Mar Hershenson and Pejman Nomad, innovators, venture capitalists, noted angel investors and founders/managing partners, Pear Ventures and formerly Pejman Mar
The Course Thread Program allows UC Berkeley undergraduates to explore intellectual themes that connect courses across departments and disciplines. Without creating new majors or minors, the program instead highlights connections between existing courses. Course Threads help students see the value in educational breadth while also pursuing a more in-depth and well-rounded knowledge on one particular topic. Course Thread topics include: Human Rights, Cultural Forms in Transit, The Historical & Modern City, Visible Language, Humanities & Environment, Human-Centered Design, Old Things, and Sciences & Society.
Students following a thread enroll in at least 3 courses from the thread over the course of their study at Berkeley, and participate in at least one year-end symposium. The Course Threads Program is made possible by the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
For more information on the Course Threads Program, visit http://coursethreads.berkeley.edu
PACS 164B: Introduction to Nonviolence - Spring 2007. An introduction to the science of nonviolence, mainly as seen through the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. Historical overview of nonviolence East and the West up to the American Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr., with emphasis on the ideal of principled nonviolence and the reality of mixed or strategic nonviolence in practice, especially as applied to problems of social justice and defense.
A conversation about gun violence as a public health issue with experts in the field. Topics covered include the historical roots of the gun control movement, current policy initiatives that can make an impact, and future directions for the movement.
Featuring expert speakers:
ANDREW MCGUIRE
Founder, Trauma Foundation
AMANDA WILCOX
Legislative Chair, California Chapters for the Brady Campaign to PreventGun Violence
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