GGO at Tea Party/Conservative Group get-together March 7

GGO will have a table at the upcoming get-together organized by the Bay Area Patriots organization. The event will take place March 7th from 1 pm - 5 pm at the Mill Valley Community Center. We will have a table advertising our group as well as Ayn Rand, and will distribute free Ayn Rand Samplers and other pamphlets to event participants.

If you are interested in staffing the table, and haven't let us know yet, please send us an e-mail at goldengateobjectivists(at)gmail(dot)com.

Yaron Brook at Stanford - February 2nd, 7:30 pm

Below is an invitation from the Ayn Rand Institute to a debate including Yaron Brook at Stanford University. This debate is organized by the Objectivists at Stanford. Should be a great event to attend - we hope many of the Golden Gate Objectivists can make it. You don't have to RSVP - but if you are interested in car pooling or having an early dinner together prior to the event, please e-mail us at goldengateobjectivistsgmailcom.

[For car pooling, please let us know from where, and whether you want a ride or are offering (how many?)We will forward your e-mail to others in your area who have expressed an interest in car pooling, so you can coordinate with each other directly.]
__________________________________________________________________


Dear ARI Contributor:

We wanted to alert you to the following live debate in your area.

Is Christianity Compatible with Capitalism?

A debate at Stanford University

Who: Dr. Yaron Brook, president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute, and Dr. Jennifer Morse, senior fellow in economics at the Acton Institute

What: A debate that will focus around the issue of whether Christianity is compatible with capitalism. It will consist of opening remarks, a rebuttal, and a Q&A with the audience.

Where: Building 320, Room 105, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305

When: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.

Admission: FREE. Open to students and the public. No RSVP required. Go here for maps: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/plan/maps.html

Bios:

Yaron Brook is president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. A former finance professor, he has published in academic as well as popular publications and is frequently interviewed in the media. He has appeared on CNN, Fox Business Network, Fox News Channel, CNBC and PBS, among others. He lectures on Objectivism, business ethics and foreign policy at college campuses and for corporations across America and throughout the world.

Jennifer Roback Morse, senior fellow in economics at the Acton Institute and regular contributor to National Review Online and The National Catholic Register, received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester. Until recently, she was a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. She has been on the faculty of Yale University and George Mason University, and is the author of Love and Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire Family Doesn’t Work.

More information: Please e-mail the host, the Objectivists of Stanford, at dakinsloss@gmail.com.

Please note: The above event is organized, hosted and sponsored by an individual campus club. Although ARI provides financial support, educational materials and speakers for eligible student clubs, campus clubs are organizations independent of ARI.

We hope you will be able to attend.

Social event - February 7: Hanna House in Palo Alto

For our next bi-monthly social activity we will be touring Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House in Palo Alto on Sunday February 7th at 11.30am. The cost is $10 per person plus $5 per car to park. There are limited spaces available according to the web site for the 11:30 am and 11:15 am tours, so be sure to buy your ticket soon if you are interested in coming. Tours last for one hour and we will get lunch in Palo Alto afterwards. Note that this is on a Sunday rather than our usual Saturday because of when the tours occur.

tickets can be purchased at:
http://hannahousetours.stanford.edu/index.php?p=tinfo

Hope you can make it. Please RSVP to goldengateobjectivistsgmailcom if you can make it so that we can look out for you and so we have the right numbers for lunch. Also, if you wish to car pool and save money on parking, let us know and we will try to coordinate.

Tea Party / Health Care Protest in San Francisco

I had the opportunity to speak at the health care protest in San Francisco on November 15. Here is a video of my speech.

Nov 10 Berkeley talk canceled

Please note that due to lack of available space at Berkeley, the November 10 talk by Dr. Brook has been canceled. We will attempt to reschedule for next semester. Thanks for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

Upcoming meeting - Saturday, Nov 7

We will have our bi-monthly meeting at Doyle Street Cafe in Emeryville this Saturday. Discussion topics will include:

• Health Care activism
• Cap and Trade - activism on the likely next hot topic
• ARI talk in February - speaker, topic, location, promoting the event
• Atlas Shrugged Study Group update
• GGO X-Mas Party planning.

We hope to see many of you there.

Note: The Yaron Brook talk originally scheduled for November 10 had to be cancelled, as we were unable to obtain a room at UC Berkeley (despite OCB's valiant efforts.) We will reschedule for early next year - likely with a different, current topic.

Dr. Yaron Brook in Berkeley Nov 10!!!

Hello Golden Gate Objectivists,

We are pleased to announce that GGO and OCB (the Objectivist Club of Berkeley) will be co-hosting Dr. Yaron Brook on November 10th. The event will be at UC Berkeley in the evening (likely around 7 pm); specific location and topic to be announced soon.

Please mark your calendars!

Looking forward to seeing many of you there,

Heike