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EBAA's March 2005 Datebook
East Bay Animal Advocates
March 2005 Datebook...
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 4:43pm PST
Sutter's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center In Danger of Losing Accreditation
ALTA BATES ACCREDITATION IN JEOPARDY...
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 7:15pm PST
Wingnut Nobel Prize Awarded in Berkeley Friday 3/11
Friday, March 11 --- 8:00 PM
Slingshot Birthday Bash!
Awarding of the first annual Wingnut Nobel Prize for Lifetime Acheivement
Long Haul Infoshop, Berkeley...
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 6:19pm PST
No Cages, No Curfews
Oakland citizens and former felons protest Oaklands new curfews and discrimination in hiring policies...
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 5:46pm PST
"Honk for Peace" at Lake Merritt--now in its 4th year
The Lake Merritt peace walk, dating from 1991, began again in 2001, shortly after 9/11. The weekly demonstration is a Sunday afternoon event which helps to keep the antiwar movement visible in Oakland....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 2:37pm PST
Oakland: vote on pesticide ordinance POSTPONED to 3/22
The pesticide ordinance was to be discussed at the
Public Works Committee meeting today, but was pulled
from the agenda at the last minute, and postponed
until March 22, 12:30pm....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 6:27pm PST
Public comments sought on Oakland Animal Shelter
Public comments are sought on Oakland Animal Shelter...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 1:52pm PST
TODAY: Town Hall to Defend Public Education in Oakland
Coalition to Defend and Improve Public Education
Town Hall Meeting
Tuesday, March 8th
6 - 8 pm
First Congregational Church
2501 Harrison Street (by Lake Merritt)...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 7:02am PST
Sign Petition- Save Housing Assistance Programs
Sign The Petition To Save Low-Income Housing!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 12:37am PST
disabled senior has lying hospital bills, needs help
12-21-04 a 65 year old disabled senior was coerced
and taken into Alta Bates and held there. the bills are about $1,500.00 now. he needs help to get his name off....
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2005 4:24pm PST
Update on pesticide ordinance - a little victory
East Bay Pesticide Alert and representatives
of a few other environmental groups met with the City
Attorney yesterday. We won a little victory at this
meeting: The City will be required to produce a full
Environmental Impact Review if they continue to push
for this ordinance....
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2005 2:25pm PST
Indybay Website Orientation, Sat. March 12th
Have you enjoyed spending time at Indybay.org? Do you appreciate it as a special tool for dissemination of information about local activism and a place to have thoughtful, respectful discussions about politics? Would you like to know more about how the website works? Have you thought about getting involved with the Indybay website?
There will be a one-hour Indybay website orientation Saturday, March 12th for those who would like to help Indybay.org continue to be the useful project that...
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2005 8:20am PST
Oakland Sit-in Summary and Next Steps
On March 1st, 6 Oakland community members conducted a sit-in in the office of the State Administrator of Oakland Schools. They sat in not as an end in itself, but as a means to galvanize the Oakland community for much bigger actions to come.
Next Steps: Town Hall Meeting to Defend Public Education in Oakland: Tuesday, March 8th, 6-8PM at the First Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison Street.
Rally and Direct Action: Tuesday, March 15th, 4PM, Oakland State Building, 1515 Clay Street...
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 6:36am PST
Tonight! Against the Empire: A Night of Radical Folk Legends
Thursday, March 3rd – 7 PM
Against the Empire: A Night of Radical Folk Legends
Featuring Robb Johnson, David Rovics, and Folk This! performing their greatest hits.
$7...
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 1:29pm PST
Rolling Letter Campaign Targets Rep. Jim McCrery
Making The News, The Rolling Letter Campaign Targets Rep. Jim McCrery!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 7:00pm PST
Sutter Press Round-Up 3/2/05
Health care purchasers last week called on the elected members
of the Peninsula Health Care District to include pricing &
quality protections in a contract it is negotiating with
Sutter's Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in San Mateo County.
CalPERS, Blue Shield and Blue Cross report that Sutter's prices
are as much as 80% higher than the statewide average, allowing
Sutter to earn record profits...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 4:08pm PST
2:30pm today- Protest Arnold in Hayward
TODAY, WEDS., March 2 2:30 PM
American Blinds Corp.
1168 San Luis Obispo St
Hayward, CA 94544...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 3:26pm PST
Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
Registrants
> on this free tour
> will receive passes to 56 gardens, and a printed
> garden guide. Garden
> talks will be scheduled throughout the day. A
> variety of bird- and
> butterfly-friendly, pesticide-free, water
> conserving, low maintenance
> gardens that contain 30% or more native plants will
> be open on
> Sunday, May 1, 2005, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
> various locations
> throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 10:47am PST
TODAY: 11AM, Keep Up the Heat Against the Curfew
JOB MARCH ON CITY HALL
EMPLOYMENT FOR FORMER PRISONERS - NOT SCAPEGOATING!
Wednesday, March 2, 11am
Oakland City Hall (12th and Broadway)...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 7:55am PST