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Community Calendar, 2002
Saturday, December
7
National Labor Conference Against Taft-Hartley and Union Busting
in San Francisco
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We invite you and your union to participate with us in a national
labor conference on Saturday, December 7, 2002 in San Francisco
at Mission High School. The use of the Taft-Hartley Act by the Bush
administration against the International Longshore and Warehouse
Union is a shot across the bow for organized labor. Following an
11-day lockout initiated by the Pacific Maritime Association, the
government is now acting as an enforcer for these union-busters.
The Bush crew admits it was having private meetings with some of
the biggest "union-free" corporations in America to plan
strategy on how to defeat the ILWU. Call (415) 820-3927 for more
info (like when) or visit their new Port
Solidarity website.
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Saturday, December
7
Interfaith Candlelight Gathering and Walk for Peace in San
Jose
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Imagining a future of peace and remembering the victims, past and
present, and especially our innocent sisters and brothers in Iraq
who are being threatened daily with a pre-emptive strike on their
country which we believe is immoral and against international law.
We will gather at St. Joseph's Cathedral, 50 South Market Street,
San Jose, walk to the Unitarian Church, 160 North Third Street,
and then on to the South Bay Islamic Association Mosque. PARKING
IS FREE in the Third Street garage between Santa Clara and St. John
Streets which is conveniently located between St. Joseph's and the
mosque.
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Sunday, December 8,
Noon until 5 pm
First Annual Gathering to Honor Leonard
Peltier
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Speakers, poets and musicians will honor Leonard Peltier, American
Indian activist and political prisoner unjustly imprisoned for over
25 years. There will be a raffle, refreshments and crafts for kids
by the Indian Health Center. Families are welcomed! Free admission.
At the Center for Training and Careers, 1600 Las Plumas Ave. (near
King & McKee Roads) in East San Jose. Sponsored by the Leonard
Peltier Defense Committee, El Observador, CEC/WorkNET, BToy and
La Raza. To learn more about Leonard's case, visit
the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee website.
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Sunday, December 8,
2 pm reception, 3 pm program
ACLU of Norther California's 30th Annual Bill of Rights Day
Celebration: "Freedom Not Fear"
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Eva Jefferson Patterson will be honored with the Earl Warren Civil
Liberties Award. There will also be a photo exhibit by Rick Rocamora:
Freedom and Fear: Bay Area Muslims. At the Argent Hotel, 50 Third
Street, San Francisco. Admission is $20 adn $10 for students, low
income. For more information, call (415) 621-242493 or visit
the ACLU of Northern California's website.
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Wednesday, December
11, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Californians for Justice Evening Reception
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Join us to celebrate 2 years of working for equity in public education.
Hear from high school students working to create change. See the
premiere of the new video about CFJ's accomplishments. Refreshments
provided. At the CFJ office, 1010 Ruff Drive (off Hedding) in San
Jose.
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Sunday, December 15
through Friday, December 20
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The Five Day Fast To Let Iraq Live at the Federal Building
(from sundown Sunday, 12/15 to sundown Friday, 12/20)- This fast
is planned by the the students of the Santa Clara University Peace
Action Committee who have been participating in the Friday Peace
Vigil.
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Sunday, December 15,
2 - 4 pm
Montly Global Silent Walks: Living Peace by Walking Peace
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Walks begin adn end at the Peace Center, 48 South 7th Street (between
Santa Clara and San Fernando in downtown San Jose). White clothing
is suggested (but optional) as a symbol of our commitment to Peace.
The third Sunday of every month, people around the world are walking
with a slow pace, in silence, with no banners, chanting or polarizing
confrontations.
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Sunday, December 15,
3 - 7 pm
Afternoon of Poems and Music from Latino America in Support
of Salvadoran Workers in Struggle
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Doctors and all workers in the Health Care Sector are leading a
very important struggle against the privitization of health care
services in El Salvador now proposed under the Social Security Administration.
Workers are determined to stop El Salvadors's president Jose Francisco
Flores Perez's privitization intentions. This event will be held
at 240 S. Market Street (near San Carlos) in downtown San Jose,
donation of $5-10 is asked (all proceeds go to help the people on
strike). Sponsored by Committee in Solidarity with Trade Unionists
in El Salvador. For information, call (408) 224-1309 or (408) 292-1223.
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Monday, December 16, 10 pm
Car Caravan to Carson City to Support Rocky Boice, Jr. at
his sentencing hearing
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Rocky Boice, Jr. is another indigenous man who has been framed by
the system and convicted of a crime he did not commit. The Caravan
will stop in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland before heading
to Carson City. There will be a breakfast and strategy meeting the
next morning before heading to the courthouse for the 1:30 p.m.
hearing. For more information, call (408) 293-4774.
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Tuesday, December 17, 7 - 9 pm
South Bay Mobilization to Stop the War!
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Meets from 7-9pm, in the library of the First Christian Church,
located at 80 South 5th St., just North of San Fernando Street in
downtown San Jose. To go into the library, go around to the front
of church (facing 5th St.) and enter up stairs through double doors.
Turn left. Library is last room on right side.
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Thursday, December
19, 7 pm
Peace Center Coordinating Council
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Tuesday, December 31
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New Years Eve party and fundraiser for Salvadoran Trade Unionists
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