor world, and U.S. exports made up more than
of Socialist Review Magazine, a reader at one-third of total global exports. The U.S.
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Wednesday Starts 9/22
Religious Nationalism and Ethnic Great Read and winner of the Wisconsin own homes? What might the value be in
Conflict in Contemporary India Library Association Award, and most bringing something new to life with others?
Vasundhara Sirnate recently, Poised for Retirement, Moving Through a series of interactive prompts,
9:30–11 a.m. from Anxiety to Zen. She is a member of the participants will explore the creative power
Livestream + Recorded Writer’s Grotto and has been interviewed of collaboration, exploring cooperative
Price A widely, including on NPR. models for generating bold, evocative, and
heartfelt content. Using what we already
The rise of Hindu Nationalism in India with Let it Rock: Six Great American
have and embracing serendipity, we will make
the election of Narendra Modi as Prime Bands, 1966–1996
rich use of metaphor, storytelling, and all of
Minister, brought India to a democratic Pete Elman
our senses to share, nurture, and develop
crossroad where the idea of a secular India Noon–1:30 p.m.
creative ideas within a supportive cohort.
forged between 1947-1950 was forced to Livestream Only
No previous experience required, just a
give way to a Hindu majoritarian India. This Price A
willingness to offer your own unique skills/
rub between the old ideology and the new talents, ideas, and inspirations.
The essence of rock and roll is the great
emergent ideology is the core tension in
band — young musicians who elevated
India today. What we are seeing in India Evan Johnson is an actor/creator, teaching
having a good time into something more
is the rise of a contemporary, neo-liberal artist, and community builder with over
artistic and eternal. In this course, we will
religious nationalism that anchors itself in 15 years of experience. He’s the director
look at six groups: he mercurial psychedelic
the ancient religious history of the South of the Cosmic Elders Theatre Ensemble,
L.A. band the Doors, led by their eccentric
Asian sub-continent. Like many other and he hosts regular gatherings, events,
and poetic frontman, Jim Morrison; the
political ideologies, Hindu nationalism and workshops. Evan’s background is in
iconic Southern blues-rock band the Allman
has also claimed many victims through physical theatre, improv, solo performance,
Brothers, who despite early tragedies have
engineered ethnic violence, communal strife and playwriting.
soldiered on for 50 years; The Band, who
and collective public violence.
made their mark with Bob Dylan and went Shakespeare in Today’s
Vasundhara Sirnate is a journalist and on to greatness; a shout-out to the East Bay World: Exploring the Timeless
scholar who works on Indian politics, with hit machine Creedence Clearwater, led Relevance of Shakespeare’s
militancy and terrorism in South Asia and by El Cerrito’s John Fogerty; and two bands Masterpieces
collective public violence in India. with catalogs so deep they each require two Michael Socrates Moran
parts; the Anglo-American giants Fleetwood 2:30–4 p.m.
Building a Great Memoir Mac and America’s band, Tom Petty and the Livestream + Recorded
Louise Nayer Heartbreakers. This will be fun. Price A
9:30–11 a.m.
Livestream Only Pete Elman is a musician, producer, teacher, Why do Shakespeare’s plays remain relevant
Price C writer, and author of a new book on unsung centuries after they were written? This
minority sports heroes, In the Shadow of class aims to reveal what has fascinated
There are many ways to uncover potent Obscurity. He has taught many OLLI classes, and inspired artists for centuries, and the
moments from our past — swinging through such as A Rock n’ Roll Road Trip, Country timeless paradoxes inherent in these classics
the trees at twilight as a child or gazing out Music, Folk, Motown, Bruce Springsteen, Van that lie at the core of the human condition.
the window after the death of a loved one. Morrison, It’s All About the Song, Memphis This course will focus on how Richard
Learn about the basic elements of memoir Soul, and Great Voices. Let it Rock is his 13th III, The Merchant of Venice, Measure for
such as sensory detail, scene vs. summary, new class for OLLI. Measure, and The Tempest speak to our
dialogue, time shifts, tension, and character current moment of remaking our world as
development. Read great memoirists and a Collective Imagining: Ensemble
we (hopefully) emerge from a pandemic and
reader to help you get started. Do in-class Devised Theatre
an unfathomably tumultuous 2020. These
exercises and work with peers. Hand in pages Evan Johnson
works will be explored from the perspective
for instructor feedback. Leave the class with Noon–1:30 p.m.
of an actor and director.
a body of writing and new writing friends. Livestream Only
Price C Michael Socrates Moran is the founder
Louise Nayer has taught creative writing and artistic director of the Oakland Theater
for over 40 years and is the author of five How might we engage one another in
Project. He is an award-winning director and
books including Burned: A Memoir, an Oprah a playful way from the comforts of our
6 Visit olli.berkeley.edu/courses for syllabi and other information.
Starts 9/23 Thursday
actor, having directed over 20 classics and
world premieres. He has acted professionally
in Boston, New York, and Chicago, and holds
an M.F.A. in directing from UC San Diego.
Meditation, Volunteering, and
Neuroplasticity
Amelia Barili
2:30–4 p.m.
Livestream Only
Price C
Many scientific studies show that meditation
and volunteering support good health for
Photo: Nancy Murr
the heart, brain, and whole being. Combined,
they foster positive neuroplasticity. In this
course, participants study discoveries of Cybersecurity II: The Long- The Politics of “WE”:
the “Neuroscience of Meditation” and learn Awaited Sequel Transformative Collective
contemplative practices to open their heart Darren Zook Action Today
to new perspectives in relating to members 10 a.m.–noon Sandra Bass
of different cultures and socioeconomic In Person and Livestreamed, F&S 1–3 p.m.
backgrounds. They also volunteer outside All sessions will be recorded In Person and Livestreamed, F&S
of class for one to two hours each week at Price A All sessions will be recorded
Refugee and Immigrants Transitions, the Price A
Berkeley and San Francisco school districts, This course will build upon its predecessor
and Casa Mora. This experiential learning (though taking the first version is not Since our inception, the idea of who “we”
deepens their knowledge of other cultures required to understand this class) by are (who belongs and who does not, who
as they assist low-income students, refugees, introducing new topics and offering determines belongingness, and how this
and immigrants with their school skills and updated and expanded perspectives on impacts privileges, protections, and rights)
their transition into American life. old ones. Aside from offering practical has been a defining fracture in American
hints and tips on how to keep your cyber- politics. Today these fractures animate our
Amelia Barili, an award-winning UC
Berkeley faculty member, teaches a environment secure, this course will also politics in ways that threaten our democracy.
systematic embodied approach for brain address topics such as artificial intelligence, Yet across the country, there are active
fitness and personal transformation, machine learning, algorithms, blockchain, efforts to organize and mobilize around
integrating discoveries of neuroscience with cryptocurrency, and quantum computing. articulating a new “we.” This course will
meditation and service learning. She received No technical background is needed — just introduce OLLI members to the philosophies
the Chancellor’s Award for Public Service an inspired sense of curiosity. and strategies of organizations advocating to
in 2008. reimagine criminal justice, civic engagement,
Darren Zook teaches global studies and
climate change, and combat white
political science at UC Berkeley, where he has
nationalism, among other causes. What
been a faculty member for 19 years.
are the perils and possibilities of moving
forward together?
Sandra Bass, Ph.D. is the associate dean
and director of the Public Service Center at
UC Berkeley. She has worked on women’s
leadership, girls education and reproductive
health in sub-Saharan Africa and as a faculty
member in criminology and political science
at the University of Maryland.
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Friday Starts 9/24
Special Events October 8
Finding Hope (For Biodiversity
Words Over Time:
An Intergenerational
Friday Special Events are all offshoots of Conservation) in an Era of Rapid
our traditional speaker series. Friday Special Global Change Dialogue
Events will take place from 10:30–11:30 a.m. Bree Rosenblum, Associate Professor,
unless otherwise noted. Zoom links to public Department of Environmental Science, Rethinking Security: How to
events will appear on the events calendar on Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley Make the Post-COVID World a
our website (olli.berkeley.edu/programs/ Safer Place for All
events) and will be made available in our October 22 Facilitated by Darren Zook
digital communications. Please be sure to Understanding Wildfire and Its Friday, October 15
check our website for updates to the lineup. Impact in California 10:30 a.m.–noon
John Battles, Professor of Forest Ecology, Limited to 60 OLLI members
America’s Unfinished Work is an ongoing
Department of Environmental Science, RSVP by sending an email to berkeley_olli@
OLLI @Berkeley series featuring leading
Policy & Management, UC Berkeley berkeley.edu
thinkers engaged in the examination and
eradication of systemic racism to create a Security links together every sphere of
more humane, just, and equal society. October 29 activity — from micro to the macro, from
Words Over Time offers a unique
The Hard Part: Turning Climate the individual to the international — and
opportunity for OLLI @Berkeley members
Solutions Into Policy at Scale it has come under increased scrutiny and
Ken Alex, Director of Project Climate at attracted greater concern due to a variety
to engage in an intergenerational dialogue
UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy, of factors. The COVID pandemic has
with UC Berkeley undergraduates, bringing
and Environment created a long list of serious repercussions,
together people from different generations
ranging from tensions in global politics to
to understand and learn from the
the disturbingly violent attacks on persons
perspectives of one another. November 5
of Asian heritage in the United States. The
Technology Innovation for
ongoing and uneasy discussion on race
September 24 Older Adults: Unexpected
relations in the United States has given us,
America’s Unfinished Consequences of the Pandemic
among other things, the idea of “defunding
David Lindeman, Director of the CITRIS
Work: Proposals for the police,” yet what exactly that means and
Health Initiative, Director of the Center for
Neighborhood Security how it will affect different groups remain
Technology and Aging, and Co-director of
Speaker/s to be announced uncertain. Is it possible to build a safer, more
the Center for Innovation and Technology in
secure world for all, and if so, how should we
Public Health, UC Berkeley
October 1 do it? Where should we start? This Words
The Clean Energy Transition and Over Time intergenerational dialogue will
COP26 address these and other questions in a way
Dan Kammen, Professor of Energy, with that is engaging, innovative, transformative,
parallel appointments in the Energy and and empowering.
Resources Group, the Goldman School of
Public Policy, and the Department of Nuclear
Engineering, UC Berkeley
8 Visit olli.berkeley.edu/courses for syllabi and other information.Encore Courses
National Science
Foundation Design
Encore Courses housing, starting with the Victorian era’s
small upright redwood boxes, yields lessons
Encore courses are previously recorded for habitable and affordable housing today.
Challenge courses that were well-received by the Bungalow builders responded to population
As part of OLLI’s National Science membership during their live run. Encore growth with pattern-book housing in
Foundation (NSF) research grant, we are course videos are made available on the streetcar suburbs linked to job centers.
seeking 25 OLLI member volunteers to be first day of the term (Monday, September Automobiles allowed the ranch house to
part of a two-day NSF Learning Experience: 20) and remain available throughout the spread across suburban landscapes. With
duration of the term. One live conversation increasing land cost, designers put more
Saturday, September 18, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 housing on less land. California brought
with the instructor is also included.
p.m.: Orientation Workshop space-saving designs and the integration
Before the Storm (America of interior and outdoor spaces to America
The 25 OLLI members will be oriented to
1815–1850) with lessons for sheltering people of all
technical design development by Professor
Mick Chantler income levels.
Grace O’Connell from UC Berkeley’s School
Live Conversation 10/15, 9–10 a.m.
of Engineering. Linda Day is an emeritus professor of city
Price D
Sunday, September 19, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 and regional planning at Cal Poly in San
During this period in America, great cities Luis Obispo. She holds a Ph.D. in urban
p.m.: Design Challenge
sprung up in the east, vast lands in the policy and politics from Syracuse University
The 25 OLLI members will be joined by 12 west were opened to millions of pioneers, and an M.Arch. from the University of
undergraduate Fung Fellows in a session and many came to see “the good life” as Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
conducted by Dr. Jennifer Mangold, the head theirs for the taking. All this came at a price:
of the Fung Fellowship. Native Americans were pushed out of their Native History 1900–Present
traditional lands, a brutal slave empire grew Enrique Lima
Attendance at both the Saturday and Sunday in the South, and the forests east of the Live Conversation 10/22, 11 a.m.–noon
sessions is required. Mississippi were largely destroyed. In this Price D
The Learning Experience will be held at a lecture course, we will trace the impact of In this survey course about issues affecting
location on UC Berkeley’s campus to be several key players: Andrew Jackson, Henry Native peoples, we will discuss historical
determined; however, the location will allow Clay, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, John events such as the assimilation era and
for compliance with any UC Berkeley COVID- Quincy Adams, and slave-rebels Nat Turner its devastating policies of allotment and
19 requirements that are in place at that and Cinque. Indian education; the shift toward the
time. Free parking will be provided. If you Mick Chantler holds an M.A. in history Indian New Deal and its decriminalization
are interested in participating in this NSF and has been a student and instructor of of Native identity and strengthening of
Learning Experience, please contact Cheryl early American studies for over 40 years. His Native government; the backsliding into the
Brewster at cbrewster@berkeley.edu. primary interests include the Revolutionary destructive federal policies of termination
War and Civil War eras. He currently teaches and relocation, which utterly transformed
at several Bay Area OLLI programs, including Native communities; the response to
those at Sonoma State University, Dominican termination by Red Power activists; and,
University, and UC Berkeley. beginning in the 1970s and continuing into
the present, the era of Native sovereignty
California History of and self-determination.
Residential Design
Linda Day Enrique Lima holds a Ph.D. from Stanford
Live Conversation 10/22, 9:30–10:30 a.m. University. He teaches history and culture in
Price D the Departments of Native American Studies
and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley.
Design is critical when money is tight and
spaces are small. The history of California
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