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Thursday, October 26
7 PM
Debate of School Board Candidates sponsored by the League of Women Voters; Manchester GATE School, Dakota and Fresno Streets, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. 226-8683 for more information

Friday, October 27
5:15 PM
The Camden 28 will be shown in Instructional Technology Bldg. 101 at Fresno State, entrance off Barstow near Cedar.

The Camden 28
Anthony Giacchino, USA, 2006, 82min. In English. No Rating.
***Selection from the Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival

How far would you go to stop a war? On August 22, 1971, twenty-eight men and women in Camden, New Jersey, carried out a powerful act of civil disobedience against United States involvement in the Vietnam War. The group was part of a nonviolent antiwar movement popularly known as the "Catholic Left." One of the most dramatic tactics utilized by this movement was breaking into draft board offices to remove and destroy government records that identified young men available for military service. The activists claimed that their actions were meant to show their belief that killing—even in war—was morally indefensible. And by conducting their raids mostly in inner cities, they hoped to call attention to war's damaging effect on some of America's most vulnerable populations. The documentary tells of the activists' covert preparations, government intrigue, a government raid and arrest of the protesters, and an ensuing legal battle which the late Supreme Court Justice William Brennan called "one of the great trials of the twentieth century." Thirty-five years later, key participants openly discuss their motives, their fears, and the tremendous personal costs of their actions. It is a story of resistance, friendship, and betrayal played out against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent periods in recent American history. Winner of both the Jury Prize and Audience Award for Best Documentary, Philadelphia Film Festival 2006. Post-screening discussant: Dr. Charles Arokiasamy, Dept.Chair - Counseling, Special Ed. & Rehabilitation.

This film is sponsored by the Cineculture Club at CSUF. Cineculture seeks to promote cultural awareness and discuss issues related to diversity through film. For more information: President: Kumar NavaneethaKrishnan kum.nav@gmail.com Advisor: Denise Blum dblum@csufresno.edu

Friday, October 27
7 PM
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE, a presentation about the World Social Forum., will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno at 4144 North Millbrook south of Ashlan. Hear from local activists who attended the 2006 World Social Forums in Venezuela and Pakistan. Mike Rhodes, Pam Whalen, Simone Whalen-Rhodes, Jean Hays, Dan Yaseen, and Camille Russell will show a Power Point presentation featuring their pictures, analysis, and impressions. The free event will be presented by the UU Adult Religious Education Committee. For more information contact Lydia Flores (559) 435-7360

Saturday, October 28
9 AM.-12 Noon
Guided walk on the Fulton Mall focusing on the history of the Mall, current structures, future planning and potential development. Meet at Fagan's, 2039 Kern St. Fresno (corner of Van Ness and Kern). For more information call: Laura Fultz (559)493-1034 go to fun@creativefresno.com

Saturday, October 28
10 AM - 2 PM
Backyard Safari at the Discovery Center; by the airport, on N. Winery between Clinton and McKinley, one block east of Chestnut.

What's in YOUR backyard? Come to this event and experience mini wildlife adventures and projects that you can do with your child. Kids will learn about slugs, snails, and worms and take a mini safari on TDC's kid friendly trails. Sing along with Oklin Bloodworth and enjoy a delicious plate of Mediterranean cuisine from The Mediterranean Restaurant. And while you're here, get a headstart on Halloween with our Safe and Fun Halloween workshop! Make a spooky or zany mask, see a science "trick", and make a "treat" to eat!

Fee: $5.00 per family- Members $7.50 per family- Non-members contact: Tarah Adams @ 251-5533

Saturday, October 28
6 PM
Blue October is an international month of action to challenge corporate control of water and to protect water as a natural resource available to all. Our local Blue October location is at Margaret Hudson's Barn. 4235 N. Thorne. Music is by Eva Scow! Food and Drinks to be served. Come to watch two dvd's and learn more. Please park along Thorne Avenue and do not block any driveways. Bring a flashlight and follow the signs. Hope to see you there For more information call 347-7948 Coco Scow.

Sunday, October 29
6 - 8:30 PM
Lance Canales and Friends (native American fluting and delta blues) live music at Grandma's All Natural Vegetable Market and Herb Nursery 403 W. Olive, 1 blk east of Fruit, (559)495-1141

Tickets
$3.00 in advance
$5.00 at the door
Info: (559)495-1141
Grandma's All Natural

Thursday, November 2
6 PM
Candlelight Procession & Open House: The Arte Américas annual procession assembles and departs at 6 p.m. from St. John's Cathedral, 2814 Mariposa Street to Arte Américas, 1630 Van Ness @ Calaveras in downtown Fresno, CA. The route is from St. John's Cathedral to Fresno Street to Van Ness Avenue, and ends at Arte Américas located at the corner of Van Ness and Calaveras. Aztec dancers will lead the candlelit procession. Artists of the multicultural displays for Nuestra Herencia exhibition and members of the community are encouraged to participate in the procession.

As is the custom in Mexico for Día de los Muertos, participants are encouraged to dress up in ethnic or ‘calavera' wear. Calaveras are mischievous skeletons that dress up, poke at political personalities with political satire, and have fun. This is the day where priests, politicians, farmers, farmworkers, teachers, students, rich and poor share the same destiny – death, an end neither money nor power can outwit. After all, this is Día de los Muertos, the great equalizer, and the juxtaposition of the dead doing something lively and spirited with the living.

Thursday, November 2
7 PM
In the Arte Américas Plaza (1630 Van Ness @ Calaveras in downtown Fresno): Aztec dancers will begin the ceremony with a blessing/prayer to the four winds. Nuestra Herencia exhibitors will bring their ethnic bread to our Plaza where we will assemble and break bread together as one large community. Our Plaza will feature a multiethnic program, filled with music, dance, and a Calavera contest. In addition, there will be community altars constructed by community members and organizations throughout the Plaza. Community altars will be erected in the Plaza between 12:00-6:00 pm

Thursday, November 2
7:30 PM
The Fresno Poet's Association presents Jesse Lee Kerchval at the Fresno Art Museum, 2233 N First. For more information see www.fresnopoets.org for further information or call 226-1528.

Friday, November 3
5:15 PM
Two films: Maximum Security University (dir. Tom Quinn) and Inside Corcoran: Where Hell Begins (by the California Correctional Peace Officers Association) will be shown in Instructional Technology Bldg. 101 at Fresno State, entrance off Barstow near Cedar.

1) Maximum Security University (dir. Tom Quinn) and
2) Inside Corcoran: Where Hell Begins (by the California Correctional Peace Officers Association)

Maximum Security University (1997, 45 minutes), based on security yard videos and internal documents never before seen outside Corcoran Prison, analyzes this innovative Super-Max prison-within-a-prison and the departmental policy of mixing rival inmates on small SHU yards and shooting them when they fought. The shooting deaths of four inmates are shown and examined in detail. The video won a Best Documentary Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.

Corcoran: Where Hell Begins (1999, 30 minutes), was prepared by media consultants working for the state's prison guards union, the California Correctional Peace Officers Union (CCPOA). The documentary became controversial because the union prepared it for the purpose of "educating the jury pool" in the run-up the federal trial in Fresno of eight SHU guards for homicide and other abuses. The 8 were eventually acquitted of all charges. The production values of the CCPOA documentary are much greater than Maximum Security University, in part because far more money went into its creation.

So different is the presentation of images, facts, and analysis in these two videos that without foreknowledge one would never believe they treat the same prison. The purpose in showing the videos together is to allow exploration, in the discussion following the presentations, of this sharply contrasted documentary-rhetoric, and the politics and motives of the producers of the two documentaries. Post-screening discussion by Director Tom Quinn.

Friday, November 3
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents Speaker: Pulkit Sawroop,a refugee from India, who is now a pre med student at Fresno Pacific University, will tell his story. Pulkit has worked at the National Institute of Health and with the Center for Disease Control, and has chosen to work on world health issues.

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 dfriesen0@gmail.com

Friday, November 3
7 PM
LUNAFEST. Films by...for...about women. Fresno State - Satellite Student Union. For more information call 278-4435.

Saturday, November 4
10 AM - 1 PM
The first planning meeting for the California Central Valley Journey for Justice 2007 will be held at the Comite No Nos Vamos offices. Address: 453 N. Fresno Street (near Belmont) in Fresno. Representatives of community groups and organizations throughout the Valley are invited to attend. This will be a "potluck" meeting--bring something to share. For more information, please call: Salvador or Gloria Sandoval (209) 631-6461.

Sunday, November 5
12:30 PM
The world's oldest and most reputable peace organization, from Nobel Peace Prizes to U. N. resolutions, the International Peace Bureau has been in the forefront of the peace movement for almost 100 years. A very exciting conference just took place in Helsinki, Finland. Come and hear all about it from our members who attended: Barry Nishkian and Fran Saunders. At the Center, 1584 N. Van Ness. Pot-Luck 12:30; Program 1:00 PM. FREE Information: 237-3223

Tuesday, November 7
Election Day GET OUT AND VOTE! - FREE
TIME: All Day WHERE: Your local polling site
WHY? So that: You'll still have the right to vote next year,
You won't have to mail your absentee ballot from Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib,
You'll have done your best to protect our freedoms, support our troops and bring 'em home
You'll earn that cute little sticker that says "I VOTED"

Wednesday, November 8
12 Noon
Brown Bag Lunch and discussion of No Child Left Behind sponsored by the League of Women Voters The speaker will be Asst Superintendent Barbara Bengel from Fresno Unified School District who is in charge of this program. Questions from parents and others are encouraged. Bring your own lunch; coffee and light snacks will be served. Free and open to the public. League Office at Stone Soup, 1345 Bulldog Lane, Fresno Call 226-5455 for more information.

Wednesday, November 8
12 Noon & 7:00 PM
Second Wednesday Video Series - Film: "Why We Fight," Warns of the dangers of the Military-Industrial Complex. Both showings at the Center, 1584 N. Van Ness. Pot-Luck at 6:30 preceding the evening showing. Discussion follows 7 PM showing only. Information: 327-3223

Wednesday, November 8
3 - 3:30 PM
Post-Election report hosted by Richard Stone and Dan Yaseen KFCF radio, 88.1 FM

Friday, November 10
5 PM and 8 PM
Fresno Filmworks presents "Half Nelson" at the Tower Theatre. Boasting an astonishing performance by Ryan Gosling, this incisive drama is both honest and inspirational. Gosling stars as Dan Dunne, an idealistic, charismatic middle-school teacher who is beginning to lose his struggle with cocaine and alcohol. Tickets can be purchased at the Tower Theatre Box Office, 815 E. Olive Ave., The Movies, 1435 N. Van Ness Ave., 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, November 10
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents Speaker: Rev. Floyd Harris, President of the California chapter of the National Action Network will speak about his work on poverty, hunger and other justice issues in Fresno.

Saturday, November 11
Veterans Day

Thursday, November 16
Noon - 1 PM
Women in Black at the CUSF Free Speech Area. For Justice. Against War. Please join us for a silent vigil. Protesting all forms of militarism! Wear black, bring a sign, women only.

Co-sponsored by POWER, Campus Peace & Civil Liberties Coalition & WILPF, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom. Please contact Whitney Thompson for Campus Peace, whitneyt06@csufresno.edu -- or call 278-4593 for more information about WIB, www.womeninblack.org

Thursday, November 16
6:30 - 9:30 PM
Progressive Thursday presents: Ecoparque and Gone Tomorrow, the Hidden Life of Garbage

This will be our first double feature Progressive Thursday presentaion. Both are short videos. Ecoparque, the film (33 minutes), explores the creation and impact of Ecoparque, the place - a park flourishing on a formerly barren urban hillside thanks to an innovative system that uses residents' wastewater not only to transform one canyon, but to make a scientific and economic case for neighborhood-scale, nature-mimicking facilities being preferable over centralized conveyance and chemical treatment for many canyon communities. Gone Tomorrow, the Hidden Life of Garbage (20 minutes) is based on the book of the same title and is about recycling and waste in the United States. This documentary exposes the often magical (but false) feeling we get from 'helping the earth' by 'recycling'. It points out the real problems, over production and industrial pollution and also explains corporate greenwashing and our economic systme of 'built-in obsolescence'. These videos 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 or go to www.FresnoGreens.org

Thursday November 16
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, November 17
5:15 PM
Celebrating International Education Week!
Kordavision will screen in the Peters Educational Center, located on the west side of the Save Mart Center, 2640 E. Shaw Ave, Fresno. Admission is FREE and parking is FREE in all student (green) lots.

Hector Cruz Sandoval. 2005. Cuba. Spanish and English. 90 min. No Rating.

***Funded by Associated Students.

KordaVision is a graphic documentary featuring the life and work of renowned Cuban photographer Alberto Diaz "Korda." Korda's photo of Ernesto "Che" Guevara wearing a military beret is one of the most famous and widely distributed photographs of the 20th century. Reflecting the Cuban soul of the 1950s and 1960s - the days of fashion, rum and the Revolution - the film begins by taking viewers through the moment that Korda captured the iconic image of Guevara. For the first time ever, in KordaVision , director Hector Cruz Sandoval has reunited Alberto Korda, Ra·l Corrales, Liborio Noval , and Roberto Salas - the four giants of classic Cuban photography - with Fidel Castro, to discuss the impact their images have had on the Revolution and the world. A sensational soundtrack accompanies the film, representing Cuba's best music: featuring an original score by Maestro Leo Brouwer and music by Carlos Embale, Carlos Puebla, P18, Beny MorÈ, Los Zafiros, RamÛn VelÛz and Los Compadres.

"KordaVision" has won awards at film festivals in Beverly Hills and San Francisco. It has been shown in 17 festivals around the world. There will be a question-and-answer session with the director, Hector Cruz Sandoval, after the screening.

This film is sponsored by the Cineculture Club at CSUF. Cineculture seeks to promote cultural awareness and discuss issues related to diversity through film. For more information:

President: Kumar NavaneethaKrishnan kum.nav@gmail.com Advisor: Denise Blum dblum@csufresno.edu

Friday, November 17
7:30 PM
THE ANCIENT TONES: Kathy Kallick (guitar & vocals); Bill Evans (banjo & vocals); Tom Bekany (mandolin & vocals); Cindy Browne (acoustic bass). Bluegrass & more. Fresno Art Museum, 2233 N 1st St.

Tickets are available at these independently owned stores: The Movies Video Store; Patrick’s Music, National Hardware or online at www.fresnofolkconcerts.com The Museum Gift Shoppe carries tickets for the concerts at the Fresno Art Museum. Or send a check made out to FFS and send with an enclosed SASE to Pat Wolk, 6661 N. Forkner, Fresno, 93711.

Sunday, November 19
3 PM
Fresno Metro Ministry’s 23^rd annual Thanksgiving Festival of Choirs will be held at Hope Lutheran Church. For more information call 485-1416 or email carmen@fresnometmin.org

Sunday, November 19
4 - 5:30 PM
Peace Fresno and La Raza Law Student Association of the San Joaquin College of Law are co-sponsoring an educational forum on the new Military Commissions Act of 2006. The forum will be moderated by Jeffrey G. Purvis, James K. and Carol Sellers Herbert Professor of Constitutional Law and will be held at the San Joaquin College of Law, located at 901 5th Street, Clovis.

For more info. contact Dan Yaseen 432-3445 danyaseen@sbcglobal.net or Steve Malm 264-9122 SteveDM88@aol.com

Friday, November 24
5:15 PM
Source (Zdroj) will be shown in Instructional Technology Bldg. 101 at Fresno State, entrance off Barstow near Cedar.

Source (Zdroj)

Martin Mare ek & Martin Skalsk_, Czech Republic, 2005, 75min.

In Czech, Russian, English and Azerbaijani with English subtitles

***Selection from the Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival

Azerbaijan is ranked one of the world's most corrupt countries, where a reigning ruling family is in its second generation of power. Baku in Azerbaijan, is also the site of the world's first oil well, and is once again becoming a focus for foreign investors as the origin of a major oil, gas, and pipeline project developed by an international consortium led by BP. In Source, a small, mobile and highly inventive Czech film crew travels around the country to investigate and record the impact of this most recent energy boom. They film the surrealist Soviet-era oil fields around Baku, with locals oblivious to the environmental dangers, striking images of cows grazing on polluted land and children playing in toxic sludge. With startling access and more then a little black humour, the filmmakers interview a fascinating cross section of people involved with and affected by the oil boom - allegedly corrupt politicians, oil company employees, businessmen, angry women whose husbands and sons work for very little money in shockingly polluted conditions in this industry. Source also cleverly examines the links from commuter highways in the West back to energy development in Azerbaijan. With the majority of the population living under the poverty line, the country's post-Soviet government is promising oil will bring widespread economic benefits to all, but could this "liquid gold" be more of a curse than a blessing for this troubled country? Presented in association with the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival

This film is sponsored by the Cineculture Club at CSUF. Cineculture seeks to promote cultural awareness and discuss issues related to diversity through film. For more information:

President: Kumar NavaneethaKrishnan kum.nav@gmail.com Advisor: Denise Blum dblum@csufresno.edu

Saturday November 25
3 - 7 PM
Full Circle Brewing Co. Presents Saturday Afternoon Blues Jam Hosted by Russ Allen. $3.-cover Belly Dancing with Cory Zamora Featuring Bayle Zena, Gregory & Denise 8:00pm $5.-cover
620 F St. Downtown Fresno 559-264-6323 www.fullcirclebrewing.com

Saturday December 2
10 AM - 4 PM
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom will hold the Peace Community Craft Faire at the First Congregational Church, 2131 N. Van Ness Blvd. in Fresno.

Saturday, December 2
7:30 PM
UTAH PHILLIPS. That first class rapscallion and rabble-rouser, folksinger, humorist, and storyteller. Fresno Art Museum 7:30pm. Frank Moschella will open.

UTAH PHILLIPS is a first-class rapscallion and rabble-rouser, as well as a folksinger, humorist, archivist, and storyteller. Pete Seeger says: "If you have never heard Utah Phillips live, you're in for a treat. He's fantastic. Unique. You'll feel better ever after, as you recall him. There's no one like him." Rolling Stone: "Call him a conspicuous enigma: a canny, uncanny blend of Mark Twain and Will Rogers, with a touch of P.T. Barnum and more than a hint of Huck Finn. Utah Phillips is also one of the most important songwriters to be found in North America."

Thursday, December 7
7:30 PM
The Fresno Poet's Association presents B. H. Fairchild at the Fresno Art Museum, 2233 N First. For more information see www.fresnopoets.org for further information or call 226-1528.

Tuesday, December 19
7:00 PM
Polly Victor will address Peace Fresno on the work of the Friends Committee for National Legislation. At the Fresno Center for Non Violence, 1584 N Van Ness at McKinley. All are welcome.

Thursday, January 18
7:30 PM
JOHN McCUTCHEON returns. If you’ve missed his sold out performances, now’s your chance. We’ve booked him into the CSUFresno Concert Hall.

"John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader. And not just incidentally, he is committed to helping hard-working people everywhere to organize and push this world in a better direction." --Pete Seeger "The most impressive instrumentalist I've ever heard."--Johnny Cash

Sunday, January 21
Time to be announced
Affordable housing forum will be held at Mennonite Community Church. FIRM, Habitat and Fresno Housing Alliance will be involved.

Thursday, February 1
7:30 PM
The Fresno Poet's Association presents Philip Levine at the Fresno Art Museum, 2233 N First. For more information see www.fresnopoets.org for further information or call 226-1528.

Friday, March 16
7:30 PM
March 16, Friday. ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS & Their Fine Group. Regulars on The Prairie Home Companion Radio Show—you saw and heard them in the film. Now’s your chance to see them for real.

Looking for more Arts, Music, and Cultural events in Fresno? Check out the Fresno Famous calendar of events:
http://www.fresnofamous.com/event.php

ONGOING WEEKLY ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS

Every Sunday
3 - 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 3 PM (meet at the Tulare side of the park). For more information see: http://cafefresno.org/

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. Teaching and practice in the spirit of the Suzuki Roshi Lineage is led by Grace Schireson, an ordained Zen priest. 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
1 - 3 PM
Radio Grito, providing information on issues of health, education, housing, labor, and immigration/naturalization, is heard on KBIF 900 AM.

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. If you would like to help us prepare our meal, we meet every Saturday at Wesley United Methodist Church (1343 E. Barstow) at 10am. For more information see: http://myspace.com/fresnofnb

For more information on Food Not Bombs you can contact us at fresnofnb@hotmail.com or visit the offical FNB website foodnotbombs.net

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 Hughes and Olive Ave. 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 holds a demonstration for peace at Mooney and Walnut in Visalia.

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/

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 visit their Web site at www.fresno.humanists.net

2nd Monday of every month
1 PM
The Living Wage Committee will meet at the SEIU 250 office, 1279 N Wishon. For further information contact Frances Sivak at (559) 222-5240 or fsivak@msn.com
www.livingwage-fresno.org

3rd Monday of every Month
6:30 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 , speakers from the anti prison movement are being scheduled. Call Deb Reyes at 559-916-4370 for more info.

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.

3rd Thursday of every month
6 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 Thursday of every month
ART HOP. For more information contact Maria Franco at mfranco@fresnoarts.org or call (559) 237- 9734.

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 contact JEAN HAYS skyhorse3593@sbcglobal.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.

4^th Thursday of every month
7 PM
FresCAMP (Fresno Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides) meeting. For more information e-mail frescamp@sbcglobal.net or call (559) 227–6134.

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.

4th Friday of every month
5 - 6 PM
Street Heat on KFCF, 88.1 FM in Fresno. This is the Community Alliance radio show.

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.

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