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30 10:30a Parade & Celebration: CESAR CHAVEZ PARADE & FESTIVAL A.N.S.W.E.R. contingent meeting at 1st and Market In his lifetime, Cesar Chavez founded and led the first successful farm workers' union in U.S. history, representing Latino and Filipino workers. On the tenth anniversary of Chavez's death, come out to celebrate his legacy of struggling for peace and social justice. Join the A.N.S.W.E.R. contingent to say NO TO WAR! For more information or to get involved, call A.N.S.W.E.R. at 415-821-6545 or email answer@actionsf.org. San Francisco 12-5p Training: Anti-Racism Workshops for White Anti-War Activists Confronting Racism, Challenging Privilege, Building Movements a workshop on movement building and challenging white supremacy in the anti-war struggle. ingrid@riseup.net 510 282 5625 3515 Tolman at UC Berkeley Berkeley 1-5p Training: Jail Solidarity This training involves an in-depth explanation of strategies and practices of Legal Solidarity. Interactive role- plays let participants experience using non-cooperation tactics to bargain for fair treatment. We analyze decision-making in Solidarity and how to adjust tactics to be most effective in a given scenario. We focus on Court Solidarity as well as Jail Solidarity, stressing the different strengths and weaknesses of these strategies and how (and when) to transition from Jail to Court. Time: 4-5 hours CAN Office 1605 Ashby Ave @ California Berkeley 3-~4:45p Demonstration: Peace Walk Around Lake Merritt LMNOP The walk takes about an hour and a half. Come join us for the whole lap or meet us along the way. Colonnade Oakland 7p Candlelight Vigil: Candelight Vigil at the Colonnade LMNOP A quiet vigil to honor those who are dying in Iraq (as well as to show our opposition to this horrible war, of course). They will not have organized singing, but we will have Stephen Kelly playing his flute in the background throughout. Also want to have Webb Mealy's "light show" projections of anti-war slogans and images of Iraqi citizens cast onto the top wall of the colonnade, to make it abundantly clear to passing motorists why we are out there. Bring your own candles, and paper cups or something to protect them from the wind, if you can. We will have some extras for those who can't. And please please spread the word. Lake Merritt Oakland 7p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	31 All Day Demonstration: Waves of Collateral Damage Action DRESS IN BLACK What: Waves of Collateral Damage Wander through downtown San Francisco. Time (3 shifts): 7am - 9:30am, 11:45am - 2:15pm, 4:45 - 7:00 Mood: somber, profound, silent, peaceful. Goal: To continue bringing reality to the streets of San Francisco making sure folks don’t forget what is going on in Iraq as they go about their daily routine in SF. This is meant to be a non- arrestible activity but there are not guarantees on the streets of San Francisco. Details: We will have people dressed in black gather at Justin Herman Plaza at the beginning of the times stated above. They will be given a placard to wear (back and front) and white powder on their face. The placard will say COLLATERAL DAMAGE Iraqi civilian # "X" or US Soldier # "Y" Killed in "location in Iraq" On "date" YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK Groups of 10 people start from Justin Herman Plaza (mix of 9 Iraqi civilians and 1 US soldier) to wander in downtown SF (both financial and shopping district) for a few hours wandering into shopping centers, banks, building lobbies, in BART stations, just walking on the sidewalk. The idea is to get the key times – morning, lunch and end of the workday when most people are out on the street maximising the amount of people who see the groups of folks walking around. Morning and lunchtime shift routes: We will have a map of SF that you can choose your route the idea being that you get maximum exposure, BART stations, food courts, SF shopping center, Embarcadero center, Union Square. Final shift: Those taking part in the end of the workday shift will gather in Justin Herman Plaza at 4:45. At 5:00pm we will begin walking up Market street to Powell, Powell to Union Square. We will end the procession by walking around Union Square and then gathering in a silent circle/peace sign in Union Square holding candles. The final shift will possibly be accompanied by the Brass Liberation Orchestra (to be contacted by someone from greenies4peace to see if they are available). greenies4peace@yahoo.com 415 255 9221 ext 301 San Francisco 5p Mass Demonstration: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL Converge Powell & Market 415 821 6545: Updates, other locations. San Francisco 7p Teach-in IRAQ WAR TEACH-IN Oakland City Council Chambers Oakland City Hall 14th St. and Broadway Oakland City Councilmember Jane Brunner hosts a teach-in on the war on Iraq and the implications for the Middle East. Organizers describe the event as "the first anti-Iraq War teach-in sponsored by a city government anywhere in the U.S." Free 510 238 7001 Oakland 7p Meeting: Spokes Council Meeting HERE Offices 548 20th btw Telegraph and MLK Oakland 7p Planning Meeting: Oakland March & Happening for Peace - April 5 First Congregational Church 27th and Harrison Oakland 7p Meeting/Sign Making: East Bay Community Against the War Grand Lake Neighborhood Center 580 MacArthur @ Lakeshore 510 236 4250 Oakland 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	1 6:45a Demonstration: Banner across I-80 Pedestrian Bridge Berkeley Peace Walk + Vigil Aquatic Park 2nd Street and Addison Street Berkeley 2:30-6p Vigil Demonstration: Coast Guard Base/Oakland Embarcadero and Dennison Outside the entrance to ISC Alameda (the formal name of the base on Coast Guard Island). (The intersection is at the east end of Embarcadero Cove, approximately one mile from the Fruitvale BART station. From southbound I-880, take the 23rd Avenue/Alameda exit and turn right on Dennison Street. From northbound I-880, take the 23rd Avenue exit, then make a U-turn and go back over the freeway, then right on E. 7th Street, continuing past the light and veering right where E. 7th turns into Embarcadero.) We'll display our banner "Refuse to Obey Unlawful Orders; Don't Take Part in Illegal War", and hold signs. Oakland 12n-1p Demonstration: Vigil to Oppose Sanctions and War Against Iraq Ecumenical Peace Institute Federal Building 1301 Clay Street Oakland 5p Mass Demonstration: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL Converge Powell & Market 415 821 6545: Updates, other locations. San Francisco 6p Ongoing Community Discussion: ecoVillage Coffee Hour The Leaning Tower of Pizza Wesley & Brooklyn on Lakeshore Av side of Lake Merritt Oakland 7p Meeting: Weekly Organizing Meeting A.N.S.W.E.R. Room 30 Women's Building 3543 18th St. (btwn. Valencia/Guerrero) 415 821 6545 San Francisco 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	2 11a-1p Open Forum/Listening Project: Listening for a Change Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Lytton Plaza Palo Alto 5p Demonstration: Mass Die-In Powell & Market Die-In and Protest against the war for oil in Iraq! 415 821 6545: Updates San Francisco 6:30p Demonstration: Berkeley Peace Walk & Vigil Downtown Berkeley BART Station Berkeley 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	3 12n Demonstration: PROTEST FOX NEWS CHANNEL'S WAR COVERAGE 901 Battery Street (at Vallejo) San Francisco 12-1p Demonstration: San Francisco Vigil Against the War San Francisco Federal Building Golden Gate Avenue at Larkin Street San Francisco SSchwartz@afsc.org 415 565 020 4-6p Demonstration/Vigil: Glen Park BART Station Adjacent to where passengers depart the Glen Park BART station. Musicians most welcome Veronica for schedulling: 415 586 8156 San Francisco 5p Mass Demonstration: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL Converge Powell & Market 415 821 6545: Updates, other locations. San Francisco 6p Ongoing Community Discussion: ecoVillage Coffee Hour The Leaning Tower of Pizza Wesley & Brooklyn on Lakeshore Av side of Lake Merritt Oakland 7pm Meeting: Evaluation Session for the Direct Action to Stop the War spokescouncil H.E.R.E. 2850 Hall 548 20th (Thomas Berkeley) St 3 blocks from 19th Street BART Station Come together to evaluate and discuss lessons learned from our organizing efforts to challenge war at home and abroad through non-violent direct action. Oakland 7:30-8:30p Demonstration: Oakland Vigil for Peace 14th & Broadway Keith Heltsley 510 658 4191 Oakland 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	4 9a Prayerful civil disobedience: SPIRITUAL GATHERING FOR PEACE: INTERFAITH PRAYER & ACTION On Friday, March 28th, hundreds of people joined together at the SF Federal Building to pray and sign an open letter to George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, and to our Senators and Representatives. Afterwards, 84 people committed civil disobedience. The event was so powerful and peaceful that people expressed a desire to continue it. Please join them again this coming Friday. Sponsors: Interfaith Witness for Peace in the Middle East, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, American Friends Service Committee, Tikkun Community, Franciscan Affinity Group, Jewish Voice For Peace Federal Building 450 Golden Gate Ave (between Polk and Larkin) 510 433 9928 San Francisco 12n-1p Demonstration: Vigil for Peace & Justice for the Palestinian Occupied Territories Women in Black Bancroft & Telegraph Berkeley 4:30-6p Demonstration: Peace Vigil San José Federal Building San José Interfaith Peace Action 2nd & San Carlos San José 4:45-6:30p Demonstration: Singing for Peace North Berkeley BART Berkeley 5p Mass Demonstration: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL Converge Powell & Market 415 821 6545: Updates, other locations. San Francisco 6-7p Demonstration: Fremont Peace Corner Fremont Blvd. & Mowry Ave Fremont 6:30p General Meeting Not in Our Name 2022 Blake St Berkeley 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	5 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated, 1968. 10:30a March & Rally: MARCH FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE. NO WAR ON IRAQ; NO WAR ON US! Oakland March & Happening for Peace 10:30: MEET: Mosswood Park, MacArthur Boulevard and Broadway 11:30: MARCH: 1:30: RALLY: Frank Ogawa Plaza, 14th Street and Broadway. Oakland 12n-2p Support our Troops, Bring Them Home Now! Valley Fair Mall Stevens Creek and Winchester Blvd San Jose/Santa Clara 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany
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April
6 3-~4:45p Demonstration: Peace Walk Around Lake Merritt LMNOP The walk takes about an hour and a half. Come join us for the whole lap or meet us along the way. Colonnade Oakland 7p Vigil: Rockridge BART Station sponsored by North Oakland Neighbors for Peace Oakland/Berkeley 7p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	7 7-9AM Protest: JOIN IN PROTESTING SHIPMENTS OF WEAPONS FROM CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION NO WEAPONS SHOULD BE SENT TO USE AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ! NOT IN OUR NAME! Bring signs, banners, etc. Wendy Kaufmyn 510 848 6786 Kaufmyn@aol.com Directions to Concord Weapons Naval Station: (about 27 miles and 30 minutes from Oakland) *Take Hwy-24 East towards WALNUT CREEK. *Merge onto I-680 N via the exit (on the left) towards CONCORD/SACRAMENTO. *Merge onto CA-242 N toward Concord/Pittsburg. *Take the CA-4 W/PORT CHICAGO HWY exit toward RICHMOND. *Take the PORT CHICAGO HIGHWAY exit. *Take the PORT CHICAGO HWY NORTH ramp. *Take the PORT CHICAGO HIGHWAY ramp toward NAVAL WEAPONS STATION *Merge onto PORT CHICAGO HWY. *The main entrance to CNWS will be on the right. Concord ALL DAY National Day of DIRECT Action and Civil Disobedience to Stop the War at Home and Abroad Direct Action To Stop the War In our collective efforts to build a mass movement of principled non-violent resistance to the U.S.-led war on Iraq, Direct Action to Stop the War (San Francisco/Bay Area) is calling a National Day of Direct Action and Civil Disobedience to Stop the War at Home and Abroad. We call upon all cities, organizations, and individuals to organize widespread non-cooperation targeting: --Federal and Government buildings --Oil corporations --Arms manufacturers --Arms transportation systems On Monday April 7th, instead of going to work or school, sustain the resistance to this war by participating in or supporting mass nonviolent direct action in any way possible. Why We Target Corporations 5p Mass Demonstration: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL Converge Powell & Market 415 821 6545: Updates, other locations. San Francisco 7p Meeting/Sign Making: East Bay Community Against the War Grand Lake Neighborhood Center 580 MacArthur @ Lakeshore 510 236 4250 Oakland 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	8 6:45a Demonstration: Banner across I-80 Pedestrian Bridge Berkeley Peace Walk + Vigil Aquatic Park 2nd Street and Addison Street Berkeley 12n-1p Demonstration: Vigil to Oppose Sanctions and War Against Iraq Ecumenical Peace Institute Federal Building 1301 Clay Street Oakland 4:45-6:30p Demonstration: Singing for Peace Mission & 24th San Francisco 5p Mass Demonstration: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL Converge Powell & Market 415 821 6545: Updates, other locations. San Francisco 6p Ongoing Community Discussion: ecoVillage Coffee Hour The Leaning Tower of Pizza Wesley & Brooklyn on Lakeshore Av side of Lake Merritt Oakland 7p Meeting: Weekly Organizing Meeting A.N.S.W.E.R. Room 30 Women's Building 3543 18th St. (btwn. Valencia/Guerrero) 415 821 6545 San Francisco 7:30p Speaker: JUSTICE IS THE MOTHER OF PEACE Presented by WENDY SNYDER Martin Luther King, Jr. said it: Peace is not the absence of tension but the presence of justice. A community forum including Omali Yeshitela -- leader of the International People's Democracy Uhuru Movement -- will address peace with justice. An anti-war movement becomes broad, inclusive, and effective when it supports justice. This forum is FREE, but donations are most welcome. They will benefit the African People’s Solidarity Committee. "Uhuru" is an African word meaning "freedom." With justice, peace and freedom will shine like the sun. The Fellowship of Humanity 390 27th Street Between Telegraph & Broadway Florence: 510-393-5685 humanisthall@yahoo.com Oakland 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	9 11a-1p Open Forum/Listening Project: Listening for a Change Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Lytton Plaza Palo Alto 5p Mass Demonstration: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL Converge Powell & Market 415 821 6545: Updates, other locations. San Francisco 6:30p Demonstration: Berkeley Peace Walk & Vigil Downtown Berkeley BART Station Berkeley 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	10 12-1p Demonstration: San Francisco Vigil Against the War San Francisco Federal Building Golden Gate Avenue at Larkin Street San Francisco SSchwartz@afsc.org 415 565 020 4-6p Demonstration/Vigil: Glen Park BART Station Adjacent to where passengers depart the Glen Park BART station. Musicians most welcome Veronica for schedulling: 415 586 8156 San Francisco 5p Mass Demonstration: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL Converge Powell & Market 415 821 6545: Updates, other locations. San Francisco 6p Ongoing Community Discussion: ecoVillage Coffee Hour The Leaning Tower of Pizza Wesley & Brooklyn on Lakeshore Av side of Lake Merritt Oakland 7:30-8:30p Demonstration: Oakland Vigil for Peace 14th & Broadway Keith Heltsley 510 658 4191 Oakland 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	11 12n-1p Demonstration: Vigil for Peace & Justice for the Palestinian Occupied Territories Women in Black Bancroft & Telegraph Berkeley 4:30-6p Demonstration: Peace Vigil San José Federal Building San José Interfaith Peace Action 2nd & San Carlos San José 5p Mass Demonstration: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL Converge Powell & Market 415 821 6545: Updates, other locations. San Francisco 6-7p Demonstration: Fremont Peace Corner Fremont Blvd. & Mowry Ave Fremont 6:30p General Meeting Not in Our Name 2022 Blake St Berkeley 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany	12 11a Rally & March: NATIONAL MARCHES on WASHINGTON and SAN FRANCISCO STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ! Justin Herman Plaza to the Civic Center 415 821 6545: Updates San Francisco 7:30p Candlelight Vigil: Candlelight Peace Vigil Berkeley/Albany borderlands Solano Ave at Peralta St. (across from 7/11) 7:30 pm on weekdays, 7pm on weekends. E-mail Nora Albany
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