Saturday, January 31, 2009

[SDCPJ] Monday Feb 2 7pm - planning meeting for 3/21

PLEASE NOTE:  We will not be meeting in the Church Sanctuary as usual, but in the Education Building which is down the stairs to the west. 


 

There will be a

Planning meeting for the March 21 demonstration

Monday, February 2, 7pm,

Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place, San Diego.

 

On March 21, the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the SDCPJ will gather at 5th and University (Hillcrest) and march to the Balboa Park War Memorial, for a 230pm rally.  We will be calling for:


US out of Iraq and Afghanistan Now

Money for jobs, housing, healthcare, and pensions – not for wars and occupations

End U.S. support for the occupation of Palestine


We encourage all peace and justice activists to join with us in planning and building this event. The new administration has brought hope for change, but real change will require action from below. We need to work together. Come to the planning meeting on February 2.





Thursday, January 29, 2009

[SDCPJ] Blackwater Banned From Iraq; George McGovern calls for a Time Out on Afghanistan

Blackwater Banned from Iraq! 
WASHINGTON (AFP) 1/29/09 — "The US State Department said Thursday it will comply with Iraq's ban on controversial US security outfit Blackwater but still had to decide on the "next steps" to ensure security for its employees."  Read more at www.prcsd.org

Calling a Time Out!
 

Washington Post, 1/22/09
George McGovern tells Obama, "To send our troops out of Iraq and into Afghanistan would be a near-perfect example of going from the frying pan into the fire...."  Read this article at www.prcsd.org

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

[SDCPJ] Weapons Training in High Schools Protest Feb. 10



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[SDCPJ] FW: January 28th Zace Sisters Action Postponed!



 

 

The action in support of the Zace sisters, which was scheduled for tomorrow, January 28th,
is not the best course of action at this time. 
We are postponing until further notice.

 

We thank you for your understanding during
this very delicate situation.   

 

Rabbi Laurie

 

 

 

Wishing you a blessed and beautiful day,


Elizabeth "Lisa" Maldonado

Outreach Coordinator 
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice of San Diego County
Changing the future for workers and their families!
Join us by making a tax-deductible donation today!

Tel: (619) 584-5740
Fax: (619) 584-5748 fax
3727 Camino Del Rio South
Suite 100
San Diego, CA  92108
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[SDCPJ] Rally in Support of Releasing Zace Sisters apprehended by ICE: Wednesday Jan 28th 11am, Federal Bldg Downtown


For Immediate Release
January 27th, 2009

 

Contact:    Rabbi Laurie Coskey, (858) 231.9933, RabbiLaurie@ICWJ.org

or Elizabeth Maldonado, (619) 417.8197, Elizabeth@ICWJ.org

 

Community outcry over sisters apprehended by ICE


Two SDSU students from Albania threatened with deportation

                                       

SAN DIEGO – Seeking to halt the deportation of two sisters who have lived in San Diego most of their lives, clergy leaders and the faith community will hold a rally and press conference tomorrow in front of the federal building downtown. Over the past year, the sisters have been supported by local members of a faith-based sanctuary movement.


Rally in Support of Releasing Zace Sisters!

11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28

880 Front Street, San Diego 92101

 

At 6 a.m. Friday, January 23 Aluisa and Ledia Zace were woken by flashlights shining in their bedroom window and banging on their front door.  The two sisters are now detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, pending deportation. 

 

The sisters came to the United States at ages 8 and 9, when their family sought political asylum from their native country of Albania.  In 2007, after ICE deported their father to Albania, they turned to the New Sanctuary Movement (NSM) for support. 

The NSM is a national movement of faith communities committed to supporting immigrant families and advocating for comprehensive reform of unjust immigration laws.  In San Diego, three families, including the Zace sisters, have been given sanctuary.

 

John Joyce met the sisters when they began attending his church 12 years ago, and said he considers himself a part of their family.

 

"We are simply heartbroken that Aluisa and Ledia have been taken away," said Joyce, an employee with San Diego City Schools.  "My wife and I have watched these two sweet girls grow up to be amazing young ladies with beautiful hearts.  Losing them would be a real travesty; the pain of such a loss cannot be described in word. "

Both sisters have excelled in academics and graduated from Serra High School with 4.3 and 4.6 GPAs, respectfully.  They currently are enrolled at San Diego State University, and both volunteer at their church and at a local hospital.

 

Nearly 100 people are expected to participate in tomorrow's rally.  Faith leaders, elected officials, community leaders and many people of faith will express their support for the Zace sisters and ask for a review of their case. 


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Wishing you a blessed and beautiful day,


Elizabeth "Lisa" Maldonado

Outreach Coordinator 
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice of San Diego County
Changing the future for workers and their families!
Join us by making a tax-deductible donation today!

Tel: (619) 584-5740
Fax: (619) 584-5748 fax
3727 Camino Del Rio South
Suite 100
San Diego, CA  92108
http://www.ICWJ.org

 



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Monday, January 26, 2009

[SDCPJ] THIS FRIDAY (1/30) Groundwork Books and La Otra SD Presentan ... The 4th World War!

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Support the Last Enero Zapatista Event

Friday, January 30th 
6 p.m. 
Groundwork Books 

0323 UCSD Student Center, La Jolla 92037
Old Student Center between Revelle and Muir

A screening of the film
The Fourth World War (bignoisefilms.com)


Then…

La Otra San Diego* will be here to talk about Zapatismo, struggles in San Diego and how you can get involved. 
*La Otra San Diego is a coalition of local collectives, organizations, and individuals that are adherents to La Otra Campana (the Other Campaign). We are working from below and to the left to create a world in which many 
worlds fit.


[SDCPJ] Anti-militarist Web site recently updated

This is to let you know that NEW articles and updated content have recently been posted at http://www.comdsd.org/, the Web site of the San Diego-based Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD).
 
Included in the current update are three articles from the 30th anniversary issue of COMD's printed newsletter, Draft NOtices:

- "A Strategic Blind Spot for Progressives," by Rick Jahnkow, demonstrates how peace and social justice movements in the U.S. are weakened by militarism in the educational system.

- "Sexual Assault in the Military," by Kathy Gilberd, examines the military's failure to effectively address this problem.
 
- "Don't Ask Don't Tell Revisited,"  an overview by Paula Hoffman Villanueva that highlights the military's hypocritical willingness to accept gays and lesbians when there is a need for personnel to fight a war, but then discriminate against them at other times.
 
To order the complete printed version of Draft NOtices, visit the Web site's Draft NOtices page. In addition to the above three articles, the current printed version includes:

- hopeful news of a possible school board consensus against JROTC rifle ranges in San Diego;

- excerpts from an Army Recruiting Command manual advising recruiters to use a strategy that seeks to influence students younger than high school; and
 
- news of a Pentagon effort to challenge two cities in court over a citizen initiative that would protect legal minors from aggressive military recruiting.


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[SDCPJ] Feb 5 - SDCPj planning meeting for March 21 demonstration

 

Mark your calendar now:


March 21 demonstration, 6th anniversary of Iraq invasion

February 2, planning meeting for March 21


At our last meeting on January 19, the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice decided to have a march and rally on March 21, 2009, the 6th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.


Adopting the themes of the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (natassembly.org), which has called for a nationwide series of demonstrations on March 21, the SDCPJ will be calling for:


US out of Iraq and Afghanistan Now

Money for jobs, housing, healthcare, and pensions – not for wars and occupations

End U.S. support for the occupation of Palestine


On March 21 at 1pm, we will gather at 5th and University (Hillcrest) and march to the Balboa Park War Memorial, for a 230pm rally.


There will be a

Planning meeting for the March 21 demonstration

Monday, February 2, 7pm,

Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place, San Diego.


We encourage all peace and justice activists to join with us in planning and building this event. The new administration has brought hope for change, but real change will require action from below. We need to work together. Come to the planning meeting on February 2.


San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice



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Sunday, January 25, 2009

[SDCPJ] Help Rebuild Gaza Community Mental Health Program

For Immediate Release
January 25, 2009

Help Rebuild Gaza Community Mental Health Program

Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, is seeking financial
donations to assist the Gaza Community Mental Health Program (GCMHP), which
has suffered massive damage to its headquarters during the recent Israeli
bombardment.

Help is needed urgently. At this moment in the Gaza strip, the destruction
caused by the recent murderous Israeli assault has resulted in patients
being out of touch with health care professionals. The victims of the recent
military action are in dire need of medical assistance to deal with the
consequences of war-induced trauma.

Concern has been raised among health care professionals world-wide. These
professionals have called for immediate actions of solidarity to help combat
the lasting impacts of murderous bombardment, ground invasion and carnage in
Gaza. Those most affected in the Gaza Strip are the elderly, women and
children who are at the greatest risk of long term mental health problems.

While the number of people in need of help is increasing fast there are
little resources to help.
As a consequence of the continued bombardment and
blockade, the Gaza Strip has witnessed a terrifying growth in mental health
problems with victims suffering from stress related conditions including
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Medical sources have even noted how
some mental health workers have needed to receive counseling themselves to
enable them to cope with the terrors which have been imposed upon their
patients. Mental health services within the Gaza strip are "over-stretched"
and lack substantial funds. Without a properly functioning Gaza Mental
Health Program in the Gaza Strip, patients will continue to suffer and will
remain at a great risk.

The staff of The Gaza Community Mental Health Program provide crucial and
irreplaceable
mental health services to thousands of Gaza residents with a
special emphasis on vulnerable groups such as children, women, and victims
of torture and human rights violations. For more information about the
program, see
http://www.gcmhp.net/

How you can help: To help with the reconstruction of the Gaza Community
Mental Health Program, please donate online at
http://www.al-awda.org .
Alternatively please address your check or money order to:

Al-Awda, PRRC
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA

Thank you for your support.

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-918-9441
Fax: 760-918-9442
E-mail:
info@al-awda.org
WWW: http://al-awda.org

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is the largest
network of grassroots activists and students dedicated to Palestinian human
rights. We are a not for profit tax-exempt educational and charitable
501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of
the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC
are tax-deductible.

[SDCPJ] Contact San Diego City School Board now!

GUNS and WEAPONS TRAINING in Schools?

San Diego Unified and a few other districts around the county have shooting
ranges in their high schools (for JROTC training). With today's problem of
gangs and teen violence, our schools should be teaching students how to solve
conflicts nonviolently. The schools have a ZERO tolerance policy for students
but allow JROTC guns. Recently, Serra High School had a break in and JROTC
air rifles were stolen from the campus. Is this safe? The weapons training
is often rationalized as a sport, but dozens of dangerous sports are not
represented or offered in the district, so why offer weapons training? The
district needs to hear from students, parents, teachers and community members.
The district needs to hear from YOU!

BEFORE Feb. 3, please write a letter to the San Diego Unified School Board:

Ø Tell them you want to know why the district violates the spirit of it'
s own zero tolerance policy.
Ø Tell them that teaching students to shoot is not the business of
schools
Ø Ask them to end all weapons training, just as Chicago City Schools did
10 years ago.

More ideas for points to make are below.

Letters received in the mail or by fax are the best tools we have to ensure
that the board will take notice and hear our concerns. Phone calls are also
helpful. E-mail is less effective.

Write To:
Shelia Jackson (President)
John deBeck
Kathryn Nakamura
Richard Barrera
John Lee Evans

Send letters to:
Member's Name:
Board of Education
San Diego Unified School District
4100 Normal Street, Room 2231
San Diego, CA 92103

Fax (619) 297-5624
Phone: (619) 725-5550
Email: board@sandi.net

For more Information, contact:
Education Not Arms Coalition at _educationnotarms@gmail.com_
(mailto:educationnotarms@gmail.com)
_www.projectyano.org/educationnotarms/_
(http://www.projectyano.org/educationnotarms/)
Phone 760-634-3604

Ideas for brief letters/postcards to Board of Education:

Dear Mr./Ms____________

Option 1
How can schools have a zero tolerance policy but allow weapons training on
high school campuses? This makes no sense to me! What a mixed message that
sends to students.
I hope that you will take a stand and eliminate shooting ranges in San Diego
Unified School District.

Option 2
Schools are not the place for young people to learn to shoot guns. Why
would we encourage students to do this when we have a zero tolerance policy? You
can stop this craziness! Please do the right thing.

Option 3
With so much violence in our communities, WHY would we teach our students to
shoot guns? It makes no sense than most San Diego high schools have
shooting ranges. Please put an end to weapons training immediately.

Option 4
In San Diego, everyone I talk to is shocked to learn that most of the high
schools have shooting ranges. People really can't believe it! Times have
changed and zero tolerance means ZERO tolerance.

Option 5
I support the Education Not Arms Coalition. It is absolutely wrong to have
shooting ranges on our high school campuses. Please take a stand and
eliminate weapons training on our campuses.

Option 6
It is a ridiculous argument to say that weapon training is just another
sport. Teaching students to shoot guns in high schools is outrageous. It is a
complete contradiction of the Zero Tolerance policy. Weapons training must be
abolished.

Option 7
Chicago City Schools, has the nation's largest JROTC program, with over 40
units and several military academies, yet the Chicago district ended its rifle
training program in 1999, after the Columbine school shootings. If they can
show such common sense, San Diego can do the same.

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[SDCPJ] Reminder: Gaza Teach-In Monday 1/26, 7pm

ADC San Diego urges you to attend the following important special
teach-in that will discuss Israeli violations of international law,
human rights, and US arms export law. It will expose war crimes
committed in Gaza and explain the background to the war. It will also
discuss long-term action to build a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
movement against Israel in the US.


I S R A E L ' S I L L E G A L W A R O N G A Z A
what is to be done?

Monday Jan. 26 , 7pm
Four Points Sheraton

Speakers:
Audrey Bomse, United Against Torture Coalition
Marjorie Cohn, National Lawyers Guild
Nasser Barghouti, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Special reading of "Intifada" by poet Steve Kowit

Synopsis: Audrey Bomse is a human rights lawyer who has been working
in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories for much of the past
7 years, most recently as coordinator of the United Against Torture
Coalition, comprised of 15 Palestinian and Israeli NGOs working to
prevent and combat torture. Last month she led the coalition delegation
to Geneva to present its Alternative Report on Israel to the UN
Committee Against Torture. She has been an active
member of the National Lawyers Guild for 25 years, past co-chair of its
Prisoners' Rights Committee and current co-chair of the NLG Free Gaza
Subcommittee. She was a passenger on the second voyage of the Free Gaza
Movement in October and has been working on legal issues involving the
Israeli naval assaults on Gaza fishermen, their boats and international
accompaniers.
She was arrested on Dec. 4th, upon her return to Ben Gurion airport from
Egypt, held in detention for 4 days, and placed in solitary confinement
as punishment for insisting upon her right to speak with her lawyer and
have access to a representative from the US Consulate - These were
violations of her rights, which she is asking the US Consulate to pursue
with the state of Israel.

Marjorie Cohn is president of the National Lawyers Guild and a professor
at Thomas JeffersonSchool of Law, where she teaches criminal law and
procedure, evidence and international humanrights law. She is author of
Rules of Disengagement and Cowboy Republic.

Nasser Barghouti is president of the San Diego chapter of the
American-Arab Anti-DiscriminationCommittee. He is a member of the ACLU
and Amnesty International. He has been active on the issue of Palestine
for more than 25 years.

Four Points Sheraton San Diego
8110 Aero Dr, San Diego 92123
$5 -10 Donation Requested

Sponsors: National Lawyers Guild , American Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee, Peace & Democracy Action Group of the First Unitarian
Universalist Church, Activist San Diego, San Diego Coalition for Justice
in Palestine, San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice

for info call: Tanja: 858-459-4650 or Ibrahim: 619-840-1945

Direction: 805 Exit Balboa East, Right on Kearny Villa Rd, left on Aero Dr,
left into hotel. Alternate route: 15 to Aero Dr west, continue to Hotel.

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Friday, January 23, 2009

[SDCPJ] PEOPLE'S BALL is Sat, Jan. 24th; A Gala Event - Party with Progressives - Don't Miss it! ~~ Buy 'Advance Tickets' by Fri. Midnight!



PLEASE FORWARD - PEOPLE'S BALL;  Don't Miss it! - Sat, Jan. 24th ~
~ Buy your tickets NOW to save at the door!

 ASAP, time to buy tickets "in advance" Purchase by FRI @ Midnight!!!

http://www.activistsandiego.org/peoplesball2009.html

Will you be there?

Look who is coming:  Council Woman Donna Frye and Marti Emerald, Vets for Peace, Mike Aguirre, Mike Davis, Sierra Club, Orange County Military and Veterans for Change, Peace Resource Center, the Palast Family, Enrique Morones and Border Angels, Gracia de Pick, Coalition for Justice in Palestinian, La Mesa City Councilman George Gastil, Stop Blackwater Task Force, Mike Copass - Progressive Democrats, members of the Si Se Puede Coalition, Fernando Suarez del Solar - Guerrero Azteca Peace Project, Nasser Barghouti - Arab American Anti-discrimination Committee (ADC), TranscenDance Youth Arts Project, Mario Torero, Stephen Whitburn, Share Network, Craig Rose & Barbara Jaffe-Rose, Walter Davis (Community Coalition), members of the SD Coalition for Peace and Justice, San Diego Coalition for Marriage Equality (SAME), Peter Zschiesche - San Diego Community College Boardmember,  union members from:  SEIU – 221, , Palomar College Faculty Federation, American Federation of Teachers, IAM Machinist Union Locals 389, 726, 755, & 1125 and hundreds of other progressives …

Activist San Diego’s 2009
People’s Ball

A Gala Event to

Celebrate The End of an Error!

 Democracy under construction!

Inaugurate grassroots social change!

Saturday, January 24, 2009
7:00p. m. – 11 p. m.

Fabulous Dance Music by Agua Dulce!
FREE Food, Entertainment, Cultural presentations
Kick your shoes off, get down and party! Dress Eclectic!

Shoe Hurling to Shoo Bush!

For info:  PeoplesBall@activistsandiego.org • 619-528-8383

LOCATION:      Balboa Park Club  

http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/balboa/permitsites.shtml

 ASAP, time to buy tickets in advance. Purchase by Fri @ 9 pm!!!

http://www.activistsandiego.org/peoplesball2009.html

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

[SDCPJ] Army enlistments continue to drop in San Diego County

In trying to understand why the Army recently sent four of its top recruiting personnel to speak to the San Diego school board (http://www.sandi.net/board/reports/2009/0113/video.html), we discovered the following information (data source: the National Priorities Project):
 
Army enlistments in San Diego County have steadily gone DOWN over the last five years, even though the overall recruitment success rate for the Army has gone up slightly since 2004.
 
2005 was the year when the Army missed its total national recruiting goal by about 15% (it missed it by an even larger percent in SD County). Ever since then, because of lowered standards and increased enlistment bonuses, the Army has met it's national recruiting goals. However, not in San Diego County, where the Army recruited almost 200 fewer people in 2008 than it recruited in that disastrous year of 2005! (See tables below.) The rate of enlistments per 1000 15-to-20-year-olds has also gone down locally.
 
It's hard to identify with certainty all the possible causes of this, but one thing we've had here that doesn't exist in most places is a collective effort by counter-recruiters to reach and educate thousands of youths and parents each year. It seems highly likely that this has contributed to the poor recruiting trend in our county.
 
Rick Jahnkow
Program Coordinator
Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities
760-634-3604

 

Total Active-Duty Army Recruits
in San Diego County, CA
for Years 2004 to 2008

San Diego County, CA
Years Total Active-Duty Army Recruits
2004 736
2005 654
2006 526
2007 497
2008 484
 

Army Active-Duty: Total Recruits per 1000 15 to 24 Year Olds
in San Diego County, CA
for Years 2004 to 2008

San Diego County, CA
Years Army Active-Duty: Total Recruits per 1000 15 to 24 Year Olds
2004 1.7
2005 1.5
2006 1.2
2007 1.1
2008 1.0



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[SDCPJ] PLEASE FORWARD -->> PEOPLE'S BALL; A Gala Event - Party with Progressives - Don't Miss it! - Sat, Jan. 24th ~~ Buy your tickets save $!


PLEASE FORWARD - PEOPLE'S BALL;  Don't Miss it! - Sat, Jan. 24th ~~ Buy your tickets save $!

 Time running out to buy tickets in advance!!!

http://www.activistsandiego.org/peoplesball2009.html

Will you be there?

Look who is coming:  Council Woman Donna Frye and Mary Emerald, Vets for Peace, Mike Aguirre, members of the Peace Resource Center, the Palast Family, members of the Palestinian community, Councilman George Gastil, Stop Blackwater task force, Mike Copass - Progressive Democrats, member of the SD Coalition for Peace and Justice, union members of SEIU, AFT and many hundreds of other progressives .…

Activist San Diego’s 2009
People’s Ball

A Gala Event to

Celebrate The End of an Error!

 Democracy under construction!

Inaugurate grassroots social change!

Saturday, January 24, 2009
7:00p. m. – 11 p. m.

Fabulous Dance Music by Agua Dulce!
FREE Food, Entertainment, Cultural presentations
Kick your shoes off, get down and party! Dress Eclectic!

Shoe Hurling to Shoo Bush!

For info:  PeoplesBall@activistsandiego.org • 619-528-8383

 

LOCATION:      Balboa Park Club  

http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/balboa/permitsites.shtml


Time running out to buy tickets in advance!!!

http://www.activistsandiego.org/peoplesball2009.html

 

Friday, January 16, 2009

[SDCPJ] [Fwd: Sunday afternoon Jan 18 - Communion at Friendship Park]

Jan2009CoalitionNewsletter

Please see video at end, see benefits package and pass on to others to encourage them to join The Community Coalition.

Walter Davis
760-917-1251


The San Diego County Community Coalition

January 1, 2009 Vol I

New Benefits for the Coalition Members!

 

Click on the links below, print the flyers for details and discounts!

 
Join the Coalition!
 
 These benefits are available for anyone who puts their profile on the Coalition website, and maintains a membership.
 
 
 
 
 
These benefits below are available for paying members only. Due are $25.00 annually and can be paid securly via credit card, check, PayPal or Amazon!
 
 
New Meeting Venue and Time!
8Teen Art and Cultural Center
3925 Ohio Street
San Diego, CA 92104
 
3rd Sunday each month at 2 PM.
 
Our events will now be catered. Please insure you RSVP to make sure we have enough food.
 
This Sunday 18 January 2009, we will be reviewing new benefits for Coalition members and discussing our upcoming schedule.
 
We will discuss our upcoming Pubic Access TV Shows and interviews.
 

                   

 

 

Jim Bell (far right) and Mike McClure (far left) delivered outstanding summit on the environment during December Summit.
 
Download lots of good information at JimBel.com. Video of this presentation will soon be available.
 

Mike McClure as Eco  Elf on Alyce Smith Cooper's Community Issues: A Tapestry of Concerns show 9 January 2009.
 
Estella De Los Rios and Myron Ross are interviewed on Community Issues show. Myron and Estella discussed howsing issues and how the Center for Social Advocacy helps residents all over the country with discrimination issues.
 
 
 
 
 


 

Upcoming Events
How many of us know: That 65% of cowboys in the old west were of African and or Native American descent. Join us with the Whole in the Wall Gang, The History Channel's Wild Bill Hickok (Larry Freeland, far left), the actors that play in the Capitol One Viking "Whats in YOUR Wallet" commercial, Buffalo Soldier reenactors and others as we tell the real story of the American West on Public Access TV, Internet TV and through plays and rodeos.
 
The former Hot Monkey Love Cafe is now, 8Teen Cultural Center and Art Gallery. Alma Felan needs our help to keep her doors open. This is an activist's paradise for meetings and seminars.
 
 With the help of Ken Swartz (right)and Larry Byrd (left), our Public Access TV shows are growing and include many young people as young as 9 and as old as 74. We have Latinos, Men, Women, Blacks, Whites, Middle Easterners and open doors for others to learn to operate their own TV shows. We launch our third show this month and we are beginning production on a fourth!
 



Jan 15, 2009


Thursday, January 15, 2009

[SDCPJ] Speaker & Discusssion: Housing Crisis/Struggle for Social Justice at SDCPJ meeting, Monday, January 19

Speakers Night at the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice (SDCPJ)

Monday January 19, 2009

7:00 PM

Church of the Brethren

3850 Westgate Rd

San Diego, CA 92105

                  

The Housing Crisis and the Struggle for Social Justice in San Diego

A Discussion with Leaders of ACORN and the Affordable Housing Coalition

 

The SDCPJ will discuss the housing crisis and its relationship to our struggle for peace and social justice with Claudia Peralta (Director of Housing for San Diego ACORN) and Richard Lawrence (Co-chair of the Affordable Housing Coalition of San Diego).  Each of these leaders has extensive experience with housing and economic justice issues.  So be sure to join us for a lively discussion.  www.sdcpj.org


After the speaker and discussion we will also be working on plans for the March 21 6th Anniversary of the Iraq War demonstration.

[SDCPJ] Nonviolent Peaceforce San Diego, MLK Day and SFN Calendar, and Gandhi Living Nonviolence HO

Nonviolent Peaceforce San Diego invites you to join us in celebrating MLK and the Season for Nonviolence 2009

 

Nonviolent Peaceforce San Diego (NPSD) invites all of San Diego to join us in celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) and the Season for Nonviolence (SNV). 

 

January 19 is the birthday of MLK. Gandhi King Chavez Season for Nonviolence, January 30 - April 4, is a national 64-day educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities. Inspired by the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this international event honors their vision for an empowered, nonviolent world. 

 

Now is a perfect time to resolve to celebrate, study and practice nonviolence in the coming year(s). 

 

NPSD wants to help you follow through on your resolution. 

 

There are many MLK SNV celebrations and activities in the San Diego area.  We hope that you can attend at least one of these and, better yet, get involved with on-going groups and activities. Attached is a calendar of the ones that we know about.  If you know of others that should be added let us know and we will add them before the next distribution.  Let us know if you want to receive updates!

 

President-Elect Barack Obama has appeared on You Tube asking Americans across the U.S. to participate in service projects on MLK Day as an official part of his inauguration. He and Vice President-Elect Joseph Biden and their families will be performing service work in Washington, D.C. on MLK Day in this nationwide effort. You may have received a related email from Michelle Obama introducing the usaservice.org website.  It is an amazing example of how technology can be used to inspire and connect people for good.  Enter your zip code and get a list of local service projects.  Check it out!  San Diego projects listed on this Presidential Inaugural Committee service project website are included in our calendar.

 

Of course we want to take this opportunity to highlight the following NPSD activities. 

 

Study Gandhi with NPSD   We invite you to join us on Saturday, March 7 for a study/discussion session "Living Nonviolence – The Wisdom of Gandhi (in his own words)", 1:15 pm, Library, St. David's Episcopal Church, 5050 Milton, San Diego (Clairemont neighborhood). 

 

Or we invite you to host your own study/discussion session "Living Nonviolence – The Wisdom of Gandhi (in his own words).  We encourage you to invite friends to come to your home or sponsor a session at your church or community center.  Attached is a packet of materials to guide you.  You do not have to have studied Gandhi to lead this group.  If you cannot join us or organize your own session we invite you to study the materials on your own!

 

Co-sponsor or participate in Nonviolent Conflict Intervention Training   Last year NPSD co-sponsored six one-day Nonviolent Conflict Intervention (NCI) trainings with local churches and community organizations.  We are looking for co-sponsors again this year. If you are interested in attending a training (we will put you on a contact list) or are part of a group that might be interested in being a co-sponsor, please contact us.  We also offer a practice/introduction NCI session after our monthly meetings held the first Saturday of every month (see previous section for time and directions).

 

About Nonviolent Peaceforce  NP was conceived in 1999 as a continuation of Gandhi's vision of a "Shanti Sena", or peace army. NP recruits, trains and financially supports civilians from around the world who deploy in areas of conflict. NP teams are nonpartisan and unarmed. NP peacekeeping forces apply proven nonviolent strategies to protect human rights, deter violence, and help create space for local peacemakers to carry out their work. More, information about the Nonviolent Peaceforce can be found at www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org.   NPSD supports international activities through community education, training, and fund-raising.

 

NPSD looks forward to working with the San Diego community to celebrate, study, and practice nonviolence during 2009 and in the coming year(s).  For information about NPSD contact me, carrollboone@yahoo.com, 619-697-3223; Debby Park, rayandeb@gmail.com, 858-270-59768 Gloria Joyce, Gloria@NPSanD.org, 619-276-5232.

           

 

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

[SDCPJ] Future events in support of the Palestinian People..Post Widely

 
Dear friends

Thank you!

Many thanks to all who took part in the demos in San Diego, Los Angeles,
Anaheim, Temecula and other areas of Southern California over the past
month. All of these protests have been covered by the media. Please see an
additional planned protest and other events below.

Thanks also to all those who donated so far toward Al-Awda's Gaza Relief
Fund. So far we have raised almost $12,000 from the demos alone. These funds
will be directed for the rebuilding of the Gaza Mental Hospital which was
destroyed by the invading Zionist/Israeli army in their recent murderous
assault on the people of Gaza. To add your contribution, please go to
http://al-awda.org and simply click on the donate button.

Thanks also for the 1200 letters you signed during the protests demanding an
end to the invasion, bombardment and siege of Gaza, and its funding. We are
in the process of sending these to your congressional reps .

Many thanks also to the initiative of our colleagues in Al-Awda Phoenix who,
in collaboration with the National Al-Awda organization, organized the Free
Gaza banner fly over two NFL play off games this past week-end in Pittsburgh
PA, and Charlotte, NC. Attached is one of several photos which will be
published soon. There is a possibility of additional fly overs in other
areas soon. We welcome your financial support to do this. Please go to
http://al-awda.org and simply click on the donate button at that page.

Upcoming Calendar of Events (partial list)

Below is a list of some of upcoming events in our area.

1. Saturday, January 17, 2009, 2:00 PM: LET GAZA LIVE!  Demo at
the Fountain @ Balboa Park. Sponsored by (list in formation): Al-Awda ,The
Palestine Right to Return Coalition, The Free Palestine Alliance (FPA), The
National Council of Arab Americans (NCA), Muslim American Society Freedom
Foundation San Diego Chapter, The Middle East Cultural and Information
Center (MECIC), ANSWER Coalition and San Diego International Action Center.
To add your organization or for Media or any more info please  contact:
zahi@al-awda.org (760) 685-3243 or yabudayyeh@sbcglobal.net  (619)
980-0677

2. Wednesday, January 21, 2009 @ 7 PM: - Gaza Teach-in and Discussion hosted
by Al-Awda and the Free Palestine Alliance at the Al-Awda Center. All
members of the community welcome. Come with your friends and neighbors, and
all your ideas to discuss future actions. The address of Al-Awda's Center is
2734 Loker Avenue West Suite K, Carlsbad CA 92010. For information: email
office@al-awda.org or call 760-918-9441.

3. Sunday January 25, 2009 @ 4:00 PM: Gaza Teach in Orange County. Hosted by
Al-Awda, FPA, PAWA and NCA. For info
yabudayyeh@sbcglobal.net

4. Thursday January 29, 2009 @ 7 PM: Gaza Teach-in hosted by Al-Awda and
the Free Palestine Alliance at Normal Heights Community Center, 4649 Hawley
Blvd, San Diego CA 92116.

5. February 5, 2009: Gaza Teach-in and Discussion hosted by the
International Socialist Organization - details to be posted soon.

Thank you for your steadfastness and support.

Long Live Gaza!
Long Live Palestine!
Until Return,

Zahi Damuni, Coordinator
Al-Awda San Diego, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
http://al-awdasandiego.org
http://al-awda.org

Yousef Abudayyeh ,Coordinator
The Free Palestine Alliance (FPA)
joinfpa@gmail.com
http://www.freepalestinealliance.org/

 

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