Political events in the Bay Area

SUNDAY

Single-payer: Peter S. Arno, senior fellow and director of health policy studies at the Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will speak on single-payer health coverage for the state and how to pay for universal coverage. 3-5 p.m. Sunday at 1333 Pine St. in Martinez.

WEDNESDAY

Haiti: A screening of a new documentary, “Serenade for Haiti,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St. in San Francisco, with a question-and-answer session following. The screening will benefit Engineers Without Borders working in Haiti. http://bit.ly/2hSWieo

THURSDAY

Democracy, explained: Learn how to run a campaign and get appointed to a commission from the Lamorinda Democratic Club. 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center, 3401 Mount Diablo Blvd. Features elected officials, campaign managers and consultants. http://bit.ly/ 2wCoUuI

OCT. 24

Civil discourse: The League of Women Voters of North and Central San Mateo County holds an interactive workshop on civil discourse. 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 1300 El Camino Real, San Mateo. http://bit.ly/2xo4EfV

OCT. 26

Limits of whiteness: Neda Maghbouleh, assistant professor of sociology at University of Toronto, will lecture on how Iranian Americans move across a white not-white color line, discussing race in North America today. The lecture runs from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Humanities Auditorium at San Francisco State University. http://bit.ly/ 2fHvtFF

OCT. 29

Black Panther history: Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr., authors of “Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party,” discuss their book at the San Francisco Main Library’s Koret Auditorium. 1 p.m. Oct. 29. Information about this event and others noting the book’s selection in the One City One Book program: http://bit.ly/2eTr1mz