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Global Exchange maintains the listing below of events for the San Francisco Bay Area region. These events are listed as an informational service -- not all events are sponsored or endorsed by Global Exchange. An email summary of upcoming events is sent once per week to subscribers. (See our List Management page to subscribe or unsubscribe).

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Featured Event
  Global Exchange's 20th Anniversary Gala
Thu, Sep 18, 2008   6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
 Bimbo's 365 Club
1025 Columbus Ave
San Francisco

Celebrate with Global Exchange!

This year marks Global Exchange's 20th anniversary as a leading international human rights organization making significant contributions toward achieving a just, peaceful and sustainable world.

Join us for a fabulous evening with a reception, dinner, auction, prize drawing, music and dancing as we commemorate this exciting milestone!
With Medea Benjamin, Kevin Danaher, Kirsten Moller, Anuradha Mittal, Cindy Sheehan, Fr. Louis Vitale, Jodie Evans, Ritmo y Harmonia and other special guests.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets are $175 and may be purchased online at http://www.gx20thanniversary.org/

For more information contact:
http://www.gx20thanniversary.org/
For inquiries or sponsorship information please contact: Kristin Jeffries 415-558-6931 or Natalie Mottley
415-558-6939

 
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Saturday, September 6th

Sat, Sep 6, 2008      9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
[view]4th Annual East Bay AIDS Walk
Lake Merritt
Bellevue and Grand Avenues
Oakland

Sat, Sep 6, 2008 - Sun, Sep 28, 2008      12:00 PM
[view]SF Mime Troupe summer shows (some free in the parks)
performing
around the Bay Area

Sat, Sep 6, 2008      5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
[view]GI Suicide Awareness March & Rally
Sea Breeze Cafe
Frontage Rd and University Ave
Berkeley, CA

Sat, Sep 6, 2008      9:00 PM - 12:00 PM
[view]Wildcat Restoration Workday

Sat, Sep 6, 2008      10:00 PM - 5:00 PM
[view]9th Annual 9/11 Power to the Peaceful Festival
Speedway Meadows
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA

Sat, Sep 6, 2008      10:00 PM - 2:00 PM
[view]Bay Area Town Hall Meeting for Immigrant Rights - Stop the ICE Raids
St. Cornelius Church Gym
201 28th Street
Richmond, CA

Sat, Sep 6, 2008      10:00 PM - 12:00 PM
[view]Campaign Kickoff for Yes on Prop B (Housing Fund)
825 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA
 
Sunday, September 7th

Sun, Sep 7, 2008      12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
[view]Grind 4 the Green - Solar Powered Hip-Hop Concert - FREE Event
Yerba Buena Gardens
Missing Street @ Third Street
San Francisco
 
Monday, September 8th

Mon, Sep 8, 2008 - Sat, Sep 13, 2008      8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
[view] Breema Week of Complimentary Events
The Breema Center
6076 Claremont Ave
Oakland, CA

Mon, Sep 8, 2008      6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
[view]Youth and Guns: Stopping Violence Before It Starts
The Blue Room at the Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA
 
Tuesday, September 9th

Tue, Sep 9, 2008      7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
[view]Film screening of IRAN (Is Not the Problem)
Fellowship Hall, First Baptist Church
305 North California Avenue
Palo Alto, CA
 
Wednesday, September 10th

Wed, Sep 10, 2008      12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
[view]From Garden to Table
The Blue Room at the Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA

Wed, Sep 10, 2008      7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
[view]BE THE CHANGE
Humanist Hall
390 27th Street
Oakland, CA
 
Thursday, September 11th

Thu, Sep 11, 2008      1:00 PM - 10:00 PM
[view]9/11 Truth Film Festival
Grand Lake Theater
Oakland, CA

Thu, Sep 11, 2008      6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
[view]CHICAGO 10 Screening
San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA
 
Friday, September 12th

Fri, Sep 12, 2008      12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
[view]Steven Pinker speaks on The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
The Blue Room at the Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA

Fri, Sep 12, 2008      7:15 PM - 9:00 PM
[view]Womansong Circle
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Street
Berkeley, CA

Fri, Sep 12, 2008      7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
[view]'If Americans Knew' - Israel-Palestine
First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo
72 Kensington Road
San Anselmo, CA
 
Saturday, September 13th

Sat, Sep 13, 2008      1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
[view]Rally, Concert and Workshops - Help Build a People's Movement!
People's Park
Berkeley, CA

Sat, Sep 13, 2008      7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
[view]Pornography of Power
Alameda Free Library, Conference Rooms A & B
1550 Oak Street
Alameda, CA

Sat, Sep 13, 2008      9:30 PM - 12:00 PM
[view]Mulching and planting at the El Sobrante library
4191 Appian Way
El Sobrante, CA

Sat, Sep 13, 2008      10:00 PM - 4:00 PM
[view]String Band Contest & Crafts Fair
Saturday Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center St. @ MLK, Jr.
Berkeley, CA
 
Sunday, September 14th

Sun, Sep 14, 2008      9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
[view]Sunday Streets!
San Francisco

Sun, Sep 14, 2008      3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
[view]Can We Have Trustworthy Elections?
Fireside Room, Unitarian Universalist Church
505 East Charleston Road
Palo Alto, CA

Sun, Sep 14, 2008      11:00 PM - 4:00 PM
[view]4th Annual Warm Wishes Bocce Ball Invitational
Albert Park
550 B Street
San Rafael, CA
 
Monday, September 15th

Mon, Sep 15, 2008      5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
[view]Farnaz Fassihi: Wall Street Journal Iraq Correspondent
Commonwealth Club Office
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA

Mon, Sep 15, 2008      6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
[view]Voices of the World Author Series: Anita Amirrezvani, Author of The Blood of Flowers
The World Affairs Council
312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA

Mon, Sep 15, 2008      7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
[view]Berkeley Green Monday: The Death Penalty: 3 Perspectives
Anna's Jazz Island
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA
 
Tuesday, September 16th

Tue, Sep 16, 2008      6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
[view]The Future of Our Nation’s Health Care System: The Candidates’ Plans
The Blue Room at the Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA

Tue, Sep 16, 2008      6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
[view]Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The Landmark Case & Impact on Guantánamo Detainees
World Affairs Council Auditorium
312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA
 
Wednesday, September 17th

Wed, Sep 17, 2008      7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
[view]Documentary Film Screening: Belonging—Pollution's Impact on the Inuit
World Affairs Council Auditorium
312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA
 
Thursday, September 18th

Thu, Sep 18, 2008      7:30 AM - 10:30 AM
[view]“When Good Strategies Go Bad: Tools to Improve Strategically Critical Relationships"
SRI International Building
333 Ravenswood Avenue
Menlo Park, CA

Thu, Sep 18, 2008      12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
[view]Supreme Courtship
The Blue Room at the Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA

Thu, Sep 18, 2008      6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
[view]Global Exchange's 20th Anniversary Gala
Bimbo's 365 Club
1025 Columbus Ave
San Francisco

Thu, Sep 18, 2008      6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
[view]The Power to Protect: Genocide Prevention and Intervention
World Affairs Council Auditorium
312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA
 
Saturday, September 20th

Sat, Sep 20, 2008      9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
[view]Hard Times: We’re All in this Together Folks
Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church
55 Eckley Lane
Walnut Creek, CA

Sat, Sep 20, 2008      9:00 PM - 12:00 PM
[view]California Coastal Clean Up Day
Marina Bay Coastal Clean Up
Richmond, CA

Sat, Sep 20, 2008      9:00 PM - 12:00 PM
[view]Albany Shoreline & Creek Clean Up
Albany, CA
 
Sunday, September 21st

Sun, Sep 21, 2008      9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
[view]Peace and Power in Everyday Life
The Women's Building
3543 18th St. #8
San Francisco, CA

Sun, Sep 21, 2008      9:00 PM - 4:00 PM
[view]UNA-USA-East Bay 10th Annual Run for Peace
Cesar Chavez Park
Berkeley, CA
 
Tuesday, September 23rd

Tue, Sep 23, 2008      12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
[view]Reporting from the Front Lines: The Eyes and Ears of War
World Affairs Council Auditorium
312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA
 
Wednesday, September 24th

Wed, Sep 24, 2008      6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
[view]CHICAGO 10 Screening
Oakland Museum of California, James Moore Theatre
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA

Wed, Sep 24, 2008      7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
[view]Thomas Frank: The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Ruin It All
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way
Berkeley
 
Thursday, September 25th

Thu, Sep 25, 2008      6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
[view]The Lightness of Being
The Blue Room at the Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA

Thu, Sep 25, 2008      6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
[view]Can Peace be Brokered in the Middle East?
World Affairs Council Auditorium
312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA

Thu, Sep 25, 2008      7:00 PM - 12:00 PM
[view]Robert Fisk Book Release
First Presbyterian Church of Oakland
2619 Broadway
 
Friday, September 26th

Fri, Sep 26, 2008 - Sun, Sep 28, 2008      12:00 AM
[view]Critical Resistance Conference 2008
Oakland

Fri, Sep 26, 2008      8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
[view]Tariq Ali: Pakistan, Afghanistan & American Power
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way
Berkeley
 
Sunday, September 28th

Sun, Sep 28, 2008      10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
[view]The Art of Solar Cooking
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA
 
Monday, September 29th

Mon, Sep 29, 2008 - Wed, Oct 1, 2008      8:30 AM - 3:15 PM
[view]INTRODUCTION TO RECYCLING
Sanitary Fill Company
401 Tunnel Ave
San Francisco, CA

Mon, Sep 29, 2008      6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
[view]Illegal People: Labor and Migration in a Global Economy
World Affairs Council Auditorium
312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA
 
Tuesday, September 30th

Tue, Sep 30, 2008      12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
[view]Baghdad at Sunrise
The Blue Room at the Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA

Tue, Sep 30, 2008      7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
[view]Frances Moore Lappé on Living Democracy
Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church
55 Eckley Lane
Walnut Creek, CA
 
Thursday, October 2nd

Thu, Oct 2, 2008      7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
[view]Seed Saving for the Home Gardener
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA
 
Saturday, October 4th

Sat, Oct 4, 2008 - Sun, Oct 5, 2008      10:00 PM - 6:00 PM
[view]World Veg Festival in San Francisco, Oct 4 - 5, 2008
San Francisco County Fair Building
9th Avenue and Lincoln Way
San Francisco
 
Saturday, October 11th

Sat, Oct 11, 2008      9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
[view]Planting Day at San Pablo Creek
4191 Appian Way
El Sobrante, CA
 
Wednesday, October 15th

Wed, Oct 15, 2008 - Fri, Oct 17, 2008      7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
[view]CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival
Brava Theater Center
2781 24th Street
San Francisco
 
Thursday, October 16th

Thu, Oct 16, 2008      9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
[view]"ECOSCHOOLS: EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES"
San Rafael , CA
 
Sunday, October 19th

Sun, Oct 19, 2008      7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
[view]Considering Democracy
Fellowship Hall, First Baptist Church
305 North California Avenue
Palo Alto, CA
 
Friday, October 24th

Fri, Oct 24, 2008 - Sun, Oct 26, 2008      12:00 AM
[view]Join Global Exchange for The Daniel Pennock Democracy School
San Francisco
 
Sunday, November 23rd

Sun, Nov 23, 2008      10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
[view]Rainwater Catchment Workshop
EcoHouse
1305 Hopkins St., (enter via garden entrance on Peralta)
Berkeley, CA

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