Other Bay Area Events

Wednesday, July 28, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
The Struggle Continues for Immigration Reform
New Federal Building on 7th & Mission Street, San Francisco
Join hundreds of people in this spirited gathering of religious community. We will pray for families and do a symbolic religious action to show our commitment to this moral issue. Brings your pans to make noise!
Sponsored by many of the SF based groups who have been working on Comprehensive Immigration Reform this past year, including ICIR-CLUE-CA.
Contact Rev.Deborah Lee, Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights- CLUE CA
415-297-8222.
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Wednesday July 28, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Screening of Why We Fight
Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland, between Telegraph and Broadway
This hair-raising documentary is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war machine. It’s a laser beam inquiry into the intimate workings of the military industrial complex and the rise of the American empire. The film surveys the scorched landscape of a half century’s military adventures. It asks how and tells why a nation of and by and for the people has become the savings and loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war.
Contact Name Florence; Email Address HumanistHall@Yahoo.com; Phone Number 510-681-8699
Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments and social hour at 6:30 pm,
followed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after the film.
Wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street
$5 donations are accepted
http://www.HumanistHall.org
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Thursday, July 29, 3:00 PM
Our Spirit Will Not Be Broken: Stop AZ 1070 and S-COM
Fruitvale BART Plaza, Oakland
Join us to stand for an end to the discrimination and persecution of immigrants! Street theater by Mujeres Unidas, dance, poetry and Interfaith service.
Sponsors: Black Alliance for Just Immigration, East Bay Interfaith Immigration Coalition, ICIR-CLUE-CA, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Just Cause, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Multicultural Institute.
Contact Rev.Deborah Lee, Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights- CLUE CA
415-297-8222.
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Thursday, July 29, 7:30 PM
Screening of Saving the Bay Part 1 of 4
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, 94709
Saving the Bay is a critically acclaimed film that played recently on PBS. It focuses on our beautiful bay which was saved by citizen action including the work of Sylvia McLauglin and others.
Free and open to the public. Donations appreciated but no one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair accessible.
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Friday, July 30, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
John Amato and David Neiwert, authors of Over the Cliff: How Obama’s Election Drove the American Right Insane
The United Democratic Campaign Community Center, 2737 Clayton Road, Concord
The Contra Costa Democratic Party presents John Amato, founder of Crooks and Liers.com and David Neiwert, long time observer of the American Right, authors of Over the Cliff: How Obama’s Election Drove the American Right Insane.

With the election of President Obama, the authors have noticed a sea change in attitude from the Right Wing ranging from abject support and approval of a Republican administration to a paranoid belief that the Obama Presidency was stolen by an illegal citizen of a foreign country in cahoots with ACORN, a community based organization dedicated to helping low and moderate income citizens. Their Obama derangement syndrome has caused an increase in raucous town halls to an increase in violence against the police. As Democrats, should we worry about our safety? Has the militia movement decided on a second amendment solution? Is the violence contagious?
Suggested donation -$5 at door. A book sale and signing will follow the presentation.
Any questions call 925-335-2647.
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Friday, August 6, 8:00 AM
65th Anniversary of Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Livermore Lab, corner Patterson Pass and Vasco Rd., Livermore
Join Norman Solomon, Kaylah Marin, Daniel Zwickel, Taiko Drummers and more at Livermore Laboratory, one of the two labs responsible for designing and developing every warhead in the US nuclear arsenal.
Protest the huge increase in nuclear weapons funding in the FY2011 budget.

Local Contact: Tri-Valley CAREs, www.trivalleycares.org, (925) 443-7148

 

 

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August 7, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Engage: Exploring Nonviolent Living Workshop
Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley 94709
Engage Workshops invite participants to deepen the nonviolent life and to build a more just and peaceful world. Designed to be adapted in a wide range of contexts, Engage Workshops explore the core values and methods of creative nonviolence.  This workshop introduces participants to the vision and tools of nonviolent change in our lives and our world. This workshop's engaging process integrates stories, small group reflection and role-plays. Thousands of people have taken this workshop in the US and around the world. Please bring your own meal as time will be given for a lunch break. There are also plenty of restaurants within walking distance of the workshop location.
Students $40 / Others $55
Contact Laurie Isenberg for more information at summer@psr.edu or 510-849-8227.
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Thursday, August 12, 9:00 AM – 12:00 noon
SENIOR CITIZENS RESOURCE FAIR
Nick Rodriguez Community Center, 213 “F” Street, Antioch
You’re invited! Please join Congressman John Garamendi at a free Senior Citizens Resource Fair in the City of Antioch. The fair will offer a wide range of resources from federal, state, and county government service providers, featuring information regarding medical care and services, nutrition and exercise, health screenings and much more. Attendees can also take advantage of free seminars on relevant topics. Our goal is to ensure that every senior leaves the fair with a better understanding of how to better manage their health and learn about the wide variety of resources available in our region.
Walnut Creek Office, 1981 N Broadway Ste 220, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Phone: (925) 932-8899 Fax: (925) 932-8159; http://garamendi.house.gov
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Screening of Inner Tour by director Ra'anan Alexandrowicz.
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, 94709
Inner Tour is a documentary made in 2000 before the Second Intifada (Uprising) when displaced Palestinians were still allowed to go to their homes from which they had been expelled in 1948.
Free and open to the public. Donations appreciated but no one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair accessible.
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Friday, August 20, :00 PM
The World Peace Diet with Dr. Will Tuttle
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, 94709
Dr. Tuttle is a pianist, composer, educator, and recipient of the Courage of Conscience Award. A former Zen monk, his Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley focused on educating intuition and altruism. His book The world Peace Diet makes explicit the invisible connections between our culture, our food, and the source of our broad range of problems—and the way to a positive transformation in our individual and collective lives.
Free and open to the public. Donations appreciated but no one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair accessible.
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Thursday, August 26, 7:30 PM
Screening of King Korn
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, 94709
King Korn is a look at our agribusiness food industry and what has happened to "Family Farms". Part of our Social Justice Committee's shining light on how we live and the food we eat. This will be a follow-up to Dr. Will Tuttle's “ World Peace Diet" presentation at BFUU on Friday August 20th.
Free and open to the public. Donations appreciated but no one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair accessible.

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