Sacramento area events that address peace, justice, and sustainability issues are included in this calendar. Not all events are sponsored by Sacramento Area Peace Action; use contact numbers and emails to obtain more information. See www.davispeace.org for the Davis Peace Coalition. Scroll to bottom for links to ongoing area vigils.

January 2015 Sacramento Area Peace Events

Saturday, Jan 24, 11am - 1pm, Boycott SodaStream & other Israeli products. Join weekly bannering & leafleting at local stores. For location: SacramentoBDS@gmail.com

Saturday, Jan 24, 12noon, Rally to End Islamophobia & Racism. The recent tragedy in France against Charlie Hebdo journalists sparked a massive wave of revenge attacks, targeting innocent Muslims. 16th St. and Broadway, Sacramento. FMI: 916-572-9680; Sac@ANSWERcoalition.org

Sunday, Jan 25, 10:30am, Protest AIPAC at its annual meeting. Click for flyer. AIPAC, the self-proclaimed Israel lobby, coercively advocates for US aid & political support that enable Israel's war crimes, occupation, and apartheid. Hyatt, 1209 L St, Sacramento. FMI: SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com; 916-448-7157.

Sunday, Jan 25, 2 - 4pm, 6th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Black United Fund office, 4104 44th St, Sac., to collect and pack unworn winter accessories such as hats, gloves, scarves, blankets, sweat shirts, and socks, to distribute to local homeless shelters. To donate & FMI: fayek@springmail.com; 916-484-3750.

Monday, Jan 26, 3 - 5pm, Brown & Black lives matter. All lives matter. Stop the Drone Killing! Prosecute Killer Cops! Stop All Racist Killing! Join N. Calif. Activists United Against Drone Warfare and Global militarization at Beale AFB monthly protest. Doolittle Gate, Hammonton Smartville Rd @ Doolittle Dr, Marysville, followed by potluck & camping at Main gate, 4675 N. Beale Rd FMI: 916-284-0944, bbinks@comcast.net

Tuesday, Jan 27, 4:30 - 6pm, End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Tuesday, Jan 27, 6 - 8am, Brown & Black lives matter! All lives matter! Stop the Drone Killing! Prosecute Killer Cops! Stop All Racist Killing! Join N. Calif. Activists United Against Drone Warfare and Global militarization at Beale AFB monthly protest. Wheatland Gate, 3960 S. Beale Rd. @ Ostrom Rd, Marysville. FMI: 916-284-0944, bbinks@comcast.net.

Tuesday, Jan 27, 7 pm, Jason Barbose, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, speaks on Half the Oil: Fueling a Clean Transportation Future, Sierra 2 Community Center, 2791 24th St, Sac. Learn about solutions to Sacramento’s biggest carbon-emission sector, transportation 350Sacramento.org. Free, donations welcome. Info: litman@pacbell.net

Tuesday, Jan 27, 7pm, 4th Tues. Films: Scandalize My Name, Stories from the Blacklist, documents experiences of African-American actors and musicians faced with blacklists, intimidation, and discrimination during the McCarthy era and explores the impact these tactics had on the performers’ careers and on civil rights as a whole. 909 12th St. Sac. Info: 916-448-7157, sacpeace@dcn.org

Wednesday, Jan 28, 4 - 5pm, No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595

February 2015 Sacramento Peace Events

Tuesday, Feb 3, 4:30 - 6pm, End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Feb 4, 4 - 5pm, No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595

Sunday, Feb 8, 2 - 4:30pm, Sacramento Darwin Day, a Celebration of Science, Reason and Humanity, honoring Charles Darwin's 206th Birthday. Key speaker Mario Livio, Ph.D., "Charles Darwin: Curiosity, Blunders and Brilliance." Also live music, displays, light snacks, birthday cake. $10 at door, $5 with Student ID. John Smith Hall, La Sierra Community Center, 5325 Engle Road, Carmichael. FMI: 916-706-1329.

Tuesday, Feb 10, 4:30 - 6pm, End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Feb 11, 4 - 5pm, No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595

Thursday, Feb 12, 6:15pm, SacPeace Board meets. 909 12th St. Sacramento. FMI: sacpeace@dcn.org; 916-448-7157

Saturday, Feb 14, 6 - 7:30pm, Sac Veterans for Peace 2nd Saturday vigil, No New Wars, No Killer Drones!, 20th & J, Sacramento. All welcome, FMI: 916-456-4595

Monday, Feb 16, 6 - 8pm, Sacramento 9/11 Truth monthly meeting. Perko's (formerly Denny's) conference room, 925 - 3rd St. Sac. Info: 916-372-8433

Tuesday, Feb 17, 4 - 6pm, End U.S. aid to Israel & boycott companies aiding Israel's abuses. Sign petitions for Palestinian rights. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Wednesday, Feb 18, 4 - 5pm, No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595

Wednesday, Feb 18, 7:15pm, Film: Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up. A documentary film by Saul Landau, featuring Danny Glover and 84 year old Fidel Castro, interviewing anti-Castro terrorists, often supported by the CIA, and Cuban State Security officials explaining why they sent 5 agents to infiltrate violent Miami exile groups. 1640 9th Ave. Sacramento. FMI: SALA 916 446-3304

Thursday, Feb 19, 6:30pm, Forum on City Ethics and Transparency Reforms see 3-25. Clunie Clubhouse, 601 Alhambra, Sacramento. FMI: 916-447-8683

Monday, Feb 23, 3 - 5pm, Join N. Calif. Activists United Against Drone Warfare at Beale AFB monthly protest. Main gate, 4675 N. Beale Rd, Marysville, followed by potluck and camping. FMI: Nevada County: 941-320-0291; Sacramento: 916-284-0944, bbinks@comcast.net

Tuesday, Feb 24, 4:30 - 6pm, End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! Weekly Vigil. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.

Tuesday, Feb 24, 6 - 8am, Join N. Calif. Activists United Against Drone Warfare at Beale AFB monthly protest. Wheatland gate, 3960 S. Beale Rd. @ Ostrom Rd, Marysville. FMI: Nevada County: 941-320-0291; Sacramento: 916-284-0944, bbinks@comcast.net.

Tuesday, Feb 24, 7pm, 4th Tues. Film: Utopia, John Pilger's film investigates the oldest continuous human culture, its suppressed colonial past and rapacious present. Utopia reveals that apartheid is deep within Australia's past and present and that Aboriginal people are still living in abject poverty, with a low life expectancy, and disproportionately high rate of deaths in police custody. This story is revealed against the backdrop of the area's boom in mineral wealth. 909 12th St, Sac. Info: sacpeace@dcn.org, 916-448-7157

Wednesday, Feb 25, 4 - 5pm, No New Wars, No Killer Drones. Sac Veterans for Peace weekly vigil, 15th & L, Sac. All welcome. FMI: 916-456-4595

Friday, Feb 27, 7pm, Friends of the Homeless in Sacramento Concert to purchase new sleeping bags for he homeless that can withstand freezing temperatures and to fund the Community Dinner Project. Sliding scale donation $7-10. Pls. bring new and gently used hats, scarves, coats, gloves, socks to donate to homeless. Luna's Cafe', 1414 16th St., Sac. Info: 916-856-6305.

March 2015 Sacramento Peace Events

Wednesday, Mar 4, Shut Down Creech!! Creech AFB, near Las Vegas Nevada is where pilots fly Predator & Reaper drones, armed with Hellfire missiles, all over the world. March 4-6. Info & carpools from Sacramento: (916)284-0944, bbinks@comcast.net

Thursday, Mar 12, 6:15pm, SacPeace Board meets. 909 12th St. Sacramento. FMI: sacpeace@dcn.org; 916-448-7157

Thursday, Mar 12, 6:30pm, Forum on City Ethics and Transparency Reforms see 3-25. South Natomas Library, 2901 Truxel Rd. Sacramento. FMI: 916-447-8683

Wednesday, Mar 25, 6:30pm, Forum on City Ethics & Transparency Reforms to obtain ideas, opinions and feedback on meaningful and effective reforms of Sacramento city government. Robbie Waters Library, 7335 Gloria Dr, Sacramento. FMI: 916-447-8683.

Saturday, Mar 28, 10am, 15th Annual Cesar E. Chavez March, Southside Park, 7th & T Sts. Sacramento. FMI: eyetileye@yahoo.com

April 2015 Sacramento Peace Events

Thursday, Apr 9, 6:15pm, SacPeace Board meets. 909 12th St. Sacramento. FMI: sacpeace@dcn.org; 916-448-7157

Ongoing Vigils in Valley & Foothill Communities

Davis Peace Coalition: Silent Peace Vigil, every Saturday, 11am-12noon, G Street Plaza (between 2nd and 3rd Streets) Davis, 530-758-8575, www.davispeace.org  (Updated 11-2006)

Sacramento Area Peace Action: Tuesdays, 4-6pm, 16th   J Streets ; Saturdays 11:30am-1:30pm: 1 st Sat. Arden at Heritage; 3 rd Sat. Fulton   Marconi, Sacramento , 916-448-7157, sypeaceact@jps.net  (Updated 11-2006)

Solano County Peace and Justice Coalition, Thursdays, 5 to 6 pm, First and Military street in Benicia, www.solanopeaceandjustice.com  (Updated 11-2006)

Woodland: Monthly Peace Vigil in Woodland gathers every fourth Saturday 11am -12 noon in front of the Yolo County Court House, 725 Court St. Woodland. 530 662-0387; doehene@charter.net  ( Updated 11-2006)