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Mar 1 Thursday noon-midnight, Irvine: UCI Day of Action: DIY UCI! Resistance Fair! @ UCI Flagpoles
This is a celebration of resistance. This is a celebration of our diversity, of our power as students, faculty, and workers. This is YOUR university, let's transform it. Let's redecorate. Let's teach each other what we want to teach. Let's have the discussions that we want to have. Let's share.
Please check out the following websites if you are interested in learning more about what is going on at the local, state, and national level. http://ucineedsattention.blogspot.com/ (site specifically on what's going on in the humanities at UCI, and how it links in to the larger struggle against budget cuts and tuition increases). http://teachthebudget.com/ (Awesome resource!) http://teachthebudgetdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/teach_the_budget_february2012.pdf (The crisis in 11 quick pages! take 10 minutes to read this!!!) http://vimeo.com/7305165 (Why your tuition is rising, a wonderful video explaining the privatization of the University. Summary: the UC system receives a high rating on its bonds because it can always raise tuition. So lots of corporate interests invest in bonds--ever wonder why we get so many new buildings?--and in order to pay back those bonds, the regents "have to" raise tuition). http://www.makebankspaycalifornia.com/monday_march_5th_occupy_the_capitol (March 5th day of action in Sacramento! Let's go go go!) https://www.facebook.com/events/372623716082032/ (UCI Week of Action from ASUCI!!!) https://www.facebook.com/events/181609735275884/ (Day of Action UCLA! March 1st)

Mar 1 Thursday 4-9pm, Garden Grove: Move to Amend mini-workshop David Cobb, a fiery speaker, and former Green Party presidential candidate, will be facilitating a workshop
At the end of this training, participants will: 1) Understand the strategy and goals of the Move to Amend campaign 2) Be able to explain the concept of Corporate Personhood to others in their community to involve more people in their group and movement. 3) Be ready to organize with the Move to Amend affiliate group in their community or start a new group in their town.
Cost is sliding scale $30-$100 (some scholarships available). Payment required in advance to hold your spot. If you have questions or would like to inquire about scholarship opportunities, please contact David Sonneborn. drsonneb@gmail.com (714) 390-4329 or (714) 289-9325

Mar 1 Thursday 6-9pm, Fullerton: The Democrats of North Orange County (DNOC) meeting will host two dynamic young Democratic speakers: Jay Chen, CDP endorsed candidate for the 39th Congressional District; and Nick Anas, interim Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Orange County. Businessman Jay Chen, the past-President of the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District in the San Gabriel Valley, was endorsed at the 2012 CA State Democratic Convention. OCYD Chair Nick Anas was appointed interim Executive Director of the DPOC at the January Central Committee meeting.
DNOC meets at the: Sizzler Restaurant, 1401 North Harbor Boulevard, Fullerton; Dinner at 6, Meeting begins at 7. Contact: Pete Anderson, petedem04@gmail.com

Mar 1 Thursday 6:30pm, Santa Ana: OC May Day Coalition meeting @ SEIU, 1200 N. Main St (esquina con Washington) Suite 900, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Park in structure and go through back door into lobby, take elevator up to 9th floor ocmdc.org

Mar 1 (1^st Thursday) 6:30-9pm, Tustin: Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment Planning Committee Meeting Aldersgate United Methodist Church 1201 Irvine Blvd., Tustin, CA The Planning Committee meets monthly to plan the annual Caring for Creation conference in addition to other, smaller events that take place throughout the year. For more information, please visit our website at ocice.org. The Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment educates, raises awareness and empowers people to actively protect and preserve creation through responsible stewardship.

Mar 1 Thursday 7pm, Whittier: Whittier Area Peace & Justice Coalition screening of Sick Around The World http://www.WhittierPeace.org/index.htm#MovieNight
Special guest Dr. Bill Honigman will join us for an informed discussion after the film St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 7056 Washington Ave., Whittier, CA 90602 In the CHASE ROOM this time

Mar 1 Thursday 7pm, Orange: The next meeting of the Orange County Chapter of Death Penalty Focus will be held on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. The location will be in classroom 4 of the Saint Joseph Center which is located at 480 South Batavia Street, Orange, California 92868. For further information on any event, please call 714-514-2771.

Mar 2 (1^st Friday) 7-9pm, Orange: Moving Pictures: Friday Night Film Series "70 X 7: The Forgiveness Equation"
The Forgiveness Equation derives its title from scripture (Matthew 18:21- 22). Peter asked Jesus "how many times shall I forgive someone who harms me? Seven times?" And Jesus answered, "No Peter, not seven times but seventy x seven." Two families challenge our rock-hard beliefs as they share compelling stories that challenge our deeply rooted beliefs in revenge, retribution and forgiveness. Speaking for themselves, the characters allow viewers to hear first hand how they have coped with unforeseen bereavement, profound feelings of helplessness and rage, and for some, and a move towards reconciliation, love and forgiveness.
Event is Free of Charge St. Joseph Center, Mother Louis Room, 480 South Batavia St, Orange 92868. http://www.sistersofstjosephorange.org/OUR_MINISTRIES/justice/film-series.php 6:30-7:00 P.M.: Gathering & Refreshments 7:00-9:00 P.M.: Film & Discussion RSVP: (714) 633-8121 Ext. 7716 Justice@csjorange.org

[update] Mar 3 Saturday 1-4pm, Irvine: Occupy First General Assembly Saturday's General Assembly will be held in the Great Park instead of the Civic Center. It will be held in conjunction with Rebellious Truth's Rally & Concert immediately following at 5pm. ~~1 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA 92606~~ Irvine Hangar 244 at the OC Great Park, 6690 Marine Way, Irvine, CA
Occupy 1.0 was about drawing attention to, and defining the nature of, the system of economic injustice too many of us face everyday. Occupy 2.0 is about that as well, but it also addresses solutions. Occupy First is a 2.0 company with the "simple" mission of creating a financial system that puts People Before Profits. We believe Occupy Federal Credit Unions are on the path to that system. Occupy First is a business rooted in The Movement and dedicated to peacefully combating economic injustice by providing competitive alternatives which benefit The Many instead of enriching The Few. We hope you join us. OccupyFirst.org

Mar 3 Saturday 1:30pm, Irvine: Americans United for Separation of Church and State with guest speaker Katherine Stewart, author of The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children. She will discuss her book and how she learned of national advocacy groups with a declared aim to "take back" America's public schools and repurpose them with a Fundamentalist Christian agenda. Katherine will be signing books which will be available for purchase.
Irvine Ranch Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Avenue. Doors open 1:00 PM. au-oc.org; email: OrangeCountyAU@yahoo.com or call 714-299-4551.

Mar 3 Saturday 3-9pm, Irvine: Queer Cultural Festival Phoenix Grill, G318 UCI Student Center, Irvine, CA 92697
Get your DIY on at IQ's annual Queer Cultural Festival!! This year's QCF will be hosted by Irvine Queers, ASUCI, The Green Initiative Fund, V-day UCI, and the Radical Student Union! This year's QCF will emphasize the importance of sustainability. Bring old and torn clothing, as well as broken electronics to exchange or repair them! There will be a suggested donation of $5. 3-6pm: DIY Crafting -finger knitting -Dress up corner with a clothing exchange and repair station, as well as makeup experts -Rainbow anteater pillows! -DIY electronics repair -Friendship bracelets -Graffiti wall 6pm-7pm: FREE Delicious Vegetarian Dinner and vegan, gluten-free dessert! 7pm-9pm: Open mic

Mar 3 Saturday 7:30pm, Anaheim: Emma's Revolution ~ CD Release & Benefit Concert for Grandma's House of Hope at the UU Church in Anaheim,at 511 S. Harbor Blvd. featuring music by the celebrated group emmas revolution. This is a benefit concert for Grandmas House of Hope. The Grandmas House of Hope Transitional Housing Program specializes in serving uniquely challenged women who may have difficulty finding a program. These "invisible populations" include human trafficking victims, breast cancer patients, and women with severe mental and physical disabilities.Call Jose at 714 925 5313 or Ann at 714 526 8240 for ticket information. More on emmas revolution: Dancing on the edge of folk and pop there's a revolution: emma's revolution. "Bold, profound, moving, hilarious and transformative." The sound of passion in "deftly-turned phrases," songs imbued with hope, warmth and the "power and drive" to turn tears into laughter, cynicism into action. A motivating force in intimate concerts and mass demonstrations, infused with inspiration from the legacy of music for social change, Pat Humphries and Sandy O's dynamic harmonies are multiplied by hundreds of thousands. Emma Goldman stood for everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things. Join the revolution!

Mar 4 Sunday 7-10, Santa Ana: Dream Bike Ride 2012 Join the Dream Team Los Angeles, Orange County Dream Team, El Centro Cultural de Mexico, Solidarity Ink, and City of Lights for DREAM BIKE RIDE 2012! 50 mile ride from Santa Ana to Los Angeles
Starting in Orange County from El Centro Cultural de Mexico in Santa Ana with a ride kick off celebration and ending at Solidarity Ink in Lincoln Heights with a welcoming celebration.
This ride is in celebration of the passage of the California Dream Act in addition to connecting the immigrant rights movement with the biking community.
If you would like to participate please register online: Copy and paste link to: http://bit.ly/A4i6TW Facebook Invite: http://www.facebook.com/events/376021112412527/?ref=ts
Registration fee: Non-refundable $20 (includes snacks, lunch and dinner) *Payments can be made online through the Pay Pal Link below or in person to Erick Huerta and/or Yenni Diaz if they can't be made online.
SAFETY WORKSHOP: This Sunday, February 18th from noon-2PM Location: El Centro Cultural de Mexico 313 N. Birch Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Learn about bike safety; get any questions answered about the ride. If you can't make it this Sunday, a second workshop will be held in Los Angeles on the 26th of February, noon-2pm. Any questions feel free to contact me at 714.791.5463 or email: quezalt@yahoo.com

Mar 4 (1^st Sunday) 7:30am-5pm, Huntington Beach: Arlington West Memorial Our continuing efforts to remind the public of the cost of our wars and to "bring Our Troops Home", keeps rolling along even as we look forward to the removal of the last 'combat troops' from Iraq this month. Come help or just visit.
We no longer have to load the crosses in the morning. Meet at the beach at 7:30AM to help unload the trailer and setup the crosses or 4:30PM to help take it down.
We need to remind the public of the continuing conflicts and sacrifices, as well as being there for service members and families in need of help. We usually need the most help in the morning, though both morning and evening are critical.
We meet up at the beach around/after 7:20 and start the setup of the field of crosses and other items. Depending upon number of helpers this can take 30 minutes or over two hours. "Many hands make for light and fast work". Take down goes much quicker than setup. Due to the short days we will likely start breakdown a bit earlier at about 4:30PM and hopefully have everything back in the trailer before 5:15.
Please let me know if you are coming this Sunday by replying to ocvfpaw@gmail.com, but you, of course, are welcome without replying first.

Mar 4 Sunday 11:30am-3pm, Irvine: MoveOn Organizing Meeting & Potluck Lunch Kate's Place, 6 Gold Bluff, Irvine, CA 92604
We plan on having our potluck lunch from 11:30am to 12:30pm and our organizing meeting from 12:30pm to 3pm. This is a perfect time to get together for our Council's organizing meeting -- a couple weeks after the "Inside Job" party, to regroup, touch base about new people we've reached out to join our Council, and to make preliminary plans for the 99% Spring April 9 - 15 trainings. Come with creative ideas that can make an impact on shifting politics-as-usual towards our progressive causes. Please signup for this event here: http://pol.moveon.org/event/meeting/127402

Mar 4 Sunday 1pm, Irvine: Celebrate the end of the SA Zoo Elephant Rides with a Vegan Potluck meetup.com/aprl-oc/events/48348012
Join Animal Protection & Rescue League (APRL) for a Potluck to celebrate the end of the Elephant rides at the SA Zoo. The fun starts at 1:00 pm with a Vegan potluck at Colonel Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park, 4 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA 92606
Please bring a vegan dish (no meat, eggs, dairy or honey) and whatever you want to drink. Thank you to everyone who helped fight for the elephants and rallied to get the rides stopped at the SA Zoo!

Mar 4 Sunday 2pm, Irvine: Donna Gilmore will explain the Nuclear Power Initiative Statute, 11-0042
Ms. Gilmore is a data center manager and designer, researcher, systems analyst, and prolific blogger who authors the important San Onofre Safety blog found at http://sanonofresafety.org. Donna is a founding member of San Clemente Green, a local activist group dedicated to increasing the public knowledge about nuclear energy.
Donna is the State Initiative Coordinator for the Nuclear Initiative that is gathering signatures for the State ballot, an initiative ballot proposition that will close the San Onofre and Diablo Canyon Nuclear Generating Stations until a permanent storage solution can be implemented to address the tons of "temporarily" stored radioactive waste at the two California nuclear power stations.
Green Party of Orange County meets at the Irvine Ranch Water District: 15600 Sand Canyon Ave. in the City of Irvine (about half-way between the 5 and 405 freeways) If you can share a ride or need a ride to our meeting, please contact Bea Tiritilli: tiritilligreen@sbcglobal.net.

Mar 4 Sunday 4-5pm, Irvine: Healthcare for All CA Orange County Chapter: cha FOR TEA FUNDRAISER 4187 Campus Dr. Irvine, CA 92612 M-173
$1.00 will be donated with every LARGE size drink purchased. Not valid with other promotions. Must present flyer at time of purchase.

Mar 6 Tuesday 6:30pm, Laguna Beach: Transition Laguna Beach monthly meeting & potluck Neighborhood Congregational Church, 340 St. Anne's Drive at Glenneyre. Our gathering that covers TLB's food and gardening issues. Attend if you'd like to help out at our garden installs or get on the list for a garden of your own. Bring a healthy potluck dish or beverage to share. This is an open meeting, and new members are always welcome- bring your friends! For more info: tlbfoodinfo@gmail.com

Mar 6 Tuesday 7pm, Laguna Woods: Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village - "Erosion Of The U.S. Federal Tax And Government Policy"
Clubhouse 7, E-mail: cclagunawoodsvillage@gmail.com Website: lagunawoodsvillage.com/section.cfm?id=493 (under Clubs and Club Webpages) Members free Visitors: $3 donation requested

Mar 7-8 Wednesday 10am-Thursday 5pm, Fullerton: Green Living Fundraiser CSUF Quad
Students ACT (Advocating Civic Transformation) will be having a fundraiser for the Social Justice Summit, which will be on April 14th this year. Green Living is a thrift store-like environment, promoting the recycling of second hand clothing, shoes, books, movies, music, etc. at very affordable prices for students. If you want to donate any unwanted item for Green Living, we are more than willing to take them off of your hands! Just drop them off at the Volunteer and Service Center, in TSU Room 2 or any of the project directors (Nick, Kenny, Harpreet, Zeena, and Karley) can take them from you. For more information or questions, please call the Volunteer and Service at (657)278-7623 or email us at volunteer@fullerton.edu. One person's trash is another person's treasure!

Mar 7 Wednesday 11:30am, Orange: "The Power of Protest and of M. Katherine B. Darmer: Homophobia, Misogyny, and the Day the Westboro Baptist Church Came to The OC" GLAD's Project for LGBTQ Rights and Feminism presents Dr. Karyl E Ketchum, OCEC board member.
The event will begin with a moving video tribute to honor and celebrate the civil rights advocacy, scholarship, community organizing and outreach work and legacies of recently passed Professor M. Katherine B. Darmer.
The event will begin Wednesday with lunch at 11:30a.m. in Kennedy Hall Rooms 237A/B. The presentation will begin at noon. This is a free event, but tickets must be obtained for entry from Ms. Debra Basco, CUSOL Receptionist, located in the Law School lobby. Tickets may be reserved by telephone at 714.628.2500.
Chapman Law School, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92886

Mar 7 Wednesday 7pm, Costa Mesa: Democracy for America-Orange County with Lori Vandermeir, President of the Orange County Chapter, National Organization of Women. Lori will discuss current nationwide attacks on women's rights and how progressive groups can effectively respond. For more info on NOW in Orange County, visit nowoc.org. Moderator: Melahat Rafiei. Social time - 6:15; meeting starts at 7:15. Please send requests to make an announcement by email to Susan Kopicki by Monday precdeding the meeting.
Karl Strauss Brewery, 901 South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa, 92626. Contact Susan Kopicki at sckopicki@gmail.com.

Mar 7 Wednesday 7:30-8:30pm, Costa Mesa: Greenpeace Campaign Action Night Kick off our push to end deforestation in the Paradise Rainforest of Indonesia. To prep yourself for this meeting you can read Asia Pulp and Paper Under Investigation Part Two: The Ramin Paper Trail (http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/Campaign-reports/Forests-Reports/The-Ramin-Paper-Trail/) Please bring a food or drink (no alcohol) to share and let us know what you will be bringing! We'll provide plates, cups and utensils.
2428 Newport Blvd. Ste #7, Costa Mesa, CA

Mar 8 Thursday 6:30pm, Huntington Beach: Drinking Liberally huntingtonbeach@drinkingliberally.org King's Fish House, 7691 Edinger Avenue, Huntington Beach , CA 92647

Mar 8 Thursday 6:30pm, Santa Ana: OC May Day Coalition meeting @ SEIU, 1200 N. Main St (esquina con Washington) Suite 900, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Park in structure and go through back door into lobby, take elevator up to 9th floor ocmdc.org

[location change] Mar 8 Thursday 7pm, Santa Ana: Orange County Young Democrats This month's meeting will be held at ORIGINAL MIKE'S 100 South Main Street, Santa Ana, CA On the Corner of Main and First Street
7 pm Mixer / Meeting 8 pm Dance Party

Mar 9 Friday 6:45-9pm, Anaheim: Program for Progressives: "San Onofre: a Radioactive Waste Dump", Marion Pack Community networking begins at 6:45 p.m., featured program at 7:15 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., 92805.

Mar 9 Friday 8pm, Irvine: "Israel: Peace, Politics, Religion, Iran and The Economy" will be some of the issues addressed by Israeli diplomats and CEOs when the Merage Foundation brings back to University Synagogue the latest elite group of Merage Israeli Fellows.
Each time that a group of these gifted Israeli leaders visit UCI for a two-week intensive seminar in international business, they spend Shabbat at University Synagogue and we are so fortunate. This is a rare opportunity to hear and meet "the best and the brightest" of Israel. Rabbi Rachlis will dialogue with them and all those in attendance will have the opportunity to ask questions as well, both at Shabbat dinner and at services
University Synagogue, 3400 Michelson Dr., Irvine, CA 92612 949-553-3535 / 949-553-4034 (Fax) - www.universitysynagogue.org

[moved] ~~Mar 10~~ ~~Saturday~~, Fullerton: Occupalooza Moved to Feb 26

Mar 10 9-11am, Lake Forest: Assemblyman Wagner Invites You to a Lake Forest Community Coffee Sizzler Restaurant, 23501 El Toro Road Lake Forest, CA 92630
A Q&A session will take place where residents can ask questions and give their input on the direction of California. Please RSVP to Sam.Han@asm.ca.gov or call (949) 863-7070 for more information.

Mar 10 9am-1pm, Santa Ana: Walk With Julio Join us as we walk local neighborhoods and talk about how we will create better jobs, funding for education and maintain a safe community
Julio Perez For Assembly 2012 Campaign Office, 1651 E. 4th Street, Suite 117, Santa Ana, CA

[canceled] ~~Mar 10~~ ~~Saturday 10am-noon, Irvine~~: OC Peace Coalition General Meeting Canceled So that people can attend Women OccupyLA which has been endoresed by OCPC

Mar 10 11am-6pm, Los Angeles: Women OccupyLA for the Caring of People & the Planet End Poverty, War, Separation of Families Welfare is Our Right! A Living Wage for All Our Work Everywhere!
To mark International Women's Day The 99% Will Circle LA City Hall, Followed by Speak Out and Rally on the West Steps of City Hall at 1pm. We refuse to be exploited in any by the 1% and their thieving friends! Every grievance against this system deserves a collective response. For info and to help plan, contact 323-276-9833 or la@allwomencount.net.

Mar 10 Saturday 1pm, Laguna Woods: Our New Health Care Legislation Affordable Health Care Act: The Untold Story SPEAKER: Dr. Toni Sullivan, Nurse Scientist and Public Health Scientist Formerly, Professor and Founding Chairperson of Nursing, USC
CLUBHOUSE 1 MAIN LOUNGE cclagunawoodsvillage@gmail.com Event Sponsors: American Association of University Women, Laguna Woods Village Chapter; Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village; Laguna Woods Democratic Club; National Conference of Jewish Women, Laguna Woods Village Chapter; Unifem Click here for a flyer with all the details!

Mar 10 Saturday 2-4pm, Santa Ana: OCcupy OC Unity Meeting Meeting of local occupations to discuss strategy, actions, and continued unity.
Santa Ana Civic Center, 630 N. Broadway Near the intersection of W. Civic Center Drive and North Broadway at the Airplane monument.

Mar 10 Saturday 2-4pm, Orange: "The Healthcare Movie" with Kiefer Sutherland Teamsters Local 952, 140 South Marks Way, Orange, CA 92868
Join Campaign for a Healthy California (CHC) groups as they promote a single payer healthcare system by showing this great movie. Learn how Canada was able to get a single payer system and how it actually works! 2P Refreshments and Introductions, 2:30P Movie, 3:45 P Discussion, Dr Bill Honigman, moderator, Campaign for a Healthy Calif Orange Co Region Co-coordinator

Mar 10 Saturday 6-9pm, San Clemente: Remembrance of Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima San Clemente Community Center
Guest speakers: Mothers from Fukushima, Kyle Thiermann (Surfing for Change) and others TBA. Documentary screening, "Fukushima Never Again" Candlelight procession on Avenida Del Mar to honor those impacted by the natural and man-made disaster at Fukushima.
There will be actions worldwide to remember one of the worst commercial nuclear power accidents which is still on-going. San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is at the southern tip of Orange County and like Fukushima, it sits at the Ocean's edge with active earthquake faults near-by. Questions? Contact Gary Headrick, 949-412-3366.

Mar 10 Saturday 6-9pm, Irvine: Reclaim Democracy: "A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash " Bring a healthy snack to share, we will provide hot and cold drinks. Join us for an essential film and a lively discussion.
at The Irvine Ranch Water District Headquarters, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave.
6:00 PM: Gathering, chatting and munching. 6:30 PM: A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash 8 PM: Discussion: "We're running out and we don't have a plan."

Mar 10 Saturday 6:30pm, Laguna Woods: "Who Does She Think She Is" screening hosted by UN Women. The film features the lives of five artists and spotlights the problematic intersections that exist between mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art. The cost of $15 will include both the screening and a reception. For more information, contact CeCe Sloan at ccsloa@gmail.com.
Laguna Woods Clubhouse 1

Mar 11 Sunday 12:30-3pm, San Clemente: Occupy San Onofre! Near south gate of nuclear power plant on Basilone Road, San Clemente Gather 12:30 p.m.; Program and demo 1-3 p.m.
March 11, 2012 marks the anniversary date of Fukushima--the worst nuclear accident in the world's history--and it is still ongoing and getting worse. With the recent accidents at San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station, NOW is the time to demonstrate our opposition to nuclear power!
Limited parking at San Onofre State Beach Park, $15 per car. We suggest carpooling. If you are coming and organizing a bus from your area, please check with us about drop-off and parking options. If your organization would like to endorse this event, please contact us at carolj@igc.org or 760-390-0775 info@citizensoversight.org or call 619-820-5321 or carolj@igc.org or 760-390-0775 More details and updated info posted at http://www.copswiki.org/Common/M11SanOnofreProtestAndRally or contact info@citizensoversight.org or call 619-820-5321 or carolj@igc.org or 760-390-0775 or Marcia Patt, marciapatt@cox.net

Mar 11 Sunday 1:30pm, Irvine: Humanists of OC: Jennifer Koontz: Are religious people healthier? Jennifer has a PhD in Developmental Psychology from UC Riverside. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Memory Impairment and Neurological Disorders (MIND) at U.C. Irvine and does research for the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center there. She also teaches biopsychology at Orange Coast College and has been there for 6 years.
Irvine Ranch Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine, CA 92618 meetup.com/OCHumanists/events/47351812

Mar 11 Sunday 3-5pm, Tustin: OC Global Warming Committee Meeting Please attend and join in the discussion at REI, 2962 El Camino Real, Tustin. We meet in the REI Meeting Room inside the store meetup.com/Irvine-Global-Warming-Group/events/53607982

Mar 11 Sunday 5pm, Buena Park: 47^th Annual Farm Worker Winter Celebration, with Keynote Speaker Christine Chavez UFW leader and granddaughter of Cesar Chavez. Dinner is $20 contribution per person with a prepaid reservation or $25 at the door. Reservations for dinner are requested by Tuesday, March 6. All proceeds will be given to the United Farm Workers. Please indicate with check the names of people planning to attend. For reservations, call Nadene Ivens at 714/526-7422 for prepaid reservation. Make check payable to UFW and mail to Nadene at 1229 Crestview, Fullerton 92883. To donate auction items, call Tina Laine at 714/565-7855. Social hour and silent auction browsing, 5pm; dinner, 6pm; program, 7pm.

[postponed] Mar 12 Monday 7pm, Huntington Beach: Plan mtg.for occupy fundraiser Postponed to raise funds for Occupy LB, OC and Santa Ana
Contact: Pat Alviso at 562-833-8035 or e-mail mfsooc@earthlink.net

Mar 13 Tuesday 3pm, Irvine: The Göttingen Approach: Creating Renewable Energy Communities in Germany and Testing a Psychological Hypothesis Engineering Hall 2430 Colloquia (UCI Bldg. 308)
Dr. Peter Schmuck is a professor at the Department of Biology at the Georg-Elias-Mueller Institute of Psychology at the University Goettingen. He is a member of the interdisciplinary Centre of Sustainable Development, the Institute of Bioenergy and Regional Development, the German Society for Psychology, the Network Agency of Sustainability Projects at Universities, and the International Knowledge Network for Sustainable Development. He also is a visiting professor at the Institute of Psychology and Labour Sciences at Berlin University of Technology.

Mar 13 Tuesday 5:30-7:30pm, Fullerton: Second Event in Cal State Fullerton's Spring "Thinking Queer" Speaker Series Cal State Fullerton campus, 264 McCarthy Hall
University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Toby Beauchamp, UC San Diego, Department of Communication, will be discussing his article, "None Shall Pass: Transgender Studies and the Politics of Mobility" http://ocequality.com/events/second-event-in-cal-state-fullerton-s-spring-thinking-queer

Mar 14 Wednesday Noon, Anaheim: DFOC luncheon honoring Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Candidate for re-election to what is now called the 46th Congressional District!
Disneyland Hotel, 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802 RSVP DEADLINE: March 12 There is no charge for lunch for DFOC Members current with their membership dues -- just RSVP, so that we can order your lunch! Non-Member tickets are $45.00 and can be reserved here: secure.actblue.com/page/dfocevent For questions or to RSVP, please contact Henry Vandermeir, Executive Director, at (714) 979-4436 or via email at info@dfoc.com.

Mar 14 Wednesday 4-7pm, Fullerton: Join Sharon Quirk-Silva for her annual St. Patrick's Day Event and the 65th Assembly Campaign Kick Off.
Steamers Cafe, 138 W Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832-1809

Mar 14 Wednesday 5-7pm, Newport Beach: Protest John Boehner/Dana Rohrabacher/Ed Royce/John Campbell/Ken Calvert The Island Hotel, 690 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Lets be there to give them all a very WARM Progressive welcome! pol.moveon.org/event/99communitybuild/128152

Mar 14 Wednesday 5-6pm, Irvine: NOW board meeting Irvine Ranch Water District - 15600 Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine
We'll be discussing the upcoming women's documentary screening

Mar 14 Wednesday 6pm, San Juan Capistrano: South OC Democrats: Linh Tran-Administrator For The Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force This month's meeting features: Linh Tran who will be speaking about the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force. She has been involved with human trafficking since 2005 that spans from Europe, Asia, and the United States. Please join us for our buffet dinner, which includes salads, entree, side dishes,dessert and beverage,(tax and tip included). Dinner served 6-7 P.M. Members $17 dinner, Non members $20. Meeting only at 7 P.M. Members $3.00, Non members $5. RSVP'S are required for dinner or meeting only. Reservationsc are due by Sunday March 11, 2012 to Kenton Cooper at kenton805@cox.net. San Juan Capistrano Community Center, 25925 Camino Del Avion, San Juan Capistrano 92675..

Mar 14 Wednesday 6-9pm, Fullerton: "Forks Over Knives" - Movie Night McCarthy Hall 512, CSUF

Mar 14 Wednesday 6:30-8pm, Irvine: Tax Issues For The LGBT Community Join the Orange County Lavender Bar Association for an evening with Mark Powell, Wendy Hartmann, and Francine Lipman exploring tax issues affecting the LGBT community.
Room EDU 1111 School of Law - University of California, Irvine Directions: http://www.law.uci.edu/directions.html%3Cbr%20/%3E Reception to follow: Steelhead Brewery http://steelheadbrewery.com/irvine.htm%3Cbr%20/%3E SPONSORED BY: Orange County Equality Coalition PFLAG Men Alive

Mar 14 Wednesday 7pm, Laguna Beach: Laguna Beach Democratic Club with Dr. Bill Honigman, "Healthcare Reform: The Struggle for Economic and Social Justice Continues". Dr. Honigman is a full-time practicing emergency room doctor. He is also co-coordinator for the California for a Healthy California, Orange County Regional group. He will discuss the political and practical considerations of the ongoing struggle for economic and social justice in healthcare. Questions? Call Marion at 949-922-3273
Universalist Fellowship, 429 Cypress Dr., Laguna Beach, CA 92651 lagunabeachdemocraticclub.com

Mar 14 Wednesday 7pm, Huntington Beach: 72nd Assembly Democratic Alliance at the IAMAW District Lodge, 5402 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92647. The meeting starts at 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm). Our guest speaker is Sal Tinajero, Santa Ana City Councilman. 72ndada.com

Mar 14 Wednesday 7pm, Laguna Woods: Laguna Woods Democratic Club: Clubhouse 3, Dining Room 2. SPECIAL GUEST: SAMEER ASHAR CLINICAL LAW PROFESSOR, UCI IMMIGRATION - A POLARIZING ISSUE
Meeting includes club business, legislative action, a raffle and refreshments. Members free; Guests $2 at the door. Please bring nonperishable food for South County Outreach. Thanks. For more information on this meeting, contact Sue Dearing 855-6965.

Mar 15 Thursday 4-7pm, Irvine: MoveOn: Save Our Homes Rally @ Bank of America, John Wayne Airport, 18622 Mac Arthur Blvd, Irvine, CA 92612
join us in calling on President Obama to stand with the 99% and take on the housing crisis. pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=128103

Mar 15 Thursday 5:30-7:30pm, Santa Ana: Julio Perez for Assembly early St. Patrick's Celebration Kick up your heels, do a little jig and join us for an early St. Patrick's Day Celebration! We will be celebrating at the home of (ret.) Senator Joe & Diane Dunn from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. If you are unable to join us, consider giving a donation online by following this link. https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/julioperez2012
Home of Senator Joe & Diane Dunn, 1911 North Heliotrope , Santa Ana, CA

Mar 15 Thursday 6-9pm, Capistrano Beach: Progressives of South Orange County - Food USA: Prospects for local and organic will meet at the San Clemente Community Market Co-Op (1506 Calle Valle) and hear from Sam Olmstead, Founder and President who will discuss "Food USA." This is a pot luck so BYO food and drink for the social hour at 6. SCNJ66@yahoo.com

Mar 15 Thursday 6:30pm, Santa Ana: OC May Day Coalition meeting @ SEIU, 1200 N. Main St (esquina con Washington) Suite 900, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Park in structure and go through back door into lobby, take elevator up to 9th floor ocmdc.org

Mar 15 Thursday 6:30-9:30pm, Costa Mesa: Costa Mesa City Charter: What's The Truth? @ Neighborhood Community Center, 1845 Park Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
The proposed charter has the potential to be the biggest change in Costa Mesa's history, affecting every Costa Mesa resident, business, and property owner for decades to come. What will the charter mean for our community? Our neighborhoods? Our pocketbooks? Find out what will change and what won't -- and what could change depending on the wishes of a current or future city council. Learn how becoming a charter city could:
* Affect Land Use decisions and the ability of residents to challenge those decision * Make Public Works Projects MORE Expensive while doing nothing about the City's pension obligation * Affect Future Elections
Learn about the dangers of what the charter DOESN'T say. Sponsored by Costa Mesans for Responsible Government (CM4RG), a grass-roots group of citizens dedicated to preserving our city.

Mar 16 Friday 5-7pm, Santa Ana: Orange County is Coming Out of The Shadows @ Sasscer Park
Join the Orange County DREAM Team, other organizations across the state, and immigrants across the country in the Coming Out of The Shadows Week of Action!

Mar 17 Saturday 9:30-11am, Laguna Hills: The 1st Annual South OC People's Prayer Breakfast ALL of God's People are invited for food, prayer and inspiration celebrating God's inclusive, generous and reconciling Dream for the world. This year's theme is Our God Is Undocumented. After all, God's People ALWAYS give privilege to the oppressed, marginalized and bullied so it will be a meal to feast and focus on the Least of These. Suggested donation is $10. All proceeds will go to give dignity and hope to our immigrant brothers and sisters. Let's eat & drink our way into God's new world!
St. George's Episcopal 23802 Avenida de la Carlota, Laguna Hills, registration site: events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=skdq5rhab&oeidk=a07e5ljsadvd9bb0aee

Mar 17 Saturday 1-3pm, Huntington Beach: Greenpeace: Save Sumatran Tigers! Barnes & Noble at Bella Terra
Barnes and Noble sells books made with paper from Asia Pulp and Paper, notorious forest destroyers recently caught pulping the endangered and internationally protected ramin tree. Ramin grow in the Paradise rainforest and peatlands of Indonesia, habitat for the last 400 Sumatran tigers on earth.
We'll engage shoppers about the issues and ask them to do text message petitions. Please familiarize yourself with the campaign ahead of time as much as possible. Here's a link to a video: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/forests/app/ramin/ Here is a link to the full report: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/Campaign-reports/Forests-Reports/The-Ramin-Paper-Trail/ We are ordering shirts for this event, but please bring a black or orange shirt in case we don't have enough or don't have your size. Come help prepare posters and other materials at the Campaign Action Night on Wednesday March 14,2012 from 7:30-8:30 PM!!!

[rescheduled] Mar 18 Sunday 11am-5pm, Santa Ana: 1^st International Women's Day Festival rescheduled to Mar 24

Mar 18 Sunday 4pm, Mission Viejo: screening of "The Empty Chair - Death Penalty - Yes or No".
Join us for a lively but CIVIL discussion of the death penalty after the movie.
Tapestry Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 23436 Madero #140, Mission Viejo. Questions? tapestrysocialaction@gmail.com Free

Mar 19 Monday 6-8pm, Anaheim: Immigration as a Moral Issue Understanding the Causes of Migration
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92805

Mar 19 Monday 7pm, Mission Viejo: Canyon Democrats Club - Our speaker will be Fran Sdao, She will be speaking on the future of education funding in California. Location: Norman Murray Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo - Online: canyondemocrats.org

Mar 20 (3^rd Tuesday) 5:30-7pm, Orange: Peace Vigil by MFSO and Code Pink the OC chapter of Military Families Speak Out have resumed monthly peace vigils at the Orange Circle, Glassell & Chapman
These vigils will be held on the 3rd Tuesdays of each month from 5:30-7:00 pm.

Mar 20 Tuesday 7pm, Irvine: Sierra Club Conservation Committee Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of Odd months. Irvine Ranch Water District Duck Club, 5 Riparian Way, Irvine.

Mar 20 Tuesday 7:30pm, Irvine: Cousins Club of OC: "The Plight of the Palestinian People" Our speaker is Don Weir, a retired physician, who recently returned from a group tour of Israel-Palestine led by a pastor. The group met with Palestinians on the West Bank, visited children's schools, and also talked with an Israeli attorney. Discussion will follow. Please join us for an interesting and informative evening.
We meet at the Irvine Ranch Water District Offices, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., between the 5 freeway and the 405. Exit at Sand Canyon and go to Waterworks Drive. Annual Cousin Club dues are $10. We would appreciate your support for 2012 if you have not already paid. cousinscluboc.org

Mar 21 Wednesday 7pm, Santa Ana: API Democrats of OC APIDOC's Monthly Mtg will be tonight at 7:00 PM at Bistro 400 in Santa Ana. We will be having elections and discussing our upcoming endorsements. Hope you can join us!

new Mar 22 Thursday 6-10pm, Santa Ana: OC Green Drinks 8 Steers, 3751 S Harbor Blvd. Ste C, Santa Ana, CA 92701
OC Green Drinks events are casual and agenda-free; they're just a great forum in which Orange County's growing demographic of eco-conscious professionals can have a drink, spark up a 'green' conversation and not be met with a blank look. http://www.ocgreendrinks.org/

Mar 22 Thursday 6:30pm, Santa Ana: OC May Day Coalition meeting @ SEIU, 1200 N. Main St (esquina con Washington) Suite 900, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Park in structure and go through back door into lobby, take elevator up to 9th floor ocmdc.org

Mar 24 Saturday 10am-1pm, Santa Ana: Democratic Party of Orange County PDI Online Campaign Center Basic Training @ Orange County Employees Association, 830 N. Ross St., Santa Ana, CA 92701
DPOC Executive Director Nick Anas and California Democratic Council President Henry Vandermeir will conduct the training. They will be covering the basics of the new system. Subjects will include voter lookup, targeting voters, building phone/walk lists and data entry.
Please note that the DPOC cannot provide user access to the voter file to non-DPOC entities. We will be able to answer any questions for clubs/central committee members who are eligible to receive user access. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP Nick at nick@ocdemocrats.org at your earliest convenience. Thank you! http://www.politicaldata.com/Pages/OCC.aspx

Mar 24 Saturday 11:30am, Anaheim: Join us for a March and Gathering entitled Replace the Death Penalty with Life: Support SAFE California, to be held at the Religious Ed Congress at the Anaheim Convention Center immediately following Fr. Greg Boyle's talk in the Convention Arena
The event is co-sponsored by • The Archdiocese of Los Angeles Office of Restorative Justice • Office of Justice and Peace, Archdiocese of Los Angeles • SAFE CALIFORNIA • The Catholic Mobilizing Network • Death Penalty Focus • California People of Faith Working against the Death Penalty • The Diocese of Orange Office of Respect Life, Justice and Peace • The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project • The California Province of the Society of Jesus • Pax Christi • JustFaith Ministries
We will proceed along a path to the Grassy Knoll. Students from Mater Dei High School will present a dramatic reading from the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project. Newman Centers and Campus Ministers from Southern CA Colleges and Universities that send delegations to the Religious Ed Congress have been invited to get the word out through their students, so this event will create a groundswell of solidarity and prophetic witness for life. This is our moment: we are closer than ever to replacing the broken and dysfunctional death penalty in California!

Mar 24 Saturday noon-5pm, Santa Ana: 1^st International Women's Day Festival @ French & 4^th St. Santa Ana. CA 92701 (Santa Ana Plaza)
We will honor women with live performances, art, poetry, group presentations and more. Opening ceremony - Danza Heuyati Wawawna, plus live music, poets, short play about Digna Ochoa. Enjoy vendors and organization displays. For information, comiteprodemocracia@gmail.com

Mar 24 Saturday 1pm, Santa Ana: Occupy First General Assembly @ Starbucks, 4th & Broadway
In conjunction with the OC County-wide GA.

Mar 24 Saturday 1pm, Fullerton: Saluting Women's History Month with a New Film Join Orange County NOW as we debut "No Girls Allowed" - a new documentary about girls breaking barriers at an all-boys public school. Filmmakers will participate in a Q&A following the screening.
Cal State Fullerton 1406 Stephen G Mihaylo Hall (SGMH)

Mar 24 Saturday 2-4pm, Santa Ana: OCcupy OC Unity Meeting Meeting of local occupations to discuss strategy, actions, and continued unity.
Santa Ana Civic Center, 630 N. Broadway Near the intersection of W. Civic Center Drive and North Broadway at the Airplane monument.

Mar 25 Sunday Noon, Orange: Chapman University's Walk Against Violence, also known as "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes"
every year brings together the men of Chapman University to don high heels and walk to Old Towne Orange Plaza and back to Chapman University's Attallah Piazza. It's their way of speaking out against rape, sexual assault and other violent acts that target women. They do this to take a public stand against the violence that takes place every day. The men of Chapman know that the best way to stop violence against women is to get men to stop inflicting it upon them. The men of Chapman put on high heels and literally "put themselves in women's shoes" demonstrating their support and commitment to end the violence. We hope that you will support their efforts. We invite you to come out and walk along side of them. ( No volunteers needed, just come out and support) To sign up: http://www.chapman.edu/studentLife/PEER/herShoes/default.asp

Mar 25 Sunday 5-7pm, Irvine: Democrats of Greater Irvine "Sick Around the World" irvinedemocraticaction.org
The Duck Club, IRWD San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary Riparian View (enter from Campus Dr at University) Irvine CA 92612

[location change] Mar 26 (4^th Monday) 7pm, Orange: OC Democratic Central Committee Meeting ~~Carpenters' Union Hall, 1916 W. Chapman Ave.~~ Teamsters Union Hall, 140 South Marks Way

Mar 26 Monday 7pm, Fullerton: Appalachian Treasures tour in OC to raise awareness about mountaintop removal Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fullerton, 1600 N. Acacia Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831
These events are part of an ongoing national educational campaign to promote the Clean Water Protection Act. As a part of this educational campaign, Appalachian Voices is traveling nationwide to share Appalachian Treasures, a multi-media slide show presentation that depicts the dire situation for communities in Appalachian where coal mining takes place. From these presentations we hope to encourage Americans to stand up and protect Appalachian communities and some of our nations oldest mountains. Not able to attend an event, but still want to help? Please forward this email to friends you have in the area, or contact kate.finneran@ilovemountains.org to get more involved.

Mar 27 Tuesday 12:30-2:30pm, Garden Grove: Immigration Meetings @ OCCORD 13252 Garden Grove, Suite 204.

Mar 27 Tuesday 6pm, Irvine: Irvine City Hall, corner of Harvard and Anton - YOUR HELP is needed to stop the re-licensing of San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant. Please attend the Irvine City Council meeting. Council Member Larry Agran has place an item on the agenda regarding the continued operation of San Onofre. Council member Agran has taken this action in response to the request from the City of San Clemente. They ask that other Orange County cities join them in demanding the removal of the 4,000 tons of used high-level radioactive fuel rods stored on-site. The City of Laguna has joined with San Clemente. Now it is Irvine's turn.
Your three minute comments to the Council are welcome. We also ask that green be worn to the meeting so the council can identify supporters in the audience. Please attend this important meeting. If you have questions, please call Marion Pack at 949-922-3273, or email at marionpack1@yahoo.com. See sanonofresafety,org for comprehensive information on San Onofre.

Mar 27 Tuesday 7-9pm, Westminster: OC Peace Coalition General Meeting ocpeace.org
WHERE: Spires Restaurant, 13030 Goldenwest, Westminster
WHO: All interested people are invited, especially anyone who might represent one of our member organizations. We're likely to be planning for tabling, future actions, or whatever business people want to bring up (excluding any specific support of candidates or political parties). Please bring your ideas, and be ready to step up and participate.

Mar 27 Tuesday 7pm, Irvine: PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) OC Chapter Meeting International House of Pancakes, 5301 University Dr, Irvine 92612
(It has been suggested that perhaps we could first go to Irvine City Hall by 6PM, and move from there when appropriate to the IHOP PDA meeting place.) Contact: Dr Bill Honigman drbill@pdamerica.org

Mar 28 Wednesday 7-8:30am, Anaheim: OC-RAP Leafletting Please....Help Wanted!
The Orange County Recruitment Awareness Project (OC-RAP) needs your assistance leafleting ("Do YouKnow Enough To Enlist?") O.C. highschools. We are currently targeting Anaheim's Loara H.S. Wednesday, March 28, at 7am. If you can spare an early 90 minutes out-reaching teen-agers, please contact Betsy Martin at bmartin25@comline.com or Al White at 949-492-0571. Keep our youth from sacrificing themselves to unnecessary wars.

Mar 28 Wednesday 8am-2pm, Costa Mesa: CSP's Annual Victim's Rights Conference: Extending the Vision. Reaching Every Victim. Educational tracks include: teen cyber and school bullying, impact of domestic violence on children, predatory process and threat assessment. Costa Mesa Hilton, 3050 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 For more information or for registration forms, contact Stephen Hahn, Shahn@cspinc.org, 949-975-0244

Mar 28 Wednesday 11am, Irvine: Women For: Orange County "Is Nuclear Power Safe? And What are OC Cities Doing About San Onofre?" Marion Pack Activist and Organizer for 35 years, will answer these questions
@ Irvine Ranch Water District Duck Club, 5 Riparian View, Irvine
Marion initially became interested in nuclear power through the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Ohio. In 1981, she and her family moved to OrangeCounty, California. Almost immediately she began volunteering for the O.C. Alliance for Survival. She took a staff position six months later and, five years after that, she became its Executive Director. In 2000, after the cancellation of the Ward Valley Nuclear Waste Dump, an issue that the Alliance had worked on for almost ten years as part of the Ward Valley Coalition, the O.C. Alliance for Survival closed. Since then, Pack has put her organizing skills to work on many political campaigns and ballot initiatives. Currently she is the assistant to Steve Young, Regional Director for the CA Democratic Party. In recent months her focus has again turned to San Onofre, where she has been working with San Clemente Greens and Residents Organizing for Safe Energy (R.O.S.E).
See on-line flyer here: http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n590/jmgoodman1/Women_For_OC/2012Marchflyerreducedresolution.png

Mar 28 Wednesday 6-10pm, Irvine: An Evening With Sukhee Kang- Irvine Mayor and Congressional Candidate @ Crystal Jade Restaurant, 6511 Quail Hill Parkway, Irvine 92603
Join APIDOC and hear Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang speak about the city of Irvine and his current campaign for Congress. (www.KangforCongress.com) Dinner and Reception: $20 for nonmembers; $12 for members. Funds go directly to APIDOC, not to the candidate. Please RSVP by March 26th to Andrew Ma via andrewma08@yahoo.com

Mar 28 Wednesday 7-8:30pm, Costa Mesa: LULAC Council Harbor Christian Fellowship, 740 W Wilson St, Costa Mesa, CA 92627-2915
Join us to learn about how LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) is making a difference in your community. Get involved or share your issues... we want to hear from you.
Benny Diaz, CA LULAC State Director will address the group on the following topics: * Overview of LULAC * Forming a Costa Mesa LULAC Council * How a council works * Opportunities for action in Costa Mesa
Information is power. Please join us to explore how we can create a better future. "Serving our community since 1929" The League of United Latin American Citizens, the largest and oldest Hispanic membership organization in the country, advances the economic conditions, educational attainment, political influence, health, housing and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 880 LULAC councils nationwide. LULAC History: http://lulac.org/about/history/

Mar 28 Wednesday 7pm, Fountain Valley: Democratic Club of West Orange County is honored to have Jim Moreno, President, Coast Community College Board of Trustees, long time community leader and supporter of the DCWOC as a guest speaker to address the current challenges in higher education and proposed actions necessary in order to prepare our youth to be competitive in the future world market.
17250 Los Jardines West, Green Valley Adult Clubhouse, Fountain Valley. Doors open 6:30 PM. demclubofwestoc.org Email westocdems@yahoo.com if questions.

[moved] Mar 28 ~~Wednesday~~ 7pm, Irvine: PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) OC Chapter Meeting [Moved to Tuesday] Contact: Dr Bill Honigman drbill@pdamerica.org

Mar 29 Thursday 5:30pm, Newport Beach: Newport Beach Women's Democratic Club newportbeachwomensdemocraticclub.com
Please join us for our Thursday, March 29th meeting at Marla Bird's home. Our Speaker will be Maggie Forster Schmitz, President, UN Women National Commitee (UN Entity for Gender Equality/ Empowerment of Women) starting at 6 PM. As always, bring food and drink for 2-4 and we will have plenty. Please RSVP so Marla can plan for us.

Mar 29 Thursday 6pm, Santa Ana: Community Forum: Come learn about the "Sunshine Ordinance for Santa Ana" ...Make sure we are part of decisions that affect our lives and our future
@ Latino Health Access, 450 W. 4th St.
Transportation available! Free child care! Snacks will be provided! For more information: Ana (714)335-1528, aurzua@occord.org

Mar 29 Thursday 6:30pm, Santa Ana: OC May Day Coalition meeting @ SEIU, 1200 N. Main St (esquina con Washington) Suite 900, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Park in structure and go through back door into lobby, take elevator up to 9th floor ocmdc.org

Mar 30 Friday 10:30am, Santa Ana->Costa Mesa: ¡La Lucha Sigue! De pie por la Justicia! Nos Juntamos en La Unión (1200 N main st Suite 900 st Santa Ana CA 92701)

[update] Mar 30-Apr 5 Friday 2pm, Friday-Thursday 6pm-6am, Santa Ana: Necessity Village Santa Ana Civic Center, Ross St. side
[Update] There is information that the Armory will close on the 9th rather than on the 30th. Nevertheless OSA will continue with planned telethon and dialog which will be conducted three times if Armory is shutting down on the 9th. The first telethon will be the 30th the second will be on Good Friday and the Third will be the day after the Armory shuts down when the action will go into effect. Keep posted on definitive dates. Flyers are being worked out for outreach.
The Cold Weather Shelter Program (aka the Armory) is open for the winter months every year to house the homeless from inclement weather. The program is funded by the Federal Government but it usually runs short of funding for the winter months, forcing the County of Orange to pick up the rest of the tab (see County Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for January 24, 2012). These are the only beds available for the general homeless population in the County. The rest of the year, the County provides no beds while the City of Santa Ana (and others) makes sleeping on public grounds a misdemeanor. For too long the homeless have be punished for simply existing. Occupy Santa Ana will take a stand against the immoral anti-camping ordinance by setting up "Camp Necessity" in the Santa Ana Civic Center when the Armory closes.

Mar 30 Friday 6:30-9pm, Santa Ana: Orange County Community Leadership Institute Session 4: The Power of Many- Thinking Regionally @ Latino Health Access, 450 W. 4th Street, Santa Ana, CA (corner of Ross and 3rd)
The session will emphasize how individuals and organizations can effectively work together on a regional level to achieve a common vision.

Mar 30 Friday 6:30-8:30pm, Santa Ana: OC Dream Team's Loteria Night $10 Donation Calacas, Inc., 324 W 4th St #B, Santa Ana, 92701

Mar 30 Friday 7:30pm, Aliso Viejo: Free Eco-Film Screening Series Soka University's Environmental Department in collaboration with Transition AlisoViejo and LabelGMO's.org present a free showing of The Future of Food @ Soka University of America, Room: Pauling 216 Free+Open to the Public Discussion to follow

Mar 31 Saturday 8am-1pm, Westminister->Santa Ana: OC Peace and Dignity Journeys Barrio Run Singlar Park, 2700 Plaza St., Westminister -> Jerome Park, 726 South Center Street, Santa Ana
Join us in this healing run to connect Siglar Park community in Westminster to SanTana community around Jerome Park. Help us bring the prayer by running through our barrios and building community though Orange County. Barrio Run seeks to bring the Peace and Dignity prayer by connecting different barrios and bringing awareness of The Eagle and Condor Prophecies to be ready for 2012 Journey. This year we will be working with community planning Cesar Chavez event in Jerome Park...more details to be developed!
Contact: Lupe Lopez: 714-206-5814 Emilio Ramos: 713-902-5546a

Mar 31 Saturday 10:30am-3:30pm, Long Beach: UUSC Human Rights Forum "Healthcare as a Human Right" UU Church of Long Beach, 5450 Atherton Street
To register mail your completed registration form with a check to UUSC before Fri., March 23 to Ruth Shapin, 2000 E 4th St. #120, Santa Ana, CA 92705. Reserve by phone: (714-567-0188) Reserve Now - Space is Limited! docs.google.com/open?id=0B_5-jAVld0oXaWhmRzNhM2xSa2FGNnVicDBWOHlndw

Mar 31 Saturday Noon, Irvine: MoveOn Planning Meeting and pot luck Kate's place, Deerfield, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92604 pol.moveon.org/event/meeting/129008
The meeting will take place to plan, implement and prepare for our Irvine Training on Saturday, April 14 and other trainings throughout the week, our Tax Day event on April 17 and our participation in the fantastic Great American Write In also on April 14, we need all hands on deck!

Mar 31 Saturday 1pm, Santa Ana: Occupy First General Assembly Irvine Civic Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA 92606

Mar 31 Saturday 6-9pm, Santa Ana: ¡Vivan los San Patricios! Remember the San Patricios! Free event 313 N. Birch St. Santa Ana, CA 92701
Come this March 31 to commemorate the Keltic insurgents who fought in solidarity with Mexicans against Anglosaxon colonialisms. There will be a bilingual dialogue after a film. The theme is solidarity between oppressed peoples.
Presentado por/brought to you by: El Colectivo Tonantzin & El Centro Cultural de México * Info: Scott (714)381-5331

Mar 31 Saturday 8:30-9:30pm, Earth: Earth Hour 2012 What are you willing to do to save the planet? Earth Hour invites to turn off your lights on March 31, 8.30pm anywhere in the world. earthhour.org

[canceled] Apr 1 (1^st Sunday) 7:30am-5pm, Huntington Beach: Arlington West Memorial From: Chapter 110 Veterans for Peace <ocvfpaw@gmail.com>
With sincerest apologies for any inconveniences caused, today's setup and display of Arlington West In Huntington Beach has been cancelled.

Apr 1 Sunday noon-1pm, Mission Viejo: Sustainability Now! Attend a free presentation on Sustainability at Tapestry Congregation to be given by Jennifer Schwab, the Chief Sustainability Officer for the Sierra Club. Jennifer has a wealth of knowledge about the subject of Sustainability. She graduated from the University of Arkansas and has a Master's degree in Urban Planning and Sustainable Design from UCI. Jennifer is responsible for all the environmental information, education and initiatives on the SierraClubGreenHome.com website. She is a LEED Accredited Practitioner and consults on energy and sustainability for various corporations. Pack a light lunch and come early! At 11:30 we will be gathering before the presentation. Bring your questions, concerns, and ideas! The presentation will last approx 1 hour. We all need to learn as many strategies as we can to keep our lives on Mother Earth sustainable!
Tapestry Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 23436 Madero #140, Mission Viejo, CA 92691

Apr 2 Monday 6-8pm, Huntington Beach: "Do You Know What You're Putting in Your Body?" Whole Foods, 7881 Edinger Ave, Suite 150, Huntington Beach
Join Orange County NOW for a presentation from an FDA representative as well as watchdog representative about so-called "healthy" foods.

Apr 2 Monday 7-9pm, Anaheim: Immigration as a Moral Issue History of Immigration in the U.S.
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92805

Apr 3 Tuesday 7pm, Tustin: Campaign for a Healthy California International House of Pancakes (IHOP), 5301 University Dr (south of 405 frwy at Michelson), Irvine, CA 92612
Agenda Introductions and welcome Updates and reports--outlook post SB810 New projects--public awareness and outreach Open discussion Next meetings???

Apr 3 Tuesday 7pm, Laguna Woods Village: Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village - David S. Meyer Ph.D. "Occupy Vs. The Tea Party" Clubhouse 7 Gather and Greet at 6:30pm http://lagunawoodsvillage.com/section.cfm?id=493
Two groups unhappy with the state of the nation. Two groups angry about some of the same things. Two groups taking different paths to express their anger. Come learn more about these interesting dynamics!

Apr 4 Wednesday 4-5:30pm, Irvine: * Los Papeles * MEChA de UCI General Meeting @ UCI Cross Cultural Center
This week we will be discussing Los Papeles, our founding documents. Most of us have been in the MEChA space a few quarters now but it is time to truely begin discussing what we as a movement stand for. We will discuss why there was a need for the creation of these documents and how they are still relevant today. Many times MEChA is stereotyped or misinterpreted as a nationalistic and racist organization,however, we as mechistas know that it is not true. But how do we defend ourselves? Especially when it is our own documents that are being used as proof?

[rescheduled] Apr 4 Wednesday 7-8pm, Irvine: IN SOLIDARITY WITH SCHOOLS, UC's AND NATIONWIDE, WE HAVE SCHEDULED THE VIGIL FOR NEXT WEEK- APRIL 11th. PLEASE ATTEND & SHARE WITH FRIENDS.

Apr 4 Wednesday 7:15pm, Costa Mesa: Democracy for America-Orange County with Julie Meigs Korinke, Public Affairs Manager for Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties as featured speaker.
We will also hear from local Democratic candidates about their campaigns and from Faye Dietiker of Breast Cancer Angels. Social time starts at 6:15, meeting at 7:15. We meet on an enclosed patio; dress warm if it's cool out. Food and beverage available for order/not required. No admission. For more information, contact Susan Kopicki at sckopicki@gmail.com
Karl Strauss Brewing Company, 901 South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa 92627; Metropointe Shopping Centre (good map at http://www.metropointe.com

Apr 5 Thursday Noon, Irvine: My Clean Water Act Flashmob Dance UCI Student Center, A311
We all use water everyday. My Clean Water Act is celebrating 40 years of the Clean Water Act and opening the conversation about the importance of water. The national tour will be kicking off from UCI on Thursday and will proceed to hundreds of other campuses across the country ending in DC in October.
As part of the event on Thursday, there will be a Flashmob Dance at 12:00 for about 10 minutes. Our dance was choreographed to be simple. We wanted to be able to allow others to participate and use no music. We want hundreds of mobbers, so invite all of your friends with or without dance skills. We want people positioned all over the Ring Road area between Aldrich Hall and the Student Center blended with the crowd to join at various times (you do not need to start at the beginning of the dance).
Any questions? Text or Email: Sheron Wray: 646.238.7866; wrays@uci.edu Josh Gisi: 408.624.0391; jgisi@uci.edu
We will be having another rehearsal on Tuesday at 6:00 at Dance Studio 1140.

Apr 5 Thursday 12:30pm, Newport Beach: March with Janitors @ Fashion Island 550 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660 oclabor.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=87:march-with-janitors

Apr 5 Thursday 3:30-6pm, Tustin: CWA Local 9510 Rally AT&T Edinger Complex at Edinger Ave & Red Hill Ave, Tustin
Contact Margaret or Kristy at 714-978-9510, Ext. 57 cwa9510.org

Apr 5 Thursday 6-9pm, Fullerton: The Democrats of North Orange County (DNOC) meeting will be hosting Dan Hughes, Fullerton interim Police Chief. The interim Chief has served with the Fullerton Police Department for 28 years. He has brought transparency to the department and openness to the press. Chief Hughes has been involved in several community meetings with members of the public on a weekly basis. Come to the April 5 to meet Chief Hughes for a discussion on the future relationship between the Police Department and the community. DNOC meets at the: Sizzler Restaurant, 1401 North Harbor Boulevard, Fullerton; Dinner at 6, Meeting begins at 7. Contact: Pete Anderson, petedem04@gmail.com

Apr 5 Thursday 6:30pm, Santa Ana: OC May Day Coalition meeting @ SEIU, 1200 N. Main St (esquina con Washington) Suite 900, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Park in structure and go through back door into lobby, take elevator up to 9th floor ocmdc.org

Apr 5 (1^st Thursday) 6:30-9pm, Tustin: Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment Planning Committee Meeting
Aldersgate United Methodist Church 1201 Irvine Blvd., Tustin, CA
The Planning Committee meets monthly to plan the annual Caring for Creation conference in addition to other, smaller events that take place throughout the year. For more information, please visit our website at ocice.org. The Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment educates, raises awareness and empowers people to actively protect and preserve creation through responsible stewardship.

Apr 6 Friday 11:30am-1:30pm, Irvine: Protest War Criminal John Yoo on his book tour - Torture is wrong! @ Gullivers, 18482 Macarthur Blvd, Irvine, CA 92612
From Bradley Manning to Gitmo to Corcoran Prison to city PD's, torture is common practice rarely prosecuted. How did this come to be?
Central to Bush's torture program were JOHN YOO'S LEGAL MEMOS which "legalized" torture after the fact. "Congress doesn't have the power to tie the President's hands in regard to torture as an interrogation technique....It's the core of the Commander-in-Chief function. They can't prevent the President from ordering torture." - John Yoo.
Torture and black sites continue to this day, and Yoo as Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen. to the Office of Legal Counsel under Bush was complicit in "legalizing" torture by the U.S.
TACTIC: Meet at 11:30 for peaceful protest on public sidewalk. Who knows if there might be a mic check for Mr. Yoo?
http://warcriminalswatch.org/index.php/the-culpable/36-the-culprits/91-john-choon-yoo

Apr 6 Friday 6:45-9pm, Anaheim: Program for Progressives: Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space Community networking begins at 6:45 p.m., featured program at 7:15 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., 92805.

Apr 7 Saturday 10am-1pm, Huntington Beach: Fighting Money in Politics: Citizens United and Modern Democracy
Join me at my humble abode as we devise a comprehensive strategy to fight against the horrendous Citizens United decision from the ground up. This event will be the beginning of a working group, and will be a mixture of informational and strategizing. Over 200 similar working parties are already being organized around the country by Public Citizen (one of the many organization fighting against Citizens United, such as MoveToAmend). Agenda: -10am-11am: Informational Session on: what is Citizens United, what have been the short term "ELECTIONEERING" consequences, what are the long term consequences to our Democracy, what are others DOING about it -11am-1pm: Sharing ideas/input, Devising a strategy, cementing realistic personal commitments WHAT CAN WE DO??? -There are two main "official" ways of fighting against this Supreme Court decision; 1) LOCAL: City Council resolution denouncing the decision, thus creating a PAPER TRAIL OF DISSENT as we build momementum towards a Constitutional Referendum; 2) STATE: Initiative Referral, a ballot initiative that will result in a change to California's Constitution or Statutes (laws), such as explicitely stating that CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE, and MONEY IS NOT SPEECH END GOAL: Every city in OC will have passed a City Council resolution expressing their dismay, and/or the CA State Assembly will feel the People's wrath and institute our WILL Resources: http://www.resolutionsweek.org/?page_id=334
Contact Me and RSVP!!! LIMITED SPACE: 310-804-6563
The Huntington, 8400 Edinger Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Apr 7 Saturday 1:30pm, Irvine: Americans United for Separation of Church and State with guest speaker Hans Johnson on "The Interrelationship between LGBT Rights and Church State Separation." Hans will speak on how the LGBT rights movement and church-state separation struggles have been mutually constitutive over the last 60 years. Hans Johnson is a longtime supporter of church state separation and an expert on labor, gay rights, and religious extremism. Irvine Ranch Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Avenue. Doors open 1:00 PM. au-oc.org; email: OrangeCountyAU@yahoo.com or call 714-299-4551.

Apr 7 Saturday 2-4pm, Santa Ana: OCEC Action Team Meeting and Phone Bank The Center OC @ 1605 North Spurgeon Street Santa Ana, CA 92701
Join me and the Orange County Equality Coalition as we "reactivate" the OCEC Action Team in anticipation of election season! On APRIL 7th at the Center OC, we will be kicking off "First Saturdays @ 2," our 2012 activism series that will include a meeting and phone bank to further the fight for full LGBT equality. Email meldistel@ocequality.com for more info.

Apr 7 Saturday 2-4pm, Santa Ana: OCcupy OC Unity Meeting Meeting of local occupations to discuss strategy, actions, and continued unity.
Santa Ana Civic Center, 630 N. Broadway Near the intersection of W. Civic Center Drive and North Broadway at the Airplane monument.

Apr 8 Sunday 1:30pm, Irvine: Humanists of OC: Money in Politics -- The Effects on our Government and Country Bring your ideas. I think that most will agree that big money plays an inordinate role in politics and government, with its influence on the President, the Congress and their staff, on our State officials and legislature, and even on our local governments. The Big Money Lobbyists spend billions on their activities and reap multiple billions in return, in tax breaks, lax regulations, government contracts, and on and on.
Irvine Ranch Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine, CA 92618 meetup.com/OCHumanists/events/56035512

Apr 10 Tuesday 10am-5pm, San Clemente: 99% Spring Training civic.moveon.org/event/99spring/128555
We welcome you to the 99% Spring! We have to stand up and confront greedy deliberate manipulation. We are inspired by "Inside Job" documentary revealing Occupy Wall Street. April 9-15 2012, 100,000 people just like you will be trained how to take nonviolent action on our own campaigns, nationwide. A model group is The San Clemente Green using a focus issue is San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant,
Old City Plaza, 111 W Ave Palizada, San Clemente, CA 92672

Apr 10 Tuesday 1:30-3:30pm, Garden Grove: Immigration Meetings @ OCCORD 13252 Garden Grove, Suite 204. If you would like to add anything to the agenda, please e-mail Luis Vega <gavelv@yahoo.com>

Apr 10-17 Tuesday-Tuesday 6pm-6am, Santa Ana: Necessity Village-because it takes a village- Ross St. side of Civic Center, Bring: Courage of your convictions (be ready to spend the night or be arrested)
We are holding a press release at 2:30 and a tel-a-thon to justify the action by showing that there are no beds available in any of the shelters when the armory closes down.
The Cold Weather Shelter Program (aka the Armory) is open for the winter months every year to house the homeless from inclement weather. The program is funded by the Federal Government but it usually runs short of funding for the winter months, forcing the County of Orange to pick up the rest of the tab (see County Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for January 24, 2012). These are the only beds available for the general homeless population in the County. The rest of the year, the County provides no beds while the City of Santa Ana (and others) makes sleeping on public grounds a misdemeanor.
For too long the homeless have be en punished for simply existing. Occupy Santa Ana will take a stand against the immoral anti-camping ordinance by setting up "Necessity Village" in the Santa Ana Civic Center when the Armory closes. We will attempt to temporarily provide what we consider basic human needs to a population that must go without them.
Purpose of Proposed Action: To bring attention to the unjust and archaic anti-camping ordinance in the City of Santa Ana and the lack of available shelter beds provided by the County of Orange. To stand up to the criminalization of homelessness.
[Update] City Counsel Monday Apr 16 at 6pm at the police station in Santa Ana. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE MAKE A HUGE SHOW IF FORCE THERE! This is a prime windfall of events. Camp ending, press conference, city counsel. Lets show them who they're up against!!! Please call Davina for details if you would like to attend. 714-805-6131

Apr 11 Wednesday 5-6:30pm, Irvine: UCI Green Campus Program Our first club meeting of Spring quarter starts Wednesday, April 11 from 5-6:30 PM at SSL 171. There will be free food (as long as supplies last) and a energy topic related film! Come check us out! :)

Apr 11 Wednesday 7-8pm, Irvine: Vigil for Trayvon Martin and Shaima Alawadi ~~at UCI Flagpoles~~
Nuha Abusamra: Due to the rain, I HAVE MOVED THE EVENT TO CRYSTAL COVE AUDITORIUM. Although I would love us all to be outside getting soaked, it might distract us from the speakers. No need to bring a candle, just yourself. SEE YOU ALL IN CRYSTAL COVE AT 7:00 P.M.
The shooting of Trayvon Martin took place on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida. Trayvon Martin was a 17-year-old African American who was shot and killed by 28-year-old George Zimmerman.
Shaima Alawadi a 32 year old Iraqi woman, died Saturday March 21 after being found beaten in her home in El Cajon, a city near San Diego with a sizable Iraqi-American community. Next to her body laid a note that read "go back to your country".
Both of these innocent victims suffered in the name of hatred. Join us in this vigil by bringing a candle in their honor & please invite your friends.

Apr 11 Wednesday 7-9pm, Huntington Beach: 72nd ADA Meeting @ International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union Hall, 5402 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92649
We will be meeting to plan for upcoming events, Flag Day, The strawberry Festival and the 4th of July Parade. We will also be having a speaker this month - Joe Dovinh 72nd AD Democratic Candidate. 72ndada.com

Apr 11 Wednesday 7pm, Laguna Woods: Laguna Woods Democratic Club: John Smith - Privatization, ALEC and Move to Amend Clubhouse 3, Dining Room 2.
WE, THE PEOPLE... WERE GIVEN CERTAIN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court granted "personhood" to corporations. Find out how YOU can help reverse this travesty.
Special guest: John A. Smith Southern California Organizer for Common Cause
Learn about ALEC - the insidious American Legislative Exchange Council; learn about the problems with privatization; learn about Move to Amend*, the grassroots movement to amend the Constitution to restore "personhood" solely to human beings and overturn "Citizens United", the 2010 Court ruling.

Apr 11 Wednesday 7-10pm, Laguna Beach: Laguna Beach Democratic Clubs "Meet the Candidates Night" @ Unitarian Fellowship, 429 Cypress Drive, Laguna Beach
Presenting plans for their campaign and issues which they feel are most important to California are Ron Varasteh, 48th district candidate for Congress; Steve Young, 37th district candidate for State Senate; and Bob Rush, 74th district candidate for State Assembly. Please join us as we gear up for this very important election year. Libations and light appetizers start at 7 PM... meeting starts shortly thereafter. For more information contact Marion Pack, 949-922-3273

Apr 12 Thursday 8:30-11:30, Aliso Viejo: 2012 Sustainability Forum at Soka University soka.edu/news_events/events/2012/04/2012-sustainability-forum.aspx

Apr 12-13 Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm, Irvine: Toward a Sustainable 21st Century: "Pesticides: Domestic and International Perspectives from Science, Law & Governance" Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, 100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA, 92617
The program will focus on controversial issues surrounding pesticide regulation and use, including impacts on public health, legal implications for industry and environmental law, and scientific approaches to address certain challenges. Domestic and international policy interventions that have been attempted in the past and should be considered in the future will be considered. Please visit www.newkirkcenter.uci.edu for a more detailed program agenda and speaker bios. This event is free and open to the public, but for catering and planning purposes, please RSVP at newkirk@uci.edu or (949) 824-3119. Attendance at individual sessions is welcome.

Apr 13 Friday 7pm, Yorba Linda: Saving SoCal's Muslim Voice-Shaykh Junaid Kharsany.
INFOCUS NEWS Emergency Fundraiser sponsored by ICYL. Diner and light refreshments will be served. Cost is free. www.infocusnews.net. 22609 La Palma Ave #205, Yorba Linda, CA 92887.

Apr 13 (~~1^st~~ Friday) 7-9pm, Orange: Moving Pictures: Friday Night Film Series "Sun Come Up" suncomeup.com
Event is Free of Charge St. Joseph Center, Mother Louis Room, 480 South Batavia St, Orange 92868. http://www.sistersofstjosephorange.org/OUR_MINISTRIES/justice/film-series.php 6:30-7:00 P.M.: Gathering & Refreshments 7:00-9:00 P.M.: Film & Discussion RSVP: (714) 633-8121 Ext. 7716 Justice@csjorange.org

Apr 14 Saturday 9am-2pm, Garden Grove: OC LULAC District 2 Convention @ United Domestic Workers of America, 13252 Garden Grove Blvd, Garden Grove, CA 92843-2204
For more information, please contact: District Director Gil Flores 714-803-6362, flrgil@sbcglobal.net

Apr 14 Saturday 9:30am-1:30pm, Santa Ana: 27th Annual Great American Write-In at a brand new location: the Delhi Center, located at 505 East Central Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92707. (For those of you who attended the 2011 Progressive Summit, this is the same venue.)
More than 45 organizations and advocacy groups will be represented with information regarding some of today's most vital issues, including education, health care, human and civil rights and the environment. Attendees are invited to visit the various tables and then voice their opinions by writing letters to government and corporate decision-makers, in the hopes of bringing about constructive change. Women For: Orange County sponsors this free annual event. womenfororangecounty.org/index.php?news&nid=31 Please contact Felicity Figueroa (949-733-0850 or felicitynf@aol.com) if you have any questions.

Apr 14 Saturday 9am-5pm, Fullerton: 8th Annual Social Justice Summit Unite to Rise Above Apathy Cal State Fullerton, Titan Student Union
The Social Justice Summit provides a forum for people to exchange ideas about improving the state of our communities, offers space to dialogue about the obstacles to creating effective change, provides effective tools for social action, and offers tangible grassroots solutions. fullerton.edu/socialjusticesummit

[venue change] Apr 14 (2^nd Saturday) 10am-noon, Santa Ana: OC Peace Coalition General Meeting In lieu of our usual meeting, the Orange County Peace Coalition will be participating in the Great American Write-In Please visit our table

Apr 14 Saturday 10am-12:30pm, Orange: Loretta Sanchez Neighborhood Walk Come join Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez as she kicks off her re-election campaign with a neighborhood walk!
Shaffer Park, 1930 North Shaffer Street, Orange, CA 92865 For more information, call: (714) 350-5488

Apr 14 Saturday 10am-1pm, Los Angeles: Rally Against Gov. Brown's Budget Cuts to Child Development, sponsored by California Child Development Directors Association and other organizations. Come and support our efforts in defending child development and opposing the Governor's budget.
Corner of 4^th & Hill Street, Los Angeles to the Governor's office at 300 South Spring Street, Los Angeles.

Apr 14 Saturday 11am & 4pm, Irvine: Spring Training with Sukhee Kang Want to get involved in local politics? Sukhee Kang for Congress office is holding a volunteer training to help get you involved! The event will train volunteers on the campaign's voter outreach program and prepare them to participate in campaign activities.
2575 McCabe Way Suite 242, Irvine, CA 92620 For more information, call (949) 415-8683

Apr 14 Saturday 3-7pm, Garden Grove/Santa Ana: MoveOn: 99% Spring Action Training Join the 99% of. American citizens in demanding that our economy be fixed to work for the rest of us!
Garden Grove: civic.moveon.org/event/99spring/127681
Santa Ana: civic.moveon.org/event/99spring/128782
See also (Apr 15)

Apr 14 Saturday 5:30-7pm, Santa Ana: OCDT Presents: Almost American Screening @ El Centro Cultural de México, 313 N. Birch Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Come and Join us to this FREE screening of Almost American followed by a Q&A with the Cast and Dreamers.
"Almost American" is a 30 minutes documentary that explores the struggles of an undocumented student from Santa Ana, California. Despite having a Harvard education and a resilient passion for education, she cannot get her career on track. Staying in America would mean working in unskilled,minimum wage jobs; finding options abroad would mean leaving her family and everything she has known behind. Check out the trailer

Apr 14 Saturday 6-9pm, Irvine: Reclaim Democracy OC (RDOC) at The Irvine Ranch Water District Headquarters, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave.
Bring a healthy snack to share, we will provide hot and cold drinks. Join us for an essential film and a lively discussion.
6:00 PM: Gathering, chatting and munching. 6:30 PM: Review parts of David Cobb's talk, on Move To Amend. If possible: Read Tom Hayden's article in the Nation on Participatory Democracy: (thenation.com/article/167079/participatory-democracy-port-huron-statement-occupy-wall-street) 8:20 PM: Discussion: OCCUPY RDOC A. What should be the goals of RDOC? B. How can we achieve those goals? C. Committees a. Program Committee b. WEB Update Committee c. Communication Committee d. Action Committee

Apr 14 Saturday 6-10pm, Costa Mesa: Interweave LGBT Movie Night and Potluck! Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist, 1259 Victoria St, Costa Mesa, CA 92627-3933
We will be watching the movie 'Fagbug', a documentary about a girl who gets her car vandalized because of a rainbow sticker on her car, and instead of washing off the spray-painted words "fag" and "u r gay" she decides to take a cross-country road trip in her bug, and interview people about it and see what reactions she gets from seeing what someone did to her car. In the future we will vote on which movies to watch, but I thought just choosing a Netflix movie would be easiest this time. After the movie we can eat, talk, hang out and also see who has some LGBT movies that we could watch next, and also maybe decide on how we'd like to vote in the future! We will have a lot of fun! So come and watch the movie, and talk and hang out with us! And please bring a snack or dish to share! *Everyone* is welcome!

Apr 15 Sunday 9am-1pm, Fountain Valley: Jewish World Watch's 4th Annual Walk to End Genocide Fountain Valley Sports Park, 16400 Brookhurst St. Fountain Valley, CA 92703 walktoendgenocide.kintera.org/faf/home

[moved] Apr 15 Sunday 11am-7pm, Irvine: MoveOn: 99% Spring Action Training civic.moveon.org/event/99spring/127401 ~~@ Clubhouse at the Terrace, 50 Jordan West, Irvine, CA 92612~~ Location changed: RSVP for new address
Learn the history of our economy and how we got to where we are now. Learn the history of non-violent direct action and how to use it. Hands on work shop and lots of fun and food. Bring a dish if you can. THIS IS OUR TIME TO ACT. Sponsored by MoveOn.org. Please RSVP to Ilse at sonorasam@att.net
(See also Apr 14)

Apr 15 Sunday 12:30-3pm, Orange: Loretta Sanchez Neighborhood Walk Come join Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez as she kicks off her re-election campaign with a neighborhood walk!
Shaffer Park, 1930 North Shaffer Street, Orange, CA 92865 For more information, call: (714) 350-5488

Apr 15 Sunday 3-5pm, Tustin: OC Global Warming Committee Meeting Please attend and join in the discussion at REI, 2962 El Camino Real, Tustin. We meet in the REI Meeting Room inside the store meetup.com/Irvine-Global-Warming-Group/events/58189042

Apr 15 Sunday 4:30pm, Costa Mesa: CFI West Lecture - JUNK SCIENCE:The Holy Grail of the War on Terror with Richard Wackrow Costa Mesa Community Center, 1845 Park Ave meetup.com/Backyard-Skeptics/events/59695502

Apr 16-20 Monday-Friday, Irvine: Spring into Action! LGBT Pride Week, presented by The LGBT Resource Center & Irvine Queers.
With seven major events over five days and evenings, find the complete schedule at http://lgbtrc.uci.edu. Contact 949/824-3277 or lbgtrc@uci.edu.
G301 Student Center, UCI, Irvine.

Apr 16 Monday 5pm, Santa Ana: Please Support Decrminalization Of Homelessness City Counsel at the police station in Santa Ana.
5PM @ 60 CIVIC CENTER PLZA, 4TH FLOOR, Santa Ana, 92702 Police Community Room, afterward a report on Necessity Village @ Necessity Village, Ross/Civic Center, SA (Bring Blankets to hand out, mats to sleep on, warm drinks, water, tp) Thanks!!! www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=aHEwamFpc2JpZDUxZXZtNHA2a3EyazI5N28gYnBuYmg2dGZvOG1vanA3MWVicDVrYjZxdDhAZw&ctz=America/Los_Angeles

Apr 16 Monday 6-9pm, Newport Beach: Occupy / Rebellious Truths Intertribal Pow-wow @ 'Rebellious Truths' office by the OC airport on Quail/Birch Street., 1400 Quail St., #255
The good folks from Rebellious Truths would like to meet with active people in the Occupy Movement regarding a major July 14, 2012 music/activist event as well as ongoing collaboration. http://SoundsOfTruth.org/ Space is limited. Coffee and a light selection of food at 6pm.
Rebellious Truths "Sparking the flame of responsible revolution." Christopher Ponzi Director of Rebellious Rhetoric/Creative Conductor http://RebelliousTruths.org/ 949-439-3006 Thank you, JB Wagoner Occupy Everywhere

Apr 16 Monday 7-9pm, Mission Viejo: Canyon Democrats Club Welcomes Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang
Norman Murray Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo canyondemocrats.org

Apr 16 Monday 7-9pm, Anaheim: Immigration as a Moral Issue Economics of an (Im)migration System
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92805

Apr 17 Tuesday: TAX DAY - Flyer Your Local Post Office We paid our fair share - now it's time for the millionaires to pay theirs
CARA, in partnership with the Health and Human Services Network of California, has been opposing cuts to essential services in the California budget for years. Since 2008, California has made $15 billion in cumulative cuts to In Home Supportive Services, Caregiver Services, MediCAL, Education, CalWORKS and other health and human services. This year, the Governor is proposing another $2.5 billion in cuts. This must stop. That is why CARA is supporting the CFT/ Governors' ballot measure to raise taxes on the wealthiest in California (and put an end to the continual cuts to essential services). We are helping to circulate petitions to put new, fair revenue on the ballot (see article below). We are also planning a big effort on TAX DAY - APRIL 17^th
CARA (along with many other organizations) will be flyering taxpayers at local post offices on April 17^th as many race to get their federal and state taxes post-marked by the 12 midnight deadline. We are asking all CARA folks to find a couple of folks to join you at your local post office and pass out these informational flyers/ budget bucks after folks mail their taxes. You can flyer for as long as you like. Just let us know when and where you will be flyering (we are keeping a master list). Call us at 510-663-4086 or email to ksmith@californiaalliance.org. We will be using a budget buck that looks like this. It will have this picture on the front and some information about the Millionaire's Tax on the back. These are designed 3 to a page (front and back). They are attached to this email, so you can print them and copy them at your local copy shop. If you can't download these, you can either go to our website at www.californiaalliance.org and download them there, or call our office at 510-663-4086 and we can send you a hard copy.

Apr 17 Tuesday 5pm, Newport Beach: MoveOn: Tax Day Rally Wells Fargo Bank Mortgage Center, MacArthur and Birch
North Orange County and South Orange County/Irvine MoveOn Councils invite you to tell the big banks: Pay your fair share! Use the skills you learned in our fantastic trainings in the first of many events for the 99% Spring!
The tax code is rigged for the 1%. Not only do corporations like Bank of America and Wells Fargo get away with dodging taxes, the millionaire CEOs of these unpatriotic companies get a fat tax refund each year thanks to the Bush tax cuts. But we've had enough, and the 99% is fighting back to make millionaires and corporations pay their fair share.
As millions of people file their taxes on Tax Day, April 17, we're organizing "Tax the 1%" protests to express our outrage that the rich and corporations aren't paying their fair share to help rebuild the economy. We'll march, rally, and protest at big, tax-dodging banks and corporations and throughout our communities to highlight the disparity in the tax code for the 99% compared to the 1%. Taxing the 1% is the quickest way to rebuild our economy so that it works for all of usÂsign up for our big Rally at Wells Fargo Mortgage Center
Sign up here civic.moveon.org/event/taxthe1/129556

Apr 17 Tuesday 6-10pm, Santa Ana: Occupy Tax Day at Santa Ana Post Office
3101 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92799
Hello guys! Leaflet handout on April 17th to coincide with the mail-in deadline for income taxes. Don't hesitate to call me if you have any questions: (949)973-8345 Leaflet Link: http://imgur.com/z9Qlx

Apr 17 (3^rd Tuesday) 5:30-7pm, Orange: Peace Vigil by MFSO and Code Pink the OC chapter of Military Families Speak Out have resumed monthly peace vigils at the Orange Circle, Glassell & Chapman
These vigils will be held on the 3rd Tuesdays of each month from 5:30-7:00 pm.

Apr 17 Tuesday 7-9pm, Irvine: Global Mentschlichkeit: "Capitalism: A Love Story" University Synagogue, 3400 Michelson Dr.
Adult Education: Global Mentschlichkeit, facilitated by Lynn Friedman, Anita Mishook and Clarita Karlin. This film course is about contemporary political, moral and ethical issues currently facing our society, how others have approached these issues and how we can attempt to build a better world together.
The documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story" comes home to the issue Michael Moore's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans. But this time the culprit is much bigger than General Motors, and the crime scene is far wider than Flint, Michigan. The discussion will be facilitated by Lynn Friedman, Anita Mishook and Clarita Karlin. RSVP to Sue Penn at University Synagogue 949-553-3535

Apr 17 Tuesday 7:30pm, Santa Ana: Emergency GA Update on Necessity Village.
Police were sent in this morning. This is what Madeliene Spencer reported: This Morning at 5:45 am at least 3 homeless people were ticketed in the Civic Center walk of honor, and A warning was given in Necessity Village by police officer Esparza who when questioned explained that he had been on vacation for a week, and we were all in violation of the municipal code and would be ticketed for our activity. When questioned by one Occupier as to the reason behind the sudden show of force on the last day of the Occupy Santa Ana action, one of the officers stated that he had been in the City Hall meeting attended by Occupiers the night before. At the meeting the members of City Hall had been asked point blank if "Necessity Village" (N.V) was a legal or illegal act, to which the Board members refused to respond. The response came this morning as the homeless in "Necessity Village" were folding up their beds. Everyone at N.V. was given a warning this morning at 5:45 by two SAPD Officers. They proceeded to walk PAST the group folding up blankets in Necessity Village towards Broadway and handed out 3-4 camping tickets.
To Occupiers this ticketing by police seems to be an open retaliation after the week long action where Occupy Santa Ana, set up what has been called Necessity Village after the Armory - the only winter emergency shelter in Orange County closed putting hundreds of homeless back onto the city streets without anywhere else to go. Therefore beginning on April 10^th Occupy Santa Ana, in an effort to raise awareness and support within the City of Santa Ana, Orange County, and the community at large, demonstrating that sleeping is a fundamental human right were startled after a week of the Santa Ana Police Department turning a blind eye on the OSA action, then coming out in a show of force on day seven.
Occupy Santa Ana is calling an emergency GA TONIGHT to discuss our next move. Will there be a DAY 8 of N.V., in response to SAPD's show up in force, will OSA engage in civil disobedience. We've gotten by for seven days because "they let us". The inconsistency of the police in this case of enforcing the law shows that the practice is discriminatory.
Crystal wrote: "Please. Several homeless people hugged me today, crying, and thanking all of us for what we have done for them: peace of mind. They were begging us to come back for another week or more. They are the reason we staged this action and we need to follow up the way through. Come to GA tonight and lets figure out our next step."
Emergency GA Tonight 7:30pm, Necessity Village. Call everyone you know and every occupation in SoCal.

Apr 17 Tuesday 7:30pm, Irvine: Cousins Club of OC: "Reflections on One State: Is it still a viable option?" This is a change to our April Notice. Sherna Gluck will speak on May 15,2012. Jeff Warner will speak in April (see below).
Jeff Warner, a member of the Cousins Club and L.A. Jews for Peace, recently attended a "one State" conference at Harvard Universiy. He will tell us about the conference and share his thoughts. Discussion will follow. Please join us for an interesting and informative evening.
We meet at the Irvine Ranch Water District Offices, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., between the 5 freeway and the 405. Exit at Sand Canyon and go to Waterworks Drive. Annual Cousin Club dues are $10. We would appreciate your support for 2012 if you have not already paid. cousinscluboc.org

Apr 18 Wednesday 6pm, Irvine: Healthcare The Movie & Panel Discussion UCI School of Medicine Tamkin Hall F110
The new California Health Professional Student Alliance (CaHPSA) at UCI-SOM would like to invite you to a movie screening followed by a physician & community activist panel. We are inviting the Campaign For a Healthy California which is a coalition of organizations committed to winning "Medicare For All" in the Golden State.
The documentary we will be showing provides the real story of how the health care systems in Canada and the United States evolved to be so completely different, when at one point they were essentially the same. Most people under the age of 50, in both countries, are not aware of the intensity of the political struggle that led to the universal medical care system in Canada.
Proposed schedule: >> 6:00pm: Refreshments, light snacks, mixer >> 6:30pm: Viewing of "The Healthcare Movie" >> 7:45pm: Discussion/Panel lead by Yasser Giron, MPH, MD(c)
Please Contact/RSVP: uci.cahpsa@gmail.com

Apr 18 Wednesday 6-9pm, San Clemente: Progressives of South Orange County Instead of a theme with speakers, we are going to make this event purely social so that everyone can visit and socialize and get to know each other better. The place will be new as well: The Old City Plaza Café in the Old City Plaza in San Clemente (get off the 5 at Palizada, two quick lights crossing El Camino Real, skip the alley and turn left into the Old Plaza) RSVP please to SCNJ66@yahoo.com

Apr 18 Wednesday 7-9pm, Irvine: Take Back the Night at UCI Flagpoles
includes a candlelight vigil, march, and rally to raise awareness of sexual assault and to honor survivors. Campus and community organizations sponsor interactive, educational booths, all aimed at addressing sexual violence and abuse. The evening draws to a close with a speak-out from those who wish to share their experiences.

Apr 18 Wednesday 7-8pm, Tustin: Movie Screening: The Synthetic Sea Story Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1201 Irvine Blvd, Tustin, CA 92680
The Synthetic Sea Story (30 minutes) is the latest on the issue of marine debris studies conducted by the Algalta Marine Research Foundation. Key researchers are interviewed, including Dr Anthony Andrady, the leading authority on how plastic breaks down in the marine environment. Ways to combat the plastic plague through education are discussed. Chapters include: parameters of plastic, the latest Pacific Gyre voyage, California coast considerations, the endocrine disruption problem on ocean food webs, and closes with series of initial solutions humans can employ. The movie is free and open to the public.

Apr 19 Thursday 2pm, Laguna Woods Village: Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village - Earth Day Celebration Clubhouse 1 Sponsored by: Earthworks Committee, Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village See flyer for visitor attendance info

Apr 19 Thursday 6-10pm, Fullerton: OC Green Drinks Green Bliss Cafe, 305 N. Harbor Blvd., Suite 103 Fullerton, CA 92832
Many of you have been asking for a Green Drinks at a "green" place, and many more of you have requested that OC Green Drinks visit North County, so this April, we are meeting BOTH of these requests.
Green Bliss Cafe is a new cafe just opening in Fullerton by OC Green Drinks' very own Rita Ho. Green Bliss Cafe strives to use all local and organic ingredients whenever possible without any preservatives, artificial coloring, artificial flavors, high fructose corn syrup, or additives. While Green Bliss Cafe does not yet have a liquor license, there will still be sustainable food and beverages for those who attend, and I know you will all be as happy as I am to place the emphasis on the GREEN in Green Drinks this month as we support this new green business.
Bita Ho will also be speaking to us briefly about what inspired her and how she started her own green business.
OC Green Drinks events are casual and agenda-free; they're just a great forum in which Orange County's growing demographic of eco-conscious professionals can have a drink, spark up a 'green' conversation and not be met with a blank look. http://www.ocgreendrinks.org/

Apr 20 Friday 8:30am-5pm, Huntington Beach: Peace Conference 2012
Peace Renaissance Creating Peace Through Sustainability, Education, Nonviolence, Conscious Democracy, Health, and Artistic Creativity
The 2012 Peace Conference provides a unique forum for building a culture of peace through intellectual and experiential workshops and dialogues. Attendees will engage in conversations that ignite a shift in consciousness for creating a just, compassionate, and sustainable world: * Cultivating a culture of giving & corporate social responsibility to end global poverty * Transforming communities by building new relationships based on partnerships * Re-envisioning architectural design and transportation for sustainable living * Conscious living with food and local farming for ecological health * Expanding human capabilities and inventiveness through education * Awakening human dignity and preserving human rights through nonviolence * Creating artistic expressions in service of peace through the visual arts and music
Golden West College, 15744 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Apr 20 Friday noon, Irvine: Orange County Justice for Janitors march Meet at 3121 Michelson Dr. in Irvine. With a contract to expire on April 30th, real estate landlords and their corporate tenants are vowing to slash worker wages and benefits. Join us as we stand with our brothers and sisters from SEIU-USWW and demand a fair contract!

Apr 20 Friday 6:30-9pm, Westminster: A Special Evening with Bao Nguyen Vice President of the Garden Grove Unified School District Board Special Guest Senator Alan Lowenthal
Join the Bao Nguyen in support of his re-election campaign, to be joined by special guest, State Senator Alan Lowenthal, who is ramping up his Congressional campaign for the new 47th District!
Zen Vegetarian Restaurant, 9329 Bolsa Avenue, Westminster, CA 92683 RSVP to (714) 251-6885 or email info@votebao.com

Apr 20 Friday 7:30pm, Costa Mesa: Ethical Eating Film Fest 2012 Fairview Community Church, 2525 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, (Corner of Fair and Fairview)
King Corn Did you know that beef, chicken, and even soft drinks are built on corn? Learn the story of genetically modified seeds and powerful herbicides. Learn how billions of dollars in subsidies have spread this grain throughout the world. Can you follow the tracks of high fructose corn syrup?
No Reservations. The first 150 people will be admitted. Questions: 714-378-9885
What is the Ethical Eating Film Fest? * If you wonder why farms produce more and use more herbicides but farm workers are often poor... * What impact farming has on the environment... You'll enjoy the Film Fest! (It's FREE)
See also Apr 21 Ethical Eating Film Fest

Apr 21 Saturday 8:30am-2pm, Newport Beach: Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium @ St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 2200 San Joaquin Hills Road, Newport Beach, CA
Registration: begins at 8:30, program 9am - 2pm. $15 donation includes lunch. The symposium inspires participants to a life consistent with environmental sustainability, spiritual fulfillment and social justice.

Apr 21 Saturday 11am-4pm, Anaheim: Center Street Promenade, Anaheim, CA- MUZEO presents TrashARTist EARTH DAY Expo!
Over 100 booths featuring OC students' "trash art projects" will be on display with an awards ceremony at 3:30p.m. This family event also features a sustainability showcase to teach about conservation and recycling, craft booths, music, entertainment, food trucks, and professional trash artist workshops. The event is free to the public. Call 714-956-8936 or visit muzeo.org/trashartist for more info.

Apr 21 Saturday 1:30-3pm, Long Beach: A Public Talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama--"Peace of Mind in Troubled Times" - at the Long Beach Arena (downtown Long Beach). A ticketed event; $20, $37, $64, $94. Tickets can be purchased through www.ticketmaster.com or the Long Beach Convention Center Box Office. Come listen to an international peace icon and one of the world's most beloved spiritual teachers. A tireless advocate of social justice and nonviolence, the Tibetan leader continues to travel widely, promoting a more open, just, and democratic world. Hosted by GSTDL, a Long Beach Tibetan Buddhist center.

Apr 21 Saturday 5pm, Buena Park: Noche de Yo-Yo Scholarship Fund Dinner, Honoring Amin and Irene David. No host bar, entertainment, silent auction. $75 per person, $125 per couple, $700 per table. Registration deadline is April 7. After April 7, $95 per person. Doors open at 5pm, registration begins at 5:30pm, program and dinner at 6:15-9pm. Sponsors include UFCW, Los Amigos, Patada Educada. Make checks payable to Santa Ana LULAC #147, c/o Catalina Olvera, 14116 Heathervale Dr., Chino Hills CA 91709. Contact Catalina Olvera 657/278-8581; misleidy@aol.com.
UFCW 324 Labor Hall, 8530 Stanton Ave., Buena Park CA 90620.

Apr 21 Saturday 5-9pm, Orange: Meet & Greet - Rocky Anderson, Presidential Candidate, Justice Party Welcome and Intro by D'Marie Mulattieri, Candidate for US House, CD-39
LIMITED SEATING. Please RSVP by email or phone. Email: electdmarie@yahoo.com Phone: 949-429-9877 (call between 10AM and 10 PM, leave contact info if you reach voicemail)

Apr 21 Saturday 5:30pm & 7:30pm, Costa mesa: Ethical Eating Film Fest 2012 Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church (OCUUC) 1259 Victoria Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (Just up the hill from the Santa Ana River)
(5:30 pm) The Future of Food Do you wonder about genetically modified and patented food? Are we are living in the biggest biological experiment in the history of Mankind?
7:00- 7:30 - Intermission
(7:30) Food Inc. A look inside America's corporate controlled food industry. Does Agribusiness produce food that is unhealthy, environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees?
No Reservations. The first 150 people will be admitted. (Questions: 714-378-9885)
What is the Ethical Eating Film Fest? * If you wonder about health issues associated with diet... * About the production and distribution of food... You'll enjoy the Film Fest! (It's FREE)
See also Apr 20 Ethical Eating Film Fest King Corn

Apr 22 Sunday noon-5pm, Long Beach: Earthday Celebration * Inter Occupy Summit * OLB 6 Month Anniversary Information Tables and Musical Performances throughout the day 12:00 gather on the beach at Temple( btw Molino and Orizaba) 1:00 Earthday March march from beach to the park pick up trash along the way! Bring an environmental theme sign 2:00 pm Community gathering and Earthday Summit Bixby Park (Junipero and Broadway) 2:00 PM: lunch / entertainment 3:30-5:30 PM: Inter Occupy Break Out Groups 3:30 PM: time exchange workshop/ Occupy our food supply break out discussion 4:30 PM: Changing the vibration / May day break out discussion 5:30 PM: dinner / entertainment 8:00 PM: Inter Occupy General Assembly
Environmental, nonprofit and local community groups are encouraged to participate if you would like to table for your organization occupylbmail@gmail.com

Apr 22 Sunday 1-4pm, Orange: Tias Arms 11th Annual Celebration for the Children of South Africa Chapman University Campus, One University Drive, Beckman Hall 404, Orange , CA
Global attire encouraged $35 per person includes lunch Or, $15 general admission Send checks to: TIAS ARMS 3 Wild Goose Ct Newport Beach, CA 92663 or PayPal at: www.tiasarms.org/Events

Apr 22 Sunday 3:30-5:30pm, Santa Ana: Stop Stealing Our Cars: The Documentary Centro Cultural de Mexico (313 N. Birch Street, Santa Ana).
The story of how the community of Santa Ana put a stop to the unjust impound practices. stopstealingourcars.com

Apr 22 Sunday 4:30-7pm, Irvine: Democrats of Greater Irvine Earth Day Film Party irvinedemocraticaction.org
The Duck Club, IRWD San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary Riparian View (enter from Campus Dr at University) Irvine CA 92612
We were led to this prize winning documentary as a result of research done by one of our high school volunteers, Natalie, President and founder of her environmental club. Both the danger of Global Warming and the hope that we can find a way to survive it are exemplified in stunning photography. This was the film chosen to show in Copenhagen. Do not miss it! We will also have a moment of silence in memory of two of our members who died recently: Board member and Kaffee-Klatch regular Lawrence Howard, and Joyce Clarke, font of wisdom on health care reform. We will miss them both. Come to the turn-off into the IRWD preserve just past University on Campus as you drive toward Jamboree from UCI. Join us for a buffet of goodies -- mostly vegetarian. Please pay what you can afford, anything between $5.00 and $15.00. We will try to start the film promptly at 5:00 pm, so plan to be seated at that time. We always need help at 4:00 to set up tables and chairs, and afterwards to put everything away. Don't be shy! Don't wait to be asked! Thanks.

Apr 23 Monday noon-1:30pm, Santa Ana: SB: 1070 ARIZONA ANTI IMMIGRANT LAW What it is, what it does, and what you need to know Lunchtime Community Briefing @ Centro Cultural, 313 N. Birch Street, Santa Ana
Lunch will be provided. If you have any questions or to RSVP contact Lucero Chavez at Lchavez@aclu

Apr 23 Monday noon-3pm, Santa Ana: Occupy PBS Ross St. side of Civic Center
David Nazar at PBS Socal has agreed to come out next Monday between 12 and 3 to do a television story about the Occupy movement tackling the issue of homelessness at the "The Walk of Shame" portion of Ross St. where the homeless sleep. We need to get numbers out there, around 30-40 people. He will interview 3-4 people that can give him good sound bites.

Apr 23 Monday 6-9pm, Newport Beach: Occupy / Rebellious Truths Intertribal Pow-wow @ 'Rebellious Truths' office by the OC airport on Quail/Birch Street., 1400 Quail St., #255
The good folks from Rebellious Truths would like to meet with active people in the Occupy Movement regarding a major July 14, 2012 music/activist event as well as ongoing collaboration. http://SoundsOfTruth.org/ Space is limited. Coffee and a light selection of food at 6pm. Please RSVP for seat count.
Rebellious Truths "Sparking the flame of responsible revolution." Christopher Ponzi Director of Rebellious Rhetoric/Creative Conductor http://RebelliousTruths.org/ 949-439-3006 Thank you, JB Wagoner Occupy Everywhere

Apr 23 Monday 7pm, Anaheim: You are invited to view a new feature length documentary, "Occupation Has No Future", which examines the occupation of the West Bank, and explores the struggle of Palestinians and Israelis against the occupation. Among others, the film features Israeli conscientious objectors, former soldiers, and Palestinian organizers.
Discussion will follow. Admission is free, but a free will donation will be requested. Sponsored by UUJME (UUs for Justice in the Middle East).
Showing is at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim 92805. Parking around the corner at Santa Ana St.

Apr 23 (4^th Monday) 7pm, Orange: OC Democratic Central Committee Meeting [Location change] ~~Carpenters' Union Hall, 1916 W. Chapman Ave.~~ Teamsters Union Hall, 140 South Marks Way

Apr 24 Tuesday 3-7:45pm, Brea: Free Bradley Manning Solidarity Action
3-6pm Demonstrate in front of the Military Recruiting center located at 240 S. Brea blvd * Sign the Stand with Bradley Petition * Write Bradley a Letter - We'll provide the colorful pens, pencils, makers, paper, and clipboards, we will also take your photograph and mail it along with your letter. We'll even pay for postage. * Sidewalk Chalk * Make your own sign * Pass out Flyers
6-6:30pm March to Brea Civic Center
6:30-7pm Food provided
7-7:45pm Assembly to reach consensus on how to take action for Bradley's Trial dates in May
7:45pm Candle Light Vigil
More Details @ http://freebradleymanningsocal.com/

Apr 24 Tuesday 5:30pm, Irvine: Council Member Larry Agran asks for YOUR support on an action plan to keep San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant closed!! This will be the follow-up meeting to when the issue of San Onofre was introduced at the council meeting on March 27th. This meeting is where an action plan will be discussed by the Council. Nuclear energy expert Arnie Gunderson with Fairwinds Associated, and Dave Freeman, Friends of the Earth will be there to testify. We need to be at the table lending support for decisive action. Your attendance shows support! We are asking that green is worn to the meeting. That way the council can identify supporters in the audience.
Irvine City Hall is located at the corners of Anton and Harvard. Look for the TALL clock tower. If you have questions, please call Marion Pack at 949-922-3273, or email at marionpack1@gmail.com. If you would like more information about San Onofre see, sanonofresafety.org
If you can't attend, call Mayor Kang and thank him for his leadership for putting public safety first. Ask him to work to keep San Onofre closed. Council Phone# 949-724-6233, email, sukheekang@ci.irvine.ca.us

Apr 24 Tuesday 7-9pm, Westminster: OC Peace Coalition General Meeting ocpeace.org
WHERE: Spires Restaurant, 13030 Goldenwest, Westminster
WHO: All interested people are invited, especially anyone who might represent one of our member organizations. We're likely to be planning for tabling, future actions, or whatever business people want to bring up (excluding any specific support of candidates or political parties). Please bring your ideas, and be ready to step up and participate.

Apr 25 Wednesday 7pm, Fountain Valley: Democratic Club of West OC: Outsourcing the Democratic Party
The Republicans are attacking labor and workers' rights across the nation, including here in OC, and threatening out cital social safety nets. These are attacks on the Democratic Party and our values. Our featured speaker os Tim Steed, Labor Relations Representative for OC Employees Association.
17250 Los Jardines West, Green Valley Adult Clubhouse, Fountain Valley. Doors open 6:30 PM. demclubofwestoc.org Email westocdems@yahoo.com if questions.

Apr 25 Wednesday 10am, Irvine: Get the Chalk Out of Here UC Irvine, Ring Road, in front of the flagpoles, in front of the Langson Library. We will be chalking our displeasure with how the university is being run into the ground. Come and be creative all over the ground.

[rescheduled] ~~Apr 26~~ ~~Thursday~~ 7am, Anaheim: OC-RAP leafletting
We have rescheduled the leafleting at Katella HS to Friday, May 4, 7am. That's the earliest that Seniors will be back to regular bell schedule. Thanks. Any questions, pls reply to me, BMartin125@comline.com or call Al, 949-492-0571.

Apr 26 Thursday noon, Orange: Rally & Press Conference announcing Strike Sanction/Strike Vote Orange County Labor Federation Office, 309 N. Rampart St. Suite A., Orange, CA 92868
Contact: Jessica Lopez https://twitter.com/#!/yesigalopez Jessica.lopez@seiu-usww.org
(see also: Apr 26 Candle Light Vigils Apr 27 Pre Strike Vote Rally & March Apr 30 Strike Vote/Rally)

Apr 26 Thursday 5:30-8pm, Costa Mesa: Newport Beach Women's Democratic Club newportbeachwomensdemocraticclub.com
LOCATION: Lisa Gustafson's Home 428 East 18th Street Costa Mesa, CA
Agenda 5:30-6:00 Social 6:00-7:00 SPEAKER: Dr. Bill Honigman, ObamaCare Health Plan 6:45 Alan Beek -Countering "Citizen's United" legislation 7:00-8:00 Meeting

Apr 26 Thursday 5:30pm, Fullerton: Tom Hayden Delivers Hansen Lecture @ Fullerton Arboretum, Cal State Fullerton, 1900 Associated Road, Fullerton, 92831
Tom Hayden, former California senator and a longtime leader of peace, justice and environmental movements, will deliver Cal State Fullerton's fourth annual Hansen Lecture April 26. The lecture is free and open to the public. Contact Raymond W. Rast, CSUF assistant professor of history and the center's associate director, at 657-278-8563 or rrast@fullerton.edu

Apr 26 Thursday 6-8pm, Irvine: Reception with Jose Medina
Join Assemblyman Jose Solorio, Frank Barbaro, Melissa Fox, and Nick Anas for a reception reception for Jose Medina, who is a candidate for the 61st Assembly District. This is this a great opportunity to show your support a race that can help us get to a 2/3 majority in Sacramento and end the gridlock!
At The Home of Melissa & Michael Fox 49 Bolinas, Irvine CA 92602 RSVP to Mona at Mona@OCYD.org or (949) 395-7694

Apr 26 Thursday 6:30pm, Irvine: "The Light in Her Eyes" a documentary by Julia Meltzer and Laura Nix Special Screening & Discussion
@ UC Irvine, Humanities Gateway 1070, in the McCormick Screening Room
The filmmakers will be introduced by Professor Fatimah Tobing Rony of the Film and Media Studies Department at UC Irvine. There will be a post-screening discussion about women's rights in Islam and in the U.S. with Hector Villagra, Executive Director the ACLU Los Angeles, Maria Khani, community activist and chair of the Women's Committee at the Islamic Institute of Orange County and Anaheim, and the directors, Julia Meltzer and Laura Nix. thelightinhereyesmovie.com

Apr 26 Thursday 7pm, Irvine: Amnesty International Irvine: group 178 Monthly Meeting aiusaoc.org/irvine/meetings.html
Please note that we have moved up our meeting time to 7:00 PM! Al White will be bringing a DVD of "In the Land of the Free" ( http://www.inthelandofthefreefilm.com/ ) We will watch the second half of this documentary, time permitting.
Irvine United Congregational Church, 4915 Alton Parkway, Irvine, CA 92604 Cost: Free. Refreshements will be served.

Apr 26 Thursday 7:30-9:30pm, Irvine: Screening of "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a land ethic for our time" @ UCI Student Center, Crystal Cove Auditorium
Dr. Stanley Temple, Professor Emeritus in Conservation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Senior Fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation, will be introducing, "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a land ethic for our time" and answering questions afterward. Green Fire highlights Leopold's extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental movement. http://www.greenfiremovie.com/

Apr 26 Thursday 10pm, Irvine/Orange/Aliso Viejo: Candle Light Vigils with the Janitors at Night Main Vigil: 18200 VonKarmon, Irvine CA
Smaller Vigils: - 600 The City Parkway, Orange, CA - 45 Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, CA - Irvine Spectrum - Fashion Island
(see also: Apr 26 Rally & Press Conference Apr 27 Pre Strike Vote Rally & March Apr 30 Strike Vote/Rally)

Apr 27 Friday noon-2pm, Irvine: Orange County Janitors Pre Strike Vote Rally & March Orange County Justice for Janitors are on the verge of voting to strike on the buildings of the one percent.
Join Janitors 12pm Friday 4/27 to demand the one percent stop holding us back. Meet us at 2601 Main Street, Irvine, CA.
Janitors are part of the 99% across this nation coming from all parts of the world to clean up the messes of the one percent for on average $10 per hour. They have fought on the streets to win family health care and they intend to keep it. The one percent wants to hold us back from progressing. We won't stand for it.
Contact: Jessica Lopez https://twitter.com/#!/yesigalopez Jessica.lopez@seiu-usww.org
(see also: Apr 26 Rally & Press Conference Apr 26 Candle Light Vigils Apr 30 Strike Vote/Rally)

Apr 27 Friday 8:15-9:15pm, Irvine: Author Jonathan Kirsch on "The Grand Inquisitor's Manual: A History Of Terror In The Name Of God" University Synagogue, 3400 Michelson Dr. universitysynagogue.org/event/author-jonathan-kirsch-will-be-speaking

Apr 28 Saturday 2-3:30pm, Santa Ana: Occupy OC General Assembly @ Civic Center & Ross
BE A LEADER, we can always use more. Learn about upcoming events like May 1st General Strike and help us chart the course for Summer.

Apr 28 Saturday 3pm, Garden Grove: Citizens United Working Group So we are confirmed for 3pm on SATURDAY at John's house: 9472 Central Ave, Garden Grove To those of you that cant physically make it, we can conference call you in or keep you updated virtually. We wont all be able to make it to everything, but thats why we have a group as diverse as we do. Looking forward to seeing those of you who can make it tomorrow!
Agenda: - Plan out logistics for signature gathering events - Map out the organizations we can partner with locally

Apr 28 Saturday 4-7pm, Long Beach: High School Spring Tour for Ethan McCord FUNDRAISER BBQ!
Help fund Ethan McCord coming to your area to speak to High School students on War and the Military.
While serving in Iraq, McCord was videotaped running to seek medical care for the child in his arms that he rescued. engaged in a firefight in an Iraqi suburb when his platoon, Included in this tape was footage of innocent civilians, including Reuters photographers, that were killed when an Apache helicopter fired upon them. That classified video created a firestorm when it was released on the Wikileaks site entitled "Collateral Murder". Come join us for a barbeque, see the film clip and help give our youth a chance to hear Ethan McCord's story first hand.
3917 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807
Donation at the door - $10 Donation includes full BBQ lunch, refreshments, complementary DVD
SPONSORED BY Long Beach Area Peace Network, San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice, Military Families Speak Out, Orange County Peace Coalition, Long Beach Recruitment Awareness Project, Veterans for Peace Chapters 110 & 067 For More Info, Please call Marshall at (562)760-8823

Apr 28 Saturday 5pm, Fullerton: Dems of North OC Office Opening 215 West Commonwealth, Fullerton
There will be an Open House event at the new office for Democrats of North Orange County. Come join us for snacks, drinks and ample opportunity to talk to other Democrats about plans for the 2012 election efforts!

Apr 28 Saturday 5:30pm, Orange: Interfaith Peace Ministry of Orange County Final Annual Dinner-Meeting First Christian Church of Orange, 130 E. Walnut Ave., Orange, CA 92687
ipmoc.org Please send your e-mail address to jswhitesell3211@yahoo.com if you would like to register via e-mail.

Apr 29 Sunday 12:30-3pm, San Onofre: Three Mile Island! Chernobyl! Fukushima! San Onofre? Rally to Shut SONGS San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Near south gate on Basilone Rd, San Onofre, CA 921111
Protest Continued Risky and Costly Operation of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) On April 29 We Commemorate: 26th Year Anniversary of Continued Chernobyl Meltdown 33rd Anniversary of the Three-Mile Island Disaster Recognition of the Continuing Fukushima Meltdown And we Stand for Permanent Decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) copswiki.org/Common/A29SanOnofreProtestAndRally

Apr 29 Sunday 2-3pm, Irvine: Congressional District 45 Democratic Delegate Caucus Concordia University at Grimm Hall North 301-302, Conference Center and Terrace., 1530 Concordia Drive, Irvine
Registration and voting starts at 2:00 PM and doors close promptly at 3:00 PM. CD45 includes cities where many of our members reside: Irvine, Tustin, Orange, Villa Park, Anaheim Hills, Laguna Woods, Laguna Hills, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, and Coto de Caza. Please plan to attend and RSVP Deborah Skurnik: deborah080@cox.net.

Apr 29 Sunday 2-4pm, (RSVP for address): Fundraiser for Mayor Sharon Quirk-Silva Fullerton Mayor Quirk-Silva is running for Assembly!
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez is hosting a fundraiser for Fullerton Mayor Sharon Quirk-Silva to build momentum for her Assembly 2012 race! We are counting on your support in this critical election race. If you would like to attend, RSVP here: jsilva@sharonquirksilva.com, or call (714) 745-9544

Apr 29 Sunday 4pm, Irvine: PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) OC Chapter Meeting @ University Center (Courtyard Area) 4199 Campus Dr, Irvine 92612 Contact: Dr Bill Honigman drbill@pdamerica.org

Apr 29 Sunday 7pm, Santa Ana: "In the Wrong Body" Documentary Screening Presented by OCEC Church of The Foothills United Church of Christ Disciples of Christ, 19211 Dodge Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705-2236
Come join us for a screening of the documentary that debuted in Cuban theaters last year "En el Cuerpo Equivocado". It tells the moving story of Mavi Susel, the first trans gender person in Cuba to receive a sex reassignment operation, in 1988.

Apr 30 Monday 11am, Orange: Strike Vote/Rally Teamsters Local 952 Office, 140 S. Marks Way, Orange, CA 92868
(see also: Apr 26 Rally & Press Conference Apr 26 Candle Light Vigils Apr 27 Pre Strike Vote Rally & March)

[Rescheduled] ~~Apr 30~~ Monday 6-9pm, Irvine: Occupy / Rebellious Truths Intertribal Pow-wow Rescheduled to May 14

Apr 30 Monday 7pm, Aliso Viejo: The First 70 - Soka University Eco-Screening Pauling 216, Soka University of America, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
In Partnership with Transition Aliso Viejo, Soka University is hosting a free film screening of The First 70 - A documentary about California's plans to close 70 state parks. Our State Parks are vital part of what makes this an amazing place to live, come learn why can't let them.

May 1 Tuesday 1-2pm, Santa Ana: Will you general strike with me? Liberation Plaza/ Plaza de la liberacion, 630 North Broadway, Santa Ana, CA
We are Calling on all of you whom support and participate in the Occupy movement to stand with us in solidarity as we show the world what a day with out a 99%'er looks like.
We will be meeting at Liberation Plaza for a short rally then, converging with hundreds more at Sasser park to launch what promises to be the most successful Mayday march since 2006.

May 1 Tuesday 2-3:30pm, Santa Ana: May Day Convergence @ Sasscer Park, corner of Ross/5th, Santa Ana
Various groups participating in May Day are converging at Sasscer Park for a rally and solidarity march at 3:30 ocmdc.org

May 1 Tuesday 6-8pm, (RSVP for address): Fundraiser for Jordan Brandman's Candidacy for City Council Come support Jordan Brandman in his bid for Anaheim City Council! This is a wonderful opportunity to get more involved in local politics and elect more democrats to office. To RSVP, please contact melahat.us@gmail.com or telephone (949) 350-7733.

May 2 Wednesday 11:30am-1:30pm, Irvine: Planned Parenthood Orange County and San Bernardino Counties Event - Consider This, featuring an interfaith discussion about the intersection of religion and reproductive freedom. Learn how the beliefs of Rabbi Mark Miller, pro-choice nun Sister Donna Quinn and the Rev. Wilfredo Benitez form the foundation of their support for women's health care, including contraception, and safe, legal abortion. Individual tickets: $45 with lunch and valet parking provided. For tickets and information, call 714/922-445 or visit http://www.considerthisoc.org/index.php
Andrei's Conscious Cuisine & Cocktails, 2607 Main St., Irvine.

May 2 Wednesday 5:30pm, Newport Beach: Film Screening: In Organic We Trust 999 Newport Center Drive
The Positive Plate, OC Food Access Coalition and Ecofficiency.org are hosting Wednesday night's Newport Beach Film Festival screening of In Organic We Trust. Purchase discount tickets ($8) using the code 5B5NBFF, and join us afterwards for a post-party at Sage restaurant to discuss the documentary and enjoy some food and drink. http://newportbeach.festivalgenius.com/2012/films/inorganicwetrust_kippastor_newportbeach2012

May 2 Wednesday 6-9pm, Huntington Beach: Do you know what you're putting in your body? OC NOW will host a FREE event at the Whole Foods in Huntington Beach (7881 Edinger Avenue #150) to educate consumers on items they put in and on their bodies that may not be as healthy as they think they are. We'll have a rep from the FDA as well as two industry representatives who will present an overview of how we can all be better informed when purchasing vitamins, cosmetics and food. Check our website calendar for more information as the date draws closer.

May 2 Wednesday 6:30pm, Fullerton: MoveOn: Important Planning Meeting at Linda and Wayne's house. It will be a potluck
On May 9th, Bank of America will hold its annual stockholders meeting in North Carolina. Since few of us can afford to fly there to protest, Irvine and North Orange County MoveOn Councils will cosponsor a "99% Spring" Challenge Bank of America Event here in Orange County. We need everyone to come out and let Bank of America know that we are shocked at how Un-American they are by dodging their fair share of taxes and by foreclosing on home owners rather than restructuring their loans.
But first, we need to plan the details of the event and prepare ourselves with posters and props. We will have a potluck/planning meeting on Wednesday, May 2nd at Linda and Wayne's house: Please sign up below. This will be a chance for us to get better acquainted, and have fun planning how we can put our recent training into action with tactics and strategies to attract the media and large crowds. Your voice, creative ideas and participation are essential to our success. Help us plan our action this Wednesday, May 2nd and/or sign on to be with us on the following Wednesday, May 9th (details to follow.)
Also, and very important, if you have an account with B. of A. that you would consider closing, we are very interested in hearing from you.
Finally, we need folks to help with contacting the media or making phone calls to our MoveOn members. If you can help, please let me know by return email to LJVician@hotmail.com LJVician@hotmail.com

May 2 Wednesday 6:30pm, Irvine: The film Precious Knowledge, presented by Cross-Cultural Center at UC Irvine.
Precious Knowledge follows Tucson High School's seniors and community leaders in Tucson in their fight for Mexican American Studies after Arizona legislature effectively banned Ethnic Studies from k-12 schools. Dinner will be provided during discussion. RSVP required. Space is limited, so please sign-up on the Cross-Cultural Center website http://www.ccc.uci.edu/.

May 2 Wednesday 7pm, Costa Mesa: Sharon Quirk-Silva, Fullerton mayor and candidate for Assembly District 65 is featured speaker at Democracy for America-Orange County meeting. Quirk-Silva will talk about her experience as mayor and her campaign to unseat Chris Norby. Other candidate speakers will be featured along with Faye Dietiker of Breast Cancer Angels. Social hour is 6:15pm and meeting begins at 7:15pm. For info, contact Susan Kopicki at sckopicki@gmail.com.
Location: Karl Strauss Brewing Company, 901 South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa.

May 3 Thursday 2pm, Laguna Woods: Sister Donna Quinn Pro-Choice and Pro-Faith You Don't Have to Choose: Religious and Reproductive Justice Go Hand In Hand
Sponsors: American Association of University Women, Laguna Hills Branch; Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village; Laguna Woods Democratic Club; National Council of Jewish Women, Saddleback Section
Sr. Donna Quinn is Coordinator of the National Coalition of American Nuns, Coordinator of Women-Church Convergence and Coordinator of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice - Illinois. She is one of the Founders of the Women's Movement in the Catholic tradition. She holds two Master's degrees (History and Administration).
Laguna Woods Village, Clubhouse 3, Dining Room 2 Non-residents, please fill out information on flyer for gate access: lagunawoodsvillage.com//images/lwlagunawoods/Concerned%20Citizens/May%203%2C%202012%20Pro-choice%20pro-faith%20event.pdf Contact Arlene Sontag at 949.206.1919 for further information

new May 3 Thursday 5:30-7pm, Placentia: Educators for Sharon - Reception for Sharon Quirk Silva, Candidate for the 65th State Assembly Tlaquepaque Restaurant, 101 W Santa Fe Ave, Placentia, CA 92870

May 3 Thursday 6pm, Irvine: MoveOn Council Meeting We need everyone to show up at the May 9 Irvine and North Orange County MoveOn Council's 99% Spring Challenge B of A event and you are invited to help plan the May 9 non violent direct action at a pot luck dinner at Kate's place. Please sign up at pol.moveon.org/event/meeting/129868

May 3 (1^st Thursday) 6:30-9pm, Tustin: Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment Planning Committee Meeting Aldersgate United Methodist Church 1201 Irvine Blvd., Tustin, CA The Planning Committee meets monthly to plan the annual Caring for Creation conference in addition to other, smaller events that take place throughout the year. For more information, please visit our website at ocice.org. The Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment educates, raises awareness and empowers people to actively protect and preserve creation through responsible stewardship.

May 3 Thursday 7pm, Orange: OC Chapter of Death Penalty Focus in classroom 4 of the Saint Joseph Center at 480 South Batavia Street, Orange, 92868.
At this meeting we will be discussing and organizing our fall fundraiser which will be held at the Saint Joseph Center at the beginning of October. For further information on any event, please call 714-514-2771. http://deathpenalty.org/

May 3 Thursday 7pm, Westminster: MFSO meeting
On our agenda will be our special guests Marselle Sloan and Jeri Crum who will talk about how they intervened in a speech given by John Yoo in Irvine a few weeks ago. A short discussion on whether MFSO should help to put pressure on John Yoo, the attorney that wrote the authorization for the Bush Administration to use "torture" on suspects in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also we will discuss Ethan McCord's schedule which is set for the week of June 3rd and a report of May Day actions.
Spires Restaurant, 13030 Goldenwest, Westminster - right under the 22 freeway at Goldenwest and Garden Grove Blvd. Right next to the Motel 6. We have a private room.
Pat Alviso & Jeff Merrick Military Families Speak Out Orange County & South Bay Chapter www.mfsooc.org 562-833-8035
Ed Garza Military Families Speak Out Orange County Chapter 714-317-3969

new May 3 Thursday 7pm, Fullerton: South Central Farm Documentary "The Garden" with activist Rufina Juarez at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton, CA, (714) 738-6595, www.themuck.org.
"The Garden" is an engaging and powerful look at the famous political and social battle over the largest community garden in the US (located in South Central Los Angeles). Guest speaker Rufina Juarez, a community activist and farmer, who played a prominent role in the South Central Farm, will also be present to talk about her experience working with the film.

May 4 Friday 7am, Anaheim: OC-RAP leafletting Attention All Anti-imperialists! Help the OC Recruitment Awareness Project buzz Anaheim's Katella H.S. Friday morning. May 4, 7 AM. We'll be leafletting "Do You Know Enough To Enlist?" Contact Al White at 949-492-0571 or Betsy Martin at bmartin125@comline.com oc-rap.org

May 4 (1^st Friday) 7-9pm, Orange: Moving Pictures: Friday Night Film Series "Waste Land" wastelandmovie.com
Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro: Jardim Gramacho. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores"—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives.
Event is Free of Charge St. Joseph Center, Mother Louis Room, 480 South Batavia St, Orange 92868. http://www.sistersofstjosephorange.org/OUR_MINISTRIES/justice/film-series.php 6:30-7:00 P.M.: Gathering & Refreshments 7:00-9:00 P.M.: Film & Discussion RSVP: (714) 633-8121 Ext. 7716 Justice@csjorange.org

new May 5 Saturday 10am-3pm, Santa Ana: Faith-Rooted Advocacy Training @ Christian Tabernacle church, 311 N Main Street. Parking: Artist Village Structure (parking fee on own).
Faith-Rooted Advocacy teaches people of faith howto move from charity to justice and provides tools for advocacy that are rooted with our faith and values. This intensive training is decigned to introdue CLUE's faith rooted model by focusing on the topics of immigration and education. clueoc.org/CLUE_Orange_County/Actions_and_Events/Entries/2012/4/12_Faith_Rooted_Advocacy_Training-_May_5th_-_10am_-_3pm_2.html

new May 5 Saturday 10:30am, Fullerton: DNOC Women's Caucus in our new DNOC Headquarters at 215 W. Commonwealth in Fullerton, Parking in the back lot or side streets (construction on Commonwealth)
We plan to talk about the upcoming election season, have a training session on successful phone banking tips (with Glenda and Susan Uballe) and have a short phone banking session. Please bring your cell phone for making calls. If you have any Agenda items you would like the Women's Caucus to address, please send us an email prior to the meeting. Glenda Flock <glenda.flock@gmail.com>

May 5 Saturday 1:30pm, Irvine: Americans United for Separation of Church and State with guest speaker Rev. Steve Baines, Americans United National Director of Religious Outreach on "Nausea or Necessity: The Case For Church State Separation." Steve will be speaking to us about both the National Day of Prayer and the far more important First Amendment Day where we celebrate the five freedoms granted to us in the Constitution. Steve will also be discussing the need for the strong wall of separation between church and state and the attacks on it by the religious right Irvine Ranch Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Avenue. Doors open 1:00 PM. au-oc.org; email: OrangeCountyAU@yahoo.com or call 714-299-4551.

new May 5 Saturday 5:30-10pm, Anaheim: 8th ICNA Southern California Annual Fundraising Banquet ICNA Presents Defending Religious Freedom, Understanding Shariah
At The Sheraton Park Hotel, 1855 South Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, CA For more info call (855) 855.4262 or visit www.icnasc.org Purchase your tickets http://icnasc.org/civicrm/event/register?id=5&reset=1

new May 6 (1^st Sunday) 7:30am-5pm, Huntington Beach: Arlington West Memorial Apologies for not getting this notice out as timely as usual. On this first Sunday of May, we will again be setting up the Arlington West display on the sands of Huntington Beach. We hope we can have your help. We are still deployed and fighting in Afghanistan in America's longest war, so there will be another Arlington West in Huntington Beach. Please help if you can but if your schedule doesn't permit that please consider coming by to visit if that's possible. Weather forecast is fine: calling for only partially cloudy skies and a high about 66. There will be a concert at the pier plaza in the afternoon and it looks like it will a great day there. While polls show public opinion turning sharply against our continued deployment in Afghanistan and America's longest ever war, and our President having committed to "ending the war", we need to maintain our efforts to keep visible the costs and to support our veterans. Our continuing efforts to remind the public of the cost of our wars and to "bring Our Troops Home" must continue. Come help or just visit. Volunteers meet at the beach (6th st. north of the pier) at 7:30AM to help unload the trailer and setup the crosses and other material, and/or come by 5:00PM to help take it down and put it away.
In spite of the far too many years, we are as dedicated as ever to doing what we can to keep the costs of these conflicts in front of the public, to continue this display, forum and venue, and to promote the cause of peace, while honoring those that serve and particularly those that have been sacrificed. We do this while also fighting for full and proper benefits and care for our returning and past veterans. We cannot let the public forget that many of our nation's sons and daughters, husbands and wives, and even fathers and mothers, are still daily struggling and risking life half a world away. Please consider helping, or at least visiting, as we again setup our memorial on the sands of Huntington Beach(at sixth street) to give thanks to and to honor those who have served our country and particularly those that made the ultimate sacrifice. We must continue to remind the public of this ongoing conflicts and their costs to our nation and its families, and also to continue to talk to, support and help the many Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Veterans, family members and concerned others that come by.
Volunteers are needed this month and guests are always very much welcome. As usual we will be at 6th Street (north of pier and of Main Street) Huntington Beach on the beach. Display should be up from 8AM to 5:00PM. Please come visit and, if you can, PLEASE come to help with setup and/or breakdown. In addition to the moving display and great people and the beach itself, we will have a selection of books and peace supplies for small (or large) donations. We often have many great people visiting and great conversations going on. We need to know that we have enough veteran members willing to staff it all day and enough help to get it setup and taken down. If you can help, please reply to this email as soon as you can confirm your plans for Sunday. It is important that we hear from veteran members and other volunteers soon to know what coverage we will have for the day. Please let us know what hours you can expect to be present.
VOLUNTEERS: We usually need the most help in the morning, though both morning and evening are critical. We meet up at the beach around/after 7:20 and start the setup of the field of crosses and other items. Depending upon number of helpers this can take 30 minutes or over two hours. "Many hands make for light and fast work". Take down goes much quicker than setup. We will likely start breakdown at about 5:00PM and hopefully have everything back in the trailer before 5:30. Please let us know if you are coming this Sunday by replying to ocvfpaw@gmail.com, but you, of course, are most welcome without replying first.

May 6 Sunday 10am, Long Beach: First Congregational Church, Rev. Steve Baines, Americans United National Director of Religious Outreach 241 Cedar Avenue, Long Beach, www.firstchurchlb.org or au-oc.org; email: OrangeCountyAU@yahoo.com or call 714-299-4551.

new May 6 Sunday 2-3pm, Irvine: Candidates speak at Green Party Monthly Meeting Irvine Ranch Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave.
Two local candidates for office have been invited to speak:
Anthony Vieyra is a Green running for Congress in District 35, in nearby parts of LA County.
D'Marie Mulattieri is running against Ed Royce in the 39th congressional district as an independent. She played a large part in founding Occupy Orange County, and has directed the charity LIVE H2O: United by Love for some years.
Several Greens will also report on the progress of the movement to shut down the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

May 6 Sunday 4:30pm, Westminster: Third Annual Mother's Day Interfaith Celebration Join us to honor our mothers through an inspiring conversation on COMPASSION AMONG FAITHS
Dinner Will be Served RSVP: Khalil Dewji : 714 309 7979 Seema Ali 949 205 9410 or email kddewji@aol.com
Rose Center, 14140 All American Way, Westminster, CA 92683

May 6 Sunday 5pm, Laguna Hills: "War Made Easy" movie house party [Event Full] contact Dr. Bill Honigman DrBill@pdamerica.org

May 7 Monday 7-9pm, Anaheim: Immigration as a Moral Issue Security, Enforcement, and Human Rights
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92805

new May 8 Tuesday 6pm, Irvine: Help keep San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant closed Council Member Larry Agran asks for YOUR support by attending the Irvine City Council Meeting.
On April 27th, the Irvine City Council by a 5-0 vote, signed on to a very strong letter regarding the operation of San Onofre and its safety.
The letter will go to everyone from the President on down to other local city councils. But Council Member Agran does not plan to let it end with merely a letter. He intends to continue to hold Edison's feet to the fire. At Agran's request, Edison will be returning to the council meeting to discuss their plans to get through the summer without San Onofre. It will be interesting to see what they say in light of information disclosed this week about trying to put Unit II back on line June1.
Join us to keep the pressure on. Your attendance gives the council the political will to act our behalf. We are asking that green is worn to the meeting. That way the council can identify supporters in the audience.
Irvine City Hall is located at the corners of Anton and Harvard. Look for the TALL clock tower. If you have questions, please call Marion Pack at 949-922-3273, or email at marionpack1@gmail.com. If you would like more information about San Onofre see, sanonofresafety.org

new May 9 Wednesday 4:30pm, Corona Del Mar: MoveOn: 99% Spring Bank Protest pol.moveon.org/event/99springaction/129855 Bank of America will be holding their Corporate Share Holders Meeting in North Carolina on May 9 and hundreds of thousands of activists from over 60 organizations will converge while activists all across the country will gather locally to protest in solidarity with the Charlotte activists. We'll protest for the people, the 99%, the workers, the students, the home owners and the small business owners who can't get loans, seniors and families that have been foreclosed on or evicted from their homes while the bank gets our tax dollars, pay no taxes,and CEO's get larger and larger bonuses. For what? To feed their addiction to greed--constantly needing more when they have more than enough!

New May 9 Wednesday 5:30-8pm, Irvine: OC Dream Team/Mes de La Raza Panel UC Irvine, Social Science Trailer, SSTR103
The Orange County Dream Team (OCDT) was born out of a community's profound need to help its talented undocumented youth obtain access to higher education. Established in 2004, the OCDT began with a small but diverse group of high school, college and university students united under a common goal of passing the DREAM and Student Adjustment Acts.

May 9 Wednesday 6pm, San Juan Capistrano: South OC Democrats This Months meeting: features Mr. Christopher Townsend Chris is founder and President of Townsend Public Affairs Inc. With 30 years experience as a lobbyist, he is an expert at Finding funding, and plan development for communities To build Infrastructure, parks and recreation and Transportation.
Please join us for our Buffet Dinner, which includes Salads, Entré, side dishes, dessert and beverage,(tax and tip included). Dinner is served 6-7PM, Members $17 Dinner, nonmembers $20. Meeting only at 7 PM, Members $3, non members $5
RSVP'S are required for dinner OR Meeting only Reservations are due By Sunday May 6, 2012
RSVP to Kenton Cooper at: kenton805@cox.net
Meeting Location: San Juan Capistrano Community Center, 25925 Camino Del Avion, San Juan Capistrano 92675

new May 9 Wednesday 7pm, Garden Grove: LULAC Council Meeting http://lulac.org We are very pleased to inform you of our upcoming monthly council meeting. You are receiving this invitation as you are a member of our council and/or you have requested to be invited or want to learn more about how to help our Latino community. We hope to see you there. If you are planning to attend please RSVP or contact: Angelina Madrid: michinmadrid@gmail.com, (714) 876-7639
Coco's Bakery Restaurant - 12032 Harbor Blvd. Garden Grove, CA (Harbor Blvd/Chapman Ave.)

new May 9 Wednesday 7pm, Laguna Woods: Laguna Woods Democratic Club Clubhouse 3, Dining Room 2.
Special Guests: DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES -- Sukhee Kang for 45th Congressional District Steve Young for 37th State Senate District Robert Rush for 74th State Assembly District
Meeting includes club business, legislative action, a raffle and refreshments. Members free; Guests $2 at the door. Please bring nonperishable food for South County Outreach. Thanks

new May 9 Wednesday 7pm, Huntington Beach: OC Young Democrats Mixer Join OCYD at BeachFront 301 in Huntington Beach on Wednesday May 9th at 7:00 p.m for our May Mixer and Celebrate an outstanding OCYD member's birthday. Please note that this May meeting will not be held at our usual location or Date in order to prevent scheduling conflicts with events being held on our regularly scheduled date. Instead, join us at BeachFront 301 on the corner of Main and Olive Street.

May 9 Wednesday 7pm, Laguna Beach: Laguna Beach Democratic Club. will host Nathan Gonzales, speaking on Mr. Gonzales is the author of "Engaging Iran", as well as having extensive academic credentials on Iranian studies. The club meets at the Unitarian Fellowship, 429 Cypress, in North Laguna.
For more information contact Marion Pack, 949-922-3273, or marionpack1@gmail.com. lagunabeachdemocraticclub.com, Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/lbdcpage to find out about future events, our election headquarters, articles etc.

May 10 Thursday 5:30pm, Anaheim: Orange County Labor Federation 12th Annual Solidarity Leadership Awards Dinner Anaheim Convention Center, 800 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92802 Cocktails and Silent Auction at 5:30 PM and Dinner at 7:00 PM
To make reservations, please download reservation form by clicking here and mail to 309 N. Rampart St. Suite A, Orange, CA 92868 or call Joline Vela at (714) 385-1534. For ad specs please contact Priscilla Luviano at (714) 488-3860.

May 10 Thursday 5:45-9pm, Anaheim: OC Human Relations Awards at The City National Grove of Anaheim
Join us as OC Human Relations celebrates its 41st anniversary and recognizes and honors outstanding people for their exemplary contributions to human relations in Orange egov.ocgov.com/vgnfiles/ocgov/Human%20Relations/Docs/A41_SaveDate_01_10_12.pdf
Diverse Community Leaders Awards: Dr. Silas H. Abrego (Fullerton) Reverend Dr. Sarah Halverson (Costa Mesa) Las Palmas' Leadership Team (LPLT) The Honorable Judge Wendy S. Lindley (Santa Ana) Michael Penn (Santa Ana) Vicki Tamoush (Tustin) Venerable Dr. Thich Vien Ly (Westminster)
Contact Barbara Hunt for more information: 714-834-7181 or Barbara@OCHumanRelations.org

New May 10 Thursday 6-9pm, Fullerton: Fullerton Recall Election Candidates Forum. Fullerton Public Library, Main Library, 353 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, CA 92832, Osborne Auditorium
The LWVNOC is sponsoring a Candidates Forum for all the Candidates that are running for Fullerton City Council in the Recall election this June. Current city council members that are being recalled and potential candidates have been invited to participate. It is being held in the Fullerton Main Library, Osborne Auditorium. To see flyer, click here

new May 10 Thursday 7pm, Laguna Beach: screening of "American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?" a film about water issues. Neighborhood Congregational Church, 340 St Ann's Drive.

new May 11 Friday 5:30-9pm, Anaheim: The SOAR Center and MEChA de UCI Present: Free Film Screening of "Walkout" Conversation with Sal Castro, & Book Signing! Crystal Cove Auditorium - Student Center, UC Irvine
Tickets are free and are available for pick up at the Student Outreach and Retention (SOAR) Center (106 Gateway Commons) starting Tuesday, April 24, 2012 At the Student Outreach and Retention (SOAR) Center, 106 Gateway Commons Note: If you are off campus and would like to get on our guest list, please email us with your name, number of tickets, and your contact information at: salcastro.uci@gmail.com

May 11 Friday 6:45-9pm, Anaheim: Program for Progressives: Dr. Bill Honigman The Healthcare Movie Community networking begins at 6:45 p.m., featured program at 7:15 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., 92805.

May 11/12 Friday 7pm/Saturday 5pm & 7:30pm, Laguna Beach: Prop 8 play Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92627
The Laguna Playhouse is proud to announce three performances of "8," a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California;s Proposition 8. Written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black
The production is an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown), the case filed by AFER to overturn Proposition 8, which stripped gay and lesbian Californians of the fundamental freedom to marry.
When: 7:00pm May 11, 5:00 and 7:30pm May 12. Admission by Donation. To reserve seats call Donna at 949 497-2787 x 202 or email donna@lagunaplayhouse.com All proceeds Benefit the American Foundation For Equal Rights, the organizational sponsor of the federal lawsuit for marriage equality.

new May 12 (2^nd Saturday) 10am-noon, Irvine: OC Peace Coalition General Meeting
WHERE: The new Friends meeting house is at 2091 Business Center Dr, Suite 100, Irvine 92612 Exit at MacArthur off of 405 and go towards OC Airport Turn Left at MacArthur and go to Michelson Turn Left at Michelson and go to the very next street (?) Turn Left at that next street that starts with a "D" and go to Business Center Drive Turn Right on Business Center Drive and go about 1/4 mile 2091 is on Left Hand side Go around to the back side of the building to where the handicap parking is. Suite 100 is off of the inside courtyard, in the center of the office complex.
WHO: Anyone interested in educating, organizing and changing US foreign policies promoting illegal invasions and occupations, as well as stopping the militarization of the U.S. (High School Military Recruitment, the brutal treatment of undocumented workers, and the criminalization of youth, especially those of color). We do not support any specific party but do support anyone who is working for Peace and Justice. Breakfast and Coffee provided! Bring your ideas and enthusiasm! ocpeace.org

May 12 Saturday 11am-3pm, Orange: 4^th Annual Mother's Day Tardeada Featuring "Los Cuates", presented by Premier Women's Council #3151. Event pays special tribute to mothers and scholarship recipients. Enjoy delicious Mexican food and Ballet Fokllorico dancers; 50% of proceeds go towards scholarships. Presale tickets: Adults $30; LULAC members and students $25; children (2-12) $20. Mothers free with a paid adult ticket. Call 714/914-5272 for tickets, advertisements, and sponsorships or email ocmujer@sbcglobal for information. American Legion Post #132, 143 S. Lemon St., Orange CA 92866.

new May 12 Saturday 1-4pm, Fullerton: North OC Democratic Campaign Kickoff 215 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832 Questions? Please contact us at (714)835-5158 or info@ocdemocrats.org

May 12 Saturday 3:30pm, Santa Ana: Free University! Occupy Education! Show Me What Democracy Looks Like! CSUF Grand Central Art Center, 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Uniting And Educating 100% of the 99%
Be Educated! Having a working knowledge of the issues and their root causes is essential to effectively communicating the need for change and formulating practical solutions. Frustration alone is not enough to cause lasting change, it can only come from a place of relevant, collective literacy. Speakers and Discussion! Alan Emery, Professor of Sociology at California State University Fullerton "Successes and Failures of Democratic Movements in South Africa" Steve Jobbit, Professor of History at California State University Fullerton "Reviving the Left" Jules Rochielle, Guest Artist in Residence at Grand Central Art Center Recording YOUR ideas on "What is Democracy?" Come one, come all! Please invite everyone you can :)

new May 12 Saturday 4-6pm, Anaheim: Community Meeting Regarding Police Brutality The Alley of 117 E. Wakefield Ave. Anaheim, Ca. 92802
Program: ⇒ Part I Testimonials • Organized testimonial panel comprised of 4 + family members -35min • Open mic: people's testimony -20min ⇒ Part II Plan Of Action: • Break into small groups (4-5 ppl) for discussion about solutions to stop police brutality and demand accountability -35min • Report-back to larger group -10min • Decide order of priority -7min • Choose and develop and action plan for first action- 7min • Assign task committees -7min • Choose time/date/and place for next meeting or action. -5min Food/drinks ⇒ Will be provided

new May 12 Saturday 6-9pm, Irvine: Reclaim Democracy OC The Health Care Movie at The Irvine Ranch Water District Headquarters, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave.
Dr. Bill Honigman will be on hand to introduce the movie and field questions and lead the discussion afterwards. Bring a healthy snack to share, we will provide hot and cold drinks. Join us for an essential film and a lively discussion.
6:00 PM: Gathering, chatting and munching. 6:30 PM: The Health Care Movie 8:20 PM: Discussion: What is the current state of the health care debate? What improvements can we look forward to from the 2011 Health Care Reform Bill? Where do we go from here?

new May 12 Saturday 6:30pm, Anaheim: Candlelight Vigil..In Honor Of Mother's Day Walking from Haster & Katella to Disneyland!
We are having this vigil in honor of the mother's and families who have lost a loved one due to police brutality...Bring a candle and a picture of your loved one!!

May 13 Sunday 1-3pm, Orange: CODEPINK OC 7^th Annual Mother's Day Pro-Peace Vigil From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!" The original meaning of the very first Mother's Day in 1870 was pro-peace.
And so we will be holding our 7th annual "Mother's Day for Peace" vigil at the Traffic Circle, Old Towne Orange, at the intersection of Chapman Ave. & Glassell St. Let us all come together to show the people of Orange County the power of Mothers and others to end the war in Afghanistan! This event will be held in solidarity with many other Mother's Day rallies.
"We, the women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."
~ Julia Ward Howe, Mother's Day Proclamation, 1870

new May 13 Sunday 1:30pm, Irvine: Humanists of OC: Mother's Day Program - Mothers, Infants, and Kangaroo Care
Irvine Ranch Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine, CA 92618
Virginia Bernal, Lactation Consultant at UCI Medical Center, will give a special Mother's Day presentation: The Biology of Mothering; infant and maternal synchrony-- An evolutionary and developmental perspective of Mothering meetup.com/OCHumanists/events/56037442

May 14 Monday 6-9pm, Irvine: Occupy / Rebellious Truths Intertribal Pow-wow Let's meet at Band Shell 6 on Monday. Mason Park, 18712 University Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Sounds of Truth: a major July 14, 2012 music/activist event as well as ongoing collaboration between socio/political groups. http://SoundsOfTruth.org/ Space is limited. Coffee and a light selection of food at 6pm. Please RSVP for seat count.
Michael Maxsenti Rebellious Truths JB Wagoner

New May 14 Monday 6:30-8:30pm, Fullerton: Fullerton Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum Candidates for Don Bankhead's seat, will each present 3 five minute statements about economic development, housing and Coyote Hills, and reason for seeking office at 6:40 p.m. Those seeking the seat held by Dick Jones begin at 7:05, followed by candidates for Pat McKinley's seat at 7:35. At the conclusion of the forum candidates will be available to network with attendees. I hope to see you there!
Fullerton Public Library, 353 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, CA 92832

New May 15 Tuesday 1:30-3:30pm, Garden Grove: Orange County Immigration Coalition meeting at OCCORD 13252 Garden Grove Blvd., Suite 204 Garden Grove, CA 92843.

New May 15 (3^rd Tuesday) 5:30-7pm, Orange: Peace Vigil by MFSO and Code Pink the OC chapter of Military Families Speak Out have resumed monthly peace vigils at the Orange Circle, Glassell & Chapman
These vigils will be held on the 3rd Tuesdays of each month from 5:30-7:00 pm.

May 15 Tuesday 7:30pm, Irvine: Cousins Club of OC: "Palestine/Israel - Where Are We Now, Where Are We Headed, and What Can We Do? " Speaker: Sherna Berger Gluck
Has the train already left the station for a two-state solution in Palestine/Israel? What are the alternative scenarios, and what role can the International Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign play in protecting Palestinian human rights and pressuring Israel to comply with international law?
Sherna Berger Gluck, an emerita faculty member at California State University, Long Beach is the author of An American Feminist in Palestine: The [First] Intifada Years. She is the Southern California coordinator of the Israel Divestment Campaign (IDC).
We meet at the Irvine Ranch Water District Offices, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., between the 5 freeway and the 405. Exit at Sand Canyon and go to Waterworks Drive. Annual Cousin Club dues are $10. We would appreciate your support for 2012 if you have not already paid. cousinscluboc.org

May 16 Wednesday 11:30am-1:30pm, Rancho Santa Margarita: The Orange County Interfaith Coalition's 3^rd annual Faith Leader's luncheon will be held this year at the Sukyo Mahikari Center for Spiritual Development, 23151 Camino Altozano, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
Representatives from several local congregations will be speaking and sharing what they have done to green their grounds and/or facilities. If you know of any congregations who have made similar efforts and should be included in this, please let us know at ecofaith@ocice.org or call Margaret Henke at 714-731-6775. For more information, go to OCICE.org .

May 16 Wednesday 4pm, Irvine: Memorial for Dr. Lawrence Howard, UCI instructor and peace activist It is with a great deal of sadness that we write to tell you that following a recent illness, Dr. Lawrence Howard passed away at home on March 28, 2012.
In conjunction with his family and friends, a memorial service is planned for 4 p.m. on May 16, in the Social Science Lower Plaza. More information will be available through http://www.dsc.uci.edu. The Disability Services Center has established the Lawrence A. Howard Scholarship Fund. Those wishing to contribute to this fund may use the following link. http://www.uadv.uci.edu/DisabilityServicesScholarship Sincerely, Barbara Dosher, Dean, School of Social Sciences Jan Serrantino, Director, Disability Services Center

[Date change] May 16 ~~Thursday~~Wednesday 6-10pm, Santa Ana: OC Green Drinks The Road Less Traveled, a modern natural living & community education shop has very graciously offered to host May's OC Green Drinks at their Santa Ana location!
The Road Less Traveled sells local, handmade, sustainable and fair trade crafts. Visit their website to check out their blog and subscribe to their newsletter to learn more about this great community store! http://roadlesstraveledstore.com/
As usual, OC Green Drinks is a casual, agenda-free group open to anyone interested in all things "green." http://ocgreendrinks.org/ Like The Road Less Traveled on Facebook https://facebook.com/pages/Road-Less-Traveled-Store/138336725391 Follow The Road Less Traveled on Yelp http://yelp.com/biz/the-road-less-traveled-santa-ana

New May 16 Wednesday 7pm, Capo Beach: The Progressives of South Orange County will meet at Agostino's by the Sea Restorante Italiano in Capo Beach. Dinner and socializing 6-7, meeting in the banquet room at 7:15. This will be "Meet the Candidates" night for District 49. Speaking will be Dick Eiden (I) and Jerry Tetalman (D). Invited but not responding are Darrell Issa (R) and Albin Novinec (I). Please RSVP to SCNJ66@yahoo.com.

May 16 Wednesday 7pm, Laguna Woods: Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village - Professor Mark LeVine: The Arab Spring, Year 2 Note: Different time and place (due to speaker availability) No refreshments this month Click here for a flyer with complete information about this event.
Clubhouse 3, Dining Room 2,
E-mail: cclagunawoodsvillage@gmail.com Website: lagunawoodsvillage.com/section.cfm?id=493 (under Clubs and Club Webpages) Members free Visitors: $3 donation requested

new May 17 Thursday 4-5pm, San Juan Capistrano: OC's Right To Dream - National Day of Action Record high deportations, anti-immigrant laws, secure communities, and thousands of people still living in the shadows. That's all we have received from the Obama administration. Enough is enough. This May 17th Orange County DREAM Team will take its next action to South Orange County in San Juan Capistrano!
Join us!! Banner dropping: Ortega Highway in San Juan Capistrano from 8am - 10am Main St. and 5fwy in Santa Ana from 6am - 8am March and Rally: We're meeting on the corner of La Zanja and Camino Capistrano.
Declaration of Dreams •The Right to live our lives without fear •The Right to live with our families •The Right to live with our loved ones. •The Right to move freely •The Right to education •The Right to give back to our communities •The Right to build a strong sustainable economy •The Right to fulfill our Dreams

New May 19 Saturday 9am-1pm, Santa Ana: Precinct Walk at Orange County Employees Association 830 N. Ross St., Santa Ana, CA 92701
The Orange County Labor Federation and your union brothers and sisters invite you to walk precincts in the 69th Assembly District. Lunch will be provided. Please R.S.V.P. with Joline Vela at (714) 385-1534.

May 19-20 Saturday noon-Sunday 5pm, Irvine: OC Freethought Alliance conference at University of California in Irvine freethoughtalliance.org

NEW May 19 Saturday 2pm, Garden Grove: OC Move To Amend At John's house, 9472 Central Ave, Garden Grove, 92844

new May 19 Saturday 3pm, Anaheim: Israeli activist Miko Peled at UU Church in Anaheim, 511 S Harbor Blvd.
His new book, "The General's Son," will be available for sale. He is a strong Zionist who believes that the "separation wall" must come down, and that Jews and Palestinians should live as equals in a "shared homeland" and "secular democracy." Come and join in the discussion following Mr. Peled's presentation. Refreshments will be provided, commencing at 2:45 p.m.. Admission is free, but a donation will be requested. This event is co-sponsored by our local chapter of UUJME (UUs for Justice in the Middle East), Orange County Friends of Sabeel (a Christian peace group) and the Cousins Club of Orange County, a Middle East peace group. For further information, see Ruth Shapin or call her at (714) 567-0188.

May 19 Saturday 3-5pm, Santa Ana: Democratic Party of OC Elected Official and Candidate Reception Original Mike's Restaurant, 100 South Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701
The DPOC is hosting a special reception to honor our democratic mayors and candidates for 2012. Come speak with our elected officials and hear about the accomplishments they've achieved while in office. Purchase your tickets online at: secure.actblue.com/page/DPOCreception If you have questions or would like to RSVP, please contact Nick Anas at info@ocdemocrats.org or (714) 835-5158.

new May 19 Saturday 5-10pm, Tustin: Happiness & Peace Neighborhood Event & "La Paz" Peace Coffee Launch Party Happiness and Peace go hand and hand. When both are achieved as a community we can flourish! On Saturday, May 19th, 2012 the non-profit organization I Am Jerusalem will be holding the Happiness and Peace neighborhood event at Plaza LaFayette in Tustin, CA. I Am Jerusalem is collaborating with local businesses to bring the first Happiness and Peace event to Tustin. Please come join I Am Jerusalem, the lost bean organic coffee and tea, Enerji Fitness, lululemon athletica south coast plaza, and Christakis Greek Cuisine for an evening like no other. We want to show how our community can come together to spread positivity and display our genuine support and respect for one another by inviting all to come for an evening of Happiness and Peace! There will be a happy hour and dinner from 5:00-6:30 pm at Christakis Greek Cuisine restaurant. The La Paz/Peace Coffee Launch will be from 6:30-8:00 pm at the lost bean organic coffee and tea. A showing of The Happy Movie will be from 8:00-10:00 pm at Enerji Fitness, provided by lululemon athletica south coast plaza. All at Plaza LaFayette, 13041 Newport Ave., Tustin, CA. 92780

New May 19 Saturday 5:15-10:30pm, Orange: Movie Screening/House Party - WAR MADE EASY sponsored by Friends of D'Marie
WAR MADE EASY exposes how presidential administrations of both parties have relied on a combination of deception and media complicity to sell one war after another to the American people. Narrated by actor Sean Penn and based on the acclaimed book by Norman Solomon, the film exhumes five decades of remarkable archival footage to reveal in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated, and glamorized the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations. Move Trailer: http://youtu.be/595GNVxLKFY
RSVP to receive location of private residence located in Orange, CA 92869 COST: No Charge - Donations to Friends of D'Marie Mulattieri are sincerely encouraged Questions or Additional Information: call 949.429.9877 or email electdmarie@yahoo.com

new May 20 Sunday 9:30-10:30am, Orange: Catholic Worker at Saint Matthews Ecumenical Catholic Church Jeff Dietrich is an activist and writer who has lived and serves on Los Angeles's skid row as a member of the Catholic Worker community for forty years. He has dedicated his life and writing to the plight of the poor and homeless, and to challenging the systems that help perpetuate poverty and injustice. He will discuss his book, Broken and Shared: Food, Dignity, and the Poor on Los Angeles' Skid Row at St. Matthews, which is located at 1111 W. Town and Country Rd. Orange, 92868 (one block east of Santa Ana's Westfield Main Place Mall). More info:www.saint-matthew.org; 714-647-1784; tiritilligreen@sbcglobal.net.

NEW May 20 Sunday 7:30-9pm, Garden Grove: CA DISCLOSE Act Kickoff in Santa Ana! Planning Mtg CLICK here yesfairelections.org/contacts/civicrm/event/info?id=424to RSVP and view more details plus an online map If you can't make the meeting, please call to volunteer at 714-473-2798.

New May 21 Monday 7pm, Mission Viejo: Canyon Democrats Club - Julie Korinke will be speaking on the importance of Planned Parenthood
Norman Murray Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo. Visit: canyondemocrats.org and Like: www.facebook.com/CanyonDemocrats

May 21 (~~4^th~~ Monday) 7pm, Orange: OC Democratic Central Committee Meeting will be on May 21st, as the fourth Monday in May is Memorial Day. The meeting will be held at 7 pm at the Carpenter's Hall The address is: 1916 West Chapman Avenue in Orange, CA 92868
We will be having a guest speaker from the building trades, filling vacancies in the 56th AD and hearing from the 2013 Central Committee candidates The Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC) Central Committee is the governing body of the County Democratic Party as defined in the California Government Code and Elections Code. It is comprised of local Democrats elected by voters in each Assembly District, as well as partisan-level Democratic elected officials and nominees This group conducts the County Party's general business, approves its budget, coordinates Democratic campaign activity, and endorses candidates for local offices.

May 21 Monday 7-9pm, Anaheim: Immigration as a Moral Issue Who Benefits from a Broken System
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92805

New May 22 (4^th Tuesday) 7-9pm, Westminster: OC Peace Coalition general meeting ocpeace.org
WHERE: Spires Restaurant, 13030 Goldenwest, Westminster
WHO: All interested people are invited, especially anyone who might represent one of our member organizations. We're likely to be planning for tabling, future actions, or whatever business people want to bring up (excluding any specific support of candidates or political parties). Please bring your ideas, and be ready to step up and participate.

May 23 Wednesday 11am, Irvine: Women For: Orange County "The Not-So-Golden Orange: Homelessness in Orange County" Karen McGlinn Executive Director of Share Our Selves (SOS) Leia Smith Orange County Catholic Worker
@ Irvine Ranch Water District Duck Club, 5 Riparian View, Irvine womenfororangecounty.org
Do you think homelessness is something that only happens in other places? More than 35,000 people were homeless in Orange County each year according to 2006 estimates and there are even more now. Come to our meeting to find out about who the homeless are, what is being done to support them and what we can all do to help. See on-line flyer here: http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n590/jmgoodman1/Women_For_OC/2012Mayflyerreducedresolution.png
Free and open to the public. Men are cordially invited. Women For: is a volunteer, non-partisan, feminist organization dedicated to advancing Human & Civil Rights, Peace, Social Justice, Education, Health Care and the Environment. For recorded information: 714 590 7804 womenforoc@aol.com http://www.womenfororangecounty.org

NEW May 23 Wednesday 5:30pm, Corona Del Mar: Cocktail Reception & Dinner with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi At the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, 1601 Bayside Drive
To RSVP or for additional information please contact Vanessa Ide at (202) 485-3432 or at ide@dccc.org or visit our website at www.dccc.org/Myers

New May 23 Wednesday 7pm, Fountain Valley: Democratic Club of West OC: Toni J. Sullivan on the Affordable Care Act We are honored to welcome our featured speaker, Toni J. Sullivan, PhD in nursing education. She will focus her presentation on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Dr. Sullivan started numerous academic nursing programs and spent many years teaching, earning awards for her work. Dr. Sullivan's books include Collaboration: A Health Care Imperative. Doors open at 6:30 PM for socializing, the meeting begins at 7:00 PM. The location is Green Valley Adult Clubhouse, 17250 Los Jardines West, Fountain Valley (south of Mile Square Park). DemClubofWestOC.org

New May 24 Thursday 7-8:30am, Cypress: OC-RAP leafletting The Orange County Recruitment Awareness Project (OC-Rap) Needs Volunteers!!! Cypress HS, 9801 Valley View Ave. Cypress, CA 90630 We'll be leafletting "Do You Know Enough To Enlist?" If you can spare an early 90 minutes, please contact: Betsy Martin BMartin125@comline.com or Al White 949-492-0571

NEW May 24 Thursday 5:30pm, Newport Beach: Newport Beach Women's Democratic Club newportbeachwomensdemocraticclub.com
Please join us for our Thursday, May 24th meeting at Brenda McCroskey's home. Our Speaker will be traeining us on Voter Outreach starting at 6 PM. As always, bring food and drink for 2-4 and we will have plenty. Please RSVP to this Evite so Brenda can plan for us. See you there, Suzanne

NEW May 25 Friday dusk (~7:45pm), Irvine: Food for Thought Film Series - Urban Roots @ OC Great Park Back 40 Lawn opens at 6:30pm and films begin at dusk. Bring a picnic or enjoy tasty bites from gourmet food trucks. Please dress for cool weather.
Urban Roots follows the emergence of urban farming in Detroit. The film shows dedicated Detroiters working tirelessly to fulfill their vision for locally-grown, sustainably-farmed food, setting an example for community engagement as a solution to the problems posed by a collapsing local industry. Following the inspiring stories of several agricultural programs, Urban Roots shows that the people tilling the soil and picking the harvest have fantastic stories to tell. ocgp.org/2012/04/food-for-thought-film-series

May 25-28 Friday-Monday, Garden Grove: OC Democratic Party Voter Registration Booth at Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. Join fellow Democrats registering new Democratic Voters. To volunteer to help, contact Kevin Carr at kevin@internetusers.com.

NEW May 26 Saturday noon-3pm, Irvine: MoveOn: Organizational Meeting Heritage Park, 14301 Yale Ave.
There will be a pot luck lunch from until 1:00 PM followed by a meeting that We promise you will be brief. pol.moveon.org/event/meeting/130157

May 26 Saturday noon-9pm, Santa Ana: Harvey Milk: Celebrating His Legacy Plaza Promenade Santa Ana 307 North Spurgeon St. (outside of Yost Theater)
Music, singers, prizes, face-painting, surprises, drag show, speakers and more... For Sponsorship information call Archer @714 225 0396 or Minerva Figueroa @949 400 8123.

May 27 Sunday 9:30am-2pm, Irvine: Working Smarter for the Animals Join Animal Protection and Rescue League for an exciting and informative day of networking, learning your rights and discussing how we can work smarter for the animals. Minimum Attendance is 20 MUST RSVP by May 24, 2012 to: Brenda Calvillo brenda@aprl.org Featured speaker: Dave Simon 9:30-10:00 Registration Light Continental Breakfast 10:30 - 1:00 Workshops - Puppy Mill - Vegan Outreach - Fur Campaign - Exotic Animal 1:00 - 2:00 Networking
IRWD - Duck Club, 5 Riparian View, Irvine, CA

new May 29 Tuesday 12:15-1:15pm, Irvine: Erwin Chemerinsky: "The Supreme Court's Momentous Year" University Synagogue, 3400 Michelson Dr. Free. Bring your own dairy lunch, if you wish. RSVPs are required to Arie Katz at akatz@occsp.org
Dean Chemerinsky will discuss the big cases currently under review by the Supreme Court, including: (1)Health Care and the Affordable Care Act Cases: Does the Constitution's Commerce Clause give Congress the power to mandate health insurance for all? Can the individual mandate be severed? In March 2012, the Supreme Court spent 3 days considering these and other questions related to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. How will their decision affect the election?; (2) Arizona v. United States: On April 25, 2012, the Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of Arizona's law which gives state and local police the right to enforce draconian measures to control illegal immigration. This law sets up a classic clash between the federal government, which traditionally is charged with protecting the nation's borders, and the state of Arizona's right to police its own borders; (3) Fisher v. University of Texas: Is this the end of affirmative action? Does the University of Texas's use of race in admission decisions violate the Equal Protection Clause? Can race still be used as one of many factors in the admissions process in order to further the goal of campus diversity? (4) FCC v. Fox Television: Can the federal government (FCC) punish fleeting nudity and expletives over broadcast radio and TV but have a separate rule for cable?; (5) U.S. v. Jones: Can the police place a GPS on your car without getting a warrant first? The Supreme Court decided 9-0 that this was a violation of defendant's 4th Amendment rights.
Erwin Chemerinsky is the founding Dean and distinguished Professor of Law at UCI's School of Law, with a joint appointment in Political Science. He previously taught at Duke Law School, USC's School of Law, UCLA's School of Law and DePaul University College of Law. His areas of expertise are constitutional law, federal practice, civil rights and civil liberties and appellate litigation. He is the author of 7 books, most recently, The Conservative Assault on the Constitution and nearly 200 articles in top law reviews. He frequently argues cases before the nation's highest courts and also serves as a commentator on legal issues for national and local media. Chemerinsky holds a law degree from Harvard Law School and a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University.

Jun 1 (1^st Friday) 7-9pm, Orange: Moving Pictures: Friday Night Film Series "Soldiers of Conscience" soldiers-themovie.com
A dramatic window on the dilemma of individual U.S. soldiers in the Iraq War - when their finger is on the trigger and another human being is in their gun-sight. Made with cooperation from the U.S. Army and narrated by Peter Coyote, the film profiles eight American soldiers, including four who decide not to kill, and four who believe in their duty to kill if necessary. The film reveals all of them wrestling with the morality of killing in war as soldiers experience it - a split-second decision in combat that can never be forgotten or undone. This film tells a story about human nature and war. As this film shows, every soldier is inescapably a "soldier of conscience."
Event is Free of Charge St. Joseph Center, Mother Louis Room, 480 South Batavia St, Orange 92868. http://www.sistersofstjosephorange.org/OUR_MINISTRIES/justice/film-series.php 6:30-7:00 P.M.: Gathering & Refreshments 7:00-9:00 P.M.: Film & Discussion RSVP: (714) 633-8121 Ext. 7716 Justice@csjorange.org

Jun 2 Saturday 1:30pm, Irvine: Americans United for Separation of Church and State with guest speaker Dr. Stephen Jamison, California Coordinator of Compassionate Choices on "Preserving Choice From Attack At The Beginning and End of Life: The War Against Death and Sex." Steve will discuss the strategic attack by right wing and religious groups on patients' rights at the end of life and women's rights for reproductive freedom. Using the history of reproductive and end-of-life rights as our start, he will describe the similarities in the war against choice, and the efforts by Compassion & Choices to legislate, to bring cases to the courts, to educate, and to create a legal alternative for the dying. Irvine Ranch Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Avenue. Doors open 1:00 PM. au-oc.org; email: OrangeCountyAU@yahoo.com or call 714-299-4551.

Jun 4 Monday 7-9pm, Anaheim: Immigration as a Moral Issue Seeking Solutions
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92805

New Jun 5 Tuesday 6pm, Costa Mesa: First required public hearing on the proposed November charter 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, 92626
The City of Costa Mesa has set June 5 as the date for the first required public hearing to consider a proposed City Charter, or local constitution, for the November ballot. The public hearing will be part of the regular City Council meeting scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., and will be heard at 7 p.m. or soon thereafter. cm4rg.org

New Jun 6 Wednesday 7pm, Costa Mesa: Democracy for America-OC with Special Guest, Kevin Drum of Mother Jones. If you haven't read Kevin Drum's blog on Mother Jones, we're sure you will make it a regular once you check it out at motherjones.com/kevin-drum. We will also be celebrating our ninth anniversary and analyzing the results of the June 5 primary election. Social time at 6:15pm; meeting starts at 7:15. We meet on the protected patio. No admission fee; food and beverage available to order. Location: Karl Strauss Brewery, 901 South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa, 92626. Contact Susan Kopicki at sckopicki@gmail.com.

Jun 7 Thursday 9am-4pm, Orange: Grassroots Social Justice - Annual Gathering Pre-Event @ Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange
When we think about peace and justice, we tend to focus on national and international issues, but many important struggles for social justice take place locally, in our own communities, where our direct involvement can have an immediate impact. For the Pre-Event to this year's Annual Gathering, we will visit three grassroots groups working for social justice at the local level in Orange County, California, experience social justice work from the perspectives that they bring, and engage in dialogue about similar efforts in our own congregations and communities Be sure to include this event in your agenda as you register for Annual Gathering. Details about this event can be found here: http://www.scncucc.org/ThursdayPreEvent.htm Details about Annual Gathering can be found here: http://www.scncucc.org/AnnualGathering.htm

New Jun 7 Thursday 6-9pm, Fullerton: The Democrats of North Orange County (DNOC) meeting will be hosting Mr. Barry Ross, MBA, MPH, Vice President, Healthy Communities, St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton CA. Mr. Ross will be discussing The Affordable Care Act. DNOC meets at the: Sizzler Restaurant, 1401 North Harbor Boulevard, Fullerton; Dinner at 6, Meeting begins at 7. Contact: Pete Anderson, petedem04@gmail.com

Jun 9 Saturday noon-3:30pm, Orange: Flag Day Celebration "Honoring Our Heroes" @ Teamsters Local 952, 140 S. Marks Way, Orange, CA.
Join with 72^nd Assembly Democratic Alliance to celebrate Flag Day. Enjoy hot dogs, apple pie (YUM!), lots of patriotic speeches, awards for public service and US Flag ceremony performed by high school ROTC, flag retirement at the end of the ceremony performed by a corps of Buffalo Soldiers. Contact Ray Roberts: raymond.roberts@verizon.net.

Jun 9 Saturday 5-8pm, Santa Ana: New Leaders Council OC: Lifting the Orange Curtain an evening celebration filled with friends, colleagues, and progressive community members from across Orange County. The event will be held at the historic home of Santa Ana Councilmember Vincent F. Sarmiento and his wife Eva, featuring live music, a silent auction, and a special guest speaker. Cash bar and heavy hors d'oeuvres provided.
Purchase Tickets (http://bit.ly/orangecurtain )
1617 E. 4th Street Santa Ana, CA 92701
$25.00 Online Pre-sale $35.00 at the door (cash & checks only)

new Jun 13 Wednesday 6:30pm, Laguna Beach: Laguna Beach Democratic Club Annual Picnic Please come join us for this social filled with fun, talk and BBQ for our annual Democratic Club Picnic at Heisler Park. Last year's was a hit and had a great showing.

new Jun 16 Saturday 2-4pm, Santa Ana: Disclose Act Campaign Kickoff Delhi Center, 505 East Central Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92707 caclean.org

new Jun 17 Sunday 2pm, Anaheim: Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the national peace group, CODEPINK, and the human rights organization, Global Exchange, will speak about her new book, "Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control". The book will be available for sale. Refreshments will be provided. Admission is free, but a freewill offering will be requested. This event is sponsored by the UUCA Social Justice Committee and several local peace organizations.
UU Church in Anaheim, 511 S Harbor Blvd.

new Jun 18-Jul 6 Mon-Fri 9am-2pm, Santa Ana: Ecology Day Camp on the Santa Ana-Orange border Béa Tiritilli, a Santa Ana mom and credentialed biology teacher, is offering a limited number of full and partial scholarships this summer at the Ecology Day Camp on the Orange-Santa Ana border. Students in this camp will learn the fundamentals of environmental science as they explore habitat of the Santiago Park Nature Reserve. Topics covered will include: introduction to the local native ecosystem; basic scientific and ecological principles; examination of microscopic organisms in the park and its creek; conservation importance (energy, water, resources); and reasons and ways to avoid pollution while protecting the environment.
Camp sessions run 9 a.m-2p.m, Mon.-Fri. beginning June 18. For more info: 714-292-2899; info@eco-es.com; or www.eco-es.com.

Jun 23 Saturday 9am-4pm, Santa Ana: Free Legal Clinic Legal Advice on Immigration and Labor, organized by non-profit organizations and labor unions. The event will offer free legal information to the community in legal cases of labor and immigration. Attorneys have offered their time to answer questions with you one-on-one. Plus, event will offer information sessions on E-Verify, Secure Communities, Civic Participation and the Citizenship Process. Note: Legal advice requires an appointment; call 714/270-2952.
OCEA, 830 North Ross Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701.

Jun 23 Saturday 4-11pm, Silverado: 8th Annual TreeHuggr's Ball & Green Expo at Santiago Event Center
Where the So Cal sustainability crowd, canyon hillbillies and OC hippies collide to have a ball under the Oaks and Sycamores of Silverado Canyon! Environmental Expo, Art Show, Silent Auction, Sustainability Guest Speakers, Great Food, Live Folk, Bluegrass & Blues Music & Dancing with Nicole Vaughn, Nick-I Hernandez and Cubensis!! Last year's ball was visited by Hollywood actress Daryl Hannah! Tickets available soon via Paypal and Eventbright or from our website http://www.canyonland.org/. See you at the ball! Proceeds from this event benefit current canyon issues such as: "Save Our Sil-Mod Plan" & Arroyo Toad Critical Habitat in Silverado Creek.

Daily, 7pm, Santa Ana: Occupy Orange County (Santa Ana) Full Schedule for S.A. G.A's: Civic Center Wednesdays at 7:30, Saturdays at 3 (small think tank), and our Primary (main) GA is Friday night at 7:30 at 7:00PM at Santa Ana's Walk of Honor ~~at the corner of Broadway and Civic Center Dr.~~ Santa Ana Civic Center, Ross St. side, come get involved. occupyorangecounty.com

Daily, 7pm, Huntington Beach: Occupy Orange County (Huntington Beach) General Assembly Beach and PCH, Huntington Beach occupy-oc.org

Mondays, 7:30am, Laguna Hills: Neighborhood Democratic Discussion Group at Starbucks Coffee, 25630 Alicia Parkway, across from Laguna Hills High School.

Mondays, 6pm, Irvine: Worker-Student Alliance (WSA) UC Irvine, in SSL 105. wsauci.blogspot.com

(2^nd Monday), 4:30-6pm, Laguna Woods: JOIN US FOR PEACE! Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village's Steering Committee voted to restart the People for Peace ad hoc committee. Monthly demonstrations for peace will take place on the Second Monday of every month, 4:30 to 6 PM at the corner of El Toro & Valencia. Please call or email Margaret Pearlman margaretpearlma@yahoo.com for more information

Tuesdays, 4-5pm, Tustin: Stand in Peace Tustin Common Ground (embracehumanity.com) is a spiritual community in the City of Tustin. Each Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 5 PM, several members come together at the intersection of Prospect Ave and Irvine Blvd (northwest corner) to hold signs that read "Imagine Peace". Carol Marshall 714-961-5439 camarshall7@sbcglobal.net meetup.com/common-ground-spiritual-center/calendar/vvbknypcbhc

(3^rd Tuesday), 5:30-7 pm, Orange: Bring our troops home protest, sponsored by MFSO at the Traffic Circle in Old Towne Orange. Bring an anti-war sign and wear pink or black!

[Canceled] (2^nd & 4^th Tuesdays) 6:30 PM, Fullerton: Drinking Liberally (drinkingliberally.org) Drinking Liberally meets at Table Ten in Fullerton, 124 W. Commonwealth Ave. in the SoCo District (Harbor/Commonwealth). We begin around 6:30pm. Our location is just one block from the Fullerton Transportation Center so you can take the bus or the train. We are on the patio in warm weather or front bar in cold weather. $6.00 burgers every Tuesday and a few specials just for us. It is time to rouse the North! Contact: orangecounty@drinkingliberally.org or (714) 955-7765

Tuesdays, 7pm, Santa Ana: Junta de Voluntarios/Volunteer Meeting El Centro Cultural de México, 313 N. Birch Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701 el-centro.org

[time change] Tuesdays, 5-6 PM, Irvine: UC Irvine Young Democrats meeting, SSL 105 ucirvinedemocrats.webs.com

(3^nd Tuesday), 5:30-7 pm, Orange: Peace Vigil, sponsored by MFSO & Code Pink at the Traffic Circle in Old Towne Orange.
Dear OC Code Pink Activists & Supporters,
I am happy to report that our friends from the OC chapter of Military Families Speak Out have resumed monthly peace vigils at the Circle!
These vigils will be held on the 3rd Tuesdays of each month from 5:30-7:00 pm.
And so I urge you to come out this Tuesday Nov. 15th for MFSO's very first vigil in support of these patriots as they have supported us for the past 7 years. They have even graciously offered to share this vigil with us as joint event for peace!
In peaceful solidarity, Kathy (Code Pink OC)

Tuesdays, 7pm, Irvine: Irvine Queers. 106 Gateway Commons Irvine, CA 92697 UCI Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center located between Gateway Commons and the Cross-Cultural Center. spirit.dos.uci.edu/irvineq

Wednesdays, 7:30 am, Anaheim: Los Amigos of Orange County, a progressive networking group, meets at Jagerhaus Restaurant, 2525 East Ball Road.. Contact: guevarasart@yahoo.com or (949) 636-2750 losamigosoc.com

(3^rd Wednesdays), 7:30 am, Orange: CARA Action Team, @ Teamster Local #952, 140 S. Marks Way, Orange Karen Connor, 626-915-4044

[Suspended] Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30pm, Laguna Hills Women in Black of Laguna Woods The local chapter of Women in Black has suspended their vigil, Check 588-9367 for more info. Local email wiblagunawoods@yahoo.com; International website: Womeninblack.org . Local call: 949-588-9367

[Rescheduled] ~~(2^nd Wednesday)~~, 5:30-7 pm, Orange: Peace Vigil sponsored by OC Code Pink (codepinkoc.org) Moved to 3^rd Tuesday

(Last Wednesday), 5-6:30pm, Seal Beach: [Temorarily Suspended] SENIOR PATRIOTS FOR PEACE INVITES YOU TO JOIN A DEMONSTRATION FOR PEACE THE LAST WEDNESDAY ~~OF EACH MONTH~~ FROM 5 TO 6:30PM IN FRONT OF THE LARGE WORLD GLOBE LEISURE WORLD, SEAL BEACH Seal Beach Blvd. at Golden Rain Rd. Between 405 Freeway and Westminster Parking in local shopping center, corner Seal Beach Blvd. & Westminster SIGNS AND BANNERS PROVIDED Call 562-430-7509 or 562-430-1047 for information

[Canceled] (2^nd Wednesdays), 6:30pm, San Clemente: Drinking Liberally (drinkingliberally.org). meets at Sunsets Bar & Grill in Capistrano Beach, 34700 Pacific Coast Hwy. Contact: SCDrinkingLiberally@gmail.com or (949) 682-5291.

Odd Wednesdays (starting week 1), 7pm, Irvine: Transgender Alliance Group To Educate And Motivate (TAG TEAM) This will be an open space for allies and members of the transgender, gender variant, and gender non-conforming community to spread awareness and create an open space to plan actions for change on our campus. If you are interested, please join us Location: LGBTRC (Student Center South G302) If you would like more information, feel free to contact Sophie Punkar spunkar@uci.edu\ Amanda Woo awoo@uci.edu

(2^nd Wednesday), 7 pm, Huntington Beach: 72nd Assembly Democratic Alliance meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm (door is open at 6:30pm), at International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) District Lodge 725, 5402 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. Next meeting is February 8, 2012. For information, scheduled guest speaker, and map www.72ndada.com.

(2^nd Wednesdays), 7-10pm, Santa Ana: CopWatch Santa Ana General Meeting/Community Forum SEIU Offices, 1200 N. Main St., Suite 900, Santa Ana, CA
You are invited to come participate in direct-action based barrio organizing against the police state. Every 2nd wed. of the month at 7pm. Professional childcare will be provided. Agents of the state including the Santa Ana Police Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are NOT welcomed.

New Thursdays, 7:30-10:30 am, Santa Ana: Los Amigos de Santa Ana, a progressive networking group, meets at Mariscos Zamora Restaurant 3701 W. McFadden Ave, #H, Santa Ana, 92704, (714)650-9287

(1^st & 3^rd Thursdays), 6:30-8:30 PM, Irvine: pints and politics are suspended momentarily while we look for a new location. destiny@club48democrats.com

(1^st Thursdays), 6-9PM, Fullerton: Democrats of North Orange County (DNOC), Sizzler Restaurant, 1401 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, Dinner at 6, Meeting begins at 7. Contact: Pete Anderson, President petedem04@gmail.com

(1^st Thursdays) 7-9 PM, Whittier: Whittier Area Peace & Justice Coalition Movie Night
St. Matthias Episcopal Church - Chase Room, 7056 Washington Avenue, Whittier, CA 90602
1st Thurs-Movie night; 2nd Thurs-Steering Committee; 3rd Thurs "Teach in" meeting - Peace and Justice Work whittierpeace.org

Suspended (3^rd Thursdays), 7pm, Progressive Network Conference Call Third Thursday, every month 7 PM. To listen in to announcements , plans, and requests for help from other progressive in Orange County, call 949-954-3015 and enter 57169 when prompted for a pin number. These calls are open to the public, so you can also participate by registering with Calliflower.com and searching for the Progressive Network OC Monthly Call. To present information about your event, organization, or issue, you must be a registered user at Calliflower.com. For more information email lindamay@ocequality.com

4th Thursdays 6:30pm - if you wish to speak, please arrive by 6:15 to fill out a speaker's form, Irvine: Green Ribbon Committee meeting 1 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine

Thursdays 8-11 PM, Costa Mesa: Drag Show Fun Raiser Potatoe Skins & Platform Shoes - Party with a Purpose
Durty Nelly's Irish Pub 2915 Red Hill Ave Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Every Thursday, starting August 27th, "Durty Nelly's" is hosting a fundraiser for various charities in Orange County. Admittance is $10 which includes the show. Come enjoy yourself and support our Community! Durty Nelly's Irish Pub 2915 Redhill Ave. Costa Mesa

Thursdays 8:30 PM, Santa Ana: Drinking Liberally (drinkingliberally.org) a no-agenda social club for local progressives, meets at Memphis Bar at 201N Broadway in the Artists Village Contact: orangecounty@drinkingliberally.org or (714) 955-7765

(2^nd Thursdays) 7-9PM, Santa Ana: Orange County Young Democrats Meeting
Bistro 400 400 W. 4th Street Santa Ana, CA 92701 OCYD.net

Thursdays 7 PM, Rancho Santa Margarita: Drinking Liberally (drinkingliberally.org), a no-agenda social club for local progressives, meets at Canyon Fireside Grille 22312 El Paseo Rancho Santa Margarita California 92688 Contact: rsm@drinkingliberally.org.

Fridays 7:30am, Huntington Beach: Informal "Blue HB" Coffeeklatch at Natale's Cafe, 7251 Warner, between Gothard & Goldenwest. Contact: Vern Nelson 724-235-VERN

[Location Change]Fridays 8 am, San Juan Capistrano: Informal discussion of local issues at Playhouse San Juan

(2^nd Friday) 6:30pm, Anaheim: Potluck for Progressives. Sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92805. www.uuchurchoc.org

Fridays 7:30-9pm, Santa Ana: Did you know that a new Transgender Support Group is forming at Church of the Foothills? The group will be meeting on the third Friday of the Month, from 7:30-9:00 PM in the Sr. High Room. Called "TG Rainbow", this all inclusive transgender support group will be holding their first meeting will be Friday, July 16. For more information about the group go to www.mach25media.com/tgr.html or contact Michelle Evans at mach25@sbcglobal.net or 949-770-0702.

(3^rd Friday) 7-8pm Fullerton: OC NORML normally meets on the third Friday of the month at Giovanni's Pizza, 922 W Williams in Fullerton ocnorml.org

(1^st & 3^rd Fridays) 5-6pm Costa Mesa: Women In Black Harbor and Newport, Costa Mesa, CA Women in Black is a world wide peace group. We protest silently, wearing all black and holding signs.

Fridays 5pm Costa Mesa: Street corner protest against Colonial Occupation from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti at the corner of Bristol and Anton across from the South Coast Plaza Contact: Chuck Anderson, quetzalcoatl38@aol.com, (714) 956-5037

Fridays 5:30pm, Santa Ana: Orange County DREAM Team Coalition Meeting (istillhaveadream.org) Centro Cultural de Méexico 313 N. Birch Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Santa Ana, CA 92701 Contact: Minerva S. Gómez (714) 376-8065

(1^st Fridays) 7:30pm, Newport Beach: Orange County Nation Group meets on the First Friday of every month at 7:30pm at the home of a member for two hours of discussion of current political or social topics. Often there is a guest speaker. We limit speakers to 20 minutes because we want to have an extended question and answer session and expound our own opinions. Contact: Allan Beek 949.645.1419 abeek@flash.net

(2^nd Friday of the month) 6:45pm, Anaheim: Program for Progressives. Networking from 6:45pm to 7:15pm. Program begins at 7:15pm. Sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92805. Please check our website, uuanaheim.org, for program details.

(Last Friday of the month) 7pm, Anaheim - UUCA Interweave, a gay/straight alliance which supports and addresses the needs and concerns of LGBT people, welcomes you to a potluck dinner and meeting held on the last Friday of the month at 7pm. UUCA Interweave is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92805. For more information please visit the church website at www.uuchurchoc.org, email uucainterweave@gmail.com, or follow us on Facebook.

Saturdays, 9-11am, Irvine: Weekly Democratic Kaffee-Klatch Come and discuss the political topics of the day! University Center (across from UCI), under the trees across from Whale of a Tale Book Store 4199 Campus Dr Contact: Sharon Toji 9499296512 htoji@cox.net

Saturdays, 9am-2pm, Irvine: OC Green Market Orange County's First Eco-friendly Open Air Market! is located on the beautiful Irvine Valley College Campus, 5500 Irvine Center Dr. and is open every Saturday from 9am - 2pm - rain or shine. Admission is free. IVC policy requires that every parked car has a valid single use parking permit. A single use parking permit costs $2 per day. Cars not displaying a valid permit will receive a citation beginning at $20. Permit dispensers are located near parking lots #3 & #5. Signs will be posted. For questions, comments or more information please email info@ocgreenmarket.com or call 714 717 4424. ocgreenmarket.com

Saturdays, 9:30-11:30am, Orange: Connecting Communication Event the LGBT Center in Orange County will host a Connecting Communication/Nonviolent Communication Practice Group
1605 N. Spurgeon St. Santa Ana, CA 92701 Please email David Esch to sign up davidbrianesch@gmail.com thecenteroc.org Peace and Equality will not happen without connection--learn why and how.

[Moved] ~~1^st Saturday, 11am-12:30am~~, Laguna Woods: People for Peace demonstrations have moved to the 2nd Monday 4:30-6pm Please call or email Margaret Pearlman margaretpearlma@yahoo.com for more information

Saturdays, 11am-1pm, Laguna Beach: Laguna Beach Peace Vigil We meet every Saturday at Main Beach (PCH and Ocean Ave). Join the longest running peace vigil in the US. More info at https://www.facebook.com/LagunaBeachPeaceVigil

Canceled ~~Saturdays, noon-2pm, Brea: Brea Anti-war gathering at the intersection of Brea Blvd. and Imperial Highway Contact Marcus Gourley runningdeeractivist@yahoo.com~~

[Moved] (Last Saturday), 11am-12:30pm, Seal Beach: SENIOR PATRIOTS AGAINST THE WAR Demonstration moved to Last Wednesday

Sundays, 9:45-10:45am, Anaheim: Adult Forum. All adults are welcome to join a group discussion on topics of social &/or political interest, co-facilitated by Ruth Shapin and Edward Dunvan. Held at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, CA 92805. Phone: (714)758-1050. uuchurchoc.org For further information call the phone number above, or Ruth at 714-567-0188, or see the above website.

Sundays, 3pm, Cerritos: The newly formed Southeast L.A. chapter of Progressive Democrats of America will be meeting every Sunday at 3pm, starting April 17. Location: Starbucks at the Cerritos Towne Center, 12751 Towne Center Drive Suite N-3, Cerritos, CA 90703-8588.

Sundays, 3 pm, Santa Ana: Santa Ana Food Not Bombs (foodnotbombs.net/california.html) meets every Sunday @ 3pm to share fresh and healthful vegan food with the community because food is a right, not a privilege. Our local picnic location is at Sasscer Park at Civic Center and Ross Street across from the Santa Ana Library. For information on volunteering, please come meet us in person and we will point you in the right direction for the following week. Thanks for your interest. Much love and solidarity.

Sundays, 6-9 pm, Santa Ana: H Task Force The Court at Artists Village, 301 #308
The H. Taskforce as a think-tank is dedicated to issuing white papers demonstrating what our position is and what actions can and should be initiated to improve our community in Santa Ana California. Some examples of the areas of interest to this group includes: Santa Ana's economic system and budget distribution; the history and demographics of the city; city and county politics; education; business improvement; gentrification and immigrant rights; crime and homelessness. For transparency purposes and the taskforce's affiliation with the Santa Ana Occupy Movement, all proposed positions and actions will be presented in Occupy Santa Ana's General Assembly Forum.

Sundays, 7-8 pm, Huntington Beach: "Visualize world peace, surf city style" at Main St. & Pacific Coast Highway, Bring a covered candle just help hold up the banner (no signs please; the banner says it all!). Contact: mtheriault@socal.rr.com.

Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870

Arise then...women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!

Say firmly:
"We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."

From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe out dishonor,
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil
At the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace...
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God -
In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality,
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace.

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