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Sept. 6 Code Pink SF Rally
Pictures of the rally that Code Pink held outside of the Federal Building in San Francisco....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 11:39pm PDT
Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights Protests Roberts Nomination (Photos&Audio)
Bay Area reproductive rights groups protested John Roberts’ nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court as congressional hearings about his confirmation loom. Group responsible for keeping Operation Rescue out of the Bay Area in the eighties also asked Senator Dianne Feinstein to pose their questions to Roberts and hold federal government officials accountable for appointing justices who will defend the rights of all, as well as demand justice for the victims of Hurricane Katrin...
Posted: Tue, Sep 6, 2005 8:06pm PDT
Action Alert: Rally for Relief
Action Alert: Rally for Relief
Tuesday, September 6, 2005 4:30pm-6pm
San Francisco & Oakland
San Francisco Federal Building 4:30-6pm
450 Golden Gate Avenue (@ Larkin Street)
San Francisco, CA 94102...
Posted: Sun, Sep 4, 2005 10:31pm PDT
Join the No on 73 Campaign for Teen Safety!
Proposition 73, an initiative that would require parents of teens to be notified 48 hours before an abortion, is on the November 8th Special Election ballot. While all parents rightly want to be involved in their teenage daughters' lives, good family communication cannot be imposed by government....
Posted: Fri, Sep 2, 2005 11:36pm PDT
Do your part to send 1,000 letters to Sen. Feinstein!
Last week, Senator Feinstein joined the growing number of senators who are raising serious concerns about John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court, especially with regard to his stance on women's rights to privacy and choice....
Posted: Tue, Aug 30, 2005 11:56am PDT
Heads Up presents "Charisse Shumate: Fighting for our Lives" at El Rio, Tues. 8/30, 8:00pm
Tuesday, August 30
8:00 pm
El Rio (3158 Mission St. at Cesar Chavez, SF)
Join us to benefit the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP)
Showing the Film:
"Charisse Shumate: Fighting for our Lives"...
Posted: Sun, Aug 28, 2005 7:10pm PDT
Sowing the Seeds of Grassroots Health Care
If you're hanging around a street fest or a community event this summer and 10-year-old girl with long, frizzy brown hair and a shy smile hands you a condom-don't be freaked out-she's just doing a favor for her mom. Manith Thaing, a community health specialist for Asian Health Services(AHS) in Alameda County just loves taking her daughter, Jesse, to work. "She helps me pack condoms and pass them out and do outreach with me," Manith said proudly. "I don't think it's too early ...
Posted: Thu, Aug 25, 2005 2:37am PDT
San Francisco Women's Film Festival Call for Entries & Press Release
San Francisco, CA, 22 August 2005—The San Francisco
Women’s Film Festival (SFWFF) has announced its call
for entries for the 2006 festival, which will take
place in the Bay Area, April 3-10, 2006. Films of all
lengths and genres are being accepted, including
documentaries, feature films, animation and
experimental works that are either directed or
co-directed by women....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 2:59pm PDT
Women's Magazine show this Monday on KPFA at 1pm
Make sure and listen to the Women's Magazine on KPFA radio 94.1 FM
tomorrow Monday August 22 from 1-2 pm and hear an interview on the effects
of globalization on women migrants and an interview with three local
lesbian of color artists Lea Arellano, Adalia Selket, and Margo
Rivera-Weiss by Professor Kim Anno....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 12:14am PDT
join Sistahs AND vigil in Laurel District in Oakland Tonight!!!
> When: Wednesday, August 17, 2005
> Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
> Where: Laurel Bookstore, 4100 MacArthur Boulevard,
> Oakland, 94619
> Cost: $5 minimum donation requested...
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 3:22pm PDT
KPFA Workers File Complaints of Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, Threats, Retaliation
Today workers at KPFA are contacting the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the National Labor Relations Board to file complaints against the station's General Manager, Roy Campanella II, for sexual harassment, gender-based discrimination, threatened violence, repeated violation of workers' right to organize, and retaliation....
Posted: Thu, Aug 11, 2005 10:33pm PDT
Union Square! Raging Grannies from CA to Vermont Rage Against Torture!
Union Square (Powell/Geary) 2:30pm Saturday August 13
Raging Grannies from throughout CA w/ recently arrested Tucson Raging Grannies plus more with Ronald Reagan Home for the Criminally Insane Street Theater... No More Torture!
Cast of Dozens...destined to be the biggest political street theater ever west of the Mississippi!
Sing-along, free home-made cookies just like we served to the CA National Guard...
Co-sponsors: Amnesty Intn'l Chapter 19, Peninsula Raging Grannies and Code Pink too...
Posted: Mon, Aug 8, 2005 6:50pm PDT
8/10 International Rally For Justice For Comfort Women
A global protest will be held on 8/10 at Japanese consulates around the world to demand justice for
the comfort women....
Posted: Sun, Aug 7, 2005 12:20am PDT
San Francisco Women's Film Festival Call for Entries
San Francisco Women's Film fesitval is a community for
the advancement, celebration and representation of
women filmmakers...
Posted: Fri, Aug 5, 2005 6:09pm PDT
Defend Abortion Rights! We Will Not Go Back!
Stop the Attack on Women's Rights...
Posted: Fri, Aug 5, 2005 12:10pm PDT
Criminal Charges on Maribel Cuevas are Dropped, Struggle Continues...
Her attorneys report that Maribel and her family are hugely relieved that the Fresno police department's felony assault charges against Maribel were dropped on August 3, 2005. The family looks forward to recuperating for the rest of the summer before school starts up again for Maribel. The Cuevas family and their attorneys are very grateful for the international and national support that everyone has provided! Thank you all!
(Gary Kazanjian / AP)...
Posted: Thu, Aug 4, 2005 12:56pm PDT
We speak up for all Maribels abused by cops
We speak up for all Maribels abused by cops. 1+ minuite video....
Posted: Mon, Aug 1, 2005 9:09am PDT
KPFA Women's Magazine show this Monday
Tune in this Monday at 1pm to the Women’s Magazine on KPFA radio.
we will be featuring two premiums you cannot live without !...
Posted: Sat, Jul 30, 2005 1:01pm PDT