[Apr 30] On the Eve of El Primero de Mayo / En la víspera del 1o de mayo

(sigue en español)

Conversation with organizers and leaders

about the struggle for Immigrant Rights

in the Bay Area and beyond

Monday, April 30, 2007 - 7:00 pm
522 Valencia St., San Francisco, 3rd Floor Auditorium

The Center for Political Education invites you to participate in a discussion on the Immigrant Rights Movement: join leaders, activists and members of the immigrant rights movement in a dialogue on the eve of the May Day mobilizations across the country.

• Where is the movement at one year after the April/May 2006 upsurge?
• What's the latest analysis about immigration reform, legal battles, deportation and detention and the fight for citizenship and legalization?
• What lessons can be learned from the last year of work and how can the broader left support the movement?
  
  Organizations Invited:
  Deporten a la Migra - San Francisco Organizing Project (Proyecto de Organización de San
  Francisco) - Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (Coalición de Derechos de Inmigrantes del Área de la Bahia) - San Francisco Labor Council (Consejo Laboral de San Francisco) - San Francisco Immigrant Legal and Education Network (Red Legal y de Educación de Inmigrantes
  de San Francisco)
  
  $5 donation at door (no one turned away)
  For more information contact: (415) 431-1918 or
  center@politicaleducation.org
  
  **Este evento va tener traducción en español**
  

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  Conversación con organizadores y líderes sobre la
  lucha por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes en el Área de
  la Bahia y más allá
  
  Lunes, 30 de Abril, 2007 - 7:00 pm
  522 Valencia, San Francisco, Auditorio del Tercer Piso
  
  El Centro de Educación Política le invita a participar en esta discusión sobre el Movimiento de Derechos de Inmigrantes: reúnase con líderes, activistas, y miembros del movimiento pro derechos de inmigrantes en la víspera de las mobilizaciones del Primero de Mayo en todo el país.

• ¿Dónde esta el movimiento a un año del surgimiento de Abril/Mayo 2006?
• ¿Cuál es el análisis más reciente sobre la reforma migratoria, batallas legales, deportaciones y detenciones, y la lucha por la ciudadanía y la legalización?
• ¿Qué lecciones se pueden aprender del trabajo de este año, y cómo puede la izquierda más amplia apoyar a este movimiento?
  
  Organizaciones invitadas:
  Deporten a la Migra
  San Francisco Organizing Project (Proyecto de Organización de San Francisco) - Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (Coalición de Derechos de Inmigrantes del Área de la Bahia) - San Francisco Labor Council (Consejo Laboral de San Francisco) - San Francisco Immigrant Legal and Education Network (Red Legal y de Educación de Inmigrantes de San Francisco)
  
  Donación voluntaria $5. Todos son bienvenidos.
  Para más información llamar a 415-431-1918 o escribir a
  center@politicaleducation.org
  
  www.politicaleducation.org
  

[Apr 28] El Recorrido/The Journey (The Roxie, SF)

Queridos amigos
Vamos a mostrar la pelicula El Recorrido

We will be showing the movie: El Recorrido Oxkutzcab-San Francisco
Saturday April 28 at 11AM at the ROXIE theatre and it's FREE ADMISSION.
3117 16th St. (at Valencia) in Sn Fco. You can take Bart and get off at 16th St,
Hope to see you all there!!!!

[Apr 28] Immigrant Workers Organize

Bosses use ICE and the threat of deportation to intimidate workers and deny them their rights. Come exercise strategies to defend ourselves from La Migra. This workshop will look at using the law and ways to act beyond the law.

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2pm - 5pm" at Corazon del Pueblo at 4814 International Boulevard, E. Oakland

[Apr 26] Escuela Rosa Parks: ¡Conozca sus Derechos!

Conozca sus Derechos de Inmigración

Jueves 26 de abril - 6:30 a 8:00 PM
Escuela Rosa Parks
930 Allston Way - Berkeley

[Apr 24-25] Day of Action to Clean Up Ecuador

APRIL 24th, 2007 6-8pm

Public Speaking Event with Goldman Prize Winner

Luis Macas and Trial attornies Pablo Fajardo and Steven Donziger
World Affairs Council
312 Sutter #200 and Grant San Francisco, CA
At Powell BART

APRIL 25th, 2007 7-11:30am

Rally @ Chevron Headquarters' Annual
Shareholder's Meeting
6001 Bollinger Road, San Ramon, CA
Take Express Shuttle from Walnut Creek BART

Protest @ Chevron's Annual Shareholder's Meeting April 25th

Rally Begins at 7:00am

Shareholders Arrive 7:00am - 8:00am

Shareholder Meeting: 8:00am - 10:00am

Report Back from Ecuadorian Indigenous Leaders Attending Meeting: 10:00am

Rally While Shareholders Depart!

Take the Express Shuttle to Chevron from Walnut Creek BART

To join a carpool from SF, Berkeley, or Oakland, contact Christy Tennery at cetennery@hotmail.com.

THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY IS CLOSE TO VICTORY.

ChevronTexaco is currently a defendant in an historic trial in Ecuador for having deliberately dumped 18.5 billion gallons of toxic waste directly into the rainforest, threatening the survival of indigenous peoples and leaving behind what is likely the worst oil-related disaster on the planet. The crude oil contained in Texaco's contamination is more than 30 times greater than the entire volume of crude spilt in the Exxon Valdez disaster.

Filed on behalf of 30,000 indigenous and campesino people from the Ecuadorian Amazon, the lawsuit (Aguinda v. ChevronTexaco) has the potential to set a precedent that could benefit millions of persons worldwide victimized by human rights abuses committed by private companies. The case implicates important issues of globalization, indigenous rights, and corporate responsibility.

Support communities from at home and abroad, including the Philippines, Iraq, Richmond, and Ecuador, in holding Chevron accountable for human and environmental rights abuses that exact a toll on their lives, land, and culture.

COSPONSORS:
Amnesty International, Amazon Watch, Oil Change International, Anti-War Groups, West County Toxics, Communities for a Better Environment, Richmond Greens, Rainforest Action Network, Global Exchange, Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (FACES CARENOW! Campaign), International Accountability Project

For more information contact:
Zachary Hurwitz at 415-487-9600 or zach@amazonwatch.org
www.chevrontoxico.com
www.amazonwatch.org
www.amnestyusa.org/business/sharepower/chevron

[Apr 25] ¡Vicente Fox, No eres Bienvenido!

[English version below]

Marcha en el Centro de San Diego
Abril 25 2007 a las 6:00 pm

Vicente Fox, el ex-presidente de Mexico, responsable por masacres de gente indígena en Chiapas, por las desapariciones de participantes en la lucha en Oaxaca y por la negligencia en el caso de las mujeres asesinadas en Juarez y Chihuahua, viene a San Diego el 25 de abril para recibir el "Premio de la Democracia y la Paz", dado por el Instituto de las Americas, una organización derechista que está ubicado en el campus de la Universidad de California de San Diego

Como la coalición vAPPOroaxaca, creemos que premiar a Fox es un insulto profundo a toda la gente afectada por las grandes violaciones de derechos humanos hechas por su gobierno.

Como respuesta, hacemos una llamada de accion a toda la comunidad de San Diego a participar en la marcha "Fox, NO eres bienvenido!" que empezará a las 6 pm en frente de la estatua de Benito Juarez en Pantoja Park (en el G Street, entre las calles Kettner y State) y terminará en el Horton Plaza, frente al hotel US Grant donde Fox recibirá su premio. También, habrá un bloc de bicicletas que empezará en el fuente de Balboa Park a las 5 pm y se reunirá con la marcha.

Habrá una reunión para planificar la marcha a las 12 pm el sabado, el 21 de abril durante las festividades del día de Chicano Park.

Si tiene preguntas, por favor mande un correo a vappor-oaxaca@riseup.net.

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Vicente Fox: You're Not Welcome!

March in downtown San Diego.
April 25 2007 at 6:00 pm

Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, responsible for the massacres of indigenous people in Chiapas, for the disappearances of participants in the struggle in Oaxaca and for negligence in the case of the murdered women in Juarez and Chihuahua, is coming to San Diego on April 25th to receive the "Award for Democracy and Peace", given by the Americas Institute, a right-wing organization that is located on the UC San Diego campus.

We in the coalition vAPPOroaxaca believe that giving this award to Fox is a grave insult to all people who have been affected by the gross violations of human rights committed by the his administration. As a response, we are making a call to action to the community of San Diego to participate in the march "Fox, you are NOT welcome!" that will start at 6 pm in front of the Benito Juarez statue in Pantoja Park (on G Street in between Kettner and State streets) and end in Horton Plaza in front of the US Grant hotel where Fox will receive his award. Also, there will be a bike blocthat will start at the fountain in Balboa Park at 5 pm and meet up with the march. There will be a planning meeting for the march at noon on Saturday, April 21, during the Chicano Park day festivities.

If you have any questions, please send an email to vappor-oaxaca@riseup.net.

[Apr 21] Decolonization and Autonomous Solutions

An open dialogue by and for indigenous people, immigrants and other people of color; Let's strengthen autonomous solutions towards decolonization.

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2pm - 5pm at Corazon del Pueblo at 4814 International Boulevard, E. Oakland

[Apr 20] 2nd Annual Expressions of Queer People of Color

SFSU QPOC PRESENTS
2nd Annual Expressions of Queer People of Color
Friday April 20th 2007 - 6-9 pm
Jack Adams Hall (SFSU Student Center)
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco,CA

$3-5 donation at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds)

An evening of live performances:
Spoken Word
Theatrical Comedy
Dance
Music
Films
Open Mic
Art
Drag
Raffle
Free Food and more!!!!

[Apr 19] Verdades y Mentiras sobre la propuesta de ley Gutierrez-Flake

Este evento esta dirigido a inmigrantes que no conocen el contenido de esta
propuesta de ley

Jueves 19 de Abril 7:00 p.m

New College, Teatro principal

Calle Valencia 777 - San Francisco

(Entre Calle 18 y 19 cerca de la
estacion de BART de la Calle 16 y Mission)

Invitada especial Angie Junck, Abogada del Inmigrant Rigths Resource Center.
Especialista en leyes de inmigracion y quien nos explicará detalladamente (y en español) el contenido de esta nueva Propuesta.

En la vispera de la presentacion del señor Luis Gutierrez, quien es creador y promotor de la "STRIVE act of 6 2007", en la ciudad de San Jose California el proximo 21 de abril, es importante para los trabajadores sin documentos, saber por parte de una especialista los apartados de esta controvertida propuesta de ley, y de ese modo los propios inmigrantes podran determinar si los beneficia o perjudica.

Invitamos a todos los interesados a venir e informarse.

Contacto: (415) 368 8542

Convoca: Alianza Latinoamericana por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes (ALDI)

[Apr 19] Dismanteling Monoculture: Tale of Ants and Economics in the Americas

An evening with the Beehive Collective

The Beehive Collective is a political graphics workshop based in Maine, known for creating accessible, powerful imagery to explain important issues of our time in an easily digestible manner. Since 2001, the Bees have been working on a trilogy of posters on corporate globalization. Parts one and two dealt with the proposed FTAA trade agreement and Plan Colombia, the catchall name for U.S. military and corporate intervention in that South American country. The third poster will focus on PLAN PUEBLA-PANAMA (PPP), a mega-infrastructure development project for southern Mexico and Central America designed to facilitate corporate exploitation of the region, paving the way for the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

With three giant illustrated portable murals, a six foot tall fabric storybook “slideshow”, and an engaging narrative (available in Spanish or English), the Bees will take us on an interactive VISUAL tour of the connections between COLONIZATION, MILITARIZATION, and RESOURCE EXTRACTION in the Americas. Join us they deconstruct the complex and overwhelming issues that are shaping our world, using bioregionally accurate depictions of animals and insects as metaphors to link cultural and ecological diversity.

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 - 7:30 PM
AK Press
674-A 23rd Street
Oakland, CA 94612

This event is free of charge.

For more information call the Chiapas Support Committee 510/866-4981 or email rmflynn79@gmail.com.

www.beehivecollective.org
www.chiapas-support.org
www.akpress.org

[Apr 17] What is Direct Action?

Come explore organizing tactics in a basic workshop of direct action. This is a space to break down strategies, decision-making roles and more.

TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1pm - 3pm at City College of San Francisco, 50 Phelan Ave, Student Union Rm 104 at the Multicultural Resource Center.

[Apr 14] No More Pig Logic: Criminalization and Solidarity

A participatory discussion on the opportunities and challenges in building a people of color movement in the United States. Forge solidarity and break down criminalization and the different ways it impacts people of color, queers and immigrants.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2-5pm at La Raza Centro Legal, 474 Valencia St. Suite 295, San Francisco

[Apr 10-11] Screenings of PBS documentary "Sentenced Home"

FREE BAY AREA COMMUNITY SCREENINGS OF PBS DOCUMENTARY

SENTENCED HOME

ON APRIL 10 AND 11
IN ANTICIPATION OF TELEVISION PREMIERE ON PBS,
TUESDAY, MAY 15

Film Examines the Human Toll of U.S. Deportation Policies

As the heated national debate over immigration continues, SENTENCED HOME is the first film that puts a human face on the devastation wrought by the U.S.'s deportation policies that were enacted in 1996. Chronicling three years in the lives of three Cambodian Americans, SENTENCED HOME offers viewers a rare glimpse into the drama of the deportation process as it happens; from the intimate final moments with their loved ones in the U.S. (the only country they have ever really known), to the squalid conditions of Cambodian detention facilities. SENTENCED HOME will be shown at two free screenings on April 10 and 11 in San Francisco and Oakland , in anticipation of its television premiere on the Emmy® Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens , on Tuesday, May 15 at 10:00 PM (check local listings).

Sponsored by the Independent Television Service's (ITVS) Community Cinema, The San Francisco screening is on April 10 at 6:00 PM. at the San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium and the Oakland screening is on April 11 at 6:00 PM at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center , 388 9th Street, Suite 290 .

SENTENCED HOME is not only a testament to the lives of three Cambodian immigrants affected by the sweeping immigration laws enacted in 1996, but also speaks to the U.S.'s broken system of justice and the plight of many immigrants of various nationalities who have been deported since that time. These laws do not give immigrants a fair day in court, strip judges of their power to hear cases and make individual determinations, change the rules in the middle of the game, and do reflect proportionality or common sense. "Current reactionary laws against immigrants eviscerate due process and blindfold the Statue of Liberty. These restrictions are un-American and dangerous. They prevent our justice system from stopping government actions that go too far and that threaten all of our freedoms," said Angie Junck, attorney at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center .

Pressroom for more information and/or downloadable images:
http://www.itvs.org/pressroom/ and www.immigrantjusticenetwork.org
Program companion website: http://www.pbs.org/sentencedhome
For more information on ITVS Community Cinema, visit http://www.itvs.org/outreach/cinema/

[Apr 10] March for Justice for Woodfin Workers

Show the Woodfin hotel and other Emeryville business that we will stand with the housekeepers and all immigrant workers until they are free to work with dignity.

Organized by EBASE.

TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 5pm, at Emeryville City Hall (Park St. atHollis), Emeryville

[Apr 7] Festival del Inmigrante

Join us in the park to enjoy music, theatre and resources for immigrants like legal and community organizations.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 10-2pm at Josie de La Cruz Park, 1637 Fruitvale Ave, E. Oakland