by Heather Knight, SF Chronicle City Insider, January 30 2012 http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2012/01/30/homeless-advocate-gleefully-arrested-for-camping-in-castro-plaza/ We would not say Bob Offer-Westort knows how to have a rockin’ Friday night. We would say he has a pretty clever sense of humor. He and his comrades at the Coalition on Homelessness have found their latest political target: Supervisor Scott Wiener and [...]
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A flash mob performs a song and dance routine in front of the Wells Fargo
Friday, January 27th, 2012On Sf Gate A flash mob performs a song and dance routine in front of the Wells Fargo building on Montgomery Street during a day of action by Occupy protesters against corporations and financial institutions in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2012%2F01%2F20%2FBA4L1MS7IC.DTL&object=%2Fc%2Fpictures%2F2012%2F01%2F20%2Fba-occupy21_SFC0106212511.jpg
Embody the Movement: Dancing for Economic Justice
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012http://www.opednews.com/articles/Embody-the-Movement-Danci-by-Rae-Abileah-120124-271.html By Rae Abileah, opednews.org, January 24, 2012 A day of hard rain and wind could not dampen the spirits of activists representing the 99% as they gathered at Justin Herman Plaza (dubbed Bradley Manning Plaza by locals) in San Francisco on Friday, January 20th, 2012, to mark the dark anniversary [...]
Occupy is back — with horns and glitter
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012An energetic day of action shows that the movement is very much alive By Yael Chanoff : http://www.sfbg.com/2012/01/24/occupy-back-horns-and-glitter 01/24/2012 – SF Bay Guardian, Volume 46, Issue 17 On Jan. 20, hundreds of activists converged on the Financial District in a day that showed a reinvigorated and energized Occupy movement. The day of action was deemed [...]
Flash Mob at Wells Fargo: Occupy Telephone Video!
Thursday, January 12th, 2012Singing, “Stop calling, stop calling, can’t afford to pay anymore,” a flash mob danced on the counters and in the lobby of the San Francisco Wells Fargo branch on Montgomery and Market on January 7th to protest Wells Fargo’s role in the economic and housing crisis. The event, organized by San Francisco Pride at Work/HAVOQ [...]
HAVOQ Members talk about Queer Occupy in the Guardian
Friday, November 25th, 2011Li Morales and Molly Goldberg talk about Queer Occupy SF Bay Guardian, 11/22/11: The Faces and Voices of Occupy, by Rebecca Bowe, Caitlin Donohue, and Yael Chanoff: Cover Story Volume 46, Issue 08 Queers have long resisted the ravages of the 1% on the 99%: coming together on our own, on our terms, with our own [...]
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 [...]
Anti-SCOMM Bill Moves Forward
Thursday, April 28th, 2011AB 1081 bill passed the Public Safety Committee yesterday. Definitely a victory but just a first step. What is AB 1081? AB1081 is a state bill, also know as the TRUST Act, which would require counties to officially agree to opt in to S-Comm, as opposed to now, where counties have been involuntarily forced to [...]
The SF Guardian Reports on Pride at Work’s Banner Action Against AZ Law
Thursday, August 26th, 2010http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2010/07/29/immigrant-advocates-protest-az-law-and-jerry-browns-securecomm-support Immigrant advocates protest AZ law and Jerry Brown’s SecureComm support SF Pride’s Gabriel Haaland reports that the California Highway Patrol made them take down their “No One is Illegal” drop banner at 9.a.m. The SF Pride action came on the heels of yesterday’s protest in which over a hundred people gathered in front of [...]
Help End Anti-Gay Discrimination
Friday, August 6th, 2010Op-ed by from the Harvey Milk Club and SF Pride at Work regarding the firing of gay deckhand Vincent Atos by Hornblower Cruises. Help end anti-gay discrimination by David Waggoner and Josué Argüelles The movement for LGBTIQQ equality is making real progress. Congress is finally set to pass an Employment Non-Discrimination Act inclusive of gender [...]