Activism

14 May 2020

SF Art Orgs & Mayor Breed Ask Congress for Aid to the Arts

Mayors across the US, guided by 15 or so San Francisco arts organizations and Mayor London Breed’s office, wrote to Congress this week, asking the Fed to step up it’s support for the arts. The SFS thanks Mayor @LondonBreed, the SF Arts Alliance, & this group of 22 additional mayors

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06 May 2020

Honor Your Mom by Bailing Out Someone Else’s for Mother’s Day

For the past couple years I’ve been doing something extra special for my mom on Mother’s Day. It’s not flowers, it’s not candy, it’s not even a card. I’ve been helping bail someone else’s mother out of jail. And I’ll be doing the same this year.

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04 May 2020

Supervisor Preston Wants to Double Real Estate Tax for SF’s Most Wealthy

Dean Preston has always been on the side of renters in San Francisco. Before being elected to the Board of Supervisors he founded and ran Tenants Together, California’s only statewide renters’ rights organization. He was also instrumental in getting 2018’s Proposition F passed, which gave anyone in San Francisco facing

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30 Apr 2020

Rent Strike in the Mission Advocated by David Bowie Church Leader

Via – Lysol Tony-Romeo,  David Bowie Church Hi my name is Lysol Tony-Romeo, and I’m here to recruit you! To not pay rent this month. In addition to being the Revered of your local David Bowie Church I’m the master tenant of a house of 9 people in the Mission.

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30 Apr 2020

Essential Worker Strikes Planned at Amazon, Instacart, Walmart for May Day

Essential Worker Strikes Planned at Amazon, Instacart, Wallmart for May Day, it is unclear if business will be disrupted and to what degree

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29 Apr 2020

Joe Exotic is Crashing Zoom Calls to Raise Money for Hospitality Workers

Guest Post by Chris Luecke With the shelter-in-place mandate being in effect for over a month now, you’ve probably accomplished at least 2 things: You’ve binge watched Tiger King on Netflix and know more about exotic cats than you ever imagined. You’ve taken part in so many Zoom calls for

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29 Apr 2020

The 2020 Census is Out & It’s Important

The 2020 Census is happening now.  You can respond online, by phone, or by mail:  https://www.2020census.gov/en/ways-to-respond.html This is the first census in history you can complete online here! The Census is really important to our Democracy.  The more we know about our communities, the better decisions we can make as

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22 Apr 2020

Artists Around the World Create Dope PSAs for the “Erase COVID” Campaign

Legendary Bay Area poster artist Lil Tuffy reached out to me the other day about this awesome campaign that’s using art to raise awareness, and money, to support folks during COVID. Fifty-two artists from seven countries are creating work for the Erase COVID campaign, and the profits of each piece sold

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