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Over 200 Sudanese Women Sexually Assaulted in Darfur Camp Over 5-Week Period The International Rescue Committee released a report this week documenting an alarming rise in instances of sexual violence in Darfur. According to the IRC, more than 200 female residents of one refugee camp have been victims of sexual assault in the past five weeks alone....
Posted: Fri, Aug 25, 2006 7:24am PDT
A glimpse into 3 families from the Bayview Hunters Point A lot of good comes from the Bayview Hunters Point. In this article that appeared in the San Francisco Magazine three families are featured from the Bayview Hunters Point. Charlie, Espanola, and Marie all have lived in the Bayview Hunters point with their extended families. Some relatives of those featured have moved out but others continue to stay put in the Bayview. Over 60% own their homes in the Bayview Hunters Point. In the rest of the City over 60% rent....
Posted: Fri, Aug 25, 2006 7:14am PDT
Wadeye: a case study of the Australian government’s Aboriginal agenda Under the guise of concern for Aboriginal women and children, the Howard government has seized upon revelations of sexual abuse in indigenous communities, initially broadcast in an Australian Broadcasting Corporation “Lateline” program in May, to push through its right-wing agenda of “ending welfare dependence”....
Posted: Thu, Aug 24, 2006 9:19am PDT
A Night of Music and Poetry for Mumia Abu-Jamal Great American Music Hall
859 O'Farrell Street near Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA...
Event Date: Sun, Sep 17, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 23, 2006 3:15pm PDT
One Year Later Katrina Didn't Close the Racial Divide Katrina might have been race neutral, but race continues to shadow the Katrina debacle a year after the storm hit New Orleans, writes NAM Associate Editor, Earl Ofari Hutchinson. But the pain and suffering it unleashed should have brought people together in an ongoing spirit of compassion and giving, not racial rancor and finger pointing....
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 4:01pm PDT
KPOO Black August hour rebroadcast TODAY at 4pm + other programs scheduled KPOO, 89.5 fm. (www.kpoo.com) will rebroadcast Black August Commemoration today, August 22, from 4 - 5 p.m. (PST)....
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 12:44pm PDT
12th Annual Arab Cultural Festival County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park; Located at 9th Ave & Lincoln in San Francisco...
Event Date: Sun, Sep 17, 2006 10:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 11:59am PDT
Virginia Student Calls for Apology From Sen. Allen for 'Macaca' Slur Republican Senator George Allen of Virginia ignited controversy last week when he singled out a student volunteer for his opponent's campaign at a rally and referred to him as a "macaca." The man Allen was referring to was SR Sidarth, a Fairfax County native of Indian descent. The term "macaca" refers to a genus of monkey and is used as an ethnic slur. Sidarth joins us from Virginia to discuss the incident....
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 9:56am PDT
Muslim pilot reveals shock at being ordered off flight A British Muslim airline pilot yesterday described the "humiliating" moment when he was hauled off a transatlantic flight just before take-off....
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 9:46am PDT
KATRINA COMMEMORATION EVENTS, UPCOMING! > GREAT FLOOD COMMEMORATION EVENTS: ONE YEAR LATER
> Take time to honor and remember our dead. Fight for the right to
> return for all those still displaced. Stop the Ethnic Cleansing of New
> Orleans....
Posted: Mon, Aug 21, 2006 3:03pm PDT
Iraqi Peace Activist Forced to Change T-Shirt Bearing Arabic Script Before Boarding Plane On a trip back from the Middle East, Iraqi blogger and activist Raed Jarrar was not allowed to board a flight at JFK airport because he was wearing a T-Shirt that said "We will not be silent" in English and Arabic. Representatives of Jet Blue Airways forced him to change his T-Shirt saying wearing it was like "going to a bank with a T-Shirt reading 'I am a robber.'"...
Posted: Mon, Aug 21, 2006 7:06am PDT
Raed Jarrar: back from the mideast, told to change shirt at US airport I just came back from a short trip to Jordan and Syria. The trip to Syria was so fast, but I managed to visit some Lebanese refugee camps. I am so impressed by the Syrian people's generosity in receiving Lebanese refugees. The Syrian government didn't even have to send food or supplies to the refugees because of the overwhelming grassroots support. When I was in the school/refugee camp, many neighbors were walking in with food and clothes. Neighbors donated mattresses, TVs, satellites, money,...
Posted: Sun, Aug 20, 2006 9:11pm PDT
We Felt Second-class: American Lebanese WASHINGTON — Long days after their evacuation from war-battered Lebanon, many American Lebanese still remember with bitterness not just a horrifying experience but how they were left to fall pray to the Israeli destruction machine....
Posted: Sun, Aug 20, 2006 9:55am PDT
The Fight for Immigrant Rights and Black Liberation YWCA, 1515 Webster St. (at 15th St.), Oakland
(2 blocks from the 12th Street/City Center BART station)...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 18, 2006 7:08pm PDT
The Aloha Festival - the Presidio of San Francisco The Aloha Festival started 12 years ago at the Presidio of San Francisco. Since its start it has drawn thousands of people from all over to attend this 2 day festival every single year. The festival is held the first week of August - the week end Saturday and Sunday....
Posted: Fri, Aug 18, 2006 2:46pm PDT
Voices from The African-American Community: Is Anyone Listening? Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
1735 Enterprise Dr. #3
Fairfield, CA, 94533
707-557-8622
http://mountcalvarychurch.org...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 18, 2006 2:26pm PDT
African-American Groups Call on Black America to Renew Efforts to Fight HIV and Homophobia The NAACP, National Urban League and other civil rights groups have launched a major new effort to fight AIDS and homophobia within the African-American community. We speak with the executive director of the Black AIDS Institute that is spearheading the initiative....
Posted: Thu, Aug 17, 2006 8:15am PDT
Victoria Gray Adams 1926-2006: Civil Rights Pioneer Dies At 73 Civil rights pioneer Victoria Gray Adams has died at the age of 73. She was the co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party along with Fannie Lou Hamer and Annie Devine. We play an excerpt of the documentary "Standing On My Sisters Shoulders" that chronicles the vital role played by women from Mississippi in the civil rights movement....
Posted: Wed, Aug 16, 2006 7:48am PDT
Sen. Biden Lands in Hot Water with Remarks About Indians and 7-11 NEW YORK: Weeks after Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) made seemingly stereotypical remarks linking Indian Americans to 7-11 and Dunkin' Donuts stores the debate over his "gaffe" is yet to die down in the community....
Posted: Tue, Aug 15, 2006 12:18pm PDT
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