Names of the people killed in the Boulder Colorado shooting, please hold their families in your thoughts and prayers
May they Rest in Peace
♥ Tralona Bartkowiak ♥
♥ Suzanne Fountain ♥
♥Teri Leiker ♥
♥ Kevin Mahoney ♥
♥ Lynn Murray ♥
♥ Rikki Olds ♥
♥ Neven Stanisic ♥
♥ Denny Stong ♥
♥ Jody Waters ♥
♥ Eric Talley ♥
Few events that might be of interest…Am NOT back posting on a regular basis
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ARTICLES
A. After raising neary $900.000, woman attacked in SF to donate back to Asian American community – March 23, 2021
After raising nearly $900,000, woman attacked in S.F. to donate back to Asian American community (sfchronicle.com)
B/ The War of Hunger is Taking Over From the War of Guns…and All Syrians are the Victims – March 23, 2021
The War of Hunger is Taking Over From the War of Guns…and All Syrians are the Victims – CounterPunch.org
C. CIA Pressured Yemen to Release al-Qaeda Leader From Prison – March 23, 2021
CIA Pressured Yemen to Release al-Qaeda Leader From Prison (mintpressnews.com)
D. Israel bans Palestine FM from travel after visit to ICC – March 22, 2021 v
Israel bans Palestine FM from travel after visit to ICC – Middle East Monitor
E. ‘Safe Water Is a Right, Not a Privilege’: On World Water Day, UN Decries Unequal Access – March 22, 2021
F. Bay Area should lead effort to end ‘poverty tows’ – March 21, 2021
G. 18 Years Ago the US War on Iraq Began & Why I Oppose Hawaii’s Homeland Defense Radar as Continuation of War – March 19, 2021
H.Thumb in the Dike: Homelessness and Deepening Inequality – March 18, 2021
Thumb in the Dike: Homelessness and Deepening Inequality – CounterPunch.org
ACTIONS / PETITIONS
1. Demand An End to War in Afghanistan / Let’s demand an end to the war in Afghanistan
SIGN: Demand An End to War in Afghanistan / Exijamos el fin de la Guerra en Afghanistan (google.com)
2. Tell Your Representative to Ask Biden to End the Saudi Blockade on Yemen
3. Congress: Repeal the 2002 AUMF
SIGN: Congress: Repeal the 2002 AUMF! | Win Without War
4. Stop the Prosecution of Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale
SIGN: Stop the Prosecution of Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale | RootsAction
5. Tell Congress, Fight for Girls’ Health and Rights
SIGN: Tell Congress, Fight for Girls’ Health and Rights (care.org)
6. The DOJ Can Stop COVID-19 in Prisons
SIGN: The DOJ Can Stop COVID-19 in Prisons (actionnetwork.org)
EVENTS
Wednesday, March 24 – Sunday, March 28
Wednesday, March 24
1. Wednesday, 12Noon (PT); 3:00pm (ET), Women in Demining
Register: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Every day across the world, women are working to clear the landmines and explosives left behind by conflict. From deminers to team leaders, mechanics to office managers; together they are making their communities safe so families can rebuild their lives.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, The HALO Trust is hosting a roundtable featuring several HALO women from around the globe. Join us and hear from women like Nokutenda in Zimbabwe on why she decided to work for HALO and from Lina in Guatemala on the most challenging parts of the job. Don’t forget to submit any questions during the event!
Hosted by: Anastasia Staten, HALO USA Chair of the Board of Trustees & Executive Director of the ESA Foundation
Hear from:
• Natalia Gardeazabal – Communications & Public Relations
Officer, Latin America
• Lina Moreno – Program Manager, Guatemala
• Nokutenda Masiyanise – Program Officer, Zimbabwe
• Mairi Cunningham – Program Manager, Syria
• Olivia Meader – Program Manager, Kosovo
2. Wednesday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Behind the Mask 2: Mental Health Crisis Response
On/Off facebook
Zoom:
Zoom link:
Meeting ID: 874 2284 2921
Passcode: copwatch
Dial in: +1 669 900 6833 US
Meeting ID: 874 2284 2921
Passcode: 54672099
On January 2, 2021, Vincent Bryant, a Black, unhoused man was shot in the face at point blank range by the Berkeley Police while experiencing a mental health crisis. Thankfully, he survived, but this police response is outrageous.
Berkeley Copwatch invites you, the Berkeley community, to analyze footage of this incident and try to understand what went wrong.
We will be joined by a panel of mental health workers and activists to explore the question: What would mental health care and crisis response look like without police involvement? We will examine how mental health emergency response currently happens and the rising opportunity for alternative crisis response in Berkeley. We will also look at other communities already doing this work. Break out groups will follow and community dialogue will be encouraged.
In Berkeley, we have an opportunity to create structural change: this summer the City Council approved an initiative for a Specialized Care Unit that would respond to mental health crises without police involvement. Now is the time to pressure the City of Berkeley to follow through on their commitment:
– The SCU must be well funded, so that it can actually be effective
– The SCU must be dispatched without police
– Since the police will not be responding to these incidents, funding must come directly from the police budget
– There must be options for long-term care in addition to crisis intervention
*Content Warning: This event will discuss and show video of police violence against Black people and people with mental health conditions.*
Host: Berkeley Copwatch
Info: (2) Behind the Mask 2: Mental Health Crisis Response | Facebook or Berkeley Copwatch: Behind the Mask, panel of speakers & community discussion : Indybay
Thursday, March 25
3. Thursday, 9:00am (PT); 12Noon (ET), #YemenCantWait: Where do we go from here?
Webinar
Registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Win Without War is hosting a webinar to discuss what comes next for the United States and Yemen.
Right now, the United States is complicit in the largest humanitarian crisis on the planet.
More than 24 million people — roughly 80% of Yemenis — are in dire need of immediate aid. The UN recently warned that the country is “speeding towards the worst famine the world has seen in decades” and upwards of 12 million children are at incredible risk. Yet for the last six years, the United States has helped fuel this crisis by selling weapons, and providing military support for the Saudi and Emirati-led intervention in Yemen.
President Biden recently decided to take a small, but critically needed step: pausing U.S. weapon sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. But to finally end the U.S. as a spoiler to peace in Yemen, it’s clear that more urgent action is required.
Join us as we’ll be hearing from special guests on updates around what is happening on the ground in Yemen, how we can end U.S. complicity in this crisis, what we need to do to move toward justice and accountability. This is a webinar you will not want to miss!
4. Thursday, 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PT); 7:00pm – 8:30pm (ET) Agent Orange: Lasting Legacy of the Vietnam War
Webinar registration:
Webinar: Agent Orange: Lasting Legacy of the Vietnam War – Action Network
Sixty years ago, the United States used approximately 19 million gallons of 15 different herbicides, including 13 million gallons of Agent Orange, over southern Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Between 2.1 and 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed during the spraying and many more continue to be exposed through the environment. Agent Orange exposure continues to negatively affect the lives of men and women in Vietnam and in the United States. Agent Orange exposure is associated with cancers, immune deficiencies, reproductive illnesses and severe birth defects in Vietnamese, American, and Vietnamese-Americans directly exposed as well as their children and grandchildren.
In this powerful panel, Hoan Thi Tran will talk about her personal story, as will Heather Bowser. Jonathan Moore will discuss the U.S. legal cases around Agent Orange, and Tricia Euvrard will talk about the current lawsuit in France. Susan Schnall will talk about the broad health effects of Agent Orange, and Paul Cox will briefly discuss the legislation on Agent Orange that U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee will soon introduce.
Panelist:
· Hoan Thi Tran: Born in Binh Tuan Province, Vietnam, without lower extremities and missing a hand, Hoan’s mother, a farmworker, was exposed to Agent Orange. Hoan is a graduate of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology with a certificate in computer science.
· Heather Bowser: Heather Bowser, Canfield, Ohio, is the daughter of a Vietnam Veteran. Heather is an Agent Orange activist who was born with multiple birth defects due to her father’s exposure to Agent Orange.
· Jonathan Moore is a senior partner in the New York law firm Beldock Levine & Hoffman. Moore represented the Vietnamese nationals and the Vietnam Association for the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin in a landmark case in the United States seeking to hold the chemical companies that manufactured and supplied Agent Orange and other poisonous herbicides to the US government during the Vietnam War liable for the harm created by their use. Jonathan is on the board of the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign.
· Tricia Euvrard: Tricia is a MA student in Gender Studies and Law at SOAS, University of London. She is a member of the Collectif Vietnam Dioxine based in France.
· Susan Schnall: Susan is a member of the core of the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign, President of the New York City chapter of Veterans For Peace, member of the Veterans For Peace Board of Directors, and lifetime member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. For the past several years she has organized scientific panels for presentations about Agent Orange at the American Public Health Association annual meetings. Susan was dismissed from the US Navy in 1969 after a general court martial for anti-war activities.
· Paul Cox: Paul is a veteran of the American War on Vietnam and was in the Marines. Since his tour he has been active against that war and all wars. He has worked on one of the main legacies of the war, Agent Orange, since 2005, and has returned to Vietnam five times to educate himself and others about its lingering effects. He is a long-term member of Veterans For Peace and is currently on its national board. He is also on the board of Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization and is the president of Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute.
Host: World Beyond War
5. Thursday, 5:00pm (PT); 8:00pm (ET), Lifting Sanctions Amid COVID-19, with Hanieh Jodat and Leonardo Flores
RSVP to receive ZOOM link: https://act.rootsaction.org/…/web/common/public/signup…
The reality of U.S. led economic sanctions is the brunt of their effects are felt by regular people. This truth has proven itself time and time again, especially now, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of broad U.S. economic sanctions, countries such as Iran, Syria, Venezuela, North Korea, Sudan and Zimbabwe struggle without adequate food, electricity, medicine, medical supplies, masks or respirators. Those who suffer most under sanctions include pregnant women, children, and the chronically ill.
U.S. economic sanctions technically exempt humanitarian items — but banks, insurance companies, and other corporations are afraid that if they make loans, provide insurance for shipments or send goods the U.S. government will accuse them of violating the sanctions, levy hefty fines and place them on a banned business list.
Join RootsAction.org alongside President and Co-founder of Muslim Delegates & Allies and Director of PDA Middle East Alliances, Hanieh Jodat, and CODEPINK’s Leonardo Flores for a discussion and Q&A on the effects of U.S. led economic sanctions and how they are worsening the COVID-19 pandemic around the world.
Info: (1) Lifting Sanctions Amid COVID-19, with Hanieh Jodat and Leonardo Flores | Facebook
Friday, March 26
6. Friday, 9:00am, Grand Protest Rally
Embarcadero Plaza
SF
To object American and British intervention in Ethiopia’s internal afairs.
To support the law enforcement measures taken against the terrorist TPLF Junta.
To denounce the deliberate misinformation andbiased news report that harm Ethiopia
To demand the removal of Dr. Tewdros Adhanom from WHO for soliciting arms to the TPLF
To remind Egypt and Sudan to respect Ethiopia’s natural and equitable share of the Nicle River
Host: Ethiopians
Info: Grand Protest Rally | Facebook
7. Friday, 12:30pm – 3:00pm, Rise Up with Asians March
Meet at
Union Square
333 Post St.
SF
ROUTE: Meet at Union Square, march down Market St, end at Embarcadero Plaza for the Rally.
Calling out our Bay Area Community! Our Asian and Asian-American community is distraught, heartbroken, and exhausted. Over 4000 incidents of racism and discrimination against Asian and Asian-Americans have been recorded since March 2020. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an alarming rise of Asian hate in the United States.
We urge you to stand by us and stand for us; to uplift our community and amplify our voices. We ask you to come together with us to advocate for justice and healing. Join us for a peaceful, safe, and social-distanced march & rally to show solidarity for the Asian/Asian-American community in light of the recent Asian hate crimes and issues.
Objectives:
Call out anti-Asian and xenophobic rhetoric and sentiments
Spread awareness around the recent incidents and attacks and highlight the history of hardships and prejudice within the Asian community
Advocate for the voices of the Asian community and emphasize their needs and demands
Highlight accessible organizations and promote spaces where our community can reach out to for protection and any guidance for aid
Stand in solidarity and support Asian and Asian-American communities
See site for list of organizers
Info: (1) Rise Up with Asians March | Facebook
8. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, , Shut Down the Police Officers Association
SF Police Officers Association (outside)
800 Bryant St. (at 6th Street)
SF
Wear masks; social distancing
RESIST with Mothers on the March, Black and Brown for Justice, Peace and Equality, Family’s who loved ones have been killed by SFPD, and Community
– Demand the San Francisco Police Officers Association be Shut Down!
– The SF Police Officers Association Be Declared a Non Grata Organization
– Demand the Police Officers Bill of Rights be Abolished.
– Jail Killer Cops – we want killer cops to be charged with murder.
– Abolish the Police
Weekly resistance
9. Friday, 4:00pm (PT); 7:00pm (ET), Six Years of War on Yemen
Webinar
Register: Meeting Registration – Zoom
This March marks six years since the Saudi-led coalition, backed by the U.S. intervened into Yemen’s civil war.
Join us for a LIVE Webinar with a range of speakers: activists, researchers and elected officials-where we will go over why the war continues, what is the impact and what folks can do to be part of the anti-war movement – and create real change!
Speakers:
Dr Shireen Al-Adeimi
Dr Aisha Jumaan
Medea Benjamin
Hassan El-Tayyab
Mohamed Alwazir
and more
Hosts: Yemeni Alliance Committee, Massachusetts Peace Action, SF Bay Anti-War, CODEPINK: Women for Peace, Students for Yemen, DSA
Info: (1) WEBINAR: Six Years of War on Yemen | Facebook
Saturday, March 27
10. Saturday,11:00am – 1:00pm, Stop Anti-Asian Violence, Stop China-Bashing! (Vigil/Memorial & March)
Meet at;
Comfort Woman Memorial
651 California St. (@ Grant Ave.)
SF
*Vigil/Memorial for the Atlanta victims*
11:00 am – 12:00pm
“Comfort Women” Memorial (SF St Mary’s square, on California Street and Grant Ave.)
Hosted by “Comfort Women” Justice Coalition & Jin Duck Kyung Sik Kim Foundation. Martial Arts Demonstration and Self-Defense Lessons for seniors.
12:00pm
St Mary’s Square
ANSWER Coalition and Pivot to Peace will lead the National Demonstration Day walk to Union Square.
The alarming rise in hate crimes over the past year correlates to an increasingly hostile U.S. foreign policy towards China. The opportunistic scapegoating of China during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the intensity by which China is deemed the enemy and adversary of the United States, has driven a widespread Sinophobic sentiment nationally. The Asian American community suffers the brunt of the hatred fomented as a weapon of war. To date, there have been 3,800 self-reported hate crimes against Asian Americans.
The mainstream media’s failure to label the Atlanta shooting as a hate crime demonstrates the gross disregard and injustice that our communities are facing. Racism is a sick symptom of a system that profits from war and violence. And to put insult to injury, the cop handling the case was found to be promoting anti-China paraphernalia.
Hosts: ANSWER Coalition, Comfort Women Justice Coalition, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Pivot to Peace
Info: San Francisco | Stop Anti-Asian Violence, Stop China-Bashing! | Facebook
11. Saturday, 1:00pm, Webinar: Women Working for Change in Puerto Rico
On / off facebook
Join us in celebrating international women’s month. We are showcasing 3 diverse women-led initiatives in Puerto Rio that are dealing with on-going crises in their communities. Learn to how they deal with the sociopolitical crisis after 2 hurricanes, multiple earthquakes and economic austerity measures. These dynamic women will tell us what inspired their work and how their organizationshelp people come together to heal and build sovereignty in Puerto Rico.
Mariluz Franco Ortiz – Colectivo ilé: Mariluz has a PHD in Social Psychology and is part of the Collective Ilé, an organization that denounces racism and colonialism andpromotes women’s pride in their African roots.
https://www.facebook.com/ColectivoIle/ ;
Lourdes E. Hernández Rivera – co-founder Caminando la Utopía: The Caminando is a community healing project that offers acupuncture and other healing therapies in the town of Comerío in order to bring relief to its people and to promote selfcare.
https://www.facebook.com/Caminando-la-Utopía-786665945047238/ ;
Alicia Rodriguez – founder of the Taller Guaguarey and a former political prisoner, teaches free pottery classes in Cayey, building skills for employment and fostering participant’s connections to self, community, the Earth, and Puerto Rican cultural traditions through the art of pottery making. https://tallerguaguarey.org/
Sponsored by: Bay Area Alliance for a Sustainable Puerto Rico (BAASPR)
Info: (2) Webinar: Women Working for Change in Puerto Rico | Facebook
Sunday, March 28
12. Sunday, 11:30am – 2:00pm, San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!
Meet at:
1875 Marin St.
SF
For almost 60 years, Cuba has endured the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the U.S. government. During Trump’s term, he imposed more 220 measures to further cause harm to the island’s economy and the Cuban people.
In the midst of the COVID pandemic, Cuba has carried out a remarkable national policy of protecting its people, Cuban doctors have traveled worldwide to help save lives, and biotech and pharmaceutical scientists have developed a vaccine that is now in phase 3 testing.
At a time that international cooperation is urgently needed, the U.S. insists on maintaining the blockade.
Now is the time to mobilize on behalf of Cuba and tell Biden and Congress:
No Delay, Lift the Blockade Now!
Progressive Cubans in Miami initiated the monthly caravans, they have spread to New York City, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Seattle. Join us on Sun. March 28 in San Francisco!
Initiated in SF by the ANSWER Coalition and the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee.
Co-sponsored by: Task Force on the Americas, AIM-West, Veterans for Peace- San Francisco Chapter #69, Haiti Action Committee
Info: (1) San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba! | Facebook
