Please Join Us For Our Third Annual

Westside Progressive Picnic

Sunday, June 28th

Noon to 4:00 PM

Mar Vista Park

11430 Woodbine Avenue, Los Angeles 90066

(McLaughlin & Palms Blvd)

Special Guests

Councilman Bill Rosendahl

Marcy Winograd   

www.winograd4congress.com

Meet Community & Club Activists. Bring your family and friends.

We’ll serve beans, hot dogs, and hamburgers.

You bring: salads, drinks, watermelon/fruit.  

RSVP to Lillian Laskin - luluinla@yahoo.com

ACTIVIST SUPPORT CIRCLE

Special Guest Speaker

Jerry Rubin

Speaking on "Activism and Activist Support".

This is Jerry’s 30th Anniversary of Activism.  

He Founded The Activist Support Circle.

Wednesday, June 24th - 7:00 PM

Santa Monica Friends Meeting Hall

1440 Harvard Street, Santa Monica

For further information call Jerry Rubin at: (310) 399-1000

or visit their website at: www.activistsupportcircle.org

A Free Support Gathering

The purpose of the Activist Support Circle monthly gatherings are to:

·      Guard against activist-related burnout.

·      Share activist-related frustrations and fears, as well as hopes and aspirations, in a supportive, safe environment.

·      Turn feelings of despair into feelings of empowerment.

·      Learn helpful coping skills and ideas from other like-minded supportive activists.

          The gatherings are free and there is free parking on-site.

          For further information call the Activist Support Circle at (310) 399-1000 or visit their website at: www.activistsupportcircle.org.

You Are Invited to a Special Evening of Music & Fun

A Fundraiser For

The Office Of The Americas

Saturday, July 25th, 7:00 PM

at

Frank & Jane Dorrel’s

3967 Shedd Terrace, Culver City 90232

Special Guests

Blase & Theresa Bonpane

Mimi Kennedy

Featuring the Music of

CHILTIC ISTAC, Ross Altman & The OOA Songsters

With Other Surprise Guests to Be Announced

We Are Asking for a $20 Donation to

Help the OOA Continue It’s Important Work!

We Are Having Finger Foods, Desserts, Drinks, Music & Dancing

$10 or $15 for People with Low Income

Please RSVP to: 310-838-8131 or to: 323-852-9808

Or Email: fdorrel@addictedtowar.com or: shae.popovich@gmail.com

CHILTIC ISTAC has been in the vanguard of providing progressive cultural and political music since the early 1980’s. They have recently regrouped and are playing music that includes their original 80’s tunes and cover songs from several great Latin American/ new artists. Their music continues to be both for those who want to hear the classics and for those who want to dance Cubia, Cha Cha, and Salsa Rhythms. They played in early June of this year at the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony for the FMLN in El Salvador to a crowd of 70,000 people.

ROSS ALTMAN is a Singer-Songfighter. He sings "to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable."

He sing old labor songs, antiwar songs, civil rights songs, topical/protest songs, traditional songs, love songs, Jewish songs in Yiddish and English, and original songs that carry on that tradition. Ross grew up on the folk music of Woodie Guthrie, Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Burl Ives, Theodore Bikel, Josh White, Big Bill Broonzy, Bill Holliday, and later on Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton & Malvina Reynolds.

The OOA SONGSTERS are the musical wing of the Office of the Americas. Their focus is contemporary music about current events. Many of their numbers are intended to bring the audience together in song, leading to a revolution where everyone can dance. The songsters meet once a month to share food, music, and politics – in public performances they bring that party to a larger group. They love it when you sing along.

The OFFICE OF THE AMERICAS is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the cause of international justice and peace through broad based educational programs. Founded in 1983 in Los Angeles by Blase & Theresa Bonpane, the Office of the Americas is a recognized source of documentation and analysis of current international events with a focus on the foreign policy of the United States.

Through its public education campaign, the Office of the Americas works to reach constituencies of students, religious and human rights organizations and all others concerned about issues of international justice and peace. Our goal is to end the long-standing international culture of militarism.

WORLD FOCUS, hosted by Blase Bonpane, can be heard every Sunday from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on KPFK 90.7 FM Radio. World Focus features radio interviews with key scholars, analysts and movement leaders who are generally excluded from commercial media.

Office of The Americas
8124 West Third Street Ste 202
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone: 323 852 9808
Fax: 323 852 0655

shae.popovich@gmail.com

www.officeoftheamericas.org

THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF TOPANGA ARE HOSTING A PARTY

IN SUPPORT OF

IRAQ VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR
VETERANS FOR PEACE
MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAK OUT

SATURDAY, JUNE 27th

Party Starts at 7:00 PM ~ Music at 8:00 PM

(DRINK RESPONSIBLY ~ HAVE DESIGNATED DRIVER)

Info:
hernandezkathleen@hotmail.com  ~ 310-339-1770

HOSTED BY: TOPANGA PEACE ALLIANCE

Message Sent by DJ Sanchez: original-d.j.sanchez@hotmail.com - Sanchez is the Local Elections Supervisor at KPFK.

KPFK and PACIFICA RADIO Need You!

Pacifica Radio and its five stations–KPFA (Berkeley), KPFK (Los Angeles), KPFT (Houston), WBAI (New York) and WPFW (Washington, DC)—need your help this month.  2009 is a year of challenges and change at Pacifica. We are asking for your support by taking part in the LOCAL STATION BOARD ELECTION in your area.

The LSBs are elected by the Pacifica station members to oversee management of their station. Each LSB is represented on the National Board of Pacifica Foundation–a nonprofit organization with a mission of presenting community-based, commercial-free, listener-supported radio. Electing LSBs that reflect our broad listenership is not just a good thing to do—it is crucial for the future of Pacifica and KPFK.

WHAT’S AT STAKE:  Our communities are in dire straits. Thousands of young people, and older people, too, are expecting change, and looking for answers. Getting local progressive voices out to media audiences is urgent, and requires action now. Reinforcing Pacifica stations’ community ties and professional quality is a big part of meeting this need.

That’s why we are asking you to step up and help in the revival and improvement of Pacifica. 

HOW YOU CAN VOTE:  All paid-up Pacifica station listener-sponsors (members) can vote in the upcoming LSB election. That is, anyone who has paid the annual dues of $25 by the deadline, July 15, 2009. You can also become a voting member (by the July 15^th deadline) by volunteering at KPFK for a minimum of 3 hours, or by obtaining a waiver from the LSB. Waivers may be obtained on a person by person basis by application to and approval of the KPFK Local Station Board.

Everyone on the membership list will receive a ballot from Pacifica’s local election committee.

HOW YOU CAN RUN:  Any paid-up Pacifica station listener-sponsor can run for a seat on the LSB, by obtaining a Local Elections Packet. Complete all forms, including providing endorsement signatures from 15 verifiable station members, and an introductory candidate statement (500-word max), etc.. ALL FORMS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO KPFK BEFORE JULY 15^TH, 2009.

For more information on the LSB election, or to download an election packet, go to:   http://www.pacifica.org    OR CALL 1 (866) PEACE-01.

For the formal explanation of the LSB, go to http://www.pacifica.org/governance/bylaws_rev.html  and scroll down to Article Seven. 

Thank You!