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Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi – Eliana López. (PHOTO BY LUKE THOMAS/FOG CITY JOURNAL)
Comité de Padres Unidos is inviting the general public to join efforts to reinstate Sheriff Mirkarimi to the post to which the people of San Francisco elected him.
The shameless perpetration of injustices against our chosen candidate to be the County’s Sheriff continues. The Sheriff has demonstrated he is interested in working with and for our communities as he did when he was City’s Supervisor for District 5 for two consecutive terms. (Please see the Sheriff’s brief biography attached).
We want justice for the Sheriff and his young family, and we need him to come back to work for the people of San Francisco.
We invite you to attend the meetings on July 18 and July 19, both at 5 p.m. to show our support for Sheriff Mirkarimi and to show our repudiation to the cruel and unjust political tactics of Mayor Ed Lee and his associates. At at the San Francisco Ethics Commission, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco.
Beautiful Trash: The Lost Library Works by Adrian Arias
Galeria de la Raza is proud to present Beautiful Trash: The Lost Library, a solo exhibition of mixed-media works by Adrian Arias. The exhibition will open on Saturday, July 14.
In this new summer exhibition, artist Adrian Arias imagines a post-apocalyptic and synthetic world only mere decades from now. In the year 2086, civilization has changed tremendously. There are no trees, books, or even natural water, and an enormous island-continent made of plastic has arrived to the coast of California.
In 2010, Arias was an artist-in-residence at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, where Beautiful Trash was first conceived conceptually with a series of objects and ephemeral art pieces.
Exhibiting now through out Aug. 4 (closing party), 2857 24th St (at Bryant), San Francisco, CA 94110. wwww.galeriadelaraza.org.
Third Biennial San Francisco International Poetry Festival
Celebrate the creative spirit at the third San Francisco International Poetry Festival, which brings more than 18 poets from all around the world to San Francisco for free and open-to-the-public poetry and music.
The four-day poetry extravaganza begins on Thursday, July 26, 2012 with a kick-off party hosted by Jack Hirschman, legendary Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Library Luis Herrera at Kerouac Alley in North Beach. The party features an introduction of participating poets and performances and readings by former Modern Lovers musician Jonathan Richman, former San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzales and more.
A lineup of great poets around the world include: Carla Badillo Coronado (Ecuador), Yahia Lababidi (Egypt) Alejandro Murguia (USA/Mexico), Sandro Sardella (Italy), Matt Sedillo (USA), Antonieta Villamil (Columbia), and many other from Europe and Philippines.
Additional Festivities include: Friday lunch-time poetry reading in the Civic Center Plaza, Outdoor poetry & performances on Saturday in Civic Center Plazm Poetry Crawl in North Beach, Youth poetry, Translation Workshops, Beat poetry lectures and more.
For more information and a complete schedule of events, visit SFIPF.org.
A panel discussion on the erosion of civil liberties
Renewal of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, allowing indefinite detention without charge, is being debated this summer. Our special speaker is Shahid Buttar, Executive Director, Bill of Rights Defense Committee. See http://sf99percent.org/.
Under the 2012 NDAA, the government can arrest you without charges, hold you indefinitely without trial, deny you a lawyer, and send you abroad to be imprisoned or tortured, based only on suspicion of association with terrorist groups. Part of this law is so vague it could apply to anyone.
A donation of $10 is requested, but nobody turned away. Wheelchair-accessible.
Tuesday, July 31, 7 p.m., at the Oakland Peace Center, 111 Fairmount Ave (at 29th St.), Oakland one block East of Auto Row), AC Transit 51A, 635, 651, 851 buses.
