THE PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CALENDAR

Featuring events in the Organized Labor and Progressive community of Fresno, California:

Updated May 8, 2008

The Peace and Social Justice calendar is a free service to subscribers of the Community Alliance newspaper. To receive the Peace and Social Justice calendar by email, please go to: http://www.mailermailer.com/x?oid=32254t and follow the (brief) instructions.

Thursday, May 8
7 - 9 PM
Public Forum - Why does Fresno need an Independent Police Auditor?

"Nationally, establishment of an independent auditor is recommended as a best practices procedure for all law enforcement."

"An independent police auditor can accomplish a balance of three key objectives, citizen satisfaction, prudent financial management, and police support." - 2007 Fresno Grand Jury Report

Speakers will discuss why an Independent Police Auditor is needed in the City of Fresno:

Ms. Attard will talk about what an IPA does, what an IPA can do for Fresno, and how she has provided oversight to the San Jose Police Departments citizen complaint process.

Mark Schlosberg, Police Practices Policy Director of the ACLU of Northern California

Mr. Schlosberg will talk about the legal responsibilities of the Police Department in the handling of constituent complaints.

There will also be testimony from citizens who have been mistreated by the Fresno City Police Department.

First Congregational Church (The Big Red Church)
2131 North Van Ness Boulevard, Fresno

Translation available in Spanish and Hmong.
Sponsored by the First Congregational Church and Central California Criminal Justice Committee
For further information please call (559) 229-9807.

Thursday, May 8
7 PM
The location for the regularly scheduled Green Party meeting for May 8, 2008 at 7:00 PM has been changed to the Congregational Church at Van Ness and Weldon in support of the Independent Police Auditor presentation. All Fresno County Green Party members are encouraged to attend and support this green issue event.

Thursday, May 8
7 PM
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative will meet at the Islamic Cultural Center in the library. All are welcome. Call 346-1680 for questions.

Friday, May 9
5:30 and 8 PM
Fresno Filmworks presents "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" at the Tower Theatre. The film, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of two Romanian women -- one of them pregnant -- and their attempt to enlist the help of a black-market abortionist. Tickets cost $10 general and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the Tower Theatre box office, 815 E. Olive Ave.; at JA Photography, 2003 N. Van Ness; via PayPal at www.FresnoFilmworks.org ; and at the door. For details, visit www.FresnoFilmworks.org or call (559) 221-0755.

Friday, May 9
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents the documentary film: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. This film tells the story of the Cuban people's hardship, ingenuity and triumph over sudden adversity - through cooperation, conservation and community, told in their own words. As the world approaches Peak Oil, Cuba provides a valuable example of how to successfully address the challenge of reducing our energy use.

Light potluck at 6:30. Program begins at 7 pm. This event is sponsored by the Reedley Peace Center and will be held at the Fellowship Hall of First Mennonite Church, on 'L' street between 12th and 13th streets in Reedley. Admission is free. Contact Don Friesen by email at dfriesen0@gmail.com

Friday, May 9
7 PM
"Dalai Lama Renaissance" A film and a fundraiser for the arts in Tibet and for the construction of an Interfaith Community Meditation Center at the UU church of Fresno at 2672 E Alluvial in Clovis. $10. For more information call Rev. Bryan Jessup at 322-6146.

Saturday, May 10
7 PM
Community Dance • Guest Caller Nick Cuccia, music–Linda Guerrero and Sherron Brown. We dance contras, squares, circles and waltzes, always to live music. Our next dance will be held at California Arts Academy (formerly Cynthia Merrill's), South of Shaw Ave. 4750 N Blackstone Ave. Beginners are welcome: please arrive at 6:30 for a little extra instruction. Donation at the door $5 per person, $12 family max. This event is sponsored by the Fresno Folklore Society, a non-profit organization. Tell a friend! More is better. You may come alone too, but do come!

Saturday, May 10
7:30 PM
Young Amelia CD Release Concert at Fresno Art Museum 2233 N. First Street. HANS YORK & Friends: Eva Scow, Dusty Brough, & Myra Joy, & Kevin Hill Hear some of the cd on his myspace: http://www.myspace.com/hansyork

German-born, Seattle-based, award winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Hans York (aka Hannsjoerg Scheid) made his debut on the West Coast music scene as an extraordinary DADGAD player, and was enticed to immigrate by the Bluestein Family of Fresno. Young Amelia, Hans York’s latest CD of 12 original compositions was recorded live in Seattle with some of the best young musicians in the business "Eva Scow, mandolin; Dusty Brough, guitar; Jon Hamar, bass; Myra Joy, cello; and Chris Stromquist, percussion and glockenspiel. The CD is the most folk of his recordings, simple and yet brilliant, a joyful celebration of life and love.

Tickets: $15 advance; $20 Day of Performance. Advance tickets may be purchased online www.fresnofolkconcerts.com Patrick’s Music, National Hardware or phone 431-3653

Sunday, May 11
Mother’s Day
This first "The Mother’s Day Proclamation for Peace," was written in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe, the mother of six.

Howe had recently walked the battlefields of the Civil War with her husband and with Abraham Lincoln. She had just written "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." But now, as the Franco Prussian War was beginning, she felt that she could not bear any more violence. She called for a congress of women to gather immediately to promote "PEACE: A Mother’s Day for Peace."

Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise all women who have hearts! Whether your
baptism be that of water or of tears!

We will not have questions decided by irrelevant
agencies, Our husbands shall not come to us
reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all
that we have been able to teach them of charity,
mercy and patience.

We women of one country will be too tender of those
of another country to allow our sons to be trained to
injure theirs.

From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice
goes up with our own.
It says, ‘Disarm, Disarm!’

The sword of murder is not the balance of justice!
Blood does not wipe out dishonor nor violence
indicate possession.

As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at
the summons of war, let women now leave all that
may be left of home for a great and earnest day of
counsel.

Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and
commemorate the dead. Let them then solemnly
take counsel with each other as to the means
whereby the great human family can live in peace,
each bearing after their own time the sacred
impress, not of Caesar, but of God.

In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I
earnestly ask that a general congress of women
without limit of nationality may be appointed and held
at some place deemed most convenient and at the
earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote
the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable
settlement of international questions, the great and
general interests of peace.

Monday, May 12
10 AM
The Fresno County Democratic Central Committee will again be registering voters at the naturalization ceremony for new citizens in Fresno. It is anticipated that there will be at least 500 people receiving their citizenship during the ceremony. The Fresno County Democratic Central Committee will need volunteers to talk with participants while they are waiting in line to enter the Ceremony at about 10:00 A.M. on Monday. Volunteers will then need to be available to assist with the completion of voter registration forms when participants complete the ceremony at about 11:15 A.M. until about 1:00 P.M. on Monday. Bilingual volunteers are helpful but it is not a requirement. Volunteers may participate for all or any portion of the time. Training of volunteers is provided. The ceremony will be held at the Valdez Exhibit Hall of the Fresno Convention Center located at 700 M Street in Fresno. Participants in the ceremony come from an area comprising the counties of Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Kern, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, Mariposa and Tuolumne. If you are interested in assisting with this project please contact Chuck by email at ckrugman@sbcglobal.net or Jason Carns by email at jasonmc81f@yahoo.com .
Chuck may also be contacted by phone at 559-266-9237. This event takes place on a monthly basis and is a good way to provide party visibility and register new Democratic voters to prepare for the upcoming elections.

Wednesday, May 14
7:45 AM
Bike Month Activity - Annual FCBC Bike to Work Ride, AKA - Manchester to Downtown Fresno coffee ride. Meet at Manchester Center near the Fresno Area Express (FAX) site on Blackstone at 7:45 for an 8:30 group ride to downtown Fresno. Clovis riders, meet at the rest stop on the Old Town Clovis trail (near Ashlan Avenue and Clovis Avenue) at 7:00 am for a group ride to Manchester Center to meet other cyclists. From Manchester Center we will be escorted by the Fresno Police Department Bike Cops to the Fulton Mall. Sponsored by FCBC, refreshments will be provided by Milano and Café Corazon. Then head off to work. Tell your friends.

Wednesday May 14
9 - 11 AM
Sequoia Community Health Centers will be hosting the "Help is Here!" Express on at their Divisadero location-2021 Divisadero across the Community Hospital ER in downtown Fresno.

The "Help is Here!" Express is sponsored by the Partnership for Prescription Assistance and travels throughout the USA in order to educate and enroll individuals who lack prescription coverage in programs that can help them obtain their medications FREE or at a very LOW COST. This event is FREE and open to the public.

Wednesday, May 14
12 Noon & 7:00 PM
Video Presentation: "The Witness," critically acclaimed and award winning documentary on the [mis]treatment of animals. How does a construction contractor from a tough Brooklyn neighborhood become an impassioned animal advocate? How did the love of a kitten open his heart, inspiring him to rescue abandoned animals and bring his compassion to the streets of New York, thus becoming a champion for animals in need? "The Witness" answers these questions and more. This video will be shown at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N, Van Ness. Free.

Wednesday, May 14
4 - 5:15 PM
Youth Video Production ProgramHigh school students will produce video Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and mini-documentaries on mental health topics, in Hmong, Spanish and English. The free Youth Video Production Summer Program will be Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00-7:30pm, June 24-August 7. Participating students are eligible to attend a Tech Camp at UC Santa Cruz the week of 8/11-15.

There will be a Youth Video Production Program Information Meeting on Wednesday, May 14, 4-5:15 at the Veterans Memorial Building, 2425 Fresno St., Room 201. This program is sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Cooperation and the Kings View Youth Outreach and Engagement Program. For more information, contact John Minkler ( johnminkler@comcast.net ) or call 445-0015. See sample videos at www.cmcweb.org

Thursday, May 15
(deadline for registration)
The Unitarian Universalist Church Of Fresno presents Out of the Stars A spiritual retreat for free thinking kids. Registration is now open for this very special summer camp. Camp is June 23-27.

Deadline for registration is May 15. If you would like more information about camp please contact Aubree Smith at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno 322-6146.

Thursday, May 15
7 PM
It’s Our Water : A free forum to inform and empower co-sponsored by WILPF, Metro Ministry , the UU Social Justice Committee, and Tehipite Chapter of the Sierra Club. At the UU Church, 26 72 E. Alluvial Ave. between Chestnut and Willow on Thursday, May 15^th 7 p.m. with Lloyd Carter and Nancy Price. Lydia Flores 435-7360

Friday, May 16
9 AM - 4:30 PM
Transforming Communities and The Freedom From Violence Project would like to invite you to a workshop for Disability Service Providers and Domestic/Sexual Violence Prevention Advocates. California State Univ. 5241 North Maple Avenue, Psychology/Human Services Bldg, Room 114. Please contact 415-526-2553 or pvawd@transformcommunities.org for more information.

Friday, May 16
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents speaker: Toni Munoz-Woods. Toni works as a public affairs associate for the Kings River Conservation District (KRCD). KRCD is a regional resource management agency that works with water, power and the environment. Toni will discuss local energy conditions and the exciting opportunities Community Choice brings to our community. Community Choice (Assembly Bill 117, fall of 2002) enables cities and counties to pursue various options to meet the electrical energy needs of their residents, businesses and municipal facilities.

Saturday, May 17
Doors open at 6:30 for dinner and the concert starts at 7:30 PM
There will be a concert in North Fork Town Hall to benefit the Fresno Free College Foundation and KFCF 88.1 FM, listener sponsored radio for Central California. David Gans, singer-songwriter and host to the weekly radio program "Dead to the World" and the nationally syndicated "Grateful Dead Hour" will be performing, and volunteers will be serving a home-cooked soup and salad dinner. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 for low-income, with an additional charge of $5 for the dinner. For tickets or information please call Sue Kern at 877-5800, or Fresno Free College foundation at 233-2221.

Sunday, May 18
9 AM
"Creating a Culture of Peace" which is about an international non-violence training program being introduced in Fresno by the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP). A trio of distinguished speakers includes Quaker Vicki Carroll; former prison psychologist, Dr. Jay Adams; and former Beyond War organizer, George Ramos. This will be an upbeat experiential taste of a 20 hour workshop which has been shown to reduce violence and recidivism in the community and in prisons. This event will be held at the Unitarian Church, 2672 E. Alluvial Ave (between Chestnut & Willow).

Wednesday, May 21
4 - 6 PM
Free California Voices Movie Premiere at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 2425 Fresno St. The Center for Multicultural Cooperation launches the first annual California Voices Premiere. High school and middle school students in the region have produced 5-minute mini-documentary videos about cultural and community leaders. Students in 13 California Voices After-school programs, from Fresno, Kings and Mariposa counties, will introduce their videos and their storyteller. For more information contact: Julie Caso juliecaso@gmail.com 246-9322

Thursday, May 22
BONNIE RAITT DONATES SPECIAL BENEFIT TICKETS FOR HER TABLE MOUNTAIN CASINO SHOW TO THE ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR RESPONSIBILITY TO LIMIT THE PRODUCTION OF HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WASTE ON OUR COAST

Nine Time Grammy Winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt and her band will be at the Table Mountain Casino on May 22 in Friant, California. Bonnie has generously made available some great fourth row seats to benefit the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility to support their efforts to limit the production of highly radioactive waste on California's earthquake coast and prevent new reactors in our state.

These Gold and Silver Circle VIP tickets are located in the Orchestra Center Section in Row 4. Golden Circle tickets are $300 and include a backstage visit with Bonnie. Silver Circle tickets at $200 are great seats and support important work on nuclear issues in California. These tickets are available through the non-profit Guacamole Fund and are partially tax-deductible. This is a special internet sale only at www.guacfund.org

The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility has worked tirelessly to defeat bills in 2007 and in 2008 aimed at overturning California's 1976 nuclear safeguard laws and to prevent the qualification of a 2007 initiative also aimed at siting new nuclear reactors without solving the problem of a permanent safe storage site for the state's highly radioactive waste. In addition, the Alliance has submitted comments to the Department of Energy opposing proposed plans to ship 12% of the nation’s waste through our state.

The Alliance was instrumental in working with the California Energy Commission and the state legislature to analyze the full costs, benefits and risks of our state's reliance on aging nuclear reactors. In addition, the Alliance has worked closely with California's Attorney General to ensure matters within state purview relating to transportation and security of radioactive waste are addressed.

California must not be forced to choose between two poisons (carbon or nuclear) when we have barely tapped efficiency standards and have yet to truly gear up with exciting new clean and renewable technology that will provide new jobs, new technology and new infrastructure that will make our state the leader in clean energy generation.

Bonnie Raitt is a founding member of MUSE, Musicians United for safe energy and has been an anti nuclear and safe energy activist for some thirty years.

Contact: Rochelle Becker, Executive Director, Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility (858) 337 2703 or David Weisman, Outreach Coordinator (805) 704-1810

Friday, May 23
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents the documentary: Dear America: Letters Home from Viet Nam.

Saturday, May 24
2 PM
Homeless People’s Memorial Service to commemorate the loss of all homeless people who have died in Fresno this last year. The service will be held at Roeding Park (between Storyland and the Tennis Courts).

Thursday, May 29
7 - 9 PM
Elections Expert and Author Steven Hill will speak at the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Fresno 2672 E. Alluvial Ave. Clovis, CA [North of Alluvial; east of Chestnut]. Electoral reform is the beginning of a fair and participatory democracy.

Steven Hill is senior analyst for the Center for Voting and Democracy, a non-profit organization that educates the public about the impact of electoral systems and the legislative redistricting process on political representation, voter turnout, governance and campaign finance reform.

He is the author of Fixing Elections: The Failure of America's Winner Take All Politics (Routledge Press, August 2002), co-author of Whose Vote Counts (Beacon Press, 2001), and 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy (PoliPoint Press, 2006).

He is a frequent contributor of political commentaries to the Knight-Ridder wire service, and his articles and commentaries have appeared in dozens of newspapers and magazines.

He was the campaign manager in San Francisco of the successful campaign that resulted in San Franciscans voting to adopt instant runoff voting to elect their local government. He also was one of the organizers of San Francisco's successful ballot measure for public financing of local elections. He lives in San Francisco, CA.

This event is free to the public and wheelchair accessible. Central Valley Electoral Reform and the Social Justice Committee of the UU Church of Fresno are sponsoring this event. Central Valley Electoral Reform, www.CVER.org , is a collaboration of individuals and groups interested in making elections in the Central Valley more competitive issue oriented, cost effective, and proportionally representative.

Friday, May 30
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents speaker: Ziad Abbas, Palestinian journalist. Topic: The Naqba — 60 Years: What is the Future for Palestinian Refugees.

Saturday, May 31
Fresno Barrios Unidos fund raiser at the Fresno Art Museum. For more information, contact: Patsy Montgomery 559-360-4309 or 559-488-4908 x 301

Sunday, June 1
5:30 PM
Physician Dr. Marc Lasher has been chosen as the fourth recipient of California Central Valley's "Outstanding Advocate for the Common Good" for his decades-long efforts to serve the poor and powerless through health care delivery and reform, prisoner rights, and land redistribution. The award banquet is open to the public. Tickets are $40 per person. Scholarships are available, if needed, for part or all of that amount. Reservation forms will be available on-line after April 7, 2008 at www.robinsoncommongood.org. In addition, people may call the United Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, at 559-227-2050 for reservation forms and for more information after April 7, 2008. The program starts at 5:30 p.m. Hope Lutheran is located at the NW corner of Fresno and Barstow.

Tuesday, June 3
Primary Election. See www.cvppac.org for voting recommendations from the Central Valley Progressive PAC.

Saturday, June 7
10 AM
Fresno Rainbow Pride, the Central Valley’s Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) Pride Parade and Festival. The Parade route is east bound on Olive Avenue and begins at Palm Avenue and terminates at Maroa Avenue.

Saturday June 14
9 PM
Full Circle Brewing Co Presents Uni & the Ding String Trio, Vaudevillian Extravaganza. $6 Cover 620 F St. Downtown Fresno 559-264-6323 www.fullcirclebrewing.com

Saturday, June 28
The California Central Valley Journey for Justice invites you to participate in its third year journey. The journey has gone through cities and towns of the Central Valley from Lindsay to Sacramento. They seek to help forge a chain of communities throughout the Valley to unite our strength, provide support and understanding to each other as we strive to find solution together. CCVJ4J brings together public employees, healthcare workers, farm workers, religious leaders, urban and rural poor, and community activists into a unified movement for justice and economic human rights for all. For more information call Eduardo Castro at 559 250-2733. www.journeyforjustice.net

Sunday, June 29
4 PM
The Fresno Center for Nonviolence Anniversary Celebration will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 2672 E Alluvial Ave (just West of Willow). The keynote speaker will be David Barsamian on "What We Say Goes: America Tries to Rule the World." The Way of Peace Awards will be presented. $5.

Friday, July 4
9 AM - 1 PM
4^th of July Celebration of our Diversity. This is the 11^th annual celebration of our diversity brunch sponsored by the Interfaith Alliance of Central California. This event will be held at O’Neill Park, CSUF Campus (Barstow between Maple and Chestnut). Tickets for the event are $5 (13 years old - adult), $3/child (4 to 13 years old), and a maximum of $15 per family. For tickets and information call 224-4001.

Saturday, October 4
The 4th Gene Bluestein Memorial Concert featuring Peggy Seeger. She doesn't call herself a folksinger but rather a singer of traditional and contemporary songs. She has one foot in the past and another in the present and is always walking towards the future. You may disagree with some of the politics but you won't be bored. An average concert contains both traditional and contemporary materials, the latter encompassing both male and female politics. Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno 2672 E. Alluvial Ave. Clovis, CA 93611 ticket info tba more about Peggy http://www.pegseeger.com/index.html

ONGOING WEEKLY ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS

Every Sunday
3 - 4 PM
Sunday Food Not Bombs serves free food at Courthouse Park to anyone who is hungry. They start cooking at 1 PM and serve the food at 3 PM (meet at the Tulare side of the park). For more information see: http://cafefresno.org/

Every Tuesday
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Fresno River Zen group meets in Horsley Hall at the Unitarian Universalist Church. This group welcomes all who wish to seek clarity, compassion, and harmony with oneself and the world through mindful meditation. Emphasis is on bringing peaceful actions from personal experience in meditation to healing the world. Teaching and practice in the spirit of the Suzuki Roshi Lineage is led by Grace Schireson, an ordained Zen priest. For more information, call Grace at (559) 877-2400 or email her at grace@emptynestzendo.org .

Every Monday and Tuesday
7–9:30 PM
The St. Benedict Catholic Worker serves a meal to the homeless, working poor, and visitors and released inmates in front of Fresno County Jail (corner of Fresno and M streets). Volunteers are needed to help prepare and serve the meals. For more information contact Liza Apper at (559) 229–6410 or Lizaosb@aol.com ; or visit their Web site: www.sbcw.org .

Every Tuesday
7 PM
Peace Fresno meets at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence at 1584 N Van Ness, south of McKinley. If you want to help stop Bush's endless war against the world, come to this meeting!

For an up-to-the-minute listing of all peace actions in the Fresno area, call the Fresno Center for Nonviolence at (559) 23PEACE (237–3223). For more information about Peace Fresno, call 487–2515 or visit their Web site at www.peacefresno.org

David Bacon's Labor Journal on KFCF 88.1 FM. David Bacon's experience as a union organizer and his world-wide contacts in the Labor community makes him uniquely qualified as a journalist specializing in issues and concerns of working people. He covers a broad range of labor news and issues locally, nationally and globally. See David's web site at http://dbacon.igc.org

Every Friday
7 PM
Reedley Peace Center holds it weekly peace meeting at the Fellowship Hall at Reedley's First Mennonite Church, 1208 L Street, Reedley. Programs vary, but the focus is always on peace issues: local, state, national, international. The contact is Carol Krehbiel: (559) 637–9098 or ckrehbiel@earthlink.net . The meeting is free, open to the public, and accessible to the handicapped.

Every Saturday
1–2 PM
Food Not Bombs feeds the hungry near the Olive Ave entrance to Roeding Park. If you would like to help us prepare our meal, we meet every Saturday at Wesley United Methodist Church (1343 E. Barstow) at 10am. For more information see: http://myspace.com/fresnofnb

For more information on Food Not Bombs you can contact us at fresnofnb@hotmail.com or visit the offical FNB website foodnotbombs.net

Every Saturday
1 PM until the last patient is served
Medical clinic for the homeless, actively injecting drug users, and prostitutes. You can find them near Hughes and Olive Ave. Staffed by Dr. Marc Lasher and volunteers. Accepting financial donations. Contact: 266–0444.

Every Saturday
1–3 PM
Fresno Free Bicycle Repair Clinic. Most Saturdays. Donations of bicycle parts, inner tubes, and blinky lights welcome. Volunteers needed to help with minor repairs. The bicycle clinic is near the Olive Ave entrance to Roeding Park, beside Food Not Bombs. For more info and to arrange donations, e-mail fresnofreebikeclinic@yahoo.com

ONGOING MONTHLY ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS

1st Sunday of every month
1 - 3 PM
The South Valley Peace Center holds a demonstration for peace at Mooney and Walnut in Visalia.

1^st Sunday of every month
5 PM
We don't BURN Heretics - We Welcome Them! Atheist, Secular Humanist, Rational Skeptic, Agnostic – would you like to be welcomed too? The Central Valley Alliance of Atheists and Skeptics meets every month to discover ways to promote a secular, rational viewpoint throughout the Central Valley. We invite like minded people and their supports to be a part of our new organization: Phone: (559) 892-0102 Website: www.cvaas.org

3rd Sunday of every month
3 - 5 PM
World Meditation Day is observed to promote peace within oneself and harmony in the world. Held at 7319 N Fourth St, Fresno. Program includes guided meditation followed by discussion and light refreshments. Call Veena Kapoor, (559) 435–2212, for more information.

3rd Sunday of every month
12 PM
Humanists of the San Joaquin Valley meets at the Conference Room at the UU Church, 2672 E. Alluvial Ave. Clovis. They welcome guests and inquirers. Information at their Web site at www.fresno.humanists.net

1st Monday of every month
6:30PM – 8:30PM
Central Valley Café Scientifique. Scientists and those curious meets at Lucy's Lair 10063 N Maple Ave, where non-scientists can engage in stimulating (and friendly) conversation about current scientific topics with local researchers and scientists. Café Scientifique is a growing movement, having started in the United Kingdom. There are several Café Scientifique meetings in the Bay Area. Website: http://www.valleycafesci.org/

4th Monday of every month
7 PM
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom meeting, 1584 N Van Ness, south of McKinley. For more information contact JEAN HAYS skyhorse3593@sbcglobal.net

3rd Tuesday of every month
7 PM
The Fresno Free College Foundation (owner and operator of KFCF 88.1 FM) Board of Directors meet Machinist's Union Hall at 544 W. Olive Ave, across from the DMV. The public is invited. For more information call (559) 233–2221, e-mail kfcf@kfcf.org , or visit www.kfcf.org

1st Wednesday of every month
12 Noon–1 PM
Women in Black– Silent Vigil at the Fresno County Courthouse entrance. Show your support for PEACE and for negotiated settlements of US current military actions! Meet downtown at the Fresno courthouse, and stand silently, advocating for PEACE. For more info, call 278–7140 or 225–2850.

1st Wednesday of every month
7 PM
The Fresno County Democratic Central Committee meetings are held in the State Building Assembly Room. The address is 2550 Mariposa Ave. Call Steve Haze, Chair – 855-8844 stevehaze@psnw.com or Jay Hubbell, Secretary - 292-4905 / jayhubbell@comcast.net for more information.

2^nd Wednesday of every month
6 PM for dinner and 7 PM for call to order
The Fresno Stonewall Democrats meets at Carrow's Restaurant 4280 N. Blackstone Avenue, Fresno (On the east side of Blackstone just north of Ashlan). Stonewall Democrats represent the interests of the LGBT community through the Democratic Party. Phone: Chuck Krugman for more information: (559) 266-9237 E-mail Chuck at: ckrugman@sbcglobal.net http://www.mangen.com/stonewall/

3rd Wednesday of every month
6:30 PM
Central California Criminal Justice Committee is meeting at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1564 North Van Ness ( Southeast corner of McKinley and Van Ness).

Third Wednesday of every month
7 PM
General meeting of the Tehipite Chapter of the Sierra Club at the University of California Center, 550 E. Shaw Ave. The general public is invited to attend these meetings featuring presentations and slide shows on diverse topics. Meetings not held in July and August.

1st Thursday of every month
ArtHop will be held on two different days of the month; every first and third Thursdays effective January 2008 ArtHop. First Thursday of the month is slated for the Downtown Fresno and Tower District, while the third Thursday is for the Metropolitan Areas (outside Downtown and Tower). For more information see http://www.fresnoarthop.org/ , contact Maria Franco at mfranco@fresnoarts.org , or call (559) 237- 9734.

2nd Thursday of every month
6:30 PM
Health Care for All Central California meets at the California School Employees Association, 2501 W Shaw #107 (SW corner of Shaw and Hughes, between Marks and West).

Carrow's Fresno
1484 E. Shaw Ave
(one block south of Fashion Fair)
Get together and hang out

2nd Thursday of every month
7 PM
Monthly meeting of the Fresno County Green Party, County Council, at the California State Building in downtown Fresno. The address is 2550 Mariposa Ave., and is located between O and P streets and Fresno and Tulare. Enter through the main door along the pedestrian mall just off P Street. Call (559) 265–3647 or go to www.cagreens.org/fresno for more information.

3rd Thursday of every month
FresCAMP (Fresno Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides) meeting. For more information call (559) 227–6134.

3rd Thursday of every month
6–8 PM
Fresno County Bicycle Coalition, monthly meetings to provide a forum for bicyclists to organize, discuss common concerns, and influence public policy. If you are interested in helping Fresno County become more bike-friendly, you are invited to join this group. Please call (559) 444–2065 for more information.

1st Friday of every month
4:30–6:30 PM
Peace Fresno is at Shaw and Blackstone Avenues to protest the occupation of Iraq and other harmful domestic and foreign policies of the Bush administration. Peace Fresno advocates alternatives to war and social and environmental justice. For more information go to www.peacefresno.org

1st and 3rd Friday of every Month
6:30 PM
California Prison Moratorium Project members, volunteers, walk ins welcomed at both meetings. We meet at 6pm at 1055 N Van Ness, Suite C. The 1st Friday of the month is dedicated to our local jail and prison " No New Cages" expansion plans. On the 3rd Friday we have a "Talking Circle" an indigenous style of community dialogue, join us. Both meetings begin at 6 until we are though or when you need to leave "Uncaging the Valley" is a mobilizing effort to unite the our communities about the runaway costs of incarceration. An anti prison conference is planned for the fall and we need your help planning. Your ideas and support are needed and welcomed. This is an effort of an exclusive valley wide coalition focused on this project. Potluck is encouraged but not required. Upcoming, speakers from the anti prison movement are being scheduled. Call Debbie Reyes at 559-266-5901 for more info.

1st Friday of every month
7–9 PM
Dances of Universal Peace. Sacred Circle Dances from Around the World at the First Congregational Church, Van Ness and Yale.

4th Friday of every month
5 - 6 PM
Street Heat on KFCF, 88.1 FM in Fresno. This is the Community Alliance radio show.

1st Saturday of every month
9 AM (breakfast)
9:30 AM (business meeting)
10 AM (program)
Kennedy Club of the San Joaquin Valley meets. Call (559) 439-8140 for more information.

1st Saturday of every month
3–5 PM
Women of Spirit—a gathering of women rediscovering their own spirituality and enabling others to do the same. You are invited to join the circle of women the first Saturday of each month, at 7319 N Fourth St, Fresno. Beginning and closing meditation, discussion and activity, light refreshments after closing. The event is free. Both men and women are welcome. Contact: Veena Kapoor, (559) 435–2212.

2nd Saturday of every month
9:30 AM
Fresno Center for Nonviolence monthly meeting at 1584 N. Van Ness, south of McKinley. For more information about the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, see their Web site www.centerfornonviolence.org or call 559–23PEACE (237–3223).

2nd Saturday of every month
10 AM
The Black Political Council meets at King of Kings on Martin Luther King Blvd.

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