Join us in a Special Quartely Meeting!

Fall 2009
Quarterly Meeting
“Roots, Roofs and Power”
Elected and appointed decision makers
as partners in the movement for social equity
Friday, October 16th, 11:00 am to 2 pm
At the Pickleweed Park Community Center 50 Canal St. San Rafael
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
COUNTY DISTRICT 4 SUPERVISOR STEVE KINSEY
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Download the invitation (pdf)
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Community Announcements ▪ October 2009 – by Canal Alliance and Canal School Readiness Project

Community Announcements ▪ October 2009
A collaboration between Canal Alliance and the Canal School Readiness Project

Job opportunities / Financial education
Job fair in the Canal: Wednesday, October 14 at Pickleweed Community Center (50 Canal Street), 6:00-8:00 p.m. Visit different companies and learn where and how to apply for jobs. You can be selected for an [...]

SF Bay Area Health Impact Assessment Collaborative

We just receive this great news from Lili, at the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Good things happening for the promotion of healthy communities! Human Impact Assessments are some of the best tools to measure health outcomes of different initiatives.
Cheers!
Dear friends and colleagues,
Hope all are well and that you enjoyed your summer.  We’re [...]

NOAM CHOMSKY in San Francisco

NOAM CHOMSKY in San Francisco
CRISIS AND HOPE In the Age of Obama
Sunday, October 4, 2009 – 1:00 to 2:30 pm
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
1187 Franklin Street, corner Geary, San Francisco
Doors open at 12:30 pm
Wheelchair accessible ~ seating on a first come, first served basis Admission $20.00 ~ Seniors & Students $15.00 [...]

JOIN US AT OUR UPCOMING QUARTERLY MEETING ON AUGUST 7, 2009

Grassroots Leadership Network
Summer 2009 Meeting
“Roots, Roofs and Power”
co-hosted with ISOJI

Grassroots Leadership Network of Marin will host its 2nd quarterly meeting of the year on Friday, August 7, from 11:00 am to 2 pm. This meeting will be held at the Connection Center located at The Marin Health & Wellness Center, 3110 Kerner Blvd. in San [...]

“Women’s Owned Business of the Year”

Lisa Trustin, a Board member of the Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment, sent us the information below about a great opportunity to recognize women entrepreneurs in Marin! 
Women’s Initiative for Self Employment, the San Francisco Business Times and the Marin Workforce Investment Board are joining together to promote women’s business ownership and we are excited to launch a “Women’s [...]

THE INTERSECTION OF TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH, AND EQUITY

We just received this information from Policy Link. This is a very important report to informe our strategies and decision in an era when we are looking for comprehensive solutions to  climage change, global warming and inequalities. Check it out! 
How bold transportation policies can make all communities healthier and stronger
(http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=9eJKI1NyFaJHJ2K&s=5nLFKROpFdKHKKNrFqH&m=iuJUJdOTKmL7F)Traditional transportation policy has been crafted to [...]

Marinwood residents worried about talk of cell tower – Marin Independent Journal

Marinwood residents worried about talk of cell tower.
PDTA group of Marinwood residents is worried that a cell phone tower may be coming to the tight-knit community north of San Rafael.
A group called Families Against Cell Towers is opposed to leasing to T-Mobile a patch of land owned by the Marinwood Community Services District atop a [...]

Peoples Budget Meeting

Barbara Sykes, from the Social Justice Center, sent us this annoucement about a community meeting about grassroots efforts related to the State Budget. 

COME TO THE PEOPLES BUGET MEETING 1ST United Methodist Church 6:00 Mon. July 13 9 Ross Valley Rd Corner of 4St in San Rafael PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE INTERESTED b emily wrote: Peoples Budget [...]

Community Media Center of Marin

We just received an email update from PDA Marin with the followign information about the Community Media Center. The Center is up and running! Let’s use this great resource to spread important information in our community!
Congratulations to Michael Eisenmenger and our new Community Media Center of Marin !  The new studio is retrofitted and very [...]