[Sosfbay-discuss] SV green action events in next 7 days Th - Th 1/25-28/07

[JamBoi]

The Green Party of SCC are working to get our calender function back to
working on our web site (http://cagreens/sclara ) , but in the meantime
here's some hot events in and around the Santa Clara Valley / South Bay
coming up in the next week:

Thu, 1/25/07: 
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4:30PM   California bill SB840/Single Payer 
San José @ Low Income Self-Help Center, 525 Alma St. 
lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com
Health  Care for All Californians - Silicon Valley Coalition
http://www.healthcareforall.org/santa_clara.html

6PM-7:30PM - Jessie Denver: The Conscious Consumer: Human Health Risks
& Environmental Impacts of Personal Care Products
Cost: $25
Stanford: Hoover Pavilion, 211 Quarry Road, Palo Alto 94305  
Contact: Julie Anderson, 650-725-4416, julie.anderson at stanford.edu
Presented by: Health Improvement Program, Stanford University
Websites:  http://hip.stanford.edu 

7PM-9 Los Gatos: Elizabeth de la Vega Discusses her book 
"U.S. v. George W. Bush et. al."
Los Gatos, Borders Books; 116 University Ave.
Description: Local author and former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la
Vega discusses her new book, U.S. v. George W. Bush et. al, a
hypothetical grand jury presentation of the president's pre-Iraq
invasion intelligence fraud.
http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=192

7:30PM-9 Spirituality and Social Change: An Interfaith Roundtable
Palo Alto, Kresge Auditorium, Stanford University
http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=6797

8PM-9:30 Mexico's Zapatistas: Mujeres de "La Otra Campana"
Watsonville Brown Beret Office: 408 Main Street 
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/24/18351219.php

Fr, 1/25/07:
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EVERY FRI 5:30PM-7: Impeachment Vigil 
Mountain View, El Camino @ Castro
Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition
Contact: Drew Johnson:  JamBoi at yahoo.com

7-9P View Palestine: Lecture, Slides, Video, Palestine, Israel's
apartheid wall, and non-violent resistance in the Occupied Territories,
Santa Clara: MCA Banquet Hall: 3003 Scott Blvd. 
Jonas Moffat joeskillet at riseup.net 415-503-7630
Jonas' Palestine blog: http://joeskillet.livejournal.com
MCA Social Committee
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/348280312_0f273a6f46.jpg?v=0

Sat, 1/26/07: 
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11:30AM-2PM: Peace Surge ~ Bush Purge
San José: Stevens Creek and Winchester Blvd
Description: Join the Special Peace Surge on a Day of Nationwide
Coordinated Protests...
EVERY SA & SU 11:30-2 @ the "Peace Crossroads" – Stevens Creek and
Winchester Blvd to demand an end to the Iraq War and that the war
criminals – Bush and Cheney – be held accountable for their crimes.
Sponsored by South Bay Mobilization www.sbm4peace.org / (408) 998-8504

12-4PM  Sat, Have Fun & Learn About Universal Health Care
Campbell: "The Pruneyard" Mall
Contact: Barbara Lea, Email: barbara.lea at comcast.net
Sign a petition expressing your views and enjoy the music of Bill Todd
and his Dixieland Band
Health Care for All Californians - Silicon Valley Coalition
& the League of Women Voters of Southwest Santa Clara Valley

12:00pm - 1:00pm  Bay Area Vegetarians KFC Cruelty Protest  
Palo Alto
RSVP to Candace http://www.bayareaveg.org/rsvp.htm?id=1476
http://www.bayareaveg.org/events.htm

6:30P-8:30: Acterra Family Movie Night  • An Acterra Event
City: Palo Alto
Description:  Grab your kids and some pillows and join Acterra for a
free screening of “Hoot”. This charming PG tells how a few kids engage
in some fun hijinks to protect endangered owls from losing their
habitat. Small snack will be provided.
Cost: Free to the public. Donations welcome.
Location: Acterra's offices at 3921 East Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto 94303 
(map)
Contact: Ellen Wilkinson, 650-962-9876 x306, library at acterra.org
Presented by: Acterra
Websites:  http://www.acterra.org

9A-1P  Acterra Sat. Restoration Parties at Arastradero Preserve 
Palo Alto: Arastradero Preserve
Saturday Restoration Parties on second and fourth Saturdays from 9-1. 
Plant exciting new creek site. 
Contact: Sheri Lubin, (650)962.9876 x 311, sheril at acterra.org
Acterra http://www.arastradero.org

9A-12P: Canopy's E Palo Alto Tree Initiative work day - prep 67 trees 
Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course, 1875 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto, 94303,
Enter parking lot and follow signs  
Contact: Genevra Ornelas, 650-964-6110, genevra at canopy.org
Canopy http://www.Canopy.org

9A-1P Plant 30,000 California Native Bunch Grasses
Stanford: 
For more info and to register: robin at ecomagic.org or 650 323-7333.
Contact: Robin, 650-323-7333, robin at ecomagic.org
Magic and Stanford University, Websites:  http://www.ecomagic.org

11:30A-2:30P Solar Electric Info & Payback class
Los Altos Library, Community Room, 13 S. San Antonio Road  
Contact: Kurt Newick, 408 370-9636, KurtNewick at yahoo.com
Presented by: Sierra Club, Global Warming Committee, Loma Prieta
Chapter

1:30P-3P
Cleaning Products: Human Health & Environmental Impacts
San José: Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 
150 E. San Fernado Street, 2nd Floor
Free slide show and talk on how to reduce your risks & ecological
footpriint, with alternative products on display, presented by Jessie
Denver, M. A., Environmental Services Dept., City of San Jose.
Librarian, 408 808-2397 Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
http://www.sjlibrary.org/about/events/

6P-10P Direct Action Training for Sacred Site Protection
San José: Communication Workers of America Local 9423 offices
2015 Naglee Avenue
Advocates for the Protection of Sacred Sites, Indigenous Environmental
Network, International Indian Treaty Council and Greenaction for Health
and Environmental Justice are putting on this training to teach people
about direct action to protect Indigenous peoples, lands, culture and
sacred sites. 
http://bayarea.indymedia.org/newsitems/2007/01/20/18349482.php

Monday,  January 29, 2007   
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10A-12Noon Protecting Sacred Sites -- Protest Calpine!
San José: Rally at 10 a.m. at Plaza De Cesar Chavez Park, South Market
Street and 50 W. San Fernando Street
12 Noon Protest at high noon at Calpine Headquarters
50 W. San Fernando Street, San Jose
Morning Star Gali: mstargali [at] gmail.com: 510.827-6719
http://bayarea.indymedia.org/newsitems/2007/01/20/18349473.php

7:30P-9: Lecture, Environmental Degradation, 1/29
Los Altos Library. At Library, 13 S. San Antonio Rd.
Jeff Langholz, Assoc. Prof., International Environmental Policy,
Monterey Inst. of International Studies, talks on
"Can the World Stop Enviornmental Degradation?" 
Cosponsors: World Affairs Council - Peninsula, 
Contact: Betty Gerard, (650)856-0912

Tuesday,  January 30, 2007   
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7:00 pm - 9 Acterra: Water - Where it comes from, where it goes 
Palo Alto: Acterra Conference Room at Peninsula Conservation Center,
3921 E. Bayshore Road  
Learn more about our local water systems from Greg Zlotnick, Director
of Santa Clara Valley Water District and Phil Bobel of the Palo Alto
Water Quality Control Plant. This evening is the first in a series of
Issue Briefings, deigned to give you in-depth information so you can
inform your friends and co-workers about local environmental concerns.
FREE to Acterra members; $5 general public. 
Contact: Debbie Mytels, (650) 962-9876 x302, debbiem at acterra.org
Presented by: Acterra http://www.acterra.org

Sunday,  January 31, 2007   
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10A-5P: Passes to Happy Hollow Park & Zoo for your old mobile phone
San José: Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, 1300 Senter Road, San Jose, CA
Description: Now daily  through Feb 28 from 10A-4:30P, one mobile phone
= one free pass. Limit 2 passes per person.
  or can be mailed to:
Happy Hollow - Cell Phone Recycle Program, 
1300 Senter Road, San Jose, CA 95112
Contact: Vanessa Rogier, 408-277-3065, Vanessa at bayarea.net
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, Orangutan Conservancy http://www.hhpz.org


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JamBoi
Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
http://dailyJam.blogspot.com


 
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