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Upcoming Events
Nov15Thu10:30 am Sandow Birk’s idealist monuments... @ Catharine Clark GallerySandow Birk’s idealist monuments... @ Catharine Clark GalleryNov 15 @ 10:30 am – Dec 22 @ 6:00 pm
Charles Desmarais October 25, 2018 Updated: November 1, 2018 (datebook.sfchronicle.com) Sandow Birk, “Proposal for a Park of Monuments to All of the Countries Bombed by the United States” (2018)Photo: John Wilson White, Catharine Clark Gallery Sandow Birk’s recent drawings and prints at Catharine Clark Gallery, packed with minute detail and up to 5 feet high, will not be easily read in reproduction here. That is reason enough to see the exhibition, on view through Dec. 22. A proposed park full of monuments to all the countries ever bombed by the United States is bound to require close attention. And a substantially complete… Continue readingNov17Sat10:00 am Participatory Budgeting @ Ingleside Presbyterian ChurchParticipatory Budgeting @ Ingleside Presbyterian ChurchNov 17 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmJoin me for 2 exciting community events Saturday! Come learn more about the Participatory Budgeting at the workshop, get feedback on your ideas, and meet your neighbors. Decide how to spend $650,000 on community projects in your district. Were you one of the 1094 D7 residents who voted to expand the Laguna Honda Mural in a prior year’s Participatory Budgeting? Join me on Saturday from 12:00-4:00 for the Community Paint Day. Come be a part of history painting what will be the longest mural in San Francisco! Please dress in painting clothing , sunglasses, hat, (and a mask if the… Continue reading12:00 pm People Get Ready: Charting a pat... @ Dwinelle Hall Room, UC BerkeleyPeople Get Ready: Charting a pat... @ Dwinelle Hall Room, UC BerkeleyNov 17 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
People Get Ready: Charting a path forward to building powerful movements and the radical left Posted by LaborSolidarityCommittee WHEN: November 17, 2018 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm WHERE: Dwinelle Hall Room, UC Berkeley Bancroft Way:Telegraph Av Berkeley, CA 94720 USA CONTACT: Event website WORKSHOP PEOPLE GET READY IS NEXT WEEK! PRE-REGISTER NOW! The People Get Ready II planning committee has been hard at work to make November 17 a powerful gathering for learning and discussion. This one day conference is aimed at assessing the post-midterm terrain and charting a path forward to building powerful movements and the radical left. People Get… Continue reading3:00 pm Physicians Report on the State o... @ 518 ValenciaPhysicians Report on the State o... @ 518 ValenciaNov 17 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pmPhysicians Report on the State of America’s Health Sat 3pm Nov 17 in SF 518 Valencia 1/2 block south of 16th St 2 blocks from 16th St BART I hope you can attend our Sat Nov 17 meeting at 3pm. The meeting will report on the Physicians for a National Program national meeting that was held in San Diego. Please let us know if you can attend and if you can help build the meeting. ___Yes, I plan to attend the Nov 17 meeting at 518 Valencia in SF. ___Yes, I can come at 2:30 to help set up the meeting. ___Yes, I… Continue readingNov18Sun4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant PlazaOccupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant PlazaNov 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pmOccupy Oakland General Assembly Posted by GNUWorldOrder WHEN: November 20, 2016 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Repeats WHERE: Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland City Hall 1 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 USA COST: Free CONTACT: Occupy Oakland List Email MEETING The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San… Continue readingNov19Mon4:00 pm STOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS ... @ ICE immigration holding centerSTOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS ... @ ICE immigration holding centerNov 19 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pmSTOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS at ICE immigration holding center (deportations) Mondays and Wednesdays 4 – 6 pm at 630 Sansome Street San Francisco, California Let’s build a permanent presence at I.C.E. to stop the deportations. Bring signs, Spread widely. Stop Deportations Block I.C.E. Melt I.C.E. with LOVE LOVE not HATE JOIN US NO BAN, NO WALL INSIST ON LOVE We are all immigrants Say it loud, say it clear, // immigrants are welcome here (two sides of a sign) Never Again *non-violence* Chants: No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here refugees are welcome here, No ban, no wall, sanctuary for all… Continue reading6:00 pm Public Banking 101 @ Alley Cat BooksPublic Banking 101 @ Alley Cat BooksNov 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmSan Francisco, CA | Nov 19, 6:00 – 7:30pm PT | Public Banking 101 at Alley Cat Books Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th St, San Francisco, California 94110. ZERO financial background required to come learn how we can take $11 BILLION of SF taxpayer money Out of Wall Street and Into Our Streets! RE-Investment via public banking has re-emerged as an avenue to fulfill to these calls for divestment while simultaneously taking back control of our own city’s money. Here in San Francisco, people are pushing for a movement to divest our city taxpayer money from Wall Street, and reinvest that money… Continue readingNov20Tue12:00 pm “Resist Trump Tuesdays” @ Diane Feinstein's office“Resist Trump Tuesdays” @ Diane Feinstein's officeNov 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pmResist Trump Tuesdays every Tuesday from noon-1pm at 1 Post Street in front of Senator Feinstein’s office. Program differs weekly.Nov21Wed11:30 am Outreach Working Group hands out... @ In front of the Federal Reserve BankOutreach Working Group hands out... @ In front of the Federal Reserve BankNov 21 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pmOutreach Working Group hands out Occupy literature every Wednesday from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, weather permitting.4:00 pm STOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS ... @ ICE immigration holding centerSTOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS ... @ ICE immigration holding centerNov 21 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pmSTOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS at ICE immigration holding center (deportations) Mondays and Wednesdays 4 – 6 pm at 630 Sansome Street San Francisco, California Let’s build a permanent presence at I.C.E. to stop the deportations. Bring signs, Spread widely. Stop Deportations Block I.C.E. Melt I.C.E. with LOVE LOVE not HATE JOIN US NO BAN, NO WALL INSIST ON LOVE We are all immigrants Say it loud, say it clear, // immigrants are welcome here (two sides of a sign) Never Again *non-violence* Chants: No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here refugees are welcome here, No ban, no wall, sanctuary for all… Continue reading
