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| SAN FRANCISCO GRAY PANTHERS ACTIVITIES |
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The
SF Gray Panthers office is at 1182 Market St, room 203. |
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For information on regular General Meetings, Committee Meetings and Board Meetings, click here. |
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Gray
Panther General Meeting WAR
IS STEALING OUR FUTURE |
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Events: Gray Panthers involved in activities in red |
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| Sat Feb 25 10:30 AM |
Come
to a meeting of a new coalition forming to bring new people and
organizations into the anti-war movement. Initial participants
include members of US Labor Against the War, ANSWER, Peninsula
Peace and Justice, United for Peace and Justice, and many others.
ILWU Local 34, 4 Berry St, SF |
| Sat Feb 25 Noon-5PM |
BANG4CHANGE
2006, SF Human &Civil Rights Revival Fest. dedicated to
Poor Youth of Color, their families, teachers and elders, educating
them about Human and Civil Rights Violations affecting their present
and future, laying out clear demands &concrete solutions at
local &national government and street level. Civic Center
Plaza, Polk St by City Hall, Civic Center BART. Free entrance
and tabling! Idriss
Shelly Foundation, 415-595-8251. |
| Sat Feb 25 2 PM |
Counter
Recruitment in the Schools. Training and Organizing for interested
youth, classroom presenters, and supporters. Veterans for Peace,
Alternatives to War through Education, and student groups. War
Veterans Memorial Building, Room 219, 401 Van Ness (opposite City
Hall), 510-528-1975 |
Sat |
Gray
Panthers Night at the Movies Warren Beaty, Reds LOCATION CHANGED THIS MONTH! Call office, 415-552-8800 |
Sun Feb 26 1 PM |
The
Bay Media Lab, a developing nonprofit service hub for media
education, experimentation, and activism invites media people
to a meeting to discuss further developments. 1550 Market Street,
2nd Floor (betw Van Ness & Franklin), 415-552-5521 |
| Sun Feb 26 2 PM |
Bay
Area Day of Remembranceof over 120,000 persons of Japanese
ancestry in U.S. concentration camps. Culture performances, film
and a candle lighting ceremony. Dr. Satsuki Ina, psychologist
and filmmaker (Children of the Camps and From a Silk Cocoon) and
Jeff Adachi. AMC Kabuki Theatre, 1881 Post Street, Tickets: $20
(Door), $15 (Advance), group rates available for 10 or more, 415-370-1477 |
| Tue Feb 28 11 AM |
Gray
Panther Book Club meets at the office. Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond |
| Wed Mar 1 Noon |
Strengthen
the SF Living Wage Law: Non-profits contracting with the City
should pay living wages, and be funded to be able to do that.
Living wages for CalWORKS recipients in welfare-to-work programs
in public and private sector. Living wages for welfare workers.
Support the Ammiano & McGoldrick amendments to the Living
Wage Law. Rally at noon on City Hall steps, Hearing at 1 PM in
room 263. 415-513-5393. |
| Wed Mar 1 12:30 PM |
Gray Panthers Board meets at the office. All members invited. |
| Thurs Mar 2 1 PM |
Gray Panthers Newsletter Committee meets at the office. |
Sat Mar 4 1 PM |
Anti-War
Teach-in: The expanding US War Drive & the Forces Resisting
it. Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, and Latin America and the
anti-war movement's response. SF Women’s Building, 3543
18th St. (betw Valencia & Guerrero), ANSWER, 415-821-6545 |
| Tue Mar 7 11 AM |
Gray Panthers Civil Liberties Committee meets at the office. |
| Tue Mar 7 3 PM |
Hearing
on plan to enlarge the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment area
tenfold, to cover most of Bayview Hunters Point. All
of the City east of 101 and south of Caesar Chavez would be up
for grabs for housing for the rich, enforceable by eminent
domain if need be. The City lost a quarter of its black population
between 1990 and 2000, but that would be dwarfed by this new plan.
3 PM: demonstation on City Hall Steps, 4 PM: Hearing in Room 416.
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| Wed Mar 8 10 AM |
Gray Panthers War and Peace Committee meets at the office. |
| Sat Mar 11 3 PM |
"Californians
Can Afford Universal Health Care and Save Money," Health
Care for All meeting. The legislative assistant to State Sen.
Shiela Kuhl discusses companion bill to SB 840, which will outline
financial aspects of a single government-financed health plan
covering all Californians.
474 Valencia (at 16th St, use 16th St BART) |
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Tues Mar 14 1 PM |
Gray Panthers Health Committee meets at the office. |
| Sat Mar 18 11 AM |
Stop
the War, Stop All Occupations, Fund People's Needs! Day of
Action on the 3rd Anniversary of Iraq invasion. SF- Answer, 415-821-6545.
Assemble at SF Civic Center, at Grove &Larkin Streets (Civic
Center BART) |
Mon Mar 20 3-7 PM |
Access
SF / Cable Channel 29 presents a facility Open House for San Francisco
non- profits, non-profit professionals and board members. 1720
Market Street (at Valencia), 415-575-4947 |
| Tue Mar 21 12:30 PM |
SF Gray Panthers General Meeting, GP War/Peace Committee Presentation. 1187 Franklin, at Geary, Map |
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Mar 21 - Mar 28 noon |
A
week of actions and a hunger strike by immigrants and their allies
at the SF Federal Building, demanding the US Senate vote against
the xenophobic HR
3347, which criminalizes both immigrants and their supporters.
Rallies at noon, vigils and tent encampments around the clock.
The San Francisco Day Labor Program, Bay Area Immigrant Rights
Coalition (BAIRC), Deporten a la Migra, Mujeres Unidas y Activas,
and many other organizations. Contact Renee Saucedo 415-553-3404. |
| Wed Mar 22 11:30 AM |
Bake
Sale on City Hall Steps demanding money for a Community Living
Trust Fund to help support community-based long term care services,
now and into the future. San Francisco is expected to have 93,000
additional seniors and double the number of over-85 residents
in the future. Planning for Elders in the Central City, 415-703-0188. |
| Wed Mar 22 1 PM |
Gray
Panthers National Director Susan Murany will meet with Bay Area
Gray Panthers. North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901
Hearst Ave (at Martin Luther King Blvd., 2 blocks north of
University) |
| Thurs Mar 23 1 PM |
Gray Panthers Newsletter Committee meets at the office. |
| Sat Mar 25 7 PM |
Luis
Primo from the National Workers Union of Venezuela speaking. Hands
Off Venezuela-SF Bay Area. Location: ILWU Local 34 Hall, 4
Berry Street/Embarcadero (by SBC Park). 415-786-1680 |
Sat |
Gray Panthers Night at the Movies, American Dream, on the mid-1980's Hormel meat worker's strike. Award-winning documentary on daily struggles of striking workers and the behind-the-scenes conflicts among the union leaders. Here is a must-read article on the Hormell meatpackers' strike by a leader of the support committee. Call office for location, 415-552-8800 |
| Tue Mar 28 11 AM |
Gray
Panther Book Club meets at the office. Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond |
| Wed Mar 29 8 PM |
What's
Natural about Natural Disasters? Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods,
epidemic flu, chronic disease, etc. and framing the elements of
a community response based on mutual aid, cooperation, and a renewed
commitment to a public health infrastructure. Location: CounterPULSE,
1310
Mission (at 9th) 415-626-2060 |
| Tue April 4 11 AM |
Gray Panthers Civil Liberties Committee meets at the office. |
| Wed April 5 12:30 PM |
Gray Panthers Board meets at the office. All members invited. |
| Thurs April 6 1 PM |
Gray Panthers Newsletter Committee meets at the office. |
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Tues April 11 1 PM |
Gray Panthers Health Committee meets at the office. |
| Tue April 11 Time TBA |
Bayview
Hunters Point Sets April 11 deadline for PG&E Shutdown
By this time PG&E and San Francisco will have no more excuses
to continued operation of the 40 year old Hunters Point PG&E
Power Plant. Enough Stalling! Enough Environmental Racism. Contact
GreenAction at 415- 248-5010 ext. 102 for more info. |
| Wed April 12 10 AM |
Gray Panthers War and Peace Committee meets at the office. |
| Wed April 12 8 PM |
Black
Exodus/Black Eviction, Is today's Bayview- Hunters' Point
facing another round of racist relocation? Kevin Epps (Straight
Outta Hunters' Point), Alicia Schwartz (POWER) and Willie Ratcliff
(SF Bay View paper), Location: CounterPULSE, 1310
Mission (at 9th) 415-626-2060 |
| Tues April 18 12:30 PM |
SF Gray Panthers General Meeting, Topic to be announced. 1187 Franklin, at Geary, Map |
| Thurs April 20 1 PM |
Gray Panthers Newsletter Committee meets at the office. |
| Tue April 25 11 AM |
Gray Panther Book Club meets at the office. |
Sat |
Gray
Panthers Night at the Movies Title to be Announced Call office for location, 415-552-8800 |
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