Art viewing and local art for sale sponsored by San Francisco Open Studios.

hone bank on Measures C, D, F, H with Oakland Rising, a new social justice collaborative that is building a citywide electoral base in Oakland to forward an agenda that addresses the issues and needs of low-income communities of color. Help make sure Oakland voters are informed and engaged in this critical citywide election.

Support of a civic delegation to Afghanistan with DanielEllsberg and Norman Solomon.

Elizabeth Stark on how to seize the means of production and use narrative to foment revolution. Part of LaborFest.

Open participatory workshop-events planned by the participants.

Screenings: 4:00pm Race to the Bottom by Johnathan King, Michaelhamm and Daniela Rusnokova. 6:00pm SF Living Wage Outreach Documentary. Food, prizes, and fun. Part of LaborFest.

Join people across the country on July 20th telling Congress to open up the radio airwaves by passing the Local Community Radio Act.

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reads from her memoir Red Dirt and the words of Woody Guthrie and Wilma McDaniel. Part of LaborFest.

VideoFest offers a space for videomakers to focus their work on the theme of Labor and Dreams. The combination honors the idea of work in the community, the dreams surrounding labor and the hopes that await us in the future. Documentaries, short fiction, youth videos, Vido del Barrio,, short experimental and super short categories. Submissions due July 20th.

Share stories and discuss tools used in digital story telling programs.

The ILWU has long been known for its strong commitment to democracy, solidarity and social justice. A collection of narratives that talk about lives at work, on the picket line, and in union. Part of LaborFest.

The Annenberg School announces the launch of the Hunt Fund for Health Journalism which will offer grants between $2,500 and $10,000 to print, broadcast and new media journalists. The deadline to apply is July 22nd.

The International Museum of Women hosts Dolores Huerta in conversation with Marua Echeveste of the Center for American Progress.

An exciting evening of film and discussion about the problems with the current centralized money system and new currency solutions.

The discussion on different ideas on how to achieve women's liberation continues with a look at postmodern and transnational feminisms.

Workshop will include an overview of BTOP-BIP programs, a review of the application process for NTIA and RUS grants and loans and individual meetings with Rural Development headquarters and field staff.

The Congressional Black Caucaus Foundation announces the nomination process for the Communications Internship program. The program is designed for students majoring in Communications, Public Relations, or Journalism. CBCF will offer an opportunity to work with a press secretary in a Congressional office on Capital Hill. Interns will receive a stipend of 4,000 and housing. Nominations due July 24th.

On May 1st 1990,homeless people ion eight cities around the country seized empty HUD federal housing simultaneously.It was he first national coordinated homeless housing takeover ever. Skylight Pictures followed the takeovers with 12 crews in eight cities, documenting the planning,occupations and the aftermath. Sponsored by Left Turn Magazine.

In 55 cities around the world,solidarity rallies are planned in support of civil and human rights for the Iranian people and the end of the violence.

Rhythmic Uprising is a documentary by Benjamin Watkins that shows how the transformative power of Afro-Brazilian performing arts fight racism and inequality in Bahia, Brazil.

The Association of Iranian-American Writers will host a literary reading and musical performance to express solidarity with the people of Iran, whose protest over the June elections has captured the hearts and imagination of the world.

Join Matt Flannery of kiva.org,Steve Newcomb of Virgance and Ben Rattray of change.org as they give short presentations on methods they have used to mobilize groups of people in social enterprises.

Learn about the Mobilization for Climate Justice and help plan a day of action on August 15th at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond.

Bay Area journalisr and filmmaker Kevin Pina will report on the situation in Haiti since the 2004 coup d'etat.

Join AIM-West on Tuesday for a prayer for Leonard Peltier as we await word from his parole hearing. The vigil will begin with a sunrise prayer and later throughout the day there will be various performers, including singers and dancers, and speakers giving updates on the hearing from ground zero in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Local author John Ross presents this amazing blog about a young girl growing up under US occupation in Muso, Iraq's third largest city, . Ross, once a human shield in Baghdad during the early years of the war, will read passages from what has been called "a diary of Anne Frank of our times".

The legalization of marijuana, one of California's most profitable crops, is coming into question with the State struggling to make ends meet and solve the budget crisis. While some believe legalizing marijuana would be the solution to the mounting state deficit, others believe there are unforeseen consequences that might be more damaging to society. This discussion presents speakers advocating both sides of the argument, guests include the founder of Oaksterdam University and Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance, Richard Lee, and the El Cerrito chief of police, Scott Kirkland.

Submissions wanted beginning July 31st for features, shorts, and animation for a Bangkok Independent Film Festival. Camerado is a Media Alliance fiscally-sponsored project.

Panel discussion on a constiutional convention for California to fix a broken system with Derek Cressman, Jim Wunderman, Mark Paul and Robert Cruikshank.

Young people are asked to submit films, perform spoken word or write poetry documenting the over-use of harsh "zero-tolerance" policies and the criminalization of youth by schools. Submissions are due by August 2, 2009.

Bring your television show's titles to life with LiveType! This class will cover how to use the complex but dynamic titling software, LiveType, a part of the Final Cut Studio Suite. Learn how to build awesome looking titles, utilize titillating motion backgrounds, create breathtaking lower thirds and an artistic opening sequence that will make your show look like nobody else's! Pre-requisite: Beginning Final Cut Pro

This class will introduce you to the world of non-linear, or computer-based editing. We will show you how digital editing is different from traditional tape-to-tape or linear editing, and familiarize you with some useful concepts and terminology. You will learn different editing styles, and everything you need to know to edit your production in Final Cut Pro. This Macintosh-based program is a fully basics platform, from capturing video to exporting your finished product to tape. This class is required to use our edit suite, even if you already use an NLE, as you will need to learn our media management system.

Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys is a collection of memoirs, rants, confessions, nightmares, journalism, and poetry covering the various aspects of life pertaining to the world of industrial sex. Some editors of this work include art-porn priestess Dr. Anne Sprinkle, Tracy Quan (author of Diary of a Manhattan call Girl), best-selling memoirist David Henry Sterry (Chicken: Self Portrait of a Young Man for Rent), men and women from the street and girls participating in National Summit of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth.

A documentary on the rigid gender norms in Afghanistan and the strategies employed by Afghanis to survive and subvert them.

This workshop will provide practical tools needed for hosts and produces wanting to improve the quality of their interviews and the look of their shows. You will learn how to focus attention on the essential aspects of your subject, techniques in preparing for the interview, how to conduct a pre-interview, selecting location, choosing the right equipment, and much more.

Come to discuss and identify issues in the Oakland Unified School District at this educational space that incorporates art to do so. Join the movement to help train the next generation of racial justice leaders.

USC's Annenberg School of Journalism is calling for applications for a national health journalism fellowship. The California Endowment Health Journalism fellowships are open to print,broadcast and multimedia journalists who have a passion for health news. Fellows receive free tuition, meals, travel, lodging and a $2,000 stipend.

Make/Shift Magazine creates, documents, and critiques contemporary feminist culture and action from antiracist, queer, and transnational perspectives. Join us for an evening of readings featuring Make/Shift coeditors/copublishers Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski, columnist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and other contributors. You can find this magazine at their website, http://www.makeshiftmag.com.

A half-day investigative reporting seminar on the the stimulus package and how to report on where the money is going, who is making the decisions, and how it will impact communities.

The Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is looking for nominees for the 2009 Excellence in Journalism Awards contest. SPJ is in search of writers who have produced more traditional work such as breaking news, feature writing, and photojournalism as well as work by those who are using creativity to reinvent the approach and industry of journalism. This event also offers boot camps to help jump start ambitious, young journalists. Boot camps require preregistration, as space is limited to 16.

A presentation and discussion on the labor movement and immigration reform with Ana Avendano from the AFL-CIO, Esther Lopez of the UFCW and Marielena Hincapie of the National Immigration Law Center.

In this one session class you'll learn the basics on how to shoot with the Panasonic DVX 100. This camera allows you to shoot at 24 frames per second, which creates more of a film-like look to your video footage. This class will teach you the difference between progressive scan and interlaced footage, as well as how to set your exposure, focus, and white balance. Certification in this class allows you to have access to our Panasonic DVX100B camera. Pre-requisite for this class is Basic Field Camera Production or an equivalent basic field camera test-out certification.

Digital Artifact, an online, multimedia publication, invites you to celebrate Issue Three: We Made This For You Out Of Nothing. This event will have Issue Three contributors Matt Roher and Jacob Evans, some-time editors and co-founders of Small Desk Press, read email poetry. Christian Nagler, writer, teacher, and performer, with Anna Halprin's Sea Ranch Collective will perform utilizing universally available materials. This event asks that might optimize your experience, such as vegetables to eat, unused art supplies you can donate to Big Brothers/Big Sisters, or any technological skills you can swap with others partaking in the event.

This groundbreaking film is the first toexplore the impact of a Gender Identity Disorder (GID) diagnosis on people who identify on the trans spectrum in their own words and images.

Open Studios showing and reception

Ya Basta. Don't stand silent on the sidelines or just be neutral. Speak up in opposition to hate speech and in support of the National Hispanic Media Coalitions reasonable, concrete and realistic petition to the FCC to open a docket on hate speech.

Asha San Francisco presents breakthrough films that provide a window into the Indian film industry beyond the song-dance films of Bollywood.

Freelance Camp Santa Cruz 2009 is the fifth organized BarCamp for freelancers and independent contractors.

Learn how to create a promotional side for your television series using LiveType and a Macintosh! This workshop will give you the tools necessary to put together a great looking slide for BCM's Community Bulletin Board. You will learn how to generate a creative backdrop, import and resize your own images, and make clear, distinct looking text that looks spectacular on television.

They are looking for projects that provide an alternative to diminishing arts coverage in the traditional news media. Five winners willreceive $2,000 and an opprtunity to make a presentation in front of an audience of cultural leaders, funders and venture capitalists. Proposals due August 17th.

Want to learn what a camera control unit is? Or how to calibrate monitors and test scopes? Learn how the studio works in more intricate detail in this one night clinic which will cover everything from the live call-in system to the teleprompter. This will be a detail oriented class allowing you to have more in depth knowledge about Studio Production. Pre-requisite: Basic Studio Production

Cynthia Mckinney reports back on her experiences on a Free Gaza Movement humanitarian boat stopped by Israeli security forces.

Panel with Sundeep Ahuja of the Hub, Leila Chirayath of Samasource and Jacob Colker of The Extraordinaries.

3-day media Training Institute to share tools and resources for framing and messaging and provide an opportunity for local and national organizations to strategize to use media to scale national impact. If your organization is working on immigrant issues and recognize the importance of using media in advancing this work. All expenses paid if you are accepted.

Oakland Rising's Brown-Bag Lunch Special Election Case Study Presentation will unveil Oakland Rising's unique model of collaboration, share our lessons learned, and talk about next steps to continue to build electoral and movement power in Oakland.

Dr. Caitlin Ryan, Director of the Family Acceptance Project at SF Sate University will discuss the ground breaking new research that she and her team have conducted with Latino LGBT youth and their families.

You may not think you're a computer expert,but if you know your way around the Internet,email and office productivity software,the Community Technology Network could use your help. CTN has partnered with computer labs across San Francisco to recruit and train computer volunteers to teach computer classes, monitor labs and conduct one-on-one tutorials. This training will helpyou understand that sharing your knowledge of the computer is easy and fulfilling.

Come talk about the role of art in civic dialogue.The Expo Symposium for Independent Arts will create a special space for artists to engage in panel discussions,networking,coaching and DIY workshops.

A reception and dinner celebrating the Bay Area's local bounty and California's family farmers. The event marks the release of the 3rd Annual Bay Area edition of the Eater's Guide to Local Food.

The convenience and affordability of plastics have overshadowed the environmental effects of these non-biodegradable products. With effects ranging from degraded agriculture, drinkable, and non-drinkable water supplies, to the cost of transporting these materials to various landfills, it is necessary to take environmental justice into our own hands and make sustainable choices. This event instructs how educational and social service agencies play a key role in promoting and modeling these issues and how to make simple changes to stem the tide of plastic pollution.

Opening reception of People of the Harvest, a photographic exhibition by David Bacon documenting the lives of indigenous Mexican farm workers.

It is the cooperation of working people that has brought the best of the United States to life. Cooperatives have played a vital role throughout the American saga, starting in its formative years. A staggering 120 million Americans belong to cooperatives today-yet the existence of such a movement, and its dramatic and stirring story, remain all but ignored by most historians. For All the People seeks to reclaim this history.

The Renaissance Journalism Center presents a hands-on multimedia training conference with the ethnic and community media's needs in mind.

Alice Rogoff on writers and labor.

Supporters of the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act (HR 2269) will gather for a noon rally and press conference on the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in front of Speaker Pelosi's office to demand passage of this federal bill.

Immigration Attorneys will be giving free consultations and Catholic Charities of Oakland will be assisting with the naturalization form. Se habla espanol aqui.

Fundraiser for the Mission Cultural Center's Multicultural Theater Youth Scholarships. Music and theatrical performances.

Discussion of independent media and democratic governance of the nation's 1st ever community radio station.

Poets and Writers sponsors this contest open to poets and fiction writers who have have published no more than one full-length book in their genre and have resided in california for two consective years prior to the date of manuscript submission. Winners receive a $500 honorarium, all expenses paid trip to NYC to meet with agents and editors and a public reading of their work in Spring 2010.

Slingshot Hip-Hop braids together the stories of young Palenstinians living in Gaza, the West Bank, and inside Israel as they discover hip-hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and physical boundaries to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.

The digital television transition, completed successfully by the United States on June 12, 2009, is generating a large flow of electronic waste. Up to 80% of electronic waste, like old televisions, is exported to developing countries or US prisons where toxic components are openly burned, soaked in acid baths, or dumped for scrap recovery. For these important reasons, this meeting is being held to provide consumers with information to dispose of used electronics in a more environmental fashion. Topics including the repercussions of the DTV transition and ways any individual can help the environment will be discussed.

Explore the essential elements of lighting in a studio setting and learn the craft hands-on in this exciting tutorial.

This conference, hosted by Business Ethics Network, is taking place in Berkeley, CA, and Washington, D.C. These sites will be teleconference connected to enjoy a greater number of people for discussion. Addressing issues raised and lessons learned over the past year, we will be focusing primarily on Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), healthcare reform, climate, and energy, with leaders from all the listed campaigns as guest speakers. Business Ethics Networks is thrilled to partner with the U.C. Berkeley Labor Center for this year's conference. Register early for the discounted price.

The potential and the pitfalls of foundation funding of journalism with Steve Katz of Mother Jones and David Westphal of Annenberg.

On August, 14, the contract of 9,000 San Francisco hotel workers expired. Bargaining is underway, and the bosses are trying to undercut health care benefits, but the employees are standing up to protect the standards for which they have fought tremendously hard. They believe they must defend the their fundamental human right to health care. Join them and community supporters in demanding a fair contract and affordable quality health care.

Since 1976, OSCAR-nominated, EMMY-winning filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman has been on a remarkable journey, producing twenty documentary films. On September 9th, we will see clips from her work and hear about her journey into film making.

The See Corn Gallery at the Greenlining Institute is hosting the work of 27 local artists for auction. This event features chocolate and conventional sculpture, paintings, weaving, photography, and more. 100% of the proceeds will be returned to the artists. The hosting organization is a public policy institute that addresses social justice issues affecting California's diverse communities.

This workshop by Writing for Community Success provides expert advice and tools needed to improve ones ability to deliver effective, confident, and concise presentation skills as well as writing. This workshop focuses on those who want to speak to or on behalf of community-oriented organizations. One will receive individual feedback from instructors and peers in this program.

This casual get together showcases a short video featuring work of IDEX's newest grantees. This event highlights the non-profit work IDEX does globally. More particularly, IDEX is looking every from rural villages to urban townships in post-Apartheid South Africa, a vibrant community with not-too-distant hopes of abolishing its widespread poverty and inequality.

Join us for a lively panel about the pitfalls and pratfall of trying to get the Board more deeply involved in fundraising. Bring your questions and stories to share! Members $12, non-members $20. Lunch is included in your fee. Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 9th at www.dersf.org.

Join the Women's Cancer Resource Center community for a day celebrating Latino Heritage Month with an art show, agency booths, free raffle, free food, entertainment, music, nutrition workshop, and more.

The 11th Annual Power to the Peaceful Festival with musicians,open air art gallery,eco-village, social justice forum and a healing arts tent.

Join the Living Wage Coalition and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement at this annual fundraiser celebrating Latin American independence. The price of admission includes food and drinks.

Miguel Yasuyuki Hirota, an international expert on complementary currencies from Japan, will be presenting on local currency success models as a guest of Bay area Community Exchange. They will be discussing what currency projects are already happening in the Bay Area and new proposals to create abundant means of exchange in a time of scarcity. Do not park in the lot or you will be towed.

This film chronicles Pat Spurgeon, a musician with big dreams to make it as an indie rock star. Just as his career is about to take off, he suffers an incredible setback when one of his kidneys beings to fail. Follow Pat on his emotional search for a living organ donor and how to cope with having a health condition while being in the limelight.

National health insurance cannot by itself fix a misguided health care system that is bankrupting our country. Join Dr. Len Saputo and Byron Belitsos for an engaging discussion about the health care system and discover a new RX for radical reform.

Join with the Black Alliance for Just Immigration and the Haiti Action Committee to support Haitians who are being denied safe haven in the U.S.

Join Asian Health Services (AHS), the Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), and the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians (NCAPIP) and others for a community forum on health care reform and what a public plan option would mean for our communities. Hear from local and national leadersr on AA and NHPI health and share your experiences about health and the health care system. Interpretation will be provided in Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, Cambodian, and Tagalog.

Meet the Bay Area's next generation of filmmakers with a screening of selected short films: "No Justice No Peace" by Chantal Renous (Oscar Grant BART shooting); "Hustla" by Michelle Sieng (a young girl struggling with her attraction to the streets); "A Choice of Weapons", CYMC 2009 examines the Bayview's redevelopment plan; "Grind for the Green", CYMC Summer Youth Crew (who's really going green in the hood and how you can make money behind it.)

When four New York City police officers killed Amadou Diallo in 1999, the forty-one shots they fired echoed loudly across the nation. Beth Roy will discuss her book, 41 Shots...and Counting: What Amadou Diallo's Story Teaches Us about Policing, Race, and Justice.

Join PAN (Pesticide Action Network) activists and "Nothing But Nets" campaign supporters to sign A Message of Hope at the rally. If more than 200 people sign A Message of Hope, a generous donor will send 1,000 nets to refugees in Africa. After the rally, come celebrate achievements in malaria prevention, with appetizers and drinks at Sinbad's Pier 2 Restaurant.

Just Cause Oakland invites you to a very special evening celebrating our 10th year anniversary.

This is a tribute to the Beatles, but more importantly it is an event in memory of Heinz Edelmann, the top German magazine illustrator who was chosen to animate the celebrated work "The Yellow Submarine", who died at age 75. Screenings will be held of not only "The Yellow Submarine", but also "Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles" and "The Making of the Yellow Submarine (Promo Short)". There will also be rare original 16mm prints.

A documentary by Gilbert Mulamba about street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The 2009 West Coast Convergence for Climate Justice is a three-day training and movement-building convergence followed by a collective action on Monday, September 21st. Join us to learn about climate change and climate politics, support local communities in their ongoing fights for climate justice and build a stronger Climate Justice movement on the West Coast. Registration is limited to 200. See website for schedules.

Films, schedule, ticket info and venues to come.

"Seven Travelers, 7 Views: Photos from Around the World" will feature photos, a live musical performance, auction, and cash bar - guests 21 and up. Proceeds administered by Plan USA and will go to a school construction project in Jalapa, Guatemala.

A trivia night benefit free of obtuse and stifling questions is being held by DiversityWorks, an organization committed to promoting social justice and fighting oppression in all its forms. Come enjoy the fun, drinks, finger foods, and trivia to contribute to a great cause. $10 suggested donation (donations up to $10,000 accepted) and an opportunity to buy clues to make you look good amongst your newfound trivia teammates. This is a shoe-free event.

The Progressive Festival will mark its 12th anniversary Sunday, Sept. 20th, with the San Francisco Mime Troupe celebrating its 50th anniversary season of political satire. This years song and dance production, Too Big To Fail, is about the greed exploits of Wall Street.

Join us for live music, pizza and guest speaker Steve Turner - journalist, author, and founding member of the national Writer's Union. Mr. Turner will read from his latest book, Amber Waves and Undertow: Peril, Hope, Sweat, and Downright Nonchalance in Dry Wheat Country. Pizza is free for the first 2-3 dozen who arrive.