Friday, March 6, 2026 at North Beach Restaurant: Mary Noel Pepys, Director Emeritus, UC Law
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Mary Noel Pepys is our speaker for Friday, March 6th. Mary Noel will be reflecting on her 30-year journey, during which she has lived two lifestyles that are worlds apart—one in the United States, where she enjoyed the privileges of living in a democracy, and the other abroad where she had worked to advance democratic reforms in more than 45 countries. A Seminarian, Mary Noel is a director emeritus of UC Law – San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of Law.) She will be introduced by Sac Sem’s chair Greg Ryken
Read details of her background in this introduction to her address at The Commonwealth Club: RSVP TO ATTEND any upcoming seminar. To assist the kitchen staff with planning for our Friday lunchtime meetings, please notify DENNIS WHEATLEY at dennis@triticum.com NO LATER THAN MID-DAY ON the WEDNESDAY BEFORE EVERY SEMINAR if you plan to attend and indicate if you’ll be bringing a guest. Dennis DOES NOT need to know if you are not attending. Valet Parking: If there are less than (10) ten sign-ups, there will be no valet. To register for valet parking contact Chair Greg Ryken at (415) 215-3775 or email him the Wednesday before seminars at Greg@rykenlaw.com. *** UPCOMING SEMINARS: On Friday, March 20 Mongolia’s Consul General is confirmed to meet with us to discuss the state of Mongolia's diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations with Russia. Learn a bit about Mongolia at https://sanfrancisco.consul.mn/subcategory/250
On Friday, April 10 U.C. Davis professor and author Ethan Scheiner will be Sac Sem’s guest. https://ps.ucdavis.edu/people/ethan-scheiner Prof. Scheiner will discuss the (often overlooked) connection between politics and sports—both in the U.S. and internationally—since the modern Olympic Games began in 1896. Scheiner is Professor and Co-Chair of the Department of Political Science at U.C. Davis, where he teaches and writes on the intersection of politics and sports. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Stars and Stripes, Politico, and The Daily Beast. His latest book, Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People—And Olympic Gold, was featured in the Wall Street Journal 2023 Holiday Gift Guide and was a finalist for the 2024 Northern California Book Awards. He’ll be introduced by chair Greg Ryken.
Marc Levine, a past member of the California State Assembly from the Marin-Southern Sonoma 12th Assembly District will be Sac Sem’s guest on Friday, May 8. Marc is currently Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL). https://www.adl.org/ Central Pacific Region (Northern California, Utah and Hawaii). Fighting the growing threat of antisemitism from both the political far right and far left is ADL’s assignment. He will be introduced by Seminarian Bruce Raful.
*** OTHER THOUGHTS: “The president was posting about The Obamas like a Klansman at 1:00 a.m.” Sen. John Ossoff |
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