From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.org>
Newsgroups: ba.politics
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:55 PDT
Subject: SF Bay Area - August events
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From: Christic Institute <christic>
Subject: SF Bay Area - August events

/* Written  9:02 am  Jul 27, 1992 by chancock in cdp:pn.calendar */
/* ---------- "SF Bay Area - August events" ---------- */
From: Ken Cheetham <cheetham>
Subject: events for august

Some Bay Area Progressive Events

US Labor and the CIA Connection   video on the alledged collaboration
   of the AFL-CIO International Affairs Dept. with the CIA
Jul 28 (tue) 4:00 pm at Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia
   (just north of 16th Street) in SF [ATA (415) 824-3890] ($2)

Fighting the Fascists:  Building a Movement to Stop White Supremacy
     [Radical Women (415) 864-1278]
Jul 28 (tue) 6:45 pm dinner ($5), 7:30 pm program at Valencia Hall,
   523-A Valencia (near 16th) in SF

Benefit for Time to Heal Bicycle Tour for reconstruction in El Salvador,
   with Five Year Plan, Voodoo Motel, & Grupo Muy Muy
Jul 30 (thu) 9:00 pm at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo (near Gilman) in Berkeley
   [Ashkenaz (510) 525-5054] ($5 to $10)

Report on the Earth Summit with Nancy Pelosi, David Brower (Earth Island
   Institute), and Huey Johnson (Resources Renewal Inst.)
Jul 31 (fri) 12:00 noon at World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter (near Grant),
   2nd floor, in SF ($9) [info (415) 434-5112]

Peace & Dignity Journeys Public Ceremony to comemorate the
   SF / Watsonville tributory run to El Paso Texas
Jul 31 (fri) 7:30 pm at 938 Valencia Street (between 20th & 21st) in SF
   [info (510) 687-9655] All welcome; run leaves August 1

Vietnam Women-To-Women Study Tour   $2900 includes airfare, lodging,
   transportation, 2 meals a day, and translation
Aug 1 is the application deadline (with $100 deposit) for the trip,
   which will be October 1 to 18 [Global Exchange (415) 255-7296]

Copwatch Nuts & Bolts Training:  Refuse to Be Abused   learn how to
   effectively & responsibly observe police actions (donation)
Aug 1 (sat) 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at Open Forum, 2940 16th Street
   (one block east of Mission) in SF [Copwatch (510) 548-0425]

SF Mime Troup's "Social Work:  An Election-Year Fantasy"
; shows start at 2:00 pm (band at 1:30) (free) [info (415) 285-1720]
Aug 1 & 2 (sat / sun) at Cedar Rose Park, Cedar Street between Sacramento
   and San Pablo in North Berkeley
Aug 8 (sat) at Precita Park, Folsom & Precita (near Army) in SF    
   Aug 9 (sun) at Washington Sqr. Park, Columbus & Union in SF
Aug 15 & 16 (sat / sun) at Live Oak Park, Shattuck & Berryman
   in North Berkeley
Aug 22 (sat) at Mission Dolores Park, Dolores at 18th St. in SF
Aug 29 & 30 (sat / sun) at Willard (Ho Chi Minh) Park, Hillegass & Derby
   in Berkeley
Sep 5 & 6 (sat / sun) at Sunken Meadow in Golden Gate Park
   (JFK Drive behind DeYoung Museum, across from Rose Garden) in SF
Sep 7 (mon) at Mission Dolores Park, Dolores at 18th St. in SF

Latin American Music Festival   a fundraiser for the Time to Heal Bike-a-Thon
   to fund mental health care in El Salvador
with K'amabe (indigenous Guatemalan music), Karumanta (Brazilian),
   and Grupo Muy Muy (Chicano)   ($4 to $7)
Aug 1 (sat) 7:00 pm at St. Johns Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Av
   in Berkeley [Central Amer. Mission Partners (510) 644-2267]

An Evening of Culture & Resistance with speaker Ward Churchill
   (Colorada AIM & author of Agents of Repression),  Jon Jang
& Friends (jazz), Elite & Petite & Crew (progressive female hiphop);
   a benefit for the International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples
Aug 1 (sat) 7:30 pm at Life on the Water, Fort Mason Building B, 3rd floor,
   in SF [info (415) 552-1992] ($8 to $15)

The Black Liberation Struggle:  From Los Angeles to South Africa  
   public forum, with Michael Lange's recreation of Malcom X's
famous speach "Message to the Grass Roots", and speakers Thom Ranuga,
   Andrew Lukele, and Kwame Somburu; refreshments
Aug 1 (sat) 8:00 pm at ILWU Local 34 Hall, 4 Berry Street (near 3rd
   and Embarcadero) in SF ($5) [Socialist Action (415) 821-6527]

Summer Workshop in Creation Spirituality with Mathew Fox & Friends;
   seminars, rituals, art as meditation, & musical celebrations
C.S. is a movement to awaken authentic mysticism, promote social
   & ecological justice, and revitalize Western religion & culture
Aug 2 to 7 (sun thru fri) at Holy Names College, 3500 Mountain Blvd.
   in Oakland [Friends of Creation Spirituality (510) 482-4984]

Finally Got the News   1960's film on the historic struggle of
   black auto workers in Detroit; filmmaker Peter Gessner will be present
Aug 2 (sun) 7:30 pm at La Pena, 3105 Shattuck (at Woolsey) in Berkeley
   ($6 to $10) [benefit for Labor Video Project (415) 255-8689]

Protest the CA State Budget Cuts & corporate contributions to the
   campaign for Pete Wilson's so-called "Taxpayer Protection Act"
Aug 5 (wed) 11:00 am at the Wells Fargo Building, 44 Montgomery
   (near Market) in SF [Coaltion on Homelessness (415) 346-3740]

Investing with Your Conscience:  Money as a Force for Social Change
   with John Harrington of Progressive Asset Management
Aug 5 (wed) 7:30 pm at GAIA Bookstore, 1400 Shattuck (at Rose)
   in North Berkeley [GAIA (510) 548-4172]

CANCELLED:  Hiroshima Day March to the 5 Nuclear Consulates in SF
   plus the Peace Plaza [Sane / Freeze (415) 753-6184]
CANCELLED:  Aug 6 (thu) 11:00 am meet at the Russian Embassy, 2790 Green
   Street (at Baker) in SF

Investing With Your Conscience   book on socially responsible investing
   discussed by author John Harrington
Aug 6 (thu) 7:30 pm at Modern Times Bookstore, 968 Valencia (near 21st)
   in SF [info (415) 282-9246]   (free)

Sierra Now   a major conference bringing together the conservation community
   to protect and restore the Sierra Nevada
Aug 7, 8 & 9 (fri thru sun) at the Sacramento Convention Center
   [info (800) 748-6647 or (415) 543-5512; fax (415) 543-6426]

Resistance 500 Media Skills Training with hands-on group exercises,
   role playing, discussion, lecture, & handout materials
Learn how to "sell" the Resistance 500 story, how the media picks stories,
   tips for preparing spokespeople, story setup, etc.
with Rachel Richman (press sec. for a CA Assemblyperson)
   & Stephanie Troyan (media consultant for nonprofits & small business)
Aug 8 (sat) 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Intertribal Friendship House,
   523 E. 14th St. in Oakland [info (415) 858-0200] ($30 to $45)

Medicine Man Grandfather Semu Huaute discusses the culture of the
   Chumash, an indigenous people of Central CA ($10 to $25)
A benefit for the Un-At-Kah Tassen Foundation for the purchase and creation
   of an intertribal, interracial community in central CA
Aug 9 (sun) 7:00 pm at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut Street
   (at Rose) in Berkeley [GAIA Books (510) 548-4172]

Issues and Challenges of International Drugs with Robert Bender of the DEA,
   John Covert of the FBI, & Harry Edwards of the UC
Aug 10 (mon) 5:15 pm reception, 5:45 pm program at World Affairs Council,
   312 Sutter, 2nd floor, in SF ($8) [info (415) 434-5112]

Negrophobia   Lower East Side author Darius James reads from his
   subversive new send-up of racist stereotypes
Aug 10 (mon) 7:30 pm at Modern Times Bookstore, 968 Valencia
   (near 21st) in SF [info (415) 282-9246]   (free)

Marketing and P.R. for Nonprofit Organizations   Part 2: Marketing Intensive
   for Nonprofits and Artists; instructor Art Silverman
Aug 11 (tue) 9:30 am to 4:30 pm at Media Alliance, Fort Mason Building D
   in SF [info (415) 441-2557] ($70)

Fidel Castro's Cuba:  To Be or Not To Be?   with Professor Dwight Simpson,
   Dept. of International Relations, SFSU
Aug 11 (tue) 5:15 pm reception, 5:45 pm program at World Affairs Council,
   312 Sutter, 2nd floor, in SF ($8) [info (415) 434-5112]

The "Get Lost (Again) Columbus" Opera   a year of ceremonial protests
   and performance in resistance to 500 years of genocide
with music and libretto by White Cloud Wolfhawk Eagles Xochipillicueponi,
   and the voices and drums of the Blood Road Singers
Aug 16 (sun) 8:00 pm at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo (near Gilman)
   in Berkeley [info (510) 525-5054 or (510) 223-0357] ($9)

International Indian Treaty Council presents its monthly update
   [info (415) 566-0251] (donation)
Aug 18 (tue) 7:30 pm at La Pena, 3105 Shattuck  (near Woolsey) in Berkeley

Three Transportation Videos on the Bay Area, Australia, and Florida,
   at an Urban Ecology "Living Room Chat"
Aug 19 (wed) [call the Urban Ecology office for reservations
   at (510) 594-1724]

Haiti:  Killing the Dream   60-minute documentary on events that reversed
   the tide of democracy and led to the ouster of Aristide
Aug 19 (wed) 7:30 pm at La Pena, 3105 Shattuck  (near Woolsey) in Berkeley
   ($5 to $10); also a speaker from Haiti

Altered States:  Drugs, Virtual Reality, and Cults   with authors
   Scoop Nisker, Jeffrey Armstrong (St. Silicone of Binary Bible),
R.U. Serius (Mondo 2000), Chris Carlsson (Processed World),
   and Suzanne Stafanac (Down-loading Poet & MacWeek editor)
Aug 19 (wed) 7:30 pm at Modern Times Bookstore, 968 Valencia (near 21st)
   in SF [info (415) 282-9246]   ($3 to $8)

Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the '90's   a report
   on the national conference by Committees of Correspondance
Aug 20 (thu) 7:30 pm at La Pena, 3105 Shattuck  (near Woolsey)
   in Berkeley ($3)

Evolution of Identity   a symposium on Indigenous People, plus an
   on-going art exhibit "Indigenous People, No Boundaries"
Sponsored by American Indian Contemporary Arts and
   Gallery de la Raza / Studio 24 [info (415) 495-7600
Aug 21 (fri) 7:00 pm at Fine Art Gallery, Monadnock Bldg., 685 Market St.
   (near Kearney), Suite 250 (parking at 5th & MIssion)

Discussion on the Current Situation in Peru with Lucia Lopez and other
   local leading experts on Peru (donation)
Aug 21 (fri) 7:30 pm at La Pena, 3105 Shattuck  (near Woolsey) in Berkeley
   (community meeting room behind La Tienda)

Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Haitian Slave Rebellion
   with the relentless beat of DJ "Sweet Waist"; also Creole cuisine
Dance to Haitian, African, calypso, reggae y mas, plus an update
   on President Aristide [Global Exchange (415) 255-7296]
Aug 24 (sat) 9:00 pm at Ohana Cultural Center, 4345 Telegraph Avenue
   (at 44th) in Oakland (good parking) ($6 to $12)

Sweet Honey in the Rock   [Cal Performances Ticket Office (510) 642-9988,
   or BASS (510) 762-BASS]
Sep 13 (sun) 7:00 pm at Zellerbach Auditorium, UC Berkeley
   (near Telegraph & Bancroft) ($21 & $18)

Protest the Budget Cuts in Social Services targetting workers, students,
   & the poor [Chop from the Top Coalition (415) 346-3740]
On the Day The CA State Budget Passes 5:00 pm meet at the SF State Bldg,
   Van Ness & McAllister in SF; 6:00 rally at City Hall

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