B.U.S.H. Magazine

Dine Out for CUAV!

They decided to have this fund raiser at one of my favorite restaurants in San Francisco..yummy..and even though my coins are tight I gotta break bread and cash for just one night to support this worthy cause..who's gonna join us at our table...Bush Magazine will be there to represent!

• Dine Out for CUAV! Looking for the perfect way to satiate your hunger and your desire to build safe, healing LGBTQQ communities? Dine at Bissap Baobab, a Mission landmark serving Senegalese cuisine, on Thursday, February 7--20% of the evening's proceeds will be donated to CUAV! 2323 Mission St. at 19th St. See you there!

• CUAV is Turning 29: Save the Date! On March 20, 2008, CUAV will celebrate 29 years of supporting LGBTQQ survivors of violence and building safety in our communities. Champions for Change will honor local heroes in the movement for safe, healing LGBTQQ communities, including STOP AIDS Project's Michael Scarce, anti-prison activist Miss Major, and our community partner, El/La Program Para Trans Latinas. Fabulous entertainment will be provided by Taiko Ren, Micia Mosely, DJ Olga T and more. Delicious hors d'oeuvres, music to make you move, and a great opportunity to support CUAV! Tickets will be $40 and $80. If you have any questions, or are interested in sponsorship or becoming an event captain, please email or call us at (415) 777-5500 ext. 318. Click here to read about last year's event.

Queer  Activists Wanted! CUAV is seeking queer folks in the Bay Area to participate in our upcoming LGBTQQ Speakers Bureau training on Sunday, February 24 and Sunday, March 1. Get your voice heard! People of color, transgender people, young people, and survivors of violence are particularly encouraged to apply. If you are interested, click here to download the application, or email connie@cuav.org.

She wasn't Last Night Film Fundraiser

Get With Us This Weekend for Our BBQ In The Park...
to raise funds for the upcoming production of the first Black lesbian romantic comedy
feature film ~~~ "SHE WASN'T LAST NIGHT"

LOCATION: Middle Harbor Shoreline Park at 7th St & Middle Harbor Road
DAY: Saturday 10/6/07
TIME: 2PM-9PM

ENJOY GOOD EATS STRAIGHT OFF THE GRILL FROM
THIGHBONES CATERING!
*******WITH MEAT & VEGETARIAN OPTIONS*******

GREAT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
* FREE DREAM INTERPRETATIONS!
* TAROT CARD READINGS!
* FRISBEE, RACES, AND BALL!!!
* SISTER CIRCLE TO SHARE ABOUT HEARTBREAK!
* FACE PAINTING!
*SOUL MUSIC, R&B, HIP HOP!!!
* TRAILS WITH INCREDIBLE BAY VIEWS!

$20 DONATION

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, SEND THIS INVITE TO YOUR FRIENDS & SEND YOUR TAX DEDUCTIBLE
DONATION VIA US MAIL TO:

PRTA/GRIOT SOUL FILMS
360 22ND STREET, SUITE 688
OAKLAND, CA 94612

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: PRTA/GRIOT SOUL FILMS

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF INTERDEPENDENT FILMS MADE BY AND ABOUT
BLACK & BLACK CONNECTED COMMUNITIES!!!

About She Wasn't Last Night
Griot Soul Films presents the first Black Lesbian Romantic Feature Film, She Wasn't Last
Night. Shantel and Reyna's love seems solid. Reyna's anxieties coupled with advances from
charming player Jack show that things might not be so secure at all.

Click here to visit She Wasn't Last Night!
http://shewasntlastnight.ning.com

Tallawah Tingle Today!!!!

Join Love Liberation Collective to raise funds for queer activists in Jamaica and awareness about homophobic violence and human rights abuses against LGBT communities in the Caribbean. Fierce DJs spin roots, dancehall, hip hop, funk and house.
DJ fflood (Magic Milkcrates, Transdub Massiv); DJ Pam Pam (KPOO 89.5, Reggae Soul Revolution); DJ Trinity (Living Room) 5pm-9pm, $5- $12 donation ($3 with a LGBT book for Team Tallawah library) El Rio 3158 Mission St. [@ Cesar Chavez], San Francisco www.elriosf.com

Tallawah Tingle

Thursday June 21

Join Love Liberation Collective to raise funds for queer activists in Jamaica and awareness about homophobic violence and human rights abuses against LGBT communities in the Caribbean. Fierce DJs spin roots, dancehall, hip hop, funk and house.
DJ fflood (Magic Milkcrates, Transdub Massiv)
DJ Pam Pam (KPOO 89.5, Reggae Soul Revolution)
DJ Trinity (Living Room)

5pm-9pm, $5- $12 donation ($3 with a LGBT book for Team Tallawah library)
El Rio 3158 Mission St. [@ Cesar Chavez], San Francisco

www.elriosf.com

Assata Shakur turns 60

Friday, April 27th, 2007
6-9 pm
First Congregational Church of Oakland
2501 Harrison Street at 27th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
FREE!!

On July 16th, 2007 Assata Shakur turns 60!  **HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASSATA!**

Join the Hands Off Assata Campaign, Angela Davis, special invited
guests:
Goapele, Michael Franti, and many other supporters in an international
mobilization to call on the state of New Jersey and the US Department of
Justice to rescind the illegitimate $1 million bounty to capture Assata
Shakur, remove her name from the domestic terrorist list, and ultimately
issue Ms. Shakur a rightful, long overdue pardon.



Featuring:

    * Angela Davis
    * Special invited guests: Goapele and Michael Franti
    * Performances, Art, Music, and Assata's Birthday Card

Free...donations accepted

Sign the birthday card, receive a hand made Hands Off Assata bracelet,
and
contribute to a larger liberation movement for Assata Shakur...for
Cuba...for us all.

For more information:
www.happybirthdayassata.org
hoacampaign@yahoo.com
(866) 244-4708

* * * * * *
Supporters (in formation):

INDIVIDUALS:
Angela Davis
Susan Taylor
Charles Mingus, III
Khephra Burns
asha bandele
Rose Brewer
Julia Sudbury
Talib Kweli
Reverend Herbert Daughtry
Kevin Powell
Kimberly Elise
Greg Tate
Goapele
Michaela Angela Davis
Harry Allen
Leslie Cagan, United for Peace and Justice
Evelyn C. White
Alice Walker
jessica Care moore
NY City Councilman Charles Barron
dream hampton

Bushmama

Lynne Stewart
Michael Eric Dyson

ORGANIZATIONS:

Bush Magazine
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
National Center for Human Rights Education
Affinity Community Services
National Conference of Black Lawyers
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Black Radical Congress
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
Chicago Abortion Fund
Jericho Movement
The Yoruba Society of Brooklyn, Corp.
Ile Ase, Inc.
Omo Obatala Egbe, Inc.
Safiyah Nuh Foundation
Medgar Evers College Center for Law and Social Justice
City Councilman Charles Barron
National Boricua Human Rights Network
Global Exchange
The Millions More Movement Harlem Local Organizing Committee
ProLibertad Freedom Campaign
Popular education project to Free the Cuban 5
Sistas on the Rise
Prisoner's Justice Action Committee, based in Toronto, Canada
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
Critical Resistance
National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
Al -Alwda
Audre Lorde Project
the Justice Committee
Nodutol
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
Bay Area Jericho Amnesty Movement
Ile Imole Agbo Iwosan of Chicago, IL

POC Fundraiser

DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT...IT'S CALLED A DANCE
FLOOR AND HERE'S WHAT IT'S FOR...GET DOWN
WITH YOUR BAD SELF...WORK IT LIKE THE RENT IS
DUE...

Host: Chauniqua, Diego, Joy, Rachel
Location: Station 40 (across from 16th St./Mission
BART)
3030 B 16th Street, San Francisco, CA View Map
When: Saturday, February 3, 3:00pm to 7:00pm
Phone: 510 717-7592
You're invited to one of the hottest radical house
parties of 2007!

beer, cocktails, kissing booth, raffle, and the best
djs spinning: hip-hop, soulful house, pop, and
reggaeton.

Cost: $8-$15 (includes open bar)

Join 4 POC at our house party to support the
Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training, a
radical organization that supports the sustainablity
of the social justice movement by training women
and people of color to fundraise for the cause. As
four interns of the 2006 program, we are trying to
raise $4,000 to keep the program alive.

For more information on the GIFT Program, check
out their website: www.grassrootsinstitute.org Find
out more about the internship and check out great
photos on our myspace: www.myspace.com/giftinterns2006

Chauniqua Young
Development Associate
East Bay Community Law Center
3130 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 548-4040 x322
cyoung@ebclc.org

Funkin' 4 Tanzania

Funkin 4

Tanzania

is a solo project that can be shared by the entire community. My dear friend Diana Sands joined the Peace Corps to help people in

Tanzania

. It is her love, her compassion and her drive to be of service that has lit this fire in me. Diana’s group received AIDS medicine that can prevent unborn babies from being infected by HIV. Men and women who have HIVAIDS will now be able to receive treatment. Unfortunately Diana and her group are having a difficult time convincing people to get tested. She has decided to create an event where people who come to get tested will receive free gifts from

America

.

So I ask you to please support this effort by donating the following items: Brand Name clothing (Sean John, BAPE, FUBU, Nike, Timberland, etc). Off brand jeans, shirts, skirts are also acceptable for men women and children. CD Players (working, they don't have to be new) Note books, pens, markers, other decorative writing tools. Time is running out. It takes weeks for our gifts to get there and she needs to get them by Dec.1^st so please act quickly and gather the supplies to send. As of today until Nov. 18^th gifts can be dropped off. On Nov. 18^th I am sponsoring an all day drop off site with a party to commemorate this gifting effort. There will be food, music and groups of volunteers packaging these gifts for shipment to

Tanzania

.

I understand how busy we all are. You do not have to come to the party to participate; you don’t have to clean out your closet to participate you can simply drop of your pocket change or the suggested donation of $5.00 that would help me mail off your gifts.

Checks should be sent to Bush Magazine 675 32nd St Oakland, CA 94609 . Make checks out to Reshawn Goods with Tanzania on the memo line of the check. If you want to drop off gifts before the 18th please do so at this same address but please call first so that someone is there to recieve you. 510.472.3741

Join Women Against Rape

Be a Part of a Community Working for Healing and
Social Justice with San Francisco Women Against Rape!

Get Trained In Valuable skills!

Next training : October/November 2006
(Wed 5:30-9p & Sat & Sun 9:30-5:30pm)

Volunteer opportunities available in:

* hotline counseling
* in-person counseling
* medical accompaniment
* community outreach
* fundraising & administrative work

SFWAR seeks people committed to:

* supporting survivors of sexual assault
* challenging all forms of oppression that contribute
to gendered violence
* developing valuable counseling, facilitation, and
leadership skills
* working in multi-lingual/cultural communities

Multilingual/cultural volunteers especially needed.
People of color, youth (18-25), transgender and
genderqueer, immigrant, elders, queer, working class,
male-identified people and people with disabilities
are encouraged to apply

To find out more or to receive a volunteer
application, call 415.861.2024 x319.
email: teresamartyny@sfwar.org
or check us out at: www.sfwar.org