Events
Events listed are not necessarily endorsed or organized by UFPJ. This calendar is maintained as a resource for the entire peace and justice movement. For further information about any event listed, please click on the event listing and contact the person and/or email address listed as the contact for the specific event.
When looking at events in a particular category, please note that states appear in alphabetical order according to their postal code, not their name. E.g. North Carolina is listed before New Jersey, because "NC" comes before "NJ.
berkeley, CaliforniaRSVP • Mission Accomplished: One Year Testimonies at the MRS
Wednesday, September 24th 2008 noon
CodePINK and our allies have prevailed!
Major protest operations at the MRS have been ended, one year since covert military recruiting operations were first uncovered in Berkeley!
Our coalition is now engaged in dis(as)sembling and deconstructing the U.S. military, making the world safe and secure!
Our city and our coalition are proud of these accomplishments!
Come to our One Year End Recruiting Commemoration Wednesday, Sept 24th noon at the MRS* to honor these courageous Peace Activists!
Share and hear testimonies from the front lines of our most memorable, meaningful, insightful actions, episodes, and occurrences over the past year.
For more information and to participate, just BE THERE or call 510-524-2776.
*The MRS is located at 64 Shattuck Square, Berkeley, on Shattuck Ave just south of University where Shattuck runs one-way and north - or two blocks north of the downtown BART.
Berkeley, CaliforniaRSVP • Code PINK Alert: Revolt or Revolve!
Wednesday, November 5th 2008
We are calling a CodePINK Alert today!
No matter who has 'won' this election yesterday, we need to step out to either revolt against the 3rd stealing of the election in 8 years, or to "change the direction" from Iraq to the USA, NOT Afghanistan.
So Call in Pink today and work this day for peace! Join us noon at the MRS to hopefully Change Direction!
Bring signs: "Foreclose on war, not homes"; "Out of Iraq, into the USA", "Bail out of Iraq". And bring signs that say "good-bye" in as many forms as possible, signs to paste on the MRS window.
Leeza is bottom-lining this action. PLEASE email her and let her know you will BE THERE, help organize, bring a sign, or???? leeza777 AT msn DOT com
Contact Dolores dancewd AT yahoo DOT com if you are willing to help with press and/or alerts.
And mark your calendars:
Nov 10th, World Can't Wait is planning a march and protest in Berkeley to the MRS; Nov 11th we are planning an "Honor Resisters" Veterans Day action at the MRS.
100th Anniversary of IWD International Women's Day Celebration, March & Pot Luck
Sunday, March 8th 2009 4:00pm
We are thrilled to invite you to our 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day Celebration, March & Pot Luck.
We will start this herstoric day with a March across the Golden Gate Bridge at noon; then we continue to Celebrate with a Potluck and Program.
For the march, gather 11:45a.m. in the north or south parking lots of the Golden Gate Bridge and then march to center of bridge.
The we continue 4:00pm at the Redwood Gardens. We celebrate all women and focus our presentations, music, culture by and about Afghan women, especially the women of RAWA. We honor their courageous work and stand in solidarity with RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) on this momentous day.
The program will include a film from Beijing Women's Conference and performances by Carrie Gerendasy, Shazam, Becky Lyman, Evelie and more.
We are also planning to launch our "30,000 Hot Pink Bikes - not Soldiers - to Afghanistan: a Woman-to-Woman, Girl-to-Girl" Endeavor on International Women's Day.
Please bring a dish, a story to share from your (great) grandmother’s kitchen
For more information, call 510-540-7007 or email infobayareacodepink.org
Greed, Games and Goodness: Michael Lewis in conversation with Dacher Keltner
Friday, October 23rd 2009 7:30 PM
Join us for a evening of lively conversation between Michael Lewis and Dacher Keltner. Known for his puckish humor and inimitable commentary, Lewis -- author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball and Home Game: an Accidental Guide to Fatherhood -- will talk with Keltner about the economic meltdown, sports, and parenthood. Director of the Greater Good Science Center and author of Born to be Good, Keltner’s contrasting viewpoint is inspired by his research on happiness, compassion and altruism. What a pair?
Big Splash! Sea Turtle Restoration Project's 20th Anniversary Bash
Saturday, November 14th 2009 7am
Come to the Sea Turtle Restoration Project’s benefit bash celebrating 20 years of successes protecting sea turtles! Since 1989 the Sea Turtle Restoration Project has ended the legal slaughter of 400,000 sea turtles in Mexico each year, as well as released over 300,000 hatchlings from the shores of Costa Rica. Come and celebrate with us! Get inspired by leading marine activists, dance to Blue Turtle Seduction [hear them at www.blueturtlemusic.com], enjoy food, libations and an exciting silent auction at the newly opened Brower Center.
Historic fearlessYOGA Teacher Training
Friday, April 2nd 2010
Historic fearlessYOGA Teacher Training (fYTT)| April 2 - 28, 2010
Residential Intensive Certification Program
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010 | Scholarships available
fearlessYOGA is the first and only yoga approach ever designed for activists, allies, and agents of social change and this is the first teacher training offered on fearlessYOGA.
fearlessYOGA is Yoga Built for Justice
"Developed and instructed in a social justice framework that relates how we engage on the mat to how we behave in the world, the practice is returned to its rightful place as a personal practice for inner-life development, liberated from the mainstream, thus ownable by agents of social change."
-- angel Kyodo williams, Founder, Center for Transformative Change
Unique highlights and perspectives of the fYTT curriculum:
* Technique: fearlessMeditation: practice of the body
* Teaching Methodology: Social Justice "From Oppression to Liberation" & "Paradigms of Freedom"
* Philosophy: Introduction to Sanskrit
* Teaching Methodology: "Language of Freedom" Communication
* Philosophy: "Returning to Source: Yoga Sutras of Patañjali Study"
* Anatomy & Physiology: "Every Body DIfferent Body: The Structure of Limits"
* Lifestyle: Eating & Wellness
fearlessYOGA has been developed as a yoga practice specifically oriented towards activists. The precise language and approach of the "Effort & Release" teaching framework directly corresponds with the seminal yogic text, the Yoga-Sutras. The method illuminates the habit-patterns of aggression and over-doing by introducing postures in incremental levels of engagement. Alternatively, it encourages activists to learn to "back off" of over-reaching in exchange for discovering one's own internal pace and alignment.
The fearlessYOGA Teacher Training is a certification program that empowers the student-practitioner with both certification as a fearlessYoga Teacher (C-fYT) while also meeting the minimum requirements to become a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level (RYT200).
We welcome you to live, learn, and transform here, while immersing yourself in a residential, yogic lifestyle. fYTT has been designed in ways that will cultivate your ability to thrive in your personal and professional life and graduate as a unique fearlessYoga teacher, with a well-developed connection to a deep source of inspiration—and the ability to guide others into theirs.
More information: http://transformativechange.org/fytt/
The fearless School of YOGA is a Yoga Alliance registered school. (RYS No. 48583. Newly registered.) http://www.yogaalliance.org/
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Center for Transformative Change
transformative programs & practices for agents of social change
2584 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
t: (510) 549-FREE (3733)
http://transformativechange.org
"...changing the WAY change is done..."
Center for Transformative Change is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging the inner and outer lives of social change agents, activists and allies to support a more effective, more sustainable social justice movement.
RSVP • Innovations in Social Justice: New Actions, New Hope
Thursday, August 26th 2010 6:30 PM
This forum will highlight the cutting edge social justice work of several leaders and organizations active in the
Bay Area and beyond. The evening will combine a series of short, inspiring talks about new approaches and
new actions in the local movement for social justice, time for Q&A, and time to connect with others working for
social justice locally. Panelists include Arnoldo Garcia of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Baybe Champ the Scraper Bike King, and Aimee Allison of the KPFA Morning Show. Attendees will be invited to share thoughts on ways to create forums for continued collaboration within the local social justice community.
Csta Mesa, CaliforniaProtest against Sarah Palin in Orange County, CA
Saturday, October 4th 2008 3:30pm
Protest against Sarah Palin as she attends a fundraiser in Orange County, CA.
Bring rally signs, posters and lots of friends.
Fresno, CaliforniaRSVP • Peace Vigil
4:30
Monthly Event
first Friday of each month
Peace Fresno monthly peace vigil
Milpitas, CaliforniaArt of Living Youth Programs Presents: Act It Out, Write It Down: Imagine-Nation Workshop
Sunday, May 2nd 2010
Art of Living Youth Programs Presents: Act It Out, Write It Down: Imagine-Nation Workshop
A secret code flashes onto your iphone screen.
"Yes? ....Ok, I'm on it."
Then you slip into the nearest empty elevator. You throw on your body suit, cape and mask before the elevator reaches the ground floor.
You dash outside, and fly off into the sky, toward the danger zone....
Are you a fan of Superman, Batman or the Incredibles?
Would you like to create stories with true-to-life good guys and bad guys?
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to play the hero or villain of your own story?
If Yes, then here's your chance to be in the limelight!
Bring some props and join our workshop, where you'll get to Act It Out and Create your Own Story!
Our workshop includes:
* an Act It Out warm-up game
* creative writing time
* time to read your stories out loud
* brain-boosting snacks
Please bring:
* a prop (hat, glasses, scarves, cape, etc.)
* a spiral-bound paper notebook/pencils & erasers
* your own bottle of water
* your enthusiasm & creativity
Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010
3:00-4:30pm
Register at: http://www.tinyurl.com/FreeWeekendWorkshops or http://www.meetup.com/Milpitas-EmpoweringTweensMeetup/
Location: Sobrato Community Center
600 Valley Way, Building #5
Milpitas, CA 95035
Oakland, CaliforniaFestival of Grassroots Economics
Saturday, September 26th 2009 10am
THE FESTIVAL OF GRASSROOTS ECONOMICS
Saturday, September 26 from 10-4pm
Humanist Hall, 390 27th St, Oakland, CA
Free to the public
Come join us at the first Festival of Grassroots Economics where together we will be celebrating and creating together a new economy for the people and the planet.
Worker cooperatives helping to support new cooperatives, tenants organizing to own housing collectively, people working to grow food in the city together, bicycle mechanics teaching neighborhoods kids, organizations doing renewable energy and greywater installations, people organizing to share resources through timebanks, and many more projects will be there. It is a kind of bottom-up trade fair to show what people working together can do to collectively meet each others' needs at the local level.
Panels will be discussing how to start a worker cooperative, financial and other support resources for the grassroots economy, urban food security, and building the alternative by creating synergies between the different aspects of the grassroots economy and environmental and social justice organizations.
It’s free to the public so bring your friends and family. Se habla espanol. Wheelchair accessible. For more info go to www.jasecon.org or contact heather@sfbace.org.
Co-op 101: An introduction to worker cooperatives. A brief survey of the organizational, legal and financial aspects. A must for those who are thinking of joining or forming a cooperative.
Kasper Koczab and Dave Karoly - Network of the Bay Area Worker Cooperatives
Resources for the Grassroots Economy: Financial and development resources to meet community economic needs. Panel of experts will discuss the means by which community projects can make use of resources.
Erin Kilmer-Neel One California Foundation
Jenny Kassan - Katovich Law
Ian Winter - North California Land Trust
Rhea Serna - Mission Asset Fund
Moderator - Janelle Orsi – Attorney and author of “The Sharing Solution”
Urban Food Security: Communities must take food back from global capital. How are we building just, sustainable, locally-based food systems that meet our communities’ needs and provide meaningful work?
Building the Alternative: The grassroots economy is a solution to the economic crisis and holds a vision of the world we want to create. How can we nurture a local economy that gives working folks power and control over the economy and their work lives, leveraging available resources? How can social and environmental justice work support the development of a new economic paradigm? How we can create more synergy and interdependence between grassroots economic projects? How can we build a just, sustainable economic alternative to scale?
Moderator/Facilitator: Gopal Dayenini -GAIA and Movement Generation
Panelists:
Ali Ar Rasheed - West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
Rhea Serna - Mission Asset Fund
Tom Wetzel – SF Community Land Trust
Heather Young – Bay Area Community Exchange
San Francisco, CaliforniaRSVP • March for Peace
Monday, May 21st 2007
A transcontinental March for Peace leaves from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 21, 2007 and arrives in Washington, D.C. at the end of the summer. The goal of the march is to urge the United States government to (1) end the military occupation of Iraq and (2) sign the Kyoto Protocol. To join the march, either from San Francisco or anywhere along the route, visit www.marchforpeace.info, click on "Get Involved," and fill out the contact form.
RSVP • “Thailand and the Philippines: Minorities and Political Stability”
Tuesday, April 1st 2008 6:00 PM
Beginning with a presentation of images on the lives of Muslim minorities in the Philippines and Thailand, our distinguished speakers will discuss the importance that Muslim and other minority groups have for the evolution of governance and political stability in the region.
Transforming Transportation for the 21st Century
Thursday, February 12th 2009 5:30 p.m.
Dan Sperling, Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies and Professor, Engineering and Environmental Policy at University of California, UC Davis; Board member, California Air Resources Board
In 2020, there will be over two billion cars on Earth. Researchers contend our planet cannot sustain itself if we continue to emit at the current levels. Transportation, as it exists today, is responsible for an enormous amount of our global carbon footprint. As oil grows scarcer, the battle over its control will circumvent the globe. We cannot afford to wait any longer to transform our transportation technology. Join energy expert, Dan Sperling, as he reveals what is at stake if we refuse to move quickly, and what opportunities exist if we act now.
Palestinian Struggles for Nationality in the Middle East
Thursday, February 19th 2009 12:00 p.m.
A panel of Palestinian voices and experts will share their outlooks on Palestine and its future
Palestinian Struggles for Nationality
Omar Dajani, Former Senior Legal Advisor, Palestine Liberation Organization's Negotiations Support Unit; Former Political Advisor, United Nations Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larson; Assistant Professor of Law, University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law
George Bisharat, Ph.D., Professor of Law, Expertise in Middle East Affairs (Legal and Political)
Jamal Dajani, Producer, Senior Director of Middle East Programming, Link TV; Commentator; Peabody Award Winner; Gaza Crisis Blogger, The Huffington Post
Jonathan Curiel, Journalist, San Francisco Chronicle; Author, Al' America: Travels Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots - Moderator
Additional panelists TBA
Will there ever be peace in the embattled Middle East? As the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians swells from the recent rocket attacks against Israel and Israel's offensive in Gaza, many questions have been raised about the future of the Palestinians. Where do they go from here? What actions are needed from the international community to help end this war? Amidst the violence and fleeing refugees, can a Palestinian state actually come to fruition? Even though Hamas has suffered casualties, have they won sympathy? A panel of Palestinian voices and experts will share their outlooks for the region.
Emergency Response $96 BILLION Phone-a-thon
Tuesday, May 19th 2009 noon
CodePINK et al will be conducting an Emergency Response "Phone-a-thon" in front of Diane Feinstein's office on Market @ Montgomery Tuesday, May 19th Noon.
The House of Representatives passed a $96 BILLION dollar War Supplemental on Thursday: this is additional funding (on top of what is already allocated) for the rest of the fiscal year, to escalate mostly the war against Afghanistan.
We have the opportunity to STOP this Supplemental! The Senate will consider passing this Supplemental early this week. They HAVE to hear from us!
We will provide a phone booth, CodePINK peace phone book, and suggested talking points for the TEN SECOND 800-517-5696 call!
It takes TEN SECONDS to call your legislator to tell them to VOTE NO on the Supplemental.
Bring your cell phones (if you can spare the minutes). Wear HOT PINK! Or just BE THERE!
RSVP • The International Museum of Women Presents: An Evening With Jessica Jackley of Kiva
Wednesday, May 27th 2009 6:00 pm
AN EVENING WITH JESSICA JACKLEY OF KIVA
Empowerment through Internet Entrepreneurship in a Changing Global Economy
The International Museum of Women invites you to an Extraordinary Voices, Extraordinary Change Speaker Series program with Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org, the world's first peer-to-peer online microlending website. She will appear in conversation with Kate Lauer, an engaging expert in international microfinance and policy reform.
MEMBERS-ONLY RECEPTION / 5:00 P.M.
GENERAL REGISTRATION / 5:30 P.M.
PROGRAM / 6:00 P.M.
RESERVE TICKETS BY May 21, 2009 @www.imow.org
Become a member at www.imow.org/support/membership
Resistance and Rebel Voices from ‘Down Under’
Sunday, December 13th 2009 1:00pm
Resistance and Rebel Voices from ‘Down Under’
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Lunch 12:15pm ($8.00 donation)
Meeting 1pm (free)
New Valencia Hall
625 Larkin St, Ste 202
San Francisco, CA 94109
Long-time activist and feminist poet Nellie Wong reports back on her recent five-week trip to Melbourne, Australia. Highlights of Wong’s eye-witness report include protests against war in Afghanistan, Iraq and Gaza, and Indigenous, immigrant, and feminist organizing and the exciting rebellious voices of poets and artists. The former, oppressive White Australia Policy that excluded people of color from the country’s shores informs the presentation.
Jointly sponsored by Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women. Everyone welcome. For more information or childcare, contact 415-864-1278 or bafsp@earthlink.net.
Persepolis II Persian Norouz Party in San Francisco
Saturday, March 20th 2010 10:00 PM
"SATURDAY MARCH 20TH"
djblutex, KAMI Productions, Didarevents, djshahin.com, ShabeJomeh and StarlightSF.
proudly present:
PERSEPOLIS II
San Francisco's Premier Persian New Year Gala
Saturday March 20th 2010
At one of San Francisco's most Elegant Venues
** BUTTERFLY **
Situated on a beautiful Waterfront over looking the San Francisco Bay on Pier 33.
Offering dramatic views of San Francisco's bay..
Sip on bottomless Bloody Marys or Mimosas while enjoying beautiful bay views at Butterfly Restaurant & Bar.
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Come dance to the best Persian Gherri, Bandari, Arabic and Sexy International house Music,
Featuring the very best SF International dj's
djblutex (radiojavan)
Dadmehr (didarevents)
$hahin (djshahin.com)
Along with a special Opening House music set by Guest Dj's
RJSpinher (SHUSH music, L.A.)
Ali Foomani (Daric Tone)
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Also with your host for the Evening KAMI and Industry friends from L.A.
Come dance and ring in the Persian New Year at San Francisco Premier Norooz Event
~~~~~~~~~~Limited tables available for this Event~~~~~~~~~~
-1 bottle table starts from 245$ which includes a 1 Liter bottle of your choice + 5 admission tickets.
-2 bottle table includes TWO 1 Liter bottle of your choice + 10 admission tickets
- groups larger than 10 people can also be accommodated, please contact us for more info and group discount.
For Table and Bottle Service and more info Call or text:
818-943-0375
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Event to Sell Out !!!
Presale Tickets Highly Recommended,
Get your Discounted Presale Tickets which guarantees entry.
Buy fast online & secure through Radiojavan:
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-Dress to Impress
*******EVERYONE FREE BEFORE 10:30PM*******
Norooz 1389 Sponsors:
Radiojavan.com - Iranian.com - NimaTv - ShabeJomeh(SF) - Apadana TV -Jasmine Market
Revolution - What’s a Party got to do with it? - Public Discussion Group - in Berkeley
Tuesday, May 18th 2010 5:30pm
This discussion group will look at the role of a working-class political party in the struggles for a just society and an end to capitalist war and oppression. The study sessions take place on Tuesdays, May 18 and June 1, at 5:30pm in Room 374-A, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley, and at 7pm at New Valencia Hall, 625 Larkin Street #202, San Francisco (near Civic Center BART/Muni). Wheelchair accessible. Everyone welcome. Hosted by Freedom Socialist Party. For more information, contact 415-864-1278 or bafsp@earthlink.net.
Art as Propaganda: A Revolutionary Workshop Series
Saturday, May 22nd 2010 2:00pm
Saturday, May 22, 2:00-4:00pm
Merle Woo and Nellie Wong, activist poets will lead the workshop on rebellion and writing from a multi-racial, queer, and class-conscious perspective. Discussion will be followed by poetry-writing exercises, with a group project to be announced.
The workshop fee is $10-20 per session, no one turned away for lack of funds and will be held at New Valencia Hall, 625 Larkin Street, Ste. 202, San Francisco, CA 94109. (Five blocks from the Civic Center BART station, and on the #19 and #31 bus lines).
For more information, call 415-864-1278 or email baradicalwomen@earthlink.net.
www.radicalwomen.org
San Geronimo, CaliforniaRSVP • Walking Tour to View Salmon Migration and Spawning on Lagunitas Creek
10 am & 1 pm
Weekly Event
Every Saturday and Sunday
SPAWN, the Salmon Protection and Watershed Newtwork, sponsors Naturalist led creekwalks to see the endangered coho salmon during their spawning season. The tour entails carpooling and walking only short distances to view the arrival of the salmon on the spawning grounds on Lagunitas Creek in Marin County. Appropriate for adults and supervised children.
Two Tours Daily starting at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays You must preregister at spawnUSA.org, or call 415-663-8590
san jose, CaliforniaSeven Wonders of the World Dance Concert:
Sunday, February 14th 2010
Seven Wonders of the World Dance Concert:
Sunday February 14th, 2010
4PM - 7PM
CET Auditorium, 701 Vine Street
California 95110
Ticket Prices: $20, $35 and $50
(Children under 5 are free)
Funds raised from this event would support the Care For Children program.
Care for Children is a program of the Art of Living Foundation, that partners with rural and tribal areas primarily in India and other underdeveloped countries, to establish schools and other educational infrastructure. The program uniquely adds yoga and meditation to the primary educational program, and combines it with meals, transportation, clothing and healthcare, in order to meet all of the needs of the child.
http://www.careforchildren.org/events/ballet/index.html
Info on the tickets
Tickets can also be purchased online at the site given below:
http://secure.artofliving.org/event_details.aspx?event_id=4533
Contact info
Meenakshi Srinivasan
meenavj@hotmail.com
408-446-9002
Santa Barbara, CaliforniaBAIL OUT THE PEOPLE NOT THE BANKS
5 PM
Multi-Day Event
We are holding these rallies on Friday at 5pm at the main branch of the U.S. Post Office and Saturday at high noon in front of the Federal Bankruptcy Court at the corner of State and Sola Streets Santa Barbara
Come join your fellow Santa Barbara residents for our own
“BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE NOT THE BANKS”
RALLY
In solidarity with United for Peace & Justice’s
“MARCH ON WALL STREET”
The time is now for the movements for peace and social and economic justice to do what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. advocated on April 4. 1967: break the silence about the deeper ills in our country that hold us back from a more just and peaceful world. Now is the time to step up and demand that our tax dollars be used to rebuild our communities and help, not hinder working people in their struggle for jobs, health care, housing, education, and a better future.
LET’S STAND BEHIND OUR PRESIDENT, WHO IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY GOLDMAN SAKS AND WALL STREET & SUPPORT HIM IN HIS EFFORT TO BAIL OUT MAIN STREET.
Friday, April 3rd, we ask that you gather with us at the U.S. Post Office (Federal building) at 836 Anacapa Street at 5pm with your signs and high spirits to demonstrate for President Obama’s Plan to Bail Out The Working People of our Nation!
Saturday, April, 4th, join your fellow outraged community activists at the Federal Bankruptcy Courthouse on the corner of State and Sola Streets at high noon for a BAN BANK BAILOUTS BASH. Bring signs and spirit to show our government that instead of bailing out bankers and greedy investors, we want our tax dollars spent on NEW NATIONAL PRIORITIES rooted in MLK’s vision of a world without poverty, inequality, or war.
Contact: Lane Anderson at 564-2698 or andersonlane47@gmail.com
Santa Clara, CaliforniaMind Body Wellness Series
Sunday, September 27th 2009 3:30 p.m
Yoga is the union of body, mind and spirit. It brings harmony in these elements to help reduce stress.
You are invited to the special session on Yoga as part of the Mind Body Wellness series.
Please note this session is open for people with any or no experience of yoga.
Session contents:
1. Simple, yet powerful yoga postures.
2. Rejuvenating breathing techniques.
3. Experience Guided Meditation.
4. Take Home practices.
How can I benefit:
1. Improves flexibility and health.
2. Relaxes the Mind
3. Reduce Stress
4. Enhance focus and concentration.
When : Sep 27th, 3:30pm - 5pm
Where : Art of Living Foundation Center, 2370A Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95051 . Directions.
Admission: FREE (Please RSVP as limited seating is available.)
RSVP here: http://secure.artofliving.org/event_details.aspx?event_id=3969
Contact : Geeta@ 408-823-7546 or email santaclara@us.artofliving.org or kgeetakalyani@gmail.com
Check out the video-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR0D6Ill6Qo
Sunnyvale, California"Race to Educate", a Care for Children fundraiser
Sunday, May 2nd 2010
"Learning about our breath is very important. Our breath has a great lesson to teach us, which we have forgotten, for every rhythm in the mind, there is a corresponding rhythm in the breath, for every rhythm in the breath there is a corresponding emotion. So, when you cannot handle your mind directly, through breath you can handle the mind. " - H.H Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Join us in the "Race to Educate", a Care for Children fundraiser that includes mentored training runs with world-class coaches followed by guided Yoga sessions from experienced Yoga teachers to run injury-free - all this absolutely free!
This fundraiser will provide free education, food, medical needs, clothes and transportation to disadvantaged children from tribal, rural and urban regions in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Africa through Care for Children - a service program of the Art of Living Foundation.
Join our program and meet your 2010 fitness goal:
http://www.careforchildren.org/cfcrace2010
Training:
Location: Baylands Park, Sunnyvale, CA.
Join in on the training on Saturday and Wednesday.
Saturday runs begin at 7:45am followed by yoga.
Wednesday runs begin at 5:45PM followed by yoga.
Race day: May 2nd 2010, at 9am
Contact: 408.799.9862 or 408.216.7511
Email: cfcrace2010@careforchildren.org
Come join us in the Race to EDUCATE!!!
"Race to Educate", a Care for Children fundraiser
Sunday, May 2nd 2010
"Learning about our breath is very important. Our breath has a great lesson to teach us, which we have forgotten, for every rhythm in the mind, there is a corresponding rhythm in the breath, for every rhythm in the breath there is a corresponding emotion. So, when you cannot handle your mind directly, through breath you can handle the mind. " - H.H Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Join us in the "Race to Educate", a Care for Children fundraiser that includes mentored training runs with world-class coaches followed by guided Yoga sessions from experienced Yoga teachers to run injury-free - all this absolutely free!
This fundraiser will provide free education, food, medical needs, clothes and transportation to disadvantaged children from tribal, rural and urban regions in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Africa through Care for Children - a service program of the Art of Living Foundation.
Join our program and meet your 2010 fitness goal:
http://www.careforchildren.org/cfcrace2010
Training:
Location: Baylands Park, Sunnyvale, CA.
Join in on the training on Saturday and Wednesday.
Saturday runs begin at 7:45am followed by yoga.
Wednesday runs begin at 5:45PM followed by yoga.
Race day: May 2nd 2010, at 9am
Contact: 408.799.9862 or 408.216.7511
Email: cfcrace2010@careforchildren.org
Come join us in the Race to EDUCATE!!!
Walnut Creek, CaliforniaRSVP • Screening of Dead Man Walking
Wednesday, March 25th 2009 7:00 PM
Join us for a special screening of this Academy Award winning film based on the book of the same name written by Sister Helen Prejean. (Sister Helen will be speaking at the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church on March 30). A fictionalization of her real life experiences counseling inmates of death row, this film tells the story of the relationship that develops between a convicted murderer and the nun sent to help him with his final appeal before execution. As Sister Helen gently but relentlessly holds the mirror up to convicted murderer Matthew Poncelet, over time he comes to realize his own humanity, while she struggles to find a common ground between the rights of the victim and the rights of the accused. Susan Sarandon won Best Actress for her portrayal of Sister Helen, and nominations were given to Sean Penn (for Best Actor as Poncelet) and to director Tim Robbins.
Free (donations accepted) and accessible; free popcorn!
RSVP • starve war-feed peace
11 a.m.
Weekly Event
Street corner demonstration outside Rossmoor. Signs provided. 3-4 p.m. every Friday during standard time, 3:30-4:30 during daylight savings time.
Everyone welcome.
The big suburban march/rally from Walnut Creek BART to Civic Park through downtown Walnut Creek. Lots of music and speeches at the park.
Cheshire, ConnecticutPeace Rally feat. Flobots and Immortal Technique
Saturday, June 5th 2010 5 PM
Event will be raising money to help fund the building of an orphanage in rural Pakistan. Students from "enough" will be personally overseeing its construction this Summer.
The event will start with a brief introduction from various peace groups and will then be followed by performances by the Flobots and Immortal Technique.
Hartford, ConnecticutHiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance
Wednesday, August 6th 2008 5:30pm
Annually on August 6th
Pot Luck Picnic at Riverside Park begins at 5pm on the banks of the beautiful Connecticut River,
Program begins at 7pm with Music, Speakers and ends with Candle-Lighting Ceremony at 8pm in honor of all those lives lost and destroyed by the only nuclear bomb ever used by any nation in any war.
Torrington, ConnecticutPeaceful Community Workshop for Children Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, January 19th 2009 10:00 am
Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
with stories, music and art projects for
children 7-11 years. Certified Nonviolence
and Montessori Educators will lead the program.
Washington, District of ColumbiaRSVP • 2008 Campus Progress National Conference
Tuesday, July 8th 2008 8:00am
**John Edwards, Ryan Gosling, Keith Ellison, M-1 and Ted Leo are featured speakers!!** The Campus Progress National Conference is a unique opportunity to meet and network with other politically engaged young people. Panels will include climate change, civil rights, LGBT activism and more!
Boise, Idaho7th Years of War
Friday, March 19th 2010 5:00 pm
Rush hour street protest to mark 7 years of war in Iraq.
Northampton, MassachusettsRSVP • Weekly Vigil to Stop the War
11:00 AM
Weekly Event
Every Saturday, 11:00 AM-12:00 noon
Weekly vigil every Saturday 11-12 in front of the courthouse, Main St. (between King & Gothic, Northampton, MA
Salem, MassachusettsRSVP • The Sacred Run
Tuesday, September 7th 2010 7:00
First Tuesday of the Month
COME SEE AND DISCUSS
THE SACRED RUN
the lotus and the feather
First Nation people from North America and Japan were joined by volunteers from 13 countries on a ceremonial run finishing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
TUESDAY, 7:00 PM
ST. JAMES CONFERENCE ROOM
PARKING LOT
CORNER OF BRIDGE & FLINT STS.
SALEM, MA
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (978)740-9917
East Lansing, MichiganYes We Can! Yes We Care! Stand for Peace in Iraq & Afghanistan
Thursday, March 19th 2009 4:30 pm
YES WE CAN! YES WE CARE!
STAND FOR PEACE - VOICE YOUR OBJECTION TO MILITARY FORCE
Thursday, March 19th, 4:30 – 6:00 PM
On the median of Grand River Avenue at Abbot Road in East Lansing
Bring your family, your friends, your neighbors.
Demand an end to six long years of war in Iraq.
Call for diplomacy, not military buildup in Afghanistan.
Join the Peace Rally at Grand River Avenue & Abbot Road in East Lansing on Thursday March 19th, 4:30-6:00 pm ~
Protest SIX long years of the War on Iraq & protest the current military build-up in Afghanistan.
Bring a sign or use one of ours - invite your family, your neighbors and your friends - and dress for March weather.
Lansing, MichiganRemember Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Noon Hour Peace Vigil - Never Again
Friday, August 10th 2007 12:00 pm
Gather in front of the Michigan Capitol Building to remember and mourn the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the horrors of nuclear bombs. Never again.
Tax Day Picket: Diplomacy & Human Needs, Not War
Wednesday, April 15th 2009 6:00 pm
Tax Day Informational Picket Outside the Main Lansing area Post Office (on Collins Road).
On the evening of Tax Day (Wednesday, April 15, 2009, between 6 and 8:30 pm), people from the Lansing area will picket outside the Collins Road Post Office, with information on how our federal income tax dollars are spent.
Especially in this time of economic crisis, we ask for a federal budget that funds education, health care, and diplomacy rather than warfare.
The Collins Road Post Office is the main Lansing post office, located just north of Jolly Road.
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What: Lansing Tax Day Priorities Informational Picket: Where do our federal income taxes go? Bring a sign or use one of ours.
When: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, from 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Where: Collins Road Post Office – in Lansing near Jolly Road
Who: Greater Lansing Network Against War & Injustice: http://www.glnawi.org and other local advocates for peace, equality, and social justice.
Truth or Consequences, New MexicoRSVP • Peace Gathering
11:00
Weekly Event
Every Thursday
We gather for Peace every Thursday from 11 - 12. We provide signs or bring your own. Everyone is welcome.
Brooklyn, New YorkRSVP • Bay Ridge Interfaith Peace Coalilton Fundraiser
Thursday, December 11th 2008 7:30 PM
Fundraiser to hold an event on depleted uranium next year.
Hudson, New YorkRSVP • Peace Vigil
2 pm
Weekly Event
Every Saturday
Weekly peace vigil gathers at 2 p.m. at the 7th st. park, until the madness stops.
Manhattan, New YorkPublic Witness & Prayer Service to End Torture
Friday, June 26th 2009 2.30
Mark the U.N. International Day for the Survivors and Victims of Torture with a public witness at Union Square followed by a procession to the Friends Meeting House for an Interfaith Service of Prayer. At our public witness, we will be collecting signatures on petitions calling for a Commission of Inquiry.
Please bring signs (e.g., “Say No to Torture. Truth Commission Now.”)
Participate in the Interfaith Service of Prayer. Join in prayer with a diverse group of people who are one in their desire to see an end to torture and one in their desire for the truth to be known.
New York, New YorkRSVP • 2007 Solidarity Tour: Voices of Iraqi Workers
Monday, June 18th 2007 6:30 p.m.
What are the conditions for Iraqi working people and their families? Who should control Iraq's oil? What will happen if the occupation continues? If it ends? Is a peaceful, stable, non-sectarian Iraq possible?
Faleh Abood Umara and Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein will be talking about these topics...
Faleh Abood Umara is General Secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions. His union has been leading the struggle to prevent the take over of Iraq's oil by multinational corporations.
Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein is President of the Iraqi Electrical Utility Workers Union, and is the first woman to lead a national union in Iraq.
Come hear what they have to say!
RSVP • "Gathering of the Hearts" FESTIVAL
Sunday, July 29th 2007 12:00 pm
Join Cindy Sheehan and the "Journey for Humanity" at the "Gathering of the Hearts" Festival
RSVP • Phone-A-Thon
Friday, August 15th 2008 noon
Phone-A-Thon Brooklyn Borough Hall, Court and Montague Streets near the fountain. (We are easy to spot.) Help flood the home office phone lines of our Representatives as we ask passersby to call on the spot using our cell phones. This week we will concentrate on the despicable H. Con. Res. 362. No phone? No problem. Give out flyers and discuss the issues. Help empower people to raise their voices.
RSVP • Phone-A-Thon
Friday, September 12th 2008 noon
Please join us for a Phone-A-Thon. We'll ask passersby to call their Representatives about the despicable H. Con. Res. 362,and we'll have voter registration forms for the folks who need them. No cell phone? No problem. Give out flyers and talk to people. Help set our country on a course for peace, one conversation at a time.
RSVP • NO $$ FOR WAR PHONE-A-THON
Friday, September 19th 2008
Senators Dodd, Shelby, Brownback, Coleman and Kyle are trying to attach amendments to the Defense Authorization Bill that will clear the way for war with Iran. Join us as we ask passersby to call their senators and tell them to vote no one these amendments.
RSVP • Phone-A-Thon
Wednesday, October 1st 2008 noon
Help flood the phone lines to our elected representatives as we ask passersby to call Congress on the spot using our cell phones. No phone? No problem. Give out flyers and discuss the issues. Help empower people to raise their voices. (If we must cancel because of bad weather we'll post a notice by 10:30 AM at www.granypeacebrigade.org.
RSVP • Phone-A-Thon
Friday, October 10th 2008 noon
SEIZE THIS MOMENT Folks know that the fear mongers have struck again and they are angry. Now is the time to be in the streets encouraging people to channel their anger by calling Congress on the spot using our cell phones. We demand that Congress reinstate the provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. No phone? No problem. Give out flyers and discuss the issues.
Support the Granny 7 at their court appearance.
Tuesday, April 14th 2009 9:30AM
The Granny 7 will be appearing in Midtown North Precinct and Community Court. Please be on hand to show support for our sisters: SUMMONS - DESK APPEARANCE IN CRIMINAL COURT
NEW YORK CITY, New YorkRSVP • Afghanistan: Why the U.S. Occupation will Fail
Thursday, September 11th 2008 7:00
CHRISTIAN PARENTI:
"AFGHANISTAN: HOW AND WHY THE U.S OCCUPATION WILL FAIL"
PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION/Q&A
NY, New YorkNPT PrepCom
Friday, May 15th 2009
www.npt-tv.net is a website, that reports on the current state of the NPT Preparatory Committee. This year the PrepCom achieved great steps foreward. We post daily interviews with diplomates and NGOs.
NYC, New YorkLong Island Peace Trains to April 4 NYC March
Saturday, April 4th 2009
JOIN THE LONG ISLAND PEACE TRAINS
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Wall Street March and Rally: (Groups listed for organizational purposes. All welcome on any train)
HUNTINGTON LIRR STATION - CODEPINK
Leaves Huntington @ 10:03 a.m.
Arrives Penn Station @ 11:09 a.m.
Please arrive at Huntington Station by 9:45 am
and purchase Round Trip to Penn and 2 trip Metro Card
Board the train at the last car.
Women's Contingent @ Franklin Street and Lafayette.
RSVP AND FOR MORE INFO: Charlotte Koons ajustpeace@optonline.net / 631-261-8590
STONY BROOK LIRR STATION – LABOR CONTINGENT / United University Professions (UUP) / Graduate Students Employee Union (GSEU)
Leaves Stony Brook @ 8:51 am.
Arrive at Penn Station at 10:39 am.
Meet at the LIRR lot on the Stony Brook campus opposite the softball and track fields and then crossover to the Stony Brook train station together.
Labor contingent @ Leonard Street.
Discounted tickets available (must have a group of 30) at this stop. To see if discount is available and for more info, contact: Nancy Gaugler labornan@yahoo.com or call Kevin at 607-857-5677
RONKONKOMA LIRR STATION – SUFFOLK PEACE NETWORK
Leaves Ronkonkoma @ 9:40 a.m.
Arrives Penn Station @ 10:59 a.m.
Please arrive at Ronkonkoma Station by 9:20 a.m.
And purchase Round Trip to Penn and 2 trip Metro Card
Board the train at the last car.
RSVP AND FOR MORE INFO: Karen rksrc@optonline.net 631-875-8647
CLEVELAND, OhioRSVP • CLEVELAND PEACE SHOW
Monday, September 3rd 2007 12:00PM
AFSC EYES WIDE OPEN EXHIBIT, 2ND ANNUAL PEACE PLANE LAUNCH, AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CLEVELAND AIR SHOW WITH A KIDS' STAGE, COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES, BLOODMOBILE, MUSIC AND TONS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
Tulsa, OklahomaMid-Town Pro-Peace Rally
12 p.m.
Weekly Event
Every Saturday
Bring signs to the corner of 41st and Yale
Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Out of Iraq Now!
Sunday, March 18th 2007 2pm
Community vigil for peace.
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Brandyine Peace Community Monthly Potluck Supper*/Program: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the "Catonsville 9" & Continuing Resistance to War
Sunday, May 11th 2008 4:30PM
In an act of civil disobedience to the war in Vietnam, on May 17, 1968, nine people, including Rev.(s) Daniel and Philip Berrigan, removed hundreds of draft files from a Draft Board in Catonsville, MD, and destroyed them with home-made napalm. A new ethic of
nonviolent resistance to war began.
Not In Our Name: Exposing Bush's Crimes Against Humanity
Saturday, October 18th 2008 11:00 AM
On October 18, plan to spend an educational and enlightening day,
while enjoying the fall weather . . .
In Malcolm X park (52nd and Pine), from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, more than
35 local and National organizations are coming together to say goodbye
and good riddance to Bush/Cheney. Each organization will have an area
in which to either expose and discuss the crimes of Bush/Cheney or
make a case for the need for an 11th hour impeachment.
You will learn of how you can make a difference even at this late date.
To this, add food, music, and rousing speeches. The place to be on
October 18 is Malcolm X park for "Not in Our Name".
For more information email
ProgressiveDemocracySoJersey@gmail.com
Springfield, Delaware County, PennsylvaniaPeace Center of Delaware County Just-Reel Free Movie Series to Show "Fat Man & Little Boy", marking anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Friday, August 7th 2009 7:00 P.M.
August 7, 7p.m., Peace Center of Delaware County Just-Reel Free Movie Series to Show "Fat Man & Little Boy", marking anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
First Fridays, 7 p.m., at the Peace Center of Delaware County/Springfield Friends Meetinghouse, 1001 Old Sproul Road, Springfield, Delaware County, with light refreshments and after-film discussion. Co-sponsored by the Brandywine Peace Community. For more information or directions, www.delcopeacecenter.org, or call 610.544.1818
Friday, August 7 - Fat Man & Little Boy (1989) 127 minutes
Directed by Roland Joffee ("The Killing Fields", "The Mission")
Starring Paul Newman as General Leslie R. Groves and Dwight Schultz as J. Robert Oppenheimer with John Cusak, Laura Dern and Natasshia Richardson.
Rated PG-13
As the world remembers the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 and 9, 1945, come to the Peace Center of Delaware County on August 7 to see where and how it all began.
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that one way or another." - J.Robert Oppenheimer, witnessing the first test of an atomic bomb, code-named "Trinity", July 16, 1944.
Three weeks later, on August 6 and 9, 1945, the world's first atomic bombs were dropped by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was nicknamed "Little Boy", the bomb dropped on Nagasaki was nicknamed "Fat Man" for Winston Churchill.
"FAT MAN & LITTLE BOY" dramatically and with precise historical detail tells the story of the Manhattan Project, which developed and built the world's first atomic bombs. In thematic narrative, the film introduces us to the project and people which developed the horror of nuclear weapons, from the inception of the Manhattan Project to the "Trinity" test blast. We are left to imagine at film's end the horror of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and the world of threatened nuclear annihilation in which we still live.
Accompanying the film at the Peace Center of Delaware County will be a large pictorial display from Japan of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, their after-effects, and the continuing threat posed by nuclear weaponry.
(Portland, Olympia and Seattle), WashingtonAfrica Needs Free Justice. Fifth Annual A World Beyond Capitalism Conference
Multi-Day Event
Every day until August 20th, 2010
Africa Needs Free Justice (ANFJ) Mobile Event & Intentional Community. July 20 through August 20 (Portland, Olympia and Seattle). Organized by the Fifth Annual A World Beyond Capitalism Conference Organizers. A Mobile Event & Intentional Community created for the Design, Collaboration & Implementation of Multicultural Social Justice Projects & Groups. A Training Grounds & Theory-Meets-Action Camp for Social Justice Organizers & Those Who Desire To Become Social Justice Organizers. You Provide the Dream. We Provide the Tools & Community to Help Make Those Dreams Come True. The Schedule at ANFJ 2010 basically has 7 different elements: (1) Indigenous Welcoming Activity & Activities for Introduction to One Another. (2) Your Customized Symposium Schedule. You Choose From Over 500 topics. (3) Your Customized Start-to-Finish Project Schedule. (4) Mobilizing to Visit Marginalized Communities. (5) Organizing a free, public conference within our conference. (6) Recreational activities such as Sailing, Multicultural Music & Theater (7) Indigenous Closing Activity & Last Night's Celebration Party. We'll travel & live in intentional communities in Portland, Olympia, & Seattle. No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds. Love, ANFJ - www.AfricaNeedsFreeJustice.org
Waupaca, Wisconsin CanadaRSVP • Vigil for peace
Friday, March 20th 2009 5 pm
Waupaca: ::: Monthly vigil for peace. Downtown, on the town square. 3rd Friday of each month, in support of the Iraq Moratorium., 5-6 p.m. All welcome. For more information, contact People for Peace at bonni@waupacaonline.net or see http://wpfpmeetings.blogspot.com/
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Tuesday, July 24th 2007
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration
Sunday, August 5th 2007 3:43 pm
It involves many members of the peace community, and includes a proclamation by the mayor, music, poetry, reading of names of the dead from the current war in Iraq (both military and civilian), and keynote speaker Col. Ann Wright.
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration
Sunday, August 5th 2007 3:43 pm
It involves many members of the peace community, and includes a proclamation by the mayor, music, poetry, reading of names of the dead from the current war in Iraq (both military and civilian), and keynote speaker Col. Ann Wright.
New York, New York The First Amendment is NOT a legend
Friday, July 27th 2007 6:30 pm
We are gathering before Critical Mass on the 27th in the visionary,
radical spirit of the First Amendment.
Ashland, Oregon Ashland Oregon 22nd Annual Hiroshima-Nagsaki Vigil
Aug. 6, 8 am
Multi-Day Event
On August 6 is the ceremony and day long vigil on Ashland Plaza. August 7 and 8 there will be speakers, films and discussions followed by another day long vigil and twilight closing ceremony August 9 on Ashland Plaza.
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