San Diego Veterans for Peace, Hugh Thompson Memorial Chapter 91 invites you to our monthly meeting. Everyone is welcome, regardless of your being a veteran or simply have some ideas to share about waging peace. University City United Church of Christ, 2877 Governor Drive, San Diego, CA 92122
Info: www.sdvfp.org or
Chris Adams, 760-931-6755, chris@sdvfp.org
Day of Protest, Wednesday, February 3, 4:30-6 p.m., Federal Building, Front and Broadway Ave. downtown San Diego
LEGALIZATION FOR ALL WITHOUT CONDITIONS
STOP RAIDS/ICE ABUSE
DE-MILITARIZE BORDERS--STOP IMMIGRANT DEATHS.
For further information contact sisepuedesd@gmail
Sponsored by coalitions for legalization
Time:
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Description:
Join us February 4th from 5pm to 6pm at 6th and University for a protest action to spread the word about the Anti-Homosexuality Bill
that has been introduced in Uganda. We will meet around 4:50 pm tobullhorn and wave signs and let the people know about this horrible legislation. This event is also running in conjucntion with Equality Across America's protest of the "Family's" ( a U.S.-led right wing
group with more than 10,000 cells worldwide) National Prayer Breakfast.
The infamous C Street House is the DC residence of far right U.S. politicians who have helped author or ardently support legislative
efforts to restrict the civil rights of LGBTQ people and other minorities in America and throughout the world. For example, U.S.
Senator John Ensign (R-NV), Family member and C Street resident, has argued for legislation to ban states from recognizing same-sex
marriage. And U.S. Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI), another Family member and C Street resident, proposed an amendment to the House’s
health care bill that is nothing more than a disgusting attempt to roll back abortion rights.
Ugandan Family members and anti-gay extremists are crafting that country’s dangerous “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” promising ruthless
punishments such as the death penalty or life in prison for LGBTQ and HIV-positive people. The Ugandan government has long misspent and
wasted millions of dollars of U.S. funding intended for HIV/AIDS prevention and wellness services. The new bill’s chief authors are
Family members James Nsaba Buturo, Uganda’s Minister of Ethics and Integrity, and Member of Parliament David Bahati, both of whom have
proceeded with the encouragement of Ugandan President and Family member Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
Join us if you can. This will only run for about an hour, thanks in advance anyone who can make it!
Time:
6:00pm
Description:
Socialist Worker Forum sponsored by the ISO, City Heights Recreation Center, 4380 Landis St., San Diego, CA 92105. For more information, call 619-865-0621 or isosandiego@yahoo.com
Time:
7:00pm
Description:
Contemporary Cuba and the Prospects for Normalizing U.S./Cuba Diplomatic Relations
Join San Diego Friends of Cuba and Guest Speaker: Ellen Bernstein from the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization from New York for a dialogue on US/Cuba Relations, Social Justice, the Cuban 5 and the Friendship Caravan to Cuba this July.
From 7-9:30 pm
At the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace and Justice Institute in the IPJ Theatre at the University of San Diego.
Ellen Bernstein has served as Associate Director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO). She has been deeply and integrally involved in IFCO’s historic work with Cuba. Ellen has been a leader of more than 60 trips to Cuba. She has organized 18 Congressional delegations, and traveled to Cuba with 19 members of Congress and 40 key Congressional aides. She has worked closely with IFCO’s director and attorneys to successfully defend IFCO against a variety of US government challenges. She also
had a leadership role in the national grassroots campaign to return Elián González to his father in Cuba.
**Refreshments provided; Sponsored by San Diego Friends of Cuba
Time:
10:00am
Description:
Monthly General Meeting in San Diego the first Friday of every month at 10:00 AM at Christ the King Catholic Church (located at 29 North 32nd Street, 92102).
Please call our office at 619.584.5744 ext.60 for more details.
In Hillcrest: Bamboo Lounge, 1475 University Avenue, 10 a.m.
South San Diego: Chicano Park, corner of National Ave. and Dewey Street, 11:30 a.m.
Join thousands of your fellow Califiornians in communities across the state this Saturday as we gather 100,000 signatures in one day to support the fight for equality. Info:: Sean Bohac, 619940-5083 or sean.bohac@restoreequality2010.com
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Description:
"Saturday Morning Fun-in-the-Sun for Single Payer." Rally each Saturday - 11:00 AM to noon - at Nobel Dr. near I-5 entrance.
Join us. We have about 30 signs. You can bring your own also. Ideas for Signs: "Universal Healthcare NOW" " "Demand Publicly Funded Healthcare--write Congress" No More Bankruptcies for Healthcare! Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege. "Got Health Insurance? 75% of Healthcare Related Bankruptcies were insured." 14,000 Americans Become Uninsured Each Day due to job loss. Get the Profits out of Healthcare. 47 million American Uninsured - 2009. "Support Single Payer AND Demand the Best Public Option." (some may not agree with this, but others have recommended. You decide). Keep the pressure on for SINGLE PAYER -- or, grudgingly, for the BEST PUBLIC OPTION - write, call, FAX, email. In the process we will be educating and building our network for the California SINGLE PAYER initiative work moving forward. Maybe weekly rallies will form up in other "intersections."
Time:
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Description:
In Solidarity with Marcha Migrante V
Mobilization for Legalization Protest and Rally
Rally, Saturday, February 6, 12-3 p.m., Chicano Park, San Diego
LEGALIZATION FOR ALL WITHOUT CONDITIONS
STOP RAIDS/ICE ABUSE
DE-MILITARIZE BORDERS--STOP IMMIGRANT DEATHS.
For further information contact sisepuedesd@gmail
Sponsored by coalitions for legalization
Time:
1:15pm
Description:
The Wisdom of Gandhi: Join Nonviolent Peaceforce San Diego chapter for Gandhi readings and meditation at St. David's Church Library, 5050 Milton St. SD 92110; 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 6, 7pm, Opera Night, Verdi's Otello, Sponsored by Al Awda
Fundraiser for refugee families now in the United States at Ed & Ethel Sweed’s House, 8439 Paseo del Ocaso, La Jolla, Ca 858 459 0717
$25 ($20 for students)
Based upon Shakespeare's masterpiece, this opera features Otello, a dark Arab from Morocco. Verdi's music will pierce your heart in a way you will not be able to control. Perhaps the most tragic endings in all operas. Bring tissue.
Please note that seating is limited to 25 people. Snacks and soft drinks will be provided.
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Description:
Food Not Bombs - San Diego serves hot vegan meals at the North Park Recreational Park every Sunday. Come on out and eat with us. If you want to help out let us know when you get there.
North Park Recreational Park (By the water tower) Polk ave & Oregon St. (Between Oregon St. and Utah
Benefit Concert for Haiti: “Music for Life”, Tuesday, February 9, 7 - 8 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre, University of California
A benefit concert for Haiti featuring award-winning Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas will be presented at the IPJ on Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. The concert is being underwritten by Pablo Sáinz Villegas and the Serenity Grace Foundation to allow all proceeds to go directly to Partners In Health, whose co-founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, keynoted the 2009 USD Social Issues Conference.
The suggested donation for tickets is $50. Please sign up for the concert at: Click here
This event is presented by the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, Social Issues Committee, Students for Fair Trade and Sustainability, the Trans-Border Institute and University Ministry.
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Description:
Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 6:00pm - 8:00pm, California Western School of Law, 350 Cedar Street (Room LH1)
Featuring: Wanda Hall Founder and Director, Interactive Radio for Justice In discussion with: William J. Aceves, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, California Western Law School
Interactive Radio for Justice is a project designed to encourage dialog between people in regions where the International Criminal Court is investigating the most serious crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes) and the national and international authorities responsible for rendering justice to them.
The presentation will begin with an introduction to the regions where the ICC is investigating. Hall will discuss what it is like on the ground when there is ongoing conflict, the implications of international justice for these regions, the complications and challenges of working in these places, and most importantly, why it is essential that the international community (academia, NGOs, and media) work with these target communities in order for them to benefit from the presence of the ICC in their regions.
~ No cost ~ Snacks, sodas, and champagne provided
This event is cosponsored by the Amnesty International Chapter at California Western Law School, the International Rescue Committee of San Diego and the World Affairs Council of San Diego.
Time:
7:00pm
Description:
Please come and write letters with us on behalf of prisoners of conscience all over the world.
Together we are making a difference.
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front St. (across from UCSD Medical Center) Parking is Free in the Ace parking lot.
-Take Washington West from the 163 South.Turn Right on First St. Follow the solid white lines left at Arbor and cross Front to get to the parking lot on the left.
-From the 163 North take the Robinson exit and go Left on University.Turn right on First St and cross Washington. Use above directions thereafter. -Take the Washington exit from the 5 and go east. Use the same directions after turning left onto First.
Parking is free for Amnesty members. Please park first and come in for parking permit.
E-mail us at group137@amnestysd.org
for more information
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Description:
"Saturday Morning Fun-in-the-Sun for Single Payer." Rally each Saturday - 11:00 AM to noon - at Nobel Dr. near I-5 entrance.
Join us. We have about 30 signs. You can bring your own also. Ideas for Signs: "Universal Healthcare NOW" " "Demand Publicly Funded Healthcare--write Congress" No More Bankruptcies for Healthcare! Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege. "Got Health Insurance? 75% of Healthcare Related Bankruptcies were insured." 14,000 Americans Become Uninsured Each Day due to job loss. Get the Profits out of Healthcare. 47 million American Uninsured - 2009. "Support Single Payer AND Demand the Best Public Option." (some may not agree with this, but others have recommended. You decide). Keep the pressure on for SINGLE PAYER -- or, grudgingly, for the BEST PUBLIC OPTION - write, call, FAX, email. In the process we will be educating and building our network for the California SINGLE PAYER initiative work moving forward. Maybe weekly rallies will form up in other "intersections."
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Description:
Food Not Bombs - San Diego serves hot vegan meals at the North Park Recreational Park every Sunday. Come on out and eat with us. If you want to help out let us know when you get there.
North Park Recreational Park (By the water tower) Polk ave & Oregon St. (Between Oregon St. and Utah
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHIAPAS AND MEXICO PRESENTATION BY VICTOR HUGO LOPEZ, FRAY BARTOLOME HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER
Saville Theatre, San Diego City College
Enero Zapatista 2010 Calendar/Calendario
www.sdchicanoa.blogspot.com
Victor Hugo Lopez will speak about how the human rights situation in Mexican state of Chiapas has deteriorated rapidly in recent months, including an attack on a fellow lawyer from the Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights Center (frayba.org.mx) in September. As popular organizations wage peaceful struggles against paramilitary violence, tourism projects that will displace campesinos, and illegal land takeovers, Victor Hugo Lopez and his colleagues at the Fray Bartolome Center are one of the few reliable sources on human rights abuses. Under attack from paramilitary groups, local PRI affiliates, the army, and state and federal governments, the Fray Bartolome Center produces daily reports on human rights, defends cases in court and supports indigenous communities under attack. During his talk, Victor Hugo Lopez will discuss the current human rights situation in Chiapas and Mexico, as well as the prospects for political changes in 2010.
The Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights Center was founded in 1989 by the renowned liberation theologian, peace activist, and Catholic bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia. Independent of any political party, ideology or religious creed, the Fray Bartolome Center 's mission is to be “at the service of the poor, the marginalized, and the organized peoples who seek to better their socio-economic and political situation.”
Its outstanding work has led the Fray Bartolome Center to obtain international recognition as one of the premier organizations of its kind in all of Mexico. While cause for celebration, its service to the people of Chiapas is all the more necessary given the increasingly repressive situation present in Chiapas' indigenous communities. In the past months activists have been assassinated, campesinos have been summarily arrested as political prisoners, paramilitary groups have violently dispossessed indigenous communities of their collective lands, and the Human Rights Center itself has been the target of attacks both in the media and through the barrel of a gun.
This increasingly tense and mistakenly labeled “low-intensity” conflict develops in the context of the coming 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. Political and economic elites, scared that “something” might erupt, have increasingly reacted to this fear by using the very repression that could make such an uprising more probable.
Come hear Victor Hugo Lopez speak of this complex situation and the role of the Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights Center in promoting the indivisibility of human rights, respect for cultural diversity and the right of autonomous self-determination, integral justice as a prerequisite for peace, and the development of a culture of dialogue, tolerance, and reconciliation.
Enrique Davalos Chicano & Chicana Studies, Department San Diego City College, (619) 388-3634 edavalos@sdccd.edu
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Description:
"Saturday Morning Fun-in-the-Sun for Single Payer." Rally each Saturday - 11:00 AM to noon - at Nobel Dr. near I-5 entrance.
Join us. We have about 30 signs. You can bring your own also. Ideas for Signs: "Universal Healthcare NOW" " "Demand Publicly Funded Healthcare--write Congress" No More Bankruptcies for Healthcare! Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege. "Got Health Insurance? 75% of Healthcare Related Bankruptcies were insured." 14,000 Americans Become Uninsured Each Day due to job loss. Get the Profits out of Healthcare. 47 million American Uninsured - 2009. "Support Single Payer AND Demand the Best Public Option." (some may not agree with this, but others have recommended. You decide). Keep the pressure on for SINGLE PAYER -- or, grudgingly, for the BEST PUBLIC OPTION - write, call, FAX, email. In the process we will be educating and building our network for the California SINGLE PAYER initiative work moving forward. Maybe weekly rallies will form up in other "intersections."
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Description:
Food Not Bombs - San Diego serves hot vegan meals at the North Park Recreational Park every Sunday. Come on out and eat with us. If you want to help out let us know when you get there.
North Park Recreational Park (By the water tower) Polk ave & Oregon St. (Between Oregon St. and Utah
Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series: “Aid That Works: Creating a 21st Century Vision for U.S. Development Assistance”, Thursday, February 25, 7 – 8:30 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre, University of San Diego
Raymond Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, will address the 2009-2010 Distinguished Lecture Series theme of peace through development. Oxfam, which works on relief and development projects in countries like Haiti, El Salvador, and Indonesia to create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and injustice, also has advocacy campaigns on climate change, transparent natural resource extraction and aid reform. Offenheiser’s talk will focus on how to make U.S. foreign aid more efficient, effective and supportive of long-term sustainable development.
The last Friday of every month, we meet at the big fountain in Balboa Park at 7:00 PM and ride bicycles through the streets of San Diego, providing motorists, as well as ourselves, with a vision of how things could be different. It's a celebration of cycling! Bring your friends; meet new friends.
"Saturday Morning Fun-in-the-Sun for Single Payer." Rally each Saturday - 11:00 AM to noon - at Nobel Dr. near I-5 entrance.
Join us. We have about 30 signs. You can bring your own also. Ideas for Signs: "Universal Healthcare NOW" " "Demand Publicly Funded Healthcare--write Congress" No More Bankruptcies for Healthcare! Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege. "Got Health Insurance? 75% of Healthcare Related Bankruptcies were insured." 14,000 Americans Become Uninsured Each Day due to job loss. Get the Profits out of Healthcare. 47 million American Uninsured - 2009. "Support Single Payer AND Demand the Best Public Option." (some may not agree with this, but others have recommended. You decide). Keep the pressure on for SINGLE PAYER -- or, grudgingly, for the BEST PUBLIC OPTION - write, call, FAX, email. In the process we will be educating and building our network for the California SINGLE PAYER initiative work moving forward. Maybe weekly rallies will form up in other "intersections."
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Description:
Food Not Bombs - San Diego serves hot vegan meals at the North Park Recreational Park every Sunday. Come on out and eat with us. If you want to help out let us know when you get there.
North Park Recreational Park (By the water tower) Polk ave & Oregon St. (Between Oregon St. and Utah
7pm» Amnesty International Ocean Beach