First and Third Sundays every month: CodePink San Diego meets at the corner of Park and Presidents Way in Balboa Park at 12 to protest the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Let's show San Diego we can be audacious, informed and visible for peace. For further information please email: thinkpinksandiego@yahoo.com.
Monday, July 4: 4th Annual Alternative Independence Day—noon to 7 p.m., Palomar U/U Fellowship, 1600 Buena Vista Drive, Vista. Speakers, poets, performers, action-oriented community groups and vendors. See schedule at www.NorthCountyForum.org
Friday, July 8: Voices of Women presents Dr. Naba Saleem Hamid, founder of Iraqi New Horizons for Women, speaking on, "The Future for Women in the Political Process in the New Iraq," 7:00 P.M., IPJ Theatre, Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park. Free! Reservations: rsvpclarke@cox.net or by call 858.642.6770. A confirmation copy can then be printed to bring to IPJ.
Monday, July 11: San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice meets, 7 p.m., First Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place. Info and directions: www.sdcpj.org
Tuesday, July 12: Voices of Women, International Museum of Human Rights at San Diego, Amnesty International, and Peace & Democracy Action Group of the First Unitarian Universalist Church present a reading of "Guantanamo, 'Honor Bound to Defend Freedom'," a drama currently playing in New York City and London about post-9/11 detainees in Guantanamo, composed of interviews with prisoners and their families as well as statements from U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, and Lord Johan Steyn, 7:00 P.M., First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front Street, Hillcrest. Directed by Dale Morris of 6th and Penn Theatre, this reading will be followed by a discussion led by Marjorie Cohn, a leading international law attorney. Free parking! Donations accepted. Questions: 858.459.4650.
Monday, July 18: San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice meets, 7 p.m., First Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place. Info and directions: www.sdcpj.org
Friday, July 29: This month's "Matters of Controversy" series invite YOU to "Dispatches from the War in Iraq," with Dahr Jamail, one of only a few independent U.S. journalists in the country. 7:30 P.M., Bard Hall, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front Street, Hillcrest. Donation requested. Questions: PeaceDemTF@aol.com or 858.469.4650.
Tuesday, August 9: Annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day Commemoration/Candlelight Vigil. “One Vision for a Nuclear-Free World. Details pending and will be posted at www.prcsd.org
Friday, August 26: Women's Equality Day, celebration of the 85th anniversary of women's suffrage in the U.S. Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice, University of San Diego. $22 for lunch and program. Reservations, please: 619.223.8074 or ahoiberg@aol.com
Saturday, September 24: End the War on Iraq! Major mobilization against the war in Washington, D.C. For national information, see: www.unitedforpeace.org There will also be a march and rally that day in San Diego. Details pending. See www.sdcpj.org for updates |