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SACOG Leadership role in correcting 36 gravemarkers that read "Unknown Nigger"
SACOG Board Room
1415 L Street, Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95814...
Event Date: Thu, Apr 21, 2011 9:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Apr 17, 2011 5:56am PDT
Sogorea Te (Glen Cove) Occupation Continues... Visitors Welcome!
Native Americans and supporters have successfully occupied the ancient burial site at Glen Cove, Vallejo, preventing the Greater Vallejo Recreation District from beginning work that would desecrate the sacred site. We need YOUR support and presence!...
Posted: Sun, Apr 17, 2011 12:30am PDT
Stop the Desecration of Native American burial grounds
Native Americans, activists and supporters are now occupying Glen Cove to stop the Desecration of Native American Burial Grounds....
Posted: Sat, Apr 16, 2011 10:55am PDT
150 Native Americans & Supporters Occupy Sacred Land at Glen Cove
150 Native Americans and supporters have successfully occupied the ancient burial site at Glen Cove, Vallejo, preventing the Greater Vallejo Recreation District from beginning work that would desecrate the sacred site....
Posted: Sat, Apr 16, 2011 9:33am PDT
Native American Ceremony to Begin Occupation of Ancient Burial Site to Prevent Desecration
Glen Cove is located near the intersection of South Regatta and Whitesides Drive in Vallejo....
Event Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2011 8:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2011 1:44pm PDT
Racial Justice Links
Here are some useful links for people that want to read more about racial justice issues. This page will be updated periodically to remove old links and add new ones. Feel free to contribute links you would like to see on this page by clicking "Add Your Comments" or sending an email to: sfbay-web@lists.indymedia.org
Also, please post any relevant news or events to the site! Thanks!...
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2011 11:04am PDT
Native Americans to file civil rights complaint to stop desecration of Glen Cove
"Everyone has the right to a final resting place. Our ancestors deserve to have a resting place on their original land without the threat of being removed for the sake of a park,” said Corrina Gould, Ohlone resident of the Bay Area. “Other countries realize the significance of ancestors and honor the ancient cemeteries by not disturbing them. Who does it ultimately serve to complete this project? Let our ancestors rest."...
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 6:16pm PDT
STOP the Desecration of the Sogorea Te shellmound in Glen Cove!
The desecration of the Glen Cove sacred site is scheduled to begin in the next few days.
We are organizing now for direct action to stop the desecration. Do not let this happen!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2011 3:33pm PDT
Single mothers who try their best to nurture their children with no help from SF City.
Single Mothers in San Francisco, especially - those from poor neighborhoods in this City and County of San Francisco have it difficult. The authorities that be - will do everything to tax you and haunt you - but less to offer opportunities to our youth and those that really need help. Why has NOT this City done a survey and held a conference to address, more admire the tenacity of the Single Mother - who fights so many odds to make things - happen. Of course the macho man does not give a hoot...
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2011 12:58am PDT
Action needed to support Winnemem Wintu Tribe
In the early 1900s, McCloud River salmon were transported to New Zealand, and the Maori people have agreed to return these disease-free fish to the Winnemem.
Photo of Caleen Sisk-Franco speaking at the Salmon Summit in Half Moon Bay on December 4, 2010. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:35pm PDT
The time has come to RESPECT the OHLONE the First People of the Bay Area - now.
October 12, 2006 the SF Human Rights Commission, held a hearing to listen to the First People of the Bay Area and those supporters that wanted to focus on the pertinent issues linked with Federal Recognition, the Shellmounds, and other related issues. This was not the first time the Human Rights Commission had focused on this issue. In the early 1990s a Resolution was passed recognizing the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe as the indigenous people of San Francisco and the neighboring areas. Here is San F...
Posted: Sat, Apr 2, 2011 10:10am PDT
Discover Gold in the Sacramento River Basin ~ Leidesdorff Ranch
Primary source documentation of the authentic contibution of people of African descent is elusive in 2011. Students who are required to produce authentic and original thought are essential to a greater measure of truth in Folsom, CA. If the original town of Negro Bar, CA, Negro Hill, CA were a result of Leidesdorff Ranch then an authentic legacy must come to light. Discover Gold a regional notion of Gold Rush California includes people of African descent then let the story find a measure o...
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2011 8:26pm PDT
SFU School Board utter disdain for students and parents living in Bayview Hunters Point.
In the year 2011 the San Francisco Unified School Distric,t Board of Education; has chosen with INTENT to harm our children and parents that go to the many middle schools in the Bayview Hunters Point. In the past we have voiced our comments linked to Malcolm X, Willie L. Brown Academy, Gloria Davis, Bert Har. We all remember the fiasco that took place at Thurgood Marshall some years ago. While I have given some time writing articles, more time talking to the students and teachers - the time ...
Posted: Sun, Mar 27, 2011 4:12pm PDT
Historic Black Agriculture in California, Negro Hill Burial Ground Project
Negro Hill Burial Ground Project may finally provide a positive outcome in the El Dorado Hills region, the original region of Negro Hills, California...
Posted: Sat, Mar 26, 2011 1:37am PDT
Commission meeting will feature MLPA update, salmon regs
John Laird, Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, is scheduled to provide an update (item 15A) regarding North Coast marine protected areas under the MLPA Initiative on April 7 at 9:30 a.m....
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 8:11pm PDT
PETITION: Ethnic and Critical Race Studies at UC Santa Cruz Now!
The time is right—indeed, long overdue—for the establishment of a department of ethnic and critical race studies at UC Santa Cruz. As a public institution of higher learning, the University of California is mandated to serve the people of California.
SIGN THE PETITION!
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/43699.html...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2011 3:17pm PDT
California Ag Day ~ Creating Inclusive Agriculture Education
California Agriculture instruction could include education on agricultural history, nutrition, economics, or simply the planting of a school garden. A broader goal for California Ag Day will become the use of an inclusive education opportunity that commemorates agriculture's importance to all of California....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 8:49pm PDT
"Never Again for Anyone" Tour with Auschwitz Survivor Hajo Meyer & Islamic Scholar Hatem Bazian: photos & audio
In commemoration of international Holocaust Remembrance Day 2011, the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, American Muslims for Palestine, and the Middle East Children's Alliance sponsored a 13-city speaking tour throughout the U.S. and Canada called "Never Again for Anyone" featuring Auschwitz survivor Dr. Hajo Meyer. During his appearance in Oakland on February 17th, Dr. Meyer was joined by UC Berkeley professor Dr. Hatem Bazian, chairman of the American Muslims for Palestine, and Sa...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 12:49am PDT
A New Way Forward ~ Transformational Healing Weekend
Susan L. Taylor will be joined by renowned activist and author Kevin Powell and Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome Author, Dr. Joy DeGruy. My hope it to gain new tools to "heal thyself" while continuing to work towards a renaissance for "Black Agriculture the foundation of Black Culture." The stolen legacy of the "African Founding Father of California," Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. and many, many others must be shared and built upon for a positive new way. Limited Space is still...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 8:45pm PDT
Protect Our Co-op’s Democracy: Restore Members’ right to put initiatives on the Co-op bal
This attempt by the Board to use policy to circumvent the Bylaws is a violation of the Bylaws and a fundamental breach of the Cooperative Principle of Democratic Member Control....
Posted: Tue, Mar 15, 2011 9:00am PDT