National Women’s Law Center – Economic Stimulus Payments

Starting in May 2008, more than 130 million households will receive an economic stimulus payment from the Internal Revenue Service. Most people don’t need to do anything special to get a payment; they can just file their taxes as usual and the IRS will do the rest. But millions of people who are usually exempt from filing tax returns – including low-income retirees, disabled veterans, and low-wage earners – must file a return in order to receive their payment.

Community Dialogues in Marin City

The community dialogues in Marin City have been scheduled! See location and dates below. Coming up, information about dialogues in Novato and the Canal.
Marin City Community Dialogues at Marin City Resident Council Office (RMC). Refreshments will be provided. For more information, contact La Donna Bonner 415-339-2836 or Angel Shorter 415-756-1926:

First session – Tuesday, April 29th, [...]

Is inequality making us sick? Premiering tomorrow

http://www.unnaturalcauses.org launched yesterday in expectation of the series premier to air tomorrow on PBS at 10 p.m. PST.
Executive Producer, Larry Adelman:
“We produced UNNATURAL CAUSES to draw attention to the root causes of health and illness and to help reframe the debate about [...]

Complementary Cancer Therapies Open House

The American Cancer Society, in partnership with the Institute for Health & Healing at Marin General Hospital, presents:
Complementary Cancer Therapies Open House
Saturday, April 26, 2008
10am–5pm, Marin General Hospital
Marin General Hospital Conference Center, 250 Bon Air Road, Greenbrae, 94904
Join us for this lively and entertaining educational forum for cancer patients, survivors, families [...]

Tax resistance in a time of war

From Louise Yost:
Marin Peace & Justice Coalition presents a free Town Hall Forum and potluck on
“Tax Resistance in a Time of War” on Monday, March 24.
Learn where your tax dollars go and how you can obtain support for doing tax resistance. Come share your thoughts & concerns about different ways to oppose [...]

Proposition 98 – Detrimental to Tenants

Saturday I attended the workshop in San Francisco about the statewide proposition 98 which will be in the June 2008 ballot. If proposition 98 passes it will eliminate rent control in the State of California affecting working low income renters. For more detailed information please visit and take a look at the proposition [...]

Regional Equity ‘08 National Summit

A movement for social change!
From March 4-7th, some of Grassroots Leadership Network staff had the opportunity to attend the Regional Equity Summit hosted by PolicyLink in New Orleans.
The summit was an exciting opportunity to connect with and learn from grassroots organizations, academics and professionals working for social change across the nation. Over 1700 participants shared [...]

March in San Rafael this Saturday

Oi! (Now you know how to say Hi! in Portuguese)
I hope you agree that healhty communities don’t have and promote wars. Next Generation is a young grassroots organization that has been doing a great job in educating local youth about sustainability by working thorough the schools. They are also co-organizing a great [...]

Greenbelt Alliance Marin Field Representative position

Hello!
We just received this info from our friend Daisy at the Greenbelt Alliance. It is about a great opportunity to make a difference in the North Bay in the area of affordable housing and, consequently, promote healthy communities. Thanks for the info, Daisy! We hope you find an awesome person like you. [...]

Women and Earth

Greetings from GLN’s office!
First, in light of the International Women’s Day 2008, which was celebrated last Saturday, March 8th, I would like to share my deepest appreciation for all the women of the world. As life givers and caretakers of our human family, women need to be honored, appreciated, and empowered if we really [...]