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Help save rent control and environmental planning with the No on 98 / Yes on 99 campaign
Berkeley: Women's Week of Actions at the Marines Recruiting Office leading up to Mothers' Day
Older Notices (on a second page)
May 8 Thursday
Hopland: PV 190: Intro to Off-Grid Systems (two days)
4:00 PM Berkeley: Atheism, Religion and Black People (discussing Bob Avakian’s new book, Away with All Gods)
5:30 PM SF: Meetings on the LBAM aerial pesticide spray [Newest]
7:00 PM SF: Revolutionary Feminist Meeting [New]
7:00 PM SF: Town hall meeting on the upcoming urban aerial pesticide sprayings
7:30 PM Stanford: Looking to the Future: Pros and Cons of Proposed Solutions [for our water woes]
8:00 PM Stanford: The Sweetest Hangover (play)
May 9 Friday
SF: PV 101: Intro to Photovoltaics (two days)
5:00 PM Berkeley: Eyes on Activism: Celebrating Social Change in Israel through the Visual Arts
6:00 PM San Jose: Sing Out for Peace and Justice (with dinner and a film on Pete Seeger)
7:00 PM SF: Racism & the U.S. Elections (Gloria La Riva, PSL presidential candidate) [Newer]
7:00 PM Oakland: The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (film; part 3 of 3)
7:30 PM Larkspur: In the Shadow of Empire: the US and Latin America (Michael Parenti)
8:00 PM Stanford: The Sweetest Hangover (play)
May 10 Saturday
Hopland: PV 290: Off-Grid Systems for Professionals (two days)
7:00 AM San Rafael: 2008 Marin Human Race (collaborative fundraiser)
9:00 AM Redwood City: Championing Sustainability: A Creative Forum for Organizational Change Leaders
10:00 AM Berkeley: Advanced Recycled Bookmaking
10:00 AM SF: Earthen Oven Building Workshop
10:00 AM Pacifica: Endangered Species Big Year Event at Mori Point
10:30 AM SF: Transit Effectiveness Project Community Meeting
10:30 AM Berkeley: Bike Day at the Berkeley Farmer's Market
12:00 Noon SF: Free Palestine Peace and Solidarity Festival (Nakba at 60)
2:00 PM SF: 9/11 Truth For Peace: West Coast Convergence
3:00 PM Oakland: Race, Class and the Fight for a Workers America (with update on Mumia Abu Jamal)
7:00 PM Stanford: The Sweetest Hangover (play)
May 11 Sunday
SF: PV 102: Wire Your Own PV System
10:00 AM Oakland: The Subprime Debacle: New Problems and Dilemmas for the US ruling class
10:00 AM Marin Headlands: Endangered Butterfly Hike
11:00 AM SF: 9/11 Truth For Peace: West Coast Convergence
7:00 PM Berkeley: True Accounts of the LBAM Pesticide Spraying (films and discussion) [New]
7:00 PM SF: Ralph Nader & Matt Gonzalez Speak at the Roxie Theater
7:00 PM SF: Latin America and the Revolutionary Struggle (Jorge Martín of Hands Off Venezuela)
May 12 Monday
1:30 PM Berkeley: Ralph Nader to speak at The Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
6:00 PM SF: Transit Effectiveness Project Community Meeting
7:00 PM SF: Nonviolent Resistance In Action: Human Rights Protection in War-Torn Colombia
May 13 Tuesday
12:00 Noon SF: Meeting the Physical and Mental Health Needs of Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
6:00 PM SF: Open House and Launch Party: The Race, Poverty and Media Justice Institute at POOR Magazine
7:00 PM Oakland: Venezuela and the Revolutionary Struggle (Jorge Martín of Hands Off Venezuela) [Newest]
7:00 PM Oakland: Building a Popular Anarchism in Ireland (Andrew Flood) [New]
7:00 PM Berkeley: Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity - What really happened in socialist societies? [New]
7:30 PM Ross: Integrated Pest Management (Steve Swain, UC Environmental Horticulture Advisor)
8:00 PM Palo Alto: Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War (film)
May 14 Wednesday
6:00 PM SF: Matt Gonzalez at the Commonwealth Club
6:00 PM SF: Saving Lives, Creating Hope: America’s Response to the Global HIV/AIDS Crisis
6:00 PM SF: Post-Petroleum Transitopia (Jason Henderson) (a PDF flyer)
6:00 PM SF: Annual Reception with Emerge California (inspiring Democratic women to run for office)
6:00 PM SF: Coming Home - An evening benefiting the disadvantaged youth of San Francisco
6:30 PM SF: Transit Effectiveness Project Community Meeting
7:00 PM SF: True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society (author Farhad Manjoo)
7:30 PM Oakland: Hysteria (post-9/11 film by local filmmaker Antero Alli)
7:30 PM Los Altos: Security or Freedom: The Costs of Counterterrorism
9:00 PM SF: Neo-folk singer Steve Taylor-Ramírez returns to the Plough and the Stars
May 16 Friday
Stanislaus National Forest: Elemental Alchemy Permaculture Course (eleven days; registration ends May 11)
2:00 PM Berkeley: Demonstrate for Peace - Bring our troops home now - Keep out of Iran
7:00 PM Berkeley: Stuffed And Starved: Raj Patel On The Politics Of Global Food Production [New]
8:00 PM Stanford: Harlem Duet (play)
May 17 Saturday
8:00 AM Berkeley: Protest UC Professor John Yoo (author of memo justifying Bush's use of torture) [New]
9:00 AM Corte Madera: Habitat Restoration for Endangered Species
10:00 AM SF: Advanced Composting: DIY Compost Bin Design, C/N Ratios Demystified, Urban Sources of Greens & Browns
10:00 AM Marin County: Endangered Species Big Year Event at Oakwood Valley
10:30 AM SF: Transit Effectiveness Project Community Meeting
1:00 PM SF: National AIDS Memorial Mad Hatter's Tea Party [Newer]
8:00 PM SF: Celebrating Voices for Change in Burma
May 18 Sunday
10:00 AM Berkeley: EcoHouse Workshop: Local Medicinal Herbs and Your Health
11:30 AM Sausalito: Endangered Species Day Celebration
5:00 PM San Rafael: Second Annual Mountain Bike Film Festival and Party (fundraiser for Access4Bikes)
May 19 Monday
Hopland: PV 121: PV Design and Installation Intensive (five days)
May 20 Tuesday
6:00 PM SF: Red Hill Books Takes the Initiative to Save Rent Control (Literary and Musical Extravaganza)
6:00 PM SF: Security or Freedom: The Costs of Counterterrorism
7:00 PM Berkeley: Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity - What is meaningful revolutionary work today? [New]
May 21 Wednesday
5:30 PM SF: Regional meeting of the News from the Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC)
6:30 PM Berkeley: Join Rev. Jesse Jackson at the 3rd Annual Rainbow PUSH Scholarship Awards
6:30 PM SF: Iraq: The Lost Generation (film)
7:00 PM SF: Setting Up Your Music or Entertainment-Based Business
7:30 PM Oakland: The Drivetime (local film on the flaws of today's technology-obsessed society)
May 22 Thursday
4:00 PM San Rafael: Art Exhibit by Homeless Artists from Marin County [New]
7:00 PM Berkeley: Our Greenprint for a New Clean Energy Infrastructure in the East Bay
7:30 PM Palo Alto: King Corn (film on the subsidized corn industry)
May 23 Friday
6:30 PM Oakland: Creative Resistance: Our Dreams Will Not be Recruited
7:30 PM San Rafael: Crisis at the US-Mexico Border [Newer]
8:00 PM Stanford: Harlem Duet (play)
May 24 Saturday
SF: Carnaval Goes Green
10:00 AM Oakland: Vegetarian Cooking Class – Burgers & Backyard Bites
11:00 AM Oakland: Parks for Peace (rededication ceremony, music/dance/spoken word, job fair)
11:00 AM SF: Eco-Green and Holistic Health festival
May 25 Sunday
SF: Carnaval Goes Green
10:00 AM Marin Headlands: Endangered Butterfly Hike
11:00 AM SF: Eco-Green and Holistic Health festival
May 27 Tuesday
12:00 Noon SF: A Public Reading of Homer’s Iliad By and For Veterans
6:00 PM SF: Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing Our World
May 28 Wednesday
1:30 PM Berkeley: Can we fix California's CUT-EVERYTHING Budget? (with Keith Carson) [New]
7:30 PM SF: Local to Global: Edangered Frogs and Butterflies in San Francisco [Newer]
7:30 PM Oakland: The Mind Is a Liar and a Whore (film set in Berkeley)
May 29 Thursday
Hopland: PV 201: Intro to Grid-Tied PV Design & Installation (two days)
May 30 Friday
10:00 AM Marin County: Endangered Species Big Year Tour at Nicasio Ridge
May 31 Saturday
Hopland: PV 301: Advanced Grid-Tied PV (two days)
9:00 AM Oakland: Why Socialism? (Bay Area conference)
1:00 PM SF: Really Really Free Market
8:00 PM Santa Rosa: Nine Parts of Desire (one-woman show portraying nine Iraqi women)
Jun 1 Sunday
10:00 AM Berkeley: Home Greywater Systems Slideshow & Tour
1:00 PM East Palo Alto: First day of the East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market
Jun 3 Tuesday
7:00 PM Berkeley: Making Revolution and Emancipating Humanity - Fight the Power, and Transform the People [New]
Jun 6 Friday
Hopland: PV 101: Intro to Photovoltaics (two days)
11:00 AM SF: Changing Diabetes Bus and Village World Tour [New]
1:00 PM SF: Non-Profits Treasure Hunt [Newest]
Jun 7 Saturday
10:00 AM Oakland: Free Activist Training by the Alameda County Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
5:30 PM SF: Talkin’ and Testifyin’: An Evening Honoring Fannie Lou Hamer
8:00 PM Santa Rosa: Nine Parts of Desire (one-woman show portraying nine Iraqi women)
Jun 8 Sunday
Hopland: PV 102: Wire Your Own PV System
Jun 9 Monday
6:00 PM SF: Take Back the Commons (Dwayne Jones and Chris Carlsson) (a PDF flyer)
Jun 12 Thursday
7:30 PM Palo Alto: The Real Dirt on Farmer John (film)
Jun 14 Saturday
8:00 PM Santa Rosa: Nine Parts of Desire (one-woman show portraying nine Iraqi women)
Jun 20 Friday
2:00 PM Berkeley: Demonstrate for Peace - Bring our troops home now - Keep out of Iran [New]
Jun 21 Saturday
Hopland: RE 121: Power Your Home with Hydro
9:00 AM SF: The Big One - A Community Convergence for Conscious Change
Jun 22 Sunday
Hopland: RE 131: Generate Clean Power with Wind
9:00 AM SF: The Big One - A Community Convergence for Conscious Change
Jun 23 Monday
Hopland: PV 121: PV Design and Installation Intensive (five days)
Jun 27 Friday
9:00 PM SF: Bustin' Out 3 - The 3rd Annual TransMarch Afterparty to Benefit Transfolx Organizing in Prison
Jun 29 Sunday
Hopland: PV 940: Filing Permits & Rebates in CA
Jul 7 Monday
Half Moon Bay: Two-Week Intensive Permaculture Course
Jul 26 Saturday
7:00 PM SF: Ho'ailona : Interpreting the World Through Hula [Newer]
Sep 25 Thursday
San Jose: West Coast Green (a residential green building event)
Sep 26 Friday
San Jose: West Coast Green (a residential green building event)
Sep 27 Saturday
San Jose: West Coast Green (a residential green building event)
Oct 26 Sunday
SF: Rail~Volution 2008 (a national transit and livability conference; four days)

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

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