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THURSDAY, JUNE 3
"Heather Has Cool Mommies"
In honor of Pride month and in light of current events around same-sex marriage, the San Francisco Public Library will be presenting a weekly documentary film series throughout June about LGBT parents. Films include Choosing Children, In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents, Transparent, Transamerica, and Daddy and Pappa.
Noon, free
San Francisco Public Library
Main Branch
Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin, SF
(415) 557-4400
"Rape, Prostitution, and Trafficking"
Attend this discussion about the issue of consent in the occurrences of rape, prostitution, and trafficking worldwide and the growing international movement for women’s safety. The movement seeks to stop equating prostitution with rape, supports decriminalizing sex work, and opposes the use of trafficking laws to deport immigrant sex workers. Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock.
5:30 p.m., free
San Francisco Public Library
Main Branch
Latino Hispanic Room B
100 Larkin, SF
(415) 626-4114
FRIDAY, JUNE 4
Nuclear Abolition Day
In preparation for Nuclear Abolition Day on Saturday, Tri-Valley CAREs, United for Peace and Justice, and Peace Action West are organizing a protest at Bechtel Corporation, one of the top profiteers of the war in Iraq. Join protesters worldwide in demanding that governments begin negotiating a Nuclear Weapons Convention to ban all nuclear weapons.
Noon, free
Bechtel Corporation Headquarters
50 Beale, SF
www.trivalleycares.org
Respect for women
Join this conversation about violence against women and the need to foster shared respect and dignity. Featuring Elayne Doughty from Planet Breathe, Carolyn Thomas-Russell from A Safe Place, and Robert W. Plath from Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance. Proceeds benefit these organizations.
7 p.m., $5 suggested donation
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall
1924 Cedar, Berk.
(415) 370-5466
SATURDAY, JUNE 5
Fight for Immigrant Rights
Attend this organizing meeting with the International Socialist Organization to demand amnesty and stop the racist scapegoating that Arizona’s anti-immigration law, AB 1070, encourages. A panel of immigrants’ rights and labor activists discuss what we can do to stop this civil injustice and to build a movement that can win justice and equality for all.
1 p.m., free
Redstone Building
Luna Sea Room, 2nd floor
2926-2948 16th St., SF
SUNDAY, JUNE 6
Grassroots House Collective
Attend this fundraiser for the Grassroots House Collective, a nonprofit community space and meeting place for grassroots organizations and projects like Copwatch, Prisoners Literature Project, Industrial Workers of the World, and more. Bay Area singer-songwriters will present new arrangements and interpretations of their songs.
3 p.m., $15-$25
Grassroots House Collective
2022 Blake, Berk.
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