• Citizen Hope’s 2nd Annual Holiday Love Party Benefitting All of Us or None’s “Community Giveback” Bicycle Giveaway

• Conversation with U.S Ambassador to Australia nominee and former President of the CSU Board of Trustees Jeffrey Bleich

• Citizen Hope Presents: Meet the Next Generation of East Bay Leaders

• Conversation with Coleman Advocates and Executive Director N’Tanya Lee

Thursday, March 4th

7PM-9PM–mixing and mingling to good music

9PM-2AM–time to get down!

$5-$10 suggested donation

Eve 575 Howard St.(between 1st and 2nd)

SF, CA

THIS IS A SPECIAL PST EVENT, so COME EARLY to mix, connect, and learn, stay late to dance! No dress code, but as always, dress fresh! The place fills up fast, so get there early! All are welcome!

CITIZEN HOPE is joining forces with the city’s long standing and hottest soul, funk and hip dance weekly dance party PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST) with DJ SAKE-ONE and WEN DAVIS to support PUBLIC EDUCATION advocacy and raise funds for Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth. The event is on the evening of MARCH 4TH, which is the statewide of ACTION in defense of public education. Be sure to connect with one of the many demonstrations that are taking place around the Bay during the day and stand up for public education (5pm is the mass rally in SF at the civic center). And then keep your support for the cause going by rolling through Eve later in the evening.

PST has been doing their thing for years and is known as the best hip hop and soul party in the city, so come check it out at their new location at Eve. COLEMAN ADVOCATES is leading the charge here in San Francisco in empowering youth and families to advocate for justice, fairness and equity in our public education system (colemanadvocates.org). They need our help, so come out and support, stand up for equity in public education, and have a good time!

Please join us for a very special discussion with United States District of Northern California Judge Thelton Henderson.

Judge Thelton Henderson is one of the most inspiring and accomplished civil rights leaders of our time. 

The focus of this intimate discussion will be on the lessons that Judge Henderson would share with the next generation of civil rights activists, attorneys, organizers and public servants.

The conversation will be moderated by Lateefah Simon, Executive Director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights. The event is co-sponsored by Citizen Hope and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights. 

All are welcome. This event is free. Please spread the word. 

RSVP HERE:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=277422648570&ref=nf

Wednesday Feb 10th
5:30pm-7pm
African American Art and Culture Complex

Judge Henderson’s Bio from UC Berkeley Law School: 

“One of only two African-American students in the Boalt Hall class of 1962, Thelton started his legal career as the first black attorney at the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice. He went South to investigate voting rights abuses and soon confronted the challenge of being a black man in authority within the largely white world of the American legal system. He became a bridge between the Kennedy Justice Department and the leaders of the civil rights movement whom he came to know when they were all forced to lodge in the same segregated motels throughout the South. As a young lawyer and a representative of the federal government, Henderson grappled with many tough choices, including the decision to loan his car to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. one fateful night, a crucial act which ultimately cost him his job.

Returning to California , Henderson became the first legal aid attorney in East Palo Alto once again forging a new path. Distressed to learn that neigboring Stanford Law School had only graduated its first black attorney in 1968, Thelton became its Assistant Dean in charge of recruiting students of color. When he left Stanford in 1976 to practice law, twenty percent of the entering class were students of color and Henderson ’s program became a nationwide model. While Henderson was in private practice, he was nominated to the federal bench. Selected by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 to sit in the Northern District of California, Thelton Henderson became the only African-American judge on that court for ten years. He was selected as its first black Chief Judge in 1990 and served in that post until 1997.

Throughout his distinguished career on the federal bench, Judge Henderson has ruled upon many of the most critical and difficult issues of our time. From halting the slaughter of dolphins by the tuna fishing industry, to striking down California ’s controversial affirmative action initiative, to his recent decision placing the California prison health care system under federal receivorship, Thelton Henderson has demonstrated his conviction that the U.S. Constitution belongs to everyone.”

Video Clips about Judge Henderson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pVIkzZcw7Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6pAKTLoxVY

Join us for our 2nd Annual “HOLIDAY LOVE” Party and the One Year Anniversary of CITIZEN HOPE with DJ SAKE-1 and DJ PROCESS! Event benefits All of Us or None’s “Annual Community Giveback!”

There’s nothing like a good party on Xmas night. We know from experience, last year’s party at 330 Ritch was not just the best thing going on in SF on XMAS night, it was one of the better parties of the year. 

This year the party will be at MANOR WEST, a beautiful newly remodeled venue in SOMA. It’s only been open for a few weeks, so come check out this new spot before everyone else has. 

We’ll be raising money for All of Us or None’s “ANNUAL COMMUNITY GIVEBACK” which gives away BICYCLES and other toys to the children of incarcerated people. Every $60 we raise, gets a kid a bike. Not a bad deal. They really need our help this year, so come show some love, and dance off all that holiday food. Everyone wins. 

We’ve got one of the Bay Area’s best DJs, Sake-One, holding it down, along with DJ Process, with us all the way from NYC. Old school hip hop, funk, soul, only that GOOD STUFF. 

We know it’s XMAS NIGHT. But the party starts at 9pm, so you’ll have plenty of time before hand to see the fam. Heck, even bring your family along! Bring your cousins, your friends, all are welcome! Old, young, whoever. And this year, Xmas is on a FRIDAY night–you don’t work the next day–how could you not come out? 

$10-$20 sliding scale door donation to ALL OF US OR NONE’S “Annual Community Giveback.” 

CITIZEN HOPE BUTTONS will be given to the first 75 people that arrive! 

What are the holidays really about? LOVE. Come get some.

Citizen Hope co-hosts the Bay Area premiere of 9500 Liberty, the award-winning feature documentary that chronicles the immigration culture war that tore apart a wealthy suburb of Washington, DC.

Before the screening, there is a cocktail reception attended by VIPs and filmmakers to raise funds for the completion of the film. Markos Moulitsas, Founder of DailyKos, will introduce the film.

6pm-7pm Cocktail Reception w/ VIPs & Filmmakers
7pm-9pm Screening followed by Q&A

Screening only – $10
Screening & Reception – $25

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/85868

TO SEE THE TRAILER: http://9500liberty.com/
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“A powerful political film with a surprise ending. ”
–Desson Thomson (Washington Post)

“One of the best documentary films I’ve ever seen.”
–Simon Rosenberg (President, NDN)

“Brilliant.” –Markos Moulitsas (Founder, DailyKos)

About the Film
9500 Liberty chronicles the immigration culture war that tore apart a wealthy suburb of Washington DC. The filmmakers capture the escalating conflict as it unfolds in the streets, in online forums, and in the halls of county government. The film provides a cautionary tale of the devastation that may unfold at a national level and a blueprint for how to avoid the same tragic social and economic consequences.

Hosting organizations: Citizen Hope, NDN, & Netroots Nation.

Friends of “9500 Liberty”: Chinese for Affirmative Action, Korean American Coalition-SF, David Miller

Participating organizations: Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, Asian Business League of SF, Asia Society, CAAM, Equal Justice Society, Hammering the Issues, Hyphen Magazine, Kearny Street Workshop, Presente and Screening Liberally.

If your organization is interested in hosting or participating, email us 9500Liberty@gmail.com or call Chris Rigopulos (617)283-9740.

Proceeds benefit 9500 Liberty and are tax-deductible (consult your tax professional). To donate online, http://9500liberty.com/donate.html

The event is from 6-9 p.m. at Lot 46, 46 Geary St. in San Francisco. Due to limited space at Lot 46, we are encouraging attendees to purchase advance admissions online for $20 per person, plus a nominal processing fee (buy here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/85148). Advance admission will be on a VIP list and will be able to avoid the general admission entry line. You don’t have to donate in advance to attend. We’ll be accepting donations of $20, or any amount, at the door. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the flood victims. We regret that we are unable to accept in-kind donations at this event.

The event is posted on Facebook, Going.com, Yelp.com and Upcoming.org.

Citizen Hope steering committee member Keesa Ocampo is chairing the organizing committee, which includes executive committee members Matt Haney, Steve Ngo and Eric Casher and steering committee members Genevieve Jopanda, Masood Ordikhani and Erin Haney.

The massive flooding in Metropolitan Manila in the Philippines has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced over 700,000 people – in what is considered the worst such calamity in the region’s history. The impact of this unfortunate event will be felt for many months ahead and the country will need a lot of help from the global community in rehabilitation efforts as well as in dealing with resulting food & basic supply shortages and the spread of disease.

Honorary Co-Hosts:
Hon. Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator
Hon. Jackie Speier, Congresswoman 12th District of California
Hon. Betty Yee, Chair of the California State Board of Equalization
Hon. Leland Yee, California State Senate
Hon. Fiona Ma, Majority Whip 12th Assembly District
Hon. Jerry Hill, Assemblymember 19th Assembly District
Hon. Marciano Paynor, Jr., Philippine Consul General to San Francisco
Hon. Gavin Newsom, Mayor City of San Francisco
Hon. Kamala D. Harris, SF District Attorney
Hon. Phil Ting, San Francisco Assessor-Recorder
Hon. David Chiu, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Hon. Jane Kim, Vice President of San Francisco Board of Education
Hon. Hydra Mendoza, Mayor’s Education Advisor City and County of San Francisco
Hon. Steve Ngo, San Francisco Community College Board Trustee
Hon. Joel Young, AC Transit Board Director-At-Large

Host Committee: Keesa Ocampo (Chair), Audie Vergara, Eric Casher, Erin Haney, Fred Calindas, Gen Jopanda, Glenn Fajardo, Keith Kamisugi, Kyle Wong, London Breed, Masood Ordikhani, Matt Haney, Meena Harris, Rene Astudillo, Rhean Fajardo, Terrine Baluyut and Vidhya Prabhakaran

Community Partners: ABS-CBN Foundation-USA, Philippine Consulate General – San Francisco, San Francisco-Manila Sister City Committee, Asian American Journalists Association – SF Chapter, Bay Area Asian Pacific American Legislative Staffers, Young Filipino Professionals Association, Filipino Bar Association of Northern California, Citizen Hope, hapihour.org, Philippine American Press Club USA, Kaya:Filipino Americans for Progress, Filipino American Arts Exposition, Asian American Bar Association, Filipina Women’s Network, Clubworks, National Federation of Filipino-American Associations, DineForChange, Soulciety.org, San Francisco Fil-Am Jazz Festival Community, Asian Business League, Fil-Am Chamber of Commerce Santa Clara, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and Bliss Entertainment

Featured DJs:
DJ Big Rich
DJ Romeo
Chief Xcel

Performance by:
Kristine Sinajon

The organizers of this benefit also stand in solidarity with the typhoon victims in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, as well as those who were most recently affected by the tsunami and earthquake in American Samoa, Samoa and Indonesia. “We encourage all those who can to equally support the various relief efforts being organized by other community groups in the Bay Area and elsewhere to assist our unfortunate brothers and sisters in the Asia-Pacific region, ” said Keesa Ocampo,Community Relations Assistant, ABS-CBN International – North America.

For complete event information, with links to Facebook and the admission purchase link, visit http://hapihour.org/ondoy.

All invite you to join us to celebrate International Workers’ Day and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with special guest State Controller John Chiang.

The DEETS:

Friday, May 1, 2009 (Intl Workers Day)
5:30pm – 8pm

330 Ritch
San Francisco, CA

Speech + Q&A + Mixer
21+

Come hear the State Controller talk about the battle over the California Budget and the fight to protect working families. During the heat of the budget negotiations, Governor Schwarzenegger directed Controller Chiang to slash the pay of 136,000 state workers down to the minimum wage of $6.55 an hour. John Chiang stood up against the governor and refused to allow state workers to become pawns in the budget battle. Come hear why he took this stance and what he thinks about the current state of California’s budget and politics.

A $5 cover will benefit student outreach and leadership development for the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) to support the growth of young and emerging leaders in the labor movement.

About APALA:

Asian Pacific Americans represent 14 percent of California’s population. Almost half of all APA workers are employed in occupations that are actively targeted by organized labor. The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) was created in 1992 to educate APA workers; promote political education and voter registration programs among APAs; and increase training, empowerment, and leadership of APAs within the labor movement and APA community.

California has a recidivism rate of 70%, the highest rate in the nation. What are we doing to reduce this rate of recidivism? What are the costs of mass imprisonment to our society and to our communities? What are we doing for people when they are in prison/jail and when they are released? What are some of the innovative approaches to reentry and rehabilitation that are currently being implemented?

Please join us for a discussion on the critical issues of rehabilitation and reentry. We will be joined by some of California’s most outspoken leaders and advocates on this issue.

All are welcome.

Keynote: San Francisco DA Kamala Harris

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Panelists:

Jakada Imani, Executive Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Jessica Flintoft, Program Coordinator, Safe Communities Reentry Council

Lateefah Simon, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights

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Moderator: Steve Ngo, San Francisco Community College Board Trustee

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EVENT: Tuesday, April 7th, 6pm-8pm

WHERE:  UC Hastings Alumni Reception Room (200 McCallister)

RECEPTION: Soluna Cafe, 8pm-9:30pm. Join the hosts and panelists for a mixer after the event!

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Hosted by Citizen Hope (citizenhope.org), Black Law Students Association, La Raza Law Students Association, Philipino Law Students Association, Race and Poverty Law Journal, SALSA, LEOP.

“Medicine for Melancholy is a love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with issues of class, identity, and the evolving conundrum of being a minority in rapidly gentrifying San Francisco—a city with the smallest proportional black population of any other major American city.”

This film is getting incredible reviews and we have this awesome opportunity to support an San Francisco director and dialogue with him about his work. The film is set to show in San Francisco for one week only–but if it gets a great turnout this weekend, it could be here for longer. So even if you can’t make our screening, please go out and see it this weekend.

To be sure to get a ticket for the film, purchase your ticket NOW at: https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=224
Select, Sunday, March 8th, 7:20 showing.

For more information about the film: http://www.strikeanywherefilms.com/

To watch a trailer of the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID51kpZ9iK4