NOT back posting on a regular basis
Please hold the following activist in your thoughts…
Cecile Pineda as she gains strength from a stroke.
Refugio Nieto as he heals from surgery
Jackie Barshak as she is in treatment for Stage 3 lung cancer. She welcomes well wishes.
Melvin Starks as he continues to heal.
Renay Davisas she continues treatment for cancer.
Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’ This is a JUSTICE issue!!
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Articles are in two groups – 2nd group is on Ukraine / Russia
ARTICLES
A. Saudi Arabia Puts 81 Men to Death in Largest Mass Execution in Its Modern History – March 12, 2022
B. CDC revokes U.S. authority to expel migrant children – March 11, 2022
CDC revokes U.S. authority to expel migrant children (msn.com)
Migrant children were also vaxxed!
C. 11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain – March 11, 2022
D. Does SFPD policy really allow a beating like Decari Spiers received? – March 10, 2022
Does SFPD policy really allow a beating like Decari Spiers received? – 48 hills
E. A New Wave of Violence in Karabakh – March 10, 2022
A New Wave of Violence in Karabakh – YouTube
F. S.F. Police Commissioner John Hamasaki, a fierce critic of law enforcement, will step down next month – March 8, 2022
G. Stangel Acquitted on Three Counts, Jury Hangs on Fourth Count as Historic Trial Comes to a Close – March 8, 2022
Stangel Acquitted on Three Counts, Jury Hangs on Fourth Count as Historic Trial Comes to a Close | Davis Vanguard
H. San Francisco paying jurors for criminal trials
San Francisco paying jurors for criminal trials | KRON4
Ukraine / Russia – related articles
Mainstream media and the US government both are lacking in reporting about the Donbass region and the 8 years of military shelling by the Ukraine government since 2014.
Putin is wrong in bombing Ukraine; but Zelenskyy is not a hero that the media and US government is making him out to be.
I hope that people will question what is being said and why.
FYI info from reporters like Eva Karene Bartlett and Vanessa Beeley are being censored and blocked in various media outlets.
1. White House approves $200 million in weapons for Ukraine’s defense against Russia – March 12, 2022
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-approves-200-million-in-weapons-for-ukraine-2022-3
2. NATO White Helmets follow al-Qaeda to Ukraine – March 10, 2022
NATO White Helmets follow al-Qaeda to Ukraine – OffGuardian (off-guardian.org)
3. Navigating our Humanity: Ilan Pappé on the Four Lessons from Ukraine – March 4, 2022
Navigating our Humanity: Ilan Pappé on the Four Lessons from Ukraine – Palestine Chronicle
4. For African and Colonized Peoples, to Understand Ukraine: De-center Europe and Focus on Imperialism – March 2, 2022
PETITIONS
1. Tell President Biden to Release Afghanistan’s Federal Reserve Funds
SIGN: ACT NOW: Tell President Biden to Release Afghanistan’s Federal Reserve Funds (everyaction.com)
2. No New Oil and Gas Drilling in Contra Costa!
SIGN: No New Oil and Gas Drilling in Contra Costa! – Action Network
3. Sign the European Citizens Initiative to Stop Trade with Illegal Settlements!
SIGN: Sign the European Citizens Initiative to Stop Trade with Illegal Settlements! | BDS Movement
4. PetroChina: Stop sales of jet fuel to Myanmar military
SIGN: PetroChina: stop sales of jet fuel to Myanmar military – Action Network
5. Submit an official comment urging the EPA to get the lead out of our drinking water!
SIGN: | NRDC
6.A Community-Centered Response to Violence Against Asian American Communities
SIGN: A Community-Centered Response to Violence Against Asian American Communities (actionnetwork.org)
March 16 will be the one year anniversary of the murders of eight people, including six Asian women massage workers at spas in our metro Atlanta community
“ By signing on to this letter you join us in decrying gender-based violence, white supremacy, and imperialism that is at the core of violence against Asian Americans, immigrants, and Black and Brown communities. By signing on, you join us in struggling for community safety and healing, for racial and economic justice, for stable housing, for access to quality health care, including mental health and education and a liveable wage…”
7. Stop Genetically Engineered Cows
SIGN: Stop Genetically Engineered Cows! (centerforfoodsafety.org)
EVENTS
Sunday, March 13 – Wednesday, March 16
Sunday, March 13
1. Sunday, 1:00pm – 2:30pm, Wall + Response at the San Francisco Public Library, Opening Event on 3/13
In-person
SF Public Library
100 Larkin St.
Latino/Hispanic Community Room (Lower level)
SF
Wall + Response will be featured as an exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library for four months, opening on March 12 and closing on July 30.
Featured readers include:
Celeste Chan
MK Chavez
Paul Corman-Roberts
Tim Xonnelly
In response to the mural Affordable Housing/Vivienda Asequible by the SF Print Collective working with the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP)
Youssef Alaoui
Jason Bayani
Genny Lim
Michael Warr
In response to the mural The Will To Live by Art Forces, Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC), and Arab Youth Organizing (AYO)
Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) presents Wall + Response, a project featuring 16 poets responding to the social/ political/ racial/ justice narratives of four murals on Clarion Alley curated by CAMP artist and organizer Megan Wilson and poet Maw Shein Win.
View site for bios.
For more info, check out:
https://clarionalleymuralproject.org/…/wall-response…/
Host: SFPL
Info: Wall + Response at the San Francisco Public Library, Opening Event on 3/13 | Facebook
2. Sunday, 4:00pm, Vigil / Rally in Honor of Breonna Taylor
In person
Mission High School Steps
18th & Dolores St.
SF
Rally, March, Open Mic
Info: (1) Facebook or https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18083357575289864/?hl=en
3. Sunday, 5:00pm – 6:30pm, The Struggle Against School Closures
Online
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The Oakland Unified School District board majority has again moved to close schools this school year, with others looming in the near future. As with other rounds of such arbitrary action (most recently in 2019), the brunt of such austerity measures is felt in flatland schools overwhelmingly populated by black and brown students.
This presentation will review the history of state takeovers of school districts in California over the last several decades, especially in Oakland, and the current struggles against school closures.
* Mike Hutchinson is a long time education and community activist in Oakland, He is a founder of OPEN (Oakland Public Education Network) and is currently a school board member for District 5 and a key leader in the fight against school closures
* Hillary Chen is a community and anti-racist activist involved in the Oakland Education Association (OEA), East Bay DSA and Action 2020. She is currently teaching at Parker Elementary School in East Oakland, one of the schools targeted to be closed this year.
* Jack Gerson is a retired Oakland teacher who writes on and analyzes issues related to education, politics, public health and the pandemic . Before retiring, he was on the executive board and bargaining team of the Oakland teachers union (OEA). Among other things, he helped organize OEA’s campaign to bail out schools not banks and end foreclosures, and the Occupy Oakland education committee’s 18 day occupation of Lakeview Elementary in 2012 to protest school closures.
Host: Green Party
Info: The Struggle Against School Closures : Indybay
Tuesday, March 15
4. Tuesday, 9:00am (PT); 12Noon(ET), Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip
Online register: #nowaytotreatachild Webinar March 2022 – No Way to Treat a Child (dci-palestine.org)
Register to receive additional instructions about the webinar
Please join the #nowaytotreatachild campaign for a webinar focusing on the experience of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip
We’ll debunk opposition talking points, learn about some of the issues facing children in the Gaza Strip, and hear from DCIP staff about what it’s like to document human rights violations while living under Israeli military occupation and the military-imposed closure.
Info: #nowaytotreatachild Webinar March 2022 – No Way to Treat a Child (dci-palestine.org)
5. Tuesday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, “What’s Wrong with the Closure of JFK Drive?” Is it a done deal? (Gray Panther General Meeting)
Online
Zoom information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2880330680?pwd=VXlSdVBERFM3OFVuVGdrampVQkovUT09
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Speakers: Karen Berniker, Access Programs Manager for de Young Museum, Pi Ra, Senior & Disability Transit Justice Coordinator, and Tomasita Medál, of Park Access 4 All. A discussion of the proposed JFK closure from a senior, disability, and transit justice perspective, and a history of conflicting interests of drivers, bikers, and walkers. What alternatives exist for pedestrian safety and car-free areas of Golden Gate Park without blocking access to museums, gardens, and other Park attractions? Get the latest on this controversy.
Info: “What’s Wrong with the Closure of JFK Drive?” Is it a done deal? : Indybay
6. Tuesday, 4:30pm (PT); 7:30pm (ET), The Price Is Wrong: Why U.S. Prescription Drug Prices Are Too High and How to Treat It
Online register: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Americans pay more than twice the price for the same prescription drugs from the same transnational companies as do the other rich democracies around the world. We are subsidizing the excess profits of the pharmaceutical industry which has twice the return on investment as the rest of the Fortune 500. This Forum will discuss why this is, and the many harms it causes (to patients especially but also to healthcare providers including pharmacists and the U.S. economy), and the range of fixes being proposed. As always with our forums, action steps will also be suggested.
Confirmed Speakers:
-Alex Lawson executive director of Social Security Works, and leading their Drug Prices Are Too High campaign
-Maurice BP-Weeks, Co-Executive Director Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE)+ACRE Institute and coauthor of Poi$on – How Big Pharma’s Racist Price Gouging Kills Black and Brown Folks
-Sa’Ra Skipper, Patient Advocate with T1I-USA/#Insulin4All
-Steve Auerbach, MD, MPH – Physicians for a National Health Program – NYMetro
-Hosted and moderated by Rachel Madley (former PNHP and New York #insulin4all activist; now a staffer with Rep. Pramilla Jayapal)
cosponsored by:-Doctors For America, Lower Drug Prices Now,
Social Security Works – and their Drug Prices are Too High campaign
T1International-USA/#Insulin4All
7. Tuesday, 11:00am – 12Noon, & 12Noon – 1:00pm Defend CCSF Day of Action
RSVP: Tuesday, March 15, 11am In-Person Action & 12pm Virtual Press Conference (google.com)
11:00am – 12Noon – In person
– In front of Conlan Hall – Ocean Campus
12Noon – 1:00pm – Virtual Press Conference
Defend the Heartbeat of CCSF – Fight for the Budget Students, Classified, and Faculty Deserve!
CCSF Chancellor Martin Issues 58 Pink Slips
Without a budget mandate, CCSF Board of Trustees voted to approve a plan to lay off 50 tenure and tenure-track faculty, a move that would necessitate laying off hundreds of part-time faculty as well. These layoffs would close hundreds of fully enrolled courses, impacting thousands of students and perpetuating CCSF’s ongoing crisis. Cuts are a downward spiral that ultimately mean failing to meet community demand. The real long term solution to the under-funding of CCSF is more support, not downsizing. It’s time CCSF moves in a new direction, but to do that, you need to take action!
There are powerful forces in California who want to downsize public education, but luckily our community has passion and power in numbers. For generations, CCSF has been the largest and most accessible resource for degrees and jobs/skills training in the city. We’re a beacon of hope for immigrants, working-class, and black and brown San Franciscans–that’s a mission we will not stop defending.
Host: AFT 2121
Info: AFT 2121 | City College of San Francisco Faculty Union or SF Chancellor Martin Issues 58 Pink Slips Today– Protest At CCSF on March 15 : Indybay
Wednesday, March 16
8. Wednesday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Bay View Hunters Point Environmental Justice Task Force Meeting
How to join the Zoom meeting online:
1. Go to www.zoom.com
2. Click “Join a Meeting”
3. Enter Meeting ID: 810 0359 5541
How to join the Zoom meeting on the phone:
1. Call +1 408 638 0968
2. Enter Meeting ID: 810 0359 5541
To view the meeting agenda, click here
9. Wednesday, 3:00pm – 7:00pm, Break The Silence: Justice For Asian Women
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St.
SF
Join us next week on March 16th to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the Atlanta Spa shootings.
Thousands will come together in solidarity around the Nation to fight proudly for our Asian and Pacific Islander mothers, daughters, and grandmothers.
event agenda will include…
Cultural Performances
Self-defense Workshop
Women Resources & Vendors
Notable Speakers
Creative Healing Space
Collective Global Art Project
Host: Asians Are Strong
Info: Break The Silence: Justice For Asian Women | Facebook
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SAVE the DATE
8th Angelversary of Alex Nieto’s Murder
Monday, March 21
4:00pm – 7:00pm
Alex’s Altar
Bernal Hill
San Francisco
Public Transportation- # 67 bus on 24 St. & Mission will take you close to Bernal Hill.
All are invited to stand with Alex’s parents, Refugio and Elvira Nieto and their family on the 8th Anniversary of Alex’s murder by SFPD.
Alex was shot at 59 times.
There has been no justice
Come share this time as a community.
Light food available to share.
Photo taken March 21, 2021
“Rest In Power Alex Nieto, killed by SFPD on March 21, 2014”
