Fresno Peace and Social Justice Calendar

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11:30 AM
Peace Fresno will hold a silent vigil on the day after the 2500th American casualty is confirmed.  This vigil will take place in front of the new federal courthouse at Tulare and P Streets in downtown Fresno, and will run from 11:30am until 1:00pm.

Peace Fresno will have a banner noting the cause of the vigil. Additional signs are not necessary. Those attending are asked to wear dark, somber colors. www.peacefresno.org

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Thursday, June 8
1 - 6:30 PM
Fresno Energy & Clean Air Business Expo. Improving the quality of our environment in the San Joaquin Valley is important to all of us who reside here. That is why The Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce, Pacific Gas & Electric and Valley CAN (Clean Air Now) invite you to attend the Energy and Clean Air Business Exposition.

The Expo will demonstrate how businesses can incorporate energy-efficient methods and clean air values into everyday operations. Valley business leaders are in the unique position to lead by example and demonstrate that environmental consciousness and business prosperity can go hand-in-hand.

Location: Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center, Valdez Hall

Thursday, June 8
6 PM
Members from South Fresno Cohousing will be joining together at the Fulton Mall this Thursday (June 8) at about 6PM. We'd like to invite you to join us! We'll be meeting at the intersection of Fulton Mall and Mariposa Mall at the NE corner. Fulton Mall Thursdays is a street party with music and food.

Friday, June 9
5 PM and 8 PM
Fresno Filmworks presents "Sisters in Law" at the Tower Theatre. An award-winning documentary from Cameroon, this crowd-pleasing film profiles two women--a prosecutor and judge--who use compassion and wisecracks to combat marital abuse in their village. Tickets can be purchased at the Tower Theatre Box Office, 815 E. Olive Ave., The Movies, 1435 N. Van Ness Ave., the Fig Garden Bookstore in Fig Garden Village, and at the door, for $10; $8, for students and seniors. For more information call the FFW info line, 221-0755, or go to www.fresnofilmworks.org

Friday, June 9
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents the movie: The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is the true story of a Bohemian St. Francis and his remarkable relationship with a flock of wild green-and-red parrots. Mark Bittner, a homeless street musician in San Francisco, falls in with the flock as he searches for meaning in his life, unaware that the wild parrots will bring him everything he needs. The film celebrates urban wildness, Bohemian and avian, and links the parrots' antics to human behavior.

Light potluck at 6:30. Program begins at 7 pm. This event is sponsored by the Reedley Peace Center and will be held at the Fellowship Hall of First Mennonite Church, on 'L' street between 12th and 13th streets in Reedley. Admission is free. Contact Don Friesen by email at dfriesen@telis.org

Saturday, June 10
8 PEOPLE NEEDED to WORK & LEARN with sun on SunMt Learn about solar electricity with solar expert Don Loweberg who will direct panel moving project. The 12 solar panels must be moved off the array onto roof of main SunHouse.  The array now sits in the center of the site of our Straw Bale Demonstration House, coming soon.

We need about 8 workers, and one of these to help Maia prepare meals. Please plan to come the Fri. night before with sleeping bag for an early start in the cool of the day. Then enjoy the amazing natural display after all our winter water. RSVP required. Meals: organic as possible.

Contact number is 559-855-3710 or e-mail sunmt@sunmt.org

Saturday, June 10
3:30 PM
Central Valley Progressive PAC will be reviewing the results of the June 6th election. Evaluation of what was done will be the topic. Taking inventory of our membership efforts is also in order. Come share your thoughts. Meeting will take place at the Center For Non Violence, 1584 N. Van Ness at Mc Kinley. www.cvppac.org  or 435-7360 Lydia Flores.

Saturday, June 10
7 - 9 PM
Contra Dance at Severance Dance Studio--1401 N. Wishon at Floradora. From Evo Bluestein -We have been given the chance to use this wonderful dance facility again for our dance in June.

Special thanks to Chris and Julie Anne (of Cynthia Merrill Dance School). Bring some friends.

There's lots of room.
Don't worry if you don't know how! If you are new, please try to come at 6:45 pm.

Saturday, June 10, 7 - 9 PM
$5 donation, $12 family maximum
All dances taught, come alone or bring a friend!
Questions: call Evo 297-8966 or email evo@evobluestein.com

Sunday, June 11
2 - 3 PM
BUSH-OUT Demonstration
Petitions to IMPEACH PRESIDENT BUSH
Corners of Blackstone & El Paso - All Four Corners - at River Park

Tuesday, June 13
Time: TBA
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors will vote on the franchise agreement with Comcast. This agreement will determine whether or not Fresno County will support a Community Media Center and Public, Education, and Government (PEG) access channels. The future of community groups and individuals to have a voice on the cable network will be decided at this meeting. For more information: AllianceEditor@Comcast.net

Tuesday, June 13
9 AM
Members of the Unitarian Universalist Church and the larger peace community will be bringing an "Out of Iraq by the end of 2006" proposal to the Fresno City Council. We have about 1200 signatures of support of our petition. We have been asked to get to the meeting at 9:00 am. Please RSVP if you can come as we need people there to support us. Call Steve Sacks 224-4426 or johnsonsacks@comcast.net

Wednesday, June 14
3 - 3:30 PM
Radio Show, "Stir It Up" -- Second Wednesday of each month, 3 to 3:30 PM, Station KFCF, 88.1 on the FM Dial Host: Michael Black Bull Topic: Israel-Palestine Conflict 

Wednesday, June 14
6 PM
The Fresno Police Department’s video surveillance proposal will be discussed at a meeting which will be held at Bullard High School, 5445 N Palm. The public will have the opportunity to comment on the proposal at this meeting.

Wednesday, June 7
7 PM
The Fresno Center for Nonviolence will be having a short video and presentation by Laura Brady and her son on the Juvenile Justice System. Second Wednesday of each month free Video Program at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence at 1584 N. Van Ness, Fresno, CA 93728, Across from Fresno City College * SE Corner Van Ness & McKinley * Entrance on Van Ness. Call the Center at 237-3223 or Angela at 435-6383 for more information.

Wednesday, June 14
6:30 PM
The San Joaquin Valley Democratic Club (SJVDC) is working in conjunction with KFPT-AM 790, to host talk show personality Stephanie Miller in Fresno. Stephanie will be speaking at an event that evening sponsored by the SJVDC. The event will be at La Ryan Event Center, 4277 N. West Ave (West and Ashland) beginning at 6:30 pm (doors open at 6). There will be a no host bar and heavy Hors D'oeuvres. Cost of the evening is $30, which includes membership in the SJVDC. Tickets are available by contacting Gary Alford, at 559/ 224-8430 or gary@fresnoteachers.org

Thursday, June 15
Deadline for articles and calendar items to the July, 2006 Community Alliance newspaper. Send information to AllianceEditor@Comcast.net

Thursday, June 15
6 - 9 AM
KFPT AM 790 (Air America in Fresno) has re-scheduled the cancelled April 21 Fresno-based broadcast of nationally syndicated The Stephanie Miller Show, at La Ryan Event Center in Fresno. The April broadcast was cancelled due to the death of Miller's beloved pet, Chester, a Saint Bernard.

Since its September 2004 debut, The Stephanie Miller Show is one of the fastest growing shows in Progressive Talk, now heard on more than 40 stations, including major market stations in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Boston. New affiliates, such as those in Fresno, Rochester, Sacramento, Minneapolis, and Seattle, are signing on at a rapid pace. Miller attributes her ratings success to the fun of her daily show. "It's almost not fair," said Miller. "The Bush Administration gives us so much material every day; I should send THEM my ratings bonuses."

The June 15 live broadcast event is free, however, advance tickets are required. These tickets can only be obtained at Radio City (1071 W. Shaw, at Palm in Fresno) during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm). Tickets from the postponed April 21 event will be honored at the June 15 event. Miller will be available for press interviews immediately following the live broadcast at 9 a.m., and will then sign autographs and take pictures for all those in attendance.

Thursday June 15
8 PM
Full Circle Brewing Co. Presents
Inner Ear Poetry Jam
$3.-cover
620 F St.
Downtown Fresno
559-264-6323
www.fullcirclebrewing.com

Friday, June 16
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents the movie: Soldiers in the Army of God. Introduced by outgoing Students for Peace president, Andrew Valencia.  Since abortion was legalized in 1973, seven people have been killed and more than 150 clinics bombed or set on fire by people who disagreed with Roe v. Wade. SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY OF GOD presents the tin soldiers who are behind more than 2,400 incidents of violence against doctors and abortion clinics in the past 28 years. This is a story about the people who are not exercising first amendment rights, they are not trying to "counsel" patients; they are not peaceful picketers. They are - intentionally, openly and usually without restraint - terrorizing people and encouraging others to do the same.

Light potluck at 6:30. Program begins at 7 pm. This event is sponsored by the Reedley Peace Center and will be held at the Fellowship Hall of First Mennonite Church, on 'L' street between 12th and 13th streets in Reedley. Admission is free. Contact Don Friesen by email at dfriesen@telis.org

Saturday, June 17
7:30 PM
An Intimate Evening with 2006 Grammy Award winners Randy Sharp and Jack Wesley Routh with Craig Caruthers and a very special guest. Rotary Theater in Visalia Mineral King Avenue one block west of Giddings. A Benefit for Community Radio KFCF 88.1 FM and the South Valley Peace Center. Information - 559.233.2221 - Tickets $25

Sunday, June 18
7:30am Gathering for March
8:00am March Begins at San Diego Park
9:00am Rally and Fiesta upon arrival at Lamont Park (Corner of Segrue and Myrtle)
JUST WAGES MARCH
"Just Wages, Respect and Dignity, Economic Justice " You are invited to join the families of Lamont/Arvin Community in their efforts to achieve Economic Justice on Sunday June 8, 2006.  Workers in the Lamont area and in Kern County have not seen an increase in wages for many years. Yet, the cost of living continues to escalate making it difficult for families to survive.

Although improvements have been made, workers still encounter the harsh working conditions depicted in the famous film Grapes of Wrath. (Lamont is near Weedpatch where the famous movie Grapes of Wrath was filmed at the Sunset Labor Camp.)

The goal of the march is to call attention to the low wages and demand a wage increase that is long over due. Your participation in this March is a visible form of support for the workers and their families who toil daily in the hot sun to put the food on our tables. Please invite your colleagues and their families to join them in this call for justice.

The march will begin early at 8:00 a. m. to beat the heat; gathering will begin at 7:30 a.m. The March will begin at San Diego Park and will end at the Lamont Park (Segrue & Myrtle Streets) with a rally and fiesta at the park.

For more information contact Pablo Rodríguez prodriguez@doloreshuerta.org (661) 322-3045

Thursday, June 22
8 PM
Full Circle Brewing Co. Presents
Rogue Review hosted by Marcel Nunis
$5.-cover
620 F St.
Downtown Fresno
559-264-6323
www.fullcirclebrewing.com

Friday, June 23
9 AM - 2 PM
Sustaining Our Future: Advancing Water Policy for a Healthy San Joaquin Valley. Join Latino Issues Forum, Clean Water Fund and leaders from across the San Joaquin Valley to share ideas and develop solutions to ensure a sustainable water future for the region. Sustaining Our Future will include presentations from experts representing local and state government agencies, non-profit organizations and community leaders. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in focused discussions on Groundwater, Infrastructure, Land Use and Planning, and Consumer Protections. A continental breakfast and full lunch will be served. For more information or to RSVP contact Stephanie Camoroda at (559) 241-6561 or via email at stephanie@lif.org

Saturday June 24
Full Circle Brewing Co. Presents
Saturday Afternoon Blues Jam
3:00-7:00pm $3.-cover
Everyone Welcome
Rosebud Blues
8:00pm $5.-cover
620 F St.
Downtown Fresno
559-264-6323
www.fullcirclebrewing.com

Sunday, June 25
6:00 PM Potluck; 6:30 PM Music; 7:00 to 8:30 PM - Program
The Pastors for Peace 17th Friendshipment Caravan: Destination - Cuba! Cuban music by Patricia Wells. Program with Alicia Jrapko as our speaker (see a bio below) If you can help with housing of the caravanistas and/or the Cuban potluck (we'll provide recipes if you wish), call Angela at 435-6383.

Hundreds of volunteers from the U.S. and from other nations will challenge the U.S. blockade and travel restrictions against Cuba at the U.S.-Mexico border. They expect to collect 200 tons of humanitarian aid during a two-week caravan which will converge in McAllen, Texas before going on to Cuba. They will try to deliver school buses, computers, medicines, and medical supplies gathered in communities throughout the U.S.

Please join us. Learn about Cuba and what the U.S. government doesn't want you to know, connect with the activists who will be coming through Fresno, challenging the immoral US foreign policies against Cuba. Our speaker, Alicia Jrapko, was born and raised in Cordoba, Argentina. In 1976, during the repressive military dictatorship, she was forced to leave her homeland and relocate in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alicia first traveled to Cuba in 1994 with IFCO/Pastors for Peace.

Following her return, she became active in the San Francisco Bay Area Frienshipment Committee, a nonprofit organization which supports IFCO/Pastors for Peace projects in Cuba, Chiapas, Mexico and Central America. She has traveled to Latin America including Mexico, Cuba, Brazil and Argentina and participated in several International Events. She is an active member of numerous solidarity organizations and peace and justice causes including: the anti-war A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, the International Action Center, political prison campaigns, lifting the US blockade of Iraq, and the struggle to stop the bombing in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence at 1584 N. Van Ness, Fresno, CA 93728, Across from Fresno City College * SE Corner Van Ness & McKinley * Entrance on Van Ness. For more information call Angela (559) 435-6383

Tuesday, June 27
5:30 - 8 PM
The Second Annual Ida B. Wells /Frederick Douglas Reception will be held at the African American Museum and Cultural Center at 1857 Fulton, enclosed parking available. Sponsored by the National Women's Political Caucus of Fresno, the reception honorees are Dr. Jacqueline Hodge, long time Fresno activist; Dr. Paula Cottrell, Program Coordinator for Migrant Education; and Les Kimber, Publisher of the California Advocate newspaper. Carol Bequette is Chair of the event.

A remembrance and celebration of the lives of Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King will also be a part of the program. Last year's honorees were Juanita Stevenson, Channel 30, and Jack Noldon, Channel 24. The public is invited to attend and the donation is $25 in advance with reservation and $35 at the door. Students $10. Refreshments and snacks will be served. Reservations may be paid by check or credit card. Call Mary Stanley at 268-5756 and/or mail check payable to NWPC at 1361 N. Del Mar Avenue, Fresno, CA 93728.

Friday, June 30
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents the movie: The Snow Walker A pilot who delivers supplies to tribes in the backwoods of the Canadian north is implored to escort a sick young Inuit woman to a hospital. On the flight back, the plane's engine fail and they crash in the wastelands. Rescuers are unable to locate them and the two are left to struggle for their survival. The ailing woman thus teaches the hot-headed pilot the way to live in these regions.

Light potluck at 6:30. Program begins at 7 pm. This event is sponsored by the Reedley Peace Center and will be held at the Fellowship Hall of First Mennonite Church, on 'L' street between 12th and 13th streets in Reedley. Admission is free. Contact Don Friesen by email at dfriesen@telis.org

Friday, June 30
8 PM
Silvia Parra, and Alfonso Maya share the stage at Arte Américas,1630 Van Ness in downtown Fresno. Silvia Parra's, aka MamaCoatl, articulates Latin American protest song with a fearless feminine voice that tells stories from both North and South of the border. Parra uses Spanglish and traditional Latino musical compositions to create her sassy avant guard sound. Alfonso Maya is one of the most outstanding young singer-songwriters in Mexico today. His music reflects both folkloric and contemporary influences, and incorporates rhythms of the world. Nuevo Canto is the style of music for the evening.

Friday, July 7
Santero will be at Arte Américas,1630 Van Ness in downtown Fresno. San Francisco Bay Area based SANTERO incorporates classic African and Latin styles to deliver a powerful dose of Reggae, Hip Hop and Latin rhythms. SANTERO is known for its thick dubby bass assault and clean memorable melodies, the fusion creates an innovative blend of unconventional and contemporary musical sensibilities certain to get any crowd rocking.

Sunday, July 16
The Fresno Center for Nonviolence 14^th anniversary celebration. Details soon.

Thursday, July 20
6:30 to 9:30 PM
Progressive Thursday presents "Hemp and the Rule of Law." This movie is a clear and concise synopsis of the history, benefits and future of industrial hemp. Taken out of the hands of the DEA, industrial hemp is the crop to replace cotton and save the valley’s agriculture. The video will be presented at Round Table Pizza, 5763 N. First St., Fresno. Buy your favorite entree and join us for dinner; doors open at 6:30 PM, video begins at 7:00 PM. A discussion will follow after the film. Progressive Thursday is hosted by the GROW working group of the Fresno County Green Party and is a free, wheelchair accessible event open to anyone interested in discussing topics of interest to the progressive community. For more information contact Larry Mullen at (559) 227-0293.

Friday, July 21
Chicano Music Festival with Agustín Lira, Patricia Wells-Solórzano, Ravi Knypstra, Eugene Ramirez, Migel Govea, Merlinda Espinoza, and many more! Arte Américas,1630 Van Ness in downtown Fresno.

These artists bring to life the Chicano/Latino experience through their musical offering. Each singer will perform his/her compositions, as well as songs by other composers from throughout Latin America. This festival opens Cheech Marin's "The Chicano Art Collection/La Colección Chicana" exhibition in the RUIZ GALLERY. The collection, which is one of the largest of its kind in the U.S., depicts images of urban life and the Chicano experience during 1969 through 2001 and includes work by Carlos Almaraz, Frank Romero, Patssi Valdez, Gilbert "Magu" Lujan, Leo Limón, Margaret García, and Wayne Alaniz Healy.

Sunday, August 6
Health Care for All event.

Wednesday, August 9
7 PM
Second Wednesday - Free Video Presentation - 7 PM at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness, Fresno, CA 93728, Across from Fresno City College * SE Corner Van Ness & McKinley * Entrance on Van Ness

Movie, Pot-Luck and Discussion
Dr. Strangelove: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Saturday, September 23
The Community Alliance ten year anniversary event.

Sunday, October 22
5:30 PM
PROTEST BY FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND SUPPORTERS WORKING TOGETHER TO STOP POLICE BRUTALITY. Where: Corner of "N" street and Mariposa in Fresno
Across the main library entrance. Who: The National Oct 22 Coalition against Police Brutality

Why should you act on October 22nd?"Silence is the voice of complicity." The nationwide epidemic of police brutality and repression is hidden from many people who would be outraged if they knew what was happening. Many people have become apprehensive about reprisals for protesting in today's political climate. We must resist in many different ways to drag this truth out into the light of day. October 22, 2004, the 9th annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation is the day for thousands across the country to speak out and act. Our resistance will give others courage.

In over 20 years despite countless police killings there has not been one officer discipline for taking someone's life in the valley. We want to send a message that killer cops will not be tolerated in our valley any longer. We DEMAND to live in a society where law enforcement professionals are willing to risk their lives to ensure peoples' safety not murder innocent people and then claim their lives were at risk. A society where youth aren't treated like criminals because of the color of their skin. Where immigrants aren't rounded up and detained because of what part of the world they're from. A society where more and more of the people are being involved in grappling with how to do away with all the misery and degradation characteristic of this system.

FOR FRESNO INFORMATION CALL: GLORIA 559-268-2261, COMITE NO NOS VAMOS: 498-6033, 497-0206, NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK: 288-0828

WEAR BLACK, BRING VICTIMS PICTURES, MEMORIES, RIBBONS,CANDLES, MUSIC, SONG, POETRY, ETC. http://www.october22.org/

ONGOING WEEKLY ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS

Now through July 1
"Photographing the Tap Roots of “Sí Se Puede” at the Fresno City College Student Center. 10 4’ foot banners + 40 smaller prints of farm worker conditions and UFW organizing by 50+ year movement photographer-film maker George Elfie Ballis. Open to public — Monday-Thursday 8am-6 pm, Friday 8 am-3pm. For free guided group-class tours with Elfie 855.3710.

Every Sunday
4 PM
Sunday Food Not Bombs serves free food at Courthouse Park to anyone who is hungry. They start cooking at 1 PM and serve the food at 4 PM (meet at the Tulare side of the park). If anyone would like to donate or help cook, they should contact Becky Asami at 304-3409, or email her at Littlejap@csufresno.edu

Every Tuesday
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Fresno River Zen group meets in Horsley Hall at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4144 N. MIllbrook, Fresno.  This group welcomes all who wish to seek  clarity, compassion, and harmony with oneself and the world through mindful meditation.  Emphasis is on bringing peaceful actions from personal experience in meditation to healing the world.  For more information, call Grace at (559) 877-2400 or email her at grace@emptynestzendo.org

Every Monday and Tuesday
7–9:30 PM
The St. Benedict Catholic Worker serves a meal to the homeless, working poor, and visitors and released inmates in front of Fresno County Jail (corner of Fresno and M streets).  Volunteers are needed to help prepare and serve the meals. For more information contact Liza Apper at (559) 229–6410 or liza.apper@sbcw.org ; or visit their Web site: www.sbcw.org

Every Tuesday
7 PM
Peace Fresno meets at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence at 1584 N Van Ness, south of McKinley. If you want to help stop Bush's endless war against the world, come to this meeting! For an up-to-the-minute listing of all peace actions in the Fresno area, call the Fresno Center for Nonviolence at (559) 23PEACE (237–3223). For more information about Peace Fresno, call 487–2515 or visit their Web site at www.peacefresno.org.

Every Friday
7 PM
Reedley Peace Center holds it weekly peace meeting at the Fellowship Hall at Reedley's First Mennonite Church, 1208 L Street, Reedley. Programs vary, but the focus is always on peace issues: local, state, national, international. The contact is Carol Krehbiel: (559) 637–9098 or krehbiel@cvip.net. The meeting is free, open to the public, and accessible to the handicapped.

Every Saturday
1–2 PM
Food Not Bombs feeds the hungry near the Olive Ave entrance to Roeding Park. The location for cooking on Saturday is at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 1343 E Barstow, between First and Cedar, starting at 9 AM. They are always in need of servers at the park. For more information call Dallas: 452–0277, or e-mail fresnofnb@yahoo.com. Visit the Food Not Bombs Web site at www.fresnoalliance.com/FNB/

Every Saturday
1 PM until the last patient is served
Medical clinic for the homeless, actively injecting drug users, and prostitutes. You can find them near the Olive Ave entrance to Roeding Park. Staffed by Dr. Marc Lasher and volunteers. Accepting financial donations. Contact: 266–0444.

Every Saturday
1–3 PM
Fresno Free Bicycle Repair Clinic. Most Saturdays. Donations of bicycle parts, inner tubes, and blinky lights welcome. Volunteers needed to help with minor repairs. The bicycle clinic is near the Olive Ave entrance to Roeding Park, beside Food Not Bombs. For more info and to arrange donations, e-mail  fresnofreebikeclinic@yahoo.com.

ONGOING MONTHLY ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS

1st Sunday of every month
1 - 3 PM
The South Valley Peace Center <http://www.svpc.info/ > has peace demonstrations at the northwest corner of Mooney and Walnut in Visalia. Come out and demonstrate for peace. Bring a sign with your favorite peace message.

1st Sunday of every month
3 - 5 PM
Fresno Stonewall Democrats meeting at Java Wava,1940 North Echo across from Fresno High is open to the public. Stonewall Democrats’ focus is on social and political issues of interest to progressives in general and progressive and liberal Democrats in particular. For more information contact Jay Hubbell at (559) 292–4905, e–mail <fresnostonewall@mangen.com >, or visit the Web site<www.mangen.com/stonewall/ >.

2nd and 4th Sunday of every month
1 PM
South Valley Peace Center meets at the Visalia Friends Meeting House, 17208 Ave. 296, Visalia. Contact: info@svpc.info    http://www.svpc.info

3rd Sunday of every month
10 AM–12 Noon
World Meditation Day is observed to promote peace within oneself and harmony in the world. Held at 7319 N Fourth St, Fresno. Program includes guided meditation followed by discussion and light refreshments. Call Veena Kapoor, (559) 435–2212, for more information.

3rd Sunday of every month
1 PM
Humanists of the San Joaquin Valley meet in Room 1 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno, 4144 N Millbrook. For info call June: 645–1719.

2nd Monday of every month
5:30 PM
The Living Wage Committee will meet at the SEIU 250 office, 1279 N Wishon. Community Alliance for a Fair Economy (CAFE) is taking the lead in this effort. We are in the research and planning stages of development. Further information contact Frances Sivak: (559) 222–5240 or fsivak@msn.com.

3rd Monday of every Month
6 PM
California Prison Moratorium Project will meet at the Fresno Center for Non Violence, 1584 N Van Ness. Everyone is invited to attend this meeting. The discussion "Uncaging the Valley" mobilizing a valley wide coalition an exclusive valley focused project.

Potluck is encouraged but not required. Upcoming events include movies - the group is booking the documentary "After Innocence" and bringing the producer and writer to Fresno, speakers from the anti prison movement are being scheduled.

Call Deb Reyes at 559-916-4370 for more info. For a map and directions to the FCNV, see: http://www.communitywalk.com/map/2935

4th Monday of every month
7 PM
FresCAMP (Fresno Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides) meets at the Barn at Margaret Hudson's house, 4230 N Arthur. For more information e-mail frescamp@sbcglobal.net, call (559) 227–6134, or visit the Californians for Pesticide Reform Web site at www.1000friendsoffresno.org/pesticides.html .

1st Tuesday of every month
6 PM
The San Joaquin Valley Coalition for Immigrant Rights meeting at 328 N Fresno Street. For more information call (559) 498–6033.

3rd Tuesday of every month
12:30 - 2 PM
The California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) a progressive coalition of community, church and labor organizations have their monthly meeting at the Fresno Senior Resource Center located at 2085 E. Dakota in Fresno.  It is an open meeting to all with concerns on local, state & federal issues that matter to seniors, voters, taxpayers.  For more informaiton call Gene Roza at 559-905-3521or visit the CARA website at:  www.californiaalliance.org

3rd Tuesday of every month
7 PM
The Fresno Free College Foundation (owner and operator of KFCF 88.1 FM) Board of Directors meet at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4144 N Millbrook, Fresno. The public is invited. For more information call (559) 233–2221, e-mail kfcf@kfcf.org , or visit www.kfcf.org.

1st Wednesday of every month
12 Noon–1 PM
Women in Black– Silent Vigil at the Fresno County Courthouse entrance. Show your support for PEACE and for negotiated settlements of US current military actions! Meet downtown at the Fresno courthouse, and stand silently, advocating for PEACE. For more info, call 278–7140 or 225–2850.

1st Wednesday of every month
7 PM
The Fresno County Democratic Central Committee meetings are held in the State Building Assembly Room. The address is 2550 Mariposa Ave. Call Steve Haze, Chair – 855-8844 stevehaze@psnw.com or Jay Hubbell, Secretary - 292-4905 / jayhubbell@comcast.net for more information.

1st Wednesday of every month
7:30 PM
Conservation Committee of the Sierra Club Tehipite Chapter at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4144 N Millbrook, Fresno.

1st Thursday of every month
Art Hop.  For more information contact Maria Franco at mfranco@fresnoarts.org Or (559) 237- 9734.

1st Thursday of every Month
6 PM
California Prison Moratorium Project will meet at the Fresno Center for Non Violence, 1584 N Van Ness. Everyone is invited to attend this meeting. The discussion "Uncaging the Valley" mobilizing a valley wide coalition an exclusive valley focused project.

Potluck is encouraged but not required. Upcoming events include movies - the group is booking the documentary "After Innocence" and bringing the producer and writer to Fresno, speakers from the anti prison movement are being scheduled.

Call Deb Reyes at 559-916-4370 for more info. For a map and directions to the FCNV, see: http://www.communitywalk.com/map/2935

2nd Thursday of every month
5 PM
The Human Relations Commission meetings are open to the public. Regular meetings are usually scheduled on the second Thursday of each month in Meeting Room 2165N of City Hall. Any person who wants to place an issue before the Commission should first contact the HRC staff at 621–7770.

2nd Thursday of every month
7 PM
Fresno LGBTQ Social Group (http://www.gayfresno.com/social/ )
Carrow's Fresno
1484 E. Shaw Ave
(one block south of Fashion Fair)
Get together and hang out

2nd Thursday of every month
7 PM
Monthly meeting of the Fresno County Green Party, County Council, at the California State Building in downtown Fresno. The address is 2550 Mariposa Ave., and is located between O and P streets and Fresno and Tulare. Enter through the main door along the pedestrian mall just off P Street. Call (559) 265–3647 or go to www.cagreens.org/fresno  for more information.

2nd Thursday of every month
7 PM
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom meeting, 1584 N Van Ness, south of McKinley. For more information e-mail socialjustice@sti.net.

3rd Thursday of every month
6–8 PM
Fresno County Bicycle Coalition, monthly meetings to provide a forum for bicyclists to organize, discuss common concerns, and influence public policy. If you are interested in helping Fresno County become more bike-friendly, you are invited to join this group.  Please call (559) 444–2065 for more information.

3rd Thursday of every month 
6:30 PM
Central California Criminal Justice Committee is meeting at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1564 North Van Ness ( Southeast corner of McKinley and Van Ness).

1st Friday of every month
4:30–6:30 PM
Peace Fresno is at Shaw and Blackstone Avenues to protest the occupation of Iraq and other harmful domestic and foreign policies of the Bush administration. Peace Fresno advocates alternatives to war and social and environmental justice. For more information go to <www.peacefresno.org>.

1st Friday of every month
7–9 PM
Dances of Universal Peace. Sacred Circle Dances from Around the World at the First Congregational Church, Van Ness and Yale.

3rd Friday of every month
4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
"Justice Corner" In West Fresno

The local chapter of the National Action Network with support from Peace Fresno is establishing a "Justice Corner" at the intersection of 'C' and Fresno Streets. "This will be the bookend to the "Peace Corner" at Blackstone and Shaw Avenues" says Aline Reed, a member of the local NAN group. The "Peace Corner" project has been a monthly presence by Peace Fresno members since the advent of war in 2001.

Supporters of peace and social justice issues are invited to join with NAN and Peace Fresno members on third Friday of every month from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM.

For more information contact Rev. Floyd Harris Jr, California State President of the National Action Network, (559) 264 - 0097 www.nancal.org  Xyfloyd@aol.com

1st Saturday of every month
9:30 AM
Kennedy Club of the San Joaquin Valley meets at Denny's Restaurant at Abby and Divisidero. Call 439–8140 for more information.

1st Saturday of every month
3–5 PM
Women of Spirit—a gathering of women rediscovering their own spirituality and enabling others to do the same. You are invited to join the circle of women the first Saturday of each month, at 7319 N Fourth St, Fresno. Beginning and closing meditation, discussion and activity, light refreshments after closing. The event is free. Both men and women are welcome. Contact: Veena Kapoor, (559) 435–2212.

2nd Saturday of every month
9:30 AM
Fresno Center for Nonviolence monthly meeting at 1584 N. Van Ness, south of McKinley. For more information about the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, see their Web site www.centerfornonviolence.org  or call 559–23PEACE (237–3223).

2nd Saturday of every month 
10 AM
The Black Political Council meets at King of Kings on Martin Luther King Blvd.

4th Saturday of Every Month
8 -10 AM
Tower Beautification Cleanup. Meet at the Olive/Wishon corner of the Chicken Pie Shop. Bring hat, gloves, broom or rakes and weed hoes, water. We supply orange vests, pick up bags, grabbers and extra tools. Why do we do this? To beautify our community and build empowerment through responsibility for our quality of life.

Questions:? Call Coordinator, Gay Amend, at 237-6716
Sponsored by the Tower Trust, Council Districts 1 and 3 and
the City of Fresno Sanitation Department which provides supplies and insurance.