BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Indybay PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889520 SEQUENCE:19067976 CREATED:20261020T042600Z SUMMARY:Senators Schiff & Padilla: Stop the War on Iran DESCRIPTION:Join NIAC and CODEPINK for colorful rallies at the offices of Senator Schiff and Senator Padilla to demand PEACE with Iran!\n\nSchedule: 8:30 Senator Schiff’s Office; 9:30 Senator Padilla’s Office\n\nWe will present four demands to the Senators’ staffs and ask for their timely pledges:\n\n1. Pledge to oppose any defense spending that fails to end the war against Iran.\n2. Enforce the War Powers Resolution directing the President to terminate hostilities against Iran.\n3. Investigate deadly war crimes, including strikes on an Iranian wedding and the Minab School.\n4. Publicly call for and support a peace agreement, which requires lifting sanctions and unfreezing assets. \n\nTheir responses will inform our decisions to support these Senators going forward—or not.\nBanners and messaging on provided signs; Skit (arrest Hegseth for War Crimes); \\nStatements from organizers: NIAC, CODEPINK, Fellowship of Reconciliation\n\nJoin us to demand peace with Iran!\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/19/18889520.php LOCATION:8:30am Schiff, One Post St.; 9:30am Padilla, 333 Bush St. URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/19/18889520.php DTSTART:20261020T153000Z DTEND:20261020T173000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889260 SEQUENCE:19067668 CREATED:20261013T015900Z SUMMARY:Virtual Phonebank for Connie Chan! DESCRIPTION:Join our virtual phonebank every Tuesday through Thursday in October from 4:30pm-7pm.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889260.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/conniechansf/event/1026235/ URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889260.php DTSTART:20261020T233000Z DTEND:20261021T020000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889225 SEQUENCE:19067642 CREATED:20261011T221700Z SUMMARY:Hyde at 50: A Legacy of Abortion Restriction, Rosie Jimenez & Forced Births for Poor Women DESCRIPTION:50 Years of the Hyde Amendment\n\nOctober 21, 2026 at 9 AM PT (noon ET) \n\nRSVP: https://www.thenation.com/events/hyde-50-abortion-access-event/\n\nJoin The Nation and the Rosie’s Law Coalition for a virtual conversation reflecting on the legacy of the Hyde Amendment and Rosie Jimenez, moderated by Nation deputy editor Regina Mahone and featuring Nation abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield, Rosie’s Law legislative campaign coordinator Ana Rodriguez, and reproductive justice activist Nancy Cárdenas Peña.\n\nThis fall marks 50 years since the passage of the Hyde Amendment. The ban on federal funding of abortion is the most significant yet under-acknowledged anti-abortion policy in U.S. history, restricting access to a fundamental right through a budget rider. \n\nAccording to one estimate, it’s forced more than a million people on Medicaid to give birth who would otherwise have gotten an abortion. \n\nOctober 3, 2026 also marks the 49th anniversary of the death of Rosie Jimenez, a 27-year-old mother who was denied care from a clinic because she could not afford it and instead got an unsafe abortion that took her life. Rosie is considered the first documented victim of Hyde.\n\nThis virtual discussion will leave ample time for audience Q&A.\n\nThe event is free but registration is required. Attendees will receive a Zoom link in the email confirmation after registration. \nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889225.php LOCATION:Vitual event - join from anywhere URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889225.php DTSTART:20261021T160000Z DTEND:20261021T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888759 SEQUENCE:19067040 CREATED:20260925T230900Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888759.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888759.php DTSTART:20261021T190000Z DTEND:20261021T193000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888935 SEQUENCE:19067263 CREATED:20261001T171200Z SUMMARY:Phonebank to Stop the Deadly Merger DESCRIPTION:What is the Deadly Merger?\nThe U.S. and Israel want to merge their military systems in order to produce deadly weapons and surveillance technology together. This Deadly Merger is buried inside the annual military spending bill, or National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which Congress will be voting on again soon.\n\nWe have a small window of time to block the NDAA, which is why we’re phonebanking nearly every week to make sure Congress knows where their constituents stand.\n\nOk, but what is a “phonebank”?\nAt phonebanks, we call constituents (read: people) of key moveable, influential members of Congress, and patch them directly through to their elected official’s office. These are some of the most pleasant calls you can make, chatting directly with supporters of DSA, USCPR Action, and Adalah Justice Project.\n\nThese phonebanks have already driven thousands of calls to Congress, directly contributing to historic votes on the NDAA and arming Israel last month. We have the winds at our back, but so much more to do.\n\n🔥 THIS WEEK, TURN UP THE HEAT 🔥\nNo prior experience required—RSVP to as many as you can!\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/01/18888935.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://uscpract.org/block URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/01/18888935.php DTSTART:20261021T230000Z DTEND:20261022T000000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889261 SEQUENCE:19067669 CREATED:20261013T015900Z SUMMARY:Virtual Phonebank for Connie Chan! DESCRIPTION:Join our virtual phonebank every Tuesday through Thursday in October from 4:30pm-7pm.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889261.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/conniechansf/event/1026235/ URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889261.php DTSTART:20261021T233000Z DTEND:20261022T020000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889032 SEQUENCE:19067432 CREATED:20261005T024600Z SUMMARY:Their Elections: What to Expect and How to Respond DESCRIPTION:Bay Area Speak Out Socialists Public Meeting\n\nDemocrats say voting for them is the only way to stop Trump’s attacks, but they can’t even guarantee the election’s results will be upheld, let alone stop the attacks. Standing up to Trump and the system he represents depends on us organizing our own forces. Join a discussion about getting ourselves organized to confront the problems we face.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/04/18889032.php LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Library\n6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/04/18889032.php DTSTART:20261022T020000Z DTEND:20261022T033000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889276 SEQUENCE:19067686 CREATED:20261013T062100Z SUMMARY:United Nations Association Film Festival DESCRIPTION:The 29th United Nations Association Film Festival continues Wednesday, Oct. 21, in San Francisco with an evening of documentaries exploring identity, addiction treatment and institutional accountability.\n\nThe evening begins with "Becoming James," directed by Evan Possley. The eight-minute documentary follows a man who, after decades in prison, works to rebuild his identity and finds success in an unexpected way.\n\nNext is "Shuffle," directed by Benjamin Flaherty. Through the filmmaker’s own recovery, the documentary investigates the multibillion-dollar addiction treatment industry, examining financial incentives, conflicts of interest and the system surrounding people seeking treatment.\n\nThe evening concludes with "Nuns vs. The Vatican," directed by Lorena Luciano and produced by Filippo Piscopo. The film follows a former Catholic nun who breaks her silence about abuse within the Church, as other nuns come forward to examine a culture of silence and institutional protection.\n\nUNAFF runs Oct. 15–25, 2026, with the theme Passion for Change. The festival features films on human rights issues like the environment, women’s rights, racism, and peace, engaging a diverse Bay Area audience.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889276.php LOCATION:Delancey Screening Room\n600 Embarcadero\nSan Francisco URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889276.php DTSTART:20261022T020000Z DTEND:20261022T050000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888982 SEQUENCE:19067319 CREATED:20261002T190100Z SUMMARY:Webinar: A Conversation with Omar Barghouti DESCRIPTION:Café Palestine (UK-Palestine Mental Health Network) and Dardasheh (Shatāt-USA Palestine Mental Health Network) invite you to a conversation with Omar Barghouti.\n\nTogether, we will explore how cultural and academic boycott connects to ethical practice, collective care, and the work of mental health.\n\nOmar Barghouti is a co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. He is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). He received the 2017 Gandhi Peace Award.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/02/18888982.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dZN2ft_0Tha_mYXfADf8KQ#/registration URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/02/18888982.php DTSTART:20261022T160000Z DTEND:20261022T160000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889224 SEQUENCE:19067625 CREATED:20261011T215200Z SUMMARY:Voting Rights Martyrs: U.S. Civil Rights Legacy & Sacrifice and the Midterm Elections DESCRIPTION:“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history. Loving your country means embracing all the complexity of your history." — Maryland Governor Wes Moore\n\nWe remember the slain activists and protesters, of all eras in U.S. history, and those slain in America whose untimely deaths led to positive changes in this nation as well as those who made extraordinary sacrifices for equal justice throughout their lifetime. \n\nThey are American martyrs.\n\nJoin us to honor the heroes of voting rights and get inspired for the upcoming midterms with stories of courage and sacrifice.\n\nDate: Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 at 4 PM PT (7 PM ET)\n\nLocation: Online via Zoom\n\nRSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voting-rights-martyrs-webinar-legacy-sacrifice-and-the-midterm-elections-tickets-2002242826192\n\n\nJoin Martyrs Day founder, author and legal scholar Gloria J. Browne-Marshall for a special virtual discussion examining the history, sacrifice and continuing legacy of voting rights martyrs in the United States.\n\n“Voting Rights Martyrs: Legacy, Sacrifice, and the Midterm Elections” will bring together journalists, historians, authors and descendants of civil rights leaders for a conversation about the struggle for voting rights, the people who sacrificed in pursuit of those rights and the historical context surrounding contemporary voting issues and the 2026 midterm elections.\n\nThe program asks a central question: How do we fight for our voting rights and why?\n\nThe webinar will connect the stories of voting rights martyrs with broader questions about civic participation, historical memory and voting rights.\n\nThrough journalism, historical scholarship, family history and personal perspective, panelists will consider the sacrifices that shaped the struggle for voting rights and why preserving those stories remains important.\n\nThe conversation will also provide historical context for understanding voting rights issues surrounding the 2026 midterm elections. The program is intended to encourage learning, discussion and greater understanding of the people and events that helped shape voting rights in the United States.\n\nThe webinar will be moderated by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall and will feature Yunior Rivas, Michelle Flamer, Rochelle Dahmer and Dennis Dahmer.\n\nRegistered attendees will receive information about accessing the virtual program.\n\n\nMODERATOR: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall\n\nGloria J. Browne-Marshall is the founder of Martyrs Day and the author of “A Protest History of the United States.” Her work examines law, civil rights, social justice and the history of protest in the United States. Her book explores centuries of resistance movements and the role sustained protest has played in producing social and political change. “A Protest History of the United States” received a 2026 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal in History.\n\nBrowne-Marshall will moderate the discussion and guide the conversation on the history of voting rights, the sacrifices made in pursuit of equal access to the ballot and the lessons that history offers for understanding voting rights today.\nPanelists\n\nSPEAKERS:\n\nYunior Rivas\n\nYunior Rivas is a breaking news reporter with Democracy Docket whose reporting focuses on voting, election administration, litigation and related democracy issues. Rivas earned a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he specialized in local news and data reporting.\n\nHis reporting provides a contemporary perspective on voting rights and the legal and administrative issues surrounding elections.\n\n\nMichelle Flamer\n\nMichelle Flamer represents 1838 Black Metropolis and Philadelphia Heritage, as identified in the event materials. Her participation will contribute a historical and community-centered perspective to the discussion of voting rights, remembrance and the legacy of those whose sacrifices helped advance civil rights.\n\n\nRochelle Dahmer\n\nRochelle “Shelley” Dahmer is the author of “If You Don’t Vote, You Don’t Count: Vernon Dahmer’s Fight for Equality,” a children’s book that introduces younger generations to the life and legacy of slain civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer. She is married to Phillip Dahmer, Vernon Dahmer’s grandson.\n\nHer participation brings a family and educational perspective to the discussion of Vernon Dahmer’s legacy and the importance of preserving voting rights history for future generations.\n\n\nDennis Dahmer\n\nDennis Dahmer is the youngest son of Vernon Dahmer Sr., the Mississippi civil rights leader and NAACP chapter president who was killed following a Ku Klux Klan attack on his family’s home in January 1966. Dennis Dahmer survived the attack and has worked to preserve and share his father’s legacy and commitment to voting rights and civil rights.\n\nHis participation provides a direct family connection to the history at the center of the webinar and an opportunity to reflect on the human impact behind the struggle for voting rights.\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889224.php LOCATION:Online via Zoom - join from anywhere\n\nFree and open to the public URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889224.php DTSTART:20261022T230000Z DTEND:20261023T000000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889487 SEQUENCE:19067936 CREATED:20261019T053600Z SUMMARY:Tell Target to Stand Up To ICE! DESCRIPTION:Tell Target to Stand Up To ICE!\n\nJoin us to say: Until Target acts to protect its workers and guests from ICE, we will not shop at Target!\nWe will hold signs, hand out flyers, and explain why we must all boycott Target until they Stand Up To ICE.\nBring a sign if you have one.\nThis is a peaceful protest.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889487.php LOCATION:Metreon Target: 789 Mission Street. Meet on the sidewalk by the Mission Street entrance. URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889487.php DTSTART:20261022T230000Z DTEND:20261023T010000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889262 SEQUENCE:19067670 CREATED:20261013T020700Z SUMMARY:Virtual Phonebank for Connie Chan! DESCRIPTION:Join our virtual phonebank every Tuesday through Thursday in October from 4:30pm-7pm.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889262.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/conniechansf/event/1026235/ URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889262.php DTSTART:20261022T233000Z DTEND:20261023T020000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889002 SEQUENCE:19067381 CREATED:20261004T015000Z SUMMARY:Presentation: Eyewitness to the Resistance DESCRIPTION:Indivisible SF presents a panel of local photojournalists from Pro Bono Photo and other news organizations who share selections from their portfolios and discuss the role photojournalism plays in documenting protest, civic action and pro-democracy movements.\n\nFrom the civil rights and voting rights movements of the 1960s to today's social justice actions, the San Francisco Bay Area has long been a significant site of protest and civil disobedience. Who documents these fleeting moments of protest and civic action? Local photojournalists share their experiences covering pro-democracy movements and street demonstrations throughout the Bay Area.\n\nHear firsthand accounts from photographers documenting recent protests and demonstrations, view a curated projection of their work and engage directly with the panelists during an audience Q&A.\n\nPop-Up Gallery: A selection of photographs by participating photojournalists will be displayed alongside historical protest photography from SFPL collections, connecting contemporary documentation of Bay Area demonstrations with the Library's photographic record of protest and civic action. The display will be on view on the 4th Floor of the Main Library from Sept. 17-Dec. 31.\n\nFree\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/03/18889002.php LOCATION:San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium\n100 Larkin Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94102 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/03/18889002.php DTSTART:20261023T010000Z DTEND:20261023T023000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889309 SEQUENCE:19067758 CREATED:20261015T021200Z SUMMARY:Keep Coal Out Community Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join us at a Community Meeting at Gill Tract Farm in Albany on Thursday October 22, 7:00-8:30 pm, to learn more about our campaign and how you can help to keep coal out of our communities.\n\nWe’ll catch you up on our decade-long fight opposing a proposed coal terminal in West Oakland.\n\nWe’ll share current updates, and brainstorm ways to take action in small groups.\n\nThe coal terminal would bring mile-long coal trains along the East Bay shoreline, from Martinez to Oakland, sending toxic coal dust through our communities. This coal terminal is everyone’s problem throughout the East Bay – and it’ll take all of us to stop it.\n\nYou can RSVP here: bit.ly/no-coal-october ; but we hope to see you whether or not you RSVP!\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/14/18889309.php LOCATION:Gill Tract Community Farm\n1050 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/14/18889309.php DTSTART:20261023T020000Z DTEND:20261023T033000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888751 SEQUENCE:19067028 CREATED:20260925T214700Z SUMMARY:Virtual Action Hour for Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff every Friday to hear updates on what's happening in Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact Congress and call for an arms embargo on Israel and humanitarian access for Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us!\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act): \n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888751.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888751.php DTSTART:20261023T160000Z DTEND:20261023T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889145 SEQUENCE:19067573 CREATED:20261008T233200Z SUMMARY:Three Years of Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with Ali Abunimah, Lara Kiswani & Cat Brooks DESCRIPTION:Join the Middle East Children's Alliance on October 23 at First Congregational Church Oakland as we welcome Ali Abunimah, Lara Kiswani, and Cat Brooks for this special event in solidarity with Palestinians who have faced three years of ongoing genocide in Gaza and beyond.\n\nProceeds from this event support projects of the Middle East Children's Alliance\n\nYou can also support Palestinian artisans, craftworkers, and farmers by shopping from our selection of specially curated products from Shop Palestine.\n\nAli Abunimah is executive director of The Electronic Intifada. He is the author of One Country, and The Battle for Justice in Palestine.\n\nLara Kiswani has has been active in anti-war, Palestinian liberation, and Third World solidarity movements for over two decades. She is the Executive Director of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), which serves thousands of poor and working-class Arabs and Muslims. AROC has built and led local, national, and international campaigns and coalitions advancing Palestinian liberation while also strengthening broader struggles for racial, social, and economic justice.\n\nCat Brooks is co-founder and executive director of Anti-Police Terror Project and Justice Teams, host of Law & Disorder on KPFA, and a long-time performer, organizer, and activist.\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/08/18889145.php LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison St, Oakland, CA 94612 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/08/18889145.php DTSTART:20261024T013000Z DTEND:20261024T043000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889278 SEQUENCE:19067706 CREATED:20261013T072600Z SUMMARY:Invisible Atlas - Ranko Ogura Dance DESCRIPTION:Oct 23-24, 7:30pm - 8:30pm, Oct 25 4pm - 5pm\n\nUnseen Threats, Remembered History. Uncovering the Hidden Radioactive Waste Beneath San Francisco.\n\nFrom Japan-a nation shaped by Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Fukushima-comes a powerful message of prayer and truth. Rooted in the memories of disaster, and lived history of radiation, where do we look when envisioning our future? Together, we explore the hope that lies within thinking together, moving together, and building that future onstage.\n\nExperience an immersive performance blending Butoh and contemporary dance with immersive installation projections, poetry, theater, and live Shakuhachi flute and Taiko drumming.\n\nINVISIBLE ATLAS is an international performance project. A project that begins with the memories of the atomic bombing, destruction, and loss, and moves toward regeneration.\n\nArtist/ Student: $20, General Admission: $35, Patron of Ranko Ogura Dance: $65.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/13/18889278.php LOCATION:Dance Mission Theater\n3316 24th St\nSan Francisco, CA 94110 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/13/18889278.php DTSTART:20261024T023000Z DTEND:20261025T023000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888909 SEQUENCE:19067215 CREATED:20260930T043400Z SUMMARY:Trump Regime Takedown (every Saturday) DESCRIPTION:We do not consent to Trump and his billionaire allies taking a chainsaw to our government and our economy for their benefit! San Francisco is a sanctuary city and We the People need to defend the values that make it so. Let’s stand united and oppose the endless assaults on our communities, our civil rights, the rule of law, and our democracy.\n\nKeep democracy alive every Saturday by showing up, taking a stand, and sticking together for the long haul. Standing together is better than standing alone. Let’s get together and call out the Trump/MAGA regime as a community. Plus, it’s fun! Think of it as our democracy corner—a place for you to voice your opinion, hang out with like-minded fellow protesters, and experience a cathartic moment together.\n\nWhat you can do:\n• If you’ve got signs, flags, cardboard cutouts, or any protest visuals you want to make, bring ’em! We also have spare signs to lend.\n• If you have whistles, drums, cowbells, or other noisemakers, bring ’em!\n• Musicians are welcome and encouraged. Sing the song of democracy!\n• Many of our regular protesters are part of local activist groups who are happy to chat with anyone who wants to pair their indignation with direct action beyond street protest.\n\nWe’ve turned this into the liveliest, loudest weekly protest in the city and we welcome you to join us! Bring your friends or feel free to show up by yourself. Note: We expect attendees to comply with traffic laws and stay safe since it’s a busy intersection. \n\nThis weekly event is hosted by Indivisible SF and 50501 SF (organizers of the San Francisco No Kings March), and a committed group of active protest regulars who have been showing up to this corner on a weekly basis since February 2025. \n\nA core principle behind all Indivisible and 50501 events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values. We oppose violence, vandalism, and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of our First Amendment right to peaceful assembly.\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/29/18888909.php LOCATION:corner of Van Ness and O’Farrell St, San Francisco\n URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/29/18888909.php DTSTART:20261024T190000Z DTEND:20261024T210000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889105 SEQUENCE:19067471 CREATED:20261007T170700Z SUMMARY:Webinar: Kidnapped on the Global Sumud Flotilla, 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join Fra Hughes, Director of Palestine Aid Ireland, as he recalls his journey of activism with Palestine. From the violent streets of Belfast where he grew up to being illegally abducted from the Global Sumud Flotilla in May, 2026 under sniper sights by the IDF. From British colonial troops on the ground in Ireland to zionist colonial troops on the ground in Palestine, this story is one of occupation parallels and solidarity. Join us as take a stroll with Fra on his Walk with Palestine from his first convoy with George Galloway to Gaza in 2010, via his visits to the occupied territories, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, The Donbas, Syria, Lebanon and South Africa, and his detention in Ketziot maximum security prison. Fra puts the national liberation struggle into the international call for justice, freedom and sovereignty.\n\nPresenter: \nFra Hughes is an activist and humanitarian from Belfast, “Northern” Ireland. Born in 1963 and raised during the Troubles, he learned the meaning of occupation on the streets of his own city before turning his solidarity toward Palestine. He has participated in multiple aid convoys to Gaza, co-founded the charity Palestine Aid (Ireland), and served as a volunteer on the Global Sumud Flotilla 2026—where he was kidnapped at gunpoint in international waters and imprisoned in Ketziot high-security prison. He lives in Belfast with his partner Pauline and their two dogs. Kidnapped on the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza 2026 is his first book.\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889105.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/xsYPgAiyTO2n0a3sWgsM1g. URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889105.php DTSTART:20261024T190000Z DTEND:20261024T190000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888923 SEQUENCE:19067248 CREATED:20260930T223700Z SUMMARY:Book Reading: “Bad Energy” by Joshua Frank in conversation with Scott Parkin DESCRIPTION:In Bad Energy, award-winning journalist Joshua Frank argues that the green energy transition is driven not by an effort to save the planet but by profit incentives. We must stop burning fossil fuels if we have any hope of saving the planet, but the significant, haphazard expansion of green energy in recent years--from large solar projects to wind energy to mining for renewables--has destroyed communities and ecosystems. And worse, renewables simply cannot match our ever-expanding demand for energy, driven in no small part by the rapid proliferation of data centers in the world's wealthiest nations.\n\nTaking readers from copper mines in Montana and Bolivia to wind farms in Wyoming to the geopolitical battle over deep-sea mining in the South Pacific, Bad Energy offers a stark assessment of the costs of the rush for renewables and the demand for endless growth. As Frank makes clear, we cannot consume our way out of climate chaos. What we need instead is rejection of the capitalist interests driving planetary collapse and a radical vision for a truly sustainable future.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/30/18888923.php LOCATION:Nomadic Bookshop\n326 23rd St, Oakland, CA 94612 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/30/18888923.php DTSTART:20261025T003000Z DTEND:20261025T020000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889143 SEQUENCE:19067572 CREATED:20261008T215600Z SUMMARY:Three Years of Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with Ali Abunimah and Lara Kiswani DESCRIPTION:Join the Middle East Children's Alliance as we welcome Ali Abunimah, Lara Kiswani, and Samia Shoman for this special Silicon Valley event in solidarity with Palestinians who have been facing three years of ongoing genocide and learn more about MECA's humanitarian efforts in Gaza and beyond.\n\nWe're also honored to welcome accomplished violinist Basma Edrees and friends for a special musical performance.\n\nReception 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Meet and Greet with our special guests and MECA Staff. Refreshments and entry to main event included. Limited tickets! Program starts at 7 p.m.\n\nProceeds from the event support MECA's projects in Palestine.\n\nYou can also support Palestinian artisans, craftworkers, and farmers by shopping from our selection of specially curated products from Shop Palestine.\n\nCo-sponsored by Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley\n\nAli Abunimah is executive director of The Electronic Intifada. He is the author of One Country, and The Battle for Justice in Palestine.\n\nLara Kiswani has has been active in anti-war, Palestinian liberation, and Third World solidarity movements for over two decades. She is the Executive Director of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), which serves thousands of poor and working-class Arabs and Muslims. AROC has built and led local, national, and international campaigns and coalitions advancing Palestinian liberation while also strengthening broader struggles for racial, social, and economic justice.\n\nDr. Samia Shoman is a Palestinian-American educator and Director of the Teach Palestine Project for MECA.\n\nBasma Edrees is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she received her Masters in Violin Performance and Mannes School of Music where she received her Bachelors degree. Basma has served as Associate Concert Master of the Oakland Symphony.\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/08/18889143.php LOCATION:Arrillaga Family Recreation Center\nSequoia Room \n700 Alma St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/08/18889143.php DTSTART:20261025T020000Z DTEND:20261025T040000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888785 SEQUENCE:19067069 CREATED:20260925T232500Z SUMMARY:Doctors Against Genocide (DAG) Weekly Webinar DESCRIPTION:Register for the Zoom meeting at:\n\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aUUzycRDSwaem750Nc6iFg\n\nOR\n\nWatch on YouTube at:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoctorsAgainstGenocide/streams\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n* Call & email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya: https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n* Email &/or call your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act): https://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888785.php LOCATION:Online URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888785.php DTSTART:20261025T160000Z DTEND:20261025T160000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888723 SEQUENCE:19066987 CREATED:20260923T212500Z SUMMARY:Tim Redmond: What will San Francisco look like in 2027? DESCRIPTION:The midterm elections will have huge consequences for the future of Democracy in the\nUnited States. But the local elections will also have consequences—and as San\nFrancisco emerges as the AI capital of the world, the impacts on residents are alarming.\nWe will discuss the future of this city and how the November elections will shape it.\nTim has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30\nyears, much of that time as editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder and publisher of\nthe 48hills.org blog online, an independent news and culture site.\nJoin us and participate in what promises to be a very insightful and lively presentation!\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/23/18888723.php LOCATION:1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 94109\nOR Zoom:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/97439517441?pwd=qgkdlw1Jjf2RlQzsiYNKEwjqu0Dy2B.1\nMeeting ID: 974 3951 7441 Passcode: 719265 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/23/18888723.php DTSTART:20261025T163000Z DTEND:20261025T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889179 SEQUENCE:19067558 CREATED:20261009T234400Z SUMMARY:“Whose City? Our City!” – Rise Up against Mayor Lurie’s Attacks DESCRIPTION:Meeting and discussion: “Whose City? Our City!” — Rise Up against Mayor Lurie’s Attacks\nOctober 25 @ 12:00 pm PDT \n\nWorking San Franciscans face ever-increasing claims of a fiscal crisis and the need to cut city services and the workers who provide them. With local billionaires and their corporations getting richer by the day, there is plenty of wealth to fund all the city’s needs. Mayor Lurie and his ultra wealthy backers have created the crisis to protect their riches and avoid paying taxes, while regular folks face impossible living costs. It’s time for poor and working people in every community to unite and fight back. Come to a public discussion to share your thoughts on how we can mobilize to take back our city.\n\nSunday, Oct. 25, noon\nLunch and socializing afterwards\nDoor donation $3-5 Lunch donation $8-10\nNew Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St. San Francisco\n\nAlso on Zoom–register at https://bit.ly/WhoseCity-Oct2026\n\nSponsored by Freedom Socialist Party\n\nlocated seven blocks from Civic Center BART & on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 31, 38 &\n\nFor more information, call 415-864-1278 or email bayareafsp@socialism.com\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/09/18889179.php LOCATION:New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St. San Francisco\n URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/09/18889179.php DTSTART:20261025T190000Z DTEND:20261025T210000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889229 SEQUENCE:19067641 CREATED:20261012T025300Z SUMMARY:Turn Outrage Into Action: Immigrants, the Courts and You DESCRIPTION:Turn Outrage Into Action: Immigrants, the Courts and You\n\nOctober 25, 2026 from 2:00-4:00 pm (doors open at 1:30)\n\nThis event focuses on immigration court with two former immigration judges and the Deputy Public Defender, Immigration in Contra Costa County telling us of the drastic changes to the immigration system as a whole, as well as how we can all help and make a difference.\n\nEarly registration recommended as seating is limited. Free to the public.\n\nSpeakers:\nJeremiah Johnson, Former Immigration Judge\nKyra Lilien, Senior Counsel, Van Der Hout, LLC\nAli Saidi, Director, Stand Together Contra Costa, Deputy Public Defender Immigration, Attorney, Office of the Public Defender -Contra Costa County\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889229.php LOCATION:La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley) URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889229.php DTSTART:20261025T210000Z DTEND:20261025T230000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889030 SEQUENCE:19067380 CREATED:20261004T203400Z SUMMARY:No Rest Until Liberation DESCRIPTION:Palestine Solidarity Vigil/ Protest ongoing uninterrupted nearly three years bringing attention to the massacres and forced displacement 80 years ago, the illegal, brutal occupation for nearly 60 years and today's Palestinian Genocide by Israel with Western enablement. (Did you know 22,000+ children have been slaughtered by Israel in Gaza, the size of Philadelphia and 55,000 have been made orphan of at least one parent?)\n\nVarying activities have included food, art, sign making, music, cultural items displays, books, information, BDS marches with friendly, knowledgeable community, some with family members living the dystopic horror. Come make scenic Window on the Bay Park your activism stop when near Monterey on any Sunday. Join us in community, solidarity and to enlighten passers-by. Help free the Palestinian people, thus us all, from decades of oppression, violence, destruction, theft, imprisonment, slaughter and disenfranchisement. Protest against the powers-that-be today, where international human rights laws mean nothing, we are all Palestinian. Come join us rain or shine!\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/04/18889030.php LOCATION:Window on the Bay Park 717 Del Monte Ave Monterey URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/04/18889030.php DTSTART:20261025T220000Z DTEND:20261026T000000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889273 SEQUENCE:19067774 CREATED:20261013T061900Z SUMMARY:United Nations Association Film Festival | Closing Night DESCRIPTION:The 29th United Nations Association Film Festival closes on Sunday, Oct. 25, at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, bringing two feature-length films.\n\nYo (Love is a Rebellious Bird), by Bay Area duo Banker White and UNAFF alum Anna Fitch, is an imaginative film explores creativity as an outlet for grief and love.\n\nIn the Company of Wolves: An American Journey, narrated by Jeff Bridges and directed by Susan Kucera and Jim Swift, explores how our relationship with animals shaped a nation. Jeff Bridges is also the recipient of the 29th UNAFF Visionary Award.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889273.php LOCATION:Mitchell Park Community Center\n3700 Middlefield Road\nPalo Alto URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889273.php DTSTART:20261026T001500Z DTEND:20261026T031500Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888760 SEQUENCE:19067041 CREATED:20260925T231100Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888760.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888760.php DTSTART:20261026T190000Z DTEND:20261026T193000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889231 SEQUENCE:19067634 CREATED:20261012T043800Z SUMMARY:Protest Rally: No War on Cuba (Global Week of Action Oct. 24 - 31) DESCRIPTION:On October 28, the world will vote to end the blockade of Cuba for the 34th time. For 33 years the United Nations has overwhelmingly declared the blockade a violation of international law.The United States has ignored every vote and has only intensified its genocidal violence against Cuba imposing a total energy blockade causing preventable death and immeasurable suffering.\n\nWe must double down on Cuba solidarity now. The Bay Area Cuba Solidarity Network is encouraging actions big and small across our region to demand NO WAR ON CUBA. If you are part of an organization, collective, or group of friends who want to participate, we will support and amplify your actions!\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889231.php LOCATION:corner of Ocean and Water Street, Santa Cruz URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889231.php DTSTART:20261026T230000Z DTEND:20261027T010000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889263 SEQUENCE:19067671 CREATED:20261013T020800Z SUMMARY:Virtual Phonebank for Connie Chan! DESCRIPTION:Join our virtual phonebank every Tuesday through Thursday in October from 4:30pm-7pm.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889263.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/conniechansf/event/1026235/ URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889263.php DTSTART:20261027T233000Z DTEND:20261028T020000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889003 SEQUENCE:19067353 CREATED:20261004T034700Z SUMMARY:One City One Book: Cities as Ancestors DESCRIPTION:Explore how our relationships with cities, parks and the more-than-human world can shape our future. Inspired by Susanna Kwan's Awake in the Floating City, the 2026 One City One Book selection, this conversation brings together local community leaders working on place-based environmental justice to consider what it means to be an ancestor and how the places we inhabit become part of our collective legacy. \n\nDrawing on five years of the Parks as Ancestors series, inspired by the book, What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?, the discussion expands the conversation beyond protected parklands to consider urban spaces as living legacies. \n\nThis interactive program invites participants to consider what we inherit from the places and people who came before us-and what we will leave behind for those who come after. Attendees are welcome to bring a photograph or a sentimental object honoring someone they have lost, if they wish to incorporate it into the program.\n\nFree\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/03/18889003.php LOCATION:San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium\n100 Larkin Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94102 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/03/18889003.php DTSTART:20261028T010000Z DTEND:20261028T023000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888959 SEQUENCE:19067293 CREATED:20261001T225200Z SUMMARY:Becoming Leaderful: A Panel Discussion on Building the Communities We Want DESCRIPTION:Join a discussion among local activists and leaders on how to unlock and amplify our capabilities in a moment which calls for leadership from every community member. As our community and our structures come under attack, this is the time for deep reflection and action, to ask ourselves who we are, who we can be, and how to become the people we have been waiting for. Our panelists will share their processes of refuting the model minority myth, our own learned powerlessness, and what it looks like to take an active part in ongoing social change. Attendees will leave the session with new models and inspiration to build lasting change in their communities.\nThe panelists are Claudia Leung from New Breath, Tash Nguyen from Restore Oakland, and Krishna Desai, Esq. of Desai Tran, with moderator Kim Tran.\n\nAbout the Panelists\n\nClaudia Leung (she/they) is a queer, disabled, mixed-race second-generation Chinese American born and raised in the Bay Area. At New Breath Foundation, she serves as the Director of Programs, leading in strategic grantmaking, capacity building, evaluation, and learning. Throughout her career, Claudia has consistently focused on centering marginalized communities to effect intersectional cultural and social change. Her career spans more than a decade in roles from grantmaking to communications to fundraising at organizations working on racial justice, gender justice, arts, and education. Her organizing work and background as a liberatory coach inform her approach to philanthropy.\n\nTash Nguyen (she/they) is a queer, gender-nonconforming, community organizer and circlekeeper working to build racial and economic justice. Born and raised in the Bay, they are the child of Vietnamese refugees, and communities ties fuel their drive to dismantle systems of domination. For over 10 years, they’ve been organizing to reduce jail populations, stop jail expansions, and redirect resources out of carceral budgets and into life-affirming solutions. Tash is trained in restorative justice, mediation, and various conflict resolution techniques. They believe that we must build cultures and practices that move beyond punishment if we are to meaningfully break cycles of violence and create a world rooted in shared prosperity.\nPrior to joining Restore Oakland in 2019, Tash served as a Senior Organizer and Advocate at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a founding partner of Restore Oakland. They proudly serve on the board of the REAL Peoples Fund.\nKrishna Desai, Esq. (they/them) works as an employment attorney, facilitator, and consultant to create just and equitable workplaces. Early in their career Krishna worked in gender-based harm prevention and published a book advising LGBTQIA+ youth of their rights. As an attorney, they have helped employees facing discrimination and harassment secure robust settlements and policy changes from Fortune 500 companies and national non-profits. For over a decade, Krishna has coupled that same proactive mindset with their legal background to counsel organizations seeking to align their practices with their values.\nTheir past consulting clients include values aligned multinational corporations, national non-profits and community based organizations. Committed to real-world application, Krishna fosters productive partnerships between community coalitions and local governments. They also provide deescalation support at protests nationwide.\n\nKim Tran (she/her) believes imagination is the engine of change. With over ten years of experience in anti-racist and LGBTQIA+ initiatives, she takes a multidimensional approach to organizational work.\nKim's holistic approach to assessments, management training, facilitated sessions, and implementation are highly effective and have been utilized by national non-profits, purpose-driven companies, community-based organizations, premier academic institutions, and healthcare providers. Her research and community organizing experience have also been featured in NPR, Slate, Politico, PBS NewHour, and the New York Times. Her commitment to advocacy with trans communities was featured in a TEDx talk. In 2021, the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus honored Kim with its Outstanding Community Member award. Her first book, After Diversity, is forthcoming from Haymarket Books.\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/01/18888959.php LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\n388 9th St Suite 290, Oakland URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/01/18888959.php DTSTART:20261028T013000Z DTEND:20261028T030000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889128 SEQUENCE:19067495 CREATED:20261007T195600Z SUMMARY:Virtual Visit: Tulkarem DESCRIPTION:Join our Virtual Visit to Tulkarem where we'll hear firsthand from residents of Tulkarem refugee camp, one of the most densely populated refugee camps in the West Bank. \nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889128.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/virtual-visit-tulkarem URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889128.php DTSTART:20261028T160000Z DTEND:20261028T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888761 SEQUENCE:19067042 CREATED:20260925T231300Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888761.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888761.php DTSTART:20261028T190000Z DTEND:20261028T193000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889264 SEQUENCE:19067672 CREATED:20261013T021000Z SUMMARY:Virtual Phonebank for Connie Chan! DESCRIPTION:Join our virtual phonebank every Tuesday through Thursday in October from 4:30pm-7pm.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889264.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/conniechansf/event/1026235/ URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889264.php DTSTART:20261028T233000Z DTEND:20261029T020000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889265 SEQUENCE:19067673 CREATED:20261013T021100Z SUMMARY:Virtual Phonebank for Connie Chan! DESCRIPTION:Join our virtual phonebank every Tuesday through Thursday in October from 4:30pm-7pm.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889265.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/conniechansf/event/1026235/ URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889265.php DTSTART:20261029T233000Z DTEND:20261030T020000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888901 SEQUENCE:19067206 CREATED:20260929T232000Z SUMMARY:VOTE: Know Your Federal Voting Rights Webinar w/ ACLU and No Kings Coalition DESCRIPTION:KNOW YOUR VOTING RIGHTS\n\nJoin the ACLU and the No Kings Coalition online for our Know Your Federal Voting Rights Training.\n\nWed, Oct 14, 5 - 6 PM PT (8 –9 PM ET)\n\nThu, Oct 29, 5 - 6 PM PT (8 –9 PM ET)\n\nOur voting rights are under attack.\n\nEvery U.S. citizen has the constitutionally protected right to vote. If you’re worried about intimidation, need disability-related accommodations or language assistance at the polls, and want to ensure your ballot is counted, equip yourself with the truth about your rights and voting.\n\nThe right to vote is fundamental to our democracy, and the ACLU will always work to protect it for every eligible American. Join our Know Your Federal Voting Rights Training to learn what you can do to fight disinformation and understand what voter intimidation looks like in your community.\n\nWe will cover:\n\n--Your federal voting rights\n\n--Voter intimidation and other potential barriers to participation\n\n--Ways you can access disability-related accommodations and language assistance at the polls\n\nWhen we know our rights, we can defend them. Get ready for the upcoming elections with us — RSVP NOW.\n\nA core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action and no civil disobedience. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values, and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events. All events should be held in public spaces or on public property.\n\nNo Kings: Vote Early events are nonpartisan and are designed to increase participation from all eligible voters.\n\nBy registering for this event, you agree: (1) that Indivisible and ACLU can contact you about No Kings and other ways to take action or support their organizations and otherwise use any data collected from or about you on this form according to the applicable privacy policy: Indivisible Privacy Policy (https://indivisible.org/privacy-policy) and ACLU's Privacy Statement (https://www.aclu.org/about/privacy/statement); and (2) subject to its privacy policy, Indivisible may also share the information you provide to other No Kings partner organizations, which may also contact you.\n\n- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n\nConozca sus derechos electorales federales\n\nEl derecho al voto es esencial para nuestra democracia y siempre trabajaremos para protegerlo para todos los estadounidenses elegibles. Únase a nuestra capacitación "Conozca sus derechos electorales federales" para conocer las acciones que puede tomar para combatir la desinformación y entender de qué manera se presenta la intimidación a los votantes en su comunidad.\n\nAbordaremos:\n\n--Sus derechos de voto federales\n\n--Intimidación al votante y otros posibles obstáculos para la participación\n\n--Cómo acceder a adaptaciones por discapacidad y asistencia lingüística en los centros de votación\n\nCuando conocemos nuestros derechos, estamos en mejor posición para defenderlos. Prepárese con nosotros para las próximas elecciones: CONFIRME SUS ASISTENCIA AHORA.\n\nUn principio fundamental de todos los eventos de No Kings es el compromiso con la acción no violenta y la no desobediencia civil. Se espera que todos los participantes procuren reducir la tensión en cualquier posible confrontación con quienes no compartan nuestros valores y que actúen dentro del marco legal durante estos eventos. Ningún tipo de arma, incluyendo aquellas legalmente autorizadas, deben de ser traídas a los eventos. Todos los eventos deben realizarse en espacios públicos o en propiedad pública.\n\nLos eventos de No Kings: Vota Temprano son apartidistas y están diseñados para promover la participación de todos los votantes elegibles.\n\nAl registrarse para este evento, usted acepta: (1) que Indivisible y la ACLU puedan contactarlo para informarle sobre No Kings y otras formas de participar o apoyar a sus organizaciones, y que utilicen los datos recopilados a través de este formulario conforme a la política de privacidad aplicable: Política de Privacidad de Indivisible (https://indivisible.org/privacy-policy) y Declaración de Privacidad de la ACLU (https://www.aclu.org/about/privacy/statement) ; y (2) que, sujeto a su política de privacidad, Indivisible también podrá compartir la información proporcionada con otras organizaciones asociadas a No Kings, las cuales también podrán comunicarse con usted.\n\n_________________________________________________________________\n\nPROPUBLICA: “A Massive Power Grab”: White House Proposal Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote\n\n"And on the first day of Trump’s second term, the president rescinded an executive order signed by Joe Biden that had directed federal agencies to expand opportunities for registration. Biden’s order acknowledged that some Americans, including Black citizens and people with disabilities, face historic and ongoing barriers to voting access."\n\n[This is part of the] "Trump administration’s broader assault on federal efforts to expand access to voting, especially among groups that have historically faced discrimination and disenfranchisement."\n\nFor the full article go here: https://www.propublica.org/article/disabled-voters-nonprofit-funding-cuts-omb\n\n\nDISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA\n\nFor information on voting rights and access for the disabled, go here: https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/resources/voting\n\n\nCALIFORNIA SECRETARY of STATE\n\nLanguage Requirements for Election Materials: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/language-requirements\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/29/18888901.php LOCATION:Virtual event: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1026882/\n\nLive captioning\nASL interpretation\nSpanish interpretation URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/29/18888901.php DTSTART:20261030T000000Z DTEND:20261030T010000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889366 SEQUENCE:19067800 CREATED:20261016T194800Z SUMMARY:October Mass Call DESCRIPTION:Turning our attention to the Palestinian Olive Harvest in the West Bank.\n\n\nIG: https://www.instagram.com/p/Deh2bAhDASV/\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/16/18889366.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://mennoniteaction.org/call URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/16/18889366.php DTSTART:20261030T000000Z DTEND:20261030T000000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889054 SEQUENCE:19067662 CREATED:20261005T190500Z SUMMARY:Public Film Screening: “When ICE Melts” DESCRIPTION:The “Minnesota15” and “When ICE Melts” Film\n\nThe Minnesota (MN15) are 15 people who face 3 to 6 years in Federal prison, for their participation with tens of thousands of other people in resisting the occupation of Minneapolis by 4000 ICE and other Federal forces. They showed that it is possible and necessary for us to defend ourselves. No one else will.\n\nThe film “When ICE Melts,” which will be screened during this event, presents that story and shows why we must organize ourselves now, to free the MN15 and prepare to defend ourselves.\n\nThe film that examines how ordinary people organized across neighborhoods, workplaces, unions and communities to resist repression and build collective power against Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, MN.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/05/18889054.php LOCATION:Berkeley City College Auditorium\n2050 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94704 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/05/18889054.php DTSTART:20261030T013000Z DTEND:20261030T033000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888752 SEQUENCE:19067029 CREATED:20260925T214700Z SUMMARY:Virtual Action Hour for Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff every Friday to hear updates on what's happening in Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact Congress and call for an arms embargo on Israel and humanitarian access for Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us!\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act): \n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888752.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888752.php DTSTART:20261030T160000Z DTEND:20261030T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889223 SEQUENCE:19067624 CREATED:20261011T204500Z SUMMARY:gay shame new friends meeting DESCRIPTION:are you haunted by GAY SHAME?\n\ncome to a NEW FRIENDS meeting if you live in the bay and want to learn more and get involved.\n\nif you have been GAY SHAME curious or questioning then this is the spot for you!\n\nbring friends, lovers, exes, situationships and more.\n\nthe event will be an indoors masked event.\n\n465 South Van Ness Ave\nSan Francisco, CA\n94103\n\nthere will probably be screenprinting. check back here for further details prior to the event.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889223.php LOCATION:465 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco CA, 94103 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889223.php DTSTART:20261031T020000Z DTEND:20261031T040000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888659 SEQUENCE:19066943 CREATED:20260920T045700Z SUMMARY:HOWLloweenie SF World Naked Bike Ride DESCRIPTION:The creepy menace of “politics” & “ai” & “flock cams” political clowns got you down? \n\nWe’ve got just the right Big Pick Me Up Remedy, Treat & CureRx in store for you just before the Big S/Election coverage heats up! It’s totally FREE; A Big Smile & Some Wheels Are Your Ticket To The Fun! A Costume Will Make It Even More Festive!\n\nWe’re putting our peds to the pedal & a festive cap on the final 2026 Calendar of Sunny Seasonal San Francisco World Naked Bike Rides which have been the funnest opportunity to Advocate for real Traffic Safety & ProTest to Save Our Planet — in #ThePureSuitOfHappiness ( or #BareAsYouDare ) & Tour Our Lovely City. As the San Francisco Chronicle “covered” us in 2024 & noted: “Nudism is Freedom!”. All are welcome to join our Saturday 31 October pre-S/Election HOWLloweenie* Ride&AfterParty. *Old School San Franciscan aesthetes will catch the sly reference to iconic Beat Poet –  & Nudist Artist — Allen Ginsberg’s “HOWL” which is as prescient & relevant for this Election Season as it has it has ever been, since the 60’s, for its passionate cry of rage, grief, & tribute against the rigid conformity, capitalism & coldness of “America.”\n\nWe gather at 10am in Rincon “Cupid’s Arrow” Park, The Embarcadero Promenade & Folsom Street & roll out promptly at 12pm/Noon for an iconic & unforgettable tour of SF. ( Weather permitting, check for updates! ). Our rolling AfterParty features several EveryDay/365 #NudistWelcomingMerchants – from Cantata Coffee Co in the Haight Ashbury; MrsLeather in SoMa; & Hot Cookie, Spike’s Coffee, Hot Johnnies, Castro Smoke House & many more in The Castro. It’s an unforgettable trip, but many folks roll out with us annually & seasonally because they cannot get enough. The @SFWNBR is a “gateway” drug to ClothesFREELiberty. Giddy Up!\n\nUpdates at x.com/sfwnbr & https://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/wiki/San_Francisco.\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/19/18888659.php LOCATION:Rincon “Cupid’s Arrow” Park | Folsom St. & The Embarcadero Promenade, San Francisco, California USA URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/19/18888659.php DTSTART:20261031T170000Z DTEND:20261031T210000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888603 SEQUENCE:19066832 CREATED:20260917T182200Z SUMMARY:12th Annual Halloween Festival DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Halloween in the heart of Chinatown with a pumpkin patch, arts and crafts, games, and more family-friendly activities throughout the afternoon. Join us for CYC 12th Annual Chinatown Halloween Festival on Saturday, October 31 from 11am–3pm on Waverly Place (between Sacramento and Washington Street).\n\nThank you to our sponsor San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce development and our partners Chinatown Merchants Association, LionDanceMe, and Self-Help for the Elderly for making this event possible. Another big thanks goes to Arata’s Pumpkin Farm, Clancy’s Pumpkins & Christmas Tree, and Sloat Garden Center for donating pumpkins.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/17/18888603.php LOCATION:Waverly Place (between Sacramento and Washington Street), San Francisco URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/17/18888603.php DTSTART:20261031T180000Z DTEND:20261031T220000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888910 SEQUENCE:19067216 CREATED:20260930T044200Z SUMMARY:Trump Regime Takedown (special Halloween edition) DESCRIPTION:We do not consent to Trump and his billionaire allies taking a chainsaw to our government and our economy for their benefit! San Francisco is a sanctuary city and We the People need to defend the values that make it so. Let’s stand united and oppose the endless assaults on our communities, our civil rights, the rule of law, and our democracy.\n\nKeep democracy alive every Saturday by showing up, taking a stand, and sticking together for the long haul. Standing together is better than standing alone. Let’s get together and call out the Trump/MAGA regime as a community. Plus, it’s fun! Think of it as our democracy corner—a place for you to voice your opinion, hang out with like-minded fellow protesters, and experience a cathartic moment together.\n\nWhat you can do:\n• WEAR YOUR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES! Patriotic inflatable frogs are especially welcome.\n• If you’ve got signs, flags, cardboard cutouts, or any protest visuals you want to make, bring ’em! We also have spare signs to lend.\n• If you have whistles, drums, cowbells, or other noisemakers, bring ’em!\n• Musicians are welcome and encouraged. Sing the song of democracy!\n• Many of our regular protesters are part of local activist groups who are happy to chat with anyone who wants to pair their indignation with direct action beyond street protest.\n\nWe’ve turned this into the liveliest, loudest weekly protest in the city and we welcome you to join us! Bring your friends or feel free to show up by yourself. Note: We expect attendees to comply with traffic laws and stay safe since it’s a busy intersection. \n\nThis weekly event is hosted by Indivisible SF and 50501 SF (organizers of the San Francisco No Kings March), and a committed group of active protest regulars who have been showing up to this corner on a weekly basis since February 2025. \n\nA core principle behind all Indivisible and 50501 events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values. We oppose violence, vandalism, and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of our First Amendment right to peaceful assembly.\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/29/18888910.php LOCATION:corner of Van Ness and O’Farrell St, San Francisco\n URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/29/18888910.php DTSTART:20261031T190000Z DTEND:20261031T210000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889266 SEQUENCE:19067674 CREATED:20261013T021400Z SUMMARY:Virtual Phonebank for Connie Chan! DESCRIPTION:Join our virtual phonebank from 10am-7pm.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889266.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/conniechansf/event/1026235/ URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889266.php DTSTART:20261102T180000Z DTEND:20261103T030000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889450 SEQUENCE:19067898 CREATED:20261018T162600Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889450.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889450.php DTSTART:20261102T200000Z DTEND:20261102T203000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889267 SEQUENCE:19067675 CREATED:20261013T022000Z SUMMARY:Virtual Phonebank for Connie Chan! DESCRIPTION:Join our virtual phonebank from 10am-8pm.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889267.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/conniechansf/event/1026235/ URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/12/18889267.php DTSTART:20261103T180000Z DTEND:20261104T040000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889451 SEQUENCE:19067899 CREATED:20261018T162700Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889451.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889451.php DTSTART:20261104T200000Z DTEND:20261104T203000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889460 SEQUENCE:19067908 CREATED:20261018T172200Z SUMMARY:Virtual Action Hour for Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff every Friday to hear updates on what's happening in Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact Congress and call for an arms embargo on Israel and humanitarian access for Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us!\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\na) https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\nb) https://uscpr.org/callama\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889460.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889460.php DTSTART:20261106T170000Z DTEND:20261106T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889210 SEQUENCE:19067612 CREATED:20261011T000700Z SUMMARY:Journeys of Promise: From Struggle to Rising Scholars - 3rd Annual Community Art Auction DESCRIPTION:November 7, 2026\nMuindi Foundation's 3rd Annual Community Art Auction\nJourneys of Promise: From Struggle to Rising Scholars\nJoin us for:\nComplementary wine and appetizers\nMeet & Greet with the artists\nLively music\nBid on art,\nand more!\n\nThis event is free and open to everyone. Register to bid, get your tickets and view the auction catalog: MuindiArtAuction.auctria.events\n\nNoon-4pm: Open House. 4-8pm: Auction Party\n\nSan Jose Clubhouse, 15480 Union Ave., San Jose, CA\n\nProceeds from the event benefit the Muindi Foundation's LearnNow programs, serving low-income, under-resourced students in San Jose.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/10/18889210.php LOCATION:San Jose Clubhouse, 15480 Union Ave., San Jose URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/10/18889210.php DTSTART:20261107T200000Z DTEND:20261108T040000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889289 SEQUENCE:19067699 CREATED:20261013T222100Z SUMMARY:Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: End Times Fascism DESCRIPTION:For our November meeting we will be reading the first five chapters (the first two sections) of\n\nEnd Times Fascism And the Fight for the Living World\n\nby Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor\n\nAmazon, MacMillian.\n\n\nA scathing investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of the Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries, and populist survivalists who increasingly define the contemporary right—and a recipe for how to fight them. This program is read by the authors.\n\nAs the planet burns and shared reality melts, a new iteration of the far right is on the march. How can we understand this dangerous new development, and what resources can we draw on to resist it? In their scathing assessment of the contemporary scene, the celebrated activists and authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor explore how the religious fundamentalists, Silicon Valley technologists, and ethno-nationalists who make up this apocalyptic alliance share more than one might think: they are united in their belief that some kind of cleansing cataclysm is coming, whether through the manifestation of messianic prophecy, the rampages of a resource- and job-consuming artificial intelligence, or the purported existential threat of immigration and cultural replacement. Rather than avoiding this conflagration, they welcome it, convinced they will be among the saved on the other side.\n\n“End Times Fascism” is the ideology of the actors who strive to make the world unlivable and then seek to protect themselves from the fallout—whether by repairing to luxurious private islands, rocketing off to Mars, or bunkering the nation to keep their enemies at bay. The new survivalists have accumulated power, but they are far from impregnable. As Klein and Taylor show via original reporting and analysis, their many internal conflicts and contradictions and their nihilistic inability to envision a shared future, even for their ostensible allies, leave them vulnerable to a new kind of “pro-life” politics—rooted in reverence for our shared existence and regard for the earth we inhabit and must protect.\n\n\nStrike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Our first book was Doughnut Economics. Some of our more recent books have been Hayek's Bastards, Here Comes the Sun, Pacific Circuit, A Paradise Built in Hell, What’s Left – 3 Paths Through the Planetary Crisis, The Age of Insecurity and Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/13/18889289.php LOCATION:Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. All are welcome! URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/13/18889289.php DTSTART:20261108T010000Z DTEND:20261108T023000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889226 SEQUENCE:19067627 CREATED:20261012T014200Z SUMMARY:Janet Weil: Merging US and Israeli high-tech militaries? No Way! DESCRIPTION:Do you know about the proposed “United States–Israel Defense Technology Cooperation\nInitiative” embedded in the annual must-pass military funding bill, and what it could mean\nfor US foreign policy, military affairs, and the war industries of both countries? Janet Weil,\na member of CODEPINK and Veterans For Peace, will do a deep dive into this sinister\nprovision, then lead a discussion of what we can DO about it, whether the NDAA has\nbeen passed (unlikely) or not by early November.\n\nJanet Weil, a blogger, editor, and retired ESL teacher, and a military family member, has\nbeen a peace and environmental activist for decades. A Bay Area resident for 36 years,\nJanet is currently active in Palestine Solidarity work in the Coachella Valley.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889226.php LOCATION:1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 94109\nor Zoom\n https://zoom.us/j/98641068340?pwd=rJ56d7KAyDFaVt5rtUnyBWDSl13ayp.1\nMeeting ID: 986 4106 8340 Passcode: 836425 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889226.php DTSTART:20261108T173000Z DTEND:20261108T190000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889330 SEQUENCE:19067949 CREATED:20261015T064900Z SUMMARY:Hold on to Your Music: A Mother's Legacy DESCRIPTION:Join us for the San Francisco premiere of Hold On To Your Music: A Mother's Legacy, including a live performance by internationally acclaimed concert pianist Mona Golabek.\n\nVienna, 1938. The parents of 14-year-old piano prodigy Lisa Jura faced an unimaginable choice: which of their three daughters to send to safety on the Kindertransport. They chose Lisa. She arrived alone in London, carrying her dreams, memories of her family, and her mother's parting words: "Hold on to your music."\n\nDirected by Academy Award nominated Josh Aronson and Emmy Award winner Adam Wood, the film tells Lisa's remarkable story through rare archival footage, newly restored recordings, and performances by her daughter, Mona Golabek. Drawing on Golabek's best-selling book and acclaimed stage production, The Pianist of Willesden Lane, it celebrates the enduring power of music and a mother's love - a story that has reached more than 20 million people worldwide.\n\nFollowing the screening and live performance, Golabek joins director Josh Aronson and producer Susan Solomon Libitzky in conversation with executive producer, Dr. Anita Friedman.\n\n$30.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/14/18889330.php LOCATION:Jewish Community Center of San Francisco\n3200 California St\nSan Francisco, CA 94118 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/14/18889330.php DTSTART:20261109T010000Z DTEND:20261109T040000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889452 SEQUENCE:19067900 CREATED:20261018T162800Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889452.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889452.php DTSTART:20261109T200000Z DTEND:20261109T203000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889130 SEQUENCE:19067497 CREATED:20261007T200700Z SUMMARY:Taxpayer Uprising: Calling Party to Cut the Pentagon DESCRIPTION:A taxpayer uprising is coming to Washington, DC, and you can join in on the action virtually! Join CODEPINK for three days of calling parties where we tell our representatives: \n\nNO MORE of our Money to Wars and Militarism! \n\nEnd the catastrophic war in Iran—and ALL wars. We want to live in peace.\n\nEnd US complicity in Israeli crimes. No more money for Israel. No integration of the US and Israeli militaries.\n\nSlash the gargantuan military budget—over $1 trillion—and instead invest in Medicare For All, affordable housing, green energy, and a sustainable future.\n\nWe are sick and tired of a system that bombs schools instead of building them, that funds warfare instead of healthcare, that imprisons and deports our neighbors instead of strengthening our communities, that plunders the earth instead of nurturing this beautiful but wounded planet. ENOUGH is enough. If you can't make it in person, you can still make your voice heard by joining me on Zoom. \nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889130.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://www.codepink.org/cpnov URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889130.php DTSTART:20261110T203000Z DTEND:20261110T210000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889129 SEQUENCE:19067496 CREATED:20261007T200100Z SUMMARY:Taxpayer Uprising! DESCRIPTION:A taxpayer uprising is coming to Washington, DC - and we need you to be apart of it! Join us in-person at Busboys & Poets and online as we continue three days of nonviolent action and demand:\n\nNO MORE of our Money to Wars and Militarism! \n\nEnd the catastrophic war in Iran—and ALL wars. We want to live in peace.\n\nEnd US complicity in Israeli crimes. No more money for Israel. No integration of the US and Israeli militaries.\n\nSlash the gargantuan military budget—over $1 trillion—and instead invest in Medicare For All, affordable housing, green energy and a sustainable future.\n\nJoin in the discussion with Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans, & more!\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889129.php LOCATION:Online\nhttps://www.codepink.org/dcnov10 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889129.php DTSTART:20261110T230000Z DTEND:20261111T010000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889453 SEQUENCE:19067901 CREATED:20261018T162900Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889453.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889453.php DTSTART:20261111T200000Z DTEND:20261111T203000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889131 SEQUENCE:19067498 CREATED:20261007T200800Z SUMMARY:Taxpayer Uprising: Calling Party to Cut the Pentagon DESCRIPTION:A taxpayer uprising is coming to Washington, DC, and you can join in on the action virtually! Join CODEPINK for three days of calling parties where we tell our representatives: \n\nNO MORE of our Money to Wars and Militarism! \n\nEnd the catastrophic war in Iran—and ALL wars. We want to live in peace.\n\nEnd US complicity in Israeli crimes. No more money for Israel. No integration of the US and Israeli militaries.\n\nSlash the gargantuan military budget—over $1 trillion—and instead invest in Medicare For All, affordable housing, green energy, and a sustainable future.\n\nWe are sick and tired of a system that bombs schools instead of building them, that funds warfare instead of healthcare, that imprisons and deports our neighbors instead of strengthening our communities, that plunders the earth instead of nurturing this beautiful but wounded planet. ENOUGH is enough. If you can't make it in person, you can still make your voice heard by joining me on Zoom. \nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889131.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://www.codepink.org/cpnov URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889131.php DTSTART:20261111T203000Z DTEND:20261111T210000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889410 SEQUENCE:19067849 CREATED:20261017T013900Z SUMMARY:Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State DESCRIPTION:Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for privacy, surveillance regulation of both corporations and the state, and government transparency, around the Bay and nationwide.\n\nWe fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment and online tracking, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws, and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” — to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing.\n\nWe draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We pursue lawsuits as necessary to protect our rights. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no one is illegal.\n \nCheck out some of what we worked on, with links back through 2019.\n \nOakland Privacy originally came together in 2013 to fight against the Domain Awareness Center, Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub. OP was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network. We helped fight and in 2018 we helped win the fight against Urban Shield.\n\nOur major projects currently include local legislation to regulate state surveillance (we got the strongest surveillance regulation ordinance in the country passed in Oakland!), supporting and opposing state legislation as appropriate, battling mass surveillance in the form of facial recognition and other analytics, mass aerial surveillance, ubiquitous license plate readers, online tracking and ID requirements, street surveillance, unregulated AI and fighting to ensure local governments adhere to State privacy and transparency regulations.\n\nOn September 12th, 2019 we were presented with a Barlow Award by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for our work, and on March 16th, 2021 the James Madison Freedom of Information Award by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists.\n\nIf you are interested in joining the Oakland Privacy email listserv, coming to a meeting, or have questions, send an email to:\n\ncontact [at] oaklandprivacy.org\n\nCheck out our website: http://oaklandprivacy.org/\n\nFollow us on twitter: @oaklandprivacy, and/or on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@oaklandprivacy, and/or at Bluesky at @oaklandprivacy.bsky.social\n\nFor more information: http://oaklandprivacy.org\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/16/18889410.php LOCATION:Please email contact [at] oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info. URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/16/18889410.php DTSTART:20261112T023000Z DTEND:20261112T043000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889132 SEQUENCE:19067499 CREATED:20261007T200800Z SUMMARY:Taxpayer Uprising: Calling Party to Cut the Pentagon DESCRIPTION:A taxpayer uprising is coming to Washington, DC, and you can join in on the action virtually! Join CODEPINK for three days of calling parties where we tell our representatives: \n\nNO MORE of our Money to Wars and Militarism! \n\nEnd the catastrophic war in Iran—and ALL wars. We want to live in peace.\n\nEnd US complicity in Israeli crimes. No more money for Israel. No integration of the US and Israeli militaries.\n\nSlash the gargantuan military budget—over $1 trillion—and instead invest in Medicare For All, affordable housing, green energy, and a sustainable future.\n\nWe are sick and tired of a system that bombs schools instead of building them, that funds warfare instead of healthcare, that imprisons and deports our neighbors instead of strengthening our communities, that plunders the earth instead of nurturing this beautiful but wounded planet. ENOUGH is enough. If you can't make it in person, you can still make your voice heard by joining me on Zoom. \nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889132.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://www.codepink.org/cpnov URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/07/18889132.php DTSTART:20261112T203000Z DTEND:20261112T210000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888179 SEQUENCE:19066323 CREATED:20260824T185800Z SUMMARY:29th Anniversary San Francisco Transgender Film Festival DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF) celebrates 29 years of innovative, experimental, and outside-the-box films by transgender and gender-nonconforming filmmakers.\n\n​​Spanning 12-days from November 12-22 and comprised of seven short film programs showcasing 37 films, SFTFF 2026 will be a hybrid festival, presented both in person and online, and featuring a range of genres from documentaries and politics to animation, dance, music, romance, coming-of-age tales, and thrillers. \n\nSFTFF will host in-person programs Nov. 12-14 at the Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St., SF and will offer on demand access to each of the programs through Nov. 22nd. Films are closed captioned for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences; tickets are $0-$50, sliding scale/donation-based, inclusive of fees. \nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/24/18888179.php LOCATION:Roxie Theater\n3117 16th St, \nSan Francisco, CA 94103 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/24/18888179.php DTSTART:20261113T030000Z DTEND:20261113T040000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889461 SEQUENCE:19067909 CREATED:20261018T172300Z SUMMARY:Virtual Action Hour for Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff every Friday to hear updates on what's happening in Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact Congress and call for an arms embargo on Israel and humanitarian access for Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us!\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\na) https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\nb) https://uscpr.org/callama\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889461.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889461.php DTSTART:20261113T170000Z DTEND:20261113T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888678 SEQUENCE:19066927 CREATED:20260921T213600Z SUMMARY:23rd Annual Palestinian Crafts Bazaar DESCRIPTION:[[[NEW LOCATION: 1200 4th St, Berkeley at 4th and Harrison]]]\nJoin MECA and Joining hands for their 23rd Annual Palestinian Holiday Crafts Bazaar. Support Palestinian artisans and keep ancient crafts alive! Purchase unique holiday gifts that support Palestinian children and families. Olive oil, ceramics, embroidery, jewelry, olive wood, cookbooks, keffiyehs, soap, stunning scarves & shawls, Palestinian Dead Sea products, children’s toys and books, kitchenware, t-shirts, and much more.\n\nPlus delicious Arabic food and coffee! Prepaid lunch tickets available for 2 seating times (11:30am and 1:00pm). Enjoy a taste of Palestine with Zaytoon’s mouthwatering selection of freshly made falafel, creamy hummus, smoky baba ghanouj, and fluffy pita bread. Paired with a refreshing, vibrant salad, each dish is crafted with traditional flavors and fresh ingredients, offering an authentic and satisfying culinary experience. Celebrate the rich food heritage of Palestine with every bite!\n\nFor more info email meca@mecaforpeace.org, or call (510)548-0542\n\nWheelchair accessible\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/21/18888678.php LOCATION:1200 4th St, Berkeley, CA 94710 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/21/18888678.php DTSTART:20261114T180000Z DTEND:20261115T020000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888753 SEQUENCE:19067030 CREATED:20260925T221700Z SUMMARY:Raindrops on Roses: A Favorite Things Mixtape for Telematic DESCRIPTION:Telematic Media Arts presents Raindrops on Roses: A Favorite Things Mixtape for Telematic an intermedia video installation by experimental filmmaker Tommy Becker, comprised of collections of artifacts, including trading cards, recorded songs, halloween masks, handmade props, filmed gestures and television clips. The show explores how we sustain ourselves and provide solace for others by creatively cultivating and collectively sharing the things we love.\n\nNovember 14th, 2026 - January 23rd, 2027\nOpening Reception: Saturday, November 14th, 2026, 6 – 9\nClosing Reception: Saturday, January 23rd, 2027, 2 – 4\n\nOpen Fridays and Saturdays, 1-6pm\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888753.php LOCATION:Telematic Media Arts\n323 10th St. @ Folsom (SoMa), San Francisco, CA 94103 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/09/25/18888753.php DTSTART:20261115T020000Z DTEND:20261115T050000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889227 SEQUENCE:19067628 CREATED:20261012T014300Z SUMMARY:Hallie McConlogue: How to Save Humanity From AI Extinction DESCRIPTION:An AI insider’s story about what’s happening, and how to stop AI from doing the worst. \n\nWhy are we currently investing trillions in making Humanity extinct? We must convince 8 billion\npeople of the danger so advanced AI development grinds to a halt. This fight lets everyone put our political conflicts aside. All humans from all countries: rich, poor, conservative, or liberal... In this fight, we live or die together.\n\nHallie McConlogue has worked and loved in the middle of the Silicon Valley AI story. Her mother\ninvented parts of AI in 1963. She worked for the guy who invented the AI chip for 20 years and dated famous AI software developers. As a half-technical - half-theatrical people person she can say, in simple human language, why AI has gone too far, and what really needs to happen for humanity to survive.\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889227.php LOCATION:1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 94109\nor Zoom\nhttps://zoom.us/j/98902143633?pwd=FZ4jrZDToFmKgIWp1xVQYa7adAUUcG.1\nMeeting ID: 989 0214 3633 Passcode: 363119 URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/11/18889227.php DTSTART:20261115T173000Z DTEND:20261115T190000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889454 SEQUENCE:19067902 CREATED:20261018T163100Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889454.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889454.php DTSTART:20261116T200000Z DTEND:20261116T203000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889455 SEQUENCE:19067903 CREATED:20261018T163100Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889455.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889455.php DTSTART:20261118T200000Z DTEND:20261118T203000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889462 SEQUENCE:19067910 CREATED:20261018T172400Z SUMMARY:Virtual Action Hour for Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff every Friday to hear updates on what's happening in Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact Congress and call for an arms embargo on Israel and humanitarian access for Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us!\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\na) https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\nb) https://uscpr.org/callama\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889462.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889462.php DTSTART:20261120T170000Z DTEND:20261120T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889456 SEQUENCE:19067904 CREATED:20261018T165300Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889456.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889456.php DTSTART:20261123T200000Z DTEND:20261123T203000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889457 SEQUENCE:19067905 CREATED:20261018T165500Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889457.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889457.php DTSTART:20261125T200000Z DTEND:20261125T203000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889463 SEQUENCE:19067911 CREATED:20261018T172500Z SUMMARY:Virtual Action Hour for Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff every Friday to hear updates on what's happening in Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact Congress and call for an arms embargo on Israel and humanitarian access for Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us!\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\na) https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\nb) https://uscpr.org/callama\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889463.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889463.php DTSTART:20261127T170000Z DTEND:20261127T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889459 SEQUENCE:19067907 CREATED:20261018T170100Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889459.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889459.php DTSTART:20261130T200000Z DTEND:20261130T203000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889458 SEQUENCE:19067906 CREATED:20261018T165700Z SUMMARY:Power Half-Hour for Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take collective action to demand an arms embargo on Israel, an immediate end to the genocide and to stop starving Gaza. We add to our actions the demand to Melt ICE and stop the kidnapping of immigrants and protestors.\n\nAll are welcome. All are needed. ASL Interpretation is provided only on Mondays. Closed Captioning provided Mondays and Wednesdays.\n\nRegister one time to attend whenever you can; unsubscribe whenever you wish.\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\nhttps://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889458.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttp://jvp.org/gazaph URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889458.php DTSTART:20261202T200000Z DTEND:20261202T203000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889464 SEQUENCE:19067912 CREATED:20261018T172600Z SUMMARY:Virtual Action Hour for Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff every Friday to hear updates on what's happening in Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact Congress and call for an arms embargo on Israel and humanitarian access for Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us!\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\na) https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\nb) https://uscpr.org/callama\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889464.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889464.php DTSTART:20261204T170000Z DTEND:20261204T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18888339 SEQUENCE:19066494 CREATED:20260831T201300Z SUMMARY:Terpnami 2026 DESCRIPTION:The highest-level genetics conversation in the world returns to the Bay Area this December to help growers worldwide garden harder, better, faster, and stronger. \n\nOver 1,000 growers big and small from around the world interact with 30 of the world’s top breeders over two days December 5 and 6 in a private Bay Area venue for TERPNAMI. Guests can RSVP today to get ticketing and event details.\n\nThe world’s first only ‘seed rave,’ Terpnami runs 12 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6, with live DJs, visuals, local food, drink, and creative art and merch collabs; plus pre and after-parties, dinners and meetups.\n\n“Terpnami is the most important seed show in the world,” said California breeder Purple Caper. \n\nWhy Terpnami 2026?\n\nCalifornia remains the global cannabis epicenter for genetic innovation. Virtually every hot strain in the $60 billion U.S. market, and the global cannabis market beyond, traces its roots to genetics bred or popularized in California. Lemon Cherry Gelato, Z, GSC, OG Kush, and GDP are just few California creations.\n\nTerpnami keeps the Bay Area cannabis genetics beacon lit every December, a time of year when the full-sun harvest seeds are shucked and packaged, and folks are flush with cash for Christmas and thinking about what to grow in 2027.\n\nFor year three, Terpnami again shifts to a new venue with historic, theatrical features, crucial mass transit access, and more amenities for guests including off-street parking, and a dedicated restaurant. Our first spotlighted guests include:\n\n-Exotic Genetix\n-Equilibrium Genetics\n-Maine Trees (maker of Blue Lobster)\n-Michigan’s Voyage Bloom (Slurmz)\n-Grove Bags with TerpLoc\n-Purple Caper\n-Zeed Vault | Grandiflora\n-and many more.\n\n-RSVP for Day 1 here: https://sfspacewalk.com/event/terpnami-seed-show-2026-day-1/\n-RSVP for Day 2 here: https://sfspacewalk.com/event/terpnami-seed-show-2026-day-2/\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/31/18888339.php LOCATION:RSVP for Details URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/31/18888339.php DTSTART:20261205T200000Z DTEND:20261206T200000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889465 SEQUENCE:19067913 CREATED:20261018T172700Z SUMMARY:Virtual Action Hour for Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff every Friday to hear updates on what's happening in Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact Congress and call for an arms embargo on Israel and humanitarian access for Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us!\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\na) https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\nb) https://uscpr.org/callama\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889465.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889465.php DTSTART:20261211T170000Z DTEND:20261211T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18889466 SEQUENCE:19067914 CREATED:20261018T172900Z SUMMARY:Virtual Action Hour for Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff every Friday to hear updates on what's happening in Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact Congress and call for an arms embargo on Israel and humanitarian access for Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us!\n\n================================================================\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n\n1) Call and/or email scripts to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:\n\na) https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/actions/abu-safiya-letters\n\nb) https://uscpr.org/callama\n\n2) Call &/or email your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 3565 (Block the Bombs Act):\n\nhttps://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action\n\n=================================================================\n\nSTOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT\n\nhttps://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide/\n\n\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889466.php LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/18/18889466.php DTSTART:20261218T170000Z DTEND:20261218T180000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR