The Fresno Peace and Social Justice Calendar

THE PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CALENDAR

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Thursday, May 3
The Impact of Immigration on Children and Families at the CSU-Fresno Satellite Student Union.

Open to the Public Relaxed Parking in Lots P & J - Sponsored by the Title IV-E Child Welfare Program of the Department of Social Work Education, the Chicano and Latin American Studies Department and University Migrant Services

8a.m - noon "Pillars of Social Work Practice - Immigration Issues in Child Welfare" Title IV-E Integrative Seminar

12:15 - 1 p.m. Ollin Coyotl, Mexicas Dance Performance

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Immigration Coalition Panel

3:45 pm - 5:15 pm Student Panel AB 540

5:30 pm - 6 pm Danza Azteca Yoztalteptl (Corazon Del Pueblo)

6:15 pm - 6:45 pm Danzantes de Aztlan

7 pm - 9 pm "El Norte" - Film

Thursday, May 3
4 - 6 PM
Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV). What do the 2008 Elections mean for immigrant and working class communities? Is it ever too early to start developing your electoral program? What does it take to make an impact on the electoral arena? MIV has developed an approach to electoral organizing that emphasizes elections work as one component of a larger movement for full participation, rights and justice. This movement-building approach to elections focuses on building leadership and capacity within low-income and immigrant communities and their organizations.

We know that the time to build capacity for 2008 in NOW! The overwhelming feedback we have received from community partners, like you, is that resources and capacity-building support of staff and grassroots leaders is needed in 2007 in order develop their 2008 electoral and civic participation plans.

This "Open House" is a great opportunity to meet other MIV groups, share our 2006 experiences and learn about MIV's NEW plans for 07 & 08! This event will be held at Comité Pro Uno/Centro de Accesoria Popular, 453 N. Fresno St. Fresno, CA 93701. For more information, contact Alicia Lepe at (626) 224-8189. Contact them if you need childcare and translation, so they can plan ahead

Friday, May 4
Dances of Universal Peace - Eighth Anniversary. The Dances of Universal Peace are being held in Fresno at the First Congregational Church, 2131 N Van Ness (South of Clinton) on the first Friday of each month. These are circle dances holding hands. The organizers say "the harmony of the dances will reach deep into your heart center, while the meditative movements and hands clasped in love and friendship will uplift and inspire you." For more information contact Gurmat at 251-7500.

Friday, May 4
4:30 PM
The Raging Grannies will be singing to protesting the war and its escalation at 2562 E. Birch Fund Raiser to support Mitt Romney GOP bid for the Presidency. They will meet at 4:30 P.M. on the SE corner of Herndon and Cedar by Long’s Drugs and car-pool to event.

Friday, May 4
5:15 PM
Latino Legacy (digital films from & about the latino/a community made by high school students at Roosevelt HS— storytellers and high school students will make up the panel). Center for Multicultural Cooperation.

Cineculture continues to be a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff at no charge. However, anyone interested in taking Cineculture for academic credit for the Fall semester, please sign up through Continuing and Global Education: tel. 278-0333. For further info., contact Dr. Denise Blum dblum@csufresno.edu . This film will be shown in McLane 121 on the CSUF campus.

Friday, May 4
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents Speaker: Steve Penner. Topic: The Democratic Republic of Congo.

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 4
7 PM
Native American Music Award Winner Carlos Reynosa (Nammys 1999 & 2000 Nominated 2003, 2005 & 2006) will be coming to the Valley (Fresno Ca,) with special guest the central valley's own Lance "Fluteman" Canales. This event will happen at Grandma's All Natural Market & Nursery 403 W. Olive Ave Fresno Ca, (One Block East of Fruit) (559) 495-1141. Cost: $5.00

Saturday, May 5
9:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Business
10:00 a.m. Program
10:20 am Q&A from members and the audience
The Kennedy Club Of the San Joaquin . Please join the Kennedy Club as we welcome former California Assembly Member Sarah Reyes. The Honorable Ms. Reyes will share insights regarding her work to reduce hunger in the valley through the Community Food Bank, and talk about her decision to get back into the political arena beginning in June as Chief of Staff for Assemblyman Juan Arambula. She will share concerns she has for the future of the central valley and the state. The general public are welcome to attend. There is no cost except for those who order food or beverages. This event will be held at Denny's Restaurant at Abby & Divisadero, Fresno CA.

The Kennedy Club was founded by Judge Lawrence J. Kelley and his wife Rosalie. It was established to stimulate an active interest in government affairs, to increase the efficiency of popular government, to foster and perpetuate the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party and to provide for all people through its administration the highest degree of justice and social welfare. For additional information contact Patsy Montgomery, club president at: patsyfain@yahoo.com or call her at 360-4309 for additional information.

Saturday, May 5
3 - 5 PM
To honor Mother's Day, Women of Spirit will hold an interfaith panel on "Knowing the Divine as Mother." Three panelists from different faith traditions will participate, followed by guided mediation and light refreshments. The event will be held at 7319 No. Fourth St. Fresno. The program is free and all are welcome. For more details call: (559) 435-2212.

Saturday, May 5
6 PM
Jeremy Scahill, part of the Democracy Now team who's just authored "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army" will be in North Fork in a benefit for KFCF 88.1 FM.

It's time for the 4th Annual North Fork Town Hall event to raise funds for KFCF and the Fresno Free College Foundation. This year, we're honored to welcome Jeremy Scahill, part of the Democracy Now team who's just authored "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army."

Recently interviewed on both Democracy Now and Flashpoints, Scahill has produced an in-depth expose of one of the greatest financial beneficiaries of the "global war on terror," a private company with close ties to the White House, military and intelligence agencies and the right-wing conservative movement. It currently has over 2,300 private soldiers in nine countries through contracts it has received from the Bush administration, with many of the troops hired from the ranks of former military officers in countries with terrible human rights records.

Blackwater is currently lobbying to secure a contract to deploy troops in the Darfur region of the Sudan, and it was one of the first forces deployed to New Orleans after Katrina hit, sent in to "stop looters." Blackwater recently negotiated with Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger to respond to natural disasters in California.

Learn more about this war profiteer and help keep KFCF on the air at the same time. The event is Saturday, May 5th, 2007 at North Fork Town Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m. We'll also be serving a home-made soup dinner, and one of our own local bands will be providing music. Tickets for the event are $8 in advance, $10 at the door, plus an additional $5 for the dinner.

You can help by coming to the event yourself and by telling others about it (a flyer is enclosed which can be copied and put up in your local communities). Tickets are available through the KFCF office at 233-2221, at "The Movies" in the Tower District, or by calling Sue Kern in North Fork at 877-5800.

KFCF also needs volunteers the day of the event to help prepare and serve the dinner, to make desserts, and to help with setting up the hall. If you can volunteer, call Sue or Hansel at 877-5800.

Saturday, May 5
6 PM
"AIM, Indigenous Recognition and Rights," a lecture by Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement. This event will be held at CAFE Infoshop-- 935 F St. in downtown Fresno

Dennis Banks ~~ Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author~~is an Anishinabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota . In 1968 he co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) to protect the traditional ways of Indian people and to engage in legal cases protecting treaty rights of Natives. Among other activities, AIM participated in the occupation of Alcatraz Island which lasted from 1969-1971, organized and led the Trail of Broken Treaties' caravan across the U.S. to Washington, D.C. in 1972. Failure by the government to hold scheduled meetings with the caravan resulted in the seizure and occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office. It also spearheaded the move on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 1973 to oust corruption and the U.S. appointed chairman. These activities led to the occupation of Wounded Knee and a siege of 71 days. Banks was the principal negotiator and leader of the Wounded Knee forces.

Sunday, May 6
The South Valley Peace Center will hold a vigil at Caldwell and Mooney in Visalia to protest the President’s veto of the defense spending bill which set a timetable for pulling our troops out of Iraq. Contact 782-9265 for more information.

Sunday, May 6
1 - 4 PM
La Querencia Fresno Cohousing presents "A Celebration of Community" to mark the Groundbreaking for construction of its environmentally-friendly, 28-household, 2.8 acre intentional neighborhood on Alluvial Avenue between Chestnut and Willow in Fresno. The event is free and there will be complimentary refreshments, music, games, a bounce house for the kids, and a presentation on sustainable neighborhoods by Chuck Durrett and Katie McCamant, the pioneers of cohousing in the U.S. and co-authors of the book Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. The Neighborhood is accepting new members! Contact: 1-866- 246-7717 or info@fresnocohousing.org .

Tuesday, May 8
Explore opportunities to promote comprehensive sexuality education at the next California Sex Education Roundtable Meeting in Fresno, California. This convening, co- sponsored by the ACLU of Northern California, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice and Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, will be a great opportunity to share recent developments in state and national policies, local mobilization efforts and your experiences surrounding sexuality education in your communities. Please see the invitation below and attached for further details and RSVP information. For more information contact:

Rocio L. Cordoba, J.D.
Executive Director
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ)
Post Office Box 412225
Los Angeles, CA 90041
213.270.5258
rocio@clrj.org

Wednesday, May 9
The Fresno/Clovis Action Team (CAT) & www.OneCareNow.org 365 Day Campaign will present the 22 minute video "Fixing Our Broken Healthcare System" on Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 at Country Waffles Restaurant located at 1884 Clovis Ave in Clovis. They are located in the Barnyard Shopping Center about half way between Shaw & Barstow. FREE lunch to all who RSVP to Gene Roza at 559-905-3521; space is limited so call as early as possible. Just remember, the other (??) health care proposals by the Arnold & the so-called Democrats plan

(Nunez and/or Perata) are even written down to analysis; SB-840 has been worked on for nearly a decade and is a comprehensive universal healthcare plan that will cover all Californian's and save money. Although planned by Health Care for All & CARA (California Alliance for Retired

Americans) the plan is for everyone. Again, those wishing to attend (you don't have to be a senior) please RSVP to Gene Roza.......at 559-905- 3521............or call if you have any questions regarding this luncheon or healthcare.

Wednesday, May 9
12 Noon and 7:00 PM
"The Iron Wall" shows in detail how, following Israel’s 1967 occupation, settlements were strategically placed as part of a plan to maintain control and eventually incorporate the majority of historic Palestine into present day Israel. Filmmaker Alatar said Israel takes 62 percent of the water from the West Bank, and only uses two percent for agriculture. "They don’t use all of it," he said, "just make sure the rest doesn’t go to the Palestinians." The film makes it clear that the Wall has "nothing to do with security . . . it is a tool to permanently secure more land from the Palestinians." When the Wall is completed, it will be 420 miles long. (59 minutes) . Monthly Video Series. At the Center, 1584 N. Van Ness. All are welcome – FREE

There will be a potluck at 6:30, prior to the evening showing, and a discussion afterward. For info call 237-3223

Thursday, May 10
7 PM
"Indigenous Peoples: The Continuing Colonization," a lecture by Bernard Navarro, Professor of American Indian Studies at Fresno City College. This event will be held at CAFE Infoshop-- 935 F St. in downtown.

In the speaker's words: "Although many colonized peoples achieved their independence from European colonial invaders during the 20th century, Indigenous peoples are still beset by the legacy of 500 years of western colonial domination and imperialism. This legacy encompasses a history of genocide, racism, environmental exploitation and degradation, cultural misrepresentations, forced diasporas, and material and knowledge appropriation. Regrettably, colonial dominance has relegated our political, social, and economic issues to the margins where they are for the most part ignored. In this presentation, I will discuss colonialism and imperialism in its contemporary manifestations as it pertains to Indigenous peoples. I will explore I will explore the historical structure of colonization and explain how colonial policies have manifested themselves over time and continue to plague Indigenous communities.

Friday, May 11
The annual Get On The Bus project, where children are taken to visit their imprisoned mothers in all four women's prisons in CA, will take place. 40 buses filled with more than 600 children will travel from California cities and towns to all five women’s prisons in the state to enable the children to celebrate Mother’s Day with their incarcerated moms. Sponsored and supported by literally dozens of churches of all faiths, as well as civic and religious organizations and foundations, GOTB has grown exponentially since its first adventure, when one lone bus traveled from southern California to Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW) carrying a total of 17 children from nine families, along with their caregivers. For additional information, call Maria Telesco at 559-255-9492, or contact www.getonthebus.us or info@getonthebus.us

Friday, May 11
5 PM and 8 PM
Fresno Filmworks presents "La última mirada" ("The Last Gaze") at the Tower Theatre. This romantic drama from Mexican writer-director Patricia Arriaga-Jordán took the Audience Award at last year’s Guadalajara Film Festival and the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film at the Cairo International Film Festival. In Spanish, with English subtitles. Tickets can be purchased at the Tower Theatre Box Office, 815 E. Olive Ave., The Movies, 1435 N. Van Ness Ave., WineStyles in Fig Garden Village, and at the door, for $10; $8, for students and seniors. For more information call the FFW info line, 221-0755, or go to www.fresnofilmworks.org

Friday, May 11
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents: Students for Peace report on their counter-recruitment campaign at Reedley High School.

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 11
7:30 PM
The Fresno Folklore Society presents Joe Craven and Bryan Bowers. Tickets: $20 advance & FFS & FAM members; $25 at door Fresno Art Museum - Bonner Auditorium, 2233 N 1st St. Fresno CA 93703. For information call: (559) 431-3653

Bryan Bowers has been called the Earl Scruggs of the Autoharp. www.BryanBowers.com

Like the five-string banjo legend, Bryan found a new way of playing a humble folk instrument and caught the attention of every other player of that instrument as well as launched a generation of new players. If masterful playing weren’t enough, Bryan is also a fine showman, and a clever, dynamic solo artist who pulls his audiences into his performances. His towering six foot four inch frame can be wild and zany on stage while playing a song like Dixie and five minutes later he can have the same audience singing, Will the Circle Be Unbroken in quiet reverence. His persona is enough to get anyone to want to play the autoharp! Bryan is stopping over in Fresno on his way to perform at the California Autoharp Gathering www.calautoharp.com 

Joe Craven, multi-instrumentalist, wears many hats and plays many things. He's a madman with anything that has strings attached, including hospital bed pans, gas cans, cookie tins, roasting pots, fiddles, mandolins, tenor guitars, saz, cuatro and a world of percussion instruments including animal bones, latex squeeze toys, cake pans, waste cans, umbrella stands, martini shakers and...Himself. His stage setup more often resembles a yard sale. But there's more to Craven than meets the ear. Visual artist, former museum curator, educator, motivational speaker, storyteller and festival emcee, Joe s work is born out of respect and reverence and seeks to honor the creative energy in everyone. An advocate of the folk arts, Joe s educational mission is to empower individuals to take possession of their own music and tell their stories by demystifying art through self-expression as a daily ritual. Website: www.joecraven.com

Tickets available ONLINE; at Patrick s Music, National Hardware, The Movies Video Store, Fresno Art Museum Gift Shoppe or phone 431-3653.

Sunday, May 13
The California Prison Moratorium Project is planning a Mothers Day event in front of the Fresno County Jail with a huge oversized Mothers Day card signed by family members. For more information contact Debbie Reyes, Central Valley Coordinator, California Prison Moratorium Project at 559- 266-5901 or by email at pmpvalle@sbcglobal.net

Sunday, May 13
1 PM
On Mother's Day the Raging Grannies are Standing for Peace in conjunction with a national movement to stand silently for (15 minutes) for World Peace. We are inviting all Women to join us in this vigil. We will meet at Woodward Park that the big, grassy area on the left of the entrance. We will sing some songs and begin our silence at 1:00. Some of us will be there at 11:00 AM at the latest we need to be there by noon. This spot is immediately visible; it's public park land, it's pretty & it's shady. We can bring our own folding chairs for when we're not standing. If you are over 60 admission to the park is is free. IF you are an walker you can park outside and walk in for free. We advise people to car pool for admission is now up to $3.00.

We have some tables set aside if you want to bring something to share for a potluck. Supply you own plates and silverware. I will supply bottled drinks. Bring your friends, significant others, mothers, fathers and children. We can all stand for peace. RSVP skippy41@csufresno.edu so I will know who is coming.

Thursday, May 17
Bike to Work Day is being organized by the Fresno County Bicycle Coalition. For more information see: http://www.fresnobike.org/

Thursday, May 17
6:30 PM
Progressive Thursday presents: Motherhood Manifesto

Motherhood Manifesto provides moving personal stories combined with humorous animation, expert commentary and hilarious old film clips that tell the tale of what happens to working mothers and families in America and how enlightened employers and public policy can make paid family leave, flexible work hours, part-time, parity, universal health care, excellent child care, after-school programs and realistic living wages a reality for American families.

This video will be presented at Round Table Pizza, 5763 N. First St., Fresno. Buy your favorite entree and join us for dinner; doors open at 6:30 PM, video begins at 7:00 PM. A discussion will follow after the film. Progressive Thursday is hosted by the GROW working group of the Fresno County Green Party and is a free, wheelchair accessible event open to anyone interested in discussing topics of interest to the progressive community. For more information contact Larry Mullen at (559) 259-1485.

Friday, May 18
5:00-6:15 Protest Against Iraq War at the corner of Reed and Manning Avenue
6:30-8:30 Documentary: Who Killed the Electric Car
Light potluck at 6:30. Movie 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

Saturday, May 19
3:30 PM
The Central Valley Progressive PAC meets at the Center for Non Violence, 1584 N. Van Ness at Mc Kinley. The CVPPAC will be discussing the development of a progressive strategy for the local 2008 elections. For more information, see: www.cvppac.org

Thursday, May 24
6:30 - 8:30 PM
We are beginning to read that the next big crisis is the 2 million Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan and the additional 2 million displaced Iraqis still in Iraq. Kathy Kelly, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, and David Smith-Ferri, Poet Laureate of Ukiah, CA, of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and, perhaps, more familiar with the problems of the Iraqi people than anyone else, will speak in the new Cardinal Newman Hall at the St. Paul Newman Center, 1572 E Barstow Ave in Fresno. Parking entrance is on Ninth St.

David will read his poetry about Iraq and Kathy will talk about their work with the Iraqi people and refugees before and during the war. Kathy Kelly began Voices in the Wilderness in 1996 and spent much of her time from then through the beginning of the war in Iraq. She has returned to Iraq three times since the beginning of the war and has also worked with Iraqi refugees since then. She and David returned from working with Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan in February. This is a fundraiser for Iraqi refugees. Donations will be accepted and David's book of poems about the Iraqi people will be sold with $12 of the $14 purchase price going to refugees.

The event is sponsored by the Newman Center, Peace Fresno, the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, and WILPF.

Friday, May 25
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents speaker: Ken Friesen speaking about energy issues.

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, June 1
6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Reedley Peace Center presents speaker: Steve Ratzlaff will speak about his recent book The End of War: How Pragmatic Pacifism Can Save the World from the Coming Environmental Cataclysm.

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

Saturday, June 2
The 17^th annual Fresno & the Central Valley GLBT Pride Parade and Festival. The theme is: Pride: Power, respect, integrity, dignity, equality. For more information see www.fresnorainbowpride.com or call (559) 486-3464.

Sunday, June 3
5:30 PM
The Rev. Dr. Ronald L. Claassen, a life-long community advocate for peace making and peaceful conflict resolution, has been named as the third honoree as California Central Valley’s "Outstanding Advocate for the Common Good." Claassen, director of Fresno Pacific University’s Center for Peacemaking, will receive the award during a dinner program to be held at Hope Lutheran Church. which is located at the NW corner of Fresno and Barstow.

Fresno Metro Ministry, the Interfaith Alliance of Central California, and the Fresno Ministerial Association sponsor this event. The award is named for Carl and Esther Robinson, central valley champions for social justice programs for more than 40 years.

Saturday, June 23
5:30 PM
The Fresno Center for Nonviolence will be celebrating its 15th anniversary at the 1st Congregational Church on Van Ness Boulevard. There will be a dinner provided by Food Not Bombs and the keynote speaker, Medea Benjamin, will be talking about "Stop the Next War Now".

Sunday, July 1
Pastors for Peace" Caravan to Cuba will come through Fresno. Details TBA.

Saturday, September 8
First Annual National Youth Summit. TOPICS of concerns to be discussed at the Summit
focus: school bullying, hate crimes & hate motivated incidents, harassment and socio-economic/cultural intolerance. This event will be held at the CSUF Satellite Union, 5241 N. Maple ave in Fresno. For more information CALL (559) 664-2003 or (559) 474-6861

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, 4144 N. MIllbrook, Fresno. 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 liza.apper@sbcw.org ; 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 

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.

3rd Sunday of every month
10 AM–12 Noon
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
1 PM
Humanists of the San Joaquin Valley meet in Room 1 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno, 4144 N Millbrook. For info visit their Web site at www.fresno.humanists.net 

2nd Monday of every month
1 PM
The Living Wage Committee will meet at the SEIU 250 office, 1279 N Wishon. For further information see: www.livingwage-fresno.org 

3rd Tuesday of every month
7 PM
The Fresno Free College Foundation (owner and operator of KFCF 88.1 FM) Board of Directors meet at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4144 N Millbrook, Fresno. 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.

1st Wednesday of every month
7:30 PM
Conservation Committee of the Sierra Club Tehipite Chapter at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4144 N Millbrook, Fresno.

2^nd Wednesday of every month
6 PM for dinner and 7 PM for call to order
The Fresno Stonewall Democrats are reorganizing. New Location: 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).

1st Thursday of every month
ART HOP. For more information 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).

2nd Thursday of every month
7 PM
Fresno LGBTQ Social Group  http://www.gayfresno.com/social/ 

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.

2nd Thursday 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 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 at Denny's Restaurant at Abby and Divisidero.  Call (559) 360-4309 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.

4th Saturday of Every Month
8 -10 AM
Tower Beautification Cleanup. Meet at the Olive/Wishon corner of the Chicken Pie Shop. Bring hat, gloves, broom or rakes and weed hoes, water. We supply orange vests, pick up bags, grabbers and extra tools. Why do we do this? To beautify our community and build empowerment through responsibility for our quality of life. Questions:? Call Coordinator, Gay Amend, at 237-6716 Sponsored by the Tower Trust, Council Districts 1 and 3 and the City of Fresno Sanitation Department which provides supplies and insurance.