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.
March 2014
Sacramento Peace Events
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Saturday,
Mar 8 , - , 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.
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Saturday,
Mar 8, 1pm - 3:30pm , Interfaith forum on climate change, including a secular approach to reduce the use of carbon fuels. Hagan Community Center, 2197 Chase Dr, Rancho Cordova. FMI: beckerbailey@sbcglobal.net
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Saturday,
Mar 8, 6pm - 7:30pm , Sac Veterans for Peace 2nd Saturday vigil, Stop the Drones! Close Guantanamo! 20th & J, Sacramento. All welcome, FMI: 916-456-4595.
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Saturday,
Mar 8, 7pm - , Celebrating International Women's Day. Dr. Kate Bisharat reports on her recent travels to Palestine's West Bank as part of a special yoga delegation sharing Transformative Life Skills with over 200 Palestinian educators. Refreshments. Donations appreciated to benefit future yoga exchange. Saha Yoga and Wellness, 5931 Stanley Ave, Ste 7 Carmichael. FMI: 916-225-8511
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Sunday,
Mar 9, 12:30pm , Climate Change: What We Know, What We Can Do. Dr. Stephen Saffold, member, Union of Concerned Scientists and Sacramento 350. Club Rm, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N. St, Sacramento. FMI: Peace & Justice Forum 916-444-7783.
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Tuesday,
Mar 11, 4:30 - 6pm , Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Mar 12, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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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.
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Sunday,
Mar 16 , 7pm , Standing with the People of Gaza. Presentation by Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett who has spent 3 cumulative years in Gaza since 2008, reporting and accompanying Palestinian farmers and fisherman. 909 12th St, Sacramento. 916-448-7157; sacpeace@dcn.org
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Monday,
Mar 17, 6 - 8pm , Sacramento 9/11 Truth monthly meeting. Perko's conference room, 925 - 3rd St. Sacramento. FMI: 916-372-8433
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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.
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Wednesday,
Mar 19, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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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.
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Thursday,
Mar 20, 6:30 - 8pm , Move to Amend monthly meeting. ThinkHouse, 1617 18th St, Sac.916-483-1302.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tuesday,
Mar 25, 4:30 - 6pm , Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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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.
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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.
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Wednesday,
Mar 26, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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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.
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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.
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April 2014
Sacramento Peace Events
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Tuesday,
Apr 1, 4:30 - 6pm , Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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 Tuesday,
Apr 1 , 7pm - , Human Rights and the Israeli- Palestinian Struggle. Presentation by Palestinian activist Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment. Centennial United Methodist Church, 5401 Freeport Blvd.Sacramento. Doors open 6:30 for refreshments. FMI: SabeelSacramento@gmail.com
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Wednesday,
Apr 2, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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Tuesday,
Apr 8, 4:30 - 6pm , Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Apr 9, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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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.
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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.
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Wednesday,
Apr 16, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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Tuesday,
Apr 22, 4:30 - 6pm , Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Apr 23, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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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
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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
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Tuesday,
Apr 29, 4:30 - 6pm , Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
Apr 30, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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May 2014
Sacramento Peace Events
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Tuesday,
May 6, 4:30 - 6pm , Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
May 7, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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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.
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Tuesday,
May 13, 4:30 - 6pm , Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
May 14, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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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.
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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.
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Wednesday,
May 21, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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Tuesday,
May 27, 4:30 - 6pm , Weekly Vigil: End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
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Wednesday,
May 28, 4 - 5pm , No Drone Wars! Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595.
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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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