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WEDNESDAY 16
Confront the UC Regents
Editor’s Note: The UC canceled this meeting as we were going to press, citing public safety concerns, and protest organizers were figuring out how to respond. Check our Politics blog or www.makebankspaycalifornia.com for the latest.
The UC Board of Regents will be meeting at the UCSF Mission Bay Campus at 10 am, and students have been organizing for months to make their voices heard. The message: stop tuition hikes, budget cuts, and privatization of public schools; tax the 1 percent.
ReFund California and the Northern California Convergence will join up with OccupySF and Occupy encampments being set up on various college campuses this week to “Shut down the UC Regents meeting and take control of our education and our future.” ReFund California is also threatening to march on the Financial District to shut down banks if the Regents don’t support their five-point pledge of action (see “The growing 99 percent,” 11/9).
OccupySF will be marching from their encampment at Justin Herman Plaza (Market and Embarcadero) to the Mission Bay Campus starting at 7 am. UC Berkeley students can board a ReFund California bus at 7 am at Bancroft and Telegraph in Berkeley.
10 a.m., free
UCSF Mission Bay Campus
1675 Owens, SF
(650) 238-4821
makebankspaycalifornia.com
occupyoureducation@gmail.com
rose.goldman@gmail.com
THURSDAY 17
Changing Congress
San Francisco Progressive Democrats of America hosts a discussion with Norman Solomon, a prolific progressive political writer who is running for Congress to replace retiring Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Marin), a member and former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The event opens the floor for questions and concerns regarding future legislation.
7-9 p.m., free
Harry R. Bridges Memorial Building, ILWU, 4th Floor
1188 Franklin, SF
sig4re@comcast.net
SATURDAY 19
Addiction & Society
Our capitalist society may be to blame for our addictive tendencies and obsessive consumerism. Dr. Gabor Mate, an author and physician who focuses on mental illness, explains how our market economy drives us crazy and leads us down a path toward dependency. Speak Out Now’s colloquium event will help listeners connect the dots between two of our country’s most prevalent concerns.
5-7 p.m., $2 suggested donation
South Berkeley Senior Center 2939 Ellis, Berk.
contactspeakout@gmail.com
MONDAY 21
“Gay Politics in Africa”
Beyond our own shores, homophobia persists to infiltrate government and subjugate people with leaders who use religion and law as instruments to thwart the freedom of sexual expression. Dr. Sylvia Tamale, renowned African feminist, analyzes the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill and opines on the roots of homosexual suppression in Africa and Western societies.
6- 7:30 p.m., free
Berman Hall in the Fromm Building, USF Golden Gate and Parker, SF
510-663-2255
priorityafrica@priorityafrica.org