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This Week's Bay Area Events
Here are this week's events in the Bay Area. We hope you will be able to attend one or more of them....
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 5:58pm PST
Marriage Celebrations all over California Tonight
The SF Superior Court ruled that that the state's exclusion of same-sex couples from
civil marriage is unconstitutional.
Take Action Tonight in Your Local Community to Celebrate this Historic Marriage
Decision!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 3:28pm PST
Questioning Nativism: Info for Letters to Protect Exotic Deer In Point Reyes
QUESTIONING NATIVISM: INFORMATION FOR LETTERS TO PROTECT EXOTIC DEER IN POINT REYES FROM BEING HARMED...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 9:56am PST
MPJC Animal Rights Committee Meeting Wed. 3/23
The next Marin Peace & Justice Coalition Animal Rights Committee meeting will be...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 9:40am PST
GE-Free Sonoma/Economic Costs of Bio-Contamination
We have an incredible opportunity to "just say no" to GMO
(genetically modified) crop pollution in our precious Sonoma County
ecosystem and farmland. Still, the challenges are notable, and it will take
our effort to make that possible. Here's a new release highlighting the
potential costs from GMO crops in this county....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 10:50pm PST
In Defense of Animals News
IDA would like to thank everyone who has generously donated money to the tsunami disaster relief fund for animals. The massive tsunami that devastated Asia five weeks ago has so far claimed at least 175,000 human lives and untold numbers of animals.
The disaster's aftermath has also left millions homeless and destitute. Rescue organizations are desperately trying to help those in the most deeply impacted areas who have no food or shelter, including animals whose guardians were killed or...
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 2:12pm PST
Take Action on Non-Native Deer in Marin
Many visitors to the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County have been lucky enough to glimpse the beautiful white fallow deer and spotted axis deer who have resided in the park for more than half a century....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 4:37pm PST
Renewed Anti-Gay Attacks At California School
A northern California high school hit by a series of homophobic attacks last year is experiencing a new outbreak....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 1:25pm PST
3/4 in San Rafael: Next Generation Peace Rally and March
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey joins activists from Next Generation and city workers, taxpayers, students and teachers for a creative rally challenging President Bush's proposed 2006 budget and demanding funding for our communities and not for war. The rally is followed by a march to several downtown locations. San Rafael City Hall, 1400 Fifth St., San Rafael....
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 4:54pm PST
Sonoma County supervisors put biocrop issue on Nov. 8 ballot
Voters to decide proposed GMO ban
Sonoma County supervisors put biocrop issue on Nov. 8 ballot...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 9:18pm PST
closing of Sonoma Saveurs celebrated!
Although drizzly at times....nothing could rain on this parade!
The closing of the foie gras entrenched restaurant Sonoma Saveurs was cause for activists to come from far and wide to celebrate!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 3:10pm PST
IDA News 2/23/05
Every year on March 17, people in many parts of the world
observe St. Patrick's Day in memory of the famed Patron Saint of
Ireland. Among the celebrations held in honor of St. Patty are
colorful parades, wild parties and fun runs - that's right, fun
runs! And so it is that the annual Shamrock Run comes once again
on or around March 17 to a town near you.
Thousands of people from all over the country participate in
these very popular events every year. For example, Portland,
Oregon's...
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 8:16pm PST
3/2: Roy Bourgeois to speak at Sonoma State
Founder of SOA Watch, Father Roy Bourgeois, will speak at Sonoma
State University, March 2 at 7:00 pm in the Commons....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 8:00pm PST
NoCal Residents Asked to remove bird feeders ! this stupidity @ its finest
Northern California residents are being asked to remove bird feeders from their property for at least a month to help slow an outbreak of an avian disease, the California Department of Fish and Game announced today...
Posted: Sun, Feb 20, 2005 7:01pm PST
Eddy Lepp: More News, On-Line Poll
A day after his arrest on federal drug charges, a
Lake County marijuana grower was in court for arraignment....
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 2:29pm PST
Activists Used Valentines to Protest Foie Gras
French Laundry's sparkling reputation for cutting edge cuisine may draw food connoisseurs from around the world, but it's also drawing heat from animal rights organizations....
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 3:05pm PST
Celebrate the closure of foie gras specialist Sonoma Saveurs
We are pleased to report that Sonoma Saveurs, the Sonoma restaurant co-owned and operated by Guillermo and Junny Gonzalez, owners of Sonoma Foie Gras, has closed. The closure of the restaurant will spare the lives of thousands of ducks each year....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 4:18pm PST
A Fun and Unusual Way to Help Animals (SaveABunny)
Pooking for a fun way to help animals right here in your community, we are looking for compassionate and reliable volunteers to help at SaveABunny, our nonprofit rabbit rescue group. We are located in Mill Valley, not far form SF or East Bay....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 7:36pm PST