By Adrienne Folng
Not back posting on a regular basis
Many events are listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay for other listings of events
For Bay Area Listing of Events on Palestine https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’ These are JUSTICE issues!!
*** ASL interpretation – Let me know if your event needs this service .***
Articles are divided into two groups. Second group is on Palestine
ARTICLES:
A. Fillmore Safeway to Close to Make Way for Housing, Depriving Neighborhood of its Only Grocery Store – January 4, 2023
B. Pilger’s Rap Sheet on the Criminal Elite – January 2, 2023
The head of the British Independent Television Authority once called Pilger “a threat to Western Civilization.” Kiji Noh reports.
PALESTINE
A. Report: 100 Chilean Lawyers Accuse Netanyahu of War Crimes, File Complaint at ICC – January 6, 2023
Report: 100 Chilean Lawyers Accuse Netanyahu of War Crimes, File Complaint at ICC | Farsnews Agency
B. Amid Fears of Wider War, US Reportedly Drafting Plans to Bomb Yemen – January 5, 2023
Amid Fears of Wider War, US Reportedly Drafting Plans to Bomb Yemen (commondreams.org)
C. Irish lawyer part of South Africa’s legal team bringing genocide charges against Israel – January 4, 2023
D. Early New Years Morning at Nancy Pelosi’s house. January 1, 2023
E. No Weapons for Genocide: Shut Down Travis AFB!
No Weapons for Genocide: Shut Down Travis AFB! (youtube.com)
PETITIONS
1. Tell DA Jenkins: DROP THE CHARGES Against the Bay Bridge 78!
SIGN: Tell DA Jenkins: DROP THE CHARGES Against the #BayBridge78! – Action Network
2. Call on every member of Congress: Save Lives, Ceasefire Now.
SIGN: Call on every member of Congress: Save Lives, Ceasefire Now. | Win Without War
3. Tell Congress: Renew the Affordable Connectivity Program to Keep Internet on for 22 Million Households!
January Scheduled Execution click on the name to sign petition
January 25, 2024 at 6:00 pm CT:
Kenneth Smith in Alabama
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Monday, January 8 – Thursday, January 11
Monday, January 8
1. Monday, 8:30am,- 12N San Francisco: Healthcare Workers for Ceasefire!
SF City Hall
1 Dr. Carleton B Goodlett Pl
SF
Bay Area Healthcare Workers! This is a critical week to push for the SF Ceasefire Resolution and there are many things you can do to get involved‼️ Join us for a powerful event on Jan 8 at 8:30am in SF City Hall to support the BOS passing the SF Ceasefire Resolution. At 8:30am, we will be filming an homage to our colleagues who have been killed in Gaza. We are asking all healthcare workers to come in their professional attire (scrubs/white coats/symbols of our profession), with masks as this is indoors. We are honored to be joined by local musician @naimashalhoub and performance/visual poet @adrian_arias.sf .
At 10am we will proceed to the Rules Committee to offer public comment on the SF Ceasefire Resolution. Find out all the ways you can support the passing of this resolution next week. Check out the toolkit here and activate with us! bit.ly/SFCeasefireBOS
Info: San Francisco: Healthcare Workers for Ceasefire! : Indybay
2. Monday, 9:00am – 12Noon, San Francisco Ceasefire Resolution @ Rules Committee
SF City Hall (Room 250, 2nd Fl)
1 Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Pl.
SF
the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee will decide whether or not to send the SF cease-fire resolution to the full board of supervisors for a possible vote. There are three supervisors on the board – Supervisor Matt Dorsey, Supervisor Shamann Walton and Supervisor Ahsha Safai. At least 2 of these supervisors need to vote YES to send the resolution onto the full board on January 9th.
It is imperative that as many people as possible show up on January 8th at 10AM (SHOW UP EARLY) in room 250 in San Francisco City Hall to make our voices heard and make sure that the resolution is sent to the full board of supervisors for a vote on Tuesday, January 9th.
Pro-war lobbyists are attempting to pressure the SF BOS to vote NO on the ceasefire resolution. They’re also pressuring the BOS to introduce racist “amendments” that further war propaganda, dehumanize Palestinians, and justifies further bloodshed.
We need as many people to come in-person to city hall tomorrow, Monday, Jan 8th by 9am for public comment and demand:
• Vote on Tuesday
• Vote YES
• NO AMENDMENTS
Healthcare workers will be showing up to show their support for the resolution, and we should be there to support them and see that the resolution moves on to the full board. Public comment will be allowed at this rules committee meeting. LET’S MAKE SURE THAT OUR SAN FRANCISCO OFFICIALS CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE!! SHOW UP EARLY!!
Info: San Francisco Ceasefire Resolution : Indybay
3. Monday, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Beehive Collective – Art as Resistance
1601 18th St.
Oakland
The Beehive Collective is on tour with their massive, collaboratively produced, and intricately detailed murals. Packed with nature metaphors, peoples histories, and teeming with biodiversity, these images offer the foundation for an event of participatory discussion, poetic storytelling, and popular education.
Come see the bees present their newly released 10 Year Anniversary edition of “MesoAmerica Resiste!”, their new book, “The True Cost of Coal”, and even a peak into their work-in-progress about California: “The Callegory”. Prints will be available for sale. http://www.beehivecollective.org
** The event is open to the public. Sliding-scale donations for the artists are accepted at the door, but no one turned away for lack of funds. **
Host: Oil and Gas Action Network
Info: Beehive Collective – Art as Resistance. : Indybay
Tuesday, January 9
‘Ceasefire’ Resolutions are also being raised in San Bruno and Santa Cruz (See Indybay)
4. Tuesday, 1:00pm, SF Full Board of Supervisors Meeting and Vote on Ceasefire Resolution
SF City Hall
Room 250 – 2nd Floor
1 Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Pl.
SF
Elevator Access
Full Board of Supervisor meeting and vote. Be visible. Wear your kuffiyeh.
We need to continue to demonstrate overwhelming public support. Your presence at City Hall will make the difference!
Text SF to 833-633-0604
Send a letter in support to Board of Supervisors: bit.ly/GAZASF
Agenda: https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/bag010924_agenda.pdf
26. 231263 [Calling for Sustained Ceasefire in Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, Release of Hostages, and Condemning Antisemitic, Anti-Palestinian, and Islamophobic Rhetoric and Attacks] Sponsors: Preston; Ronen Resolution calling for a sustained ceasefire in Gaza, humanitarian aid, release of hostages, and condemning antisemitic, anti-Palestinian, and Islamophobic rhetoric and attacks. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Text (833) 633- 0604
Info: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
5. Tuesday, 4:00pm, Laguna Honda Joint Conference Committee Health Commission
In person:
101 Grove St., Room 300
SF
IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT: Please fill out a “Public Comment” form located outside room 300; the Health Commission Secretary will have additional forms in the hearing room.
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT CALL-IN: 415-655-0001/ Access Code: 2660 093 5182#
Members of the Laguna Honda Hospital (LHH) Joint Conference Committee will attend this meeting in-person. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting in-person or remotely online
Not out of the woods yet! We in SF need those 780 beds and need admissions to resume Tell the Health Commission /LHH JCC your concerns!
There is no date yet in view for the resumption of admissions, which has been on hold since April of 2022. San Franciscans need this 780-bed safety net long-term care facility to resume full operation. Less than 470 residents(patients) remain at Laguna Honda.
Suggestions on what to write or say (in person or by phone testimony) are here.
Jan 9 ,2024: How to testify to the SF Health Commission/LHH JCC
Agenda here and Supporting Materials here.
Info from Gray Panthers of San Francisco
