[SDCPJ] Fw: July 3rd "Sing Out for Single Payer" Road Show in La Jolla - RSVP, few seats avail

From: Anita Simons for PDA Metro San Diego <asimonsays@gmail.com> Subject: July 3rd "Sing Out for Single Payer" Road Show in La Jolla - RSVP, few seats avail July 3rd -- Don't miss the "Sing Out for Single Payer" Health Care Road Show in La Jolla! Dear Barbara, Join artist/activist Anne Feeney & Co. at "Sing Out for Single Payer" next  Friday, July 3rd, 2pm-5pm in La Jolla  -- call for RSVP & directions, below Pittsburgh activist and award-winning labor singer Anne Feeney and almost four dozen professional musicians are launching the 2009 "Sing Out " tour after their frustration at seeing the single payer healthcare reform envisioned by Congressman John Conyers in the current pending legislation H.R.676 excluded from hearings on Capitol Hill, despite having 82 co-sponsors and broad public support.  Feeney & Co decided to make some noise.  Modeled after the traveling  chautauquas shows of the 1920s, the Sing Out tour will visit towns from San Diego, CA to Bellingham, WA  to both entertain and inform the public. Sing Out for Single Payer's  1200-mile border-to-border tour will arrive in La Jolla on the afternoon of July 3rd at 2:00pm,  and features performances by singer/songwriters including Feeney, Dave Crossland, Eric Schwartz, Jason Luckett and Joyce Woodson.  As the debate on how to resolve the nation's health care crisis may be heading towards legislation this year, one singular answer has been deliberately ignored in the public forum, despite its popular appeal:  a progressively financed, comprehensive, universal health care system, or Medicare for ALL"  – which has come to be known as "Single-Payer" -- now supported by over 14,000 physicians and growing. Even President Obama's own doctor has joined Congressman Bob Filner* (below, D-Chula Vista) in supporting a "Medicare for ALL" healthcare plan.  We will present Congressman Filner with an award recognizing his outstanding leadership on Single Payer and HR 676 cosponsorship. The La Jolla event will also include the first reading of Ladies for Single Payer, a new play by award-winning La Jolla playwright Anita Simons featuring some of San Diego's finest acting talent: Jill Drexler, Dana Hooley, Linda Libby, Veronica Murphy, and Mary Relator.  Seating is limited and going FAST, so please call or email your RSVP Jady Montgomery: 858-554-0482, 760-271-3328 or  email asimonsays@gmail.com reserve a place. Volunteers for tabling for healthcare groups welcome! The event is sponsored by The San Diego Single Payer Healthcare Coalition, an activist network which has grown out of the   La Jolla Democratic Club ,   Progressive Democrats of America ,  HealthcareForAll-CA ,   Physicians for National Health Program ,  California Nurses Assn ,  California Teachers Assn ,   League of Women Voters , Activist San Diego, Green Party-San Diego County,  First Unitarian Universalist Church of SD, and more. (A modest donation is requested to keep the "show on the road.") - Anita Simons, on behalf of the San Diego Single Payer Healthcare Coalition and PDA Metro San Diego *  Rep Filner will speak at the DFA meeting at 7:00pm on Wed July 1st, at Giovanni's - email Carol Changus for details and thanks! Click above to sign the Healthcare Not Warfare petition to support Rep John Conyers' HR 676 Single Payer Healthcare bill -- which has now achieved 82 cosponsors, thanks to YOUR lobbying efforts! - Mike Copass Progressive Democrats of America is a grassroots PAC that works both inside the Democratic Party and outside in movements for peace and justice. Our goal: Elect a permanent, progressive majority in 2008. PDA's advisory board includes seven members of Congress and activist leaders such as Tom Hayden, Medea Benjamin, Thom Hartmann and Rev. Lennox Yearwood. More info | Find Chapters | Find Local Events Spread the Progressive Word--Shop PDAstore NOTE: To unsubscribe use the link below. Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy

Mera Szendro Invites You to a Community Leadership Summit in San Diego

Come to the planning meeting on Sunday 28 June 2009 at the Cultural Center, 3925 Ohio Street, San Diego, CA. 2PM. Our summit will take place on 19 July 2009 as announced in the video. Walter This is Mera Szendro...... Community Leadership Summit at 8Teen Cultural Center 3925 Ohio Street, San Diego. 19 July 2009 At 2:00PM LEARN HOW

[SDCPJ] Reminder: Support US-Gaza Aid Convoy Tuesday June 23!

If you are planning to attend the banquet and have not already purchased tickets or made reservations, please do so as soon as you can.  Thanks,

 

Larry

 

Please see information below about the Viva Palestina aid convoy to Gaza.  This is the best chance we in America have to show that the bombs and white phosphorous that our tax dollars paid for and the cruel blockade that continues to make life in Gaza so desperate don't represent us.  You can contact me directly for tickets at lchristian14@cox.net or you can make reservations at the phone number and e-mail addresses below.

 

If you can't attend the banquet, you can send a donation to:   

                        Viva Palestina

                         P.O. Box 131352

                         Carlsbad, CA 92013

or you can visit the website at www.vivapalestina.org.

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

 

Help Save Gaza: Viva Palestina Fundraising Banquet with George Galloway MP

Tuesday June 23, 2009 6:30 PM
Holiday Inn by the Bay

1355 North Harbor Drive

San Diego CA 92101

 

Help Take 500 Trucks of Medical Aid into Gaza

On July 4, 2009 British Member of Parliament George Galloway and US Vietnam War Veteran Ron Kovic intend to lead an American Convoy of 500 Trucks filled with Medical Aid to Gaza. This Viva Palestina Convoy will represent the largest grassroots medical relief effort for Gaza in U.S. history.

 

The Gaza Strip desperately needs medical aid. Over 1,400 people were killed in the recent Israeli assault and invasion, and thousands more lost limbs or were otherwise maimed by phosphorus bombs and other weapons. Even now, the blockade of even the most basic supplies continues and makes life in Gaza increasingly desperate. 

 

The vision of 500 trucks filled with medical supplies bought with donations from everyday people in America being delivered to people in Gaza is a powerful one.  It will speak volumes around the world.

 

Please Join us to Help Make this American Convoy a Reality!

Help Save Innocent Lives
Let Gaza Live!

 

Tickets for banquet

Tickets are $35.00 per person. To reserve yours, call 760-685-3243 or Email zdamuni@sbcglobal.net or tareqp@gmail.com

 

Donations

 

Your donation is tax exempt. Pastors for Peace is serving as fiscal sponsor for the Viva Palestina US Convoy to Gaza. Please make checks payable to Viva Palestina USA - IFCO.

 

Support this vital cause. Join us. And please give generously!

- Viva Palestina California - San Diego Division

http://www.vivapalestina-us.org/california/

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[SDCPJ] SDCPJ Meeting Schedule

The San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice's upcoming schedule is

Monday, June 22 No Meeting; Next meeting is Monday, July 13, 7 p.m.,
First Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place, SD 92105

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[SDCPJ] You're invited to join us for a Peace Walk Sun., June 28!

Dear San Diego Peacemakers,

You're invited to join us for a Peace Walk on Sunday, June 28,  4:45-6pm, from the Town and Country Convention Center to Friars Road, and by the entrances to Fashion Valley!

For the first time ever, the Church of the Brethren--- a Peace Church--- is having our denomination-wide Annual Conference in San Diego.  As we do each year, we will have a Peace Witness event as a part of our Conference.  We warmly invite you to join us!  Please see details below, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Also, there will be a number of Peace-related workshops, speakers, and other events that you would likely enjoy.  That info is also below.   We hope you can be with us to witness for peace and to explore how to best be instruments of God's Peace!

Shalom, and Blessings to you---
Linda K. Williams :-)  
619-583-8454
cell: 619-985-3189
Decade to Overcome Violence Coordinator, SD 1st Church of the Brethren


Sunday, June 28 PEACE WITNESS We will gather on the steps outside the West Entrance to the Convention Center (on Fashion Valley Road) between 4:45 and 5:00 pm and walk from there. We will plan to be back to the convention center by 6:00 pm, although people who want to return earlier will be free to do that.

== We will have a simple witness of carrying signs and walking from the conference center north to the shopping area nearby, remaining on the sidewalk, but not blocking it. We will stand along the street near the shopping center, with signs, and may choose to sing, drum, dance, wave at passing cars, or remain quiet. (Let the Spirit move.) 
== Signs will be positive messages. They can speak of building peace or of ending violence. They can speak in faith language or not. The focus can be global or domestic/local. The sturdy On Earth Peace yard signs will be available at the On Earth Peace booth, or you can come to the On Earth Peace booth on Sunday afternoon between Noon and 4:00 pm to make your own sign.     
== We may pass out flyers, perhaps related to the San Diego Church of the Brethren. We could also give peace-message bumper stickers to interested passers-by. 
== It would be great to wear a T-shirt with a peace message as part of this witness. The blue shirt with "When Jesus said 'love your enemies', I think he probably meant don't kill them" will be available at the Brethren Press bookstore, if you don't have one yet. 
Here are some things you can do to help.
== Start spreading the word to those who would be interested.
== If you have a good peace banner that you can bring, please do.
== If you are a musician and want to bring drum or guitar or other instrument, you are welcome. We will be outdoors without amplification, however.
== Contact Linda Williams with any questions and/or to ask her what you could do to help. cell: 619-985-3189, lindawms@sdcoe.net

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ADDITIONAL PEACE-RELATED OPPORTUNITIES
AT THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO
TOWN & COUNTRY CONVENTION CENTER, JUNE 26-30
(please see below for registration and parking info)

Saturday Afternoon, June 27
12:30 – 1:30pm Insight Session
* Middle East Peacemaking        Location: Pacific Salon 3
Focus: Hear firsthand reports from conversations with Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers and experiences in Palestine this year.
Presenter: Rick Polhamus, peacemaker, teacher and other members of the January delegation to the Middle East
Agency: On Earth Peace— Agency Representative: Bob Gross

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Saturday Evening, June 27
9:00-10:00pm  Insight Sessions  (These run concurrently.)

* What Christians Need to Know About Racism     Location: Pacific Salon 3
Focus: Love Thy Neighbor. We have struggled with this commandment ever since Jesus gave it to us. This panel will discuss how the Bible's teachings about love can be applied in our modern, multi-cultural, and multi-racial society. We will also share faith-based tools that we can use as Christians to identify and respond to the racism in our communities.
Presenter(s): This panel discussion includes speakers of various ethnicities who are members of the Church of the Brethren sharing their experiences and how they interpret Scriptural teachings

* Jesus, the Prince of Peace, Our Nonviolent Commander-in-Chief  Location: Windsor
Focus: Following Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is challenging from within our various theological and sociological perspectives as well as when we work across these spectrums. How do we encourage both respect for conscientious differences and dynamic power in togetherness as we all seek to obey our nonviolent commander-in-chief? Join us as we address this challenging question by prayerfully studying the scriptures together.
Presenter(s): Roger Eberly, Pastor; Leslie Frye, Program Coordinator, On Earth Peace Ministry of Reconciliation and Mike Wolfsen, PSWD Shalom Team; Moderated by Bob Gross, Executive Director, On Earth Peace

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Sunday Morning, June 28  7:00-8:30am
On Earth Peace Breakfast (Meal: $14, or come sit along the wall to enjoy the speaker) Pacific Salon 1 & 2
Speaker: On Earth Peace staff and board members
Title: The new has come! A new vision for On Earth Peace
                 
Sunday, June 28 PEACE ACTION We will gather on the steps outside the West Entrance to the Convention Center (on Fashion Valley Road) between 4:45 and 5:00 pm and walk from there. We will plan to be back to the convention center by 6:00 pm, although people who want to return earlier will be free to do that.
== We will have a simple witness of carrying signs and walking from the conference center north to the shopping area nearby, remaining on the sidewalk, but not blocking it. We will stand along the street near the shopping center, with signs, and may choose to sing, drum, dance, wave at passing cars, or remain quiet. (Let the Spirit move.) 
== Signs will be positive messages. They can speak of building peace or of ending violence. They can speak in faith language or not. The focus can be global or domestic/local. The sturdy On Earth Peace yard signs will be available at the On Earth Peace booth, or you can come to the On Earth Peace booth on Sunday afternoon between Noon and 4:00 pm to make your own sign.     
== We may pass out flyers, perhaps related to the San Diego Church of the Brethren. We could also give peace-message bumper stickers to interested passers-by. 
== It would be great to wear a T-shirt with a peace message as part of this witness. The blue shirt with "When Jesus said 'love your enemies', I think he probably meant don't kill them" will be available at the Brethren Press bookstore, if you don't have one yet. 
Here are some things you can do to help.
== Start spreading the word to those who would be interested.
== If you have a good peace banner that you can bring, please do.
== If you are a musician and want to bring drum or guitar or other instrument, you are welcome. We will be outdoors without amplification, however.
== Contact Linda Williams and ask her what you could do to help. cell: 619-985-3189, lindawms@sdcoe.net

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Monday Afternoon, June 29
noon-1:30pm                                                                             
Brethren Volunteer Service Luncheon     Location: Garden Salon 2
(Meal: $18, or come sit along the wall to enjoy the speaker)
Speaker: John and Margaret Jones, Camp Directors
Title: A Ministry of Christian Hospitality, Creating Peaceful Space

Monday Afternoon, June 29
12:30-1:30pm Insight Sessions (These run concurrently.)

* Ministry of What?     Location: Le Chanticleer
Focus: So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation…
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:17a,18, NRSV). Sometimes it seems easier to be reconciled to the Lord of all Creation than it is to be reconciled to each other, and yet God has given us the ministry of reconciliation! Get a taste of how the Ministry of Reconciliation (MoR) of On Earth Peace can help equip you and your congregation. If you are associated with a faith community whose members sometimes find it challenging to resolve their differences, this insight session is for you.
Presenter(s): Persons active in Ministry of Reconciliation

*  What's Beyond the Peace Vigil?        Location: Brittany
Focus: Sometimes peace and community ministry seems flattened into holding a vigil for one issue or another. What is beyond the peace vigil? How can Christians live into God's vision of healing for the nations? This session will offer inspiration and ideas from congregations involved in creative forms of nonviolence.  
Presenter: Michael Colvin, On Earth Peace, and congregational participants from "You Can't Stop the River" and International Day of Prayer for Peace

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Monday Evening, June 29  (These run concurrently.)
9:00-10:00pm

* Global Cooperation: Faithfulness, Fantasy, or New Frontier?   Location: Pacific Salon 4
Focus: Explore current conditions that make global cooperation possible and prayer powerful. Experience activities that help us listen to and learn from each other. Learn how Everylight, Inc. is working to collaboratively build a system of encouragement in our world and how you can build one in your congregation. Handouts available.
Presenter: Rev. Reba Herder, Founder and Director of Everylight, Inc., a ministry of global cooperation

* Agape-Satyagraha: Skills Training for Youth   Location: Crescent
Focus: Combining Jesus' example of love for community and Gandhi's truth force for social change, Agape-Satyagraha is an initiative of Brethren Community Ministries (BCM) to teach anger management and conflict resolution skills to junior and senior high youth. Providing training to 118 youth, this dynamic program has been a part of BCM's core ministries since 2003. Come learn more about this program and its exciting new partnership with On Earth Peace and explore how you might begin an Agape-Satyagraha program in your own congregation or community.
Presenter(s): Gerald Rhoades, Director, Brethren Community Ministries; Marie Rhoades, Program Coordinator for Peace Education, On Earth Peace

* Working for Peace in Iraq              Location: Garden Salon 2
Focus: Christian Peacemaker Team members will share their experiences working for peace in Iraq. Hear firsthand reports and stories from people who have been on the ground in Iraq.
Presenter(s): Members of Christian Peacemaker Teams who have served in Iraq

* The Welcome Home Project: Responding to the Needs of Returning Military                Location: Garden Salon 1 
Focus: Thousands of military and National Guard troops are coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. Many need a hand to fully re-enter civilian life, as they re-enter their families, secure employment, face ongoing trauma and injury, and seek spiritual and emotional healing. Christians need to understand how the battle experience continues to affect those coming back from war. Come hear why & how
church people can help these women and men make it all the way home and bridge back into society.
Presenters: Members of On Earth Peace's Welcome Home Project

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Onsite Registration for Annual Conference
Adults                    Ages 12_21                        Under age 12:  Free registration
Conference       $100             Conference       $43
Sat and Sun     $42               Sat and Sun     $20
Sunday only     $15               Sunday only     $8
Daily            $30               Daily             $12

All are welcome to attend daily worship services, free of charge (no registration needed).

PARKING:  $3/ hour, or max. $12/day for registered Conference attendees; $16 max/day for non-registered visitors

[SDCPJ] Gregg's Plea for a Sit-in

A Plea For Sit-in Participation,

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful
words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of
the good people". Martin Luther King

I have been an activist in progressive causes for over forty years, but
I have never seen a crisis like we face today. Governor
Schwartzenegger's proposed cuts threaten the health of nearly one
million children, the livelihood of a half million CALWORKS recipients,
and the medication of tens of thousands of our HIV- positive brothers
and sisters. Leave aside the fact that these cuts mean giving up
millions of dollars in federal matching money, they are deeply immoral.
If a foreign country inflicted this kind of
destruction on so many of our citizens, our government would declare war
on them. I am asking that you engage in something much less violent
than war, but rather to join me in a peaceful *non-violent sit-in at the
Governor's
office at **1350 Front St.** this next Tuesday (the 23rd) at **noon*.
In order to participate you need to do three things. First, call me so
I know how many people are willing to take part; second, attend a
training session
so that we can guarantee that the sit-in is non-violent; and third, come
to the event on Tuesday. If you do not feel prepared to participate in
this act of civil disobedience, there is a rally and demonstration that
will precede the sit-in. No matter what level of commitment with which
you feel
comfortable, I hope you will not remain silent. Dr. King's words should
stir us to action.

Gregg Robinson

For Sit-in Information please call: (619) 225-0377

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[SDCPJ] Marriage Equality Forum: Tues 6/23

What's Next for the Marriage Equality Movement?

Activist Forum featuring Robin Tyler and Diane Olson 

Engage! Debate! Decide!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Center, 3909 Centre Street, San Diego, CA 92103

6:30 -Refreshments and Meet and Greet with other San Diego Activist Groups

7:00 -Speaker's Program

8:00 - Open Discussion

Topics include Winning Against the Briggs Initiative, Coalition Building, and Public Outreach 

Speakers include: 

Robin Tyler and Diane Olson (first lesbian plaintiffs to sue the state of California challenging the ban on same sex marriage)

Ann Menasche (Author "Leaving the Life: Lesbians, Ex-Lesbians and the Heterosexual Imperative")

Fernando Lopez (Marriage Equality USA)

Powell DeGange (UNITE-HERE)

Zakiya Khabir (SAME), and Chuck Stemke (International Socialist Organization)

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Robin Tyler is a pioneer within the grassroots movement of the gay civil rights fight. She has played a seminal role in the struggle for equal right both in her current role as Executive Director of The Equality Campaign and as the first lesbian plaintiff to sue the state of California challenging the ban on same sex marriage. She has fought California's Proposition 8 professionally by producing PSA's and personally when she and her wife filed a brief to the state Supreme Court on November 5th challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8.

Diane Olson is the grand daughter of the first California Democratic Governor elected in the last century, Culbert Levy Olson. (1939-1943). Governor Olson ran and won on the platform "separation of church and state."

Ann Menasche has been an activist for forty years in struggles for gay & lesbian rights, women's rights, social justice and peace. In 1978, she was involved in San Francisco's grassroots coalition that lead the fight to defeat the anti-gay Briggs initiative. In the late 1980's, she founded a lesbian-feminist organization in San Francisco called "Lesbian Uprising" that was politically active for several years. In 1999, she published a book on lesbian oppression, "Leaving the Life: Lesbians, Ex-Lesbians and the Heterosexual Imperative." Last August, Ann married her partner of 18 years, Rochelle Glickman. Currently, Ann spends her days working as a disability rights attorney, and her nights at SAME meetings as a member of the steering committee. 

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A Meeting of the San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality

info@samealliance.com 

[SDCPJ] PEACEFUL demonstration for democracy Iran- spread the word

--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Rana Salimi <ranasalimi@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Rana Salimi <ranasalimi@yahoo.com> Subject: [PersianFarsiPlayGroup] PEACEFUL demonstration - spread the word To: PersianFarsiPlayGroup@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 11:41 AM Where is my vote? PLease join us in PEACEFUL demonstration in solidarity with the Iranian people and in protest against election fraud in Iran, June 17, 2009 at 5:00 PM in front of the Federal Building in San Diego (880 Front St.). Friends- We are shocked by the current events and the situation happening in Iran. Our friends and families, in peaceful protest, are now in danger from vigilantes and other militias. This is no longer an Iranian issue; it is a human rights issue. We in the United States have the freedom to demonstrate our beliefs and our brothers and sisters in Iran are being denied this right. Let us join together and support what our families overseas believe is their denied right in democratic voting and in freedom of speech. We ask all of our friends here in San Diego to help support the Iranian people and condemn violence by joining us in a protest. Worldwide, hundreds upon thousands of protests are taking place demanding a nullification .   We ask you come wearing GREEN, WHITE, or RED - the colors of the Iranian flag. To show our uniformity to the world, we ask for the public to bring signs saying "Where is my vote?" and "This is a selection, not an election." This protest will be independent. Please do NOT use any political and partisan slogans and flags and refrain from provocative slogans. Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Time:05:00 pm Location: San Diego Federal Building Please spread the word and invite your friends and contacts in media and invite them to join us on our effort in support of the Iranian democracy movement.

[SDCPJ] Picket at Manchester Grand Hyatt, Friday June 19

This Friday June 19th from 5pm until 7pm @ the Manchester Grand Hyatt
join Unite Here Local 30 and the LGBT Community for a demonstration and
picket!

Bring your flare! Signs, Drums, whistles, bullhorns, and sidewalk chalk
are strongly encouraged!

We are picketing to bring awareness about the boycott on the Manchester
Grand Hyatt. Doug Manchester gave $125,000 to help put proposition 8 on
the ballot while simultaneously marketing towards the LGBT community!
The Hyatt forces it's housekeepers to clean more rooms than other Hyatt
hotels, they are unionized, and have no job security when/if the hotel
is sold. We say no to worker exploitation! No to discrimination!

Where:
1 Market Place
San Diego, CA 92101

When: Friday June 19th from 5pm until 7pm

For more Information or to further get involved or learn about the
boycott please check out these sites.

http://www.unitehere.org/news/index.php?start_row=47
http://www.sleepwiththerightpeople.org/pages/boycotthyatt
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2009/06/american-association-of-justice-join.html

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Re: [SDCPJ] thanks everyone who supported David Morales

Thanks to all of you who responded yesterday with calls and letters in support of David Morales who was not allowed to take part in graduation at Mission Bay High School.  The e-mails below are from various friends/supporters of David's who rallied for his support.

Carol

 

In a message dated 6/15/2009 9:14:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, brujita8106@yahoo.com writes:

Hello everyone,
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that sent the letters to the principal, board and superintendent.  Also thanks to all those who also called the principal and left messages.  Although David was still not allowed to walk,  there was a lot of people who showed up to support and pass out flyers outside the graduation.  Thanks to everyone who came out!!!
There was several students and other supporters who went into the graduation and chanted out David's name.  There was a good response from people!!!
And David...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Con Respeto,
***Fernanda, Enrique, & Octavio

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Ditto to everything that Fernando, Enrique and Octavio just reported, and a huge thanks to THEM for getting this action going.
 
A few more things...
 
I just saw the report by channel 17.  It was good, pointing out what we know to be the true reason that David didn't walk...his activism.  They showed footage from our previous struggles...the shooting ranges and  A-G.  Wow...they found David in A LOT of old footage.  Many thanks to Marco and Univision
 
Inside the graduation ceremony...we boo-ed Seelos when she stood up to speak and when she finished her typically boring "words of wisdom."   She definitely heard us and I'm sorry I didn't get a picture of the look on her face.
 
When the ceremony ended, we were still standing on the sidewalk with signs and flyers.  Many people honked, shouted and waved in support of David.  I would say that his graduation ceremony was more exciting than that of his classmates inside the stadium.
 
Please pass these emails on to all the organizations that helped us.  THANK YOU!!
 
Paula H.V.

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[SDCPJ] Urgent action needed: Mission Bay High Graduating Senior needs your support today!!!

Urgent Action Needed: Mission Bay High School Graduating Senior needs your support!!

David Morales, a graduating Senior at Mission Bay High  School is NOT being allowed to walk with his fellow classmates today, Monday, June 15th, 2009, for 'walking out' on May 1st, 2009.

David has been very active in the Education Not Arms Coalition (ENAC), and other community groups to help organize against rifle shooting ranges at local high schools, and has advocated for policies that would help put all San Diego Unified School District high school students on a path to college.

We believe that he is not being allowed to walk at the graduation ceremony by the principal at Mission Bay High, Cheryl Seelos, in retaliation for his participation in these organizing efforts.

Please support David Morales, and all students who stand up for social justice!

Instructions

1. Copy and paste the letter attached

2. and simply type your information at the top and bottom of the letter

2. Copy and paste the e-mails in the attached contact list: (principal Seelos, superintendent, and board members)

3. E-mail the letter to principal Seelos, and CC the superintendent, and board members

4. Call Mission Bay High School  (858) 273-1313, and ask to speak to the principal or leave a message, and let principal Seelos know that 'you are asking that she allow David Morales, a graduating senior at her school, to walk at the graduation ceremony today!

If he is still not allowed to walk by the end of the school day, then supporters will pass out leaflets outside the graduation ceremony to inform other parents and students of this injustice. They will meet at 4:30.

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[SDCPJ] Activist Social - Come network and meet people - Mon. June 15th @ 7pm

ASD General Meeting open to all

Social Justice
"Ice Cream" Social for Activists

Mon. June 15th @ 7pm

Joyce Beers Center Joyce Beers Community Center 1220 Cleveland Street, Hillcrest, San Diego.

Come network and engage with people from Marriage Equality, Single Payer, Peace & Justice, Immigration, Environment, Affordable Housing, Youth, anti-racism, labor, environmental and other social justice movements.

Where is our movement going?

How are we to grow the progressive community?

Together to discuss collectively;

"What can we do to raise the level of coordinated action and activism in San Diego?"

With this country falling apart financially and the capitalist system loosing credibility among broad sectors of the populous, what kind of movement must we have to meet people’s needs and create fundamental changes in the way that this society is run?
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*Fellow activists and friends, Dick and Anna, at Mariposa Ice Cream www.mariposaicecream.com will provide the home made ice cream refreshments.  Thank you~!

[SDCPJ] Support US-Gaza Aid Convoy!

Please see information below about the Viva Palestina aid convoy to Gaza.  This is the best chance we in America have to show that the bombs and white phosphorous that our tax dollars paid for and the cruel blockade that continues to make life in Gaza so desperate don't represent us.  You can contact me directly for tickets at lchristian14@cox.net or you can make reservations at the phone number and e-mail addresses below.

 

If you can't attend the banquet, you can send a donation to:   

                        Viva Palestina

                         P.O. Box 131352

                         Carlsbad, CA 92013

or you can visit the website at www.vivapalestina.org.

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

 

Help Save Gaza: Viva Palestina Fundraising Banquet with George Galloway MP

Tuesday June 23, 2009 6:30 PM
Holiday Inn by the Bay

1355 North Harbor Drive

San Diego CA 92101

 

Help Take 500 Trucks of Medical Aid into Gaza

On July 4, 2009 British Member of Parliament George Galloway and US Vietnam War Veteran Ron Kovic intend to lead an American Convoy of 500 Trucks filled with Medical Aid to Gaza. This Viva Palestina Convoy will represent the largest grassroots medical relief effort for Gaza in U.S. history.

 

The Gaza Strip desperately needs medical aid. Over 1,400 people were killed in the recent Israeli assault and invasion, and thousands more lost limbs or were otherwise maimed by phosphorus bombs and other weapons. Even now, the blockade of even the most basic supplies continues and makes life in Gaza increasingly desperate. 

 

The vision of 500 trucks filled with medical supplies bought with donations from everyday people in America being delivered to people in Gaza is a powerful one.  It will speak volumes around the world.

 

Please Join us to Help Make this American Convoy a Reality!

Help Save Innocent Lives
Let Gaza Live!

 

Tickets for banquet

Tickets are $35.00 per person. To reserve yours, call 760-685-3243 or Email zdamuni@sbcglobal.net or tareqp@gmail.com

 

Donations

 

Your donation is tax exempt. Pastors for Peace is serving as fiscal sponsor for the Viva Palestina US Convoy to Gaza. Please make checks payable to Viva Palestina USA - IFCO.

 

Support this vital cause. Join us. And please give generously!

- Viva Palestina California - San Diego Division

http://www.vivapalestina-us.org/california/

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[SDCPJ] Support US-Gaza Aid Convoy!

Please see information below about the fundraising banquet for the Viva Palestina aid convoy to Gaza.  If you can't attend the banquet, you can send a donation to:    Viva Palestina

                                          P.O. Box 131352

                                          Carlsbad, CA 92013

or you can visit the website at www.vivapalestina.org.

 

Help Save Gaza: Viva Palestina Fundraising Banquet with George Galloway MP

Tuesday June 23, 2009 6:30 PM
Holiday Inn by the Bay

1355 North Harbor Drive

San Diego CA 92101

 

Help Take 500 Trucks of Medical Aid into Gaza

On July 4, 2009 British Member of Parliament George Galloway and US Vietnam War Veteran Ron Kovic intend to lead an American Convoy of 500 Trucks filled with Medical Aid to Gaza. This Viva Palestina Convoy will represent the largest grassroots medical relief effort for Gaza in U.S. history.

 

The Gaza Strip desperately needs medical aid. The strip is still reeling under a brutal blockade in the wake of its criminal bombardment at the beginning of the year. Over 1,400 people were killed in that Israeli assault and invasion, and thousands more lost limbs or were otherwise maimed by phosphorus bombs and other weapons.

 

Please Join us to Help Make this American Convoy a Reality!

Help Save Innocent Lives
Let Gaza Live!

 

Tickets for banquet

Tickets are $35.00 per person. To reserve yours, call 760-685-3243 or Email zdamuni@sbcglobal.net or tareqp@gmail.com

 

Donations

 

Your donation is tax exempt. Pastors for Peace is serving as fiscal sponsor for the Viva Palestina US Convoy to Gaza. Please make checks payable to Viva Palestina USA - IFCO.

 

Support this vital cause. Join us. And please give generously!

- Viva Palestina California - San Diego Division

http://www.vivapalestina-us.org/california/

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[SDCPJ] Viva Palestina USA: It's time to make a difference.

From: Marya

To: VivaPalestina-SOCAL ; vivapalestinasocalyouth@googlegroups.com

Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 1:08 AMDear Friend,

We were all moved to grief and anger when Israel launched its murderous bombardment against the people of Gaza during winter. Millions took to the streets in unprecedented protests around the globe. Each and every one of us has asked ourselves what more we can do to help stop the suffering. 

The inspirational anti-war and pro-Palestinian British MP, George Galloway, decided to organize a humanitarian convoy from Britain to Gaza, driving through France and Spain, and across North Africa. In five short weeks, he pulled together 107 vehicles 255 people and $2 million of aid. Some 23 days and 5,500 miles later it arrived in Gaza to tumultuous acclaim. 

Now, Galloway is heading a second convoy - this time from the USA. The Vietnam War veteran, Ron Kovic, whose experiences in the war led him to become a life-long advocate of a more just US foreign policy, has readily agreed to be co-leader of the convoy. The convoy's aim is to take hundreds of US citizens in 500 vehicles, bearing $10 million in medical aid from Cairo to Gaza. This is set to be the biggest single aid effort for Palestine ever to leave US shores.

 

VIVA PALESTINA NEEDS YOUR HELP!

 

1)      Circulate this email to everyone you know through email, Facebook, etc. Share the brilliant documentary detailing the UK Convoy: Viva Palestina US » Media/Resources. Add the donation link to your website, blog, or email: Donate to Viva Palestina Now!

2)      Donate towards the $10 million target! The funds will be used for medical aid. You can donate on our webpage Viva Palestina US or, to link directly to our donation page, click here: Donate to Viva Palestina Now!

 

You can also make a check payable to Viva Palestina – IFCO and send it to:

Viva Palestina USA
47 West Polk Street

Suite 100 - 403

Chicago, IL 60605-2085

 

3)      Join the convoy! To register, visit: Viva Palestina US » Join the Convoy. 

4)      Endorse and/or Sponsor the convoy! Details can be found on our webpage, but generally: sponsorship for national organizations is $1,000; state, $500; local chapters and individuals, $100, and endorsements require you/your organization's contact information and a written, publishable statement of endorsement.

5)      Contact your local and state media to tell them why you support the Viva Palestina USA convoy. If you need help communicating with the media or if you have media contacts who would like to speak with a convoy leader, contact us at: usmedia@vivapalestina.org.

6)      Send us stories, pictures and videos of your efforts to support Viva Palestina USA. We've heard amazing stories of creative fundraising efforts and events from around the country and we encourage your unique participation in the movement for justice for Palestine!

Together, we WILL break the siege, we WILL deliver much-needed aid to the people of Gaza, and we WILL help free Palestine! VIVA PALESTINA!

In solidarity,

Viva Palestina USA

www.vivapalestina-us.org
usinformation@vivapalestina.org
773.226.2742

[SDCPJ] Open Forum: "What's Next for the Marriage Equality Movement?" with Robyn Tyler

Please post widely:

Tuesday, June23, 7pm-- The San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality will be holding an open forum at the LGBT Center in Hillcrest (3909 Centre Street).  After the devastating decision of the California Supreme Court to up hold Proposition 8 the LGBT community must come together to discuss the next steps in the struggle for equality. This forum will be held from an activist perspective and we will be discussing some of the major issues facing the community right now such as the proposed ballot initiative; 2010 or 2012 and the LGBT relationship with labor. Robin Tyler will be the keynote speaker on the panel along with Zakiya Khabir of S.A.M.E and Chuck Stemke of the International Socialist Organization. There will be time for discussion between the presenters and the attendees and all are encouraged to voice thier opinions, concerns and hopes for the direction of the movement. For more information please visitwww.samealliance.com

[SDCPJ] Meeting June 12 to plan budget cut rally

Join other San Diego progressives in opposing Schwartzenegger's attempt to slash the California safety net.  There is a planning meeting

 

Friday June 12th at noon

SEIU office

4004 Kearny Mesa Rd,

San Diego, 92111.

 

This meeting is to plan for a

 

Rally and Sit-in  

Tuesday June 30th at Noon

California State Bld

1350 Front St.

Downtown San Diego

 

For more information, please see the attached flyer.

 

 

 

Thanks,

Gregg 

gregg.robinson@gcccd.net

[SDCPJ] Tell Congress we need an Afghanistan exit strategy

Congress is spending our tax dollars in Afghanistan. We deserve a plan for how we will get out. Click here to tell your representative to support Rep. McGovern's Afghanistan exit strategy bill. Dear Carol,   In President Obama’s historic speech in Cairo last week, he laid the groundwork for significantly changing the US’s interactions with the Muslim world, shifting to a relationship based on mutual respect and cooperation. He also clearly stated, “Make no mistake: we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan.” But when exactly will our troops come home? He said, “We would gladly bring every single one of our troops home if we could be confident that there were not violent extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan determined to kill as many Americans as they possibly can.” This is hardly a specific benchmark for ending the war. Paired with a recent statement from the Army Chief of Staff that we'll have boots on the ground for "a decade in Iraq and Afghanistan,”[1] it sounds like a commitment to open-ended occupation. What we need is an exit strategy. Urge your representative to cosponsor Rep. McGovern's Afghanistan exit strategy bill. The House and the Senate each voted to pass more than $90 billion in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the bulk of the money going to military operations. Many members of Congress have been reluctant to take a strong stand against the occupation, with only 60 representatives and 3 senators voting against the funding. But because of your grassroots efforts, we now have 84 representatives cosponsoring Rep. McGovern’s bill requiring an exit strategy by the end of the year. Can we get to 100? 150? Click here to write your representative to support a clear exit strategy for Afghanistan. President Obama’s praiseworthy speech included some admirable points about nonmilitary aid and his desire to see US troops come home. We need to see that rhetoric matched with clear action. Congress will soon start examining President Obama’s military budget for Fiscal Year 2010. This is an important opportunity to raise concerns about the occupation of Afghanistan and push for a better policy. The ratcheting up support for McGovern’s bill, we put pressure on the congressional leadership to allow a vote. And this could open the way for other challenges to the war in Afghanistan. Take action today to make that happen. Because thousands of you have been consistently raising your voices, we are starting to see cracks in Congress’ support for the war in Afghanistan. With increasing Afghan, Pakistani, and US casualties, and a growing humanitarian crisis, we must remain vigilant in our work to pressure our government for a more humane, effective and pragmatic solution. Thank you for taking action.   [1] "Army getting ready for another 10 years in Iraq," http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/05/27/army-getting-ready-for-another-10-years-in-iraq/ This message was sent to you by: Peace Action West 2201 Broadway, Ste 321 Oakland, CA 94612 800.949.9020

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[SDCPJ] Wed. rally against HIV/AIDS CUTS

[SDCPJ] SDCPJ meets Monday, June 8, 7 p.m.

The San Diego Coaliiton for Peace and Justice will hold a general
meeting on Monday, June 8, 7 p.m. at the First Church of the Brethren,
3850 Westgate Place, SD 92105. All are welcome

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[SDCPJ] ACTIVIST FILM Tues. June 9th @ 7pm: "The Take" - Documentary: Hope exists when worker take control of a closed factory.

Activist San Diego Film Series Presents:

 

 

The Take

Tuesday, June 9th, 7:00pm

8Teen Art & Cultural Center

3925 Ohio St., North Park

 

Film Description:

In the wake of Argentina's dramatic economic collapse in 2001, Latin America's most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in shopfloor democracy, Argentine workers face off against the bosses, bankers and a whole system that sees their beloved factories as nothing more than scrap metal for sale. All they want is to restart the silent machines, but this simple act The Take has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head.

 

 

 

 

This film documents a great case study in the power of working people’s ability to come together in the face of an economic crisis in order to change their lives and their communities for the better. This is definitely a timely film for our current economic situation. The Take gives an in depth example of the kind of worker run business that ASD Film Series’ last film, Capitalism Hits the Fan, left off suggesting as a possible way forward in this current economic crisis of Capitalism.

 

For more information Contact:

1activistsandiego@gmail.com

(714) 595-6912

www.ActivistSanDiego.org

 

[SDCPJ] Rally to oppose health care cuts for One Million children 6/1009 Noon

Come Rally With

The San Diego Organizing Project

To Oppose the Governor's Cuts to Healthcare Insurance for One Million Children

WHEN:    Wednesday, June 10th

TIME:      Noon

WHERE:  State of California Building 1350 Front Street

For More Information, see attached document.

 

[SDCPJ] Final Reminder: UN HUman Rights Council Special Rpaporteur in SD Friday!

Reception at 6, lecture at 7:30...Four Points Sheraton on Aero Drive.

[SDCPJ] Vigil to Remember and Honor Dr. George Tiller, June 4, 7:30 p.m.

Coalition for Reproductive Choice


A Vigil to Remember and Honor Dr. George Tiller

Thursday, June 4, 7:30PM

First Unitarian Universalist Church

4190 Front St., San Diego

Please bring a lighter to help light candles

Dr. Tiller provided abortion care to women in Kansas, and his clinic is one of the few in the country that provide late-term abortions. Because of his commitment to women's health, Dr. Tiller suffered constant threats, serious injuries, malicious protesters, vandalism to his clinic, and relentless political and legal attacks. Through it all, he was a tireless advocate for his patients and for women's rights. He was shot and killed at his church Sunday morning.

Our hearts go out to Dr. Tiller's family. We want everyone who provides reproductive health care to know that they have our support in the aftermath of this heartbreaking tragedy. Health care providers, and the women who receive their services, should never be the targets of violence. We hope you will be able to join us this evening. If you have any questions, please contact Amy Denhart at (619) 881-4595 or adenhart@planned.org