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Northern California Women's Music Festival
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
SSIP Choir meets tomorrow!
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
SF: On The Edge - Documentary on the Murders in Juarez w/ director Steev Hise
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
Calif. Boosts Plan B; 2 Courts Nix Gay Marriage
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
Rallying for Suzanne Swift
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
Honoring Our Indigenous Women Activists
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
Uncles, Tear Down These Walls!
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
Students and Workers Rally to Demand Affirmative Diversity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2006...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 6:17pm PDT
Anti Choice queer organization to march in Queer Pride
Where will you be?...
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 4:28pm PDT
Born to Drum Women's Drum Camp
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
Bay Area Calendar June 1, 2006
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
Elizabeth Creely and Native American Activist Madonna Thunder Hawk Discuss Abortion Rights (audio/mpeg 9.5MB)
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
Take Back the Night 2006
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
5/30: Lakota Elder Madonna Thunder Hawk Speaks in SF
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
Special BCA E-Alert for California
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
Help floral workers fight for their rights on Mother's Day
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
Mother's (and Others) Say No to War! - 5/12
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
Take Back the Night in Davis on Tuesday!!!!
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
Chicana Author Sandra Cisneros to Recieve First Gloria E. Anzaldua Distinguished Lecture Award (4/30
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
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee to Visit Northcoast
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