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Sacramento Area Peace and Justice Events Calendar

by www.sacpeace.org
To contact Sacramento Area Peace Action, please call 916-448-7157 or email sacpeace [at] dcn.org.
http://www.sacpeace.org

Upcoming Sacramento Area Peace and Justice Events:

September 2011

Wednesday, Sep 21, International Day of Peace, 4:30 p.m. kids rally, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. program @ California State Capitol West Steps. Food, Entertainment, Speakers, Peace Bell Ringing, International Video Conference with Sacramento's Sister Cities. Free, open to the public. Info: Kazuyo, 916-487-1414, capitalcalendargirl [at] hotmail.com

Wednesday, Sep 21, 4 - 5pm, Troops Home Now: Stop the Killing! Weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. Vets for Peace, Sacramento. All are welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Wednesday, Sep 21, 7:15pm, SALA Goes to the Movies will show two films: Youth in Revolt in Puerto Rico and America, The Top 1%. 1640 9th Ave, Sac. FMI: 916-446-3304

Wednesday, Sep 21, 7pm, Presentation by Kitty Madden, founder of Casa Materna in Nicaragua which seeks to reduce maternal and infant death rates. Newman Center, 5900 Newman Ct, Sac. FMI: sparta1953 [at] gmail.com

Friday, Sep 23, 7pm, Film: The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation about 3 men who have endured solitary confinement longer then any known living prisoner in the U.S. They formed one of the only prison Panther chapters in history and worked to organize other prisoners to build a movement for change. Sugarplum Vegan Cafe, 2315 K St., Sac. FMI: sacprisonersupport [at] riseup.net

Saturday, Sep 24, 10:30am. The Older Women’s League and Gray Panthers discuss "Will Social Security and Medicare be there when you need them?" Reps from: CA Health Advocates to discuss options and sign-up procedures and Nat'l Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare. Hart Center, 915 27th St, Sac. Free. FMI: 916-921-5008

Saturday, Sep 24, 1 - 3pm, Film: Occupation Has No Future. Free. Library, 315 E.14th Sts, Davis. FMI: Davis Committee for Palestine Rights 530-756-4094.

Saturday, Sep 24, 6 - 9pm, Annual Teach Peace Foundation awards dinner, 600 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento. Suggested donation $30 FMI: 530-554-7061, ddionisi [at] sbcglobal.net.

Tuesday, Sep 27, 4:30 - 6pm, End the Occupations NOW! weekly vigil, 16th & J, Sac 916-448-7157.

Tuesday, Sep 27, 6 - 8pm, Know Your Rights Workshop: A Legal Guide to Survival in the Post-9/11 World. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St., Sacramento. Presented by National Lawyers Guild; co-sponsor ACLU Sacramento. FMI: aclu-sacramento [at] comcast.net; 916-993-2294

Tuesday, Sep 27, 7pm, 4th Tuesday Films: Human Terrain, examines and questions the US military's new counterinsurgency initiative, 'Human Terrain Systems', under which social scientists are embedded with combat troops. 909 12th Street, Sac. Info: sacpeace [at] dcn.org, 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Sep 28, 4 - 5pm, Troops Home Now: Stop the Killing! Weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. Vets for Peace, Sacramento. All are welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Thursday, Sep 29, 7pm, Ten Years of U.S. War against the U.S. Economy and Afghanistan. Talk by Richard Becker about the impacts of a decade of US-led war on Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and the American people. Becker is the co-director of the ANSWER Coalition 909 12th St, Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157, sacpeace [at] dcn.org.

Friday, Sep 30, 7pm, Film: Paradise Lost 2 about the West Memphis 3 who were recently released after 18 years of wrongful incarceration in Arkansas. Sugarplum Vegan Cafe, 2315 K St., Sac. FMI: sacprisonersupport [at] riseup.net.

October 2011

Sunday, Oct 2, 5:30 - 8:30pm, Physicians for Social Responsibility annual dinner, Dr. Vic Sidel, will speak on "PSR: Fifty Years of Concern for the Devastating Health Consequences of War." Proceeds will support chapter activities including the annual scholarship essay contest. CSUS Alumni Center, 6000 J St, Sac. Tickets $50/$25 student. FMI: info [at] sacpsr.org; 916 955-6333.

Sunday, Oct 2, 8:30pm, Film: Arna's Children, see 10/3.

Monday, Oct 3, 8:30pm, Tragedy in the Holy Land Film Series: Arna's Children. Varsity, 616 Second St, Davis. Tix. FMI: Davis Committee for Palestine Rights 530-756-4094.

Tuesday, Oct 4, 4:30 - 6pm, 10 Years Too Many in Afghanistan! End the Occupations NOW! Weekly vigil, 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Oct 5, distribution of flyers for Keep Space for Peace Week, downtown Sac, to protest plutonium fuel on a Mars Rover to be launched in Nov-Dec. Call SacPeace to volunteer: 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Oct 5, 4 - 5pm, Troops Home Now: Stop the Killing! Weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. Vets for Peace, Sacramento. All are welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Friday, Oct 7, 4:30 - 6pm, protest and die-in to Stop the Wars, on the 10th anniversary of the war on Afghanistan, Federal building, 7th and Mission Streets, San Francisco. Sponsored by ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), http://www.ANSWERsf.org. Carpools from Sac - 916-448-7157

Saturday, Oct 8, 6 - 7:30pm, Demand Peace Now in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Palestine! Anti-occupation/peace vigil at 2nd Saturday Art Walk. 20th & J Sts, Sac. Use our signs or bring your own. Veterans for Peace, 916-698-8131.

Sunday, Oct 9, 8:30pm, Film: Encounter Point, see 10-10.

Monday, Oct 10, 8:30pm, Tragedy in the Holy Land Film Series: Encounter Point. Tix. Varsity, 616 Second St, Davis. Davis Committee for Palestine Rights 530-756-4094.

Tuesday, Oct 11, 4:30 - 6pm, End the Occupations NOW! Weekly vigil, 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Oct 12, 4 - 5pm, Troops Home Now: Stop the Killing! Weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. Vets for Peace, Sacramento. All are welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Wednesday, Oct 12, 6pm, Film: Mother...Caring for 7 Billion, Turner Library, 1212 Merkley Ave, West Sacramento, sponsored by Mother Lode Chapter, Sierra Club, Committee for a Sustainable World Population. Free. Info: 916-442-2661.

Wednesday, Oct 12, 7pm, End the War Now: A Report on Afghanistan and Drone Resistance from Brian Terrell, with Voices for Creative Non-violence Drawing on his experiences visiting Afghanistan and participating in nonviolent resistance to Predator and Reaper drone warfare here in the U.S., Terrell will speak to the urgency of an immediate end to the "war on terror." He will address the social, economic and security costs that U.S. aggression inflicts both on foreign battle fields and on battle fields at home. 909 12th St, Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157; sacpeace [at] dcn.org.

Saturday, Oct 15, 7pm, The Right to a Home: Ending Israeli Government Policy of Palestinian Home Demolitions. Speaker, Dr. Jeff Halper, is co-founder and director of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD), a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and author of An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel. First United Methodist Church, 2100 J St. Sacramento. Event is free and open to the public. Contact: SabeelSacramento [at] gmail.com

Sunday, Oct 16, 8:30pm, Film: Slingshot Hip Hop, see 10/17.

Monday, Oct 17, 8:30pm, Tragedy in the Holy Land Film Series: Slingshot Hip Hop. Varsity Theater, 616 Second St., Davis Tix. FMI: Davis Committee for Palestine Rights 530-756-4094.

Tuesday, Oct 18, 4:30-6pm, End the Occupations NOW! Weekly vigil, 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Tuesday, Oct 18, 7pm, Witchhunts Again: The FBI, Islamophobia, and the Peace Movement, presented by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression, 909 12th St, Sac. Free; donations accepted. Info: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Sac, 916-369-5510.

Wednesday, Oct 19, 4 - 5pm, Troops Home Now: Stop the Killing! Weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. Vets for Peace, Sacramento. All are welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Wednesday, Oct 19, 7:15pm, SALA Goes To The Movies, American Blackout, a muck raking indictment of the systematic disenfranchisement of African American voters. 1640 9th Ave. Info: 916-446-3304

Sunday, Oct 23, 6pm, Michael Herrmann, Advisor to the United Nations on population and economics, speaks at the annual Sacramento United Nations Association Chapter dinner, Holiday Inn Northeast, 5321 Date Avenue, just off I-80. Dinner and program, $35. Reservations: 916-484-1025.

Tuesday, Oct 25, 4:30 - 6pm, End the Occupations NOW! Weekly vigil, 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Tuesday, Oct 25, 7pm, 4th Tuesday Films: Returning Fire, Interventions in Video Game Culture discusses war video games and how three activists infiltrate these war games to break the spell of militainment; the film encourages gamers and non-gamers to think critically about what it means when the tools of violence become forms of consumer play. 909 12th Street, Sac. Info: sacpeace [at] dcn.org, 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Oct 26, 4 - 5pm, Troops Home Now: Stop the Killing! Weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. Vets for Peace, Sacramento. All are welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

To contact Sacramento Area Peace Action, please call 916-448-7157
or email sacpeace [at] dcn.org.

Sacramento Area Peace Action, working to end U.S. militarism since 1983.
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