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The forum brings together Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco and fellow citizens to gain a deeper understanding of the issues of our time and to hear powerful presentations that both inform and inspire.
Bay Area Says No To Deportations - Organizing for Immigrant Defense with Sanika Mahajan & Jesus Moctezuma
Sunday, March 30, 9:30 am, TSK Room and on Zoom.
A light breakfast will be available beginning at 9:00 a.m.
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Our current administration, ICE, and the billionaire class are launching an all-out, racist war on immigrants, students, and all working people. They want us to believe that immigrants are the cause of rising prices, the lack of good jobs, and violent crime—but that’s a lie. The real reason why working people, born here or abroad, experience so much hardship is that the wealth we create goes to a tiny handful of ultra-rich people and the corporations they own. To change that, all working people must stand together to oppose mass deportations. Most immigrants leave their countries because of extreme poverty or violence originally caused by the same corporations and politicians that are responsible for many injustices here. We have more in common with each other than with the ultra-rich who want to divide us.
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But we can defeat the ultra-right program by building a massive movement against a political system that gives everything to billionaires while impoverishing an ever larger section of the population. Join us to discuss national and local effects of the right wing’s war on working-class people and how we can stand in solidarity with and defend our immigrant neighbors.
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Jesus Moctezuma is an educator and organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation in San Jose, and Sanika Mahajan is the Director of Community Engagement and Organizing at Mission Action (anchor for the SF Rapid Response Network).
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You can phone in at +1 669 444 9171. Meeting ID: 910 7672 4985 Passcode: 223569
Forests Forever with Paul Hughes
Sunday, April 6, 9:30 am, TSK Room and on Zoom.
A light breakfast will be available beginning at 9:00 a.m.
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Forests Forever came about in 1989 during the famous Headwaters Forest issue in Humboldt County. It was the world’s largest unprotected virgin redwood forest and was a fight with the timber industry. It was Prop. 130 that became known as the “Forests Forever” Initiative that gave its name to the forest organization. They continued fighting the battle, eventually establishing 7500 acres of Headwaters Forest as a preserve. There’s more to this story that we will hear about.
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Paul Hughes has spent his earlier years as a conservation activist, has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University, worked for Sierra Club in Indiana, and has served as a staff director at the California League of Conservation Voters in San Francisco. He’s now the Exec. Dir. of Forests Forever, here in California since 1993.
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You can phone in at +1 669 444 9171. Meeting ID: 987 0302 9676 Passcode: 633043
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