[June 22] Cartas del Otro Lado

INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY COALITION presents...
Free Community Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Cartas del Otro Lado/ Letters From the Other Side

FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 7pm @ EastSide Cultural Center

2277 International Blvd, OAKLAND

For more information call 510/ 533 6629

Partial list of IWDC members: AnakBayan East Bay, AnewAmerica Community Corporation, La Clinica de la Raza - CASA CHE, CRECE, EastSide Arts Alliance, Filipinos for Affirmative Action, Huaxtec, Mujeres Unidas y Activas



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La COALICION DIA INTERNACIONAL DEL TRABAJADOR presenta
Cine por la Comunidad Gratis y Discusion sobre Inmigracion

"Cartas del Otro Lado"

VIERNES 22 de JUNIO, 7pm en el EastSide Cultuaral Center

2277 International Blvd, Oakland

Para mas informacion llamar al 510/ 261 3398

Lista parcial de miembros de la coalicion: AnakBayan East Bay, AnewAmerica Community Corporation, La Clinica de la Raza - CASA CHE, CRECE, EastSide Arts Alliance, Filipinos for Affirmative Action, Huaxtec, Mujeres Unidas y Activas

[Jun 13] Braving Borders, Building Bridges: A Journey for Human Rights

Please join
The Black Alliance for Just Immigration
and
The Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition

A Forum and Report Back from:

“Braving Borders, Building Bridges: A Journey for Human Rights”
An African American Tour of the U.S.-Mexico Border

Wednesday, June 13

Dinner: 5:30 p.m.
Program: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Laney College Forum
900 Fallon Street, Oakland

Donations accepted

African American leaders will share their experiences on a human
rights tour of the US-Mexico border. They include Rev. Phil Lawson,
San Pablo City Councilmember Leonard McNeil, former Peralta
Community College Board Member Alona Clifton, Liz Derias of the
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and BAJI Coordinator Gerald Lenoir.

We will hear music, have dinner and begin creating relationships
necessary to foster true positive change for all our communities.

For more information, contact Gerald Lenoir at bajimail@yahoo.com,
(510) 849-9940 or Larisa Casillas at 510-839-7598,
larisa@immigrantrights.org.

[June 12] Fred Hampton Jr and Emory Douglas

Chairman Fred Hampton Jr of the Prisoners of Conscience Committee will be having a open public discussion wit' Black Panther Party Minister of Culture Emory Douglas about revolutionary art, the counter-intelligence program, and the history and legacy of the Black Panther Party and how it relates to the work of the POCC today. This event will take place on Tuesday, June 12th at 7pm at the Black New World, 836 Pine St., in the Bottoms of West Oakland. No one will be turned away because of lack of funds.

[Jun 9] Transforming Racism: In our Congregations and our World

Facilitated by Swan Keyes & Abbazero
Sat, June 9th. - 9am-4pm

Cost: $55

Location: UU Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Rd, Berkeley

This seminar investigates many things including:
Social Justice work as Spiritual Practice.

To Register or for more info call 925-256-4334 or
email Susan@LankfordDesign.com

[Jun 9] 4th Annual Temescal Street Fair

Saturday, June 9, 2007 - Noon to 6:00 PM
Telegraph Avenue, between 48th and 51st Streets, Oakland.

Music Stage, Kids Stage, Craft and Community Booths
Art Making, Food and Drink Booths

The Chiapas Support Committee will have a booth there all afternoon.
Join us!
Our booth is #88, located in between 48th and 49th Streets.

[June 9] Leftist Lounge IV (San Francisco)

Saturday, June 9
8pm - 2am

Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission St. @ 18th, San Francisco
$8-20 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds!
Wheelchair accessible!

Dance all the way to Atlanta: DJ's, dancing, silent auction and surprises!

A benefit party to get working-class members of local grassroots organizations to Atlanta this summer for the 1st ever national U.S. Social Forum. Come out and help our communities participate in this important opportunity to build a strong and united left to challenge u.s. imperialism!

Calling all revolutionaries, souljahs, freedom fighters, graffiti writers, grassroots organizers... Shake yo conscious booties to celebrate the struggle and raise funds for the movement!!

The Leftist Lounge is a celebration of local, national and international struggles for social, economic and racial justice.

[June 7] Calle y Libertad action group (Balazo Gallery)

Oye mi gente..

Manaña tendremos la proxima reunion de nuestro grupo de accion CALLE y LIBERTAD. Estamos preparando unas acciones comunitarios y necesitamos el apoyo de todos. Esta es una de los pasos para alcanzar nuestro vision de tomar y desarollar el sitio localizado en la calles mission y chavez para nuestra comunidad: Queremos viviendas accesibles, trabajos justos y negocios locales.

Jueves, 7 de Junio
6:30-8pm Balazo 18 gallery
2183 Calle Mission /cerca de la Calle 18

para información llamanme al 415-431-4210

comida y bebidas gratis

-oscar

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Oye my peoples...

Tomorrow is our next meeting of our action group CALLE y LIBERTAD at Balazo gallery.

We are getting ready for some upcoming community actions and events. We need your support. These are some real important steps towards reaching our goals of turning over the lot at Chavez & Mission for the communiy- We want affordable housing, good jobs for our people and local businesses.

Thursday, June 7
6:30-8pm @ balazo 18 gallery
2183 Mission St./18th St.

for info call me (415)431-4210

free food
-oscar

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People Organizing To Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER)
474 Valencia St. #125
SF, CA 94103
(415)431-4210
www.podersf.org

[May 22] Voting for Berkeley Sanctuary / Votación para Santuario Berkeley

El Concilio y el Alcalde de Berkeley votarán para declarar a Berkeley una Ciudad Santuario en apoyo a la comunidad inmigrante

Martes 22 de Mayo a las 6:30 PM
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way

(En la entrada de las oficinas del Distrito Escolar)

Quienes: Padres de familia, lideres comunitarios, maestros y niños acompañenos para seguir el ejemplo de otras ciudades del area de la bahía como, Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco, San Jose y East Palo Alto: ciudades que se han declarado santuario. Antes de la junta, nos reuniremos en las gradas para apoyar la resolución, habrá oradores y medios de comunicación para difundir el apoyo a la comunidad inmigrante y protestar por las redadas y el terror que causa ICE en nuestras comunidades.

Apoyo: BOCA, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, AFSCME LOCAL 3299 y miembros de la comunidad

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Berkeley's Mayor and City Council will vote to join other Bay Area cities including Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco, San Jose and East Palo Alto in declaring itself an immigrant sanctuary

Before the meeting, community members will rally on the front steps of the City Council Chambers

Tuesday May 22, 2007 at 6:30 PM
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way

Who: Immigrant parents, community leaders, teachers and children will be on hand to testify about the terrifying impact of ICE raids on the City of Berkeley and to urge our city leaders to join other cities in reaffirming its support for the civil rights of all of its residents and declaring itself an immigrant sanctuary by way of a new historic ordinance.

Support: BOCA, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, AFSCME LOCAL 3299, and community members

[May 22] Cucapas: People of the River (photo exhibit - SF)

Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 6-9 PM
111 Minna - San Francisco

For more info: www.stand4dignity.org
info@stand4dignity.org

[May 16-19] International Conference on the Murders of Women in Mexico, Canada and Guatemala

Stanford University

Conference and all events FREE and open to the public!

The conference Feminicide = Sanctioned Murder: Race, Gender and Violence in Global Context will be examining the murders and disappearances of women in Mexico , Guatemala and Canada that are occurring on an epidemic scale.

The aim and purpose of the conference is to stop the violence and map out ways to bring about justice. Distinguished participants include Elena Poniatowska, one of Mexico’s most eminent writers, whose innovative writing advocates for women and the poor in their struggle for social and economic justice, and Lidia Cacho, who recently received an award from Amnesty International for exposing a net of pederasts linked to the government and big business, and for creating a shelter for the children, victims of trafficking and abuse in Cancún, Mexico.

The conference, presented by Chicana and Chicano Studies of The Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University , brings together the most knowledgeable experts on the subject of feminicide in recent years, including mothers of murdered and disappeared women, activists, academics, writers and journalists, human rights lawyers, artists and filmmakers.

In Ciudad Juarez alone over 400 victims have been murdered over the last fourteen years and over 600 have been reported disappeared. In Guatemala, more than 700 women a year are being killed with impunity. Recently, a conference in Canada revealed that over 100 indigenous women have been murdered in a similar manner.

Schedule:

* Killer’s Paradise, the screening of a new Canadian documentary about the feminicide in Guatemala. Discussion following.
When: Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Time: 7:00pm
Where: Main Quad, Building 260, Room 113

* Candlelight Vigil. People will gather to commemorate the women who have been murdered.
When: Thursday, May 17, 2007
Time: At dusk
Where: White Plaza

* Conference. Panels and featured speakers
When: Thursday and Friday, May 18 and 19
Where: Tresidder Union, Oak West

· Friday, May 18:
Opening speaker: Elena Poniatowska (9:00-10:00 am)
Relatives of Murdered Women (10:00 am-12:00 pm): Paula Flores ( Juarez ), Eva Arce
(Juarez), Gwenda Yuzicappi ( Canada ), Norma Cruz ( Guatemala )
Cover Up: Corruption, Torture and Erasure (2:00-4:00 pm): Marisela Ortiz, Miguel David Meza, Lidia Cacho
Plenary speaker: Rita Laura Segato (4:00-5:00), “Who Is Behind the Murders?”
Art and Human Rights (7:00-9:00): Rosa-Linda Fregoso, Lourdes Portillo, Irene Simmons

· Saturday, May 19:
· Remedies (10:00am – 12:00 pm): Adriana Carmona, Esther Chávez Cano, Judith Galarza
· Judicial Reform (2:00 – 4:00 pm): Lucha Castro, Carlos Castresana Fernández, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (to be confirmed)

*Closing speaker: Marcela Lagarde

NOTE: Simultaneous translation will be provided.

The art installation, ReDressing Injustice by Irene Simmons will be on display in Tresidder Lounge.

For additional information and directions to the conference visit: http://ccsre.Stanford.edu.

[May 17] Fight University of California's development of Hidrogen Bomb

Students at the University of California at Berkeley are doing a fast in solidarity with the UC Hunger Strike by UC Santa Barbara students opposed to the University's role in developing a new Hydrogen Bomb.

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_5500489

On May 17, the UC Regents will be meeting. The students at Berkeley have decided to go on a full hunger strike if the UC does not back out of their plans.

Info on attending the Regents meeting on Thursday, May 17th:

Schedule: 8 am - public comment period
If you'd like to make a one-minute statement to the Regents, please call their office during business hours to sign up: 510-987-9220.

10 am - Rally!
ARTivism! Join us outside the meeting for music, speeches, and beautiful art as we call on the Regents to adopt an emergency resolution to sever ties with the nuclear weapons labs.

11:20 - DOE lab oversight committee meets

12:00 - Press conference outside the meeting

Location: UCSF Mission Bay Campus. For driving directions, a campus map, and parking info, please see: http://pub.ucsf.edu/missionbay/directions/

Transportation: For carpool, please email chelseavc@gmail.com.
Public transit: The UCSF Mission Bay campus is served by the Muni T-Third Street line, which stops at the UCSF Mission Bay Station located on Third Street near 16th Street.

For more background on our movement: www.freetheuc.org.

And feel free to visit the fasters at our spot by Wheeler Hall, Monday-Wednesday 11 am - 6 pm!

Please forward this info on to your contacts. We need all the help we can get!

For more info:
http://nonukeshungerstrike.blogspot.com/
http://www.ucnuclearfree.org/
http://detodos-paratodos.blogspot.com/2007/05/huelga-de-hambre-en-la-universidad-de.html

To support us:
http://www.sbantiwar.org/hungerstrike

[May 12] Celebrate Roque Dalton (SF)

Celebration of the life and work of Salvadoran poet and revolutionary
Roque Dalton

Saturday, May 12 - 6-9 PM
312 Valencia St, San Francisco

Poetry, music, and commentary on the current situation in El Salvador / Latin America.

Salvadoran food will also be available.

Sponsored by the FMLN and Veterans of the Roque Dalton Cultural Brigade

[May 4] Noche Rebelde / Night of Rebellion (concert)

ONE STRUGGLE BAND, BROWN BUFFALO PROJECT, DJ AGANA!!
Viernes, 4 de Mayo / Friday, May 4 - 7:00 PM
Intertribal Friendship House (523 International Blvd, Oakland)

Recaudación de fondos para apoyar a la comunidad Cucapá de Baja California, Mexico y para una delegación indígena a Chiapas.
Fundraiser to support the Cucapa community from Baja California, Mexico & an indigenous delegation to Chiapas.

$5 estudiantes/students, $8 general

Para mas información, visita: http://stopthegenocidecampaign.blogspot.com

Una colaboracion de/A collaboration of:
Colectiva Zapatista Ramona ~ Stand for Dignity ~ SFSU Student Group ~ Chiapas Support Committee ~ SFSU MEChA ~ SKINS ~ Estacion Libre de Oakland ~ Intertribal Friendship House Committee

[May 4] Decolonization! An installation of self-rule

Opening reception for

DECOLONIZATION! AN INSTALLATION OF SELF RULE

Friday, MAY 4 - 6 TO 9PM

CORNELIA BELL'S BLACK BOTTOM GALLERY

1018 Pine Street, West Oakland 94607

Village Bottoms Cultural District

new work by marcel diallo, eesuu orundide,
githinji wa mbire, duane deterville & kimara dixon

PLUS:
decolonization suite!
freedom music by
Marcel Diallo, vocals
Ric Alexander, sax
India Cooke, violin
Kimara Dixon, bass
Kele Nitoto, percussion

the black new world
social aid & pleasure club
836 pine street - oakland, 94607
www.blacknewworld.com

[May 3] Atenco no se Olvida (AZ Davis)

Acción Zapatista Davis presents
Atenco no se Olivda

An evening of info & dialogue in solidarity with the victims & political prisoners from Atenco, Mexico

THURSDAY MAY 3rd - 8PM
119 WELLMAN HALL
UCDAVIS

screening the documentary:
ATENCO- BREAKING THE SIEGE

followed by discussion about the situation in atenco,
the otra campaña zapatista & its significance here in the US,
& a chance for folks to dialogue about the may 1st events

One year ago, on may 3rd and 4th, 2006 the mexican city of san salvador atenco was the site of brutal repression by thousands of federal police forces against the local community as well as members of the otra campaña zapatista. the horrific violence included the murder of two young men, rampant police brutality, arbitrary detentions, random raids of private homes, acts of torture, and sexual assault against dozens of women. one year later, 29 political prisoners remain incarcerated at the santiaguito prison, and justice has not been served...

info: laotracalifas@yahoo.com

[May 1] Marcha del 1 de Mayo en Oakland

[ENGLISH BELOW]

Los invitamos a participar en el Dia Internacional del Trabajador, el 1 de Mayo 2007 en Oakland

La MARCHA va empezar a las 10am en la PLAZITA de la FRUITVALE hasta el EDIFICIO FEDERAL en OAKLAND.

Legalizacion para Todos! Alto a las redadas y a las deportaciones!

Muchos grupos estan trabajando juntos prioritzando liderazgo inmigrante para planear esta marcha incluyendo:

CRECE, Lucha Unida de Jornaleros, Casa CHE de la Clinica de la Raza, East Bay Santuario, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Causa Justa, Eastside Arts Alliance, Anew America & BAIRC

Si su grupo tiene interes en apoyar la planificacion de esta marcha por favor entre en contacto con Mujeres Unidas: (510) 261 3398, maria@mujeresunidas.net

http://www.mujeresunidas.net/

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We invite you to participate in International Workers Day, May 1, 2007 in Oakland!

MARCH May 1 at 10am from the FRUITVALE PLAZA to the FEDERAL BUILDING in OAKLAND

Legalization for all now! End detentions and deportations!

Many organizations are working together and prioritizing grassroots immigrant leadership to plan this march including:
CRECE, Lucha Unida de Jornaleros, Casa CHE de la Clinica de la Raza, East Bay Santuario, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Just Cause, Eastside Arts Alliance, Anew America & BAIRC

If your organization is interested in helping to plan this march please get in touch with Mujeres Unidas: (510) 261 3398, claudia@mujeresunidas.net
http://www.mujeresunidas.net/

Check out our new report on the working conditions of household workers! http://www.mujeresunidas.net/media/MUA_rpt.pdf

[May 1] Marcha del 1 de Mayo en San Francisco

¡Celebre el día internacional del trabajador!
¡No trabaje!
¡No vaya a la escuela!

Marcha por la legalización para tod@s
Martes, el 1 de Mayo
12 del medio día
Parque Dolores
Deporten a la Migra se va a juntar en la Dolores y 19.
Busque nuestra manta amarilla.

El 1 de Mayo de 2006 fue histórico en el movimiento pro-inmigrante. Este 1 de Mayo hágalo histórico de nuevo —salga a la calle y únase a la marcha por la legalización y en contra de las redadas.

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Celebrate international worker's day! Don't work or go to school!

March for the legalization for all now!
Tuesday, May 1st - 12 noon
Dolores Park
Deporten a la Migra will gather at Dolores & 19.
Look for our yellow banner.

MAY DAY 2006 will go down in history as the day millions of immigrants took this country back, by marching and boycotting school, work, and commercial products. This MAY DAY come help make history again--march to oppose the anti-immigrant bills proposed in congress and demand just legalization for all.

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

(sigue en español)

Conversation with organizers and leaders

about the struggle for Immigrant Rights

in the Bay Area and beyond

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

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

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

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

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

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

Queridos amigos
Vamos a mostrar la pelicula El Recorrido

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

[Apr 28] Immigrant Workers Organize

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

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