[Sosfbay-discuss] notices of 3 events

[Jim Doyle]

Perhaps one or more of you will be able to attend one or more
of these events. They come to us by way of the San Jose Peace and
Justice Center's calendar.

*Dahr Jamail - unembedded reports from Iraq*
Wednesday, November 19 2008 @ 12:00 PM
Engineering Auditorium, San Jose State Univ.
7th and San Fernando
San Jose

Dahr Jamail has filed indispensible reports from Iraq that have made him 
this generation's chronicler of the illegal US War on Iraq, from the 
siege of Fallujah to the origins of the Iraqi resistance. Dahr Jamail is 
special correspondent for Flashpoints, and also reports for Democracy 
Now! and many others.

This event is sponsored by SJSU Dept. of Anthropology, SJSU Dept. of 
Comparative Literature, San Jose Peace & Justice Center, and South Bay 
Mobilization

*
Invisible No Longer -- Forum to Support Hyatt Workers
*

Wednesday, November 19 2008 @ 06:00 PM
Santa Clara First Baptist Church
3111 Benton St.
Santa Clara

A community forum will be held to give visibility to the experiences of 
the workers at the Hyatt Hotel in Santa Clara.
Workers at the Hyatt Santa Clara publicly asked for a fair process to 
choose a union back in June 2008. Unfortunately, Hyatt management 
continues to reject its workers' request for the company to stay neutral 
while workers decide for themselves whether or not to have a union -- a 
process known as a card check agreement. Housekeepers continue to clean 
17-21 rooms each day, and some workers must rely on Healthy Families, 
public assistance for the most needy, for their children's health care 
coverage.

Panelists invited to hear the workers' testimony include Paul Fong, 
candidate for State Assembly; Jamie McLeod, Santa Clara City Council; 
Jaime Alvarado, Executive Director of Somos Mayfair; Rev. Margaret 
Tenold, Director of Santa Clara County Council of Churches. Hosted by 
Rising Together coalition.

*Tent City at San Jose State*
Thursday, Thursday, November 20 - All Day
SJSU Campus
7th and San Fernando Streets
San Jose

The Gulf Coast Civic Works Project sponsored by the Cesar E. Chavez 
Community Action Center will be displaying the injustices of poverty and 
homelessness by replicating Tent City in New Orleans by holding an event 
called “Tent City America” on Thursday, November 20, 2008-November 21, 
2008. The event will feature a number of tents displayed around the 
statues of John Carlos and Tommie Smith through out the whole day; each 
tent displaying informational facts about homelessness and poverty. In 
addition to the display, there will also be a program that will take 
place at 6pm that will consist of speakers, spoken word, music and a 
movie-Waging a Living. The students of San Jose State University and 
community will also have the opportunity to sleep out in the tents for a 
night to experience the lifestyle of the homeless.