News and Updates

Undoing Borders Presentation with Julio Salgado of UndocuQueer: at Stanford University 5/22

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
UndocuBordersQueer

If you’re in the south bay, come hear members of HAVOQ present Undoing Borders and Julio Salgado present his work with Dreamers Adrift and the UndocuQueer poster project.  The presentation will be from 8pm- 9:30pm om Stamford Campus at El Centro Chicano. Free & Open to the Public.


Ordinace limiting local police collaboration with FBI passes– Come Celebrate!

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Safe SF Celebration Flyer

Celebrate the Passage of the Safe SF Civil Rights Ordinance! TUESDAY, MAY 22nd 6:30pm – 8:30pm Eric Quezada Center:  518 Valencia Street, SF *Wheelchair and BART accessible Food, video presentation, speakers, and more! Through community mobilization and broad based support, San Francisco is standing up for civil rights as the 2nd city in the nation to [...]


Trans people don’t thrive when Kaiser discriminates!

Thursday, May 10th, 2012
TransHealthcareNow

What: Join Pride at Work/HAVOQ in calling on Kaiser to end discrimination against transgender people.When and Where: Saturday May 12th at 1pm at the San Francisco Kaiser Geary campus.Why: Kaiser says they care about providing medical care that takes care of the needsof the LGBTQ community. However Kaiser, like the majority of health care providers, [...]


Don’t name a Navy ship after Harvey Milk!

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

re-posted from Tommi Avicolli Mecca’s blog, Somebody Has To Say It: MAY 1, 2012;   by Tommi Avicolli Mecca Bob Filner, a San Diego congressman of the Democratic persuasion, wants the U.S. Secretary of the Navy to name the next Navy ship after Harvey Milk. As in the famous gay activist and San Francisco’s first openly [...]


Happy Mayday!

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

International Workers Day has always been one of our favorite holidays– for some of us it’s about celebrating the collective power we hold when we recognize the value of the work we do– paid or unpaid, visible or not.  For some of us it’s about standing together as immigrants and allies, documented and undocumented, and [...]


Tonight: our FIRST letters-to-prisoners night!

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
prisonabolition

Join HAVOQ for our FIRST Prison Pen-pal Event!!! Wednesday, April 25 6-8pm @ Modern Times Bookstore (2919 24th Street) Alright friends, HAVOQ is stepping it up. In addition to our monthly TGIJP legal support nights, we are officially embarking on a SECOND monthly letter writing event! But this time, we’re getting a little more personal. We’re going to [...]


MAY DAY!

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Mayday 2012 Poster- English

MAYDAY/   1 de MAYO STRIKE! MARCH! NO WORK! NO SCHOOL! HUELGA! MANIFESTACIÓN! NO AL TRABAJO! NO AL COLEGIO!            24TH ST. AND MISSION ST. 9:30 AM –> GATHER (BREAKFAST!!!!) / REUNIÓN (DESAYUNO!!) 10 AM –> MARCH… TAKE BACK THE STREETS / MANIFESTACIÓN… RETOMEMOS LAS CALLES 16TH & MISSION 11 AM –> STREET THEATER/ TEATRO CALLEJERO [...]


TODAY: AIDS is not over: The Resurrection March of ACT UP

Friday, April 6th, 2012

4:00 PM Gather and Start of March   4:30 PM Wells Fargo at 16th and Mission  5:00 PM SFPolice at 17th and Valencia  5:30 PM Ashes action at SF Archdiocese/Mission Dolores Church  6:30 PM Memorial and Commemoration of ACT UP at Harvey Milk Plaza   To mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of ACT UP (the [...]


LIBERATE YOUR MONEY by May Day!

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

http://www.facebook.com/events/231658936933022/ Attention all queers, fabulous folks and everyone who cares about solidarity, re-investing in local communities and sending a message to big banking institutions that we are fed up with their unethical, greedy mismanagement of our money – your money is being held hostage by big banks and IT IS TIME TO LIBERATE IT!! **Wait, [...]


Occupy the Prisons Action Photos

Monday, February 20th, 2012

seen on the road to San Quintin: Our newest banner: For more photos, visit our flickr page! California Hunger Strike representatives imprisoned in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison, who launched the historic hunger strike in July, have written a statement of solidarity which Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity read at the demonstration [...]