Peace Action Calendar Update: Dick Cheney, Jim Hightower in Town Friday!

HIGHLIGHT

How can Sacramento be so lucky! Dick Cheney and Jim Hightower will both be in town tomorrow, Friday, April 11. Cheney is raising money for pro-war Congressmember Dan Lungren and Jim Hightower is raising .... and money for Access Sacramento & Common Cause. With some quick footwork, you can go to both events!

TAKE ACTION
Starting next week, Congress will be considering Bush's request for another $102 billion for the disastrous U.S. occupation of Iraq. Be sure that the Congressional Switchboard number is on your speed dial: 202-224-3121 and that calling Congress to stop funding the war is on your weekly to do list!

April 2008 Sacramento Area Peace Events

For updates, see http://www.sacpeace.org

Friday, Apr 11, 4:30 - 6pm, 9/11 Truth Action Demonstration and call for a new investigation into the catalyzing event that launched the endless "war on terror" and restricted civil liberties. 11th & L St., Sac. sac911truth [at] gmail.com

Friday, Apr 11, 4pm, Give an Impeaching Welcome to V-P Dick Cheney who will be at a 5pm fundraiser for pro-war, pro-torture Congressmember Dan Lungren at Luchetti Ranch, 9300 Dillard Rd, Wilton. Meet at 9425 Montevideo Dr, Wilton, FMI: 916-687-7507

Friday, Apr 11, 7 - 9pm, Author, NPR commentator Jim Hightower discusses his new book, Swim Against The Current, Coloma Center, 4623 T St, Sac. Benefits CA Common Cause and Access Sacramento. $15; Reserve tickets or purchase at door. 6pm Reception, $50. FMI: 916-443-1792x11.

Friday, Apr 11, 7pm, What I Heard About Iraq, a play by Simon Levy (see April 13th).

Saturday, Apr 12, 11a - 1p, continuing seminar on foreign policy and nuclear weapons, Hart Center, 915 27th St., Sac. All welcome. Info: 916-482-4627.

Saturday, Apr 12, 2pm, What I Heard About Iraq, a play by Simon Levy (see April 13th).

Saturday, Apr 12, 7pm, Charlotte O'Neal, poet, musician, community activist and former Black Panther talks about her experience living in Tanzania for 35 yrs. She & her husband founded the United African Alliance Community Center. Sierra II, 2791 24th St., Sac. 916-455-0908, http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com

Sunday, Apr 13, 3pm, Play: What I Heard About Iraq by Simon Levy from the prose-poem by Eliot Weinberger. Unitarian Universalist 190 Finley St, Auburn. Suggested donation $10, students free, no one turned away. FMI: 530-713-2276

Sunday, Apr 13, 7:30pm, Richard Gage of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth talks about 9/11 and the call for Congress to open a truly independent investigation. $10 general, $5 student, no one turned away. Varsity Theater, 616 2nd St, Davis. 530-758-8903

Monday, Apr 14, 7pm, Davis Peace Coalition meeting, Library, 315 E 14th, Davis, 530-747-0185

Monday, Apr 14, 7pm, Discussion: The Role of Race or Racism in Our Lives Today. Elk Grove Peace & Justice Forum, Methodist Church, 8986 Elk Grove Blvd, Elk Grove. FMI: 916-685-3612; bobfoss [at] lanset.com

Monday, Apr 14, 8pm, Film: Occupation 101, overview of Palestine/Israel conflict. Davis Public Library, Blanchard Rm, Davis. Davis Peace Coalition

Tuesday, Apr 15, 11a - 1p, Tax Day leafleting, Broadway post office. SacPeace and Women's Int League for Peace & Freedom. Info: sacpeace [at] dcn.org, 916-448-7157

Tuesday, Apr 15, 4 - 6pm, No more taxes for war! Weekly vigil, 16th & J, Sac, 916-448-7157.

Tuesday, Apr 15, 6:30pm, Palestine Taskforce meets, 909 12th St, Sac. sacpeace [at] dcn.org

Tuesday, Apr 15, 6:30pm, Operation Enduring Reality (counter recruitment) meets. 909 12th St, Sac. sacpeace [at] dcn.org.

Wednesday, Apr 16, 4 - 6pm, Anti-War vigil 15th & L, Sac, 916-446-5261.

Wednesday, Apr 16, 4 - 6pm, Sister Helen Prejean, Author, Dead Man Walking and Malaquias Montoya, Artist, PreMeditated: Meditations on Capital Punishment. Jesuit High School Student Life Center, 1200 Jacob Lane, Carmichael. FMI: CastronovoJ [at] jhssac.org

Wednesday, Apr 16, 7:15pm, Film: Argentina: Turning Around. An intimate view of post-economic meltdown Argentina's new models of work, politics, and community development as people re-invent their society to offer a better life for all. 1640 9th Ave, Sac. FMI: 446-3304

Saturday, Apr 19, 10am, Film: What Mainstream Media Don't Tell Us. Featuring Scott Ritter, UNSCOM senior weapons inspectors in Iraq, and Jeff Cohen, founder of Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, a media watchdog group. Old State Theater, 985 Lincoln Way, Auburn; $5 admission; students free. FMI: 530-713-2276.

Saturday, Apr 19, 11:30am - 1:30pm, 3rd Saturday Vigil, End the Occupation - Bring U.S. Troops & Bases Home, Fulton & Marconi, Sac 916-448-7157

Sunday, Apr 20, 11am - 5pm, Sacramento Earth Day. Look for the Peace & Justice booths! Southside Park, 8th & T, Sac. 916-444-0022

Monday, Apr 21, 12 - 1pm, Death Penalty Vigil, North Side, State Capitol (11th & L Sts.) 916-455-1796; lygageorgiann [at] yahoo.com

Monday, Apr 21, 7:30 - 9pm, What Mainstream Media Won't Tell Us About Iran, Iraq, and U.S. Foreign Policy. Talk by Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector who opposed the war on Iraq. Varsity, 616 2nd St, Davis. Tickets $20. 530-554-7061.

Tuesday, Apr 22, 4 - 6pm, Call for Peace Weekly Vigil, 16th & J, Sac, 916-448-7157.

Tuesday, Apr 22, 7pm, 4th Tuesday Film: The War on Democracy (John Pilger's latest). 909 12th St, Sac. 916-448-7157, sacpeace [at] dcn.org

Wednesday, Apr 23, 4 - 6pm, Anti-War vigil 15th & L, Sac, 916-446-5261.

Wednesday, Apr 23, 6:30pm, Amnesty International Film Night: 4 Little Girls, Spike Lee's documentary about the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed 4 girls & sparked the civil rights movement. Luna's Cafe, 1414 16th St., Sac. Free. FMI: webmaster [at] amnestysacramento.org; 916-451-9970.

Thursday, Apr 24, 7pm, Torture: What We Should Know. Panelists: Attorney Ann Brick; Almerindo Ojeda, UC Davis Cntr for Study of Human Rights in the Americas; and Dr. Hiber Conteras, educator, author, and torture survivor. Annual meeting ACLU, open to public. 345 L St., Davis, FMI: 530-756-1900; natandben [at] aol.com

Saturday, Apr 26, 11a - 1p, continuing seminar on foreign policy and nuclear weapons, Hart Center, 915 27th St., Sac. All welcome. Info: 916-482-4627.

Saturday, Apr 26, 12 - 4pm, Friends of San Juan de Oriente 20th Anniversary Celebration potluck, Rm. 10, Sierra 2, 2791 24th St., Sac. 916-457-0213

Tuesday, Apr 29, 4 - 6pm, End the Occupations Weekly Vigil, 16th & J, Sac 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Apr 30, 4 - 6pm, Anti-War vigil 15th & L, Sac, 916-446-5261.

SAVE THE DATES:
May 2: Nationally syndicated political cartoonist and comic, Khalil Bendib brings "The Prez in the Fez" to Sacramento
May 11: The Arab Theatre Project Sacramento Presents: Hikayat Al Nakba
May 14: Sac Poets Against the War read at SacPeace Open House
AND MORE AT sacpeace.org