Fresno Peace and Social Justice Calendar

THE PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CALENDAR

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Thursday, November 9
6 PM
South Fresno Cohousing meeting on. The purpose of the meeting is to assess interest in the property at Mariposa and S St. in downtown Fresno. We've made an offer and so we need to act fast! The meeting is a great opportunity to ask any questions you may have about the property.

The meeting will be at 4035 E. Huntington Blvd. From freeway 41, take the Tulare St. Exit. Turn left onto Tulare. Then turn right on Eleventh St. (about a mile after the exit). Then turn right onto Huntington Blvd. Our house is in the middle of the block on the North side of the street.

Thursday, November 9
7 PM
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom meeting will be held at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness

Thursday, November 9
7 PM
Monthly meeting of the Fresno County Green Party, County Council. Our public meetings are held at the California State Building in Downtown Fresno, 2550 Mariposa, between O and P St. and Fresno and Tulare Ave. Parking is available on the street and there should be lots of room in the City Hall parking lot, located across the street. Enter through the main door along the pedestrian mall just off P St. For more information, call 559-265-3647 or go to www.FresnoGreens.org

Thursday, November 9
7 PM
Fresno LGBTQ Social Group at Carrow's Restaurant, 1484 E. Shaw Ave., Fresno (one block south of Fashion Fair). For more information go to www.gayfresno.com/social . Get together and hang out.

November 9 - December 11
6 - 9 PM
Southeast Growth Area Listening Sessions. This past year 14 square miles were added to the City of Fresno’s sphere of influence. It is projected that 55,000 residents will move to this Southeast Growth Area in the next 20 years. The City of Fresno Planning Department wants community participation during the entire formulation of a Community Specific Plan for the Southeast Growth Area. The first step in the process, before even hiring a consultant, will be a series of meetings for public voices. These "listening sessions" will be designed to facilitate sharing of ideas/concerns/visions regarding what an ideal community should look and live like. They will be held on November 9th, 13th and 16th and December 11th from 6-9 pm in the cafeteria at Sunnyside High School.

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.

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

Saturday, November 11
Veterans Day

Veterans and their families speak out. See: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/09/18328241.php

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
6:30 – 9 PM
"The Impact of Global Conflicts on our Local Cross-Cultural Neighborhood" is the topic of a panel discussion lead by Dr. Arthur Wint, sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution's Central California Chapter (ACR-CCC), donation of $5 is requested of non-members, location: Johanson Room at Fresno Pacific University (adjacent to the dining room), 1717 S. Chestnut Ave, Fresno, 93702, dinner will be available for under $10.00 at the Fresno Pacific University dining room. Please RSVP by Nov. 15, questions or directions? dianemartin@netptc.net or dfmediator@inreach.com

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.

Saturday, November 18
2:30 - 6:30 PM
Californians United for Responsible Budget (C.U.R.B.) Shadow commission hearings. The state of prisons and jail expansion in the valley and California. Testimonies from families, workshops and speak out. This event will be held at Fresno City College, at the Forum Hall, 1101 E University Ave. For more information: 559-916-4370. http://www.fresnocitycollege.edu/map/

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

Friday, November 24
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents a documentary: The Natural History of the Chicken. Light fare for this day after Thanksgiving. The chicken, generally regarded as dinner, is offered a chance to proudly strut its stuff in this unusual documentary about the birds and the people who love them. Short stories ranging from the wildly hilarious to the deftly touching present chickens in a new light.

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

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

Monday, November 27
7 PM
The movie The Revolution Will Not Be Televised will be shown at Javawava Coffee Shop (Weldon and Echo across from Fresno High) as a benefit for The Undercurrent newspaper. $3 donation.

Tuesday, November 28
5:30 PM
There will be a memorial service for Frances Sivak at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4144 N. Millbrook ( 1/2 block south of Aslan ). Frances was very active on the Fresno City Living Wage campaign. This would have been Frances' sixtieth birthday. Frances had been attending this church quite regularly. Bryan Jessup has volunteered to officiate the service at 5:30 p.m. There will be a reception immediately following.

Also, see: http://www.legacy.com/Tribute/Tribute.asp?PersonId=19804535

Saturday December 2
10 AM - 4 PM
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom hosts its Annual Holiday Craft Faire on Saturday, December 2nd from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Red Church which is the First Congregational Church at 2131 N. Van Ness between Clinton and McKinley. Admission, entertainment and children's activities are all free. It is the place to find unique handmade holiday gifts and amazing art and creative crafts. Join us for lunch of homemade soups, breads and desserts For more information contact Ellie Bluestein at 559- 229-9807 or Joan Poss at 559-227-6134.

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."

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.

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.

Monday, December 25
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Join the Santas for Peace at the Peace Corner, Blackstone and Shaw. For more information go to the Peace Fresno website at: www.peacefresno.org

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

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, 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
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.

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.

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.