Thursday June 16th , ST40 . Nick Portoro , a documentary film maker will show his footage of what was happening here in S.F. against FOOD not BOMBS . Come in joy a 4 or 5 course VEGAN meal with FRIENDS (7pm) , after woods we will sign a PETITION in support of ORLANDO and watch a well put together film piece . There is nothing closer to my heart , then the INSANE struggle against ORLANDO FOOD not BOMBS . Please come out for a great night of FOOD & FRIENDS & SOLIDARITY !!! Please FORWARD …..
Check Ins
in attendance: ted, ellen, aiden, irish, katie, erik, erik, alex, james, maggie, dana
Announcements
– Contact Aiden for FNB related photocopies, please send a PDF!
– Beats Not Bombs, musical concert at the end of May. An opportunity for FNBers to get away for memorial day weekend. Contact Irish!
– James is doing donation yoga in the Richmond on Tuesdays & Thursdays at West Side Art House, wants to do a benefit for FNB.
– Irish: Thursday Food Not Bombs is planning another benefit. Wants to hold it on a rooftop in the lower haight.
– Ellen: Sunday is not in peril!
– Two weeks from now new volunteer picnic. Katie and Erik
– Alex, please view Monday as open, feel free to bring music, food, other things! feel free to email him when you do these things so you can coordinate, know when he’s going to arrive.
free stuff from art show benefit
Eric is offering to buy supplies for FNB from money earned at an art show benefit. he’s willing to do all the shopping and bring us stuff. he said this will likely happen in june. from the meeting, our wish list:
– Propane
– Double Burner Stove
– Canopies
– “the biggest rice cooker possible”
– baking dishes
– water or beverage tank
If you have other needs please email them to the list
new volunteers
katie and erik – thursday has so many people that they’re getting bored. we also have a lot of volunteers who aren’t connected, may be able to start new servings. have a general purpose volunteer meeting and workshop to see what people need to startup servings and what they can do.
proposal: picnic at dolores park as it is easy to find, has reliable weather. May 21st 3pm. APPROVED
keith mchenry
kevin on the phone: travelled to taos, nm talked to locals about keith, some people had positive things to say, some interpersonal issues.
locally: some local and ex FNB people have issues with keith, some mad, frustrated by his criticisms of local fnb chapters. anarchist book fair, issues about reimbursement / funds from making cupcakes. did anyone ask for reimbursement? irish says keith is open to examination of finances or accountability w/ sffnb people.
proposal: to hold keith up to the apology letter that he’s written irish, to answer questions and engage him on these issues. we will revisit this topic in the near future. APPROVED
sleep in
May 14th, sleep out for homeless lgbtq youth. cooking dinner and breakfast . 6pm on Saturday, Civic Center. 7am on Sunday at Harvey Milk Plaza. Help needed for serving. Details here
groups of people volunteering
recently, we got emails from middle schoolers and an evangelical church. different people have different feelings on this. some people want to proceed, others have reservations.
proposal: craft form-letter statement to send to groups that describes fnb as welcoming, diverse, anti-authoritarian community, folks are aware of what FNB is so people can knowingly participate if they wish, no litmus test. taking a responsibility for education about FNB and our principles, criticism when groups come to join us. a working group is exchanging ideas, and will bring back something to the next meeting. if interested email ellen or aiden. APPROVED
Next meeting:
Saturday June 11, 2011, 7pm at Ellen’s
Dear Food Not Bombs community,
Please support Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs. Don’t let the authorities drive them from Stranahan Park. This is our right to share food and literature in the most visible and logical locations in our communities. Ask your chapter to send an email.
Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs will hold a “solidarity march” today February 25, 2011 in Stranahan Park at 4 p.m. and will give a letter to city officials decrying what they see as police intimidation and a violation of their civil liberties.
Please forward.
Call and email the Mayor and other commissioners telling them you support the right of Food Not Bombs to share food and literature at Stranahan Park and that the police need to end their attacks on local activists, the homeless and poor in Fort Lauderdale. Remind them that the whole world is watching and that Food Not Bombs is organizing a global campaign of support. If you live near Fort Lauderdale please participate in the next meal at Stranahan Park every Friday at the gazeebo in front of the Main Library on Andrews and Broward in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. Please let them know where you are located so they can see that every corner of the world is watching. Thanks
CITY CONTACTS:
Mayor Seiler at 954-828-5003 or via e-mail at jack.seiler@fortlauderdale.gov
http://ci.ftlaud.fl.us/commission/bios/seiler.htm
Commissioner Roberts may be reached at 954-828-5004 or via e-mail at BRoberts@fortlauderdale.gov
Commissioner Rodstrom may be reached at 954-828-5923 (office), 954-292-9378 (cell) or by e-mail at crodstrom@fortlauderdale.gov
Commissioner DuBose may be reached at 954-828-5004 or via e-mail at BDuBose@fortlauderdale.gov
Commissioner Rogers may be contacted by calling 954-828-5004 or via e-mail at RRogers@fortlauderdale.gov
Fort Lauderdale Police Department Chief Franklin Adderley can be contacted by calling (954) 828-5700 or via e-mail at flpdwebmaster@fortlauderdale.gov
Florida: Police raid SWAMP Collective House
In the recent five months, tensions between the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and Food Not Bombs activists have escalated. Within this time, The FLPD has not only prevented multiple groups from sharing in Stranahan Park, but has installed a police surveillance tower in the park amidst repeated verbal assault against Food Not Bombs activists.
On Thursday, February 17th, an FPL electricity inspection led to the power being turned off at the home of activists frequently the target of police harassment. The electricity bill had been paid prior to this. Several hours later, all tenants had left the house while a few guests remained. During this time, an unwarranted police raid took place under the premise of ‘uninhabitable’ living conditions. The house was deemed ‘uninhabitable’ due to the lack of electricity, which had been turned off that morning. House guests were pulled from the house and searched by over a dozen officers, who kicked in unlocked doors and, with a K-9 unit, searched the house with no specific intent. One female guest was frisked and inappropriately touched by a male officer. More troubling still, officers were questioning the political orientation of the house guests. They asked if the house was a ‘militant training camp’, and whether or not the guests were “terrorists” or affiliated with “black bloc”. Before the FLPD left the house, they threatened to repeat raids weekly.
[Stop. Lawyer time.]
The Food Not Bombs activists in Fort Lauderdale are not involved in any of the activities suggested by the police. Rather, activities organized out of the house include free bike repair, FNB gatherings and sharing of food with the homeless, animal rights activities, candle making workshops, foreclosure & civil rights activism, etc. We, Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs, strongly condemn the intimidation tactics which include the police surveillance tower in Stranahan Park, unwarranted police raids, and the criminalization of community activism. Broward County officials have already targeted the poor and disenfranchised. Now the range has been expanded to include those who dare to help them. We call on South Florida activists to stand with us in solidarity as we struggle against the city’s efforts to repress the homeless and community-based activism.
In solidarity,
Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs
For more information, send an email to WDirect08@aol.com or SWAMPZine@gmail.com.
UPDATE: Fort Lauderdale Police returned to the activists home on Saturday, February 19th at around 9:00PM. The two officers did not attempt a repeat of Thursday’s raid, but rather briefly insulted and intimidated one of the tenants and their guests. The police entered the house, with permission from the tenant but then left shortly afterward.
Florida: Police raid SWAMP Collective House
http://drstevebest.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/response-to-police-raid-of-activists-swamp-collective-in-florida/
Posted on February 20, 2011 by denverabc
http://denverabc.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/florida-police-raid-swamp-collective-house/
Fort Lauderdale Police Clashes With Food Not Bombs
http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2011/02/food_not_bombs_fort_lauderdale_police.php
What:
Meet local artists, see what they’ve been working on, and enjoy beverages and snacks while raising money for SF Food Not Bombs! RSVP
When
Thursday, 24 February 2011
7:00-11:30pm
Where
The Fishbowl Bar & Grill
1854 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA, 94115-2517 · Get directions
Who
Artists who will display their brilliance include:
D Young V
Alexandra Venegas
Aaron Lawrence
Bethany Rose
Rocky Villanueva
Hope to see you there!
Come in Full Force on Wed, Feb 23, 2011,
and Give a Voice to the Voiceless against Tasers,
at the SF Police Commission related hearing,
5:30 PM, Room #400 !
Further Details:
San Francisco, facing a $380 Million Budget deficit, is poised to cut $7.6 million from homeless services, including supportive housing, day time services and drop-in centers. Along with this elimination of services for the homeless and working poor, enforcement has started on a new sit/lie law, criminalizing those who now have even fewer alternatives to the streets. On top of this a city supervisor has proposed Care-Not-Cash for cans and bottles — if this presses forward, it potentially takes away one of the few sources of income for those with little other means to support themselves.
As the city slashes its budget to the bone, several supervisors, “progressives” elected by many constituents of little or modest means, are caving to whining and bullying by Twitter, a ‘socially responsible’ company backed by hundreds of millions of dollars, for a tax cut.
As 2011 begins, San Francisco continues to be a tale of two cities, with many opportunities for the well-off, with politicians catering to their needs, while those for the poor diminish or barely hold on, and more no and low income people are forced to leave the city.
(original fail whale)
*A message from FNB Thursday Chapter
Dear lovely friends and family, due to some developing circumstances between our collective space and the authorities-that-be some updates must be made about our upcoming event.
In order to ensure that Station 40 remain a safe, autonomous, community art/event space for years to come our event structure must make some slight changes.
To keep capacity low and ensure a comfortable experience for everyone we will have to limit the dinner to about 50 people. We plan to start serving dinner at 7pm sharp in order to save time post-dinner for our talented acts, as we may need to stop music relatively early to save us from noise complaints. Post-dinner we will move the tables to create more space and allow more people in, but space will be limited so the earlier the better.
On to the good news!
We have a bunch of fabulous music lined up including the harmonically heart wrenching Fox & Woman!
You gotta see this, Saturday Feb. 5th be there!
January 31, 2011
We had a small FNB meeting this month, with Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday represented. Ellen made really wonderful cupcakes and Alex brought delicious soup!
Notes:
- Report back from East Bay Food Not Bombs FNB principles meeting. It’s proposed that we should hold a Bay Area wide food not bombs picnic this summer!
- General banter about servings, what works, what doesn’t, etc
- Desire to find ways to use excess collected food and better move things around (enthusiastic volunteers welcome to move things)! Folks thought it’d be easier to find people to host servings if we can offer help with food collection.
- Tree picked up a bike cart from a donor for FNB! It’s now at Station 40.
- Sit/Lie – cops are out in force, in civic center, bart, 16th and mission. Bothering homeless and poor folks. A serving / protest in the city’s new parklets? sit/lie action in February. Questions about how they going to enforce sit/lie (enforcement starts tomorrow). Fliers or sidewalk chalking with politician lies? Discuss among groups then bring ideas to the list.
- We have two or three possible cook houses! To get these servings off the ground we need people who are interested in coordinating / bottom-lining
- Email list. Who is still in the moderator / admin spot? Something to look into.
- Let’s make a LED sign! Dana is getting stuff together to do this and we will build it in the next two months. People are excited, time to solder! More screen printing?!?! We can make many designs, patches and shirts, have a combined screen printing LED sign making party — perhaps at Ellens studio.
Meeting Adjourned! 8:51pm
Next Meeting TBA
Come help FNB get sustainable plateware!
**first of all apologies, the email address on the flyer is incorrect! To contact us by email:
sffoodnotbombsthurs@gmail.com**
You are cordially invited to a lovely sit down dinner in support of Food Not Bombs. We currently spend tons of money on eco-damaging disposable cups/plates/sporks for our servings on Thursdays at 16th and mission. With you’re help we can make disposables a thing of the past. So come join us for an evening of fine food/drinks, live music, and service with a smile!
Tickets are limited so we hope to see you there!
WHEN: Saturday February 5th, 6:30pm
WHERE: 3030 B 16th St. “Station 40”
Menu: (all menu items are the both tasty and vegan!)
Simosas
Spring Rolls with slightly spicy peanut sauce
Arugala Asian Pear Salad
Dahl
Curry and Rice
From Scratch Apple, Pear, Raisin Pie
Homemade Chai Latte’s
(we just did a test run of the menu and it was a huge hit!)
Suggested Donation: $10-30 sliding scale
(FREE DRINK with donations over $10)
for more info and/or ticket delivery
email: sffoodnotbombsthurs@gmail.com
FNB voicemail: (415)484-3288
We’re doing an event this Thursday at Station 40 celebrating the birthday of Wolgang Amadeus Mozart.
We’re going to start by playing for Food Not Bombs at the 16th/Mission BART and move into Station 40 at 8pm.
We’ll be bringing out our fans, and I think its going to be a great celebration of life and music and giving and will expose both of our organizations to a wider public.
I’d love it if you can post this event on the site.
Admission for the show is free, with a voluntary donation going to support the musicians.
Here’s a link for the FB event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184145421615687
Thanks!! ~ Classical Revolution
San Francisco Food Not Bombs 
