The Rainforest Action Network
Randy Hayes MA ‘80, founder, Rainforest Action Network
Time: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Place: HSS 154
Cost: Free Event
Can a sustainable world be created in our lifetime? Randy Hayes, founder of the Rainforest Action Network, believes that aggressive action taken immediately can leave a safe and secure world for our children. Listen to his enlightening and hopeful perspective on the numerous campaigns that have influenced big businesses like Home Depot, Citigroup, Boise Cascade, and Goldman Sachs to change their practices and become more innovative in advancing sustainability.
Randy currently sits on the board of directors of Rainforest Action Network, an organization that focuses on high-visibility corporate accountability campaigns that promote advocacy for the rainforests and the rights of indigenous peoples. Randy has also worked in city government as president of the City of San Francisco Commission on the Environment and director of sustainability in the office of Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown. Additionally, he worked at the International Forum on Globalization, a think-tank on the global economy based in San Francisco.
Randy has a Master’s degree in environmental studies from San Francisco State. He concluded his studies co-producing the Academy Award-winning film "The Four Corners" which won an award in the best student documentary category. The film explored the hidden costs of energy development in the traditional homelands of Native Americans. He continues to work as a documentary filmmaker.
For more information visit: http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/1086.html.
Sustainable Business
Murray Silverman, professor of management
Denise Kleinrichert, assistant professor of management
Peter Melhus, assistant professor of management
Ever wonder how the business world is responding to the green revolution? Take a look at the role of business in creating a sustainable world and how SF State’s College of Business is training today’s students to become tomorrow’s environmentally, socially and ethically responsible business professionals.
Join us and select from one of the following programs.
Also, be sure to stop by the first floor lobby of the College of Business to view posters highlighting Business Ethics Week and the MBA Emphasis in Sustainable Business.
Program I
Time: 10:00 am and again at 11:00 am
Place: College of Business, Room 113
Cost: Free event, open to all.
Robert Redford narrates “The New Heroes,” a 20 minute video depicting the dramatic stories of 14 daring individuals from all corners of the globe who, against all odds, are successfully bringing hope and freedom to poor and marginalized people around the world. One story focuses on Muhammad Yunus, the creator of the micro-lending movement, and the enormous benefits this business model has brought to small entrepreneurs in the developing world. Following the screening, faculty will lead a discussion and explain how they use this video to teach SF State students about opportunities to solve social problems, and still make a profit.
Program II
Time: 10:00 am and again at 11:00 am
Place: College of Business, Room 116
Cost: Free event
“The Story of Stuff,” an award-winning video, illustrates the waste and toxics associated with the dangers of unmanaged materialism, challenging students to confront and address the characteristics of a wasteful society through their professional and personal endeavors. Following the screening, College of Business faculty will discuss how the video is used with students to explore ways that businesses are developing profitable and competitively advantageous approaches to mitigating their negative environmental impacts.
An Ayurvedic Perspective: From Farm to Table
Abbie Scianamblo ’02, co-founder, Sorelle Paradiso Estate Organic Olives
Time: 10:30 am to 11:30 am
Place: HSS 306
Cost: Free Event
Integrating the food wisdom of ayurveda with her family’s Tuscan roots and passion for growing olives, Abbie Scianamblo co-founded Sorelle Paradiso Estate Organic Olives & Extra Virgin Olive Oil, one of just a handful of California oils that is certified organic. Learn about how Abbie transitioned her family olive orchard, among California's oldest, to biodynamic farming practices and is now offering some of her award-winning products through Whole Foods Markets.
Abbie graduated from SF State with a degree in industrial art and design and a concentration in holistic health studies. After graduation, she completed training in ayurvedic medicine at the California College of Ayurveda and the Kerala Ayurveda Academy. She will discuss this journey and how the holistic health perspective has influenced her life and career.
The Science of Facial Expression: Applications to Law
Enforcement and National Security
David Matsumoto, professor of psychology
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Place: Cesar Chavez Student Center, Rosa Parks A
Cost: Free Event
Join internationally acclaimed author and psychologist David Matsumoto for a presentation about his groundbreaking research on facial expression and nonverbal behavior and their variations from culture to culture. Hear how his studies, which garnered a prestigious $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, have shed new light on how humans manage emotional displays according to social context, suggesting that the ability to regulate emotional expressions is innate and not learned through observation. Immediately following this presentation, head over to the Psychology Department Alumni Reunion from 3-4:30 pm in the Ethnic Studies and Psychology Building, Room 302. Click here for more details.
Professor Matsumoto received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1981 with high honors in psychology and Japanese. He subsequently earned his M.A. (1983) and Ph.D. (1986) in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. He has served as professor of psychology and director of the Culture and Emotion Research Laboratory at San Francisco State since 1989. He has studied culture, emotion, social interaction and communication for twenty years, and has published approximately 400 works related to these areas.
To learn more about Dr. Matsumoto, Click Here to visit his website.
The Importance of Family Acceptance Among Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
Caitlin Ryan, director of the Family Acceptance Project at SF State’s Marian Wright Edelman Institute
Time: 2:30 pm 
to 3:30 pm
Place: Cesar Chavez Student Center, Rosa Parks D
Cost: Free event, open to all.
Caitlin Ryan Ph.D. is the director of the Family Acceptance Project, an organization renowned internationally for the first major study of the families of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. Come hear this cutting-edge clinical social worker as she shares insights about her groundbreaking research and resulting education initiatives that are helping increase family support to lower depression, HIV infection, and suicide rates among LGBT adolescents.
Caitlin has worked on lesbian and gay health and mental health concerns since the 1970s and on issues surrounding AIDS since 1982. Her research includes the National Lesbian Health Care Survey, the first major study to identify lesbian health needs and concerns; the development of the Gay Straight Alliances Policy Project, an initiative to study the impact of Gay Straight Alliances on school climate and youth development; care of LGBT youth in faith-based agencies, and the Family Acceptance Project, which she developed with SF State's Rafael Diaz Ph.D. in 2002 to improve care and health outcomes for LGBT youth.
For more information visit: http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/overview.
Creative Writing: A Reading of Works Across the Genres
of Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction and Playwriting
Presented by creative writing faculty and SF State alumni Nona Caspers, Toni Mirosevich and Brian Thorstenson.
Time: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Place: The Poetry Center, College of Humanities, Room 512
Cost: Free event, open to all. To RSVP contact Tom Mullaney at: mullaney@sfsu.edu
Enjoy an afternoon of reading presented by three writers, all of them alumni, exploring works from four literary genres.
Nona Caspers’ engaging stories have won many literary awards, including the Grace Paley Prize for short fiction. Her most recent book, Little Book of Days, tracks four hundred days of her life.
Toni Mirosevich is a writer of creative non-fiction. Firebrand Books published her firstbook of poetry and prose, The Rooms We Make Our Own, in 1996, and since then she has gone on to win numerous awards and recognition within the literary community. Her work has been nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize.
Brian Thorstenson has written several plays, among them Over the Mountain, Drop, Shadow Crossing, and Summerland. His work has been nominated for a Bay Area Critic’s Circle Award. Thorstensen has also worked as an actor in several Bay Area theatre companies and in film.
