A San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Calendar Events and Other Notices Related to Progressive Activism
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Why Economic Growth Is Ending for Good, Due to Peak Natural Resource Extraction (Richard Heinberg)
The Campaign to Save Richardson Grove - Let's Bring the Campaign for the Redwoods to the Bay Area
Older Notices (on a second page)
Sep 1 Wednesday
7:00 PM
SF Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (book reading)
7:00 PM
San Jose The Collapse of The World Trade Center on 9/11 - What the Government and the Media are Not Telling You
Sep 2 Thursday
7:00 PM
SF Please Don’t Bomb the Suburbs (author William Upski Wimsatt)
7:00 PM
San Jose The Collapse of The World Trade Center on 9/11 - What the Government and the Media are Not Telling You
7:30 PM
Sonoma POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker (San Francisco Mime Troupe)
Sep 4 Saturday
Oakland Beekeeping in the Market (a Phat Beets Food N' Justice workshop at the North Oakland Farmers Market)
11:00 AM
Berkeley Crush Prop. 23 Rally - Say NO to Dirty Energy [Newest]
11:00 AM
Dublin Bunny Art Show & Adoption Event
2:00 PM
SF POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker (San Francisco Mime Troupe)
Sep 5 Sunday
2:00 PM
SF POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker (San Francisco Mime Troupe)
4:00 PM
Berkeley? Rebellious Rooftop Romp III
Sep 6 Monday
2:00 PM
SF POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker (San Francisco Mime Troupe)
Sep 7 Tuesday
12:30 PM
SF The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism: How the IMF has Undermined Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS
Sep 8 Wednesday
7:30 PM
Oakland World in the Balance: The Population Paradox (film)
Sep 9 Thursday
6:30 PM
SF 9/11 -- Nine years later -- where has this country gone? (Stephen Zunes)
7:00 PM
SF Feminists for Free Quality Public Education Now (meeting to kick off a door-to-door campaign)
7:00 PM
Berkeley Running Dry: A Journey from Source to Sea Down the Colorado River (author Jonathan Waterman)
8:00 PM
SF Aqui no pasa nada (Everything's Just Fine) (play) [New]
Sep 10 Friday
7:00 PM
San Rafael Cuba: An African Odyssey (film) [Newer]
7:00 PM
Berkeley Country Joe's Open Mic features Happenstance [Newer]
8:00 PM
SF Aqui no pasa nada (Everything's Just Fine) (play) [New]
Sep 11 Saturday
Oakland Make Your Own Soap (a Phat Beets Food N' Justice workshop at the North Oakland Farmers Market)
9:45 AM
SF SF Bicycle Coalition Rec Ride: Solar Systems
10:00 AM
SF Urban Composting (free class)
10:00 AM
SF Medicinal Plants of the Bay Area: A Bioregional Exploration (Seasonal Herb Walk Series)
1:00 PM
Walnut Creek Dalai Lama Renaissance (film)
1:00 PM
SF Organic, Heirloom Apple Tasting at the Garden for the Environment
6:00 PM
SF Take back Gandhi's 9/11 celebration
7:00 PM
Berkeley The global nonviolent resistance movement for Palestine and how it relates to the US Boat to Gaza project (Adam Shapiro) [Newer]
7:30 PM
Palo Alto The Great American Stickup - Greedy Bankers and the Politicians Who Love Them (author Robert Scheer)
8:00 PM
SF Aqui no pasa nada (Everything's Just Fine) (play) [New]
Sep 12 Sunday
10:00 AM
SF Beekeeping in the City - Introduction to Honey Extraction
10:00 AM
Oakland The Hazards: Poisonous Plants of the Bay Area
11:00 AM
Santa Rosa Grandparents’ Day Champagne Brunch (a benefit for the charitable activities of the Saturday Afternoon Club)
2:00 PM
Orinda Gaza: Thirst for Justice (Palestinian Ziad Abbas and Kathy Sheetz from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla)
3:00 PM
Berkeley Pacific Environment Sixth Annual Wild Salmon BBQ
7:00 PM
Berkeley Circle of Peace: A community evening of song, reflection and renewal led by singers Betsy Rose and Melanie DeMore [Newest]
Sep 13 Monday
6:00 PM
Berkeley Copwatch: Community Based Police Accountability: UCB Democratic Education (DeCal) Class [New]
6:30 PM
Berkeley Free Climate Action Workshop Series
Sep 14 Tuesday
6:00 PM
Berkeley The Free Speech Movement and the Constitution: A Conversation with Professor Leon Litwack [Newer]
6:30 PM
SF The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism: How the IMF has Undermined Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS
6:30 PM
SF Choosing Children (groundbreaking film exploring the first generation of LGBT parents)
7:00 PM
Berkeley Adventures in the Honey Harvest: Celebrate Rosh Hashanah 5771 (and learn to help reverse the bee population decline) [Newer]
7:00 PM
Oakland Adopt A Special Kid: Intro Workshop for Prospective Parents
7:30 PM
Berkeley Breaking the Cycle of Poverty - One Family at a Time (Sue Howell, Habitat for Humanity East Bay) [New]
Sep 15 Wednesday
6:00 PM
SF Celebrate San Francisco (gallery-based exhibit) [Newest]
6:30 PM
SF Song of the Flies [An Account of the Events] (book release for the late poet María Mercedes Carranza)
7:00 PM
Mill Valley The Climate Crisis: Act Now (Peter G. Joseph, MD) [New]
7:00 PM
Hayward POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker (San Francisco Mime Troupe)
7:30 PM
Oakland Crude Impact (film on peak oil)
Sep 17 Friday
8:00 AM
SF Bay-Friendly Landscape Conference: Transforming Urban Landscapes to Protect Our Water Resources
2:00 PM
Berkeley Cost of the US Wars In Iraq and Afghanistan Way Over $1 Trillion Mark - Come Rally for Peace [New]
5:00 PM
San Jose Wild Native Grape Harvest Festival (to benefit Environmental Learning for Sustainability and Ecological Education)
8:00 PM
San Jose A Season in Hell (a historical portrait of political and social turmoil in the post-9/11 era) [Newer]
8:00 PM
SF POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker (San Francisco Mime Troupe)
Sep 18 Saturday
Oakland Natural Sugar n’ Cookin’ from the Garden (a Phat Beets Food N' Justice workshop at the North Oakland Farmers Market)
SF Third Annual Iranian Film Festival
10:00 AM
SF Organic Vegetable Gardening for Winter (class)
10:00 AM
Berkeley Take a Stand, SIT for Change
10:00 AM
Oakland The Hazards: Poisonous Plants of the Bay Area
2:00 PM
Berkeley Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: The Restless Journey of Marianne "Jolly" Robinson (book release) [Newest]
3:00 PM
SF Stand Up Against Poverty with an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet [Newer]
8:00 PM
San Jose A Season in Hell (a historical portrait of political and social turmoil in the post-9/11 era) [Newer]
Sep 19 Sunday
12:00 Noon
SF Seventh Annual Roadworks Street Fair & Benefit
1:00 PM
Oakland A Day in Solidarity with African People
2:00 PM
San Jose A Season in Hell (a historical portrait of political and social turmoil in the post-9/11 era) [Newer]
3:00 PM
Palo Alto Build A World of Peace - Interfaith Peace Witness [New]
4:30 PM
Mill Valley Launch of the Project Lunch Stakeholder Collaborative
7:00 PM
Sebastopol POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker (San Francisco Mime Troupe)
Sep 20 Monday
12:00 Noon
Oakland The Living Graveyard (a legal street theater action to protest the Iraq war) [New]
Sep 21 Tuesday
6:00 PM
Mill Valley A benefit for EECOM's Children & Nature Network
7:00 PM
Palo Alto Jonathan Safran Foer on the ethical, environmental and health risks behind commercial fishing and factory farming
Sep 22 Wednesday
7:00 PM
Berkeley Lies, Misreporting, and Catastrophe in the Middle East (Robert Fisk)
7:30 PM
Oakland Six Degrees could Change the World (film)
Sep 23 Thursday
6:00 PM
Berkeley Train to Lead Climate Action Workshops
7:00 PM
San Rafael The Press and The Great War for Civilization: Mirage and Reality in the Middle East (Robert Fisk) [New]
7:30 PM
Oakland The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (Isabel Wilkerson) [Newer]
Sep 24 Friday
Ben Lomond Quaker Initiative to End Torture (three-day conference)
Sep 25 Saturday
Oakland Backyard Chickens (a Phat Beets Food N' Justice workshop at the North Oakland Farmers Market)
10:00 AM
SF November Election Madness: Learn More about Initiatives and Charter Amendments
10:00 AM
SF Garden for the Environment 20th Anniversary Celebration
10:00 AM
SF How to Grow in Small Spaces (a community work part for Urban Sprouts, serving low-income youth)
10:00 AM
Mountain View Take Flight for Kids (aviation & science & accessible activities festival)
11:00 AM
SF Tour de Fat (San Francisco Bicycle Coalition)
2:00 PM
SF SF Bicycle Coalition Rec Ride: History of SF Sewers
6:30 PM
San Mateo Fundraiser for The Free Palestine Movement (dinner, discussion and live entertainment) [Newest]
Sep 26 Sunday
8:00 AM
SF Pacific Environment’s "Vessel Watch" Ocean Adventure
1:00 PM
SF Lymewalk to Raise Funds for Lyme Research
Sep 28 Tuesday
7:00 PM
SF The End of San Francisco (preview reading by author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore)
Sep 30 Thursday
6:30 PM
SF Our River, Our Children, Our Future - Celebrating outdoor education and adventures with Richard Louv and the Tuolumne River Trust
Oct 2 Saturday
Oakland Cooking with Eco-Chef Bryant Terry (a Phat Beets Food N' Justice workshop at the North Oakland Farmers Market)
10:00 AM
SF Urban Composting (free class)
Oct 3 Sunday
5:30 PM
SF CUESA’s 8th Annual Sunday Supper Fundraiser [Newer]
Oct 7 Thursday
6:00 PM
Oakland BOSS Sesa Woruban* Celebration (an Adinkra symbol meaning 'I Change or Transform My Life')
Oct 8 Friday
8:00 PM
Berkeley Free Land: A Hip Hip Journey From The Streets of Oakland to the Wild Wild West (one-man show)
Oct 9 Saturday
Oakland Growing Mushrooms on Coffee Grounds (a Phat Beets Food N' Justice workshop at the North Oakland Farmers Market)
10:00 AM
SF Medicinal Plants of the Bay Area Herb Walk: San Francisco Presidio
Oct 10 Sunday
8:00 AM
SF Pacific Environment’s "Vessel Watch" Ocean Adventure
Oct 12 Tuesday
7:00 PM
Oakland Adopt A Special Kid: Intro Workshop for Prospective Parents
Oct 16 Saturday
Oakland Fixing a Flat and Bicycle Basics (a Phat Beets Food N' Justice workshop at the North Oakland Farmers Market)
Oct 23 Saturday
Oakland Copwatch Know Your Rights Training (a Phat Beets Food N' Justice workshop at the North Oakland Farmers Market)
10:00 AM
SF Seed Saving (a community work part for Urban Sprouts, serving low-income youth)
Oct 24 Sunday
8:00 AM
SF Pacific Environment’s "Vessel Watch" Ocean Adventure
Oct 30 Saturday
Oakland Fall Seed Saving in the Garden (a Phat Beets Food N' Justice workshop at the North Oakland Farmers Market)
Nov 6 Saturday
10:00 AM
Oakland Fall Harvest: Medicinal Roots, Barks, and Fruits of the Bay Area
Nov 9 Tuesday
7:00 PM
Oakland Adopt A Special Kid: Intro Workshop for Prospective Parents
Nov 16 Tuesday
5:30 PM
SF Join American Jewish World Service to celebrate 25 years of pursuing global justice
Nov 20 Saturday
10:00 AM
SF Worms (a community work part for Urban Sprouts, serving low-income youth)
Dec 10 Friday
SF Peak Oil Art Show
Dec 18 Saturday
10:00 AM
SF Bees (a community work part for Urban Sprouts, serving low-income youth)

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This table of events and other notices is compiled by Ken Cheetham.

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