Activism

26 Sep 2024

The Free, Block-long Interactive Arts Experience on Mid Market is Back!

A FREE, BLOCK-LONG INTERACTIVE ARTS EXPERIENCE PRESENTED BY MARKET STREET ARTS Each First Thursday through November from 4-7 PM, UNSTAGED: First Thursdays ✦ Live on Mid-Market, is a free, interactive, live performance experience on Market Street between 5th and 6th. October’s UNSTAGED features exciting new experiences, and gives you a

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26 Sep 2024

48Hills 11th Annual Gala: Women of Resistance

48 Hills was launched by the editors of the legendary SF Bay Guardian alternative weekly newspaper back in 2013. For more than a decade, 48 Hills has covered local and global music, arts, nightlife, and cultural events from a deep and fiercely independent point of view, as well as reporting

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24 Sep 2024

San Francisco Hotel Workers On Strike!

Hotel workers in San Francisco have gone on strike to demand higher wages, improved healthcare and pension benefits, as their previous contract expired and negotiations with the Westin St. Francis, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, and the Grand Hyatt San Francisco have stalled.

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19 Sep 2024

Is the SF Parent Coalition Malicious or Incompetent?

With a delay in school closure announcements and questions about whether they’re even necessary to begin with, many look to SF Parent Coalition for guidance. But is the organization just another astroturf nonprofit funded by billionaires to ultimately undermine public schools?

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19 Sep 2024

SF Symphony Chorus Votes to Strike! Season Opener May Fall Silent

“NO CONTRACT NO CHORUS!” Members of The San Francisco Symphony Chorus voted to go on strike on Monday, September 16th, just days before The Symphony’s planned opening night concert on Thursday, September 19th. Contract negotiations are ongoing with the Symphony and its union The American Guild of Musical Artists (AMAG)

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18 Sep 2024

Home Match: Connecting Folks with Extra Rooms to New Roommates

Home Match is a new housing program that connects people seeking housing with older adults or anyone with extra space in their homes, providing housing security, decreasing isolation, and building community.

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12 Sep 2024

The Fight Over The Great Highway Gets Messy

The Great Highway is messier than we realized, and we’re not just talking about the sand that piles up and closes the area for maintenance 32* times a year. Prop K, a ballot measure about closing the stretch of road between the Pacific Ocean and the Outer Sunset, is dredging

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05 Sep 2024

Over 2,000 SF Hotel Workers Went on Strike Over Labor Day Weekend

Approx. 2,080 San Francisco and San Mateo hotel workers went on strike and demonstrated over Labor Day weekend for better wages and workloads.

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