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10:00 am Dubh Nation Steps Up for Down Syndrome
Dubh Nation Steps Up for Down Syndrome
Oct 9 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
We are fundraising for an incredible local resource, the Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area. The Step Up for Down Syndrome walk is a 1/8th mile lap around a flat track in a wheelchair accessible location. Folks can donate online or collect pledges in real life and bring them to the event. Please donate, share the link, join the team as a virtual Walker, solicit donations offline, and/or come to the event as a refistered participant on October 9th, and generally support this fundraiser! https://www.firstgiving.com/team/33224361510
11:00 am Help make A Community Quilt in Honor of Luis Góngora Pat! @ Alley Cat Bookstore
Help make A Community Quilt in Honor of Luis Góngora Pat! @ Alley Cat Bookstore
Oct 9 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
WHAT: A community quilt making event in honor of Luis Góngora Pat. The family of Luis in San Francisco and our coalition in collaboration with our community allies at Praxis, Paseo Artístico and Alley Cat Bookstore invite you to help make a quilt in honor of Luis. The finished quilt will be taken to his hometown of Teabo, Yucatán and delivered on November 2nd Day of the Dead to his wife, parents, and children. This is a family friendly and community event! HOW: Just show up and if you want … Continued
1:00 pm BBQ Benefit for Merced Hunger Strikers @ Mosswood Park
BBQ Benefit for Merced Hunger Strikers @ Mosswood Park
Oct 9 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
On Sunday, October 9th, join us at Mosswood Park near the ampitheater for a benefit BBQ and open discussion and update on the unfolding prison strike and how to support prison rebels in California. Organizers will discuss the September 9th strike, what has happened in the US and across the country, and talk about the situation in Merced county jails which joined the prison strike on the 9th giving a list of demands to the guards who proceeded to put the facilities on lock down. In response, the inmates went … Continued
5:45 pm Film Showing: Do Not Resist @ Rafael Film Center
Film Showing: Do Not Resist @ Rafael Film Center
Oct 9 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm
Many have been alarmed by the recent spectacle of law enforcement in full riot gear and armored vehicles moving through peaceful demonstrations. At first glance, it’s easy to suspect our police forces are preparing for war or terrorism instead of protecting and serving citizens exercising their civil rights. In Craig Atkinson’s disquieting documentary, such suspicions are reinforced as we learn that since 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security has given police departments $34 billion in grants to purchase equipment, while the Department of Defense has contributed additional billions in free … Continued
7:00 pm Film Screening: #OO (Occupy Oakland) @ Omni Commons
Film Screening: #OO (Occupy Oakland) @ Omni Commons
Oct 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
A message from Kevin Pina: Many of you are aware of my work in Haiti and the documentaries I produced about the struggle for justice by the Haitian people. While reviewing footage from the spectacle of violence created by the Oakland Police Department against Occupy Oakland protesters, I was often reminded of experiences in Haiti where I saw US Marines, and later UN military forces, draw their guns on those protesting against the 2004 coup. Many times a brutal Haitian police blatantly gunned people down in broad daylight in their … Continued