March
Club OLLI Newsletter
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March 1, 2021 | Issue 2
Two New Instructors, Two New Courses for Spring Term 2
John Parker to Teach
“Health of the US Democracy”

John Parker joins the OLLI at Sierra College faculty in teaching via zoom from his home in Denver. His classes will be offered from 10 am to noon on Thursdays (April 15th, 21st, 29th, May 13th and 20th (no class on 5/6). If interested, sign-up on the OLLI website.

Parker notes that Freedom House and The Economist rank the US in the second-tier of democracies below Canada and Germany and in the same range as Argentina and Mongolia. “We will look at what is causing this demise of American democracy by focusing on the weakening of our democratic institutions: rule-of-law, separation-of-powers, independent judiciary, and others,” said Parker.

John is a retired aerospace executive, having spent his professional career designing and building spacecraft and rockets. In retirement, he has pursued his interests in the Arts and Humanities studying and teaching at the university-level. 
Reminder: You may register for classes at any time during the semester if you have paid for the term(s). You may also register for a class even if it has started! If you have not registered for Term 2 yet, we have a great lineup of classes beginning April 5th.
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Retired Sac Bee Publisher, Cheryl Dell,
to Teach on “Bias in the Media”
Cheryl Bell, the recently retired President and Publisher of the Sacramento Bee, retired to Nevada County and wants to stay active so she has joined the OLLI faculty.

Bell will be teaching her three section “Bias in the Media” class via zoom on Tuesdays from 10 to Noon on May 4th, 11th, and May 18th. If interested, sign-up on the OLLI website. Cheryl notes, “In this class we will learn about this history of media bias and how it exists in today’s media coverage. We will explore ways to learn about your own bias as a news consumer and how to evaluate- and counterbalance- bias in news coverage.
Sacramento Jewish Film Festival Starts March 3rd
This year’s virtual Sacramento Jewish Film Festival is jammed packed with streaming cinema experiences. The SJJF will be streaming 24 feature films from ten different countries between March 3-24th. It also will include 12 film shorts and eight live Zoom chat events.

Genres include documentaries, biographies, comedies, and dramas. Subjects include art, music, dance, espionage, history, Israel, Palestinian issues, the Holocaust, sports, and a number of social issues including: gays in the military, living with disabilities, autism, and interfaith relations. Tickets and festival passes and film trailers and descriptions are available at https://sacjewishfilmfest.org/.
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