| Last
Updated 11PM, March 8, 2009
CLICK
HERE TO GO TO THE ARCHIVE OF OLD ACTIVIST UPDATES
|
| Activist
San Diego contacts: Martin (619-226-1116), Tanja (858-459-4650),
Activist Update: ASDUpdate@activistsandiego.org
YOU
DON'T GET THE ACTIVIST UPDATE DIRECTLY?
Sign-up here: ASD_signup.html.
Note: This is NOT a listserve ~ We promise only one
or two emails a week.
WANT
TO ADD TO THE ACTIVIST UPDATE? Email ASDUpdate@activistsandiego.org
Please submit your event listings at least 1 week prior
to the event.
Activist
San Diego Monthly Meeting Third
Monday each month, 7pm
- Joyce Beers Community Center, 1090 Vermont, one 1/2
blocks north of University, just east of Trader Joe's
in the Hillcrest Shopping Center. Call ASD early on
at 619-528-8383 or cell 619-871-9354 if no answer. Everyone
welcome Please join us |
| THE
WAR IS NOT OVER, MOBILIZE NOW!
John
Lennon had a wonderful anti-war campaign declared, “War
is Over”.
Most
Americans probably think that Obama’s pronouncements
that we are withdrawing from Iraq will mean that the
war is going to be over soon. Pleaeeze! War is leaving
50,000 troops in Iraq on huge military bases with tens
of thousands of military contractors to keep the oil
flowing under US auspices. What happens when the private
and religious armies stop receiving payments from the
US military? Occupation will always be a form of war
no matter what the level of hostilities.
While
troops may be shipped out of Iraq many will be deployed
into Afghanistan to maintain the occupation and increase
conflict. Afghanistan promises to drag the Obama administration
into the quicksand of regional warfare. Meanwhile the
generations-old occupation of Palestine and Gaza with
US tax monies. These 3 occupations fester as a raw wounds
in the Middle East.
It
is time for us to ramp up our activism and be increasingly
visible pushing Obama and our nation away from empire
and towards building a new people’s economy.
Next
Monday is ASD’s General Meeting. It will focus
on several aspects of war resistance including the defense
of Robin Long and keeping Blackwater on the defensive.
More
And
critical to the local peace movement, all-out support
for the Peace Mobilization on Sat. March 21st. All of
us must lend our hands, hearts and mind to make sure
that this march and rally will expresses our outrage
at the ongoing travesty. More
~~~~~
DONATED
CARS HELP MOVE ACTIVISM FORWARD! Please donate
your car and other items. As a bonus you get progressive
satisfaction and a healthy tax deduction! Call us at
619-528-8383
| For
all of the above we will need your help and financial
support. If you would like to make a donation, please
click on the button to the right. |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Or,
we can also accept donations mailed to:
Activist San Diego
4246 Wightman St
San Diego, CA 92105-2618 |
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| |
| Seven
newly released memos from the Bush Justice Department
reveal a concerted strategy to cloak the president with
power to override the Constitution. The memos provide
'legal' rationales for the president to suspend freedom
of speech and press; order warrantless searches and
seizures, including wiretaps of US citizens; lock up
US citizens indefinitely in the United States without
criminal charges; send suspected terrorists to other
countries where they will likely be tortured; and unilaterally
abrogate treaties.
--
Memos Provide
Blueprint for Police State , Marjorie Cohn
~~~~~
I
think essentially that the Leahy commission is an excuse
for non-prosecution. It’s essentially saying,
“Let’s put some stuff on the public record.
Let’s immunize people. And then,” as he
even said, “let’s turn the page and go forward.”
That’s really an excuse for non-prosecution.
--
Michael Ratner, human right attorney and president of
the Center for Constitutional Rights and author of the
book The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld on Democracy
Now! March 05, 2009
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| |
| MONDAY,
MARCH 16, 7PM: ASD Monthly Meeting: Resisting the War
- Stepping up the Pressure Focus will be on War resistance
by members of the US Military (a speaker on Robin Long's
situation), Blackwater - an update on Southwest College
and their relocations in San Diego and building-up to
March 21 rally/demonstration. Activist San Diego Monthly
Meetings are now the THIRD Monday each month. Joyce
Beers Community Center, 1090 Vermont, one 1/2 blocks
north of University, (just east of Trader Joe's in the
Hillcrest Shopping Center). Everyone welcome Please
join us. More
info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
MARCH 21, 1PM: End the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan!
Meet at 5th and University (Hillcrest) at 1pm and march
to the War Memorial (Park and Upas) for a 2:30 rally.
Similar demonstrations are planned on that day in Washington
DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities throughout
the US. The bankers get their billions, the war machine
continues to spend $1 trillion a year, and the wars
in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine continue. Bush may
be gone, but we still need a popular movement to win
the change that we need. We need your support and your
endorsement. More
Info
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| |
| WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 11, 2009: Free Resources Engage Youth/Students
on Chavez Day 2009. Attention teachers and community
Organizations join us for a FREE training: Chavez Day
2009, Si se Puede! Yes We Can! Participants will receive
FREE educational materials and videos; FREE Resources
to teach about Cesar E. Chavez, and FREE tools to create
standards-based service-learning projects. More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
MARCH 14, 7:30AM: San Diego County Commission on the
Status of Women presents the 2009 Forum on the Status
of Women and Girls in San Diego County, Joan B. Kroc
Institute for Peace & Justice, University of San
Diego. More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
MARCH 14, 12PM: Ghana Independence Day - Free Event!
Where: WorldBeat Center 2100 Park Blvd. San Diego. What:
52nd Independence Day Anniversary of Ghana. Guest Speaker:
Dr. Dora Akuette Saforo, MD. After years of suffering
under British colonial rule, Ghana known as the Gold
Coast became the first African State to achieve independence
in 1957. Come and enjoy best Ghanaian Music and Dishes!
More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
MARCH 14, 12PM: MID CITY I Love To Bike St. Patrick’s
Day BIKE RIDE. 1130am Meet at City Heights Farmers’
Market (Wightman & 43rd) Short, Comfortable Ride.
We are having our second installment of the monthly
bike ride, this one focusing on Azalea Park. We'll be
meeting at 11:30 and leaving on the ride at 12:00 noon.
Please pass on the information and wear green! It's
gonna be a St. Patrick's day theme.... On Wightman St.
between Fairmount and 43rd St. San Diego. More
Info
~~~~~
MONDAY,
MARCH 16, 7PM: ASD Monthly Meeting: Resisting the War
- Stepping up the Pressure Focus will be on War resistance
by members of the US Military (a speaker on Robin Long's
situation), Blackwater - an update on Southwest College
and their relocations in San Diego and building-up to
March 21 rally/demonstration. Activist San Diego Monthly
Meetings are now the THIRD Monday each month. Joyce
Beers Community Center, 1090 Vermont, one 1/2 blocks
north of University, (just east of Trader Joe's in the
Hillcrest Shopping Center). Everyone welcome Please
join us. More
info
***************
ONGOING EVENTS
***************
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS FOR MARCH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
CELEBRATIONS: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace &
Justice, University of San Diego. More
Info
~~~~~
LAST
FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH: San Diego Critical Mass Bike
Ride. 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. More
Info
~~~~~
“ENOUGH”
PEACE AND IMPEACHMENT VIGILS ~ EVERY WEEK UNTIL THE
IRAQ WAR ENDS. More
Info
EVERY
SUNDAY 3PM: Free Vegan Food at the
North Park Community Park with San Diego Food Not Bombs.
The North Park Community Park is located at the intersection
of Oregon and Polk in North Park. More
Info
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
TUESDAY,
March 17, 2PM and 7PM: CPUC Public Hearings on Power
Lines & Wildfires. Al Bahr Shriners Center 5440
Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego. The CPUC NEEDS to hear
that deferred spending on power-line maintenance (including
vegetation trimming) is NO LONGER acceptable AND that
we don't need additonal power-line hazards in wildfire
country when we can generate clean, renewable energy
on SoCal rooftops and low-profile wind turbines. The
CPUC is conducting an Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR)
to potentially change CPUC rule(s) regarding power lines
and wildfires. More
Info
~~~~~
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 18, 7:30AM: The Fifth Annual International Women’s
Day Breakfast. Celebrates Powerful Voices in Peacebuilding
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice University
of San Diego. Room A*. Celebrate international voices
in peacebuilding and report on the 53rd annual session
of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the
United Nations in New York. More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
MARCH 21, 1PM: End the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan!
Meet at 5th and University (Hillcrest) at 1pm and march
to the War Memorial (Park and Upas) for a 2:30 rally.
Similar demonstrations are planned on that day in Washington
DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities throughout
the US. The bankers get their billions, the war machine
continues to spend $1 trillion a year, and the wars
in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine continue. Bush may
be gone, but we still need a popular movement to win
the change that we need. We need your support and your
endorsement. More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
MARCH 21, 3PM: Dr. Gail Dimitroff discusses memoir writing
and her memoir, Mande!, for the Authors’ Series,
Women’s History Museum, 2323 Broadway, #107, Golden
Hill. Free. More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
MARCH 21, 6:30PM: Celebrating World Water Day w/ FLOW
the Movie. WorldBeat Center 2100 Park Blvd. San Diego.
What: World Water Day Celebration. Feat: "FLOW"
The Movie. World Water Day will focus on water, gender
and poverty alleviation. Water and sanitation are critical
factors to alleviate poverty and hunger, for sustainable
development, for environmental integrity, and for human
health. More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
MARCH 28, 2009: Cesar Chavez Parade & Community
Celebration. Parade: 10:00am-12:00pm. Community Celebration:
12:00pm-4:00pm. The Cesar E. Chavez Commemoration Committee
presents the Cesar E. Chavez Memorial March/Parade &
Community Celebration and invites organizations and
community groups, to sign up to participate. More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
APRIL 11, 11AM: 51st Annual Ebony Fashion Fair. The
Ebony Fashion Fair, the world's largest traveling fashion
show, returns to San Diego to showcase the latest runway
designs and raise funds for the Elementary Institute
of Science (EIS), San Diego’s premier science
enrichment center for children. This year's show will
be held at the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center. The social
hour begins at 11 AM, and is followed by a sit-down
luncheon. Ramp seats, which are located right next to
the runway and include VIP parking with escorts, are
$125. General admission tickets are $75. More
Info
~~~~~
SUNDAY,
APRIL 19, 11AM: ACLU'S Action Summit: Reclaiming Our
Voices. Keynote Speaker: Rep. John Lewis from Atlanta!
Please register today for the ACLU's biannual membership
mobilization. We gather our members, friends, and allies
in the community for a mobilization conference to restore
our constitution and fight for equal rights for all
people. We are especially pleased to announce that Rep.
John Lewis, a civil rights icon, gifted orator, and
principled member of Congress representing Atlanta will
deliver the keynote address to fire up our audience!
More
Info
~~~~~
MONDAY,
APRIL 20, 2009: National Day of Action for Colombia.
Colombia has just surpassed Sudan as having the worst
internal displacement crisis in the world. Over 4 million
Colombians have been violently forced from their homes.
While the war responsible for this crisis has raged
for decades, the pace of displacement has intensified
in recent years. Last year, 1500 Colombians fled their
homes every day. You can be a part of "Change Colombia
Can Believe In". More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
APRIL 25, 12PM: San Diego County Library. Vegetarian
Day @ Your Library. Come watch movies, learn about being
a vegetarian, sample foods, raw and vegetarian cooking
demos, speakers, crafts and much, much, more! Free @
your library. Limited Supply of food, please arrive
early. Spring Valley Library 836 Kempton Street. More
Info
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
TUESDAY,
MARCH 10, 7PM: Free screening of Bill Maher's 'RELIGULOUS.'
At Lestat's West, 3339 Adams Ave. (about 5 blocks east
of 30th and Adams (next to Lestat's Coffeehouse)). More
Info
~~~~~
MARCH
12 - 22, 2009: 16th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival:
Latino Stars Light Up The Screen at UltraStar Mission
Valley Cinemas at Hazard Center (7510 Hazard Center
Dr. San Diego, CA 92108). Close to 20,000 festival goers
will have the opportunity to attend over 150 screenings,
meet approximately 100 actors and filmmakers and attend
workshops, live music events, parties and other exciting
events. More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
MARCH 14, 8PM: Conscious Revolution concert. Where:
WorldBeat Cultural Center 2100 Park Blvd. Balboa Park.
San Diego's World Beat Center and Sarva Dharma Productions
will showcase top headlining World/Reggae/Pop/R&B/Spoken
Word artist from the west coast Conscious Revolution
music collective. Featured will be Los Angeles based
groups "Cipe's & the People" with special
guests "Luminaries". In addition, vegetarian
/ raw food visionary speakers, Drum & Dance Ensemble
and top west coast visionary artist Lindsay Swan of
Laguna Beach and Davin from San Francisco will be presenting
a multi media art display. Raw vegan cuisine from "World
Famous Prophets Restaurant." More
Info
~~~~~
SUNDAY,
MARCH 15, 4PM: Page to Stage. City Heights Performance
Annex 3795 Fairmount Ave San Diego. New York's Aquila
Theatre in partnership with the San Diego Public Library,
performs The Iliad, Homer's epic story of Achilles and
the Trojan War, with a post-performance discussion exploring
the themes of the Page and Stage program. Acting Master-Class
2:30PM. Teaching artists from Aquila will conduct an
acting Shakespeare master class exploring how a classical
performance text develops from the page to the stage
(Refreshments will be served). All programs are free,
unless otherwise noted. For outdoor programs, lawn chairs
and/or blankets are recommended. More
Info
~~~~~
FRIDAY,
MARCH 20, 8:30PM: ANTHONY B live in concert! WorldBeat
Center 2100 Park Blvd. San Diego. What: Reggae Superstar
ANTHONY B Live in Concert! More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
MARCH 28, 11AM: San Diego IndieFest (SDIF)V ~ The Culture
of Possibility In San Diego's North Park. 7 Stages on
& off University Ave., between Kansas and 30th Streets.
$23 General, $20 Students, Seniors and Military w/ Valid
IDs, Kids 8 and under FREE. Wildly diverse & exciting
independent music, film, art, business and ideas all
day long. Rock, Hip Hop, Folk, World, Country, Funk,
Punk, Jazz, Latin, Spoken Word... Film, Photography,
Dance, Painting Poetry and more. More
Info
~~~~~
THURSDAY,
APRIL 2, 6PM: REGGAE SCHOOL w/ Clive Chin. Where: WorldBeat
Center 2100 Park Blvd. San Diego. What: Teach the Youth:
A Vintage Reggae Presentation by Clive Chin. This unique
event presents legendary reggae producer Clive Chin
selecting vinyl hits from Randy's studio with an accompanying
Power Point multi-media demonstration. More
Info
***************
ONGOING EVENTS
***************
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Announcements
/ Workshops
MARCH
15, 2009: Z-Day; The Zeitgeist Movement. www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
to get more info. What we're trying to do is spread
the word and have several presentations around the world
on 3/15/09. In January 2009 the website will have their
movies available for download along with a digital presentation.
The digital presentation is to be used to present the
idea of the zeitgeist movement to others. More
Info
~~~~~
SUNDAY,
MARCH 15, 6:30PM: Life Force With Raw Living Foods.
WorldBeat Center 2100 Park Blvd. San Diego. Lecture
by Dr. Brian Clement of the Hippocrates Health Institute.
Free Admission. Escaping fad diets and food myths. Healing
starts with our beliefs. Nature's gift to our health.
How our food becomes medicine. A pure food strategy
for longevity. Create your own health support system.
More
Info
~~~~~
SUNDAY,
MARCH 22, 1:30PM: Electing Women Seminar presented by
Run Women Run & VOX Voices for Planned Parenthood,
UCSD Chapter. Learn the ins and outs of running for
public office from Hon. Dede Alpert, Hon. Midge Costanza,
Hon. Crystal Crawford, Hon. Mary Salas, and Hon. Lynn
Schenk; moderated by Barbara Bry. Institute of the Americas
Complex, Hojel Auditorium, UCSD. More
Info
~~~~~
SUNDAY,
MARCH 22, 6:30PM: ReBuild Green - Freeing Ourselves
from the Traps of Terror & Dept. Lecture. Where:
WorldBeat Center 2100 Park Blvd. San Diego. Join a likewise
global movement of concerned citizens who are waking
up to realities. Learn about solutions that can help
us to combat the 'economic meltdown', gain control of
resources, and survive and even prosper, as we reclaim
our creative purpose. Learn about alternatives that
are already thriving in greater San Diego and elsewhere--Community
Gardens, Farmers' Markets, Renewable Energy, Complimentary
Currencies, and more… with Two Guest Speakers
Don Paul and Ellen Brown. More
Info
~~~~~
APRIL
17TH - APRIL 27TH: Qi Gong 2 week Workshops, Lectures
& Healing. Where: WorldBeat Center - San Diego and
Tijuana - Ensenada. Mexico. Tian Gong is a profound
method of Qi Gong energy work, which goes beyond gentle
exercises for health and well-being. Our goal is to
help you integrate your body, mind & soul through
meditation, gentle movement, sound healing, Taoist alchemy
& spiritual wisdom from both the Eastern & Western
cultures. More
Info
~~~~~
POTS
AND PANS FOR PEACE! .... and pens, pencils, paper, hats,
gloves, etc. too! Since most people's first reaction
will likely be, "HUH?!"---- let me follow
up quickly with "Citizen Diplomacy: Reaching out
to the needy people in Afghanistan!" We have an
opportunity to let the people of Afghanistan know that
the people of the United States care about them, by
filling "flat rate" boxes of donations to
be shipped to Afghanistan! Help put a smile on the face
of a child half a world away! To participate, please
bring your donations to: San Diego First Church of the
Brethren 3850 Westgate Place San Diego. More
Info
~~~~~
Get
FREE copy of "A Question of Power", A documentary
about the resistance in San Diego against this powerline.
Video
Link provided here: Also attached are action items
for folks to talk once they have seen the documentary.
We have complimentary copies of the documentary that
can be requested by emailing: thecoane5 <thecoane5@cox.net
There is no charge for the DVD or the mailing. More
Info
***************
ONGOING EVENTS
***************
SDCPJ
HIGH SCHOOL LEAFLETING PROJECT. The SD Coalition for
peace and justice high school leafleting project is
still looking for volunteers. Please reply to this e-mailsjagitator@ucsd.edu
if you can join us with this special outreach to Latino
students as they are heavily targeted by military recruiters.
Help deny the military what they need most - young men
and women to send to war or call me at 619-237-8870.
More
Info
***************
MISCELLANEOUS
***************
90.7
KPFK PACIFICA RADIO IS BACK ON THE AIR IN SAN DIEGO.....!!!!!!
KPFK is back and it is the only information and cultural
programming of it's kind in San Diego. People should
listen, tell others and work to keep it here in San
Diego and South Orange County. More
Info
~~~~~
Peace
Flags. Excellent for display or for Peace Rallies. Call
858.459.4650 or email TanjaWinter@ActivistSanDiego.org
~~~~~
The
Guerrero Azteca Project ~ www.guerreroazteca.org
~~~~~
The
GI Rights Hotline ~ girights.objector.org
~~~~~
LA
VOZ Community Events Newsletter over the last 12 years
has worked towards keeping the San Diego non-profit,
Latino, and community at large connected ~ LA
VOZ Community Events Newsletter
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
|
|
