Events & Actions - Monday, November 6, 2006

Monday, November 06, 2006

I-List Events & Actions

Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (BAIRC)

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 - ELECTION DAY

Polls are open 7:00 am - 8:00 pm

For a voter guide and information on voters rights, go to
http://www.mivcalifornia.org <http://www.mivcalifornia.org/> .



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Priority Africa Network (PAN) and the African American Museum & Library
(AAMLO) present well-known Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet and
literary critic NGUGI WA THIONG'O at the African American Museum &
Library, 659 - 14th Street in Oakland on Saturday, November 11 at 2:00
PM. For more information, contact PAN at 510-238-8080, ext. 309.



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Join MUJERES UNIDAS Y ACTIVAS AT El Rio (3158 Mission Street, 21+ only)
on Saturday, November 11 from 4:00 - 7:00 pm. The event will include
great raffle prizes, included in your $10 entry ticket, such as...gift
certificates to Osento Baths, the SF MOMA, Berkeley Repertory Theater,
Bay Area Discovery Museum, local restaurants, wine from renown Napa
wineries, and gift baskets. MUA will also be auctioning a mid-week
two-day vacation package to Napa Valley that includes: Chauffeur service
from your door to the Napa Valley Inn (and back home again) ($500
value); two nights and two complimentary breakfasts for two at the Napa
Valley Inn ($700 value); Lunch at Celadon ($40 value); Lunch at Angele
($50 value); Dinner at Alegria ($50 value); Two seats at Platapus Wine
Tour ($150 value); Dinner at Zu-Zus ($50 value); Possible spa
certificates to be added!



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IN SOILDARITY WITH WORKERS AT THE WOODFIN SUITES HOTEL

Workers at the Woodfin Suites Hotel in Emeryville received notices
several weeks ago saying that the company believed their social security
numbers were incorrect, and gave them a deadline of October 19th, to fix
the problem. Thanks to an outcry from the community, the Woodfin
extended its deadline by a month, and no workers have yet been fired.
However, hotel managers are still insisting that they will terminate any
employee who cannot correct a social security "no-match." Please join
EBASE, the workers at the Woodfin Suites Hotel, and many allies and
friends on Monday, November 13 at 5-7 pm (program at 6 pm) at the
Woodfin, 5800 Shellmound for a high-energy, family-friendly, musical,
candle-lit community protest. Please RSVP, come out, bring a friend or
five, candles and/or flashlights, and show the Woodfin that we will not
back down until workers' jobs are safe. For more information, contact
Sarah at 510-435-9475, sarah [at] workingeastbay.org.



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RALLY FOR JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND AIRPORT WORKERS! Wednesday, November 22,
(the day before Thanksgiving)from 11am-1pm. Exact Location at the
Oakland Airport is TBA. Support Aviation Safeguards workers in their
fight for fairness, respect, job security, a voice and their right to
form a union at the Oakland Airport. Attend the rally and sign onto the
attached Statement of Solidarity! For more information, please call
510-290-0052 or email liana [at] workingeastbay.org



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BAIRC MEMBER COALITION GATHERING on Tuesday, November 28 from 4:30 -
7:00 pm. This is a social gathering with food, drinks and mingling along
with member updates. Location TBD. Please RSVP to
info [at] immigrantrights.org by November 21. Everyone welcome!



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PANA Institute presents "SIKHS AND 9-11: FIVE YEARS FORWARD, A HUNDRED
YEARS BACK" on Wednesday, November 29 at 7:00 PM at the Pacific School
of Religion - Bade Museum, 1798 Scenic Avenue in Berkeley. For more
information, 510-849-8244.



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BAY AREA IMMIGRATION: WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHO WE ARE NOW

A conversation on immigration in the Bay Area and a special viewing of
KQED Focus on Immigration Series. Co-sponsored by BAIRC, KQED, Angel
Island Immigration Station Foundation, Black Alliance for Just
Immigration, Chinese Historical Society of America, National Japanese
American Historical Society and the San Francisco Main Public Library.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the SF Main
Public Library downstairs in the Koret Auditorium across from the Latino
community room in San Francisco. Translation (Spanish) and child care
will be available, please RSVP to info [at] immigrantrights.org.











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Larisa Casillas
Director
Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (BAIRC)
310 Eighth Street, Suite 303
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 839-7598
Fax: (510) 465-1885
http://www.immigrantrights.org <http://www.immigrantrights.org/>