Local events that address peace, justice & 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 Davis events &
www.ucdavispeace.org for
UCD student events.
All events in Sacramento & more info at 916 448-7157 unless noted. Scroll
to bottom for a list of and links
to ongoing area vigils and events.
September 2016
Sacramento Peace Events
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 Monday,
Sep 26 , , Take Action: Stop attacks on the people of Syria. Tell President Obama and Congress that ALL U.S. military involvement in Syrian must stop now! This includes any U.S. troops or weapons; the sale of any U.S. weapons for use in Syria; U.S. military surveillance or intelligence; and political support for any continued attacks. The U.S. is now being investigated for use of white phosphorus – a possible war crime.
Contact President Obama: call 202-456-1111, fax 202-456-2461; email: .
Contact Congress: Call: 202-224-3121 or click to email: Senators Boxer & Feinstein , Representatives: Matsui , Bera , Garamendi . To find your representative, go to: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
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Monday,
Sep 26 , 3 - 5pm , Join Northern Calif. Activists United Against Drone Warfare at Beale AFB Wheatland gate 3960 S. Beale Rd. @ Ostrom Rd, Marysville monthly protest, followed by potluck and camping at the main gate, 4675 N. Beale Rd. FMI: Nevada County: 941-320-0291; Sacramento: 916-284-0944, barry3355@gmail.com.
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Tuesday,
Sep 27, 4:30 - 6pm , Stop U.S. militarism and wars now! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Sep 28, 4 - 5pm , No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sacramento. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-459
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Wednesday,
Sep 28 , 6:30 - 8:30pm , Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Sacramento Community Meeting SURJ is working to engage and mobilize white people for racial justice. A new member orientation will be held at 6pm for those who have not attended before. UU, 2425 Sierra Boulevard, Sacramento. FMI: surjsacramento@gmail.com
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Wednesday,
Sep 28 , 6:30pm , Film: Mother Caring for Seven Billion Children. Groundbreaking and award-winning revealing the compelling challenges we face in a world of 7 billion. State Grange, 3830 U St., Sacramento. FMI: sacramentosierraclub@gmail.com
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October 2016
Sacramento Peace Events
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Monday,
Oct 3, 7pm - 8:30pm , Conflicting Death Penalty Measures: Prop. 62 repeals California’s death penalty and Prop. 66 keeps California’s death penalty, and introduces a complex, costly,
experimental system. Nancy Pemberton, investigator and lawyer for capitol murder defenses, will explain these initiatives. Sponsor: Yolo County ACLU. Free. Davis Library, 315 East 14th St., Blanchard Room. Natalie Wormeli, 530-756-1900.
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Tuesday,
Oct 4 , 12:30 - 1:50pm , No Way To Treat a Child - School to Prison Pipeline. Presentations by Beth Miller with Defense for Children International Palestine and Dale McKinney, NAACP Sacramento. Rm D-12, Music Building, Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd, Rocklin. FMI: smcdonald@sierracollege.edu; (916) 624-3333 press 9.
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Tuesday,
Oct 4, 4:30 - 6pm , Stop U.S. militarism and wars now! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Oct 5, 4 - 5pm , No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sacramento. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-459
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Wednesday,
Oct 5 , 7 - 9pm , Mass Incarceration from United States to Palestine: Panel Discussion. Richard Becker, with the ANSWER Coalition will address Palestinian and U.S. political prisoners. Beth Miller, with the No Way to Treat a Child Campaign of Defense for Children International will address Israel’s targeting arrest, detention and torture of Palestinian children. Dale McKinney, with NAACP Sacramento, will address the school to prison pipeline and mass incarceration in the U.S. Unitarian Society, 2425 Sierra Blvd, Sacramento. FMI: UUJMESac@gmail.com; 916-448-7157
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Saturday,
Oct 8 , 10am - 12noon , Citizen's Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting. If you can't join us in person, you can call in from anywhere: 866-642-1665 passcode 440699. 3830 U St, Sacramento. FMI: 707-845-1216; joincclsac@gmail.com.
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Monday,
Oct 10 , 6 - 8pm , Protest Sacramento Kings complicity with Israeli occupation at exhibition basketball game with Israeli team. Golden 1 Arena, 7th & K Streets, downtown Sacramento. Shuttle from Riverside at Broadway next to Target 5:30-6:30pm & return at 8pm. RSVP for shuttle: SacReg4PalestinianRights. FMI: 916-873-6619. Tell the Kings to cancel the game: email: kings@kings.com – tweet: @SacramentoKings & @Vivek
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Tuesday,
Oct 11, 4:30 - 6pm , Stop U.S. militarism and wars now! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Oct 12, 4 - 5pm , No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sacramento. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-459
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Wednesday,
Oct 12 , 6:30 - 8:30pm , Transit Dreamin': What do we want from Sacramento County/City transit? Share your personal or organization's/members' needs, visions, aspirations, must-haves. What solutions to transit service shortfalls do you think would work well here? Discussion about strategies for bringing these priorities forward. Special guest: Henry Li, Regional Transit General Manager. Lemon Hill Mutual Housing, 6000 Lemon Hill Ave. Sacramento. FMI & RSVP: marshmellow8562@yahoo.com
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Wednesday,
Oct 12 , 7:30pm , Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Sacramento chapter monthly meeting. Call for location: 916-739-0860.
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Thursday,
Oct 13, 6:30pm , SacPeace Board meets. 909 12th St, Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157; sacpeace@dcn.org
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Saturday,
Oct 15 , - , Annual Gaza 5K walk/run
. Fund raiser for UNRWA's Community Mental Health Program to support thousands of refugee children in Gaza affected by PTSD and other psychological trauma. Click to register. Lake Merced Park, San Francisco. Carpools from Sacramento: 916-873-6619; farrahshields@gmail.com.
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Sunday,
Oct 16 , 11am - 5pm , California Freethought Day. 15th Annual Festival of rational thought, secularism and church/state Separation. Featuring speakers, live music, activists and outreach tables. Free. North Steps, State Capitol, 11th and L, Sacramento. FMI:Chair@FreethoughtDay.org; 209-610-0651
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Sunday,
Oct 16 , 11am , ChangeFest: A Climate Mobilization. Music, workshops, performances. North Steps lawn, CA State Capitol, 11th & L. Sacramento. FMI: cbconserv@gmail.com
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Wednesday,
Oct 19, 4 - 5pm , No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sacramento. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-459
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Wednesday,
Oct 19 , 6 - 8pm , Youth Organizing under Occupation. Presentation by Issa Amro, leader of the grassroots civil resistance group Youth Against Settlements in the Hebron area. Hinde Auditorium, CSU Sacramento, 6000 J St. Sacramento. FMI: 916-932-6603; csussjp@gmail.com Sign petition asking John Kerry to stand up for Amro.
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Thursday,
Oct 20, 7 - 9pm , Andrej Grubacic presents his new book, Living at the Edges of Capitalism: Adventures in Exile and Mutual Aid). Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th Street, Rm. 12, Sacramento. FMI: info@marxistschool.org
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Saturday,
Oct 22 , 1 - 6pm , Black Love Block Party. McClatchy Park, 3500 Fifth Ave., Sacramento. FMI: 916-581-0061; blacklivesmattersacramento@yahoo.com;
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Sunday,
Oct 23 , 3 - 5pm , Nick Buxton, co-editor of The Secure and Dispossessed, discusses how the military and corporations seek to benefit from climate change and alternatives undertaken in Africa, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere to cooperatively adapt and build a just response to the climate crisis. Free on-street parking. 909 12th St, Sac SacPeace@dcn.org; 916-448-7157.
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Tuesday,
Oct 25, 4:30 - 6pm , Stop U.S. militarism and wars now! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Oct 26, 4 - 5pm , No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sacramento. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-459
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Wednesday,
Oct 26 , 7pm , Dr. Kevin Barrett presents a talk about the top ten lies being told to the American people, including false flag terror and flat money. For location and more info: 916.203.3406 or peggybean100@gmail.com.
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November 2016
Sacramento Peace Events
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Tuesday,
Nov 1, 4:30 - 6pm , Stop U.S. militarism and wars now! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Nov 2, 4 - 5pm , No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sacramento. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595
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Tuesday,
Nov 8, 4:30 - 6pm , Stop U.S. militarism and wars now! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Nov 9, 4 - 5pm , No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sacramento. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595
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Thursday,
Nov 10, 6:30pm , SacPeace Board meets. 909 12th St, Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157; sacpeace@dcn.org
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Saturday,
Nov 12 , 10am - 12noon , Citizen's Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting. If you can't join us in person, you can call in from anywhere: 866-642-1665 passcode 440699. 3830 U St, Sacramento. FMI: 707-845-1216; joincclsac@gmail.com.
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Wednesday,
Nov 16, 4 - 5pm , No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sacramento. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595
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Wednesday,
Nov 16 , 7pm - , Medea Benjamin speaks on her new book Kingdom of the Unjust that explores, exposes, and questions the relationship between the U.S. and the human rights violating dictatorship of Saudi Arabia. UU, 2425 Sierra Blvd, Sacramento. FMI: sacpeace@dcn.org
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Thursday,
Nov 17 , 12:30 - 1:50pm , Medea Benjamin speaks on her new book Kingdom of the Unjust that explores, exposes, and questions the relationship between the U.S. and the human rights violating dictatorship of Saudi Arabia. Rm D-12, Music Building, Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd, Rocklin. FMI: smcdonald@sierracollege.edu; (916) 624-3333 press 9.
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Tuesday,
Nov 22, 4:30 - 6pm , Stop U.S. militarism and wars now! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Nov 23, 4 - 5pm , No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sacramento. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595
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Tuesday,
Nov 29, 4:30 - 6pm , Stop U.S. militarism and wars now! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Nov 30, 4 - 5pm , No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sacramento. FMI: 916-456-4595
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December 2016
Sacramento Peace Events
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Thursday,
Dec 8, 7 - 9pm , Mat Callahan will present his new book The Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco, 1965-1975. Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th Street, Rm 12, Sacramento. FMI: info@marxistschool.org
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Ongoing Vigils
& Peace Events in Valley & Foothill Communities
Amador Citizens for Peace: www.amadorpeace.org
Second Fridays, 4 - 6pm on the Highway 49 bridge in Sutter
Creek. Bring a sign, though some will be available at the protest.
Info: keith@amadorpeace.org.
Website has many general antiwar items, not just local info.
Calaveras Citizens for Peace: asw@goldrush.com
Chico Peace Center: www.chico-peace.org
Davis Peace Coalition: www.davispeace.org;
Saturdays, 11:00am-12noon G Street Plaza (between Second and Third Streets),
Davis; 530-758-8575; ctmp@aol.com
Also see www.ucdavispeace.org
for student peace activities.
El Dorado Peace & Justice Community: www.edpjc.org
Last Monday, 6-7pm, Courthouse, Main & Bedford Streets,
Placerville (530) 644-3733.
Fresno Center for Non-Violence & Peace Fresno
www.fresnoalliance.com
Mariposa Peace Group -
(209)966-4894, (209)742-7891
Nevada County, Peace Center of: www.ncpeace.org
Thursdays, 5-6:30pm, Broad Street in Calanan Park, Nevada City;
530-470-9797
Placer County Peacemakers: scottandellen@onemain.com
Every Saturday 3pm, Peace Vigil, Highway 49 at Elm St., Auburn, 530-878-1332
Sacramento Area Peace Action: www.sacpeace.org
Tuesdays, 4-6pm, 16th & J Streets; Saturdays, see calendar;
1st & 3rd
Mondays, 4:30-5:30pm, Silent Vigil against the war on Iraq, Federal
Building 5th & I Sts
Reno Anti-War Coalition: stewartreno@yahoo.com
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. judy.tischer@sbcglobal.net
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