[Dec 27]Community Vigil for Peace and Healing
Where: 1500 Visalia Avenue , Richmond , CA (near Richmond Bart Station)
When: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 9:30pm-10pm
What: Peaceful vigil in response to hate-motivated gang-rape
Alert: Members of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Intersexed communities will hold a peaceful vigil with support from Hand to Hand Martial Arts Center, at the location where a lesbian woman was raped by four men on Saturday December 13th 2008. LGBTQQI community members and all allies are welcome to come join in peace, healing, and support for the survivor and her courage in speaking out about the violence that was perpetrated against her.
People can bring a candle and are encouraged to carpool or take BART or walk-together. For more information regarding the incident in question please go to:
When: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 9:30pm-10pm
What: Peaceful vigil in response to hate-motivated gang-rape
Alert: Members of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Intersexed communities will hold a peaceful vigil with support from Hand to Hand Martial Arts Center, at the location where a lesbian woman was raped by four men on Saturday December 13th 2008. LGBTQQI community members and all allies are welcome to come join in peace, healing, and support for the survivor and her courage in speaking out about the violence that was perpetrated against her.
People can bring a candle and are encouraged to carpool or take BART or walk-together. For more information regarding the incident in question please go to:
[Dec 19] SF CopWatch: Creating Sanctuary Together (SF)
[Español abajo]
SF COPWATCH presents:Creating Sanctuary Together- Cop and Migra/ICE Watching in SF
(‘cuz surveillance and repression worsens & we need to count on each other)
Friday Dec 19th, from 6:30-9pm
Bilingual Spanish-English event
Station 40 Collective Space
3030B, 16th street, SF
(near Mission BART, between grocery and dollar store)
Free Event, donations for food and drinks kindly accepted
Schedule: includes
6:30-6:45pm= Greetings, Serve food, Present Event
6:45= Copwatch training, role play and brief legal info,
7:30= speaker from Rapid Response to Raids Network + Q and A
8= speaker from Migra Watch Network + Q and A,
8:30= Open discussion on direct action tactics to ICE on the streets
9= Announcements, Copwatch meeting info and close
To receive Migra Watch emergency text on your cell phone, send an email to:
SF_COPWATCH@yahoogroups.com
or you can text it to: 415.595.8251. This is also the # to report Migra sightings and is also the Copwatch hotline, so please include that you'd like to be added to the Migra Watch list.
Also, Cafe Le Boheme is at: 3318 24th street, near Mission 24th st BART
SF Copwatch presenta:
Junt@s Creamos Santuario - Vigilamos la Policia y la Migra en SF
(porque la vigilancia y la represion empeoran y tenemos que contar con nosotr@s)
Viernes Dec 19, de 6:30 a 9pm
El evento sera bilingue en Ingles y Español
Station 40, Espacio Colectivo
3030B calle 16, SF
(cerca de el BART de la Mission, entre tiendas de comida y de dólar)
Entrada Gratis, donaciones pa las bebidas y comida son apreciadas
Horario:
6:30-6:45pm= Saludarnos, Servir Comida y Presentar el Evento
6:45= Copwatch entrenamiento, teatro de personajes y breve info legal
7:30= platica de la Red de Ayuda Rapida para personas afectadas en las Redadas y preguntas y respuestas
8= platica de Migra Watch de Watsonville y preguntas y respuestas
8:30= Discussion Abierta sobre tomando accion directa conta la Migra en las Calles
9= Anuncios, info sobre cuando Copwatch se reune y cerrar
Para recibir textos de celular avisando sobre acciones de la Migra, manda un correo a:
SF_COPWATCH@yahoogroups.com
o puedes mandar un texo a: 415.595.8251. Este es tambien el # para reportar a la Migra, casos de brutalidad de la policia y reenes de carros o de personas, asi que por favor incluye que quieres ser agregad@ a la lista de Migra Watch
Café le Boheme está en la 3318 de la calle 24, cerca de la Mission
BART de la Calle 24
6:45= Copwatch training, role play and brief legal info,
7:30= speaker from Rapid Response to Raids Network + Q and A
8= speaker from Migra Watch Network + Q and A,
8:30= Open discussion on direct action tactics to ICE on the streets
9= Announcements, Copwatch meeting info and close
To receive Migra Watch emergency text on your cell phone, send an email to:
SF_COPWATCH@yahoogroups.com
or you can text it to: 415.595.8251. This is also the # to report Migra sightings and is also the Copwatch hotline, so please include that you'd like to be added to the Migra Watch list.
Also, Cafe Le Boheme is at: 3318 24th street, near Mission 24th st BART
SF Copwatch presenta:
Junt@s Creamos Santuario - Vigilamos la Policia y la Migra en SF
(porque la vigilancia y la represion empeoran y tenemos que contar con nosotr@s)
Viernes Dec 19, de 6:30 a 9pm
El evento sera bilingue en Ingles y Español
Station 40, Espacio Colectivo
3030B calle 16, SF
(cerca de el BART de la Mission, entre tiendas de comida y de dólar)
Entrada Gratis, donaciones pa las bebidas y comida son apreciadas
Horario:
6:30-6:45pm= Saludarnos, Servir Comida y Presentar el Evento
6:45= Copwatch entrenamiento, teatro de personajes y breve info legal
7:30= platica de la Red de Ayuda Rapida para personas afectadas en las Redadas y preguntas y respuestas
8= platica de Migra Watch de Watsonville y preguntas y respuestas
8:30= Discussion Abierta sobre tomando accion directa conta la Migra en las Calles
9= Anuncios, info sobre cuando Copwatch se reune y cerrar
Para recibir textos de celular avisando sobre acciones de la Migra, manda un correo a:
SF_COPWATCH@yahoogroups.com
o puedes mandar un texo a: 415.595.8251. Este es tambien el # para reportar a la Migra, casos de brutalidad de la policia y reenes de carros o de personas, asi que por favor incluye que quieres ser agregad@ a la lista de Migra Watch
Café le Boheme está en la 3318 de la calle 24, cerca de la Mission
BART de la Calle 24
[Dec 18] Call to action: International Migrants Day
International Migrants Day
December 18, 2008
Following a historic Presidential election, the National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR) invites you to close the year by organizing and supporting events to commemorate December 18th – International Migrants Day, and by reaffirming our commitment to the rights of all immigrants by joining us to call for an end to immigration raids, detentions, and deportations.
About December 18, International Migrants Day
On December 18, 1990, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families was approved by the United Nations General Assembly, after almost a decade of governmental negotiations and pressure from migrant rights advocates around the world. Following lobbying efforts by advocates and migrant groups, in December 2000 the United Nations proclaimed December 18 as International Migrants Day.
Since 2001, in solidarity with other migrant rights organizations around the world, NNIRR has commemorated this day with members and allies. Each year we assist growing numbers of local events and initiatives with widely-endorsed call-to-actions, educational and organizing materials, and commemorative posters and t-shirts. (For more details, visit www.nnirr.org/december18; for international events, visit www.migrantwatch.org and www.december18.net.)
International Migrants Day 2008
2008 has been a challenging year in the struggle for immigrant rights, with immigration raids, detentions and deportations taking place during the course of the build up to the recent election.
During the last eight years of the Bush Administration we have witnessed and experienced the assault on the human rights of immigrants: families, workers and entire communities subjected to intense policing, hundreds of thousands detained, and due process rights blatantly violated and ignored.
Using new forms of illegal racial, ethnic/nationality and religious profiling, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) heightened policing of immigrant workers, violating their labor rights, implemented special policies, including secret programs targeting Arabs, Muslims, South Asians and Sikhs, and illegally rounded up and deported hundreds of thousands.
In recognition of the challenges ahead of us, NNIRR calls on organizations and individuals around the country to commemorate this year’s International Migrants Day with a local event or action highlighting the following demands:
Ø The immediate cessation of all immigration policing and raids;
Ø A moratorium on all immigration detentions and deportations, while hearings -- that must include the testimony of those affected -- are held to determine the changes needed to restore due process rights and humanitarian policies and to hold DHS accountable.
By ending raids and placing detentions and deportations on hold, President-elect Obama and the new Congress can create a respite to consider humanitarian policy alternatives that reinstate due process and the rule of law to immigration services and enforcement.
We encourage these activities and messages as a launch pad to press the new Administration and Congress to implement humanitarian policies and practices -- to decriminalize immigration status and protect the rights of all workers. We must continue to demand a fair and just immigration policy that is “de-linked” from national security, and which includes the demilitarization of our borders.
Especially on International Migrants Day, when we recognize and honor migrants throughout the world, we need to raise awareness about the need for policies that ameliorate involuntary displacement and forced migration, including fair trade and sustainable community development, and fulfilling the need and access to healthcare, education, housing, and safe, healthy environments.
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To spotlight these urgent petitions, NNIRR encourages you and your community to organize a local event on or around December 18, 2008. Your event can take place at any number of places, and in various forms -- an afternoon action at a Federal Building, an evening gathering at a place of worship, even a potluck dinner at a local community center.
We encourage you to publicize your activity in the media to call attention to the significance of the day as well as to highlight our collective efforts to end immigration raids. We also encourage groups to coordinate their efforts with others locally, and to reach out to allies through this event.
NNIRR will collect information on all these activities to publicize them nationally and internationally, to raise the collective power of grassroots community action. We will also circulate a national press release on December 16, 2008, highlighting your events, and post this information on our website.
If you plan to organize an activity for International Migrants Day, please complete this online form (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FyTSqSOQ38Jez_2bF7JB5jaw_3d_3d) or the attached response form and email to crajah@nnirr.org, or fax to 510-465-1885. For more information, contact:
Colin Rajah, NNIRR
510-465-1984 x306
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International Migrants Day Actions 2008
Registration Form
Yes! Please register our activity as part of the International Migrants Day Actions 2008.
Name of Organization:
Contact Person:
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:
Date & Time of Event/Action:
Brief Description of Event/Action:
Please email or fax (by December 14th, 2008) to:
Colin Rajah; crajah@nnirr.org; Fax: 510-465-1885
Colin Rajah
International Migrant Rights & Global Justice Program Director
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
310 8th Street, Suite 303
Oakland, CA 94607 U.S.A.
tel: +01-510-465-1984 [ext. 306] fax: +01-510-465-1885
www.nnirr.org
[Dec 12] Poetry, music and dance (Berkeley, Oakland)
Sit down first for great poetry and performance and then head to La Estrellita afterwards for great music & revolutionary politics to dance with FUGA! and La Colectiva guest performers!
IN BERKELEY
La Peña Immigration Series Presents
Nicolas Valdez & Maria Ibarra: "Mi bandera es la tierra"
Friday December 12, 2008
$10 adv. $12 dr. - 8pm
A poetic journey through a seasonal landscape of vivid dreams & nightmares. Written and performed by Nicolas Valdez and Maria Ibarra. Mi Bandera es la Tierra is a project born out of La Pena's Hecho en Califas Festival of 2006. Originally a 20 minute collaboration between long-time friends and creative partners, Maria Ibarra and Nicolas Valdez, Mi Bandera has taken on a life all it's own. As a multi-disciplinary work its themes cover a wide range of political, cultural, and social issues that ebb and flow with the natural rhythms of the four elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) that bind it together. An experiment in "organic creative process," Mi Bandera pushes the boundaries of contemporary "Latino" Theater by skillfully weaving together contemporary issues with universal themes of balance and wellbeing. Rooted in the age-old traditions of storytelling, Mi Bandera follows the journey of two characters as they attempt to connect with the Great Spirit and bridge the gap of the historical disconnect between the masculine and feminine while simultaneously addressing current issues of globalization, environmental racism, immigration, and health. Told through poetic dialogue, indigenous chanting, live instrumentation, choreographed movement, and projected imagery, Mi Bandera resonates with an intoxicating compassion creating a shared emotional frequency that will surely move your heart and inspire you to proclaim Mi Bandera es la Tierra!
IN OAKLAND
Benefit Show for Fuga!
On Jan. 30 2009 El Paso/Oakland band FUGA! will release it's second album "Relatos Rebeldes/Rebel Stories" and embark on 3 Month US/Mexico tour.
The tour will take their music throughout the US southwest along the border then cross into Mexico to play Mexico City, Veracruz, Chiapas, and Oaxaca among others. Fuga! is independently run and owned by the musicians themselves and are hosting an end of the year benefit for their tour next year. We invite you to come sing and dance with FUGA! and special guests son/cumbia/salsa band La Colectiva this FRIDAY, DEC. 12 in Oakland. For more information check out website and flier below. See you there!
FUGA!
w/
La Colectiva
Friday, Dec. 12th, 2009
At LA ESTRELLITA Restaurant
446 E. 12th ST.
OAKLAND,CA
La Estrelliita is a few blocks east of Lake Merritt BART Station.
*I'll be doing a poetry set at La Peña to open before the "Mi bandera es la tierra" performance.
arnoldo garcia
música humana blues y poesia
www.lacarpadelfeo.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/arnoldogarcia
www.nnirr.org[Dec 7] Manos de Resistencia: Women Peacemakers in Colombia (SF)
Manos de Resistencia: Women Peacemakers in Colombia
Sunday, December 7, 7 pm.
Women's Building
3543 18th St. San Francisco
Sunday, December 7, 7 pm.
Women's Building
3543 18th St. San Francisco
A Benefit Featuring:
Amanda Romero is a leading Colombian human rights activist, co-author of the collection of Colombian women's testimonies, "We Will Never Be Silenced." She will speak about Colombian women, human rights and the need for international presence.
Aluna is a Bay Area multicultural ethnic and Colombian folkloric band that features traditional Colombian music styles such as Cumbia, Puya, Bullerengue, Currul?o and Mapal?, as well as original music.
Food, Poetry by Maria Mercedes Carranza, raffle drawing, and honoring Bay Peace.
$12-20 donation. No one turned away.
This event is raising funds for the human rights accompaniment work of the Fellowship of Reconciliation in Colombia. FOR?s teams live with the Peace Community of San José de Apartad? and other grassroots initiatives, in order to dissuade political violence and ensure their rights to stay on their lands and continue their nonviolent work. See http://www.forcolombia.org for more information.
Co-sponsors: Global Fund for Women, American Friends Service Committee Pacific
Mountain Region, Fund for Nonviolence, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Women?s
International League for Peace and Freedom San Francisco Chapter, Peacemakers.
Information: 720-296-6429
[Dec 4th] B-Side Players in Oakland
Join the B-Side Players this 4th of December at Yoshi's
510 Embarcadero West
for more info visit:
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Acompaña a los B-Side Players este 4 de diciembre en el Yoshi's
510 Embarcadero West
for more info visit:
[Nov 24-28] American Indian Movement meeting: "No one is illegal"
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- AIM-West is hosting the 40th Anniversary Reunion of the American Indian Movement, Nov. 24 -- 28. With the theme, "No one is illegal -- Somos un solo rio/We are all one river," the topics include the militarization of the US borders, treaty rights, protection of sacred places, international Indigenous rights and religious freedom for prison inmates.
Bill Means, cofounder of the International Indian Treaty Council, is among the featured speakers at the sunrise gathering on Alcatraz Island on Thursday, Nov. 27. The weeklong AIM-West reunion includes Native Americans who have made history in the struggle for Indigenous Peoples rights, including Madonna Thunder Hawk, Manny Pino, Lenny Foster, Mike Flores, Charlie Hill and Patricia Bellanger.
The theme is "SOMOS UN SOLO RIO!" / We Are One River, and "No One is Illegal!" This includes recognition of Indigenous Nation's inherent right to self-determination, honor and respect for treaties ratified by the US Congress, protection of sacred sites, freedom for political prisoners, and the encouragement for the U.S. to adopt the United Nations General Assembly Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The discussions include strategies for the "Manifesto for Change", Green power and Red Power, a sustainable future, and taking a stand in solidarity with our relations from Mexico, Central and South America.
During the organizing session in San Francisco on Tuesday night, Tony Gonzales said the reunion, which includes speakers, concerts and an Unthanksgiving Feast, offers the opportunity to focus on the direction and needs of the future. Pegge Lemke said, following the US elections, it is important to remember that it is the people who hold the power. Lemke said it is the people who have "the power to empower others to return to a more natural way of life and live in balance and rhythm."
Earthcycles web radio returns to the air live, to cover the week's events, Nov. 24 -- 28. Earthcycles producer Govinda Dalton, and cohost Brenda Norrell, will be in San Francisco for the week to host the live show. Dalton, who lives in northern California, and Norrell, based in Tucson, were cohosts of the Longest Walk Talk Radio, on the five-month walk across America. Native Americans walked from Alcatraz to DC for sacred places and protection of Mother Earth, from February through July of 2008.
The same issues covered by the Longest Walk Talk Radio will be highlighted in the weeklong, on-air coverage, including the proliferation of coal mines, power plants and drilling in Indian country; the militarization of the US borders and the oppression and violations of human rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world.
Brief audio interviews are now available from Tuesday night's planning session, with Tony Gonzales, Mark Anquoe, Kiowa from Oklahoma, and Pegge Lemke, who was also a Long Walker. Pegge also encourages Native American Indian Nations to rescue and adopt wild horses, because the US government is now considering euthenasia for the horses. Pegge urged Indian Nations to develop programs for their youths with these horses, preserving Native horse culture. The audios are at http://censored-news.blogspot.com/
Schedule of events for the Anniversary AIM West 40th Anniversary Reunion:
Monday, Nov. 24, 10 am to 5:30 pm
Opening ceremonies with masters of ceremonies Bill Means and Madonna Thunder Hawk
San Francisco Library, 100 Larkin Street at Grove, Koret Auditorium
Film and slide show with historic footage of early AIM: Panel forum: "No one is illegal -- Somos un solo rio/We are all one river."
Indigenous Peoples from the border attending include Tohono O'odham Mike Flores, organizer of the Indigenous Peoples Border Summit of the Americas in 2006 and 2007.
Topics: Green ecology; Red Power, Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 10 am - 5 pm
San Francisco Baha'i Center, 170 Valencia St.
Manny Pino, Acoma Pueblo, and Lenny Foster, Navajo prison religious rights advocate
Topics: Coalition building, treaty rights, sacred sites, uranium mining, Manifesto for Change, political prisoners including Leonard Peltier
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 12 - 6 pm
Unthanksgiving Potluck Dinner and AIM Special Awards Ceremony, with Charlie Hill, Patricia Bellanger and special guests
San Francisco Baha'i Center, 170 Valencia St.
Concert by Keith Secola, Phoenix, Medicine Warriors, All Nation Singers
Thursday, Nov. 27, 4 - 9 pm
Alcatraz Island Annual Sunrise Gathering leaving from Hornblower Tours at Pier #31 (last boat out at 6 am)
Friday, Nov. 28, 6 - 10 pm
Concert featuring Dr. Loco and the Rockin' Jalapenos, The Bob Young Project and local artists
San Francisco Baha'i Center, 170 Valencia St.
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- AIM-West is hosting the 40th Anniversary Reunion of the American Indian Movement, Nov. 24 -- 28. With the theme, "No one is illegal -- Somos un solo rio/We are all one river," the topics include the militarization of the US borders, treaty rights, protection of sacred places, international Indigenous rights and religious freedom for prison inmates.
Bill Means, cofounder of the International Indian Treaty Council, is among the featured speakers at the sunrise gathering on Alcatraz Island on Thursday, Nov. 27. The weeklong AIM-West reunion includes Native Americans who have made history in the struggle for Indigenous Peoples rights, including Madonna Thunder Hawk, Manny Pino, Lenny Foster, Mike Flores, Charlie Hill and Patricia Bellanger.
The theme is "SOMOS UN SOLO RIO!" / We Are One River, and "No One is Illegal!" This includes recognition of Indigenous Nation's inherent right to self-determination, honor and respect for treaties ratified by the US Congress, protection of sacred sites, freedom for political prisoners, and the encouragement for the U.S. to adopt the United Nations General Assembly Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The discussions include strategies for the "Manifesto for Change", Green power and Red Power, a sustainable future, and taking a stand in solidarity with our relations from Mexico, Central and South America.
During the organizing session in San Francisco on Tuesday night, Tony Gonzales said the reunion, which includes speakers, concerts and an Unthanksgiving Feast, offers the opportunity to focus on the direction and needs of the future. Pegge Lemke said, following the US elections, it is important to remember that it is the people who hold the power. Lemke said it is the people who have "the power to empower others to return to a more natural way of life and live in balance and rhythm."
Earthcycles web radio returns to the air live, to cover the week's events, Nov. 24 -- 28. Earthcycles producer Govinda Dalton, and cohost Brenda Norrell, will be in San Francisco for the week to host the live show. Dalton, who lives in northern California, and Norrell, based in Tucson, were cohosts of the Longest Walk Talk Radio, on the five-month walk across America. Native Americans walked from Alcatraz to DC for sacred places and protection of Mother Earth, from February through July of 2008.
The same issues covered by the Longest Walk Talk Radio will be highlighted in the weeklong, on-air coverage, including the proliferation of coal mines, power plants and drilling in Indian country; the militarization of the US borders and the oppression and violations of human rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world.
Brief audio interviews are now available from Tuesday night's planning session, with Tony Gonzales, Mark Anquoe, Kiowa from Oklahoma, and Pegge Lemke, who was also a Long Walker. Pegge also encourages Native American Indian Nations to rescue and adopt wild horses, because the US government is now considering euthenasia for the horses. Pegge urged Indian Nations to develop programs for their youths with these horses, preserving Native horse culture. The audios are at http://censored-news.blogspot.com/
Schedule of events for the Anniversary AIM West 40th Anniversary Reunion:
Monday, Nov. 24, 10 am to 5:30 pm
Opening ceremonies with masters of ceremonies Bill Means and Madonna Thunder Hawk
San Francisco Library, 100 Larkin Street at Grove, Koret Auditorium
Film and slide show with historic footage of early AIM: Panel forum: "No one is illegal -- Somos un solo rio/We are all one river."
Indigenous Peoples from the border attending include Tohono O'odham Mike Flores, organizer of the Indigenous Peoples Border Summit of the Americas in 2006 and 2007.
Topics: Green ecology; Red Power, Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 10 am - 5 pm
San Francisco Baha'i Center, 170 Valencia St.
Manny Pino, Acoma Pueblo, and Lenny Foster, Navajo prison religious rights advocate
Topics: Coalition building, treaty rights, sacred sites, uranium mining, Manifesto for Change, political prisoners including Leonard Peltier
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 12 - 6 pm
Unthanksgiving Potluck Dinner and AIM Special Awards Ceremony, with Charlie Hill, Patricia Bellanger and special guests
San Francisco Baha'i Center, 170 Valencia St.
Concert by Keith Secola, Phoenix, Medicine Warriors, All Nation Singers
Thursday, Nov. 27, 4 - 9 pm
Alcatraz Island Annual Sunrise Gathering leaving from Hornblower Tours at Pier #31 (last boat out at 6 am)
Friday, Nov. 28, 6 - 10 pm
Concert featuring Dr. Loco and the Rockin' Jalapenos, The Bob Young Project and local artists
San Francisco Baha'i Center, 170 Valencia St.
$10 to $20 donation, no one will be turned away, fundraiser for AIM-West
More information: Tony Gonzales (415) 577-1492 or visit
http://www.aimwest.info/
Listen live at Earthcycles, http://www.earthcycles.net, Nov. 24 - 28, 2008.
More information: Tony Gonzales (415) 577-1492 or visit
http://www.aimwest.info/
Listen live at Earthcycles, http://www.earthcycles.net, Nov. 24 - 28, 2008.
[Nov 21] Film: "Broken Rainbow" - Fundraiser (Oakland)
Friday NOVEMBER 21, 2008 Black Mesa Caravan Fundraiser Dinner, Film Screening of Broken Rainbow, a movie about the struggle on Big Mountain, Black Mesa, and Discussion. Doors at 6pm, 7 PM at the Intertribal Friendship House.
Broken Rainbow is a 1985 documentary film about the government-enforced relocation of thousands of Navajo Native Americans from their ancestral homes in Arizona. The Navajo were relocated to aid mining speculation in a process that began in the 1970s and continues to this day. The film is narrated by Martin Sheen.
This call is for folks of color to lend their support to the Caravan to Black Mesa, AZ for a convergence of work crews from all over the US. We are asking for your support to get out to Big Mountain to work and do movement building work for the week of November 22-29. The fundraisers that we are throwing are for the caravaners from the Bay Area to get out there. If any money or resources are earmarked for the Native community, then those resources will be handled accordingly.
Redefining Solidarity
Everyone on this trip will be in a work crew "winterizing home," patching rooves, hauling water, gathering firewood, and so on. But what is Solidarity. We know that the organizers of this trip are arranging for each of us to learn more about the Black Mesa struggle. We also know that the folks that live out there aren't gonna be the ones answering our every question about their occupation, constant surveillance, poverty, debt, strife, resilience and so on. They also aren't gonna be the ones to give us political education or give us political direction, we will be doing that for ourselves. The question of our solidarity is the question of our commitment to making change from the ground up in our own communities. It's the question of how we educate ourselves about the world around us to be of use to that ground-up movement. And it's a question of challenging the lies that this modern world tell us about the myths of progress.
If you represent an organization, please come table and donate items to raffle at this event.
We are making 200 tamales/100 plates of food. Others are contributing to this effort. We hope to make $500 with the food and another $500 at the door. So, please bring money, an appetite, and your mind for discussion at the end of the film.[Nov 20] Sounds of Sistahood: Free DJ Workshop for Women (Berkeley)
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tilden Room, Fifth Floor, Martin Luther King Student Union
Off of Bancroft and Telegraph Avenues
University of California, Berkeley
Tilden Room, Fifth Floor, Martin Luther King Student Union
Off of Bancroft and Telegraph Avenues
University of California, Berkeley
This workshop will provide a safe and encouraging space for undergraduate, graduate and community women interested in learning how to DJ and mix music! The workshop will be led by DJ Rosa la Rumorosa who will talk about how she got involved with music and djing throughout the Bay Area and internationally. Workshop participants will be able to practice the basics of djing themselves through various types of techniques and music styles! Free food and drinks!
This workshop is totally free so please RSVP for your space now by emailing wp@ga.berkeley.edu.
Sponsored by the Graduate Women's Project with assistance from the Women of Color Initiative of the Graduate Assembly.
Graduate Women's Project
Graduate Assembly
Anthony Hall #4500
University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 510.642.2876
Fax: 510.642.7721
Email: gwp@ga.berkeley.edu
Web: http://www.ga.berkeley.edu
Sponsored by the Graduate Women's Project with assistance from the Women of Color Initiative of the Graduate Assembly.
Graduate Women's Project
Graduate Assembly
Anthony Hall #4500
University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 510.642.2876
Fax: 510.642.7721
Email: gwp@ga.berkeley.edu
Web: http://www.ga.berkeley.edu
[Nov 19] Workshop: How to apply for an ITIN (SF)
[Nov 19] Wednesday, November 19th - 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Centro del Pueblo
474 Valencia St.
San Francisco
The Mission Asset Fund is hosting a workshop for low-income, immigrant workers interested in obtaining an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Over 45% of Mission residents are immigrants. For those who do not have a Social Security Number (SSN), the first step toward financial security is to obtain an ITIN. The IRS issues ITINs to foreign nationals who have federal tax reporting or filing requirements and do not qualify for SSNs. With an ITIN, immigrant workers can access financial services, including asset building programs and services.Centro del Pueblo
474 Valencia St.
San Francisco
Please join us for the first in our quarterly series of Charlas Financieras where we will discuss important financial issues with Mission residents.
- What: How to apply for an ITIN
- When: Wednesday, November 19th, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
- Where: Centro del Pueblo, 474 Valencia St., San Francisco
- Who: Speakers include representatives from ACORN, CARECEN, and the IRS
Space is limited. Follow this link to RSVP.
[Nov 17] March for Woodfin Worker's Backwages (Emeryville)
March for Backwages MONDAY!
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Dear friends -
It's time for the Woodfin to pay up.
Please join us this Monday at 5 PM at the Woodfin Suites as we march from the hotel to Emeryville City Hall:
"Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters"
A March for Woodfin Workers' Backwages
Monday, November 17th starting at 5 PM sharp
March from the Woodfin (5800 Shellmound, Emeryville)
to Emeryville City Hall (Park & Hollis, Emeryville)
RSVP: http://www.workingeastbay.org/woodfin_hearing
March from the Woodfin (5800 Shellmound, Emeryville)
to Emeryville City Hall (Park & Hollis, Emeryville)
RSVP: http://www.workingeastbay.org/woodfin_hearing
When I first met the housekeepers at the Woodfin Suites Hotel in Emeryville several years ago, they were hurting. Literally. As one worker, Lorena, explained:
I started working [at the Woodfin] with a desire to improve my life. …we were cleaning 14 rooms, then 15, 16, and finally 17 suites per day. Sometimes I couldn't even stop to get a glass of water. I would get home with my feet very swollen, my hands swollen, and with a headache. When we couldn't finish, they made us punch out after 8 hours and told us to finish... I asked God to open up a way for us to get justice because it was too much.
And now, over 1,000 days after the Measure C living wage ordinance went into effect, workers like Lorena are still fighting for the backwages they are owed from the backbreaking work they did while Woodfin refused to comply with the law. On the night that City Council hears the Woodfin's arguments against paying the backwages, join workers like Lorena in demanding that the Woodfin pay up now!
In a sign that options continue to dwindle for this "hold-out" hotel, on Thursday Judge Steven A. Brick of the Alameda Superior Court denied the Woodfin Hotel's request for an injunction against the Emeryville City Council.
Justice is on the way, so come be part of making history with us!
Please dress warm, wear blue (for the "river of justice") and bring a flashlight or headlamp if you have one.
To RSVP, click: http://www.workingeastbay.org/woodfin_hearing.
For more information, contact Brooke Anderson at 510-846-0766 or at brooke(at)workingeastbay.org.
See you on Monday,
Brooke Anderson
[Nov 16] Celebrate 10 years of supporting Zapatista Communities
Celebrate 10 Years of Supporting Zapatista Communities!
The Chiapas Support Committee is holding a community celebration marking its 10th year organizing support for Zapatista communities. We will also be commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Zapatista Uprising - on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the EZLN's founding! 25/15/10!
Please join us Sunday, November 16, 2008, 5:30-9:30 p.m. at:
The Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street in Oakland, California
Close to the 19th Street BART Station. Plenty of Parking.
Wheelchair Accessible
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
The Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street in Oakland, California
Close to the 19th Street BART Station. Plenty of Parking.
Wheelchair Accessible
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Program:
Dinner and refreshments provided
Keynote speaker: Enrique Dávalos - Professor of Chicano Studies @ San Diego CC
Live Music & History
Progressive Auction
Awards
Dinner and refreshments provided
Keynote speaker: Enrique Dávalos - Professor of Chicano Studies @ San Diego CC
Live Music & History
Progressive Auction
Awards
Regular Admission: $25-50 (Sliding scale).
Individuals and organizations that contribute in the following categories will receive special recognition in the program:
- Los paliacates/The hidden face of support - $150-299 (two tickets)
- Solidaridad sin fronteras/Solidarity without borders: $300-499 (three tickets)
- Hermanamiento/Sisterhood with Chiapas: $500 or more (five tickets)
Celebrate a Decade of Dreaming a More Just, a Different World!
Sponsored by the Chiapas Support Committee
Chiapas Support Committee
PO Box 3421
Oakland, CA
(510) 654-9587
www.chiapas-support.org
For more information, call (510) 654-9587 or email: cezmat@igc.org
Chiapas Support Committee
PO Box 3421
Oakland, CA
(510) 654-9587
www.chiapas-support.org
For more information, call (510) 654-9587 or email: cezmat@igc.org
[Nov 8] Benefit Party for Atenco's political prisoners (SF)
[español abajo]
Saturday November 84 to 10 pm
Station 40
3030b 16th Street
16th & Mission
San Francisco
HAVE FUN AND SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT TO FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS IN ATENCO, MEXICO
4:00 pm Screening of the documentary video about the repression against the people of San Salvador, Atenco during the 3rd and 4th of May, 2006. Information about the current legal situation of these prisoners.
6:00pm Food and Drinks
7:00pm Song and Poetry by local artists
7:30 pm Mc (JAREK el Dragon)
8:00 pm DJ Adan with various latin music.
Suggested Donation: 5-10$
(No one will be turned away for lack of funds)
(No one will be turned away for lack of funds)
All that is collected will go to the team of prisoner supporters including family and friends outside the prison of Molino de las Flores where many of these political prisoners are being held.
For more info on Collective Action and Resistance, pls email arco@riseup.net
Also, see the awsome slideshow on the Oct 31 demonstration put together by Alianza News:
http://www.alianzanews.com/archivo/altoredadas/index.html
¡Fiesta para liberar los Prisioneros Políticos en México!
Este sábado 8 de noviembre, de 4 a 10pm
Station 40
3030 calle 16 - cerca de la calle Mission
San Francisco
Este sábado 8 de noviembre, de 4 a 10pm
Station 40
3030 calle 16 - cerca de la calle Mission
San Francisco
4pm - Presentacion de video documental acerca de la represion en contra del pueblo de San Salvador Atenco los dias 3 y 4 de Mayo de 2006 Informacion actual sobre la situacion legal de l@s detenid@s.
6:00 pm Comida, Bebidas y Chelas
7:00 pm Canto y Poesia por artistas de la comunidad.
7:30 pm Mc (JAREK el Dragon)
8:00 pm DJ Adan con musica Latina variada.
Donacion sugerida: 5-10$
(Nadie sera negad@ por falta de fondos).
Todo lo recaudado sera enviado al Planton que incluye familia y amigxs de lxs prisionerxs, que está frente al penal de Molino de las Flores, en donde se encuentran recluid@s vari@s de L@s detenid@s.
Para mas info sobre Accion y Resistencia Colectiva, porfavor manda un correo a arco@riseup.net(Nadie sera negad@ por falta de fondos).
Todo lo recaudado sera enviado al Planton que incluye familia y amigxs de lxs prisionerxs, que está frente al penal de Molino de las Flores, en donde se encuentran recluid@s vari@s de L@s detenid@s.
Ve la fabulosa presentación fotográfica de la manifestación del 31 de octubre, producido por Alianza News:
http://www.alianzanews.com/archivo/altoredadas/index.html
[Oct 31] Youth-led resistance against raids and deportations (SF)
YOUTH-LED RESISTANCE AGAINST THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS AND DEPORTATIONS
This Halloween, join a broad and united youth led campaign against the ICE raids and deportations, against capitalism, imperialism and authoritarianism, and for solidarity beyond color lines.
Many youth groups all over the bay are currently planning a creative, action packed and unforgettable demonstration to draw attention to the inhumane attacks on im/migrant communities, especially since neither presidential candidates have made any serious attempts to address immigration. Help us make sure corporate media has no option but to report on an action that will call for an end to the repression and violence that many of our families and communities silently suffer. We will not let them intimidate us into passive silence.
Join hundreds of youths fighting and uniting beyond color lines for our Collective Liberation! Make this Halloween '08 a day to remember!
Friday the 31st, yes, All Hallows’ Eve
10am: gather for blessings w/ danza azteca, the legendary radical community organizer and author Betita Martines and others inspiring elders and youth, music, poetry & hip-hop, agit-prop theater, skull face painting, banner and sign making, food and more at the Ferry park in San Francisco. (Embarcadero BART)
11:30: (Funeral?) March to the National Headquarters of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) @ 630 Sansome (near Washington).
12pm: Mass Rally, Theater and More in front of ICE headquarters.
***REMEMBER TO WEAR BLACK AND SKULL FACE PAINT OR MASKS!***
Represent the violence done to im/migrants and families in Africa, Mexico, Central and South America, Asia and Pacific Islands, the “Middle” East and everywhere people are fleeing to escape poverty, famine and wars.
Please contact us ASAP if you would like to participate or donate in any way, big or small. Maybe you can help w/ media, know how to make large puppets or can bring some extra paint...please send an email to: stoptheraidsnow@gmail.com
We must get involved and stop the persecution and criminalization of economic and political refugees in our cities! Politicians don't care about upholding Sanctuary City laws, so we must do it ourselves!
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL!!!
[Oct 29] Showdown in Bolivia (San Rafael)
Wednesday, October 29, at 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church
9 Ross Valley Drive at Fourth Stree
San Rafael
First United Methodist Church
9 Ross Valley Drive at Fourth Stree
San Rafael
The political showdown in Bolivia will be the topic of a discussion by Roger Burbach, Director of the Center for the Study of the Americas (CENSA).
While Bolivia is on the brink of a civil war, President Evo Morales continues to maintain his commitment to constructing a popular democracy by working within the state institutions that brought him to power. He received a 67% vote of confidence in a referendum that took place on August 10th. However, Bolivia’s four eastern departments, with backing from USAID, have orchestrated a rebellion against Morales’ changes in allocation of the countries resources by demanding departmental autonomy and control of the oil and gas revenues, as well as an end to agrarian reform. In addition, they say they will refuse to accept a national vote on the referendum for a new constitution scheduled for December.
People have been killed and beaten, roads have been blocked, government buildings ransacked by hired thugs and international flights canceled. After 30 peasants were massacred in the province of Pando, Morales declared martial law; and the prefect (governor) was arrested for orchestrating the massacre. Bolivian soldiers have used considerable restraint in order to avoid further confrontations.
On September 15 nine presidents and three presidential delegates of UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) met in Chile and produced a 9-point declaration of support for Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Burbach has written extensively on Latin America and is the author of The Pinochet Affair: State Terrorism and Global Justice.
This event is sponsored by the Task Force on the Americas.
A $5-10 donation is requested. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
The venue is wheelchair accessible.
For more information, please call 415/924-3227, email mitf@igc.org or go to
www.mitfamericas.org
A $5-10 donation is requested. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
The venue is wheelchair accessible.
For more information, please call 415/924-3227, email mitf@igc.org or go to
www.mitfamericas.org
[Oct 24] Dismantling Monoculture (Hayward)
Oct. 24 6:30pm
Hayward Community Garden
25051 Whitman Street
Hayward, CA
Join the Beehive Collective for a picture storytelling performance thatcovers their new graphic "Mesoamerica Resiste!" This graphic takes a critical look at Project Mesoamerica (formerly "Plan Puebla Panama")– a development plan designed to facilitate the exploitation of resources bycorporate interests in Central America, and transform much of its land to create more "efficient" trade routes for global markets just as early European monarchies set out to do 500 years ago. This elitist plan is athreat to the very survival of unique and important ecosystems andtraditional cultures. Our presentation illustrates many inspiring andsuccessful examples of resistance to this top down development through horizontal community-based organizing.
more info: beehivecollective.org
contact: juan@beehivecollective.org or sakura.saunders@gmail.com
The Beehive Collective is an all-volunteer non-profit graphics workshop who's mission is to cross pollinate the grassroots by creating iconic imagery that can be used as popular education and organizing tools.
the beehive design collective
www.beehivecollective.org
pollinators@beehivecollective.org
3 elm st - machias, me - 04654
Hayward Community Garden
25051 Whitman Street
Hayward, CA
Join the Beehive Collective for a picture storytelling performance thatcovers their new graphic "Mesoamerica Resiste!" This graphic takes a critical look at Project Mesoamerica (formerly "Plan Puebla Panama")– a development plan designed to facilitate the exploitation of resources bycorporate interests in Central America, and transform much of its land to create more "efficient" trade routes for global markets just as early European monarchies set out to do 500 years ago. This elitist plan is athreat to the very survival of unique and important ecosystems andtraditional cultures. Our presentation illustrates many inspiring andsuccessful examples of resistance to this top down development through horizontal community-based organizing.
more info: beehivecollective.org
contact: juan@beehivecollective.org or sakura.saunders@gmail.com
The Beehive Collective is an all-volunteer non-profit graphics workshop who's mission is to cross pollinate the grassroots by creating iconic imagery that can be used as popular education and organizing tools.
the beehive design collective
www.beehivecollective.org
pollinators@beehivecollective.org
3 elm st - machias, me - 04654
[Oct 22] Dismantling Monoculture (SF)
October 22 - 8 PM
Station 40
3030b 16th st (at Mission)
San Francisco, CA
Join the Beehive Collective for a picture storytelling performance thatcovers their new graphic "Mesoamerica Resiste!" This graphic takes a critical look at Project Mesoamerica (formerly "Plan Puebla Panama")– a development plan designed to facilitate the exploitation of resources bycorporate interests in Central America, and transform much of its land to create more "efficient" trade routes for global markets just as early European monarchies set out to do 500 years ago. This elitist plan is athreat to the very survival of unique and important ecosystems andtraditional cultures. Our presentation illustrates many inspiring andsuccessful examples of resistance to this top down development through horizontal community-based organizing.
more info: beehivecollective.org
contact: juan@beehivecollective.org or sakura.saunders@gmail.com
Other bay area shows:
Oct. 24 6:30pm
Hayward Community Garden
25051 Whitman Street
Hayward, CA
The Beehive Collective is an all-volunteer non-profit graphics workshop who's mission is to cross pollinate the grassroots by creating iconic imagery that can be used as popular education and organizing tools.
the beehive design collective
www.beehivecollective.org
pollinators@beehivecollective.org
3 elm st - machias, me - 04654
Station 40
3030b 16th st (at Mission)
San Francisco, CA
Join the Beehive Collective for a picture storytelling performance thatcovers their new graphic "Mesoamerica Resiste!" This graphic takes a critical look at Project Mesoamerica (formerly "Plan Puebla Panama")– a development plan designed to facilitate the exploitation of resources bycorporate interests in Central America, and transform much of its land to create more "efficient" trade routes for global markets just as early European monarchies set out to do 500 years ago. This elitist plan is athreat to the very survival of unique and important ecosystems andtraditional cultures. Our presentation illustrates many inspiring andsuccessful examples of resistance to this top down development through horizontal community-based organizing.
more info: beehivecollective.org
contact: juan@beehivecollective.org or sakura.saunders@gmail.com
Other bay area shows:
Oct. 24 6:30pm
Hayward Community Garden
25051 Whitman Street
Hayward, CA
The Beehive Collective is an all-volunteer non-profit graphics workshop who's mission is to cross pollinate the grassroots by creating iconic imagery that can be used as popular education and organizing tools.
the beehive design collective
www.beehivecollective.org
pollinators@beehivecollective.org
3 elm st - machias, me - 04654
[Oct 22] Social & Environmental Justice in Brazil (San Rafael)
Social & Environmental Justice in Brazil
Wednesday, October 22, 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church
9 Ross Valley Drive at Fourth Street
San Rafael
Wednesday, October 22, 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church
9 Ross Valley Drive at Fourth Street
San Rafael
Learn about Brazil's Landless Workers Movement (MST), Homeless Movement (FIST), and projects to transform poverty-stricken communities. A presentation by local human rights activists recently returned from Brazil will include slides, discussion and a film.
"The Miracle of Candeal." is part documentary and part cinematic parable, and is the story of how the solidarity, struggle and efforts of a small group of individuals can change and improve the life of an entire community.
Co-sponsors: Task Force on the Americas and Bay Area Friends of MST.
A $5-10 sliding-scale donation is requested. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Refreshments will be served.
Wheelchair accessible.
For more information, please call 415/924-3227
Email: mitf@igc.org, or go to www.mitfamericas.org.
[Oct 21] Discussion on violence (SF)
Violence against women has reached epidemic proportions in many countries in Latin America. Gender-motivated killings of women -- referred to as "femicides" have become common not only in the highly publicized case of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, but in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Equally alarming is the virtually total impunity enjoyed by those that beat, maim and kill women. Notwithstanding this bleak reality, courageous women in many of the most violent countries have organized to develop strategies and actions to bring an end to the violence and impunity.
Join us for a discussion on the issue of violence - and courage in the face of violence
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Reception: 5:00 -5:30 PM
Program: 5:30 -7:00 PM
U.C. Hastings College of the Law, Alumni Reception Center
200 McAllister Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
Reception: 5:00 -5:30 PM
Program: 5:30 -7:00 PM
U.C. Hastings College of the Law, Alumni Reception Center
200 McAllister Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
Guest speakers:
Claudia Paz - Director of the Guatemalan Institute for Comparative Studies in Criminal Science (ICCPG). The ICCPG is committed to the effective protection of human rights through strengthening the rule of law. The ICCPG conducts investigations and publishes reports on pressing issues of criminal justice; one of its most recent publications is "Por Ser Mujer," an extensive study on the femicides in Guatemala.
Jayne Fleming - Pro Bono Counsel of Reed Smith LLP and leader of the firm's human rights team. Ms. Fleming has handled seventeen pro bono asylum matters herself and supervised over two dozen more. She has developed expertise in the area of gender-based persecution. She has represented torture survivors from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Russia, Kazakhstan, Eritrea, Syria, and Sri Lanka. This year, Ms. Fleming is launching a program on behalf of Central American children fleeing violence. Ms. Fleming frequently lectures and writes on human rights topics. She supervises partnerships between Reed Smith and the asylum clinics at Penn Law School and Boalt Hall School of Law.
Karen Musalo - Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies at U.C. Hastings. Karen Musalo has been a pioneer in the area of "gender asylum," litigating landmark cases which establish refugee protection for women fleeing gender-related human rights violations such as female genital cutting. Prof. Musalo is attorney of record for the Guatemalan asylum seeker, Rodi Alvarado, whose case may well determine whether women who are victims of family violence qualify for protection under the U.S. Refugee Act. Prof. Musalo has led efforts to make connections between human rights violations in the home country, and the need for asylum protection, and her interest in this area has led to an initiative addressing the femicides in Latin America.
[Oct 21] Teaching Rebelliion (Davis)
Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
Discussion and Photo Exhibit
Tuesday, Oct. 21 - 7:30pm
University of California, Davis
2016 Haring Hall
CASA has just published a new book, Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Members of the CASA Chapulín collective in Oaxaca have been working tirelessly to compile this diverse and powerful collection of first-person narratives, complemented by truly stunning photography.Discussion and Photo Exhibit
Tuesday, Oct. 21 - 7:30pm
University of California, Davis
2016 Haring Hall
The book tour kicked off in LA, at an event celebrating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance. Next stop is the Bay Area.
The tour aims to foster dialogue among activists from Oaxaca and the U.S. around organizing strategies and movement building based on the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability in 2006.
(For other locations and more info, see the full tour schedule <http://chiapaspeacehouse.org/teaching-rebellion>)
[Oct 20] Teaching Rebellion (Berkeley)
Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
Discussion and Photo Exhibit
5125 Dwinelle Hall
Spanish and Portuguese Library
featuring
Discussion and Photo Exhibit
Monday, October 20 - 4 pm
University of California, Berkeley5125 Dwinelle Hall
Spanish and Portuguese Library
featuring
Gustavo Vilchis, Mexican journalist and photographer
Melissa Mundt, activist and co-director of CASA (Colectivos de Apoyo, Solidaridad y Acción)
CASA has just published a new book, Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Members of the CASA Chapulín collective in Oaxaca have been working tirelessly to compile this diverse and powerful collection of first-person narratives, complemented by truly stunning photography.
The book tour kicked off in LA, at an event celebrating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance. Next stop is the Bay Area.
The tour aims to foster dialogue among activists from Oaxaca and the U.S. around organizing strategies and movement building based on the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability in 2006.
(For other locations and more info, see the full tour schedule <http://chiapaspeacehouse.org/teaching-rebellion>)
Melissa Mundt, activist and co-director of CASA (Colectivos de Apoyo, Solidaridad y Acción)
CASA has just published a new book, Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Members of the CASA Chapulín collective in Oaxaca have been working tirelessly to compile this diverse and powerful collection of first-person narratives, complemented by truly stunning photography.
The book tour kicked off in LA, at an event celebrating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance. Next stop is the Bay Area.
The tour aims to foster dialogue among activists from Oaxaca and the U.S. around organizing strategies and movement building based on the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability in 2006.
(For other locations and more info, see the full tour schedule <http://chiapaspeacehouse.org/teaching-rebellion>)
[Oct 19] March for social and economic justice (SF)
[Español sigue abajo]
· Living Wage Jobs
· Universal Health Care
· Affordable Housing
· Quality Public Education
· Progressive Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy
Sponsors: American Federation of Teachers Local 2121, California Nurses Association, California State University Employees Union Local 2579 SEIU, Church Women United, Cindy Sheehan for Congress, Communication Workers of America Local 9404, Instituto Laboral De La Raza, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Northern California District Council, Ironworkers Local 377, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement – SF chapt., Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 3, Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, Robert Guter, Roofers Union Local 40, San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, Service Employees International Union Local 1021, Transport Worker Union Local 250A, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 648, UFCW Local 101
Endorsers: Bay Area Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Colectiva de Mujeres, Marc Norton, Mitzi Raas, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, Rodger Scott, Tom Brown
For more information or to volunteer or donate, call (415) 863-1225; fax (415) 863-1927
Email: sflivingwage@riseup.net
Website: www.livingwage-sf.org
· Empleos con salarios dignos
· Seguro medico universal
· Viviendas de bajo costo
· Educación publica digna
· Impuestos progresivos para los ricos y las corporaciones
Patrocinadores: American Federation of Teachers Local 2121, California Nurses Association, California State University Employees Union Local 2579 SEIU, Church Women United, Cindy Sheehan for Congress, Communication Workers of America Local 9404, Instituto Laboral De La Raza, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Northern California District Council, Ironworkers Local 377, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement – SF chapt., Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 3, Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, Robert Guter, Roofers Union Local 40, San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, Service Employees International Union Local 1021, Transport Worker Union Local 250A, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 648, UFCW Local 101
Apoyo: Bay Area Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Colectiva de Mujeres, Marc Norton, Mitzi Raas, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, Rodger Scott, Tom Brown
Para mas información, llame (415)863-1225; fax (415)863-1927
Email: sflivingwage@riseup.net
Website: www.livingwage-sf.org
March and Rally for Social and Economic Justice for All Regardless of Race or Immigration Status
· Living Wage Jobs
· Universal Health Care
· Affordable Housing
· Quality Public Education
· Progressive Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy
Sunday, October 19
11:00 a.m. – Assemble at 16th St. and Mission
12 noon – March down Mission Street
1 p.m. – Rally, 24th St. and Mission
11:00 a.m. – Assemble at 16th St. and Mission
12 noon – March down Mission Street
1 p.m. – Rally, 24th St. and Mission
Sponsors: American Federation of Teachers Local 2121, California Nurses Association, California State University Employees Union Local 2579 SEIU, Church Women United, Cindy Sheehan for Congress, Communication Workers of America Local 9404, Instituto Laboral De La Raza, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Northern California District Council, Ironworkers Local 377, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement – SF chapt., Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 3, Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, Robert Guter, Roofers Union Local 40, San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, Service Employees International Union Local 1021, Transport Worker Union Local 250A, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 648, UFCW Local 101
Endorsers: Bay Area Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Colectiva de Mujeres, Marc Norton, Mitzi Raas, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, Rodger Scott, Tom Brown
For more information or to volunteer or donate, call (415) 863-1225; fax (415) 863-1927
Email: sflivingwage@riseup.net
Website: www.livingwage-sf.org
Marcha y Manifestación para Justicia Economica y Social para Todos sin importar su raza o estato legal
· Empleos con salarios dignos
· Seguro medico universal
· Viviendas de bajo costo
· Educación publica digna
· Impuestos progresivos para los ricos y las corporaciones
domingo, 19 de octubre
11:00 a.m. – congregarnos en la esquina de 16th St. y Mission
12 mediodia – marcha a Mission Street
1 p.m. – Manifestación, 24th St. y Mission
12 mediodia – marcha a Mission Street
1 p.m. – Manifestación, 24th St. y Mission
Patrocinadores: American Federation of Teachers Local 2121, California Nurses Association, California State University Employees Union Local 2579 SEIU, Church Women United, Cindy Sheehan for Congress, Communication Workers of America Local 9404, Instituto Laboral De La Raza, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Northern California District Council, Ironworkers Local 377, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement – SF chapt., Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 3, Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, Robert Guter, Roofers Union Local 40, San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, Service Employees International Union Local 1021, Transport Worker Union Local 250A, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 648, UFCW Local 101
Apoyo: Bay Area Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Colectiva de Mujeres, Marc Norton, Mitzi Raas, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, Rodger Scott, Tom Brown
Para mas información, llame (415)863-1225; fax (415)863-1927
Email: sflivingwage@riseup.net
Website: www.livingwage-sf.org
[Oct 19] Teaching Rebellion (San Francisco)
Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
Discussion and Photo Exhibit
Sunday, Oct 19th - 5pm
The Green Arcade
1680 Market Street @Gough
San Francisco
Discussion and Photo Exhibit
Sunday, Oct 19th - 5pm
The Green Arcade
1680 Market Street @Gough
San Francisco
CASA has just published a new book, Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Members of the CASA Chapulín collective in Oaxaca have been working tirelessly to compile this diverse and powerful collection of first-person narratives, complemented by truly stunning photography.
The book tour kicked off in LA, at an event celebrating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance. Next stop is the Bay Area.
The tour aims to foster dialogue among activists from Oaxaca and the U.S. around organizing strategies and movement building based on the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability in 2006.
(For other locations and more info, see the full tour schedule <http://chiapaspeacehouse.org/teaching-rebellion>)
The book tour kicked off in LA, at an event celebrating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance. Next stop is the Bay Area.
The tour aims to foster dialogue among activists from Oaxaca and the U.S. around organizing strategies and movement building based on the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability in 2006.
(For other locations and more info, see the full tour schedule <http://chiapaspeacehouse.org/teaching-rebellion>)
[Oct 17] Teaching Rebellion (Oakland)
[English below]
Presentación del libro Teaching Rebellion (Enseñando rebelión)
Viernes, 17 de octubre - 7 pm
1919 Market Street Oakland, entre calles 19 y 20 st
El Colectivo CASA y Radio Zapatista presentan el libro: Teaching Rebellion (“Enseñando Rebelión”), Relatos Sobre las Mobilizaciones de Base en Oaxaca, Editado por Diana Denham y Colectivo CASA.
El periodista Gustavo Vilchis, se juntara con nosotros desde Mexico para hablar sobre el libro, presentar arte y fotografia de Oaxaca, para promover plática y reflexión sobre el clima politico en Oaxaca, pasado y presente, y su importancia para tod@s aquell@s que organizan en sus propias comunidades.
Tambien presentaremos un documental acerca del movimiento social en Oaxaca, y tendremos chelas, botana y mesa de info.
(Todo lo recaudado en la entrada sera para apoyar el colectivo CASA, (http://www.chiapaspeacehouse.org/es), y la gira del libro. Todo lo que se recaude de bebidas y botanas será para apoyar los próximos eventos en apoyo a movimientos de resistencia que organiza ARCO (Acción y Resistencia Colectiva) (busca por ARCO en lists.riseup.net).
Tomando BART:
Sal en: 12 St. Oakland City Center
(ve a la calle 12 y Broadway, toma el camión #88 hacia el Norte de Berkeley, baja en la calle Market y 18, y camina hacia la calle 19 por la Market)
Manejando:
I-80 hacia Oakland, sigue a la derecha para tomar CA-880 S, (San Jose I-880 S/ Alameda).
Toma la salida Maritime St, hacia W Grand Ave. Sigue adelante hacia W Grand Ave. Toma la derecha en Market St.
Info: 510-292-9643 / 415 912 8913
Email: arco@riseup.net
Cooperación: De $5 en adelante
Presentation of the book Teaching Rebellion
Friday, 17 October - 7 pm
1919 Market Street Oakland, between 19th St and 20th St
Colectivo CASA and Radio Zapatista present the book: “Teaching Rebellion”, Stories from the
Grassroots Mobilizations in Oaxaca, edited by Diana Denham and CASA collective.
Speaker Gustavo Vilchis, journalist, will join us from Mexico to speak about the book, present art and photography from Oaxaca to promote discussion and reflection on the former and current political climate in Oaxaca and its relevance to everyone organizing in their own communities.
We will also show a short documentary about the social movement in Oaxaca and we’ll have drinks, snacks and an info table.
(All the collection from the door will be in support of CASA, (http://www.chiapaspeacehouse.org/en) and the book tour. All of what is sold from the drinks and snacks will be to support the next benefits for resistance movements in Mexico organized by ARCO (Collective Action and Resistance) (look for ARCO at lists.riseup.net).
Taking BART:
Exit: 12th St. Oakland City Center
(On 12st and Broadway, take the #88 bus towards North Berkeley, exit on Market and 18th and walk towards 19th on Market)
Driving: (from SF)
I-80 E toward Oakland. Slight right at CA-880 S (signs for San Jose/I-880 S/Alameda). Take the Maritime St exit toward W Grand Ave. Continue straight onto W Grand Ave. Turn right at Market St
Info: 510-292-9643 / 415 912 8913 Email: arco@riseup.net
Suggested Donation: $5 or more
Presentación del libro Teaching Rebellion (Enseñando rebelión)
Viernes, 17 de octubre - 7 pm
1919 Market Street Oakland, entre calles 19 y 20 st
El Colectivo CASA y Radio Zapatista presentan el libro: Teaching Rebellion (“Enseñando Rebelión”), Relatos Sobre las Mobilizaciones de Base en Oaxaca, Editado por Diana Denham y Colectivo CASA.
El periodista Gustavo Vilchis, se juntara con nosotros desde Mexico para hablar sobre el libro, presentar arte y fotografia de Oaxaca, para promover plática y reflexión sobre el clima politico en Oaxaca, pasado y presente, y su importancia para tod@s aquell@s que organizan en sus propias comunidades.
Tambien presentaremos un documental acerca del movimiento social en Oaxaca, y tendremos chelas, botana y mesa de info.
(Todo lo recaudado en la entrada sera para apoyar el colectivo CASA, (http://www.chiapaspeacehouse.org/es), y la gira del libro. Todo lo que se recaude de bebidas y botanas será para apoyar los próximos eventos en apoyo a movimientos de resistencia que organiza ARCO (Acción y Resistencia Colectiva) (busca por ARCO en lists.riseup.net).
Lugar: 1919 Market Street Oakland, entre calles 19 y 20 st
Tomando BART:
Sal en: 12 St. Oakland City Center
(ve a la calle 12 y Broadway, toma el camión #88 hacia el Norte de Berkeley, baja en la calle Market y 18, y camina hacia la calle 19 por la Market)
Manejando:
I-80 hacia Oakland, sigue a la derecha para tomar CA-880 S, (San Jose I-880 S/ Alameda).
Toma la salida Maritime St, hacia W Grand Ave. Sigue adelante hacia W Grand Ave. Toma la derecha en Market St.
Info: 510-292-9643 / 415 912 8913
Email: arco@riseup.net
Cooperación: De $5 en adelante
Presentation of the book Teaching Rebellion
Friday, 17 October - 7 pm
1919 Market Street Oakland, between 19th St and 20th St
Grassroots Mobilizations in Oaxaca, edited by Diana Denham and CASA collective.
Speaker Gustavo Vilchis, journalist, will join us from Mexico to speak about the book, present art and photography from Oaxaca to promote discussion and reflection on the former and current political climate in Oaxaca and its relevance to everyone organizing in their own communities.
We will also show a short documentary about the social movement in Oaxaca and we’ll have drinks, snacks and an info table.
(All the collection from the door will be in support of CASA, (http://www.chiapaspeacehouse.org/en) and the book tour. All of what is sold from the drinks and snacks will be to support the next benefits for resistance movements in Mexico organized by ARCO (Collective Action and Resistance) (look for ARCO at lists.riseup.net).
Place: 1919 Market Street Oakland, between 19th y 20th street
Taking BART:
Exit: 12th St. Oakland City Center
(On 12st and Broadway, take the #88 bus towards North Berkeley, exit on Market and 18th and walk towards 19th on Market)
Driving: (from SF)
I-80 E toward Oakland. Slight right at CA-880 S (signs for San Jose/I-880 S/Alameda). Take the Maritime St exit toward W Grand Ave. Continue straight onto W Grand Ave. Turn right at Market St
Info: 510-292-9643 / 415 912 8913 Email: arco@riseup.net
Suggested Donation: $5 or more
[Oct 16] Teaching Rebellion (Santa Cruz)
Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
Discussion and Photo Exhibit
Thursday, Oct 16th - 12:30 pm
University of California, Santa Cruz
Oakes College
Mural Room
CASA has just published a new book, Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca. Members of the CASA Chapulín collective in Oaxaca have been working tirelessly to compile this diverse and powerful collection of first-person narratives, complemented by truly stunning photography.Discussion and Photo Exhibit
Thursday, Oct 16th - 12:30 pm
University of California, Santa Cruz
Oakes College
Mural Room
The book tour kicked off in LA, at an event celebrating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance. Next stop is the Bay Area.
The tour aims to foster dialogue among activists from Oaxaca and the U.S. around organizing strategies and movement building based on the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability in 2006.
(For other locations and more info, see the full tour schedule <http://chiapaspeacehouse.org/teaching-rebellion>)
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