ECONOMICS AND HOUSING – The Bay Area crisis and beyond.

A talk with Phil Hutchings, Lifelong Human Rights Activist.

Refreshments servied. All ages welcome.

A series of 5 minute presentations of hackery and radical projects from the bay and beyond, followed by socializing and hacking!

American Friends Service Committee, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, and San Francisco Friends Meeting and suppporters observed the occasion with their weekly 12-1pm vigil rain or shine every Thursday at 450 Golden Gate, the Federal Building.

Why We Vigil

For five years we have stood on this corner every Thursday from noon to 1:00. We come because we believe that what our government is doing is wrong. The so-called war on terror is a disaster, doing more to stimulate the growth of terrorism around the world than to keep our country safe.

We believe justice is the way to a terror-free world. We urge the United States to devote our resources to things that help humanity. Rather than investing in armaments, destruction and death, this country should be working to see that nobody in the world is starving or without shelter, clothing, education and medical care.

We say: Stop the war
Stop the torture
Bring the troops home now
Defend civil liberties
PRACTICE NONVIOLENCE

We believe in the American dream. We believe that the only way to live the American dream is with nonviolence. Please join us to stand against all war and to pray for all victims of war.

Please stand with us.

We have stood on this corner every Thursday since October 2001. We come to say NO to war and to speak up for nonviolence. All in agreement are invited to vigil with us.

This vigil was started by two Quaker groups–American Friends Service Committee and San Francisco Friends Meeting. They have been joined by Buddhist Peace Fellowship and Episcopal Peace Fellowship. Participants come from a range of backgrounds. Some of us are silent, praying or meditating. Others do not keep silence and are happy to speak with you.

Please vigil with us every Thursday.

Contact information: American Friends Service Committee
65 Ninth St., San Francisco, CA 94103
415 565-0201
www.afsc.org/

Buddhist Peace Fellowship
P.O. Box 3470, Berkeley, CA 94703
www.bpf.org/

Episcopal Peace Fellowship
415 824-0288
http://www.episcopalpeacefellowship.org/

San Francisco Friends Meeting
65 Ninth St., San Francisco, CA 94103
415 431-7440
Welcome to San Francisco Friends Meeting

To contact the vigil:

Join us for Closing Night of Temescal Street Flicks 2017! Presented by Community Bank of the Bay, our series closes with three thought provoking and insightful short films that are relevant to our current times.

**Please Note: All filmmakers & a few film participants will be in attendance for a short Q&A immediately following the viewing of all short films. Please join us for this engaging & thoughtful discussion!**

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 – SHORTS NIGHT FINALE LINEUP INCLUDES:

FEATURED SHORT:
SIN PAIS (Without Country) by Theo Rigby. 19 min. With intimate access and striking imagery, Sin País (Without Country) is a short film about a family as they are fractured by deportation. Sin País begins two weeks before Sam and Elida’s scheduled deportation date. After a passionate fight to keep the family together, Sam and Elida are deported and take Dulce with them back to Guatemala. Sin País explores the complexities of the Mejia’s new reality of a separated family–parents without their children, and children without their parents.

Sin Pais Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFX2YiuDN0

SECOND FEATURED SHORT:
BEYOND RECOGNITION by Michelle Grace Steinberg. 24 min. After decades struggling to protect her ancestors’ burial places, now engulfed by San Francisco’s sprawl, a Native woman from a non-federally recognized Ohlone tribe and her allies occupy a sacred site to prevent its desecration. When this life-altering event fails to stop the development, they vow to follow a new path- to establish the first women-led urban Indigenous land trust. Beyond Recognition explores the quest to preserve one’s culture and homeland in a society bent on erasing them.

Beyond Recognition Trailer: https://vimeo.com/111030450

For more information, please visit: http://www.underexposedfilms.com/beyond-recognition.html

FINAL FEATURED SHORT:
WOMEN’S MARCH by Mischa Hedges. 30 min. WOMEN’S MARCH is a story about democracy, human rights, and what it means to stand up for your values in America today. On January 21, 2017, hundreds of thousands of women marched on Washington, DC. That same day, hundreds of sister marches took place across the country and around the world. On location in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, and Washington D.C., this short film explores several women’s motivation to march. For some people, it was their first time marching. For others, it was the continuation of a decades-long fight for human rights, dignity, and justice. For all, it was an opportunity to make their voices heard.
It grew into the largest one-day protest in American history.

Women’s March Trailer: http://womensmarchfilm.com/

Dinner opens at 5pm, Shorts begins at 7:30pm.
Food Booths include:
*Tamales La Oaxaquena
*The GrilledCheezeGuy
*No Worries Vegan Filipino Food
*Tara’s Organic Ice Cream

For more info & other show listings:
www.TemescalStreetFlicks.org

Marking 2 decades of front line action for the wild buffalo, the Buffalo Field Campaign 2017 Roadshow is coming to the Bay Area with a special 20th anniversary presentation. Co-founder Mike Mease brings engaging stories and films straight from the field, in the land of the buffalo, with music by Native American flutist Mignon Geli and special guests. This event benefits BFC.

The mission of BFC is to stop the harassment and slaughter of Yellowstone’s last wild buffalo herds; protect the natural habitat of wild, free-roaming buffalo and other native wildlife; and work with all people—especially Indigenous Nations—to honor and protect the sacredness of the wild buffalo.

Volunteers from around the world spend every day, sunrise to sunset, monitoring and documenting threats to the buffalo, running patrols on skis and snowshoes to defend buffalo in their traditional habitat. BFC is the only group working in the field, every day, to stop the slaughter and harassment of the last wild buffalo.

“We envision a world in which buffalo and all other native wildlife are allowed to exist for their own sake, are given priority on public lands, and herds are allowed to maintain self-regulating, sustainable populations.” says BFC. For more info: 510-548-3113; bach [at] headwaterspreserve.org

Sponsored by BFUU SJC, Earth First! and the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters

Wheelchair accessible.

For occasional email notices of peace/eco/social justice alerts and related events at BFUU, send any email to:
bfuusjev-subscribe [at] lists.riseup.net

JOIN QAL’BU MARYAM FOR A PRESENTATION on Immigrants rights/ Sanctuary facts/ Dealing with ICE
Miriam Noriega the speaker.

Join Qal’bu Maryam Women’s Mosque,  Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI),  VACEEB and the Alameda County Immigration Legal & Educational Partnership (ACILEP) for a presentation by Miriam Ortega.

Limited parking. The 65 Euclid stops a block away at Euclid and Le Conte.

For Banned Books Week (Sep. 24-30, 2017), the ACLU of Northern California is organizing a series of free events reflecting on the life and work of Fred Korematsu and the importance of speaking out against forces that would seek to silence and censor you.

Fred Korematsu defied the government’s WWII orders that Japanese Americans be forcibly relocated from their homes and incarcerated in camps. The ACLU-NC represented Korematsu in his battle for justice all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Today, the lessons of Fred Korematsu’s life are all the more important. Over the next week, Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi will hold a series of events for their new children’s book, Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, which tells the story of Fred Korematsu and the imprisonment of Japanese Americans, and links his fight against injustice to other groups who also spoke out against those who threatened their rights.

With politicians citing the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans as a precedent for a Muslim registry, Fred Korematsu’s story of defiance is particularly relevant for all people in America, especially youth, to understand.

To RSVP, click here.

For more information, email ACLU.AlamedaCounty@gmail.com.

Co-presented by the Alameda County Paul Robeson and Berkeley North East Bay ACLU of Northern California Chapters

To commemorate the September 30, 1991 coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide that killed thousands of people and filled Haiti’s prisons;
To honor beloved sister and friend of Haiti, Lori Nairne;
In solidarity with Haitians presently being incarcerated and killed as they rise up against the imposed regime of Jovenel Moise.

Haiti Action Committee presents a benefit for Haiti Emergency Relief Fund

Solitary Man: My Visit to Pelican Bay State Prison
Performed by Charlie Hinton and Fred Johnson
Written by Charlie Hinton
Music by Fred Johnson
Directed by Mark Kenward

Updates from Pelican Bay and from Haiti will follow the performance
with more music from Fred

In Solitary Man, Charlie travels to Crescent City to visit a lifer named Otis Washington, a 64 year old native of New York City, who’s been imprisoned since 1975 and at Pelican Bay since it opened in 1989. To quote Otis, “There are people who say they have no regrets in life, and if they had to do it all over again, they wouldn’t change a thing. Well, I’m just the opposite. Ignorance guided me to this present predicament. Over the decades I’ve worked hard to better myself and recover from my raggedy past.” In Solitary Man, Otis explains some of what he has learned and experienced.

About Fred and Charlie:

Fred is a formerly incarcerated person that has gone on to address the human rights issues of drug users and formerly incarcerated persons, as well as the wider community, guided by harm reduction principles. He has worked in a variety of settings, including policy analysis and syringe access programs throughout the US. He plays trumpet, mostly in the New York City area, and has recorded a CD History Speaking: A Tribute to My Mentors.

Charles grew up in Joplin, MO and spent 3 years in the Peace Corps in Bolivia. He attended the founding meeting of Bay Area Gay Liberation in 1975, and through BAGL, began his work around prison matters. He worked for 19 years at Inkworks Press, a collectively owned and managed printing company in Berkeley that closed its doors in 2015, leaving him “retired.” Besides writing and visiting prisoners, Charlie works with Haiti Action Committee, the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Committee to End Sleep Deprivation, and the Committee to Free DeWayne Ewing. Solitary Man is Charlie’s second theatrical endeavor, after his solo show Life Wish. He is the author of Life Wish: Essays, Letters, Songs, Solo Performance, Haiku written over time.

Can’t come to the regular meeting? We recommend our very good New Member Meeting next Sunday. https://t.co/VqLVSWjToy pic.twitter.com/yiqwxNebBn

— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) September 27, 2017

Welcome to all members and people who are just curious about DSA. Learn about upcoming events and learn how to plug in to new and ongoing projects.

Starting at our workshop tomorrow, the $495 USCIS #DACA application fee for renewals will be covered by a generous gift from Mission Asset Fund. All DACA applicants/recipients are encouraged to attend the information sessions, regardless of renewal status.
Please share widely.

To register for a workshop, please fill out the following form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9794DBgzk4GePPElv02yYPHcVnKlVRN6-vOPTzixSjYc03A/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please join us in a vigil for the as yet unnamed Black man who was killed by OPD on September 28 as a result of being tased. We offer our deep sympathy to his family and loved ones.

Please bring candles and flowers.

We are still trying to reach out to both his family and to witnesses of the events leading to his death. Please contact APTP either by direct message to our Facebook page or by email to aptpinfo at gmail.com

The first hearing before the Federal judge, Judge Orrick, who has taken over the case from retired Judge Henderson.

OPD, under Kirkpatrick, claim no command staff can be punished for Guap screwup b/c of statutory deadlines. Not the case, say Chanin/Burris pic.twitter.com/aX7ZgtBrJ8

— Ali Winston (@awinston) September 26, 2017

Sing songs with Ocupella and hold signs, use a sign created by Tax the Rich or create your own on the GOP-Trump tax plan.

SunShares Workshop:

Interested in going solar or buying an electric vehicle, but don’t know where to start?

SunShares is a renewable energy program that offers discounts, free workshops and helps Bay Area residents, including renters, learn more about their clean energy options.

Attend this free workshop to learn about the SunShares program, how solar works and how the financials of renewable energy benefit YOU! Solar and electric vehicle providers will be on hand to discuss their products and answer any questions you may have about going solar or buying/leasing an electric vehicle.

To sign up for this free workshop, please visit: www.bayareasunshares.org.

FROM THE ORGANIZER

Join Indivisible East Bay for beers/pizza/happy hour and, most importantly, text-banking to support the resistance!

We’ll be using a system created by our partner, Rapid Resist, to mobilize voters for local organizers’ events around the country. They’ve recruited for organizations like the Dolores Huerta Foundation, Indivisible Jacksonville, and Working America, and moved thousands to oppose the Trump administration’s agenda.

If you haven’t texted with Rapid Resist before, it is SO easy and SO effective. Come check it out!

WHAT DO YOU NEED?
– A mobile device with a good battery charge
– The “Hustle” P2P texting app (available via iTunes Store or Google Play)