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SUMMARY:CHARLES SHAW - Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirit
 uality
DESCRIPTION:Potluck dinner and a presentation by one of our most insig
 htful analysts of our disastrous Drug War, our self-perpetuating Priso
 n Industry and our inhumane suppression of Psychedelic Medicine.\nChar
 les Shaw's work has appeared in Alternet, Alternative Press Review, Co
 nscious Choice, Common Ground, Grist, Guerrilla News Network, Huffingt
 on Post, In These Times, Newtopia, The New York Times, openDemocracy, 
 Planetizen, Punk Planet, RealitySandwich, San Diego Uptown News, Scoop
 , Shift, Truthout, TheWitness, YES!, and Znet. He was a Contributing A
 uthor to the 2008 Shift Report from the Institute for Noetic Sciences,
  and in Planetizen's Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning (2007, Isl
 and Press). Charles was recognized in 2009 by the San Diego Press Club
  for excellence in journalism.\n\nCharles is the Director of the Exile
  Nation Unheard Voices Story Project (coming Spring 2010), and Editor 
 of the Dictionary of Ethical Politics, a collaborative project of Resu
 rgence, openDemocracy, and the Tedworth Trust. He is the former Editor
 ial Director of Conscious Enlightenment Publishing (Conscious Choice, 
 Common Ground, Whole Life Times, and Seattle's Conscious Choice), the 
 founder and publisher of Newtopia, former head writer for the national
 ly syndicated radio show Reality Checks, former Senior Staff Writer fo
 r The Next American City, and a Contributing Editor for Worldchanging.
  A long-time activist and former official for the Green Party of the U
 S, he is a native of Chicago who now lives in Northern California.\n\n
 \nCharles will read from his new online book, Exile Nation: Drugs, Pri
 sons, Politics & Spirituality, and will discuss the larger themes of t
 he book, including the drug war, the booming business of incarcerating
  poor people, and how psychedelic medicine is being suppressed in the 
 land of the free.\n\nCharles will also discuss the new book publishing
  model implemented by Reality Sandwich, the evolving relationship betw
 een reader, writer and publisher, and how the not-for-profit advocacy 
 sector can replace the for-profit publishing model and be an integral 
 part of new books and ideas reaching the public. Charles will also int
 roduce the Unheard Voices Story Project, which is the second phase of 
 the Exile Nation project.\n\nYou can read Exile Nation freely online a
 t:\nwww.realitysandwich.com/exile_nation_drugs_prisons_politics_spirit
 uality\n\nFor more information visit https://architectsofanewdawn.ning
 .com/events/charles-shaw-exile-nation
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100511T180000
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CATEGORIES:potluck, dinner, "&", presentation, friendly, favors, event
LOCATION:Location: United Earth Networks at the Craneway Center -
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dania McManus Wong":https://architectsofanewdawn.ning.co
 m/profile/DaniaMcManusWong
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