Community Calendar, 2003

Sunday, March 30th, 10am
Cesar Chavez Parade and Festival, San Francisco

Saturday, March 29th, 9am-6pm, All day event
"The 10th Annual Commemorative March & Festival
Honoring Cesar E. Chavez"

The march starts at 9am at Roosevelt Park, located on East Santa Clara St near 19th St in San Jose and ends downtown at the Plaza de Cesar E. Chavez. The day-long festival from 10am to 6pm, will include dancing, food booths, family entertainment and musical performance by local bands, mariachis and folklorico dancers. Parking is limited at Roosevelt Park, therefore we suggest you use the free parking near the Plaza and use our FREE SHUTTLE service which will take you to the start of the march. The FREE SHUTTLE will run from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. This program has been made possible, in part, through a grant from the city of San Jose, Office of Cultural Affairs. Note: no shuttle services will be available when the march and festival end. For more information, call (408) 223-8701 or (408) 923-3854

Saturday, March 29th, Noon to 2pm
"No Shopping While Bombs Are Dropping!"

Protest at the Valley Fair Mall, Meet at Noon at intersection of Stevens Creek and Winchester Blvd

Friday, March 28th, 6:00 pm, doors open at 5:30pm to mix and mingle
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) speaks at Mission College, Santa Clara

A progressive visionary with realistic ideas, Dennis brings heart, soul and integrity to political service. Dennis Kucinich drafted Bill HR-2459 to create a cabinet-level Department of Peace. He has promoted a national health care system, supported the preservation of the ABM Treaty, and marched through the streets of Seattle protesting WTO policies. He has been a champion for clean air, clean water, sustainable energy technologies, worker's rights, human rights, and he supports the labeling of genetically-engineered foods.

Location: Mission College, Hospitality Management Dining Room
3000 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara, CA

Directions from 101: Take the Great America Parkway Exit, and go north on Great America Parkway. Go a half-mile and turn left (west) on Mission College Blvd. Proceed to signal light and turn right; you will still be on Misson College Blvd; a blue ground-level sign says "Mission College Parking" with arrows pointing right. Follow the curving road; Parking Lot C will be on your left, which is directly behind the Hospitality Management Dining Room.

For more info, contact Bill Ferguson at (408) 946-5096 or
send email to: bill@bill-ferguson.org
www.kucinich.us

Friday, March 28th, 12 Noon - 1:30 pm
INS Protest in San Jose, Emergency Call to Action to Protest and Stop the Registrations, Roundups and Detentions, Raise Awareness and Inform Others !

Dear Friends, Friday, March 28th, is another day to tell the INS (now called Operation Liberty Shield of the Dept. of Homeland Security!!!!!) that we are desperately concerned about their tactics in jailing innocent people (mostly Arabs and Muslims) who are ordered to come to a "special registration," be fingerprinted, interviewed (interrogated), and possibly
jailed without an opportunity to even contact their families. This is all part of the war effort and intimidation of immigrants (mostly Middle Eastern). We must try to protect due process and their civil rights because in the long run we are protecting the civil rights of all of us!!

Location: San Jose Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
1887 South Monterey Road, San Jose (near Curtner Ave)

SIGNS PROVIDED!! JOIN US!!
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP FOR JUSTICE FOR OUR ARAB, MUSLIM AND SOUTH ASIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. PEACE AND JUSTICE SONGS PRESENTED BY THE "RAGING GRANNIES" DURING THE PROTEST.

Sponsored by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and
United for Peace and Justice in San Jose. For more information, call Joyce Akers
at (408) 264-5594 or Gertrude Welch at (408) 446-0292.

Thursday, March 27th, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
"From Oslo to the Second Intifada"

First Unitarian Church of San Jose, 160 N. 3rd St., San Jose
Donation: $5-15 (No one turned away for lack of funds)
George Bisharat - Professor at UC Hastings and author of
"Palestinian Lawyers and Israeli Rule: Law and Disorder in the West Bank"

Wednesday, March 26th, Noon
Protest CNN's war coverage

50 California Street, San Francisco

Tuesday, March 25th, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm (please arrive early!)
Public Forum/TV Special: "Why the War in Iraq is Wrong"

Community Media Center, 3200 Park Blvd, Palo Alto
FREE
Attend this public forum to participate in a discussion and present your own questions and comments about the war in Iraq. Simultaneous live broadcast on Mid-Peninsula cable TV channel 27. Home viewers can call 650-856-1491 to participate.

Facilitating the discussion will be panelists:
Rachelle Marshall - Writer for "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs"
Rev. Kurt Kuhwald - Pastor, Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Paul George - Director, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center

Monday, March 24th, 10:45am
"Demands to Prosecute U.S. Criminals for Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against the Peace and Humanity"

Meet at the Federal Building to present our "Demands to Prosecute U.S. Criminals for Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against the Peace and Humanity", which includes appointed George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld, among others to the U.S. Attorney at the Federal Building at 2nd St and San Carlos, downtown San Jose.
Channel 11 News was there for 2 hours filming the event !

Saturday, March 22nd, Noon to 2pm
"No Shopping While Bombs Are Dropping!"

Protest at the Valley Fair Mall, Meet at Noon at intersection of Stevens Creek and Winchester Blvd

Saturday, March 22nd, Noon
ALL OUT TO PROTEST THE WAR ON SATURDAY !

"BAGHDAD IS BURNING", OPERATION "SHOCK & AWE" -- MASS BOMBING OF IRAQ BEGINS. ALL OUT TO PROTEST THE WAR ON SATURDAY, 12 Noon Civic Center, San Francisco

Saturday, March 22nd, 10 am - 2 pm
Teach-In on the War On Iraq, Mission College, Santa Clara

Sponsored by South Bay Labor for Peace and Justice and
the Mission College Global Education Program.
Call Louise at 408-265-9253 for more information

Friday, March 21st

Both the Metro and El Observador (bi-lingual) published our Antiwar advertisements in today's weekly issues

Friday, March 21st, 7:30pm -9:30pm
"Secrets of Silicon Valley" video

By the Silicon Valley Debug organization. Los Altos United Methodist Church, Creekside Room, 655 Magdalena Ave at Foothill Expressway, Los Altos

Friday, March 21st, 5pm
Bush Has Started His War On Iraq - WALK-OUT !

5pm - Protest the War at the Federal Building at 2nd St and San Carlos in downtown San Jose, then at 5:30pm, March to Cesar Chavez Plaza (south end) to continue Protest.

Thursday, March 20th, 5pm
Bush Has Started His War On Iraq - WALK-OUT !

5pm - Protest the War at the Federal Building at 2nd St and San Carlos in downtown San Jose, then at 5:30pm, March to Cesar Chavez Plaza (south end) to continue Protest.

Thursday, March 20th, Noon

Noon - Protest the War on Iraq at the Federal Building at 2nd St and San Carlos in downtown San Jose

Wednesday, March 19th, 6:15pm

Two antiwar protesters were arrested in San Jose after they sat down in the street and blocked a busy intersection (Market St and San Carlos) in an act of civil disobedience ! The San Jose police arrested them when they refused to leave. Dozens of San Jose protesters participated in blocking the street, while many more protested on the sidewalks and in front of the Federal Building.

Wednesday, March 19th, 5pm
Bush Has Started His War On Iraq - WALK-OUT !

5pm - Protest the War at the Federal Building at 2nd St and San Carlos in downtown San Jose, then at 5:30pm, March to Cesar Chavez Plaza (south end) to continue Protest

Tuesday, March 18th

Go to San Jose City Council and tell them to vote Against the War, downtown San Jose

Tuesday, March 18th, 7pm

SBMSW General Meeting, First Unitarian Church, 160 North 3rd St, downtown San Jose

Sunday, March 16th, 7pm

Global Candlelight Vigil, Meet at Cesar Chavez Plaza

Saturday, March 15th, 11am

National Emergency Convergence March & Rally at the White House in DC & San Francisco

Wednesday, March 12th, 4:30pm, Stanford Law School, Room 190

3 speakers about the War on Iraq: Paul George - Peninsula Peace and Justice Center. Richard Becker - International ANSWER. Calvin Miaw - Stanford Community for Peace and Justice

Tuesday, March 11th, 7pm

SBMSW General Meeting

Sunday, March 9th
"No Shopping While Bombs Are Dropping!"

Protest at the Valley Fair Mall, Meet at 1 pm at intersection of Stevens Creek and Winchester Blvd

Wednesday, March 5th
All Student WALK-OUT ! Books Not Bombs !

High School and College Students Everywhere WALK-OUT!

Tuesday, March 4th, 7pm

SBMSW General Meeting, First Unitarian Church, 160 North 3rd St, downtown San Jose

Saturday, March 1st
"No Shopping While Bombs Are Dropping!"

Protest at the Valley Fair Mall, Meet at Noon at intersection of Stevens Creek and Winchester Blvd