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Public Talks

Free! All Talks are at 518 Valencia (near 16th Street, one block from 16th Street BART) and begin at 7:30 pm  unless otherwise noted.


Our Public Talks are partly underwritten by the City Lights Foundation and Rainbow Grocery Cooperative.




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Archive of past talks

All our Talks have been integrated into our digital archive at Foundsf.org, and may be easier to access there.

Topic areas of our audio recordings of public talks going back to 2006:

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Fall 2026 coming soon!

Hiking SF's Forests! Roots of Techlord Fascism! And More!

Public Talks at 518 Valencia, hikes, bike rides...

Look for our Fall calendar in early August. We are working on it in the meantime, and have a strong lineup taking shape!

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