The Bay Agenda: The Authoritarian Playbook

Join KALW for a live and in-person edition of The Authoritarian Playbook, discussing the federal administration's authoritarian actions and policies. We'll summarize the latest news, put it in historical context, and find out how people are responding.

Rose Aguilar is the host of Your Call, KALW's public affairs call-in show and a mentor-editor for The OpEd Project, an organization that works to increase the range of voices we hear in the media.Before joining KALW, Rose published a newsletter about women's issues and was a reporter and host for CNET Radio, where she covered technology's impact on society. She's author of Red Highways: A Journey Into the Heartland.

Your RSVP includes admission to Mission Grafica: The Public's Voice, a collaborative art exhibition produced with the Mission Cultual Center for Latino Arts. tracing the evolution of social justice movements in the Bay Area. Through posters and prints — many produced in MCCLA’s community print studio — the show is a living timeline of how Bay Area artists have responded to power, injustice, and change for generations.

There is a $10 - $20 sliding scale suggested donation for this event. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.

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📍 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI

🚪 Reception doors open at 6:00

🗣️ Program begins at 6:30

🆓 The event is free with an RSVP — and you are welcome to donate what you want

Please note:

• The event space is just to the left of the main entrance to the Mills Building at 220 Montgomery Street
• We recommend taking BART/MUNI, exiting at Montgomery, and walking two blocks north
• Ride-shares can drop off and pick up directly in front of the venue
• If you drive, there are several garages within two blocks of the event location; free street parking is available across from the venue at 7:00 pm