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imageNorthern California Women's Music Festival
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by Linda Stonestreet
3 day 2 night all womens music festival at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville CA. August 26th, 27th and 28th 2006. Upscale camping, Tipis, creek, Fabulous food, workshops, crafters, main stage, open mic, disabled services. hot and cold running water, showers, flush toilets. Plenty of shade on 40 acres, private camp. Women only, boys 6 and under okay....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 9:45pm PDT
textSSIP Choir meets tomorrow! by Sistahs Steppin in Pride
Sistahs Steppin' in Pride is now forming a choir to perform on the stage during our celebration on August 26th. Anyone who loves to sing is welcome to attend the first rehearsal, Thursday, July 20th at 6:45 pm....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 10:21pm PDT
calendarSF: On The Edge - Documentary on the Murders in Juarez w/ director Steev Hise by Station 40
STATION 40 3030B 16th Street, across from Mission bart plaza SF...
Event Date: Mon, Jul 17, 2006 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 12:36pm PDT
textCalif. Boosts Plan B; 2 Courts Nix Gay Marriage by Women's ENews
A new California initiative is promoting emergency contraception. Also in this week's Cheers and Jeers column, two state courts have struck down same-sex marriages....
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 10:53am PDT
textRallying for Suzanne Swift by Patricia Maginnis
Spc Suzanne Swift, now in a military brig in Oregon, inspired a rally at the Oakland Military Recruitment Center at Broadway and 21st Streets on Friday, June 23rd. Here's a report from the rally....
Posted: Fri, Jun 23, 2006 8:34pm PDT
imageHonoring Our Indigenous Women Activists
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by podska
Carrie Dann - Western Shoshone Nation And Louise Benally - Dine' Nation, Big Mountain ( from the band www.Blackfire.net ) speak about human rights and environmental justice. ( May inlcude some news re: South Central Farm ) at NEW COLLEGE...
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 12:00pm PDT
textUncles, Tear Down These Walls! by Asra Q. Nomani, New American Media (reposted)
A Muslim woman tells how she helped spur a San Francisco mosque to raze its eight-foot barrier separating men and women during prayer. A movement is growing, she says, to take mosques back from imams -- commonly called "uncles" -- with an extremist interpretation of Islam. Asra Q. Nomani is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and the author of "Standing Alone: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam," which includes an Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque, available on ...
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 10:53pm PDT
textStudents and Workers Rally to Demand Affirmative Diversity by Diversity Coalition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2006...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 6:17pm PDT
textAnti Choice queer organization to march in Queer Pride by BACORR
Where will you be?...
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 4:28pm PDT
imageBorn to Drum Women's Drum Camp
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by Jackie Thomason
The mission of Born to Drum Women's Drum Camp is to provide a positive environment for women to learn, to teach, and to perform drumming arts from diverse cultures. Our goal is the empowerment of women, who for centuries were forbidden access to the drum based on their gender....
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 6:12pm PDT
textBay Area Calendar June 1, 2006 by via CodePink
Pink Opportunity Pink Events Pink Letters Pink Vigils Pink Locations Bay Area Calendar Submissions Internet Subscriber Details...
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 12:03pm PDT
audioElizabeth Creely and Native American Activist Madonna Thunder Hawk Discuss Abortion Rights (audio/mpeg 9.5MB) by Rubble
BACORR's Creeley and Thunder Hawk discuss activism around abortion and womens' reproductive health rights. Thunder Hawk is in town for a talk at New College, and presents political positions of her native South Dakota community, resolute in the face of the recent Statewide Abortion ban....
Posted: Mon, May 29, 2006 3:28pm PDT
imageTake Back the Night 2006
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by josh sonnenfeld
On Thursday, May 18, students at UC Santa Cruz held the annual Take Back the Night. Starting with a rally at 6:30pm in Baytree Plaza, there were speakers and live performance addressing issues such as prison violence, sterilization, borderline violence, and institutionalized patriarchy. After marching through the colleges on East side of campus, the march stopped outside the College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Room for performances by UCSC's Slam Poets Team, before making their way through the rest of...
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 3:34pm PDT
document5/30: Lakota Elder Madonna Thunder Hawk Speaks in SF
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by via BACORR
Lakota Elder Madonna Thunder Hawk will speak in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 30th at 6:30pm, at New College of California....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 8:53pm PDT
textSpecial BCA E-Alert for California by Breast Cancer Action
1. TAKE ACTION: Speak Up About Chemical Policy Reform in California; Support Universal Health Care in California 2. SAVE THE DATE: Women's Leadership Education and Advocacy Day, May 18, San Francisco; Support Strokes--Making Waves for Women with Cancer, Oakland, May 20; Environmental Justice Health Summit, June 10, North Richmond; Volunteer with BCA at Pride, June 25, San Francisco...
Posted: Sat, May 13, 2006 12:10am PDT
textHelp floral workers fight for their rights on Mother's Day by Bianca
In late March, more than 100 workers at Monterey Bay Bouquet mainly women, many who worked for the company for more than 15 years were fired and replaced with workers supplied by farm labor contractors. The company paid the labor contractor workers less money and provided no benefits....
Posted: Fri, May 12, 2006 11:29am PDT
imageMother's (and Others) Say No to War! - 5/12
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by PINK EYES
Solidarity action with the National CODEPINK Mother's Day for Peace this Friday at the Military Recruitment Center on 41st Avenue this Friday. STOP THE NEXT WAR NOW!...
Posted: Tue, May 9, 2006 11:49am PDT
textTake Back the Night in Davis on Tuesday!!!! by Bianca
Tuesday night women will be taking back the streets in Davis in protest of domestic violence for the 25th annual Take Back the Night. Men are not just invited but encouraged to attend....
Posted: Mon, May 8, 2006 4:57pm PDT
textChicana Author Sandra Cisneros to Recieve First Gloria E. Anzaldua Distinguished Lecture Award (4/30 by http://lals.ucsc.edu/clrc/
The Chicana/o Latina/o Research Center at UC Santa Cruz (CLRC) is pleased to announce its first annual Gloria E. Anzaldúa Distinguished Lecture Award Ceremony. Noted Chicana author and MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient Sandra Cisneros will accept the award and read from her work at 5pm on Sunday, April 30, 2006 at Watsonville’s Mello Center for the Performing Arts....
Posted: Sat, Apr 29, 2006 12:49pm PDT
textNobel Peace Prize Nominee to Visit Northcoast by press release
Two Northcoast appearances for Nobel Peace Prize nominee to discuss the worldwide grassroots movement for the women and girls of the world. “When the world takes care of women, women take care of the world.”...
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 10:47pm PDT
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