Saturday, May 18, 2013 Participants will hear an overview of permaculture about both agro-ecology and human shelter. Summaries will be handed out for later reference, and selected books will be available for viewing. DATE: May 18, Saturday TIME: 2:00 - 6:00 pm LOCATION: 3709 Miller Way, Sacramento, CA *Look for... Continue reading

Sunday, April 14, 2013, 10am-1pm Please come to a potluck brunch with a presentation on drones/targeted assassinations/torture and international law by Marjorie Cohn, former President of the National Lawyers’ Guild. Coffee, tea, juice, bagels and homemade gravlax (a Scandinavian dish of dry-cured salmon marinated in herbs) will be provided. Southside... Continue reading

Dear CCDS members, Jobs Not War! follow this link to sign the petition: http://bit.ly/jobs-not-wars-CCDS CCDS is a sponsoring partner of the online petition Campaign "Jobs Not Wars" initiated by US Labor Against the War. Pressure the President and Congress now -- we want jobs, social security and peace! Other sponsors include UFPJ, Progressive Democrats of America, Peace Action, Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare, New Priorities Network, and others. ( (The campaign website: http://jobs-not-wars.org.) The petition will be presented to Pres. Obama and Congress in January. If the petition campaign is successful, it may lead to an issue-oriented action in... Continue reading

At our annual Membership Meeting, Sept. 9, 2012, we approved the following positions on the ballot propositions which will be on the November Ballot. If you have trouble reading the table below, here is an Adobe PDF version (311.7K). Prop # Yes/No Initiative Title and Description From Secretary of State website, www.sos.ca.gov 30 Yes Temporary Taxes to Fund Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding. [Compromise measure between Gov. Brown, California Nurses Assn and Calif Federation of Teachers.] • Increases personal income tax on annual earnings over $250,000 for seven years. • Increases sales and use tax by ¼ cent for... Continue reading

The 2012 August Peace Event was held on Sunday August 5, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Sacramento. The event was sponsored by 18 organizations and 21 individuals, and attended by nearly 150 people. Former Sacramento Mayor Anne Rudin (1983-1992) read the Peace Declaration from the Mayor of Hiroshima, and... Continue reading

As a member of CCDS, you are part of the Northern California Annual Membership Meeting. According to our Bylaws (Bylaw 1. Section 2), “The annual membership meeting is the highest decision-making body: it elects officers and coordinating committee members, makes basic policy decisions, sets strategy for campaigns, and decides the direction for the organization. Anyone who is a member is entitled to attend and vote.” The Annual Membership Meeting will convene on Sunday, September 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will be provided. It will take place at the Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics, 518 Valencia... Continue reading

Contact Ellen Schwartz (email wilpf at nicetechnology.com or call 916-369-5510) for direction. All welcome. Continue reading

Anne Feeney with instrumentalist Mark Ross and fiddler Adam Moss People’s Folk & Organizing Music! in the Hard Travelin’ Tour Concert including songs by or inspired by legendary Depression-era singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie (2012 is Woody’s 100th Birthday year) Friday, July 6, 2012, 7:30 pm (doors open 7:15) Sol Collective, 2574... Continue reading

Tower of 1000 Cranes, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan Sunday afternoon, August 5, 2012 Commemorating the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 and 9, 1945, this event is dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons, a threat to all humanity. This event will be held at St John's Lutheran... Continue reading

May, 2012 When Occupy Sacramento was birthed in our local community in the fall of 2011, WILPF - Sacramento became inspired. We developed an education campaign, "The People's Budget and More!" with the idea that, if knowledge of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) People's Budget spreads throughout the nation, along... Continue reading

Quote from Don Quixote in Che’s last letter to his parents: “Once again I feel beneath my heels the ribs of Rocinante. Once more, I’m on the road with my shield on my arm.” And then he rode off to Bolivia where he was killed. Continue reading

Our March branch meeting will be March 26, 2012 Location: 3980 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento 7:15-9:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. ---------------- Interactive Teach-In Saturday, April 7, 2012 at OCCUPY Sacramento The People's Budget and More! Gather together: 2:15 PM Begin: 2:30 PM End: 4:00 PM Length: 1 1/2 hours Location: Cesar Chavez... Continue reading

Kevin Cooper Thursday, February 9: Starting 10am: Capital Public Radio’s “Insight” -- tune in at 10am to KXJZ 90.9FM McGeorge School of Law, call 510-268-9429 for information UC Davis Law School, Davis; call 510-268-9429 for information 7pm -- Public forum with Patrick O’Connor and Norman Hile, 909 12th Street, Sacramento.... Continue reading

Prepared by Libby Frank, January 2012 For submission to WILPF Bylaws Sub-Committee on Compliance with Pennsylvania State law "You can't go home again," BUT "Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it." My summaries below are based on selected WILPF bylaws and constitutions.* Attached are two constructs... Continue reading

Sacramento Valley WILPF will meet this Monday, Jan. 23 at 796 Woodside Ln. East, #5, Roberta's home. Time: 7:15-7:30 arrive and settle in 7:30-9:15 Meeting Directions: See map to WILPF meeting The entrance to the Woodside East complex is on Sierra Boulevard between Fulton and Howe. (Oddly, "Woodside East" is... Continue reading

Join Occupy Sacramento and Sacramento WILPF on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, 6pm at City Hall, 915 "I" Street, (across from Cesar Chavez Plaza, behind the Old City Hall). Come early to make sure you can get in (meter parking is free after 4:30 through Dec 26). Below are the two... Continue reading

Date revision: Our proposal will be presented at the OCCUPY General Assembly. Discussion and vote is on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 5:30 - 9 PM. General Assemblies are held at Cesar Chavez Plaza on "I" St. in front of the statue of Cesar Chavez, between 9th & 10th Sts. Lite... Continue reading

We will be proposing this project to the Occupy Sacramento General Assembly, but not sure of the date yet. Watch this space for details! Overall GOAL: Set the groundwork for OCCUPY and the 99% to achieve political power and economic equity through an education campaign on the existence of the... Continue reading

Monday, Oct. 24, 7:15 pm, Sacramento WILPF Branch Meeting at the home of Esther Franklin: 3980 McKinley Blvd. (near 39th Street - before 39th street when coming from Alhambra and heading east) All WILPF members and friends welcome. Call 916-369-5510 for more info. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7pm, Cuba 2011... Continue reading

On Monday October 10. 2011, I took a special ferry boat to Alcatraz, that only cost $11, round trip. The occasion was a new alternate Holiday to Columbus day, but one that is Holy compared to the Unholiness of Columbus Day. It was called a celebration of the rights of indigenous peoples of the Americas. 2000 or more of us were present and were told about the new (2007) UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People, saying they had gone directly to the UN rather than going through our own countries, where we had too often gotten little or... Continue reading

Summary (Details below): Sunday, Oct. 16, 3pm, Don Knutson, the Wonder of Fair Trade Chocolate Tuesday, Oct. 18, 7pm, No to FBI Repression, Islamophobia and War. No More Witch Hunts! Monday, Oct. 24, 7:15pm, Sacramento WILPF Branch Meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7pm, Cuba 2011 Changes, Barby and Vic Ulmer. Saturday,... Continue reading

After the Cost of War Art Project public display at Vallejo's Mexican Restaurant at 1100 "O" we had an exhibit over the summer at Sacramento City College. Artists José Montoya and Kathy Anuszczyk were featured (see photo at left). We're working on finding other locations to display these and the... Continue reading

Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 7-9pm Cacao Cooperation in the Caribbean How peoples’ lives are improved through the cooperative network. at The Sol Collective, 2574 21st St., Sacramento (1 blk south of Broadway) Donation requested, sliding scale, $2–$10; nobody turned away for lack of funds In May of this year, WILPF... Continue reading

Here's the info on the next WILPF meeting (minutes of our May meeting are attached and pasted below.) Monday, June 27, 7:15 PM at the home of Esther Franklin: 3980 McKinley Blvd. (Just past the bus stop at McKinley and San Antonio ) All WILPF members and friends welcome. AGENDA... Continue reading

Join us on Tuesday May 17th to encourage Mayor Kevin Johnson to co-sponsor the War $$ Home Resolution. The City Council meets at 6pm Tuesdays at the New City Hall, 915 I Street, on the first floor. From Laurie Funaroff, director, Sacramento WILPF Cost of War Project: The Cost of... Continue reading