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On the struggle for peace, equality and social justice:
"There
is so much to do, I wish I could more, but I’ve
run out of energy.
I hope you will help keep my dreams alive… AND
DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP.
--
Susan West Friedman 1950 - October 31, 2009
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| In
Loving Memory of
Activist San Diego Board of Director Secretary
Susan West Friedman ~ Presente !
1950
- October 31st, 2009
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The
San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice has a new
flyer about Afghanistan that we encourage you to download
and pass out!
No
More War on Afghanistan – Troops Out Now Healthcare,
Jobs and Education – No to War and Occupation!
download
flyer
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| WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4, 6PM: Light up the Night Event for Marriage
Equality. 'Light Up The Night' March And Rally. WHO:
All San Diego same-sex marriage & equality supporters.
WHAT: Rally at County Administration Building, Candlelight
March to Manchester Grand Hyatt, Protest at Manchester
Grand Hyatt, Screening of MILK. WHY: Proposition 8’s
1 Year Anniversary ; Results of Maine & Washington
voting ; Unify as one and show our support for equality!
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WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4, 6PM: Light up the Night Event for Marriage
Equality. 'Light Up The Night' March And Rally. WHO:
All San Diego same-sex marriage & equality supporters.
WHAT: Rally at County Administration Building, Candlelight
March to Manchester Grand Hyatt, Protest at Manchester
Grand Hyatt, Screening of MILK. WHY: Proposition 8’s
1 Year Anniversary ; Results of Maine & Washington
voting ; Unify as one and show our support for equality!
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 5, 7:30PM: University of San Diego Lawrence
Family Jewish Community Center & Jacobs Family Campus
& The 15th Annual Jewish Book Fair. Presents: Author,
Ambassador Martin Indyk. Where: The Lawrence Family
Jewish Community Center Jacobs Family Campus, 4126 Executive
Drive, La Jolla. two-time U. S. Ambassador to Israel
and Clinton administration advisor Martin Indyk takes
us inside the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Arab
palaces and Israeli offices, and demonstrates how Americans
fail to grasp Middle Eastern leaders’ thought
processes. Ambassador Indyk attributes the failure of
previous peace efforts to a combination of Palestinian
dysfunction, violence and terror, Israeli politics,
Arab resistance to change, and American naiveté
and idealism. Please reserve your tickets. A book signing
will follow. More
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FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 6, 5:30PM: Protest Sheriff Joe Arpaio in San
Diego! Union del Barrio-Base Emiliano Zapata calls on
all progressive people in San Diego to activelly denounce
the presence of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The racist attacks
againts Raza committed by Joe Arpaio in the Maricopa
County of Arizona will not be tolarated in San Diego!
Where: Marina Village 1936 Quivira Way, San Diego. More
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SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 8, 11:30 AM: What do you really know about
war? Multi-Purpose Rm - Student Services Center at UCSD.
Hear from the people who have been there: Iraq Afghanistan
GI Resistance Women in the Military Homeless Veterans
Military Families. Keynote Address by Rep. Bob Filner,
Chairman of Veterans Affairs with highlights from Arlington
West & Cross My Heart, by Peter Dudar & Sally
Marr Music by Kevin "Mac Mac" McCoy. Program
followed by a sunset vigil to honor those who have died
in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. More
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MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 9, NOON: Silent Vigil at Friendship Park. 20th
Anniversary of The Fall of the Berlin Wall. Where: 1601
Monument Rd. (At the entrance of the park, Near the
dirt parking lot). On the 20th Anniversary of the Fall
of the Berlin Wall, I am planning to walk down to the
beach at Border Field Park and then as close to the
wall as allowed. The walk will be in silence and then
once we arrive at the wall, we can sit in silence to
celebrate the Fall of the Berlin Wall and to hope for
the end of all Border Walls. More
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ONGOING EVENTS
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EVERY
TUESDAY 4-6PM: Join me in front of Susan Davis's office
holding a sign for singlepayer. 4305 University Avenue
Suite 515 San Diego. More
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LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH: San Diego Critical Mass
Bike Ride, meet at the big fountain in Balboa Park.
More
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EVERY
SATURDAY 10:30AM-NOON: WeeklySinglePayerRally: Fun In
THe Sun For Single Payer. . More
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EVERY
SATURDAY 11AM-12:30PM: Ongoing Puppy Mill Protest. San
Diego Stop Puppy Mills Group. P e t W o r k s P e t
S t o r e Grossmont Center 5500 Grossmont Center Dr.,
La Mesa. More
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EVERY
SUNDAY 2PM: Free Vegan Food at the North Park Community
Park with San Diego Food Not Bombs. More
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“ENOUGH”
PEACE AND IMPEACHMENT VIGILS ~ EVERY WEEK UNTIL THE
IRAQ WAR ENDS. More
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 12, 7PM: High Speed Rail in San Diego: Project
Overview Presentation. Rose Creek Watershed Alliance
Meeting at Standley Recreation Center in University
City. (3585 Governor Drive, San Diego). A representative
from the California High Speed Rail project will present
a project overview. Then we will be working on comments
and ideas on how to create a positive high speed rail
project for San Diego that meets the needs of our community
and protects our natural resources. Free Event. More
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FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 13, 7:30PM: Matters of Controversy Peace &
Democracy Action Group Of the First Unitarian Universalist
Church Presents: The New GI Resistance. With Special
Guest: Dahr Jamail, Independent Journalist & Author.
Where: First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego
4190 Front Street, Hillcrest, San Diego. Hear the Voices
of Our GI's! Presented By; Dahr Jamail. Join us for
a heavy but hopeful presentation about the growing number
of GIs who have laid down their weapons and turned their
experiences into powerful testimony for non-violent
alternatives to war. Donation requested. More
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SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 22, 5:30PM: Peace Center Souper Supper. Please
join us for the Peace Resource Center's Annual Souper
Supper Celebrating our 29th Anniversary. 3850 Westgate
Place, San Diego. Program: "Hate and Hope at the
US-Mexican Border, An Open Wound We Must Heal,"
with guest speaker Christian Ramirez, national coordinator
for Project Voice, a nationwide immigrant rights initiative
of the American Friends Service Committee and a columnist
for Diario San Diego and Agencia Fronteriza de Noticias.
Music Guests: "Bread and Jam," a group of
for singer-songwriters who play an eclectic mis of acoustic
Americana and folk. More
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SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 12, 10AM: Annual Peace on Earth Holiday Bazaar.
Support local peace, social justice and environmental
organizations and avoid the commercialization of the
holidays by purchasing alternative gifts… Location:
Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 4011 Ohio Street (corner
of Ohio and Lincoln in North Park). Gift items will
include t-shirts, holiday cards, calendars, buttons,
peace jewelry, books, imported goods, free trade coffee
and tea, ornaments, soap products, lotions and more!
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MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 2, 6:30PM: The Red CalacArts Collective presents
and Back from Tomboctou hosts WORD and SONG for the
DEAD The Redz 7th annual Dia de los Muertos Commemoration.
FREE @ Back from Tomboctou 3564 Adams Ave (Normal Heights),
San Diego. Featuring word and song honoring the dead
by Ken10, Jim Moreno, Sara R. Eslava, Jim Ruland, Michael
Cheno Wickert, Esteban Cardoso, Pablo Garduño,
Irene Castruita, Francisco Bustos, Maria Figueroa, Carlos
Benitez, Teresa E. Caballero, Poezia, Manuel J. Velez,
David Tomas Martinez and others. And Linda Muñoz
as La Muerte. This event will be outdoors. Bring warm
clothes. In the case of rain the event will be cancelled.
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WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4, 6:30PM: Hispanic Heritage Month book discussion:
The Hammon and the Beans and Other Stories. Hispanic
Heritage Month book discussion series continues at the
SD Public Library. Professor Virginia Escalante, an
English professor at San Diego City College, will lead
the discussion of The Hammon and the Beans in the Wangenheim
Room of the Central Library, located at 820 E Street
in downtown San Diego. More
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WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4, 6:30PM: Free screening of "JONESTOWN:
The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" at the SD
Public Library. Where: 3rd floor auditorium of the Central
Library, located at 820 E Street in downtown San Diego.
This event is FREE to the public. The Jonestown tragedy,
which happened in November 1978, ranks among the largest
mass suicides in history as well the greatest single
loss of American civilian life in a non-natural disaster
until the events of September 11, 2001. More
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SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 8, 2PM: Free Screening of POV's The Way We
Get By at the SD Public Library. The San Diego Public
Library, in partnership with Media Arts Center San Diego
and PBS’ Point-of-View (POV) Series, will host
a preview film screening of Vanessa Gould’s The
Way We Get By in the 3rd floor auditorium of the Central
Library, located at 820 E Street in downtown San Diego.
This free event is open to the public. More
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ONGOING EVENTS
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| Announcements
/ Workshops
NOVEMBER
18TH -20TH, 2009: The Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
& Distinguished Lecture Series Presents a Conference:
Greening Borders: Cooperation, Security and Diplomacy.
Where: University of San Diego Peace & Justice Theatre
5998 Alcala Park San Diego. A binational working conference,
to enhance cooperation and effective communication among
policymakers, scientists, community organizations, tribal
communities, and conflict resolution experts designed
to advance integrated water resource management of the
Tijuana River Watershed. Also, Featured at the Conference:
“From the Boardroom to the Border: Negotiating
for Sustainable Agreements” Author; William Ury,
Ph. D., will be the keynote speaker. More
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ONGOING EVENTS
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FIRST SATURDAY of Each Month, 10AM: Technology Training
for Activists. Where: 8Teen Cultural Center 3925 Ohio
Street, San Diego. More
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SUNDAYS,
5PM and 6PM: Progress In San Diego TV Show: COX 18/23.
See the web-simulcast at www.helloworld.com/videoconsultant
Click on the live icon
SDCPJ
HIGH SCHOOL LEAFLETING PROJECT. The SD Coalition for
peace and justice high school leafleting project is
still looking for volunteers. More
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Peace
Flags. Excellent for display or for Peace Rallies. Call
858.459.4650 or email TanjaWinter@ActivistSanDiego.org
90.7
KPFK PACIFICA RADIO IS BACK ON THE AIR IN SAN DIEGO.....!!!!!!
More
Info
Your
Network tv ~ yournetwork.tv
The
Guerrero Azteca Project ~ www.guerreroazteca.org
The
GI Rights Hotline ~ www.girightshotline.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
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