Are the US government's efforts to "spread democracy" actually attempts to crush democracies Washington doesn't like? Veteran British documentarian John Pilger visits several Latin American democracies and finds a flowering of popular democracy that offers lessons to the US. This film also offers an extensive interview with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, which will give American viewers a chance to form a media spin-free opinion of the controversial Latin American leader.
Plays for one week at the Roxie Theater (3117-16th Street nr. Valencia).
Time:
All day event
Description:
See May 2 entry for details.
Time:
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Description:
Hear candidates for political office explain why they are supporting universal health care reform through single-payer financing.
Speakers (as of April 25) include: Fiona Ma, Tom Ammiano, Leland Yee,Shirley Golub, Cindy Sheehan, Barry Hermanson, and representatives of Mark Leno and Carole Migden.
Location: Mission Cultural Center, Mission & 25th ST (one block from 24th St BART), San Francisco
Sponsored by the California Universal Health Care Organizing Project (CUHCOP) and the California Universal Health Care Education Project
For more information, call 415-695-7891 or email dbechler@value.net
Time:
All day event
Description:
See May 2 entry for details.
Time:
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Description:
Mike "Dr. Detroit" Whitty leads a discussion on the topic: "Creed of greed: strategies to reinvent economics and save the working class."
Where: Modern Times Book Store
888 Valencia Street
When: May 4th at 4:00 pm
Discover ways to empower yourself and your communities for economic justice. Global futurist, USF School of Management professor, and author of Work and Spirit discusses how the melting middle class may finally wake up and join the working class in birthing a new New Deal and a new economics as if people really matter.
More info:
http://moderntimesbookstore.com/events_may08.html
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Description:
San Francisco for Democracy Meetup
Schroeders German restaurant
240 Front St. (between California & Sacramento)
We've all wondered: Why won't our supposedly progressive elected officials act on their values? Why won't they stand up for gay marriage, universal healthcare, economic justice, raising taxes, impeaching Bush and Cheney, and defunding the War in Iraq? And what can we do to hold them accountable?
We'll discuss practical things you can do to stiffen our elected officials' spines with a panel of experienced and effective activists, including:
* Rae Abileah and Janet Weil, National Grassroots Coordinators, CODEPINK Women for Peace
* Will Easton, Activism Manager, CREDO Action
* Barry Hermanson, local activist for economic and social justice
Also: A report from our own Greg Keaton on the 2008 Annual General Meeting of Amnesty International.
For more information and to RSVP, please see:
http://dfa.meetup.com/123/calendar/7663306/
Time:
9:00am - 12:00pm
Description:
Help restore one of the least known natural areas in San Francisco. Join us in volunteering with San Francisco Recreation & Park's Natural Areas Program to remove invasive plants and plant native flowers and grasses on Bayview Hill. Bring your family and friends for spectacular views of the City and Bay.
Contact Terese at tereselawler@yahoo.com or Alane at alane4democracy@hotmail.com to get details and directions.
Time:
9:00am - 1:00pm
Description:
Join us as we register voters and spread the word about our candidates and issues (especially Prop 98!). Shifts are generally two hours.
Contact Jeff at 415-505-5484 or
outreach@sf4democracy.com
Time:
10:30am - 6:00pm
Description:
Barack Obama Vote for Change voter registration drive kick-off.
Meet at Ella Hutch Community Center
2 Shifts:
11:30 am - 3 pm
2:30 - 6 pm
RSVP at: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4czy
Groups will go out to various locations. around the City to register voters - including the Western Edition.
Volunteers needed.
Time:
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Description:
The SF4D Meetup & Membership Committee will meet at El Cafetazo (see below for directions and info), in the Mission, at 7:30pm. We will plan the meetups for June and July.
Directions: El Cafetazo is located on 16th St. between Valencia and Mission (closer to Valencia):
http://hotspotr.com/spot/1256-el-cafetazo
Onsite dinner is not available, but it's OK to buy food elsewhere on 16th and eat it at El Cafetazo. (There is good and inexpensive Mexican, Mediterranean, Salvadoran, Vietnamese, and Thai food within 1 or 2 blocks.) Please do order coffee, juice, or dessert while we're there.
MUNI: Bus 22, 26, 49, 33, etc. all stop at or near 16th & Mission or 16th & Valencia.
BART: 16th & Mission.
Parking: 16th & Hoff Garage is next door.
Time:
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Description:
San Francisco for Democracy Phone Bank Night for Mark Leno for State Senate
6 - 9 pm
SF Field Office
2344 Market St. (Between Noe & Castro)
Mark Leno has been a strong advocate for - and friend of - San Francisco for Democracy since our beginning. He is in a very tight race with "moderate" Democrat Joe Nation for the June 3rd Primary. He needs our support. Please join other San Francisco for Democracy members to phone bank for Mark Leno.
Time:
7:00pm - 8:35pm
Description:
Documentarian Nick Broomfield's first feature film is a dramatic verite recreation of a notorious 2005 incident from the Iraq War. Said incident resulted in the deaths of one Marine and 24 Iraqis. The events in this dramatization are based on testimonies from both the Iraqis and the Marines involved in the incident. Broomfield's cast principally consists of actual Iraq War veterans.
Plays for one week at the Roxie Theater (3117-16th Street nr. Valencia).
Time:
All day event
Description:
See May 16 entry for details
Time:
9:30am - 3:00pm
Description:
Saturday 17 May 2008
9:30 am - 3:00 pm
SEIU-UHW/500 Thomas L. Berkley Way (20th Street), Oakland (between Telegraph and San Pablo; near 19th St. BART)
Training for blue county activists who want to work in red counties in California and in swing states for the 2008 election. Features Katherine Forrest's widely praised "Talking Politics" workshop. Further sharpen your canvassing and phone banking skills in breakout groups headed by veteran activists. Lunch included. ($25 - or $15 low-income/seniors)
Pre-register now online at www.actblue.com/page/trainingtowin2008 or CONTACT: Mary Renaud, maryre@comcast.net, 415-460-1571; Eileen Foster, eileenfoster1@comcast.net, 415-921-0743; Martha Gamez, gamezm@comcast.net, 209-836-9030
Time:
All day event
Description:
See May 16 entry for details
Description:
This is the deadline to register to vote for the June 3rd election.
Time:
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Description:
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the first non-American journalist to be awarded the Livingston Award and the youngest recipient of the One World Media Broadcast Journalist of the Year Award. Obaid-Chinoy began her career with New York Times Television where she produced “Terror’s Children,” which won her the Overseas Press Club Award, the American Women and Radio and Television Award and the South Asian Journalist Association Award. She has produced and reported on more than twelve films around the world and traveled to Afghanistan to report for Channel 4 and CNN. Obaid-Chinoy visits the Council to present her film, Iraq: The Lost Generation, which investigates the largest refugee crisis in the Middle East since the Palestinian diaspora of 1948.
Where: World Affairs Council Auditorium
312 Sutter Street
When: May 21 6:30 pm
Advanced registration is recommended for guaranteed seating. However, pre-registration is not required and walk-ins on the day of this program are welcome.
To register go to:
http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2218
Time:
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Description:
San Francisco for Democracy Phone Bank Night for Mark Leno for State Senate
6 - 9 pm
SF Field Office
2344 Market St. (Between Noe & Castro)
Mark Leno has been a strong advocate for - and friend of - San Francisco for Democracy since our beginning. He is in a very tight race with "moderate" Democrat Joe Nation for the June 3rd Primary. He needs our support. Please join other San Francisco for Democracy members to phone bank for Mark Leno.
Time:
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Description:
Join us in sorting and packing donated food to help San Franciscans who are at risk of hunger.
Contact Alane at alane4democracy@hotmail.com for details and directions.
Time:
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Description:
The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee meets the fourth Wednesday each month.
California State Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave between Polk and Larkin, Milton Mark Conference Center Auditorium
The general public may speak during a public comment period at the beginning of each meeting.
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Description:
Why is housing important to our health? Why should health advocates vote No on Proposition 98 and Yes on Proposition 99? How does San Francisco Proposition F expand housing?
Speakers:
Lili Farhang, SF Department of Public Health
Hene Kelly, Senior Action Network and California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA)
John Rizzo, Sierra Club
Location: Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St. (at 25th), San Francisco
Sponsored by the California Universal Healthcare Organizing Project (CUHCOP)
7pm» The War On Democracy