On May 14, homeless queer youth and organizations and groups like Trans Youth Rise Up, The AJ Fund, Welcome Ministry, QuEEN, and Operation Shine America held The Great San Francisco Sleep-In. HAVOQ FlagCORE was there to support, and Drake of BuzzKill Films made these videos (to be followed by a longer-running documentary of the action [...]
Archive for May, 2011
BAR: ‘Encampment’ brings attention to homeless LGBT youth
Thursday, May 19th, 2011‘Encampment’ brings attention to homeless LGBT youth NEWS Published 05/19/2011 by Matt Baume Homeless youth and their allies staged a “street sweep” in the Castro last Saturday to bring attention to budget cuts for social service programs. Photo: Matt Baume Castro nightclub patrons were startled last Saturday night when several dozen homeless youth and their [...]
Protests Launch National Prison Industry Divestment Campaign
Thursday, May 12th, 2011May 12, 2011 Community and labor groups are taking to the streets today Thursday, May 12 in four major cities to protest the private prison industry’s business model of pushing for harsher immigrant incarceration policies. Such policies drive up prison populations and put added strains on state and federal budgets. Detentions of immigrants are set to [...]
Campaign to End Wage Theft Kickoff Event
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011TOMORROW! Thursday, May 12th 10 am: Press Event at City Hall Steps with Street Theater and more! 11 am: City hearing Room 263 Progressive Workers Alliance at the International Workers’ Day March, San Francisco 2011 (photo courtesy of Natalie Gee) Everyone deserves to be paid for the hours they work. But this right is denied [...]
Come Out to Benefit HAVOQ/ SF Pride at Work! May 15: the Dance Church!
Friday, May 6th, 201115 May 2011 – 11:00 am- 3:00 pm El Rio 3158 Mission (at Precita) San Francisco $5 donation to support Pride at Work/ HAVOQ ♥ ♥ ♥ Pride at Work/ HAVOQ is the lucky benificiary of money raised at the new party, The Dance Church. It happens every Sunday, but on Sunday, May 15th, it [...]