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In The Works, an anti-authoritarian and anti-art collective, has been the Food Not Bombs cook house for the Monday serving at 16th and Mission Plaza for the past year. They are now fighting eviction by new owner, Rick Holman of Asher Insights, for opening up their space to community groups like Food Not Bombs.Accused of “illegally occupying” their unit for “subletting or assigning” their space to groups such as Food Not Bombs and for hosting community events such as the Alter Anarchist Book Fair. Community spaces and organizations of the poor, homeless, and marginalized are the first to feel the blows of gentrification when outside forces try to mold a neighborhood into a profitable business venture. Displacement begins when our community’s right to free, healthy food is attacked by landlords such as Rick Holman.
PLEASE CALL & LET HIM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE EVICTION!
Rick Holman
cell (415) 602-2180
Come to Hummingbird House (aka Saturday Cookhouse) for awesomeness! There will definitely be tasty food and probably live music. There will also be a short, to the point meeting where we will get stuff done!
If you’re considering volunteering, coming to a meeting is a great way to get plugged in and find out how you can be the most help.
Call Julia for directions: 415-215-1790
It’s time for our annual pride serving (aka Chez Gay) at the Transmarch! This year our planning has been very low key, so we’re hosting it as a potluck, and we encourage YOU to participate by bringing vegan/vegetarian food to share with others!
It can be tricky to find us so look for FNB banners, shirts and bike carts.
What: FNB Pride Potluck @ Transmarch. Bring a vegan or veggie dish to share.
Where: Dolores Park (18th And Dolores)
When: Friday, June 22, 2012, 3:00-6pm
Robert Yegge, was a smart, spirited and funny volunteer. He coordinated a FNB sharing for several years in the Panhandle and Golden Gate Park, cooking, serving and transporting food by wagon and bike. Robert fed dozens of hungry people and was a regular at our meetings. He was always generous, enthusiastic and willing to pitch in; he cracked us up and made us smile.
His life was cut tragically short this week in an accident while riding his bike. He will be greatly missed by SFFNB.
Friends, family and colleagues are invited to share their memories on this facebook page
A memorial potluck will be held this Sunday, June 10, 1-6pm at Marx Meadow in Golden Gate Park.
RIP
April Meeting Notes
from April 3, 2012 at In The Works
1. Rice and Beans Distribution: Rice and beans at In The Works, were distributed at end of meeting. In The Works will pick up rice and beans from Rainbow in the future. Also, ITW usually has extra potatos and rice that can be shared with other cookhouses.
2. Days that need help:
Saturday — could use help especially with cleanup around 6 pm
Wednesday — could use one or two more for serving, also could use help with food pickups
Sunday — needs new pickup person/ dumpsterer on Sunday, and moany one person to help cook if reliable
Monday ITW: possibly more food source people, and one or two more regular volunteers for food prep and cleanup. Normally starts prep at 2-3 pm and serves at 7.
There will be a new volunteer meeting Monday April 9, 7 pm at In The Works.
3. $50 was raised for SF FNB at the Anarchist Book Fair.
4. There is interest in starting a new serving at UN Plaza on the weekend — the person has equiptment but might want help with spices etc, can start in 2-3 weeks.
5. Fundraising for cups etc? Dana mentioned that Alex can often get free cups to share. Also sporks are only $6 for 1,000 at Cash adn Carry. Donation button on website? Paypal or other? Chela will do research, Ellen has bank account info, we can discuss next meeting.
6. Voicemail? No one person is consistantly checking. It can be accessed through the volunteer email (Google Voice). Julia proposed a new message — the current one sounds like a robot and is hard to understand.
7. Meeting schedule: Chela suggested two meetings per month on different days to accomodate different schedules. There was disagreement: the meetings might end up more fragmented. Suggestion to have meetings regularly on the first Tuesday of each month. It is important to post meetings on website before they happen.
8. Next meeting: Tuesday May 8, Ellen’s place, 8 pm.
Tuesday, February 21
7 pm
There will be a San Francisco Food Not Bombs meeting at the Saturday cookhouse near 2nd Ave and Fulton — contact Julia (415-215-1790) for the exact address.
Meeting Start: 8:02 pm
food: bread, pizza, cake, pie, beer, wine, fruit, vegetables and other goodies!
In attendance: ellen, irish, cynthia, donald, ted, caitlin, christian, dana, arriana, maggie, hayden. we currently have 5 servings!
Announcements: dana- fnb signs progressing. cynthia- looking for a live-in home care situation.
Stickers: come up with, field designs and send to the list. bring in saturday people. we’ll talk about this again!
Anthropology students working on alternatives to capitalism project: questions about filming and their timeframe — not possible inside s40. servings are public places . they are looking for a living situation. irish is asking for further details. proposal: irish will be point of contact. OK.
Tabling: irish – we should do more tabling, especially local stuff and network with other local groups to support those causes. People want to do tabling at hardly strictly bluegrass this weekend (noon, Saturday)!
Get away recap: Mountain getaway was mostly FNB people! lots of exciting and fun and “interesting” experiences.
Where’s the art / punk show dude: Ellen is going to contact him again. If we can’t reach him we will pursue alternatives. For future events a FNB person should be in attendance!
BIRTHDAY INTERMISSION! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAITLIN
Don (Calling In): Hi Don! He’s awesome! He’s doing some car pickups for us and we really appreciate it. Going to work out some further drop-offs. Hope to see him at the next meeting.
In The Works: New Collective Space in SF at 17th and Capp. Still building out their space! Wants to start a new serving in the next month or so, starting small, will open up the kitchen later. The idea of a breakfast on Tuesday? Proposal: ~$150 funds from the general fund to start this new serving. OK
FNB in Haight and Church Groups: Church groups and FNB share a serving line, time and space on Saturday. This group serves meat and dairy, has a bullhorn, it creates some confusion and some are people uncomfortable. We will bring this up next month when people from Saturday are present and try to broker a solution.
Free Eats Chart: updates in progress. Irish is working on it!
Screen Printing: Is happening soon, in October. Details TBA talk to Arriana about it!
Noisebridge: Thoughts about approaching Noisebridge for a FNB serving. We don’t currently have a person who wants to do this, but if we did would want someone who was a super reliable bottom-liner: no rotting food, no dirty dishes, no BS, no drama. Right now focusing on developing In The Works.
Next Meeting: In The Works. October 25th. 7:30pm
Meeting End: 9:56pm
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Announcements / Quick Items
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– Irish is going to pick up rainbow rice and beans ASAP
– Dana is working on some signage stuff, more details TBA
– FNB getaway, still planned for the weekend of Sept 16th, more space available. BYO Transportation.
– Fundraiser for Thursday FNB @ the Convent is put off until November so there’s more time to plan / promote
– 2 events at station 40, Anarchist Salon on the 24th and S40 fundraiser on the 27th
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Agenda
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+ We need receipt letters for some donations, trying keith , the coalition, noisebridge
+ Consensed to accepting imitation meat donations from EcoVegan (http://www.ecovegan.com/) and are okay with them listing FNB on their donation page.
+ Harvest Hills is offering is an incredible opportunity for produce / bread pickups every week day at 10 AM. Thursday and Saturday (Sunday? Others?) may take advantage of this.
+ New collective forming at 17th and mission. They are in serious need of cooking supplies and an electric stove. Want to host their own day. They’re going to come back to the group with a proposal for startup needs after they get their space built out.
+ Ellen needs help picking up foodt! (possibly coordinated after the meeting).
+ Erik, who held an art show fundraiser for us, is coming back and will start looking for things on our wish list (https://sffnb.org/2011/05/07/may-meeting/)
+ Alex wants more people involved with Monday, is looking for a kitchen that would offer long-term stability.
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NEXT MEETING
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Tueday, September 27
7:30pm
Wednesday Cookhouse
(Polk / California)
official message /w details soon
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Orlando Food Not Bombs is under attack and is currently being arrested, harassed, and labeled “food terrorists” despite public outcry. Ways you can support Orlando FNB
- Call (407) 246-2221 and tell mayor Buddy Dyer arrests of FNB in orlando.
- Donate directly to Orlando FNB
- Learn more and share this story with others!
The City of Orlando, the home of Disney World in Florida, is being sued in court today over a city law that has effectively made it illegal for any group to feed more than 25 people at a time in downtown parks without a permit. It also limits groups to no more than two permits per park, per year. The group Food Not Bombs has refused to obey the new law—saying food is a right, not a privilege—and has continued to serve free meals to the poor and homeless. However, over the past month more than 20 members of the organization have been arrested. Read more at Democracy Now
Thanks everyone for making the chez gay cafe a success! See you again next year 🙂
San Francisco Food Not Bombs 