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		<title>Free Class &#8211; Critical Appraisal of Health Evidence &#8211; April 10th</title>
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Faced with contradictory  evidence on health risks, behavior, and toxic exposures?
Wary of claims made  about prevention, pharmaceuticals and supplements?
Skeptical about research  studies of herbs and other natural products?
Come to a FREE  skill-building workshop on how to evaluate health information for use  in health care decision making!
 
Critical Appraisal  of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/events/free-class-critical-appraisal-of-health-evidence-april-10th/</link>
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		<title>Free Herb Walk at Montara Mountain &#8211; April 25th</title>
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Led by Ohlone second year students Joolie Geldner and Nicole Lobue.
This walk will run from 11am until 1pm.
More information will be posted shortly.
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/events/free-herb-walk-montara-mountain-10/</link>
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		<title>Donna H. Odierna, DrPH, MS</title>
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Donna Odierna is a heath policy and public health researcher at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a clinical herbalist who has worked in public health venues and private practice; she is also a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild.
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/donna-odierna/</link>
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		<title>Dorena Rode, PhD, MA</title>
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Dorena joins our staff as our physiology teacher.  Dorena multilevel experience comes from her background as a chemist, herbal medicine maker, and practitioner.  Her love of practice led her to UC Davis where she completed her PhD in physiology.  Her website is: www.elderberrycenter.com
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/dorena-rode/</link>
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		<title>Gail Julian</title>
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Gail is a clinical herbalist, medicine maker and teacher with 18 years experience in the clinic and classroom. Her training includes Western Herbalism and physiology, native plant use, Chinese and plant energetic systems. Her business, Commonknowledge Herbs provides pharmacy services for practitioners and produces therapeutic herbal products.
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/gail-julian/</link>
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		<title>Eric Kopf, MD</title>
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Eric has practiced medicine as a doctor for over twelve years and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, as well as an Ohlone graduate. He can be found through his website: www.erickopfmd.com
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/eric-kopf/</link>
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		<title>Cheryl Fromholzer</title>
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Cheryl is a Western Clinical Herbalist who provides a multi-faceted approach to holistic medicine combining customized organic herbal formulas with nutritional education and lifestyle guidance.
Being a Western Herbalist means her focus is on using native plants to address imbalances, not just the symptoms, and to prevent dis-ease. Cheryl’s goal is to stimulate each individual&#8217;s innate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/cheryl-fromholzer/</link>
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		<title>Terri Jensen</title>
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Terri has been working with botanical medicines in a variety of capacities for over 20 years. She is an owner and medicine maker for The Herbal Apothecary, a full line herbal pharmacy. She is also an organizer of the Northern California Women&#8217;s Herbal Symposium. Her website is: www.herbalapothecaryonline.com
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/terri-jensen/</link>
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		<title>Sarah Bearden</title>
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Sarah Bearden has been a practicing nutritionist since 1996. She is the Director of Roots To Health, a center specializing in Nutrition Consultation and Nutrition Education.  She received a diploma in Nutritional Medicine in London and practices both in Marin County and England.
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/sarah-bearden/</link>
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		<title>Karen Aquiar</title>
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Karen is our Medicinal Mushroom Instructor. She has been making botanical medicines full-time for 8 years. Karen is an owner of The Herbal Apothecary, providing custom herbal medicines for health practitioners and others. She is also an organizer of the Northern California Women&#8217;s Herbal Symposium. Her Website is:  www.herbalapothecaryonline.com
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/karen-aquiar/</link>
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		<title>Pam Fischer, RH (AHG)</title>
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Pam is the Ohlone&#8217;s Head Instructor and the Center’s Director.
 Pam has been working with herbs since 1986. She completed her studies at the California School of Herbal Studies in 1989. She has been teaching classes in medicine making, plant identification, wildcrafting, theory and practice of herbalism since 1991.   Pam began the BACHA (Bay Area [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/pam-fischer/</link>
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		<title>Marion Souyoultzis</title>
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Marion is an organic grape grower and an instructor at Ohlone Center.  She has been studying herbal medicine for over seven years and is an aromatherapist.
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/marion-souyoultzis/</link>
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		<title>Kara Sigler</title>
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Kara Sigler is a certified Western Clinical Herbalist that has a private practice in San   Francisco.  She teaches at Ohlone, leads herb walks, manages an herbal apothecary and volunteers at Charlotte Maxwell Clinic for low income women with cancer. Her website is: www.sfherbalist.com.
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/kara-sigler/</link>
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		<title>Tony Siefert</title>
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Tony manages the pharmacy &#38; dispensary at Ohlone Center where he teaches botanical medicine making. He is a graduate of the California School of Herbal Studies &#38; apprenticeship programs with Matthew Wood. He has a private herbal practice in San   Francisco.
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/tony-siefert/</link>
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		<title>Jim Hall</title>
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Jim Hall MA CMT comes from a family of spiritual healers and has been intensively involved in various holistic healing modalities since 1979. He holds a master&#8217;s degree in Holistic Health Education from John. F. Kennedy University and has studied with healers from a variety of traditions, including Michael Moore, Kashaya Pomo elder Lorin Smith, Karyn Sanders, Chanchal Cabrera, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/jim-hall/</link>
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		<title>Atava Garcia Swiecicki, MA, RH (AHG)</title>
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Atava is inspired by the healing traditions of her ancestors and loves turning people on to the amazing and healing world of medicinal plants!  She has been studying and practicing healing arts for over 20 years and has an undergraduate degree from Stanford  University and a graduate degree from Naropa University Oakland .  Atava [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/atava-garcia-swiecicki-ma-rh-ahg/</link>
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		<title>Anna Kazanjian</title>
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Anna’s interest in plants started as a young sprout growing up in SF near Mt. Davidson.  All that green had to rub off and she found herself drawn into herbal retail at Scarlet Sage for several years and holistic healthcare with a Shiatsu practice. She is a practicing herbalist in San Francisco and attributes her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/staff/annakazanjian/</link>
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		<title>Online in April</title>
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/newsletter/coming-soon/</link>
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		<title>American Herbalist Guild (Bay Area Chapter) Meeting &#8211; March 11</title>
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Join us at the Ohlone Herbal  Center for organizing meeting of AHG.   There has been a lot of expressed interest over the years about organizing Bay Area chapter of the American Herbalist Guild, recently Patricia, a former student and local acupuncturist has taken this on.  The beauty with a group such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/events/american-herbalist-guild-bay-area-chapter-meeting-march-11/</link>
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		<title>Free Herb Walk at the Presidio &#8211; May 8th</title>
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Led by Ohlone second-year student Marija Helt.
This herb walk will run from 11am until 1 pm.
More information will be posted shortly.
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Visit the Presidio&#8217;s website for directions, historical info, and more: http://www.nps.gov/prsf/index.htm
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		<link>http://www.ohlonecenter.org/events/free-herb-walk-at-the-presidio-may-8th/</link>
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