The Forum at Grace Cathedral with Jerry Brown: Views from the Ranch
Sunday, November 5, 2023, 1300 - 1400
Edmund G. Brown Jr. is the son of Governor Pat Brown and great-grandson of August Schuckman, a German immigrant who settled in California during the California Gold Rush. He is the longest serving governor in California history, first elected at 36 years old and again at 72. He has served as Secretary of State, chairman of the state Democratic Party, Mayor of Oakland, and California Attorney General. Brown has spent over five decades in public service, tackling climate change and inequality, among many other issues.
Join Malcolm Young for a conversation in the Nave with Brown about his long career, protecting the earth and serving the people.
About the Guest
Jerry Brown was born in San Francisco on April 7, 1938. He graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1955 and entered Sacred Heart Novitiate, a Jesuit seminary. He later attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1961 before earning a J.D. at Yale Law School in 1964. Brown was elected Trustee for the LA Community College District in 1969, California Secretary of State in 1970, and Governor of California in 1974 and 1978. After his governorship, he lectured and traveled widely, practiced law, served as chairman of the state Democratic Party, and ran for president. Brown was elected Mayor of Oakland in 1998 and California Attorney General in 2006. He was elected Governor again in 2010 and 2014. Brown currently serves as chair of the California-China Climate Institute at UC Berkeley; executive chair of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; chair of the Oakland Military Institute College Preparatory Academy, a public charter school he founded more than 20 years ago; and on the boards of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and Council on Criminal Justice.
About the Moderator
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young is the dean of Grace Cathedral. He is the author of The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau and The Invisible Hand in Wilderness: Economics, Ecology, and God, and is a regular contributor on religion to the Huffington Post and San Francisco Examiner.
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Join Malcolm Young for a conversation in the Nave with Brown about his long career, protecting the earth and serving the people.
About the Guest
Jerry Brown was born in San Francisco on April 7, 1938. He graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1955 and entered Sacred Heart Novitiate, a Jesuit seminary. He later attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1961 before earning a J.D. at Yale Law School in 1964. Brown was elected Trustee for the LA Community College District in 1969, California Secretary of State in 1970, and Governor of California in 1974 and 1978. After his governorship, he lectured and traveled widely, practiced law, served as chairman of the state Democratic Party, and ran for president. Brown was elected Mayor of Oakland in 1998 and California Attorney General in 2006. He was elected Governor again in 2010 and 2014. Brown currently serves as chair of the California-China Climate Institute at UC Berkeley; executive chair of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; chair of the Oakland Military Institute College Preparatory Academy, a public charter school he founded more than 20 years ago; and on the boards of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and Council on Criminal Justice.
About the Moderator
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young is the dean of Grace Cathedral. He is the author of The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau and The Invisible Hand in Wilderness: Economics, Ecology, and God, and is a regular contributor on religion to the Huffington Post and San Francisco Examiner.
Category: Community | Local / Community
Starting Price Per Person
Free
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Where
Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street
San Francisco California 94108
United States
( Religious - Church - Temple )
1100 California Street
San Francisco California 94108
United States
( Religious - Church - Temple )
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