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This lists SF Gray Panthers events and other important events.

Gray Panther Events

Wed, May 7: NO on 98! YES on 99! Civic Center rally and press conference
Wed, May 7: Gray Panthers Board meeting
Thurs, May 8: Gray Panthers Newsletter meeting
Tues, May 13: Gray Panthers Middle East Study Group
Tues, May 13: Gray Panthers Health Committee
Tues, May 20: May 2008, Immigration and Labor, Where Are We Now?
Sat, May 24: State-wide meeting of Gray Panthers Networks  
Fri, May 30: Gray Panthers Movie Night "Pushing Hands"
Wed, June 4: Gray Panthers Board meeting
Thurs, June 5: Gray Panthers Newsletter meeting
Tues, June 10: Gray Panthers Middle East Study Group
Tues, June 10: Gray Panthers Health Committee
Thurs, June 19: Healthcare YES! Insurance Companies NO! Demonstrate at
                               National convention of health insurance companies in San Francisco!

Other Important Events

Mon May 5: Stop the Peaker Plants! Bay Area groups demand halt to polluting plant  
Mon, May 5: Protest the ICE raids against immigrant workers    
Tues, May 6: Stop the Cuts to City Services! SF wants a 20% cut on non-profits doing City social services
Thurs May 8: Town Hall meeting on spraying in the Bay Area  
Thurs May 8: Movie, "Made in L.A." on immigrant garment workers organizing   
Sat, May 10: A Mural Celebration to Raise Awareness About Justice for Homeless People   
Sun, May 11: Latin America and the revolutionary struggle  
Mon, May 12: Launch Party for the Race, Poverty and Media Justice Institute at POOR Magazine.  
Thurs, May 15: Sacramento action to stop the state cuts in vital services
Wed, May 21: Quality, Affordable Health Care is a Women’s Issue! Conference
Wed, May 21: Save Our City, Stop Prop 98 rally  
Thurs, May 22: Stop the City Cuts in Services, City Hall Rally-Demonstration
Sat, May 24: "Living For Now, Preparing for Later," OWL meeting
June 19: SF Public Hearing by California Commission on Status of Women

Mon May 5 9 AM	Bay Area Groups Demand Halt to Polluting Peaker Power Plants. San Francisco Green Party, Sierra Club, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, Huntersview Mothers Committee, Ella Baker Center For Human Rights, SPUR, Our City, and Brightline Defense will demand a halt to San Francisco's proposed highly polluting Peaker Power Plant Project -- aka the Combustion Turbine Project -- proposed to be built in Southeast San Francisco, right next to the Bayview Hunters Point community that is already overburdened with pollution. Read more on the event. Read more and more on the issue.  Location: City Hall Steps.  (back to top)
Mon May 5 noon	Protest ICE raids on immigrant workers at Balazo Taquerias. 63 undocumented workers were seized at raids on 11 Bay Area Balazo Taquerias. Read article. Response from Bay Area Immigrants Rights Coalition. Location: ICE office, 630 Sansome St. (at Washington,  map,  #10, 30X buses)  (back to top)
Tues May 6 11 AM	Stop the Cuts to City Services! Stop balancing the budget on the backs of the poor! The City wants 20% across-the-board budget cuts for the non-profits that do many of the vital services that low-income and other vulnerable people need. OPEIU Local 3, SEIU Local 1021, Human Services Network, People's Budget, SF Living Wage Coalition, and Community allies insist the City not cut programs or cut holes in the safety net. Download flyer. More info: Natalie Naylor, 415-647-7776 x12. Location: City Hall steps. (back to top)
Wed May 7 11:30 AM	No on 98 / Yes on Prop 99 Press Conference and Rally in Civic Center Plaza.  This is a critical week as folks will have received their absentee ballots and will be voting on Prop 98, which if it passes will outlaw rent control, inclusionary housing, just-cause eviction protections, and zoning protections for homeowners. More on the event. More information. Location: Civic Center Plaza, across Polk St. from City Hall Steps.
Wed May 7 12:30 PM	Gray Panthers Board meets at the office. All members are encouraged to come. (back to top)
Thurs May 8 1 PM	Gray Panthers Newsletter Committee meets at the office. (back to top)
Thurs May 8 7 PM	Town Hall Meeting on plan to spray the SF Bay Area every 30-90 days for 2-10 years. More on the event.  More on the issue.  Location: Country Fair Building (Hall of Flowers) in Golden Gate Park, 9th Avenue and Lincoln Way - at the Strybing Arboretum/SF Botanical Gardens. (Map, #16, 44, 71 buses)   (back to top)
Thurs May 8 7:30 PM	Film "Made in L.A." traces the moving transformation of three immigrant Latina garment workers on the fault lines of global economic change who decide they must resist. Made in LA provides an insider’s view into both the struggles of recent immigrants and into the organizing process itself: the enthusiasm, discouragement, hard-won victories and ultimate self-empowerment. More on the event. More on the movie. Answer film series, $6 donation. Location: ATA, 992 Valencia St. at 21st, SF (near 24th St. BART) (back to top)
Sat May 10 noon to 4 PM	A Mural Celebration to Raise Awareness About Justice for Homeless People. A SF Print Collective and the Coalition on Homelessness event with poster and T-shirt screenprinting, food, music. Location: Clarion Alley (Mission District, parallel to 17th St, betwn. 17th & 18 Streets, between Mission & Valencia. Map, 16/Mission BART )  More information: 510-332-7839.  (back to top)
Sun May 11 7 PM	Latin America and the Revolutionary Struggle, A talk by Jorge Martín, International Secretary of Hands Off Venezuela.   More on the event. Location: Brava Theater, 2781 24th St (nr. York, map, # 33, 48, 9, 27 buses)
Mon May 12 6 PM	Launch Party for the Race, Poverty and Media Justice Institute at POOR Magazine. Non-profit, grassroots organization POOR Magazine announces the launch of its summer seminars at the Race, Poverty and Media Justice Institute. Beginning June 3rd, innovative seminars and workshops on poverty journalism, community organizing, advocacy and multimedia production will be open to students, media professionals and more. Read more. pace is limited! To register please call (415) 863-6306 or email deeandtiny@ poormagazine.org. Location: 1095 Market Street #307 (at 7th St, map, Civic Center Station on BART, and MUNI Metro lines J, K, L, M, and N, as well as 5, 6, 7, 9, 19, 21, 26, and 71 buses) (back to top)
Tues May 13 11 AM	Gray Panthers Middle-East Committee meets at the office. (back to top)
Tues May 13 1 PM	Gray Panthers Health Committee meets at the office. (back to top)
Thurs May 15 Time TBA	Sacramento action: Stop balancing the budget on the backs of the poor and vulnerable! This is the traditional Disability Capital Action Day. We will be there with them, demanding no cuts to any vulnerable group. Instead, raise revenue from those most able to pay. This is the day the Governor releases his "May Revise," his budget proposal that supposedly reflects people's concerns over the impact of the initial January budget. Details are not worked out yet, but to get on the bus list, call CARA at 510-663-4086.  (back to top)
Tues May 20 12:30 PM	"May 2008: Immigration and Labor, Where Are We Now?" Gray Panthers General Meeting, all are welcome! Immigrants face increased Immigration police workplace raids, and workers face layoffs and wage cuts as recession deepens. On the other hand, Longshore workers and others are marching against the war and for immigrant rights. Will the spark become a flame? Read more. SF Gray Panthers Immigration page. Location: Fireside Room, Unitarian-Universalist Center, 1187 Franklin St. (betw. Geary and O' Farrell, map, # 38 bus), More information at 415-552-8800. (back to top)
Wed May 21 9AM- noon	Quality, Affordable Health Care is a Women’s Issue! Meet with other organizations to discuss How is your organization addressing the health care needs of women and girls? What advocacy strategies do you use?  What challenges do you face? How can we work together effectively to ensure that California health care reform includes the unique voices and perspectives of women and girls? Sponsor: Women's Working Group.  Location: Unitarian Universalist Center, 1187 Franklin (betw. O'Farrell and Geary, map , #38 bus) More info: Destiny Lopez, 510-923-0739.  (back to top)
Wed May 21 11:30 AM	Save Our City Rally. Chinatown, Bernal Heights, and Central City neighborhoods unite to get the word out about the landlord's attempt to repeal Rent Control (Prop 98) on the JUNE ballot! More on the event.  Location: City Hall Steps. (back to top)
Thurs May 22 noon	Save City services for low-income and vulnerable people!  Every week we hear of more cuts and elimination of City services we depend on, while the City plans high-rises and low-taxes for business. Rally on City Hall Steps. More details as they develp. Sponsors: SEIU 1021. (back to top)
Sat May 24 9:30 AM to 3 PM	Spring State-Wide Meeting of Gray Panther Networks. This quarterly meeting will be hosted by the South Alameda network. All Gray Panthers are invited!   More information from Joan B. Lee at 916-332-5980. Location: San Lorenzo Library, 395 Paseo Grande, San Lorenzo.  Directions: Driving South on I-880, take the "Hesparian Blvd" exit, cross Lewelling Blvd, continue and turn right onto Hesparian Blvd, cross Grant Ave, turn left on Paseo Grande,  go 2 blocks to San Lorenzo Library. Park in front. See  map .  (back to top)
Sat May 24 11 AM	"Living for Now, Preparing for Later." Older Women's League (OWL) monthly meeting. Fran Moreland Johns, an OWL member, is author of Dying Unafraid, which grew out of her experiences as a writer, a hospice volunteer, and a volunteer with AIDS groups and the elderly. She speaks on choices you might want to make about end-of-life issues that would ease your mind now. Business meeting at 10 AM. Location: 870 Market,  Room 1185 (betw. Powell & Stockton,  map,  Powell St. BART, # 30, 45 and Market St buses)  (back to top)
Fri May 30 5 PM	Gray Panthers Movie Night: Ang Lee, "Pushing Hands." Master Chu, a retired Chinese Tai Chi master, moves to Westchester, New York to live with his son, American daughter-in-law and grandson. Culture shock and personal rebirth. Location: Gray Panther office, 1182 Market St (near Hyde), Room 203. More directions to office. (back to top)
Wed June 4 12:30 PM	Gray Panthers Board meets at the office. All members are encouraged to come. (back to top)
Thurs June 5 1 PM	Gray Panthers Newsletter Committee meets at the office. (back to top)
Tues June 10 11 AM	Gray Panthers Middle-East Committee meets at the office. (back to top)
Tues June 10 1 PM	Gray Panthers Health Committee meets at the office. (back to top)
Thurs June 19 noon	Healthcare, YES!  Insurance Companies, NO!  Support Single-Payer Healthcare!   America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the nation-wide association of health insurance companies, is having its national convention in San Francisco's Moscone Center West! Today's session is on how to bundle private insurance into healthcare "reform," and features major health policymakers from both parties. (See flyer.) A large and angry crowd of people demanding "Healthcare, Yes! Insurance companies No!" can send a nationwide message that so-called "universal health care" through insurance companies is not the way we want to go. See the insurance companies' convention website. More details to come as they develop. Call 415-695-7891. (back to top)
Thurs June 19 1:30 PM	California Commission on Status of Women San Franciso Hearing. Hearings will be made up entirely of testimony from individuals and organizations bringing their comments and recommendations to the Commission. Read more on hearing and how to submit testimony. Location: Milton Marks Auditorium, State Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave (betw. Larkin & Polk.) (back to top)

Location: Market Street, at Hyde and 8th Streets,
One door downtown from Orpheum Theater box office. Map
Surface transit: MUNI 5, 6, 7, 9, and 21 buses, and F streetcar
Underground transit: Civic Center Station for BART and MUNI Metro lines J, K, L, M, and N
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