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Vegetables Bulldozed inside Sprouts Farmers Market grocery store 
In-Store Theatre Demands that Sprouts Pulls Out of Development Deal of Community Farm Land
Today, Friday, September 27, 2013, a group of vegetables were bulldozed inside an East Bay location of Sprouts Farmers Market--a grocery store chain with 160 locations throughout the Southwest and Western United States. Sprouts Farmers Market recently entered a development contract with the University of California Berkeley to develop what is currently a piece of agricultural land into a new store ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 27, 2013 6:05pm PDT
Watsonville's 19th Annual Peace and Unity March 
Watsonville City Plaza...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 2, 2013 10:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 26, 2013 10:34pm PDT
Crocker Art Museum ~ Autumnal Equinox Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation 
The goal of the 1865 Project is to compile primary source documentation of the salient contributions of people of African ancestry during the California Gold Rush and unique challenges of Slavery in California (1840 -1865) We provided the design, content and community participants for the Opening Ceremony for Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker's Tales of Slavery and Power. The entire experience provided a wonderful example of the duality of opposites in providing a basic authentic look at ...
Posted: Mon, Sep 23, 2013 9:21am PDT
Emancipation Jubilee ~ 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation ~ 1865 Project 
The Crocker Art Museum unique presentation of Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker's Tales of Slavery and Power continues the journey of the 1865 Project to explore the authentic legacy of Slavery in California and the ongoing journey towards equity and equal opportunity. On the 2013 Autumnal Equinox, Anniversary of the announcement of President Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary Executive Order ~ The Emancipation Proclamation, a community program showcases our ongoing intercultural, interfaith an...
Posted: Sat, Sep 21, 2013 2:56pm PDT
Teach a Free Skool class this Winter! New deadline Sept. 30th! What skills do you have to share?
What types of classes would help grow more vibrant and self-reliant communities?
New deadline for class submissions, Monday September 30th....
Posted: Sun, Sep 15, 2013 9:53pm PDT
Right to Protest Protected on UC Campuses 
Yesterday, the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights dismissed three complaints that had been filed against the University of California, on the grounds that the complaints were based on constitutionally protected speech. The complaints had alleged that the activities of students critical of Israel’s policies had created a hostile environment for Jewish students at the Berkeley, Santa Cruz and Irvine campuses....
Posted: Wed, Aug 28, 2013 1:32pm PDT
Justice For Trayvon Martin - Campus Peoples Assembly 
Campus "Town Hall" & Peoples Assembly at San Jose State University, at 11:45 am - 12:45 pm, we encourage you all to join us, check out the Student Organization Fair, the Social Justice BBQ, and the MOSAIC Cultural Center Open House!!! Come out and be heard!...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 28, 2013 11:45am PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 21, 2013 3:25am PDT
Save CCSF! Interview With Dr. Tarik Farrar On Setting The Standard (audio/x-wav 267.0MB) SAVE City College San Francisco! INTERVIEW WITH DR. TARIK FARRAR ON SETTING THE STANDARD...
Posted: Mon, Jul 29, 2013 2:45pm PDT
Statement of Solidarity with the Justice for Trayvon Martin Movement The UC Student-Workers Union, UAW 2865, condemns the Zimmerman verdict and stands in solidarity with Trayvon Martin, his family and loved ones, and all those fighting to end this country’s legacy of racial hatred and violence....
Posted: Tue, Jul 23, 2013 9:51am PDT
NO To Napalitano Say UC Students, Immigrant Youth and Union at UC Regents Meeting In SF 
Students and Workers Protested the appointment of US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napaolitano to the president of the UC education system because of her role in targeting immigrant youth and immigrant workers....
Posted: Fri, Jul 19, 2013 3:18pm PDT
UC Santa Cruz Students March for Trayvon 
On July 15, students rallied at UCSC's Quarry Plaza then marched to downtown Santa Cruz during an "I am Trayvon Martin" solidarity demonstration....
Posted: Wed, Jul 17, 2013 4:21pm PDT
On the Recent Nomination of Janet Napolitano for UC President 
A statement from UAW 2865 – UC Student-Workers Union regarding the recent appointment of ex-Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as the President of the UC....
Posted: Tue, Jul 16, 2013 2:55am PDT
BA Protest To Close Gulen Charter Schools-Stop The Theft Of Public Funds By Gulen Movement 
Trade unionists and activists joined together in a national protest against the Imam Fethullah Gulen's chain of schools in the US. According to Oakland researcher Sharon Higgins over $400 million a year of public funds is being directed into the Gulen cult movement in the US. The action was held at the Gulen run school in Oakland called the Bay Area Technology School....
Posted: Sun, Jul 14, 2013 12:01am PDT
Rally to Save City College of SF 
A large rally filled the streets of SF for blocks, starting at City College's administrative office and filling out Market Street....
Posted: Thu, Jul 11, 2013 10:16am PDT
Thousands Of CCSF Students, Faculty And Supporters March & Rally Against Attack on College 
Thousands of students, faculty, staff and supporters of City College of San Francisco marched on Market St. and rallied at the US Department of Education to protest the threat to close SF City College and the installation of a special trustee (dictator) to carry out the privatization agenda at the school...
Posted: Wed, Jul 10, 2013 2:19pm PDT
Save CCSF Rally at Department of Education in San Francisco, 7/9/13: photos 
Photos from just after 6pm, the tail end of the rally to Save CCSF on Beale Street after marching from CCSF's downtown campus....
Posted: Tue, Jul 9, 2013 6:42pm PDT
Occupy the Farm: a Struggle for Land Sovereignty 
Occupy the Farm (OTF), an assembly of activists of the East Bay focused on a future of food sovereignty through sustainable agriculture, is once again raising its voice against unsustainable development, reclaiming a piece of the Albany Gill Tract that is slated for commercial development by Sprouts "Farmers Market". The Gill Tract, previously the epicenter of sustainable urban agricultural research and a thriving educational space, has been a battleground in recent years as development plans...
Posted: Mon, Jul 8, 2013 4:31pm PDT
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