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Judi Bari Day is May 24!

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May 24, 2015 is the 25th anniversary of the attack on Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney by car bomb in Oakland in 1990 as Redwood Summer dawned.   The Judi Bari Day event at the Berkeley U-U Fellowship Hall (1924 Cedar at Bonita) will feature special guest performer LAURIE LEWIS, legendary songwriter, fiddler and vocalist.   Doors  7 PM; the program begins at 7:30   After comments and updates by musician and film-maker DARRYL CHERNEY and others, the documentary film “WHO BOMBED JUDI BARI?” will be screened. Karen Pickett will host the program, and facilitate a Q …

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Join A.I.M. elders, Pomo Indian People & Earth Defenders for a Demonstration in S.F. Nov. 18 to protest desecration of Ancient Pomo Indian Sites!

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On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Native American Tribal members, including direct descendants of the Pomo peoples who once populated the Little Lake Valley (Mendocino Co.) where Caltrans is currently building an oversized freeway bypass, will join environmental groups and AIM elders to protest the desecration of archaeological sites and destruction of wetlands. The protest will be at the San Francisco office of the Army Corps of Engineers, 1455 Market St. at noon. The Army Corps, as the permitting agency, has the authority to down-size the project, sparing both wetlands and many archaeological sites. Instead, they have stonew-alled Tribal members’ attempts to …

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Join Us for Stomp the Stumps annual music & dance benefit ! Friday, May 16

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      The 16th annual Stomp the Stumps! brings together some of the Bay Area’s most dedicated political rock and dance bands for fundraising concerts to help save what’s left of natural Northern California. Longtime Stumpers the Funky Nixons and the Gary Gates Band perform before fellow returnees Curly cap the night. A rockin’ benefit for Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters at Ashkenaz Club: MAY 16! 1317 San Pablo Ave. at Gilman, Berkeley 94702 doors @ 8; music @8:30   3 dance beat bands: Funky Nixons, house band of Peoples’ Park and proponents of all good causes in the Bay brings …

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Take a Stand for the Wetlands on Oct.12

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Take a Stand for the Wetlands on Oct.12 with the brave people who have been sitting in trees, climbing cranes, stopping trucks and blockading heavy equipment to protest the Caltrans Bypass Join us  in Willits in Mendocino County on Sat., October 12 to stand with the activists in this northcoast community against destruction of forests, wetlands and rivers by Caltrans big highway projects.There are alternatives! It’s not too late!Healing Ceremony and Peaceful Civil DisobdienceStarting at 12 noon the program will commence with music, speakers to include Willits tree-sitter Warbler, Headwaters tree-sitter Julia Butterfly Hill, activists representing the campaign for Richardson Grove and the Smith River preservation, an oak planting workshop with Cynthia Jeavons and …

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A Night for the Last Wild Buffalo, with legendary poet and activist John Trudell: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7 pm

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Join us at the Ecology Center in Berkeley – 2530 San Pablo Ave. at Dwight for The Buffalo Field Campaign’s 2013 Roadshow event. A night of spoken-word, video, music, and story-sharing about the plight of wild buffalo; the Buffalo Field Campaign’s effective efforts to defend them; the strong links between First Nations, buffalo, and BFC; and how you can become involved. This evening will feature video presentation and storytelling with Mike Mease, co-founder and campaign leader of the Buffalo Field Campaign. We are also honored to be hosting special guest John Trudell (http://johntrudell.com), acclaimed poet, national recording artist, actor and …

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Events Announcement from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters

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There will be a weeks’ worth of events surrounding Judi Bari Day, May 24, the anniversary of the Oakland car bombing that nearly took her life and that she was almost framed for. ,  the 93-minute documentary Directed by Mary Liz Thomson and produced by Darryl Cherney, will be screening four times in the Bay area: twice in Oakland and twice in San Francisco, in addition to related events celebrating Judi’s life. Please attend any or all of these upcoming Bay area events. There is something for everyone. Who Bombed Judi Bari? Documentary screens: Monday *May 20 * Who Bombed …

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Upcoming Event to Benefit the Trees & Honor the Tree-Sitters

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The Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters’ annual “Stomp the Stumps’ dance party and activist get-together is coming up Friday, May 10, so mark your calendars! This fun-packed and info-packed evening with 3 bands worth of foot-taping live music takes place at our beloved Ashkenaz Club in Berkeley (San Pablo at Gilman), starting at 8 pm.  On stage will be the Funky Nixons, the Gary Gates Band and Curly.  Off stage will be information about the campaign to stop Caltrans from plowing through wetlands and woodlands in northern California, and props to the blockaders and tree-sitters valiant efforts, along with film …

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Redwood Forest event –please reply!

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You haven’t heard from us for a while. Email alerts from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters have gotten scarcer–in large part because of the change in ownership of the redwoods on the formerly Pacific Lumber land–now Humboldt Redwood Company. Our agenda is evolving…but one aspect of our work remains the same: our role in the offshoot group Friends of Headwaters Reserve and our monitoring of the management of the part of the redwood forest that was preserved and passed into public hands via the 1999 Headwaters Deal. We are now planning some exciting field trips that we would like …

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Stomp the Stumps and Support the Redwoods on Earth Day

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Special EARTH DAY celebration of and for the TREES 13th annual Stomp the Stumps benefit dance party April 22 8:30 pm (doors at 8) Ashkenaz Music and Dance Club 1317 San Pablo Avenue (at Gilman) in Berkeley with The Funky Nixons The Day Late Fool’s Band political folk rock jumpin’ R & B Curly eclectic quirky rock delivered with humor We will have maps and be talking about the campaign to save ancient redwoods in Humboldt County. We have field trips and get-togethers coming up–find out about the campaign to stop Caltrans from plowing through Richardson Grove State Park! $12 …

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