Sacramento area events that address peace, justice, and sustainability issues are included in this calendar. Not all events are sponsored by Sacramento Area Peace Action; use contact numbers and emails to obtain more information. See www.davispeace.org for the Davis Peace Coalition. Scroll to bottom for links to ongoing area vigils.

March 2014 Sacramento Area Peace Events

Wednesday, Mar 12, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Saturday, Mar 15, 1:30pm, Raging Grannies Group sings at Don't Frack California rally, see 1pm. FMI: 916 446-3304.

Saturday, Mar 15, 11am - 1pm, Boycott SodaStream Bannering and leafleting. SodaStream is made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land in violation of international law. Location & more info: Sacramento BDS, sacramentobds@gmail.com.

Saturday, Mar 15, 1pm, Don't Frack California Rally. West Steps State Capitol, 10th & Capital, Sacramento FMI: info@350bayarea.org.

Sunday, Mar 16, 7pm, Standing with the People of Gaza: Eva Bartlett, a Canadian human rights activist and journalist reporting on Gaza since 2008. Her eyewitness accounts are published in Electronic Intifada, Inter Press Service, Countercurrents and In Gaza. She invites other to sign these petitions to: Columbia College and Pope Francis .909 12th St, Sacramento. SacPeace: 916-448-7157 & SabeelSacramento@gmail.com

Monday, Mar 17, 4pm - 5:30pm, Annual vigil commemorating the March 16, 2003 killing of 23-year old human rights activist Rachel Corrie by the Israeli military. Federal Bldg. 501 I St, Sacramento. FMI: j_colbe@yahoo.com. Honor Rachel's work by taking action.

Monday, Mar 17, 6 - 8pm, Sacramento 9/11 Truth monthly meeting. Perko's conference room, 925 - 3rd St. Sacramento. FMI: 916-372-8433

Tuesday, Mar 18, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! Featured theme: Support Palestinian Rights. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Mar 19, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Wednesday, Mar 19, 7:15pm, Film: Gasland. Documents a journey across 24 states to find out if the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing is actually safe. Interviews families, EPA whistle-blowers, congressmen and scientists in vast drilling areas. Sac Action for Latin America, 1640 9th Ave. FMI: 916 446-3304.

Thursday, Mar 20, 6:30 - 8pm, Move to Amend monthly meeting. ThinkHouse, 1617 18th St, Sac.916-483-1302.

Thursday, Mar 20, 7 - 9pm, Peter Linebaugh presents his 600-year history of the theft of the commons: Stop, Thief! The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance. Sierra 2 Ctr, 2791 24th St, Rm 9, Sacramento. 916-369-5510; info@marxistschool.org.

Thursday, Mar 20, 7pm, Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the United States was used to create Israel. Book reading and signing by Alison Weir founder of If Americans Knew. Time Tested Books, 1114 21st St., Sacramento. FMI: 916-447-5696; info@timetestedbooks.net

Saturday, Mar 22, 11am - 1pm, Boycott SodaStream Bannering and leafleting. SodaStream is made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land in violation of international law. Location & more info: Sacramento BDS, sacramentobds@gmail.com.

Saturday, Mar 22, 2pm, Here on the Edge: How a group of WW 2 conscientious objectors on the Oregon Coast took art and peace from the margins to the mainstream. Slideshow and book signing with Steve Mcquiddy and Special guest Vladimir Dupre, member of the Fine Arts Group at Waldport. Davis Friends Meetinghouse, 345 L St., Davis Free admission. FMI: 530-758-8492

Monday, Mar 24, 3 - 5pm, Protest Killer Drones. Wheatland Gate, S. Beale Rd. and Ostrom Rd., near Wheatland/Marysville. Followed by potluck/encampment. FMI: slogood481@hotmail.com; 941-320-0291. Carpools from Sac:bbinks@comcast.net; 916-284-0944.

Tuesday, Mar 25, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Tuesday, Mar 25, 6 - 8am, Protest Killer Drones. Wheatland Gate, S. Beale Rd. and Ostrom Rd., near Wheatland/Marysville. FMI: slogood481@hotmail.com; 941-320-0291. Carpools from Sac:bbinks@comcast.net; 916-284-0944.

Tuesday, Mar 25, 7 - 9pm, Discussion of December 2013, Monthly Review article, The Planetary Emergency, by John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark. SMUD , 6301 S St, Sac. 916-369-5510; info@marxistschool.org.

Tuesday, Mar 25, 7pm, 4th Tuesday Films, Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1. 909 12th St. Sac. Info: 916-448-7157, sacpeace@dcn.org

Wednesday, Mar 26, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Thursday, Mar 27, 7 - 9pm, Norman Nawrocki introduces Cazzarola! a gripping, epic, political, historical, and romantic novel spanning 130 years in the life of the Discordias, a fictional family of Italian anarchists. Optional CD with soundtrack to read by! Sierra 2 Ctr, 2791 24th St, Rm 9, Sac. 916-369-5510; info@marxistschool.org.

Saturday, Mar 29, 11am - 1pm, Boycott SodaStream Bannering and leafleting. SodaStream is made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land in violation of international law. Location & more info: Sacramento BDS, sacramentobds@gmail.com.

April 2014 Sacramento Peace Events

Tuesday, Apr 1, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Tuesday, Apr 1, 7pm, Human Rights, the Environment, and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle. Presentation by human rights activist Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of Sharing the Land of Canaan; Popular Resistance in Palestine; and Mammals of the Holy Land. He has given hundreds of talks around the world, published 100+ op-ed pieces, and been interviewed multiple times on TV and radio. Centennial United Methodist Church, 5401 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento. Doors open 6:30 for refreshments. FMI: SabeelSacramento@gmail.com

Wednesday, Apr 2, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Tuesday, Apr 8, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Apr 9, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Saturday, Apr 12, 6 - 7:30pm, Sac Veterans for Peace 2nd Saturday vigil, Stop the Drones, Close Guantanamo! 20th & J, Sacramento. All welcome, FMI: 916-456-4595.

Tuesday, Apr 15, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: No taxes for Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! End U.S. support for Israel's violations of human rights and international law. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Apr 16, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Tuesday, Apr 22, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Apr 23, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Friday, Apr 25, 6:30pm, Free screening: The Healthcare Movie, a documentary that compares the Canadian and the US healthcare systems. Producers Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg will lead a discussion after the film. Lecture Hall 1122, Education Building, 4610 X St. Sacramento. FMI: sbhatmd@yahoo.com

Sunday, Apr 27, 6pm, Physicians for Social Responsibility Scholarship Dinner. The ten student finalists will be presenting their essays based on the Nelson Mandela quote Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world. $15,000 in scholarships will be awarded. Dante Club, 2330 Fair Oaks Blvd, Sacramento. $35, $20/students. FMI: essaycontest@sacpsr.org; 916-955-6333

Tuesday, Apr 29, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Apr 30, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

May 2014 Sacramento Peace Events

Sunday, May 4, 4on, Annual meeting of SacPeace, beginning with the usual fabulous potluck. A brief business meeting will include election of a new Board of Directors, then entertainment. 909 12th St, Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157; sacpeace@dcn.org

Tuesday, May 6, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, May 7, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Saturday, May 10, 6 - 7:30pm, Sac Veterans for Peace 2nd Saturday vigil, Stop the Drones, Close Guantanamo! 20th & J, Sacramento. All welcome, FMI: 916-456-4595.

Tuesday, May 13, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, May 14, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Saturday, May 17, Walk to Peace: 10 day peace walk planned from San Francisco to Beale AFB, to resist Drone Warfare and Global Militarization. (Details pending). FMI: ratherbenyckeling@comcast.net, 510-215-5974.

Tuesday, May 20, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! Special theme: Support Palestinian Rights. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, May 21, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Tuesday, May 27, 4:30 - 6pm, Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, May 28, 4 - 5pm, No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.

Ongoing Vigils in Valley & Foothill Communities

Davis Peace Coalition: Silent Peace Vigil, every Saturday, 11am-12noon, G Street Plaza (between 2nd and 3rd Streets) Davis, 530-758-8575, www.davispeace.org  (Updated 11-2006)

Sacramento Area Peace Action: Tuesdays, 4-6pm, 16th   J Streets ; Saturdays 11:30am-1:30pm: 1 st Sat. Arden at Heritage; 3 rd Sat. Fulton   Marconi, Sacramento , 916-448-7157, sypeaceact@jps.net  (Updated 11-2006)

Solano County Peace and Justice Coalition, Thursdays, 5 to 6 pm, First and Military street in Benicia, www.solanopeaceandjustice.com  (Updated 11-2006)

Woodland: Monthly Peace Vigil in Woodland gathers every fourth Saturday 11am -12 noon in front of the Yolo County Court House, 725 Court St. Woodland. 530 662-0387; doehene@charter.net  ( Updated 11-2006)