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Join us Monday, April 15, 2024, 6PM-9PM at the Joyce Beers Community Center in Hillcrest for Activist San Diego’s birthday party potluck! If you can, bring a dish, dessert or drink to share, and invite your friends! Bring a poem or a game if you have one you’d like to share. It will be aContinue reading “ASD’s 25th Birthday Celebration!”

Activist San Diego’s March 2024 CommUnity Summit featured several local organizations working towards a Ceasefire and safety, security, and liberation for Palestinian lives. Code Pink’s Jodie Evans joins us with a report from Washington DC and a powerful message for organizers.

Special Guests Cheryl Canson and Gina Burns of #MomsAgainstTorture and Treat M.I. Don’t Mistreat M.I. join us to discuss mental health in San Diego, how things have evolved over the decades, and the advocacy being done to improve conditions and treatment for individuals struggling with mental health challenges.

All are invited to join us for Activist San Diego & KNSJ Radio’s Annual Holiday Celebration recognizing all of the traditions embraced by our community. In person, doors will open at 5:45pm at the Joyce Beers Community Center (3900 Vermont St. SD, CA 92103) and we invite you to bring a potluck dish or aContinue reading “ASD & KNSJ Holiday Celebration Potluck”

Special guests from Power San Diego, the ballot measure campaign aiming to replace SDG&E with a non-profit, public-owned utility, will join us to explain the referendum and share next steps for its success. Doors open for in-person attendees at the Joyce Beers Center in Hillcrest at 5:30pm, and we begin with an hour of networkingContinue reading “In Pursuit of Public Power: ASD’s Nov 20th CommUnity Summit”

ORGANIZERS DEFENDING THE ATLANTA FOREST ON TOUR Activists will also be visiting over 70 cities around the continent in an expansive speaking tour, with the goal of preparing hundreds of affinity groups for the action. The tour will provide updates from ground zero, share strategic intelligence on the pivot towards mass action and invite folksContinue reading “Weelaunee Worldwide Tour: Mass Action Speaking Tour to Drop Cop City”

The 6th Annual Kale Festival is almost here! Join us to celebrate the versatile leafy green while building healthy community on Saturday, September 23rd at The Peace Campus of the Church of the Brethren and SD Friends Meeting. There will be kale-related workshops, music, booths and tours of the Peace Garden. We are aiming forContinue reading “Kale Festival: Saturday, Sept 23!”

This month our CommUnity Summit will feature families who have lost loved ones in custody and who have united in their commitment to organize for justice and to prevent others from experiencing the same loss and pain they have endured. We will learn about their work and the Saving Lives in Custody campaign working toContinue reading “Families United for Justice – Fighting the Jail Crisis: ASD’s August Meeting”