[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

[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

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

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.

Click here for more info

[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.

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

Monday, October 20 - 4 pm

University of California, Berkeley
5125 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>)

[Oct 19] March for social and economic justice (SF)

[Español sigue abajo]

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

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

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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

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

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 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).

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

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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).

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.

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 12] Rally against raids and deportation in SF

[Español abajo]

Stop the Raids and Deportations Now!
National Day of Action!

October 12
1 - 3 PM
Rally @ 24th and Mission, San Francisco

Over 1,100 undocumented immigrants in California have been rounded up in recent weeks by ICE. We cannot let the government intimidate us into silence. When we organize and mobilize, we have tremendous power. Folks throughout the country will be taking to the streets on October 12 in a National Day of Action Against Raids and Deportations to say loud and clear: ¡Ya Basta! Enough is enough!

In San Francisco, activists and organizations have united around building a community protest and informational rally on Sunday October 12 in the Mission District, as a step toward re-building a mass immigrant's rights movement.

Spread the word. Be there. Get involved.
Stop the Raids and Deportations Now!
Papers for All!
Defend Our Sanctuary City!
Bailout the Workers Not the Banks!

Local Endorsers:

Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Workers International League, ANSWER, Teatro Jornalero, Socialist Organizer, Movement for Unconditional Amnesty, Manos Unidas Community Center, Workers World, El Militante: Sin Fronteras.

Contact: sfamnisita@gmail.com

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¡Alto a las Redadas y Deportaciones Ahora!
¡Día de Acción Nacional!

12 de Octubre
1 - 3 PM
Manifestación en la calle 24 y Mission, San Francisco

Más de 1.100 inmigrantes indocumentados en California han sido detenidos en las últimas semanas por el ICE. No podemos permitir que el gobierno nos intimide al silencio. Cuando nos organizamos y movilizamos tenemos un tremendo poder. Gente a lo largo y ancho del país irá a las calles el 12 de octubre, en un Día Nacional de Acción Contra las Redadas y Deportaciones, para exclamar fuerte y claro: ¡Ya Basta!

En San Francisco, activistas y organizaciones se han unido en torno a la construcción de una protesta comunitaria y mitin informativo el domingo 12 de octubre en el Distrito de la Misión, como un paso hacia la re-construcción de un movimiento de masa en defensa de los derechos inmigrantes.

Corre la voz. Preséntate. Involúcrate.

¡Alto a las Redadas y Deportaciones Ahora!
¡Papeles para Todos!
¡A Defender Nuestra Ciudad Santuario!
¡Rescatar de la Crisis a los Trabajadores No A Los Bancos!

Participantes Locales:

Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Workers International League, ANSWER, Teatro Jornalero, Socialist Organizer, Movement for Unconditional Amnesty, Manos Unidas Community Center, Workers World, El Militante: Sin Fronteras.

Contacto: sfamnisita@gmail.com

[Oct 11] An Evening of Immigration Experiences

A night of immigration resistance through music with MamacoAtl, Paul Flores, & Los Nadies. Join them on Saturday October 11at 8pm at la Peña Cultural Center located at 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 USA $10 adv. $12 door

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Una noche de resistencia y experiencias de inmigracion atravez de la musica de MamacoAtl, Paul Flores, & Los Nadies. El dia sabado 11de octubre a las 8pm en La Peña Cultural Center hubicados en el 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 USA $10 adv. $12 puerta.

[Oct 11] Peace and Dignity Fundraiser

Taking place at 7pm at the Intertribal Friendship House located at 523 International Ave. Oakland Ca. No one is turned away due to lack of funds.

Recausacion de fondos Paz y Dignidad se llevara acabo el 11 de octubre en el Intertribal Friendship House located hubicaso en el 523 International Ave. Oakland Ca. Nadie sera rechasado por falta de fondos.

http://www.myspace.com/urbanreservation

[Sep 26] Film: Battle in Seattle (Berkeley, San Jose)

New film

Battle in Seattle

the new fictionalized movie about the mass direct action shutdown of and week-long street resistance to the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999

For more info:
http://www.battleinseattlemovie.com/tickets/

[Sep 23] Manifestación por Bolivia / Demonstration for Bolivia

[English Below]

23 de septiembre / September 23
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Estación del BART Powell y Market
BART Station at Powell and Market

Bolivia está a punto de una guerra civil según reportes de la prensa alternativa. Presidente Evo Morales continúa mantener su compromiso a construir una democracia popular por trabajar dentro de las instituciones estatales que efectuaron su posición como Presidente. El recibió un voto de confianza de 67% en un referendum del 10 de agosto. Ha tomado más control de los recursos de gas natural y petróleo para el bienestar de la mayoría indígena de la población quien viven en pobreza.

Los cuatro estados del este con el apoyo de USAID (Agencia Estadounidense para Desarollo International) han organizado esta rebelión en contra de los cambios al reparto de los recursos del país hechos por Morales. Los cuatro estados exigen autonomía departamental y control del ingreso del petróleo y gas, y también oponen la reforma agraria. Además, ellos dicen que no aceptarán un voto nacional en un referendum de la constitución nacional programado en Diciembre.

Personas han sido matado y golpeado, los carreteras habían bloqueados, los edificios del gobierno habían robado por maleantes pagados, y American Airlines cancelaron vuelos. Por los menos 30 campesinos habían asesinados en una massacre en Pando la semana pasada. Morales declaró la ley marcial en esta área y el gobernador estuvo arrestado bajo cargas de organizar la masacre. Los soldados del ejército bolivariano han usado moderación fuerte para prevenir mas confrontaciones.

Durante una reunion en Chile en el 15 de Septiembre, nueve delegados presidenciales de UNASUR (Union de Naciones Suramericanos) se reunieron y producieron una declaración de apoyo para el Presidente de Bolivia Evo Morales. El Tratado de UNASUR se firmó en el 23 de mayo de 2008 en la Conferencia Cumbre Tercera de los Líderes del Estado.

Como ciudadanos (y/o residentes) del Imperio, tenemos que mostrar nuestro apoyo para el pueblo de Bolivia y nuestra oposición a la intervención estadounidense en una nación soberano.

Para más información: 415-669-7828
geodale1@earthlink.net

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Dear Friends I'm writing to ask for your support for a Bay Area solidarity demonstration on Tuesday, September 23rd 12noon - 1pm. Powell and Market Bart Station.

Bolivia is on the brink of a civil war as reports available on the alternative media reveal. 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. He has taken greater control over the natural gas and oil resources to benefit the indigenous majority population whom live in poverty. Bolivia's four eastern departments with backing from USAID have orchestrated this 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 American Airlines has been forced to cancel international flights. At least 30 peasants were massacred last week in the province of Pando. Morales declared martial law there and the prefect (governor) was arrested, accused of orchestrating the massacre. Bolivian soldiers have used considerable restraint in order to avoid further confrontations.

Meeting in Chile on September 15, nine presidents and three presidential delegates of UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) met and produced a 9-point declaration of support for Bolivian President Evo Morales. The UNASUR Constitututive Treaty was signed on May 23, 2008, at the Third Summit of Heads of State.

As citizens (and/or residents) of the Empire we must show our support for the Bolivian people and our objection to US intervention in a sovereign nation.

For more info: 415-669-7828
geodale1@earthlink.net

[Sep 19] Film: Battle in Seattle (San Francisco, San Rafael)

New film

Battle in Seattle

the new fictionalized movie about the mass direct action shutdown of and week-long street resistance to the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999

For more info:
http://www.battleinseattlemovie.com/tickets/

[Sep 6] Bay Area Town Hall Meeting

[español abajo]

Bay Area Town Hall Meeting

Stop the ICE raids
Pass municipal ID laws
Make California a sanctuary state
No more discriminatory check-points

Saturday, September 6, 2008
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
San Cornelio Church Gym
201 – 28th Street, Richmond, CA

Please reply back or email sflivingwage@riseup.net or call 415-863-1225 to let us know if you are attending or need a ride

Junta del Pueblo del Area de la Bahía

Paren las redadas de agentes inmigracíon Pasen leyes de identificaciónes municipales Hagan California un estado sanctuario No más paros policiacos
discriminatorios

sabado, 6 de septiembre, 2008
10 a.m. a 2 p.m.
Inglesia San Cornelio, Gimnasio
201 - 28th Street, Richmond, CA

para confirma o necesita transportacíon, contacte sflivingwage@riseup.net o llame (415) 863-1225

[Sep 3] FILM "Caminos: The Immigrant's Trail"

Food First and La Peña present:

Film and discussion

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 7 pm

$7-$10 sliding scale

(No one turned away for lack of funds)

Premiere of Caminos: The Immigrant's Trail, a 22-min. film showing the factors that drive Mexican migrants to leave their families and risk their lives to seek work in the U.S. This film features Mexican farmers who were driven off their land by U.S. farm subsidies, NAFTA, and the globalization of food trade. Eric Holt-Gimenez and David Bacon will speak on the roots of Mexican migration in the context of globalization.

Eric is the executive director of Food First and has worked with campesinos in Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua for close to 30 years. David Bacon is the author of a new book, Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants. He writes about labor issues and photographed labor and migrant workers. http://www.foodfirst.org and http://dbacon.igc.org

For more information, please contact:

Paul Chin

Executive Director

510 849 2568 x17

pchin@lapena.org

www.lapena.org

[Aug 29] National Solidarity Day with those affected by Huricane Katrina

3rd Anniversary of the Katrina Huricane
Events all over the Bay Area in solidarity with those affected by Huricane Katrina

For more info: 415-641-8616

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3er Aniversario del Huracán Katrina
Eventos en toda el Área de la Bahía en solidaridad con los afectados por el Huracán Katrina

Para más información, llame al 415-641-8616

[Aug 27] Update on the militarization of the border

Indigenous Communities Resist Border Wall & Militarization - Weds., August 27 7:00 pm

Leaders and members of three Native American communities will speak out against the devastation being caused by the on-going militarization of the US/Mexico Border. Indigenous people and their lands, migrants and other members of communities at the border are being hurt and impacted by the wall-building, “free” trade and the deepening miilitarization of border and immigration control.

Come and hear what the debate on "securing the border," "increased surveillance," "virtual walls" , etc., means to people living in the US militarized zone, on the front line.

Our esteemed guests are:

Margo Tamez (Lipan Apache, Jumano Apache, El Calaboz and Redford, TX)

Michael Paul Hill (Chiricahua Apache, AZ/NM), and

Enrique Madrid (Jumano Apache, Redford TX)

At La Peña, Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

3105 Shattuck Avenue (at Prince), Berkeley, California (close to the Ashby BART Station)

Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

Program starts at 7:30 p.m.

Fundraising event $10 to $20 donation requested. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Please visit the following blogspots for background information:

http://www.lipanapachecommunitydefense.blogspot.com

http://www.redfordtexas.blogspot.com

Co-sponsored by the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Red Nacional Pro Derechos Inmigrantes y Refugiados

310 8th Street Suite 303

Oakland, CA 94607

Tel (510) 465-1984 ext. 305

Fax (510) 465-1885

www.nnirr.blogspot.com

www.nnirr.org

For more information, call: (510) 465-1984 ext. 305 and (650) 355-4951

[Aug 14] Longest Walk - Honoring dinner

Longest Walk 2 Honoring Dinner

Intertribal Friendship House
Thursday August 14th, 7 PM

Welcome Home Walkers!

Community Dinner -- All Are Welcome
Please Bring a Dish to Share!

For more info visit www.ifhurbanrez.org

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Intertribal Friendship House
523 International Blvd
Oakland, CA 94606
510-836-1955
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[Aug 11] Longest Walk debriefing

Longest Walk 2 Debriefing Circle for Walkers, Organizers, and Supporters

INTERTRIBAL FRIENDSHIP HOUSE
Monday August 11th, 7 PM

Debriefing Circle -- One month later...

We will be discuss:

* Manifesto for Change
* Reportback Scheduling
* Experiences, Challenges, and Solutions
* Next Steps and More

For more info visit www.ifhurbanrez.org

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Intertribal Friendship House
523 International Blvd
Oakland, CA 94606
510-836-1955
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[Aug 7] Public Health and Environment / Salud Pública y Medio Ambiente

Jornada informativa / Information Day
10 am
In front of City Hall in San Francisco

Grupo Poder
Gives out it's new informational pamphlet:
Community research on public health and environment

Grupo Poder
Reparte su nuevo folleto
Investigaciones comunitarias sobre salud pública y medio ambiente

[Aug 2] Indigenous Permaculture / Permacultura indígena

Saturday, August 2
Intertribal Friendship House
10 am - 1 pm
523 International Blvd (at 5th Ave)
Oakland, CA

For more info / para más información: matamigra@gmail.com

[Ago 2] Benefit for Chiapas / Beneficio para las Juntas de Buen Gobierno

Sábado 2 de agosto, 2008

Station 40 / Estación 40
Will host a befit for "Las Juntas de Buen Gobierno"

Come and join "Una Noche de Resistencia"
c/ DJ international Music "para bailar" con sabor
MC Manzano as hip hop, desde el Salvador
slided screen - con revolución

16th Street @ Mission

From 7 pm until late
Les esperamos desde las 7 de la noche, hasta más tarde

Suggested donation 5 or more. Nobody will be returned for luck of funds.
There will be snacks, and little food, for early birds.

Donación 5 dólares o lo que quieran cooperar. Nadie se quedará afuera por falta de
fondos.

For further questions, write back to luna82828@hotmail.com
Puedes escribir a este correo para informacion de estos eventos.

[Jul 30] Essays on Social Movements / Ensayos sobre movimientos sociales

30 July 2008
Essays of Social Movements.
1994 Chiapas, 2006 Atenco, 2007 Oaxaca

If people feel confortable we welcome them to share any thought or words.

Ensayos sobre Movimientos Sociales
1994 Chiapas, 2006 Atenco, 2007 Oaxaca

este Miércoles 30 de julio en Estación 40

Quien quiera intercambiar opiniones o comentar algo, será bienvenid@.

3030 B 16th Street @ Mission St in San Francisco
6 pm - 8:30 pm

[Jul 19] Carne asada fundraiser for El Balazo workers

[English below]

Carne Asada
Recuadación de Fondos
Para la Defensa de los Trabajadores de El Balazo

Sábado, 19 de julio
2 a 7 pm
1548 Woolsley St.
Berkeley, CA 94703

¡Porque los ataques contra inmigrantes tienen que parar!

El viernes, 2 de mayo, ICE (Inmigración e Imposición de Aduana) rodearon y atacaron 11 restaurantes de El Balazo en San Francisco y varias ciudades en la Bahía del Este. Estos ataques fueron los mas agresivos de California del Norte hasta el dia.

Esta redada notoria es parte de lo que ICE ha llamado "una oleada" en detenciones desde finales de abril del 2008 que ha resultado en más de 900 detenciones de inmigrantes en California. ¡Sin embargo, los trabajadores inmigrantes e organizaciones estamos en la lucha contra estos ataques!

El 14 de junio, más de dos docenas de activistas se encontraron en la Iglesia Presbiteriano de la Misión para planear la primera de muchas actividades para recaudar dinero para el Fondo de Defensa de Trabajadores de El Balazo.

Donaciones de $10 a $100
info at 510-590-6073
http://balazodefense.blogspot.com

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BBQ Fundraiser for the
El Balazo Workers Defense Fund
Because the raids on immigrants have to stop!

Saturday, July 19 from
2pm to 7pm

1548 Woolsey Street
Berkeley, CA 94703

On Friday, May 2, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) surrounded and raided 11 El Balazo restaurants in San Francisco and several East Bay cities. This was ICE’s largest and most aggressive Northern California raid to date.

This egregious raid is part of what ICE has called a “surge” in detentions since late April 2008 which has resulted in over 900 immigrant detentions in California. However, immigrant workers, leaders and supporters are fighting back!

On June 14, more than two dozen activists met at the Mission Presbyterian Church to plan the first of many activities to raise money for the El Balazo Workers Defense Fund.

$10 to $100 sliding scale donation requested
info at 510-590-6073
http://balazodefense.blogspot.com

All the money will go directly to support the basic needs of the more than 45 El Balazo workers’ families, including: food, clothing, toys, school supplies and legal expenses.

We hope that you, your organization, union or community group will consider helping us make our first event a big success by attending the event and/or making a donation to the fund.

Here’s how you can support the El Balazo workers.

1. Endorse the BBQ by donating $25 to $500
2. Donate food or beverages to the BBQ
3. Tell your friends and family, as well as any groups that you belong to about the BBQ and ask them to attend

Checks can be written to East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) (make sure to write “El Balazo Defense Fund” in the memo line)

Sponsored by: the El Balazo Workers Defense Fund, a coalition of individuals and organizations working to support the workers at the El Balazo Taqueria.

[July 17] The Sandinistas and Nicaragua

Dance Palace, 503 B Street, Point Reyes Station,
Thursday, July 17 at 7:30 PM.

Longtime Bay Area activists will report on their recent fact-finding and solidarity delegation to Nicaragua. They met and spoke with social movement leaders, labor activists, political analysts, the founder of an industrial collective, health and maternity clinic medical workers, cooperative farmers, NGO representatives and others.

Two of the delegates, George Friemoth and Carlos Porrota, will report on their return visit to a remote rural community where, twenty years ago at the height of the Contra War, they went as solidarity workers to construct houses.

The event is sponsored by the Task Force on the Americas and Nicaragua Center for Community Action. For more information call 415/924-3227, email mitf@igc.org, or go to www.mitfamericas.org.

[July 10] Rally against bad city planning in San Francisco

For over 10 years, the Planning Department staff has worked on a plan to change the landscape (housing, businesses, parking, etc.) of the SOMA, Mission and Potrero neighborhoods. Instead of focusing on the how the existing community can be part of the growth of San Francisco, the plan focuses on building more high-priced condos, high rise offices and expensive businesses that will be enjoyed by only those who can afford them which majority are new residents.

Don't let BAD PLANNING DICTATE how San Francisco communities should grow!

PEOPLE'S RALLY
Thursday, July 10th
3pm - 4pm
@ the front steps of City Hall

STAND WITH the Families And Youth of San Francisco, us We Resist Bad Development That Will Force us to move out of our Loving Homes, Neighborhood, and Community!!!

[July 5] Cellspace Concert

[Jun 28] Son Jarocho at La Peña

[Jun 28] California Central Valley Journey for Justice

“Addressing the Crime of Poverty”

“Addressing the Crime of Poverty” is the theme for the 3^rd Annual California Central Valley Journey for Justice 2008 event on Saturday, June 28, 2008 from 8:30 AM to 3:45 PM. There will be panel presentations, a cultural program, food, and end with a caravan visit to the Women’s Prisons located in Chowchilla, California.

In the spirit of Martin Luther King’s historic March on Washington DC in the 1960’s and the 1966 Cesar Chavez’ United Farm Workers March from Delano to Sacramento, the California Central Valley Journey for Justice seeks to shine a moral spotlight on community issues and poverty.

The location of the conference will be the Chowchilla Senior Center, located at 820 W. Robertson Boulevard (Chowchilla, CA 93610). The panel presentations will include healthcare, economy/budget cuts, housing/homelessness, and incarceration alternatives from the perspective of community leaders from throughout the California Central Valley.

After the four panel presentations, a Sum-up panel of distinguished community leaders will tie together these issues to propose actions and solutions for our communities.

The Journey for Justice Steering Committee is actively seeking participants, endorsements and funds.

We invite you to come to hear from the people’s experience. Join us for a day of exciting dialogue.

For more info:

Linda Mercado-Whitlow - (209) 725-9593 or (209) 230-0483
Eduardo Castro - (559) 250-2733 or (559) 432-1921

[Jun 26] The Militarization of Mexico

the chiapas support committee presents:

The Militarization of México

Thursday, June 26, 2008 @ 7:30 pm

Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists

1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley

(Corner of Cedar & Bonita)

Video: Looking Towards Inside; the militarization in Guerrero

(Spanish with English subtitles)

Both houses of the United States Congress passed different versions of President Bush’s Billion Dollar Mérida Initiative, dubbed “Plan Mexico” because of its similarity to the failed Plan Colombia. This video shows the impact of militarization on indigenous communities in the state of Guerrero. Report and Discussion. Update on recent Military incursions in Zapatista territory.

Donation Requested: $5 - $10

No one turned away. Proceeds benefit Zapatista Health Care

Wheelchair Accessible

For more Information, please call:

Chiapas Support Committee
(510) 654-9587 or email: cezmat@igc.org

P.O. Box 3421

Oakland, CA 94609
http://www.chiapas-support.org

[Jun 20] Noche de Película: "Buscando a Leti"

Deporten a la Migra presenta

NOCHE de PELICULA con PALOMITAS*
"Buscando a Leti"
Viernes, 20 de Junio
6pm
Parque Ninos Unidos
en la esquina de la 23 y Folsom
San Francisco

"Buscando a Leti": una historia de una nina de 10 anos que vive con sus
abuelos mientras sus padres buscan una mejor vida en los Estados Unidos.

[Jun 19] Speak out Against Budget Cuts to Homeless Programs

Location: SF City Hall Room 250
Date/Time: Thursday June 19 @ 5:00 p.m.

What: Board of Supervisors public hearing on proposed budget cuts

Come early to get in line!

*About issue if time:

Mayor Newsom released a budget that will terminate critical health and human services, while pumping up salaries for police by 25% and adding many new high paid patronage positions into his own administration. We need the board to stand up and do the right thing - restore the devastating cuts some highlights of the devastating impact of the budget include:

1) Closure of Ella Hill Hutch shelter serving up to 100 people every night in the western addition.

2) Closure of caduceus outreach services, a mental health treatment and wrap around support program for severely disabled homeless adults with co-existing addictive disorders.

3) Close tenderloin health homeless drop-in serving 300 poor people daily

4) Almost total elimination (66% cut) of sro families united program for families with dependent children living in hotels.

5) Cut of 22% of residential substance abuse and mental health treatment programs budgets.

A. Removal of support from Conard supportive housing program for severe psychiatric disabilities.

B. Closure of Cortland acute diversion unit for individuals in psychiatric crisis.

C. Loss of 12 out of 24 community based medically supported detox beds

6) Cut of 30% to all outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment

7) Closure of two large shetlers during daytime hours -episcopal/next door

8) Almost total elimination of stop treatment program.

9) 1,600 people losing mental health treatment through private provider network.

Brought to you by the People's Budget Collaborative - working for a fair city budget for poor people in SF

[Jun 14] Indigenous Permaculture Project

Intertribal Friendship House Presents:

Indigenous Permaculture Project
Saturday June 14,2008
*Time: 10:00am-1:00pm*

*Intertribal Friendship House *
*523 International Blvd*
*Oakland, CA 94606*

Come this Saturday to meet with folks and to help beautify the I.F.H. garden.

Bring clothes to get dirty in and food to share for the community potluck!

Donations of Garden Tools, Seeds and Supplies welcome.

Goals:

- mapping of I.F.H garden
- composting
- gardening
- cleaning of I.F.H garden.
- recycling!

contact info: cesar6898@gmail.com

[Jun 14] Celebrate Father's Day and help support the resistance in Oaxaca!

Accion Latina Presents:

Songs for Oaxaca!

Amnesia, a local rock en español group, will sing original compositions and raise their voices against injustice.

Oaxacan troubadour, Rafael Turincio will perform his own compositions along with traditional songs from his homeland in the Zapotec language.

Community Music Center
544 Capp st, between 20th and 19th streets
Saturday 14th, 8pm
$10, or $5 for students and seniors

[Jun 13] Rebels Rock on for Iraqui Refugees - El Balazo

"REBELS ROCK ON FOR IRAQI REFUGEES" AT EL BALAZO FRIDAY JUNE 13TH

"Rebels Rock On For Iraqi Refugees", a collaborative effort by Mission district activists will kick off Friday, June 13th at El Balazo Gallery 2183 Mission Street at 17th starting at 8 PM.

On hand to rock on will be punk troubadour and event-instigator Tommy Strange (solo electric set); Beltaine's Fire, a fusion of Celtic folk music and hip-hop (myspace.com.beltainesfire); and The Countless Others (myspace.com.thecountlessothers), described by Strange as "a manic charged fuzz garage punk band." Also on stage will be veteran Mexico City-Mission district poet, activist, and globetrotting troublemaker John Ross who traveled to Baghdad in 2003 as a human shield to interpose his body between the bombs of Bush and the Iraqi people.

All proceeds from "Rebels Rock On For Iraqi Refugees" will be donated to the Collateral Repair Project, a grassroots organization that seeks to repair some of the damage inflicted upon the Iraqi people by George Bush's illegal war. The Collateral Repair Project delivers person-to-person material aid to damaged populations both in Iraq and amongst the nearly 1,000,000 refugees who have been forced into Jordan. For further information consult
www.collateralrepairproject.org)

"Rebels Rock On For Iraq Refugees" gets underway at 8 PM. Donations at the door ($5 to $50) go directly to Iraqi refugees.

[Jun 13] Reunión sobre migración / Meeting on Immigration

[English below]

Una reunion para discutir la situacion sobre inmigracion

"El impacto humano y economico de las redadas de Inmigracion y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos:

La Congresista Barbara Lee va a dirigir un foro de discusion acerca de inmigracion para escuchar los varios exponentes acerca de las redadas
recientes de Inmigracion y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE) en la comunidad. Un panel de dirigentes de la comunidad expondran
personalmente sus preocupaciones y se invita a la comunidad que proporcione declaraciones escritas sobre sus experiencieas de las redadas
de ICE en el noveno distrito. Los detalles del acontecimiento son como sique:

Fecha: viernes 13 de junio de 2008
Tiempo: 5 p.m. a 6:30 p.m.
Lugar: Inglesia Santa Columba, 6401 San Pablo Ave. (a la calle 64), Oakland

Los trabajadores, los padres y los dirigentes de la comunidad que han experimentado las consecuencias de las redadas de ICE entregaran
testimonio en los resultados y el impacto en las familias, las comunidades y las respectivas organizaciones laborales. Favor de confirmar su
asistencia antes del Martes 10 de Junio.


Town Hall and Listening Session on Immigration
"The Human and Economic Impact of ICE Raids"

Congresswoman Barbara Lee will host a Town Hall to listen to reports from several constituents on the recent Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Raids in the community. A panel of community leaders will deliver their concerns in person and the community is invited to provide written
statements about their ICE raid experiences in the 9th Congressional District. The event details are as follows:

Date: Friday, June 13, 2008
Time: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Place: St. Columba church, 6401 San Pablo Ave. (at 64th St.), Oakland

Workers, parents and community leaders who have experienced the consequences of the raids will deliver testimony on the outcomes and
impact on families, communities and worker organizing.

RSVP by Tuesday, June 10, seating is limited

[Jun 11] Film and discussion on criminalization of youth of color in SF

Sation 40
3030 16th Street (at Mission)
San Francisco

Films and discussion on criminalization of youth of color in San Francisco.
Event sponsored by CISPES

[Jun 10] Taller: Resistir las redadas de la migra / Resist ICE raids

[English below]

RESISTIR LAS REDADAS DE INMIGRACIÓN

Un taller para organizadores y líderes del movimiento laboral

Martes, 10 de junio
5-7:30 pm
UNITE HERE Local 2
(209 Golden Gate Ave esquina de Leavenworth)

En los últimos meses, ICE (el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas) ha aumentado sus redadas en sitios de trabajo, en el área de la bahia y por todo el país – deteniendo y deportando a miles de hombres y mujeres por el supuesto delito de trabajar para mantener a sus familias.

Los sindicatos estan enfrentando el desafío de responder a las preguntas y preocupaciones de sus miembros, ayudarles a defender a sus compañeros, y construir un movimiento político que pueda parar estos ataques a la gente trabajadora.

Este taller enseñará:

• Entrenar a los trabajadores a afirmar sus derechos con los agentes de inmigración.
• Preparar a los representantes sindicales y otros líderes a apoyar a los demás trabajadores durante una redada
• Responder a las redadas: organizar protestas de respuesta inmediata que son seguras y eficazes, usar servicios legales y sociales, y abogar por trabajadores detenidos.
  

Organizado por la Coalición Laboral pro-Derechos de Inmigrantes y el Centro de Recursos Legales para Inmigrantes.

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English:

RESISTING ICE RAIDS
a workshop for activists in the labor movement and in the community

Tuesday, June 10
5-7:30 pm
UNITE HERE Local 2
(209 Golden Gate Ave at Leavenworth)

In the past few months, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has been stepping up workplace raids in the Bay Area and around the country - imprisoning and deporting thousands of men and women for the “crime” of working to support their families. Unions are faced with the challenge of addressing members’ questions and fears, helping them stand up for each other effectively, and building a political response that can end these attacks on working people.

This workshop will address:

• Training workers to assert their rights when dealing with immigration agents
• Preparing shop stewards and leaders to support other workers during a raid
• Responding to raids: running safe and effective rapid response protests,accessing legal and social services, advocating for detained workers.

Sponsored by the Bay Area Labor Coalition on Immigration and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.

[June 7th] East Oakland Radio Benefit

[May 27] STOP THE RAIDS AND DEPORTATIONS!

On May 2, 63 immigrant workers from El Balazo Taquerias were raided and detained by ICE. Yesterday, 17 people were rounded up at their homes by ICE in San Rafael. Enough is enough!

Please join immigrant rights groups, Labor, faith-based groups and many others for a press conference and rally to denounce the Bay Area raids, and to support the taqueria workers on the day of their court hearing!

WHEN: Tuesday, May 27, 10 am.
WHERE: Homeland Security Building, 630 Sansome St., downtown San Francisco

For more information, write to renee@lrcl.org

[May 23] Crisis at the Border (San Rafael)

Members of a recent delegation to the US-Mexico border will give a photo and film presentation focusing on the most recent forms of exploitation of undocumented immigrants at mafia-controlled crossing points and privately owned prisons.

The report will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 9 Ross Valley Drive at Fourth Street, San Rafael, on Friday, May 23, at 7:30 PM and 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.

For information call 415/924-3227, email mitf@igc.org or go
to www.mitfamericas.org.

[May 10, 17] Teatro: La Carpa del FEO

[May 4] Sustaining Community across the Border/Sosteniendo la comunidad a traves de la frontera (& Enrique Chagoya!)

Ofrecido conjuntamente con la exposición, “Enrique Chagoya:
Borderlandia,” en el Museo de Arte de UC Berkeley:

Sustaining Community Across the Border /
Sosteniendo la comunidad a través de la frontera

SUNDAY / DOMINGO, MAY 4, 3 p.m.
A Community Roundtable / Una plática comunitaria

Museum Theater / Teatro del Museo

¡La entrada al museo será gratis todo el día!

En este programa, miembros de sociedades binacionales, estudiantes, y
otros de familias y comunidades ubicadas en ambos lados de la frontera
relatarán sus proyectos para enriquecer y sostener comunidades sin
barreras. Invitamos a la comunidad a compartir sus experiencias e
ideas para sostener estos lazos hacia la próxima generación. Beatriz
Leyva-Cutler, director ejecutivo de BAHIA, moderará la discusión.

Algunos proyectos que serán presentados:

-un libro bilingüe para niños, escrito e ilustrado por tres jóvenes
Chicanas de Oakland, inspirado por su niñezes en dos comunidades y por
algunos viajes a sus pueblos natales de México. (Patricia Sánchez,
Tomasa Dueñas Contreras, Tomasa Dueñas Tovar, Montserrat Becerra)

-un programa inovador de verano que busca conectar jóvenes
mexicoamericanos de Napa, California con jóvenes de Los Haro,
Zacatecas, y la comunidad de orígen de sus familias en México. (Participantes será
arreglado.)

-una biblioteca y centro comunitario para los niños en San Martin
Tilcajete, Oaxaca, organizado por una pareja de Oakland, uno de ellos
nació y fue criado en San Martin Tilcajete. (Lamberto Roque-Hernandez
y Alice Wagner)

-códices hechos por estudiantes de escuelas de arte locales para
ilustrar sus propias historias de la diáspora y de la identidad. (Celia Herrera
Rodriguez y estudiantes)

Este será un programa bilingüe, con traducción disponible. Las visitas
a la exposición estarán abiertas al público a partir de la 1:00 p.m., y
disponibles en español, antes del programa.

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Admission to the museum is free all day!

In this program, people from binational associations, students, and
others involved in families and communities that stretch across the border
will share projects designed to strengthen and sustain trans-border
communities. We invite you to come and share your ideas about the
challenges and possibilities for sustaining these ties into the next
generation. Beatriz Leyva-Cutler, executive director of BAHIA, will
moderate the discussion.

Projects to be presented include:

-a bilingual children's book, written and illustrated by three Chican
teens from Oakland, inspired by visits to their home communities in
Mexico and their own bicultural experience. (Patricia Sánchez, Tomasa Dueñas
Contreras, Tomasa Dueñas Tovar, Montserrat Becerra)

-an innovative cross-border summer program that connects teens from
Napa, CA with teens in Los Haro, Zacatecas, their families' community of
origin in Mexico. (participants to be arranged)

-a library and community center for the children of San Martin
Tilcajete, Oaxaca, organized by an Oakland-based couple, one of whom was born and
raised in San Martin Tilcajete. (Lamberto Roque-Hernandez & Alice Wagner)

-codices made by local art students to illustrate their own stories of
diaspora and identity (Celia Herrera Rodriguez & students)

This will be a bilingual program, with translation provided. Bilingual
tours of “Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia” will be available before the
program, starting at 1 p.m.

[May 3] Mayazteca concert

Concierto de MAYAZTECA
7 pm
Cellspace
2050 Bryant st.
San Francisco, California 94110
Más info: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=183772177

May 3rd Benefit

May Day

Primero de Mayo

Semilla en La Galeria

May 1st Celebration

Fundraiser for Pro-Immigrant US-Mexico Border Trip

Fundraiser for Pro-Immigrant US-Mexico Border Trip

A fundraising dinner and film, sponsored by the Task Force on the Americas, will be held on Friday, March 28, to help finance a five-member Marin delegation going to investigate conditions at the US-Mexico border. The event will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 9 Ross Valley Drive, San Rafael. The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Dinner is at 6 PM followed by remarks from community members and the showing of the documentary Morristown. This film tells how US workers are faced with the costs of NAFTA and globalization. Their factory is closed down and shipped to Mexico; but instead of folding up, the workers from eastern Tennessee join with Mexican workers to unionize and fight for they rights.

Two of the trip's delegates are Task Force board members, and all five are members of the Marin Immigrant Rights Coalition. For the last two months the team has been videotaping interviews with Canal-area immigrants who explain their reasons for coming to the U.S. and the struggles they continue to face.

A $15-25 donation is requested. If you are unable to attend the fundraiser, please send your tax deductible donation to MITF/Border Trip, P.O. Box 925, Larkspur, CA 94977 or pledge online: www.mitfamericas.org. For more information call 415/924-3227, email mitf@igc.org or go to the website mentioned above.


For more information, Contact: Task Force on the Americas

Dale Sorensen ּ 415/924-3227 ּ mitf@igc.org

Domestic Worker Action! / ¡Acción de Trabajadoras de Casa el 13 de marzo!

Domestic Worker Action! / ¡Acción de Trabajadoras de Casa el 13 de marzo!


On March 13 stand in solidarity with domestic workers...
Join the Bay Area Household Worker Rights Coalition
on Thursday March 13 at 9am, we will be meeting at 474 Valencia St
and caravaning to the mansion of an abusive employer in Atherton
who failed to pay his domestic worker minimum wage or overtime.

Join us to PROTEST the exploitation of household workers, & DEMAND
that their rights be respected!

We will not let employers intimidate and abuse household workers!

For copies of the outreach flyer or if you can help caravan to the action location please contact andreacristina@mujeresunidas.net

Bay Area Household Worker Coalition includes The Day Labor Program's Women's Collective of La Raza Centro Legal, Filipinos for Affirmative Action,POWER and Mujeres Unidas y Activas. The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center is co-counsel in the case.



Accion de Trabajadoras de Casa

El 13 de Marzo expresa tu solidaridad con trabajadoras domesticas.
Unete a la Coalicion Pro Derechos de Trabajadoras de Casa de la Area de la Bahia el Jueves 13 de marzo.
Estaremos reuniendo a las 9am en 474 Valencia para ir en caravana a la mansion de empleadores morosos en Atherton, San Mateo.

Unete para PROTESTAR la explotacion de trabajadoras de casa, y EXIGIR que sus derechos sean respetadas. No permitiremos que los empleadores nos abusen ni intimiden!

Si puedes apoyarnos en llevar trabajadoras de casa y sus aliados a la accion entre en contacto:
andreacristina@mujeresunidas.net (415) 621 8140 x301

La Coalicion Pro-Derechos de Trabajadoras de Casa de la Area de la Bahia incluye el Day Labor Program Colectiva de Mujeres de La Raza Centro Legal, Filipinos for Affirmative Action, POWER y Mujeres Unidas y Activas. El Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center esta asesorando este caso,

Andrea Cristina Mercado
Mujeres Unidas y Activas
3543 18th St #23
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 621 8140 ext. 301
andreacristina@mujeresunidas.net

www.mujeresunidas.net



Check out our report on the working conditions of household workers!

http://www.mujeresunidas.net/media/MUA_rpt.pdf

[Feb 25] El fuego y la palabra (Sacramento)

[Feb 23] El fuego y la palabra (Oakland)

El fuego y la palabra / The Fire and the Word

Presentations with author Gloria Muñoz.
Presentaciones con la autora Gloria Muñoz.

• 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  Corazón del Pueblo
  4814 International Blvd.
  Oakland, CA 94601
  Inauguration of the photo exhibit / Inauguración de la exposición
  Dates of the exhibit/Fechas de la exposición: Feb 21 to/a 28 (10 am - 6 pm every day / todos los días)
  
  
• 7:00 pm - midnight/media noche
  Intertribal Friendship House
  523 International Blvd.
  Oakland, CA 94606
  Movie, music and more / Película, música y más
  

Events organized by/Eventos organizados por:

Radio Zapatista, La Onda Bajita, La Colectiva Zapatista Ramona, Chiapas Support Committee, Graton Day Labor Center, La Otra Mission, and various individuals.

[Feb 22] El fuego y la palabra (Berkeley/Bay Area)

El fuego y la palabra / The Fire and the Word

Presentaciones con la autora Gloria Muñoz.
Presentations by author Gloria Muñoz.

• Universidad de California, Berkeley
  Valley Life Sciences Building, # 2060
  Berkeley, CA
  1:30 - 3:30 pm - Conversación con la autora y mesa redonda / conversation with the author and roundtable
  3:30 - 5:00 pm - Presentación del video / video presentation
  
  
• 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  Radio Zapatista - KPFA (94.1FM in Berkeley/San Francisco) / KFCF (88.1 FM in Fresno)
  Live transmission with simultaneous events at various "caracolitos" (see below)
  8:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Radio Zapatista
  8:30 pm - 9:30 pm - Conversation with the author / conversación con la autora
  9:30 pm - 10:00 pm - Questions and answers with our listeners / preguntas y respuestas con nuestros radioescuchas.
  Audio webcast/Transmisión en audio: www.kpfa.org
  Video webcast/Transmisión en video: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/radio-zapatista-tv
  
  Caracolitos (7:00 - 10:00):
  
  San José Obrero
  1640 Addison Street
  Berkeley, CA 94703
  
  Spanish Speaking Citizen's Foundation
  1470 Fruitvale Ave
  Oakland, CA 94601
  
  L's Café
  2871 24th Street (between Florida and Bryant, at the Mission)
  San Francisco, CA 94110
  

Events organized by:

Radio Zapatista, La Onda Bajita, La Colectiva Zapatista Ramona, Chiapas Support Committee, Graton Day Labor Center, La Otra Mission, and various individuals.

See also/vea también: www.elfuegoylapalabra.org

[Feb 22] mujeres ZAPATISTA women (UC Davis)

7 pm

115 Wellman
University of California Davis

Report back on the recent Zapatista women's encounter

Live airing of Radio Zapatista (8-9 pm)
Airing of live interview with Gloria Muñoz (9 pm)

More info: laotracalifas@yahoo.com

[Feb 21] El fuego y la palabra (San Francisco)

El fuego y la palabra - The Fire and the Word

Eventos para la campaña El fuego y la palabra - presentación del libro, video, colección musical, exposición fotográfica, con la autora Gloria Muñoz.

Events for the campaign The Fire and the Word - presentation of the book, video, music, photo exhibit by author Gloria Muñoz.

• 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
  City College of San Francisco
  1125 Valencia Street
  San Francisco, CA 94110
  
  
• 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (Gallery reception)
  2868 Mission St. at 25th
  San Francisco, CA 94110 (map)
  Inauguration of the photo exhibit
  Dates of the exhibit: February 21 to 28

Events organized by:

Radio Zapatista, La Onda Bajita, La Colectiva Zapatista Ramona, Chiapas Support Committee, Graton Day Labor Center, La Otra Mission, and various individuals.