This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are. The writ of our Founders must endure.

-- Obama Remarks at August 13, 2010 Iftar Dinner, thepage.time.com/obama-remarks

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Activist San Diego is asking that anyone owning a spare or older working laptop computer consider donating it to us to be used in the ASD equipment community lending program we currently have. Any donated computers will be used by ASD members and any members of the SD community who need use of a laptop for a short period of time to interface with some of our other lending equipment (such as video and power point screen projector…) Activist San Diego is a 501c3 non profit and all donations will be tax deductible. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Signed: The ASD Board of Directors

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FDR outmaneuvered Social Security's opponents, using his bully pulpit to explain why they were misguided.

"A few timid people, who fear progress, will try to give you new and strange names for what we are doing," he said in a June 1934 "fireside chat" on the radio. "Sometimes they will call it fascism, sometimes communism, sometimes regimentation, sometimes socialism. But in so doing, they are trying to make very complex and theoretical something that is really very simple and very practical.... I believe that what we are doing today is a necessary fulfillment of what Americans have always been doing — a fulfillment of old and tested American ideals."

-- Ignore the fear-mongering on Social Security. By Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen. LA Times August 14, 2010

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"If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race"

-- Dr. Laura apologizes for using n-word. By the CNN Wire Staff, August 15, 2010

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MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 7PM: Activist PEACE CAFE - ASD Monthly General Meeting. Join us for a networking meeting where we meet in small groups to discuss the hottest social justice issues facing our community. Network, Collaborate, Activate. Joyce Beers Community Center 1230 Cleveland Ave., Hillcrest in the city of San Diego. More Info

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 7PM (always the 3rd Thursday): Radio Project meeting. Activist Center 4246 Wightman St. San Diego. More Info

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 7PM: Film Screening and Discussion: Race: The Power of Illusion. ASD Presents: A Series on Race, Power, and Privilege. Where: 4370 Van Dyke Ave. San Diego. At a time when legalized racial discrimination is resurfacing, this eye-opening film refutes false arguments that attempt to use “science” to divide humans into different groups according to their physical traits. This will be an outdoor film screening. Please bring chairs, a blanket, and something warm to wear in case it is needed. *Dinner will be provided for a suggested donation of $7-$10. No one turned away. These two film screenings will culminate with the organizing of a workshop on race, power, and privilege with a prominent, LA-based, anti-racist activist. More Info

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 6PM: Film Screening and Discussion: The Color of Fear. ASD Presents: A Series on Race, Power, and Privilege. Joyce Beers Community Center 4065 Vermont Street. San Diego. The Color of Fear is an insightful, groundbreaking film about the state of race relations in the United States as seen through the eyes of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino and African descent. These two film screenings will culminate with the organizing of a workshop on race, power, and privilege with a prominent, LA-based, anti-racist activist. More Info

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MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 7PM: Activist PEACE CAFE - ASD Monthly General Meeting. Join us for a networking meeting where we meet in small groups to discuss the hottest social justice issues facing our community. Network, Collaborate, Activate. Joyce Beers Community Center 1230 Cleveland Ave., Hillcrest in the city of San Diego. More Info

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 7PM (always the 3rd Thursday): Radio Project meeting. Activist Center 4246 Wightman St. San Diego. More Info

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 6PM: Free Film Screening: Workers' Republic… when the economy fell... they stood up. Socialist Worker Forum. City Heights Rec Center 4380 Landis St. Two Blocks South of University on Fairmount. 'Workers' Republic' is a 60-minute documentary that chronicles one of the most important labor victories in recent memory. More Info

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EVERY SUNDAY AT NOON 'TILL 1:00 P. M: Weekly Progressive Rally & Demonstration for Pro-Progressive Current Issues. PCH 101 & Encinitas Blvd. Intersection; SW Corner. What: Progressive Rally & Demonstration for Pro-Progressive Current Issues. We have extra signs, or bring your own, and are open to all like-minded progressives to join us any or every Sunday to help our rally grow. More Info

EVERY SUNDAY 2PM: Free Vegan Food at the North Park Community Park with San Diego Food Not Bombs. More Info

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 7PM: ASD Presents: A Series on Race, Power, and Privilege. Film Screening and Discussion: Race: The Power of Illusion. Where: 4370 Van Dyke Ave. San Diego. At a time when legalized racial discrimination is resurfacing, this eye-opening film refutes false arguments that attempt to use “science” to divide humans into different groups according to their physical traits. This will be an outdoor film screening. Please bring chairs, a blanket, and something warm to wear in case it is needed. *Dinner will be provided for a suggested donation of $7-$10. No one turned away. These two film screenings will culminate with the organizing of a workshop on race, power, and privilege with a prominent, LA-based, anti-racist activist. More Info

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 11:30AM: Del Mar Racetrack Protest! The Animal Defense Team has scheduled its third annual protest outside of the Del Mar track entrance. Please Join Us! Everyone Is Welcome And Needed! Bring signs, water and your compassion for the victims of an industry based on greed, drugging, deception and death. Where: The intersection of Jimmy Durante Blvd. and Via de la Valle, under the Del Mar marquee at the corner. More Info

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 6PM: ASD Presents: A Series on Race, Power, and Privilege. Film Screening and Discussion: The Color of Fear. Joyce Beers Community Center 4065 Vermont Street. San Diego. The Color of Fear is an insightful, groundbreaking film about the state of race relations in the United States as seen through the eyes of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino and African descent. These two film screenings will culminate with the organizing of a workshop on race, power, and privilege with a prominent, LA-based, anti-racist activist. More Info

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2010: 30th Anniversary Celebration For Environmental Health Coalition! Where: Joe & Vi Jacobs Center 404 Euclid Avenue San Diego. For 20 years, EHC has responded to community needs in the region by empowering citizens through community organization and technical assistance and by developing policies which lead to long-term solutions. More Info

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 12PM: South Bay Pride & Music Festival. Location Memorial Park 373 Park Way, Chula Vista. Created By South Bay Alliance. More Info FREE admission - Live entertainment - Children's garden - Wine & Beer Garden - Raffle prizes. More Info

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JULY through AUGUST: Summer 2010 Events at City Heights Performance Annex. City Heights Performance Annex 3795 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego. More Info

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Announcements / Workshops

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 12AM: National Call to Action: October 7th Strike & Day of Action for Public Education. More Info

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ACTIVIST LIVING OPPORTUNITY: Room for Rent $450. 1br - Activist San Diego's City Heights Free Skool House, San Diego. The City Heights Freel Skool is a non-hierarchical community space in which tutoring, counseling, film series, meetings and other activities take place. The City Heights Free Skool House is a collective looking for housemates to fill two rooms in mid August to early September. More Info

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SEPT 7TH - SEPT 30TH: San Diego's SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. World Resource Simulation Center. Thirty Years Ago, Buckmister Fuller suggested that with all the interrelated global problems of our time; Population, Energy, Climate Change, Disease, Food, Water, etc. It is necessary to have one place where the best minds can visualize the scope of the worlds problems, and suggest solutions. This is the concept that developed into the World Resource Simulation Center, a project of San Diego's own Global Energy Network Institute. To be held in San Diego, at the NewSchool of Architecture & Design, 1249 F St., San Diego. More Info

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San Diego County Community Coalition August 2010 TV Production schedule. No Experience is necessary. We have members as young as nine and as old as 74. Call for location and to RSVP. All volunteers should arrive at 6:30 PM. We complete production at 10:00PM. Learn to be a Camera Operator, Sound Engineer, Director, Producer, and Internet Broadcast Director. More Info

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TV & Media Activists Needed! We are currently producing 10 shows per month and we plan to double this by the end of 2010. We Need Help And We Have Hundreds Of Positions That Need To Be Filled With Activists/Volunteers to help us keep our shows on the air. Train to be a: Producer Sound Engineer Graphics Generator Camera Operator Editor (Digital and Analog) Floor Director Set Designer Director Webcast Director Video Transcoder Bloggers. Productions are from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM and are held at COX Communications Public Access Studios in El Cajon. Coalition TV Production Schedule: Thursday 21 January, Friday 22 January, Wednesday 27 January, Friday 29 January and Friday 5 February 2010. More Info

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3rd SATURDAY of Each Month, 10AM: Technology Training for Activists. Where: Malcolm X Library, 5148 Market St San Diego. Monday 6:30 PM to 10PM and Every Tuesday 10 AM to 2 PM at Southern Sudanese Community Center 4077 Fairmount Ave. Our general meeting is held the third Sunday of each month at 11 AM at Southern Sudanese Community Center. More Info

SUNDAYS, 5PM and 6PM: Progress In San Diego TV Show: COX 18/23. See the web-simulcast at www.helloworld.com/videoconsultant Click on the live icon

SDCPJ HIGH SCHOOL LEAFLETING PROJECT. The SD Coalition for peace and justice high school leafleting project is still looking for volunteers. More Info

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Peace Flags. Excellent for display or for Peace Rallies. Call 858.459.4650 or email TanjaWinter@ActivistSanDiego.org

90.7 KPFK PACIFICA RADIO. More Info

Your Network tv ~ yournetwork.tv

The Guerrero Azteca Project ~ www.guerreroazteca.org

The GI Rights Hotline ~ www.girightshotline.org

LA VOZ Community Events Newsletter over the last 12 years has worked towards keeping the San Diego non-profit, Latino, and community at large connected ~ LA VOZ Community Events Newsletter

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The Save the Internet Coalition ~ www.savetheinternet.com

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