Meeting to Discuss Park Ordinance & Other Community Events

Wednesday, February 9: Meeting to discuss: City of Sacramento’s Parade and Park Ordinance. The City of Sacramento’s Neighborhood Services will host a follow-up community meeting to discuss changes to the Parade and Park Ordinance. The community meeting is on Wednesday, February 9 from 6-7:30 pm at City Hall (730 I t.) in Sacramento. As per City Council direction, city staff would like to talk with interested people about developing a list of prohibited weapons that cannot be carried in a parade. We will then be preparing a staff report to the Law and Legislative Committee of the City Council." What this means is that they want to involve us at the beginning of the process, as we requested, rather than at the end. Please come to this meeting and tell them what you think needs to be prohibited in parades. The issue is going to be how to define the word "weapon". If you have access to media, it would be great if this "community meeting" were to be made known to the community. We don't have much time. There is free street parking after 6:00pm. If you have any questions for the people organizing this please contact either Gary Little at (916) 566-6524, or Gary Ziegenfuss at (916) 277-6162. If you have other types of questions you can call Heidi McLean at (916) 456-9435.
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Thursday, February 10, 2005

ALAN BENJAMIN
Editor, Organizer Newspaper
Communications Director, OPEIU, Local 3
Member, Executive Board, San Francisco Labor Council
Past Chair, Golden Gate Chapter, Labor Party

Will be speaking on "Directions for Labor and the Working Class in the 21st Century" Alan has just returned from Venazuela and will share with us the current conditions in that country. THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!

Thursday, February 10, 2005
7pm
Coloma Community Center
Gold Run Room
4623 T Street, Sacramento

Donation: Organizations may bring their info and brief announcements are welcome

For information contact Sacramento Community Forum - (916)455-1396

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday, Feb. 15th

7:00 pm

730 I Street



We must stop Wal-Mart NOW or become Wal-Mart’s slaves in the future! Call Grantland Johnson TODAY at 927-9772 and find out what you can do to help. This fight is everybody’s fight. Have your members contact everyone they know to help. Thank you. Bill Camp, Exec. Secretary, Sacramento CLCBC/opeiu#29/AFL-CIO. Worried about Wal-Mart coming into downtown Sacramento? On Feb 15 at 7 pm Sacramento City Council will consider an ordinance to limit them. If you need convincin', here's a link to a "Supercenters coming to California" web story and a page of Wal-Mart links.

http://amiba.net/pressroom/wal-mart_faces_california_resistance_7.22.03.html

http://www.walmartwatch.com/


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News Release
For more information:
Call John Rowntree, (916) 446-1758
P.O. Box 160406 Sacramento, CA 95816
<info [at] marxistschool.org>
<http://www.marxistschool.org>
Thursday, Feb. 17 In Sacramento, Jason Myers to Speak on History and Ideology

Jason C. Myers will deliver a talk "Fighting Words or False Consciousness?
Ideology and Historical Materialism" on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. in the
Green Room, Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St., Sacto.

Myers' talk is part of the Point of View Speaker Series, sponsored by the
Marxist School of Sacramento. He is a professor of political science at
CSU, Stanislaus. The public is welcome. Phone (916) 44
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The Neighborhood USA (NUSA) national conference is scheduled to be held
in Sacramento, May 25-28, 2005. NUSA provides opportunities to diverse people and organizations to share their ideas, values and experiences to
build stronger communities. To learn more go to: http://www.nusa.org/

NUSA is also looking for Sacramento neighborhoods to nominate themselves for their annual Neighborhood of the Year Award that will be
presented at the conference. For info, please contact Elton Gatewood, Chair; 2005 Neighborhood of the Year Awards, 747 Market Street, Suite 1036; Tacoma, WA 98402; egatewoo [at] ci.tacoma.wa.us



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Saturday, February 12: from 2-4pm - Carol's Books, 300 Florin Road is the place to be for the release celebration of Straight Out Scribes' new CD, *PRIORITIES*. People are talking about this CD from coast to coast! Admission is free. Children and Elders are encouraged to attend. Refreshments, door prizes, and fun galore. For more info: staajabu [at] yahoo.com or 916-452-1290 and/or Carol's Books, 916-428-5611



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Saturday, February 12: Annual SWEET POTATO Festival
The Sacramento Valley Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. presents its 16th Annual Sweet Potato Festival at the Samuel C. Pannell Community Center; 2450 Meadowview Road [map], from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sweet potato pies, sweet potato ice cream, barbecue dinners, seafood gumbo, clothing and more will be sold. There will be live entertainment, art, and prizes. Admission is free. Also featuring the Second Annual Sweet Potato Pie Cook-Off. For more info, contact Chairperson Delores Johnson at (916) 331-9561 or L. DelVone Moore at (916) 689-5458.
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Faye Kennedy, Planner
(916) 484-5025
Fax (916) 381-8775
E-mail: fayek [at] springmail.com


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