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On Cinco de Mayo, 1862, a feebly armed, heavily outnumbered Mexican army, formed largely by determined indigenous forces carrying machetes and sticks, took it out on the invading forces of Napolean III and his French Empire, and won. In other words -- they RESISTED. Mexico, as a newly independent nation, was barely 41 years old […]
Free Event / Donations Encouraged This critical thinking-focused organization meets Every Second Thursday of the month with a different topic and guest speaker for every conversational meeting. ABOUT BAY AREA SKEPTICS Bay Area Skeptics was founded in June 1982 as the first “local interest group” inspired by the Center for Scientific Investigation of Claims of […]
South Asian Sisters present: Yoni ki Baat: Mamta edition (The South Asian Vagina Monologues - Mother's Day edition). If your yoni could talk, what would it say? Would it complain about the treatment it's received? Would it sing a Bollywood song? Would it laugh, or weep, or shout with joy? Mamta most literally translates from Hindi […]
South Asian Sisters present: Yoni ki Baat: Mamta edition (The South Asian Vagina Monologues - Mother's Day edition). If your yoni could talk, what would it say? Would it complain about the treatment it's received? Would it sing a Bollywood song? Would it laugh, or weep, or shout with joy? Mamta most literally translates from Hindi […]
Everyone is welcome to attend Food First's monthly community meeting the third Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm in La Peña's lounge! This month's topic is: Climate Change and Food Sovereignty in the U.S. To address the root causes of hunger, we must address climate change. That’s why we were on the ground at the […]
