ANNOUNCEMENTS OccupySF Action Council Friday, April 4, 11:00am “OBAMA STOP the DEPORTATIONS! JUST REFORM NOW! END E-VERIFY & 1-9 AUDITS Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Office (outside) 1 Post Street (nr. Montgomery BART) SF Under Obama’s administration he is responsible for a soaring 2 million deportation! From: Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition Saturday, April 5, 12 Noon – 5:00pm “Potlucks Not Gentrification” & Coordination Meeting 24th & Mission St. BART SF Potluck Noon–3pm @ 24th St BART Calling all neighbors and organizers against police violence, displacement, gentrification, and the tech industrys takeover of the Bay Area! Yes, we are doing it again. Neighborhood potluck at the 24th St BART Plaza, this Saturday at noon. Make new friends. Strengthen your existing ties. Lets commune and collectively weave the social/personal fabric that can sustain us in the battle against the forces destroying our cities. We encourage you to bring tables/literature if you want to treat the potluck as an action fair, bring art supplies if you want to make banners/posters or lead workshops, use the plaza as a home base if you have other events and actions happening nearby, bring poems to read to inspire each other, etc. Make of it what you will. And of course, plenty of delicious food to share. Coordination Meeting 3–5pm @ ATA (992 Valencia & 21st) How can we work and coordinate together in order to strengthen our affinities? What actions and projects would you like to work on? What do you need from others to make them happen? What can you contribute? What upcoming action would be made more powerful by our coordination? This will be a focused planning session for groups and individuals to build on existing direct action communities. Please think about how your own goals, commitment, relationships, connections, and ideas can be shared with others, and bring them to the table! A potluck of ideas. Info/RSVP https://facebook/events/296018053856895/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular Saturday, April 5, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm --- Wiener Roast Supervisor’s Wieners house 4096 – 17th Street (nr. Market / Castro) SF Supervisor Wiener is known for supporting gentrification of the Castro area in SF Lets tell Scott Wiener what we think of his homeless-bashing & liberty-bashing ways - seems like he learned nothing from our last visit - no crappy wieners this time, but plenty of roasting, bring yr rude & pointed best - well provide materials for signs, chalk, etc [or feel free to bring some] Info / RSVP: https://facebook/events/615449171869479/ Sunday, April 6, 10:00am - HP Coalition Brunch Potluck / Meeting – Follow-up on Hewlett-Packard Shareholders Meeting San Jose Peace and Justice Center 48 S 7th St #101, San Jose, CA 95112 Please bring a dish to share as we celebrate and talk about the future of the campaign. Please RSVP to Susannah: snachenb22@gmail Indicate if you need a ride or have a car. Some things to think about before the meeting: - CEO Meg Whitman agreed to look into it so we can think about ways to pressure her. - Head of Ethical compliance office agreed to meet with our coalition - Education about HP in our communities Facebook page: https://facebook/coalitiontostophewlettpackard Wednesday, April 9, 5:30pm – 6:30pm – CODEPINK’s PEACE VIGIL Market Street on steps below Feinstein’s Office Market & Montgomery Street S.F. You are invited to join us from 5:30 - 6:30pm this evening, April 9th for CODEPINKs weekly Peace Vigil. We’ll be on Market Street on the steps below Feinstein’s office at Montgomery and Market, directly above the Montgomery BART/Muni station. RAIN CANCELS Feel free to bring your own signage, flyers, items for the altar to child drone victims, ideas for future vigils … FLY KITES, NOT DRONES! Stand with us and the huge PEACE Banner! Everyone welcome! Thursday, April 10 - 2 Bay Area Events - “SHUT DOWN THE SPY CENTERS” National Day of Action Against Fusion Centers First event – Press Conference at NCRIC Fusion Center in San Francisco 11:00am – Northern California Regional Intelligence Center 450 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA 94102 Second event – Oakland Press Conference / Rally at City Hall 6:00pm – Oakland City Hall 14th & Broadway Oakland, CA April 10th is the National Day of Action against Fusion Centers. Protests, rallies, and teach-ins will take place in cities all over the country to draw attention to the spy centers in our midst. Fusion Centers facilitate the gathering, storing, and sharing of intelligence data that bares our lives and violate our basic human rights to privacy and civil liberties. There are an estimated 85 fusion centers all over the United States. Info: oaklandprivacy.wordpress/2014/03/31/april-10-fusion-center/ Friday, April 11, 3:00pm – Monthly Anti- Nuke Rally at the Japan Consulate Japan Consulate 275 Battery St, Suite 2100 SF No Nukes Action Committee monthly anti-nukes rally at the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco. New location with narrower pedestrian road! Please wear something yellow, and your own banner. There will be a report back by a Peace walker against Nukes who walked to Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant for the Third Anniversary of Fukushima. Sponsor: No Nukes Action Committee Info: chizuhamada@gmail April 11, Friday, 5:00 pm “Keep Our Teachers: March to End the Displacement of San Franciscos Educators!” Meet at Corner of Dolores & 20th Streets March Ends at 151 Duboce SF Join Eviction Free San Francisco and allied housing rights activists to march to KEEP OUR TEACHERS! We will march to the homes of 4 teachers who are currently facing eviction in the Mission/ Dolores area and demand that their evictions, and the evictions of all of our educators, be rescinded. Where: Meet at the corner of 20th and Dolores St. and march to the homes of teachers in the area (see below), ending at 151 Duboce St. Where we are marching and who we are marching for: -812 Guerrero St.- Claudia and Evan, two local teachers who are being Ellis Act Evicted. -Mission High School- to show solidarity for teachers and students who are facing eviction. -55 Dolores St.- Sarah, a teacher, and her friend Mary, who will turn 98 are being Ellis Act Evicted by Urban Green -49 Guerrero- Mervyn, is also being evicted by Urban Green -151 Duboce St.- Benito, a special ed teacher, is being Ellis Act Evicted. As more and more of our city gets bought up by greedy speculators and sold for a profit, we lose the important educators who are so fundamental in keeping our community functional and whole. San Francisco is no longer affordable for a teachers income and those who live here, face eviction. What will happen when we lose our teachers? Lets fight to for our city! This is a family friendly march, we encourage students, teachers and all those effected by the lose of teachers to come show your solidarity and support! See schedule /timeline below https://facebook/events/211731799036588/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular Saturday, April 12, 9:00am – 6:30pm – “Connect the Dots: Refinery Corridor Healing Walks - #1 Pittsburg to Martinez Pittsburg Marina 51-E Marina Blvd Pittsburg, CA Join Idle No More SF Bay, Global Community Monitor, the Pittsburg Defense Council, the Martinez Environmental Group and the Sunflower Alliance for the first of 4 Healing Walks in the refinery corridor of the northeast San Francisco Bay. We are all being affected by the fossil fuel industry. Meet your Bay Area neighbors who are also being affected. Walk solo, in teams or in relay groups. Let us join together & educate one another. Pray for Mother Earth and the waters with each step. It is up to us to protect the future for the coming generations! Join us for one walk or all four between April and July, 2014. Rallies will be conducted at the beginning and end of each journey. Walk solo, in a group, or relay the walk with your friends. The first walk is about 15 miles. Water will be provided, please bring snacks. If possible, please make your own arrangements to get back to the starting point if your transportation is there. A shuttle will be available but it will take time to go back and forth. Taking BART? Email us at: refineryhealingwalks@gmail for pick up at 8:30 a.m. Please keep checking our website for exciting details including the walk routes, speakers & logistics, as well as how you can help: ConnectTheDotsHealingJourneys.org Questions? Email: refineryhealingwalks@gmail Phone (510) 619-8279 SAVE the DATES: Saturday April 19 – 11:30am -1:30 pm San Francisco Action Parade and Rally (from 350.org) Spring Forward on the Climate: Earth Day with Bill McKibben Join us in a march for Climate Justice and the Earth on April 19. Starting from (Chelsea Manning Plaza!) Justin Herman Plaza and ending at the UN Plaza, a rally with speakers will follow at 1pm. Note: Earth Day Festival will be going on at Civic Center & UN Plaza from 10am-6pm Info: 350bayarea.org/earthday-sf?utm_campaign=140403fullevent&utm_medium=email&utm_source=350bayarea Saturday, April 26 - 11 am at MLK Jr. Park in the Bayview: more to come on the Peoples Earth Day and Environmental Justice Walk Against Cancer and Pollution (more info soon) April 24 – April 30 National Week of Actions for wages and defend worker centers from attack. BEALE AIR FORCE BASE ACTIONS Friday, April 18: Good Friday with Kathy Kelly, noted peacemaker and coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, 3:00-5:00 PM Main (Schneider) Gate, North Beale Road Wheatland, CA Monday & Tuesday, April 28-29: Veterans Unite Against Drones sponsored by Sacramento Veterans for Peace contact Barry Binks, bbinks@me Misc Causa Justa :: Just Cause Bay Area Gentrification Report Release will be on April 7th – Event is sold out but the report will be available after April 8th
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