Citizen Hope’s 2nd Annual Holiday Love Party | X-Mas Night | Manor West

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 “San Francisco United for Maine Equality”–”To Maine: From San Francisco, With Love”

Guest speakers include State Senator Mark Leno, City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Supervisor Bevan Dufty
*Suggested donation: $25*
Please donate at the door or online:
http://www.actblue.com/page/alicemaine
The campaign website:
http://www.protectmaineequality.org/
The election is “too close to call.” We can make a difference from San Francisco by providing the funds directly to the campaign against Question 1. We hope you can be there.
With love and in unity,
Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club & Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club | Citizen Hope | African American Democratic Club | API Equality | San Francisco Young Democrats | One Struggle, One Fight (OSOF)
Read more about the campaign here:
From the AP:
“Maine voters face historic choice on gay marriage”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i6M_ZwwPV0sIz13340GC6xs9lFlwD9B7MTM00
From San Francisco’s own Paul Hogarth, who traveled to Maine recently:
“Why I’m Optimistic About Maine”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-hogarth/why-im-optimistic-about-m_b_322320.html
Citizen Hope Co-Hosts 9500 Liberty Premiere and Cocktail Reception

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
Citizen Hope Film Screening: Medicine for Melancholy
Citizen Hope (citizenhope.org) and the Osiris Coalition (http://www.sfhdc.org/osiris.html) are proud to host a special screening of Medicine for Melancholy THIS SUNDAY AT 7:20pm at Landmark Embarcadero Cinemas. We will be joined by the Director and a SF native, Barry Jenkins, for a dialogue and Q and A following the film. He will talk to us specifically about the social and political issues the film raises. We’ll also all be heading out for drinks afterwards to continue the discussion.
“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
