RACE RELAY - race relations dialogue (tags)
Race Relay - monthly race relations dialogue @ the Common Peace office in The Peace Center in Culver City. 3 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. We believe that Story is Medicine and we come together using the Way of Council/Wisdom Circle format to create a safe space in which to listen, share and educate each other on issues of race - and to inspire each other in taking nonviolent action in the name of change. Anyone 15 years of age or more are welcome. This month's meeting will be followed by a potluck and a film screening at 7 p.m. of an inspirational documentary: Disturbing the Peace!
Celebrate Hemp History with Green Party! (tags)
May 19, 2010: Join the Los Angeles Greens for vegetarian potluck and a talk on "How industrial hemp will help California's economy." Using hemp for food, medicine, fuel, fiber, paper and up to 50,000 products made from industrial hemp; provides jobs, cultivates the soil, preserves the trees, and creates energy we can inject into our struggling economy.
Celebrate Earth Day with the Green Party! (tags)
Join the Los Angeles Greens for vegetarian potluck and a talk on "Guerilla Gardening and Learn to Grow Your Own Urban Food" by Ramona Merryman, aka The Mistress of Soil, a permaculture designer and teacher.
Teach-in on Single-Payer "Medicare for all" Healthcare, Anaheim, Oct 9th (tags)
Richard Gingery, M.D, a member of "Physicians for a National Health Program," a non-profit research and education organization composed of 17,000 physicians, medical students and health professionals, will do a "teach-in" showing how a single-payer "Medicare for All"-type system is the best public option for solving the healthcare crisis here in the United States.
"Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People," Anaheim, Friday, March 13th @ (tags)
We will be screening the groundbreaking documentary, "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People," which dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged from the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters.
Anarchist bookfair meeting raided by LAPD (tags)
A meeting and potluck for the upcoming LA Anarchist Bookfair was raided after police alleged someone stole something from a nearby store.
Horowitz moves to put Polluting Warehouse on the Farm (tags)
Two years after the destruction of the farm Horowitz moves to put a polluting warehouse on the farm. CEQA hearing to be held on July 2, 2008.
SHAC 7 Benefit Potluck in BAKERSFIELD! (tags)
Vegan Potluck and Film Showing of Behind The Mask to benefit the SHAC 7. Wednesday, May 14th at 6:00 PM. The Metro Gallery @ 1604 19th Street in Bakersfield, California. Suggested donation of $1-$20, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
MinuteKKKlan having BBQ for Costa Mesa Mayor (tags)
Members of the MinuteKKKlan Project are having a BBQ this Sunday for Allan Mansoor, the neo-Nazi loving Mayor of Costa Mesa!
"Chavez, Venezuela, & the New Latin America", Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, (tags)
The Orange County delegation to the upcoming 16th World Festival of Youth & Students in Caracas, Venezuela will present a special screening of the film, "CHAVEZ, VENEZUELA & THE NEW LATIN AMERICA", by Aleida Guevara (eldest daughter of Che Guevara)
Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, April 15th (tags)
Arlene Inouye, Coordinator of the Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools (CAMS) and Robert Acosta, an Iraq War Veteran (2003) with Operation Truth, will deliver a presentation about the ongoing efforts to raise awareness and mobilize the public against the aggressive and deceptive tactics military recruiters use in our public school system to get working-class youth to join the U.S. armed forces.
25th Anniversary of Massacre at the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala, Friday, Jan. 28th (tags)
Julio Fernando Revolorio Illescas, organizer and co-founder of Asociacion Tierra y Paz, a Guatemalan-based group organized to defend the land rights of indigenous peoples, will speak about the 1980 massacre of peasants and others who peacefully occupied the Spanish Embassy to draw attention to their issues.
REMINDER THURSDAY: Orange County Vegan Thanksgiving Potluck Gathering (tags)
Everyone is invited to mourn Thankstaking!
Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, & the Bolivarian Revolution, UCOC, Friday, Nov. 19th (tags)
Learn more about Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, and the Bolivarian Revolution!
Update on the USA Patriot Act, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, August 20th, 6:30 pm (tags)
RICHARD GILLOCK, board member of the Orange County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, will give us an update on the USA Patriot Act and other pending legislation that threatens civil rights and liberties.
Amending California's "Three Strikes" Law, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, Ju (tags)
Amending California's notorious "Three Strikes" Law
Report from Cuba, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, June 4th @ 6:30 pm (tags)
Several UCI students and local activists who traveled to Cuba in March to attend a youth conference (as part of a delegation sponsored by The Los Angeles Coalition in Solidarity with Cuba) will deliver reports about their visit to that island nation.
Report from Cuba, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, June 4th @ 6:30 pm (tags)
Several UCI students and local activists who traveled to Cuba in March to attend a youth conference (as part of a delegation sponsored by The Los Angeles Coalition in Solidarity with Cuba) will deliver reports about their visit to that island nation.
Clean Money Campaign Reform, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, May 7th @ 6:30 pm (tags)
SUSAN LERNER, Executive Director of the California Clean Money Campaign, will talk about the concept of publicly financing elections as a way of reducing the powerful influence that wealthy individuals and big business interests currently have upon the electoral process.
Report from El Salvador, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, April 2nd @ 6:30 pm (tags)
HENRY H. DUKE, an Orange County healthcare professional and member of CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador), will deliver a slideshow presentation about his recent visit to El Salvador.
Sonali Kolhatkar on Media Democracy and KPFK elections (tags)
Sonali Kolhatkar talks on "Media Democracy, and the Growing Media Reform Movement", with Potluck & "Meet and Greet" PIRCR Candidates for KPFK's Local Station Board