of San Francisco
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SF Gray Panthers office is at 1182 Market St, rm 203. |
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For information on regular General Meetings, Committee Meetings and Board Meetings, click here. |
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This month in lieu of our general meeting, we are urging members to attend: “Healthcare
for All: Saturday,
February 24, 2007 11:00 AM Speakers:
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| Tues Jan 30 11 AM |
Gray
Panthers Book Club meets at the office. Book: A World Made
New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, by Mary Anne Glendon |
Wed |
Gray Panthers Board meets at the office. All members are welcome. |
| Wed Feb 7 4:30 PM |
International
Day in Solidarity with the People of Haiti: End the Foreign Military
Occupation of Haiti! Stop the War against the People of Haiti!
Respect Haiti's Sovereignty! This is the 20th anniversary of the
overthrow of the dictator "Baby Doc" Duvalier in 1986.
Assemble at Powell and Market Sts (Powell BART) for rally followed
by march down Market St to the Brazilian Consulate at 300 Montgomery
(btwn Pine & California, Montgomery BART, map)
for a demonstration. (Brazilian troops direct the UN forces responsible
for massacres in Haiti's poorest slums.) More
on the event and background info. See material on SF Gray
Panthers November 2006 presentaton
on Haiti. |
| Thurs Feb 8 1 PM |
Gray Panthers Newsletter Committee meets in the office. |
| Thurs Feb 8 7:30 PM |
Black History Month Film: Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony, ATA, 992 Valencia at 21st, $6 donation requested Sponsored by ANSWER, info 821-6545 |
| Wed Feb 14 11 AM |
New Gray Panther group forming on environment and global warming. Come and help brainstorm. Bring your ideas, concerns, and meet at the office. Call 415-552-8800 for more information. |
| Sat Feb 17 1 PM |
Tillie Olsen Memorial to celebrate her life and work. Celebration followed by Reception. First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison Street (corner of 25th and Harrison), Oakland, map, Memorial website |
| Mon Feb 19 1 PM |
Gray Panthers Newsletter Committee meets in the office. |
| Fri Feb 23 7:30 PM |
FIGHTING
BACK! No one shall be tortured, falsely imprisoned, or denied
basic democratic rights - a benefit for the Lynne Stewart Defense
Committee & the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Speakers:
Michael Ratner of
the Center for Constitutional
Rights, Lynne
Stewart, New York attorney for political prisoners and the
oppressed, Jeff Mackler, Mobilization
to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Barbara Lubin, Middle
East Children's Alliance, Women’s Building, 3543 18th
St. near Valencia, map
, (Also in Berkeley, on Sat, Feb 24, 7:30 PM at Martin Luther
King Middle School, 1781 Rose Street.) |
| Sat Feb 24 11 AM |
"Healthcare for All, How will it Work and Who Benefits?" Gray Panthers is having its February meeting with the SF Older Women's League (OWL). Speakers: Conny Ford, OPEIU Local 3, on the SF Health Access Plan, and Ellen Shaffer, National Women's Health Network, on national plans. See more on top of this page. Unitarian Universalist Center, 1187 Franklin, betw O'Farrell and Geary, map |
| Sat Feb 24 7 PM |
Gray
Panthers Night at the Movies. Eugene Jarecki's Why We Fight,
illustrates how the military-industrial complex blossomed
into Eisenhower’s worst nightmare. “When war becomes
that profitable, you are going to see more of it,” says
Chalmers Johnson in the documentary. $5 donation at the door.
No one turned away for lack of funds. Call 552-8800 for location.
More
about "Why We Fight" |
| Sat Feb 24 6 PM |
"Medical
Consequences of War," Les Roberts, author of the 2006 Lancet
article
setting Iraqi deaths at 655,000. This is a dinner-keynote address
to the 2007 national conference
of Physicians for Social Responsibility, at Stanford University.
$30, register,
Location, Fairchild Auditorium, Stanford Medical School, map |
| Mon Feb 26 11 AM |
Special Gray Panthers Brunch with activist lawyer Lynne Stewart, a stalwart defender of rights who is in SF following a trial on terrorism charges that could have sent her to prison for the rest of her life. More. The prosecution is appealing her light sentence, and Lynne is appealing her conviction, so funds are still needed, but anyone who would like to meet Lynne and the Gray Panthers Civil Liberties/Human Rights Committee is welcome. Call the GP office, 415-552-8800 for location. Lynne's website. |
| Tues Feb 27 11 AM |
Gray Panthers Book Club meets at the office. Book: |
| Tues March 20 |
Fourth Anniversary of US invasion of Iraq. Save the day for anti-war actions. |
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