Global Exchange Event Listings for this Week

-------- Sun, Feb 6

(11) 2:30 pm War Tax Resistance Workshop (San Francisco)
(12) 3:00 pm San Francisco Naturalist Society field trip (Bay Area)
(13) 4:00 pm Screening of youth-produced film, "JUVIES" (Santa Cruz)
(14) 4:00 pm Inspiring Gathering for Peace with Medea Benjamin, David Harris, Cindy Sheehan and Dave Bischel speaking (MILL VALLEY)
(15) 7:30 pm Film "Paying the Price" to be shown along with panel discussion "The Cost of War: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq" (Palo Alto)
(16) 8:00 pm StreetLevel TV Screening ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE AND PARTY! (SF)


-------- Mon, Feb 7

(17) 7:30 pm Bay Area Premeire Film "Argentina: Hope in Hard Times" (Palo Alto)


-------- Tue, Feb 8

(18) Sign up by January 15th! Grow a Greener Community! Join the Alameda County Master Composter Training Program (San Leandro)
(19) 7:00 pm Medea Benjamin: What's Really Happening in Iraq (SF)
(20) 7:00 pm LIVE FROM DEATH ROW WITH KEVIN COOPER (Berkeley)
(21) 7:00 pm Chiapas Presentation and Event (SF)
(22) 9:00 pm Save The Harding Theater Fundraiser Party Extravaganza 2005!!!! (SF)


-------- Wed, Feb 9

(23) 5:30 pm Ash Wednesday Peace Gathering: A CALL TO END THE WAR. (Oakland)
(24) 6:15 pm Film: Weapons of Mass Deception (Historic Downtown Larkspur)
(25) 7:00 pm DARK SECRETS: INSIDE BOHEMIAN GROVE (Midtown Oakland)
(26) 7:30 pm Chiapas Presentation (Berkeley)


-------- Thu, Feb 10

(27) 10:00 am Headed to an Early Grave or a New Lease on Life?: Responding to ?The Death of Environmentalism? (SF)
(28) 7:00 pm Ralph Bunche film (Berkeley)
(29) 7:30 pm An evening with Prof. George Bisharat LOOKING AHEAD: THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE PEACE AND EQUALITY IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL (Berkeley)


-------- Fri, Feb 11

(30) 8:00 pm Brava Theater Center Presents, back by popular demand, Mexican bolero trio, Los Panchos (San Francisco)


-------- Sat, Feb 12

(31) 2:00 pm Bay Area Labor Action Coalition Educational Forum (SF)

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(11) --------- Sun, Feb 6, 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm ----------

War Tax Resistance Workshop
225 Potrero @ 15th St, San Francisco
(near 16th St. BART)
(510) 843-9877 € http://www.nowartax.org


Unhappy about the U.S. policy on militarism, stop paying your taxes. More than half of our federal
income taxes are being used for war. Find out more about this form of conscientious objection at our
introductory workshop. Topics will include:

-- Creative legal protests
-- Refusing to pay all or part of federal taxes and the possible consequences of this form of civil disobedience
-- Living below the level of taxable income
-- Phone tax resistance
-- Redirecting resisted taxes to local alternative funds and/or community organizations
-- Local support networks for war tax resisters
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Northern California War Tax Resistance
(510) 843-9877 € http://www.nowartax.org
Thank you for working for peace!



(12) --------- Sun, Feb 6, 3:00 pm ----------

San Francisco Naturalist Society field trip
Marine Reserve parking lot
Bay Area
Tidepooling at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. San
Francisco Naturalist Society field trip. There will be a minus 1.3 tide at
around 3 PM. We¹ll meet at the Marine Reserve parking lot at 2 PM. Carol
Preston, Education Coordinator for the Gulf of the Farallones National
Marine Sanctuary, will be our guide. We¹ll enjoy cocktails and watch the
sun set from the Moss Beach Distillery afterwards. For more information,
contact Patrick at (415) 681-7290 or jkodiak [at] earthlink.net. Free.



(13) --------- Sun, Feb 6, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm ----------

Screening of youth-produced film, "JUVIES"
515 Broadway, Santa Cruz
SONSORED BY "ALL OF US OR NONE"

Resource Center for Nonviolence

Snacks, Drinks and Childcare available!
CONTACT: 831-418-0018

All Are Welcome!

The Newly formed Santa Cruz chapter of "All Of Us Or None" presents the
youth-produced film, "JUVIES." This movie is a recent product of a diverse
group of incarcerated youth in LA County. These youth were all tried as adults
under California's Proposition 21. They are serving 12 year to life sentences.
This is an amazing documentary.

"All of Us Or None" is a coalition of indivuiduals and groups working to support
people and families of those who are "prison affected." We work practically to
end the systematic discrimination that ex-felons/convicts experience. Members
include former prisoners/families, prison activists, students, and concerned
citizens wanting to completely change the way we address (and spend on) issues
of justice, public safety, and rehabilitation.

ALL ARE WELCOME!



(14) --------- Sun, Feb 6, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm ----------

Inspiring Gathering for Peace with Medea Benjamin, David Harris, Cindy Sheehan and Dave Bischel speaking
AT THE HOME OF DAVID HARRIS
841 Smith Road, MILL VALLEY
Next Generation cordially invites you to
an inspiring gathering for peace featuring

National anti-war leader
MEDEA BENJAMIN

Legendary peace activist
DAVID HARRIS

Military mom who lost her son in Iraq
CINDY SHEEHAN

Iraq War veteran for peace
DAVE BISCHEL

and a new generation of activists

Seating is Limited! Please RSVP by Monday, January 31
to 1741 Lincoln Ave, Suite 6 San Rafael, CA 94901 415.455.9498

From prominent peace activists to youth, veterans and military families, millions of people across the US have spoken out against the war in Iraq during the past two years. Next Generation cordially invites you to join us for an informative and inspiring gathering that will help us all determine what we can do next and inspire us to take action for peace. We are lucky and honored to be hosting four of the nation?s leading peace activists, at a beautiful home on the slopes of Mt. Tam. Drinks, hors d?ouevres and dessert will be served, and all proceeds will benefit Next Generation?s work empowering young peace activists.

Sunday, February 6, 2005
4 to 4:30pm ? Arrival
4:30 to 5pm ? Wine, drinks, music and organic hors d?ouevres
5 to 6pm ? Program: Medea Benjamin, David Harris, Cindy Sheehan, Dave Bischel and inspiring young leaders
6 to 7pm ? Drinks, dessert and mingling

Open bar throughout the evening

At the home of legendary activist David Harris
841 Smith Road, Mill Valley (see reverse for directions)

$35 minimum donation, $55 per couple
Youth scholarships available. All proceeds benefit Next Generation, a Marin County organization that empowers young activists to work for peace, freedom and sustainability.
We do that through issue education, local organizing, community action and teaching students to become effective leaders in their schools and communities. We also empower youth allies ? including teachers and community activists ? to collaborate with youth activists and build a more sustainable world.

Directions to the home of David Harris
841 SMITH ROAD, MILL VALLEY

Take highway 101 to the Mill Valley / Stinson Beach Exit. Follow signs towards Stinson Beach to the first stop light, a 3-cornered intersection known as Tam Junction. Turn left onto Shoreline Highway. Follow Shoreline about half a mile to a 7-11 on your left, and turn left onto Laurel. Go two short blocks to the first stop sign, Marin Avenue, and turn right. Follow Marin Ave to the second stop sign. At this point you are looking at a wide intersection with two roads on the other side, one going uphill and one going down. Take the uphill road straight across the intersection onto Marin Drive. Follow Marin Drive all the way to the top of the hill where it makes a T. Turn left at the T, and continue on Marin Drive. Go twenty yards around a blind curve (stay to the inside of the curve). As you emerge from the curve you will see a sign for Smith Road, to the left. Take Smith Road up the first hairpin turn. #841 will be off to your Left.

We will post directional signs.
For day of directions please call: 415.381.6555

PARKING: Thirty yards up the road from the house is a long stretch of vacant parking on the left hand side. Please do not block driveways or park in areas reserved for other houses. Assistance will be available for those attendees with special needs.




"The world is too dangerous to live in - not because of the people who do evil, but because of the people who sit and let it happen."
- Albert Einstein

http://www.commondreams.org
http://www.unitedforpeace.org



(15) --------- Sun, Feb 6, 7:30 pm ----------

Film "Paying the Price" to be shown along with panel discussion "The Cost of War: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq"
Stanford University
Building 200 Room 0s, Palo Alto
(the building can be found at http://campus-map.stanford.edu)

Stanford University

Palo Alto CA

Film "Paying the Price" to be shown along with panel discussion "The Cost
of War: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq"

Panel speakers include,
Dr. Les Roberts, author of the Lancet Study on Iraqi mortality estimates,
Dr. Jeffrey Ritterman, who recently returned from a delegation to Iraq to
deliver humanitarian aid,
and Antonia Juhasz, project director at the International Forum on
Globalization in San Francisco.


About "Paying the Price": In a hard-hitting special report, award-winning
journalist and filmmaker John Pilger investigates the effects of sanctions
on the people of Iraq and finds that ten years of extraordinary isolation,
imposed by the UN and enforced by the US and Britain, have killed more
people than the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan. Release Date: 2000

Sponsored by:
Coalition for Justice in the Middle East & the Muslim Student Awareness
Network at Stanford University

Contact: osohns [at] stanford.edu



(16) --------- Sun, Feb 6, 8:00 pm ----------

StreetLevel TV Screening ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE AND PARTY!
Artist's Television Access
992 Valencia St. @ 21st, SF
$5 Donation (No One Turned Away)

It's been a year exactly since a group of local video
activists came together with the goal of producing a
monthly television show committed to getting out the
stories blockaded by the Channel 5's and 2's, and spun

out by the SFGate's and Tribune's of the Bay. StreetLevel TV was born, an entirely
volunteer-operation investigating local stories of the

struggle for justice, bringing the community news from
all over the world, covering local stories of
resistence and community unity, and documenting the
voices of those struggling for grassroots change to
the status quo. Screening on both sides of the Bay,
StreetLevel TV has grown, steppin' up its coverage and
workin' round the clock.

Come celebrate a year of independent community media
at ATA. Join us for some tunes, hella booze - and
television coverage of YOUR community!!!

This month's episode will feature:
** The Year that Was: 2004 - a montage of the stories
and events, the disappointments and victories, that
rocked the globe and the movement **
Newsdesk - the on-going tragedy of the people of Asia
and Africa affected by the December tsunami; the
resistence in Acheh; pending housing evictions; the
war STILL raging in Iraq; California's 11th execution since 1978; Palestine update, and more...

** Local Solidarity with Tsunami Survivors - Bay Area
groups rally and organize to send relief to Asia
** The Reality of Acheh - The remotest province of
Indonesia was also the hardest-hit by the tsunami. Local independent reporters talk about the political
crisis in Acheh, with footage from the area before the

tsunami hit
** IrRESISTable - the 3rd annual hip-hop extravaganza
sponsored by the Naked Souls Collective and Artist's
Alliance
** Pro-Woman, Pro-Choice - Thousands of anti-choice
Christians and lobbyists descend on San Francisco to
"walk for life" - see what happens when San Francisco
fights back!!
** No Inaguration Today: Jan. 20 - The Bay Area
rallies once again to show its disgust with the Bush
administration and its bloody illegal war ** New Bike Co-Op in SF
** ... with special guests Matt Gonzalez and Ralph
Nader, and music by Monument to Masses

also...
back once again by popular demand: La Colectiva de
Mujeres! Meet the kick-ass ladies of the Day Labor
Program's Women's Collective.



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(17) --------- Mon, Feb 7, 7:30 pm ----------

Bay Area Premeire Film "Argentina: Hope in Hard Times"
Unitarian Univeralist Church
505 E. Charleston, Palo Alto
with Antonia Juhasz, Project Director, International Forum on Globalization

$5-$10, suggested donation (no one turned away)
More Info: http://www.worldcentric.org/filmseries/winter2005.htm
Hope in Hard Times joins in the processions and protests, attends street-corner neighborhood assemblies, visits workers' cooperatives and urban gardens, taking a close-up look at the ways in which Argentines are picking up the pieces of their devastated economy and creating new possibilities for the future. A spare narrative, informal interview settings, and candid street scenes allow the pervasive strength, humor, and resilience of the Argentine people to tell these tales. These are their inspiring stories - of a failed economy and distrusted politicians, of heartache and hard times, of a resurgence of grassroots democracy and the spirit of community - told in resonant detail. 74 mins, 2004
Antonia Juhasz ? Project Director, International Forum on Globalization (IFG) will speak and lead a discussion after the film. Antonia directs several IFG programs, including Alternatives to Economic Globalization, Globalization and Water, and Media Outreach. She is an expert on all aspects of international trade and investment policy from the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). She is co-author of Alternatives to Economic Globalization: a Better World is Possible, 2nd Edition (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2004), the author of the IFG publication; ?Does Globalization Help the Poor?? and received a 2004 Project Censored award for her article, ?Ambitions of Empire: the Radical Reconstruction of Iraq?s Economy,? in LeftTurn magazine. Antonia is a passionate speaker and also a prolific and well published author, with articles and opinion pieces appearing in dozens of publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Cambridge University Review of International Relations Journal, San Francisco Bay Guardian, The Star ? Johannesburg, South Africa, Multinational Monitor and Tikkun magazine. Antonia holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University and an undergraduate degree in Public Policy from Brown University. The International Forum on Globalization is an alliance of eighty leading international activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers, representing over 60 organizations in 25 countries, formed in 1994 to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education to counter and provide real-life alternatives to corporate-led globalization.



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(18) --------- Tue, Feb 8 - Tue, May 17 ----------

Sign up by January 15th! Grow a Greener Community! Join the Alameda County Master Composter Training Program
San Leandro
Contact: Jeanne Nader
510/614-1699

Inspire others and make a difference in your community?become a Master Composter. The annual Master Composter Training Program is currently accepting applications for the 2005 Class. The Bay-Friendly Gardening program in Alameda County offers this annual Training Program as a way to promote composting at the community level and reduce waste at local landfills. Master Composter training enhances the skills of community leaders, educators, environmentalists, gardeners, and recyclers


After receiving free training in compost science, soil health and natural gardening techniques, Master Composters design and implement community outreach projects?inspiring neighbors, co-workers and children to compost, reduce waste, and preserve natural resources. Master Composter alumni have conducted workshops with local organizations such as the Spanish Speaking Unity Council in Oakland, established on-site composting at schools throughout the county, and trained East Bay Conservation Corps and Americorps members.
In addition to a comprehensive class reader, participants will receive several in-depth, renowned compost how-to books, the brand new Bay-Friendly Gardening Guide ? From your backyard to the Bay and the very popular EBMUD plant book: Plants and Landscapes for Summer Dry Climates, a Bay-Friendly Gardening Tee and tote bag.

Master Composters can also earn college credit upon completion of the program through Merritt College or continuing education and graduate level credits from Cal State Hayward. Teachers can meet their continuing education requirements with this course?and are also eligible for a $200 stipend toward continuing compost activities for classrooms and school gardens.

Classes will be held Tuesday nights in San Leandro from February 8 ? May 17, 2005. Apply online at the agency?s website: http://www.stopwaste.org or call the compost information ?Rotline? at (510) 444-SOIL. Applications must be received by 5 pm on January 14, 2005.



(19) --------- Tue, Feb 8, 7:00 pm ----------

Medea Benjamin: What's Really Happening in Iraq
New College of California
777 Valencia Street, SF
Report-Back from Humanitarian Aid Mission That Delivered Over $650,000 in
Aid to Falluja Refugees

Join military family members whose sons died while fighting in Iraq and
Medea Benjamin (Co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace)
for a report-back from their unprecedented trip to the Jordanian/Iraqi
border. The Families for Peace delegation delivered over $650,000 worth of
medical and humanitarian aid for the thousands of refugees made homeless by
the U.S. attack on Falluja in November. Tuesday, February 8th, 7 PM, New
College Theatre, 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco. $5 Suggested donation,
no one turned away for lack of funds. For more information, call
415.255.7296 or visit http://www.globalexchange.org



(20) --------- Tue, Feb 8, 7:00 pm ----------

LIVE FROM DEATH ROW WITH KEVIN COOPER
Room 30, Wheeler Hall
UC Berkeley, Berkeley
via speakerphone from San Quentin Prison With Special Guest: Shujaa Graham
One year ago on February 9th, 2004, Kevin Cooper came within hours of execution at San Quentin prison. A movement of activists, attorneys, and Kevin Cooper himself fought a battle inside and outside the courtroom to prove his innocence, and the role of racism and police misconduct in his case. He received a stay of execution, but remains on death row. Hear his story in his own words, plus a special guest Shujaa Graham, an exonerated death row inmate from California.
For more information contact Crystal, 510-333-7966, crystal [at] nodeathpenalty.org



(21) --------- Tue, Feb 8, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ----------

Chiapas Presentation and Event
The Women's Building
3543 18th Street (between Valencia and Guerrero), SF
7pm - 9pm $7-10 sliding scale

Ramon and Miguel will speak about the current situation in Chiapas, corporate designs on the state's natural resources and effects of the prolonged military occupation on indigenous rights and culture.

With special welcome by Betita Martinez
and Coro Obrero
Co-Sponsored by the Mexico Solidarity Network



(22) --------- Tue, Feb 8, 9:00 pm - 2:00 am ----------

Save The Harding Theater Fundraiser Party Extravaganza 2005!!!!
Madrone Lounge
500 Divisadero (at the corner of Fell St.), SF
Come support the Divisadero neighborhood and help to save the theater from

> being demolished!
>
> Donations at the door
> With music by DJ Seven, Romanowski, and DJ Rueben
> Raffle with local neighborhood prizes!
>
> http://www.madronelounge.com




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(23) --------- Wed, Feb 9, 5:30 pm ----------

Ash Wednesday Peace Gathering: A CALL TO END THE WAR.
Oakland Federal Building
13th and Clay (2 blocks from the 12th St. Bart), Oakland
Co-sponsored by the Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC & Pax Christi. For further information call Dick Schiblin (510)562-9740.



(24) --------- Wed, Feb 9, 6:15 pm ----------

Film: Weapons of Mass Deception
Lark Theater
Historic Downtown Larkspur
A free press is one of the main linchpins of a thriving democracy. When the press allows itself to be compromised or co-opted by the administration in power then information is tainted, trust is broken and the truth is lost. With the latest revelations that the Bush administration has payed at least three journalists to report favorably on some of its proposed policies, our featured film couldn't be more timely. Please join us on Wednesday, February 9th, when the Grassroots Theater Network proudly presents the powerful documentary, Weapons of Mass Deception.
In his brilliant documentary Weapons of Mass Deception, filmmaker and investigative reporter Danny Schecter, makes the compelling case that the media's failure to scrutinize the evidence and information handed out to them during government press briefings on Iraq, amounted to nothing less than a dereliction of duty. Using film footage, interviews and documentation, Weapons of Mass Deception shows how the media fell into lockstep with the administration and abandoned their role as government watchdogs when their democracy needed them most.

Don't miss this illuminating and exciting film. Weapons of Mass Deception will be shown for one night. Tickets are $20 and include a wine and hors d'oeuvre reception. In addition, we are thrilled to present as our speaker after the film, S.F. Chronicle Foreign Affairs reporter, Robert Collier, who served as a correspondent in Iraq in 2003 and 2004


You may obtain tickets on-line at http://www.grassrootsforamerica.us/gfa-store/buy-tickets.shtml or, if you prefer, you may reserve your tickets by sending us a check - as long as there is sufficient time for us to receive it prior to the event. Please include an email address.

To send us a check please make your check out to Grassroots for America, indicate how many tickets you want and mail it to:


Documentary Tickets
Grassroots for America
411 Holly Lane
Wynnewood, PA 19096-1616


For additional information, you may send us an e-mail at grassroots-theatre-network [at] grassrootsforamerica.us or call Carole Mills (415) 246-5837.

If you experience any difficulties with the on-line payment process, please call 610.642.0451 for assistance.

Contributions to Grassroots for America are not deductible for Federal Income Tax purposes.

For more information, please go to http://www.GrassrootsForAmerica.US



(25) --------- Wed, Feb 9, 7:00 pm ----------

DARK SECRETS: INSIDE BOHEMIAN GROVE
Humanist Hall
390 27th Street between Telegraph & Broadway, Midtown Oakland
below Pill Hill

parking next door off both 27th and 28th Streets

contact Erin: 510-910-0696

HumanistHall [at] Yahoo.com

An Alex Jones Film presented by Erin McCann

The club at Bohemian Grove is located inside a 2,700 acre redwood grove. At this unholy place a 3,000 year-old Caananite cult is being revived. Each year, members of this all-male ultra-elite club don red, black, and silver robes and conduct an occult ritual wherein they worship a giant stone owl and burn a human being "in effigy" as a sacrifice to their owl god. Now, for the first time in history, an outsider has infiltrated Bohemian Grove with a hidden video camera and caught the ritual on tape. That man is Alex Jones.
The film is FREE but $5 donations are accepted.



(26) --------- Wed, Feb 9, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm ----------

Chiapas Presentation
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave. (at Woolsey, near Ashby BART), Berkeley
$5-10 sliding scale
Ramon and Miguel will talk about the current situation in Chiapas: corporate designs on the state's natural resources and effects of prolonged conflict on indigenous rights and culture.

poetry and spoken word with Arnoldo Garcia y Ananda Esteva

Join us in Welcoming Ramon and Miguel to the Bay Area Ramon Peñate Díaz is a human rights defender from the Chol-speaking community of Emiliano Zapata in the municipality of Tila, where the Mexican Army camp located within the community has caused violations of human rights and indigenous cultural values. Mr. Peñate Díaz will speak about his work with the Community Defenders Network, which is composed of human rights defenders from indigenous and campesino communities who participate in legal training and then return to their communities to advise the residents on human rights issues and to document incidents affecting human rights. Miguel Pickard is an investigative researcher with CIEPAC, a nonprofit organization which explores economic and political realities throughout Mexico, Central America and Latin America, such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and the increased militarization and privatization of natural resources. Miguel recently received a Project Censored award for his article on the Plan Puebla Panama (PPP).

For more information on these events, please contact:



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(27) --------- Thu, Feb 10, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm ----------

Headed to an Early Grave or a New Lease on Life?: Responding to ?The Death of Environmentalism?
World Affairs Council of Northern California
312 Sutter Street, Suite 200 (Near Powell Street BART Station, between Stockton and Grant Streets), SF
Redefining Progress Presents
A Leadership Forum on Sustainability:

Since its release at the Environmental Grantmakers Association in October, ?The Death of Environmentalism? by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus has inspired a heated debate over the state of the movement. What do cognitive framing, political polarization, climate change, traditional values, and unconventional alliances mean for our work? Please join us for a discussion on the health of environmentalism and its prospects for longevity.

Panelists:

Michael Shellenberger, President, Lumina Strategies, and co-author, ?The Death of Environmentalism?

Vivian Chang, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Taj James, Executive Director, Movement Strategy Center

Moderator:

Michel Gelobter, Executive Director, Redefining Progress

Light refreshments provided.

Please RSVP to: Sophie Mintier at (510) 444-3041x322 or roundtable [at] rprogress.org



(28) --------- Thu, Feb 10, 7:00 pm ----------

Ralph Bunche film
155 Dwinelle Hall UC Berkeley Campus
Berkeley
The United Nations Association - USA East Bay Chapter Invites you to a screening of
Free and open to the public
For more information: United Nations Association USA, East Bay Chapter, 1403-B Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94702
Tel/Fax 510-849-1752 http://www.unausaeastbay.org email: unaeastbay [at] sbcglobal.net
This prizewinning 1999 film, directed by William Greaves
and narrated by Sidney Poitier, was first shown on PBS.
Charles P. Henry, Professor of African American Studies, UC Berkeley,
and author of Ralph Bunche: Model Negro or American Other? will
introduce the film and moderate questions.
?To suggest that war
can prevent war is a
base play on words and
a despicable form of
warmongering.?
Ralph Bunche
Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1950

Ralph Bunche, tireless fighter for peace
and foremost international mediator and
peacekeeper of his time, attained the
highest position held by an American in
the United Nations. Furthermore, in 1950,
near the beginning of his two decades
as Under-Secretary-General of the UN,
he became the first African American to
be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Wheel chair accessible
RALPH BUNCHE: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY



(29) --------- Thu, Feb 10, 7:30 pm ----------

An evening with Prof. George Bisharat LOOKING AHEAD: THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE PEACE AND EQUALITY IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL
Fellowship Hall at the Unitarian Church
1924 Cedar St., at Bonita, Berkeley
Jewish Voice for Peace
invites you to an evening with Prof. George Bisharat LOOKING AHEAD: THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE PEACE AND EQUALITY IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL

$5-$20, sliding scale

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> Co-sponsored by: American Friends' Services Committee, Faculty For
> Israel-Palestine Peace, United For Peace and Justice-Bay Area, The
> Tikkun Community, Middle East Children's Alliance, Jews for a Free
> Palestine, Northern CA ISM Support Group
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> Prof. George Bisharat is a professor at Hastings College of the Law,
> an activist for peace and justice in the Middle East for 35 years, and
> a Palestinian-American. In recent years, Prof. Bisharat has consulted
> with the Palestinian Legislative Council over the structure of the
> Palestinian judiciary, reforms in criminal procedure, and other
> aspects of legal development.
>
> In this thought-provoking talk, Prof. Bisharat rejects the current
> focus on the debate around 1 or 2 states as a solution for a lasting
> peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Instead, he argues that the
> focus should be on the need for an international, non-violent movement
> that addresses the substantive rights of the 3 main branches of the
> Palestinian people-those who are citizens of Israel, those living
> under occupation, and refugees.
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(30) --------- Fri, Feb 11 - Sun, Mar 6, 8:00 pm ----------

Brava Theater Center Presents, back by popular demand, Mexican bolero trio, Los Panchos
The Brava Theater Center (formerly the York Theater)
2789 24th St. (@ York St.), San Francisco
Following last Fall's SOLD-OUT engagement...
Brava Theater Center Presents
The World-Renowned Mexican Bolero Trio: Los Panchos

Friday, February 11 thru Sunday, March 6, 2005
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm € Sundays @ 3pm & 8pm

San Francisco, CA... Back by popular demand, the Brava Theater Center
presents the world-renowned Mexican bolero trio, Los Panchos. Following a
sell-out run of 3 shows last October with a 4th concert that sold out within
hours of being announced, Los Panchos returns to Brava Theater Center for an
extended 4-week engagement.

Formed in 1944 in New York City by two Mexican musicians, Jesus "Chucho"
Navarro Moreno and Alfredo "El Guero" Gil, and Puerto Rican Hernando Aviles,
the original trio took to the stage of the Hispanic Theater, calling
themselves, "Trio Los Panchos." Taking their name from the famous Mexican
revolutionary Pancho Villa, Los Panchos boasted a career of almost 40 years,
2500 songs, and over 200 albums including several recordings with Eydie
Gorme in the 1960's.

Carrying on the tradition of the original Los Panchos, the contemporary trio
is led by Alfredo Gil's adopted son, Gaby Vargas Aguilar, and features
Taurino Vargas Aguilar (no relation) and Jaime Islas Miranda. The Los
Panchos audience cuts across age and cultural lines, and ranges from
octogenarians who spent their youth in the romantic backdrop of the original
1940¹s Los Panchos to current-day hipsters who have discovered bolero music.

Los Panchos made the sound of the bolero familiar to romantics worldwide.
Its emotional interpretations of "Besame Mucho,'' "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas,''
and "Sin Ti'' propelled them into international fame. Their smooth sound,
gentle harmonies and simple tunes gave the genre a new style and life. To
add to their unique sound, the group made use of the "requinto," a
small-sized guitar invented by Los Panchos founding member, Alfredo Gil. The
requinto became a standard instrument for trios, typically made up of three
guitars and vocal harmonies. The group's leader, Gaby Vargas is the world's
master of the requinto, bringing BRAVA audiences to their feet with his
stunning and implausibly facile finger work on his version of "Granada."

Los Panchos has gone through many incarnations over the years. The last
surviving original member of Los Panchos, Alfredo Gil, died in 1999 leaving
the legacy and name of the group to his adopted son, Gaby Vargas, who began
studying with Gil at the age of 8. Vargas began playing with the Trio in
1978 when Gil retired his spot. Vargas continued playing alongside founding
member Chucho Navarro until his death in 1993; Vargas formed the present day
trio in 1994 and continues as its leader. The group tours internationally
and has recorded several CDs.

The original artists' popularity and the American interest in Latin sounds
prompted a flood of competing groups including ³Los Tres Ases," "Los Tres
Caballeros," and "Los Tres Reyes," featured on the 1987 Linda Ronstadt album
"Canciones de Mi Padre." The band appeared in more than 50 films during
Mexico's "Golden Era" of cinema (1940's -1950's). A factor that contributed
to their growing success was their ability to sing songs in styles quite
diverse from the boleros and native songs that were their base - from
Argentinean tangos to Colombian cumbias

Fridays and Saturdays @ 8:00pm
Sundays @ 3:00pm & 8:00pm

TICKETS: $35 Main Floor
$28 Mezzanine $4 discount for seniors, students & disabled

February 11th - 20th on-sale date: January 10th
February 25th - March 6th on-sale date: January 31st

BOX OFFICE: Tickets by phone: (415) 647-2822. (For Spanish, press ext. 2)
Tickets on-line: http://www.brava.org

PARKING San Francisco General Hospital -- San Bruno and 24th Street
(2 blocks from the theater)

PRESS For further press materials, photos & to arrange interviews, please contact
Lisa Geduldig/Publicist at (415) 431-7363 or lisag [at] igc.org



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Bay Area Labor Action Coalition Educational Forum
Women's Building 2nd Fl.
3543 18th St./Valencia, SF
List Of Speakers:

Giselle Quesada, CWA 9410 Shop Steward

Doug Slaydon, UFCW 588 Butcher

Brian Everett, UAL-AMFA District 9 SFO machinist
Charles Minster, Laborer¹s Local 261 gardener
Carl Bryant, Letter Carriers Local 214

Rutillio Rivas, United Service Workers Local 87 SF janitor

$5.00 Donation Requested (no one turned away for lack of funds)


The failure of the AFL-CIO to put Kerry in the White House has exacerbated and exposed their deep going internal crisis. They put all their eggs with the Democrats and now they are terrified of what Bush and his co-hort Arnold in California will do to organized labor. Andy Stern of the SEIU and other officials of the AFL-CIO say there needs to be major changes if the AFL-CIO is to survive. This forum will look at how these unions function, why they are in crisis, what changes they want and why the AFL-CIO faces a possible break-up.
The rank and file of the AFL-CIO have been forced to take concession after concession from the UFCW grocery clerks , SF city workers and airline workers and more and more members are beginning to ask where this is going. What is really going on in the AFL-CIO and what does this internal crisis mean for members of the AFL-CIO and independent unions will be some of the questions addressed by panelists.
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