Calendar of Events, Bay Area NWU

April 26, 2008 | JazzPoetry Festival (Second Annual), 7-10 p.m., Berkeley Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St., $20

May 4, 2008 | Chapter meeting at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, 2:30-5 p.m. Come and bring your creative ideas!

|January 27, 2008| President Jerry Colby requested to meet with chapter members. Everyone urged to come. For directions or to get a ride from the BART station, nwu@unionwriters.org

With matters in the national office unsettled due to resignations of three key board members, President Jerry Colby will give his state of the National Writers Union report.

|October 7, 2007| 2-5 p.m. Chapter meeting/party/report from the Delegate Assembly. There will be snacks and things to drink!

|Saturday, October 6, 2007| 2-5 p.m., El Tecolote Literary Series presents Lorna Dee Cervantes, Ina Cumpiano and Margot Pepper (who we’re proud to have as a member!). They’ll read at El Tecolote’s office, 2958 24th St., San Francisco. More info 415-648-1045.

|October 7, 2007| Report from the Delegate Assembly, 2-5 p.m. 1050 59th St., Oakland. more info 510-868-4537

September 22, 2007 | Why is the Bush administration threatening to wage war on Iran? Find out from Reese Erlich, author of The Iran Agenda

August 28, 2007| 7 p.m. Mary Lou Schram reads from her new novel, Taddy and Her Husbands, Barnes and Noble, Jack London Square, Oakland

August 12, 2007|1 p.m., Koret Auditorium, SF Public Library. John Rhodes and other contest winners read.

September 18, 2007| Create and Develop Your Freelance Career. 7-10 p.m. with Sally Lehrman. mediabistro.com

September 10, 2007| 7 p.m. Sally Lehrman, Breaking Into the Glossies, mediabistro.com

August 26, 2007| Diane LeBow joins other readers on Greece, Book Passage, Corte Madera, 7 p.m.

August 10, 2007|7pm, Cody’s 4th Street, Berkeley. Diane LeBow and other writers read from works on Greece.

August 23, 2007|Grace Cathedral, SF. more info www.sfwritingforchange.org

August 31, 2007| Deadline for submissions to Bay Area Travel Writers Planet Earth Awards

August 18, 2007|Poets/Fiction Writers 12 noon 300 16th Ave., SF - tour NWU website

|September 15, 2007|Sonoma County Book Festival

July 7, 2007|MISSION DISTRICT LATINO BOOK FESTIVAL RESCHEDULED FOR JULY

|Saturday, March 17, 2007|Get Published!, an intensive one-day workshop sponsored by Bay Area Independent Publishers

|Tuesday, March 13, 2007|Society of Professional Journalists, 22nd Annual James Madison Freedom of Information Dinner.

|April 4, 2007| Shilling for the Next War- media coverage of Bush’s plans for war with Iran

|March 24, 2007|Poets/Fiction writers

Saturday, March 17, 2007|The Bay Area Independent Publishers Association welcomes Writers, Publishers, and Editors to San Anselmo’s SF Theological Seminary for our 2007 Independent Publishing Institute, Get Published!

February 17, 2007|TILLIE OLSEN MEMORIAL FEBRUARY 17

|December 23, 2006| Poets and fiction writers meet at Alice Rogoff’s, 558 Joost, 11 a.m. Potluck brunch.

|December 10, 2006|Come help plan the chapter’s projects for 2007 and decide what you want to work on. Some members have already made proposals (we’ll circulate them next Wednesday). Come with your opinions, your own ideas, and your energy. 433 Natoma St., SF (between 5th and 6th, Mission and Howard, behind the SF Chronicle).

Mike Bradley, long-time contract advisor and former co-chair of the SF chapter, will present a contract clinic at the Project Censored Conference, November 4. Staff the union table and bring the union’s message to this distinguished conference.

12 noon, 558 Joost, SF. pizza and discussion with Eric Whittington of Bird and Beckett bookstore.

Fall chapter meeting: schmooze, brainstorm, learn what’s going on nationally and locally, say what you think should happen, go out after for more of the same except with libations….SF Main Library 1 pm

Margot Pepper, author of Through the Wall: a Year in Havana; and Clif Ross, back from a year in Venezuela and much of the rest of Latin America

Potluck with reviewer Marvin R. Hiemstra, Bay Area Poets Seasonal Review

July 30, 2005 | Poetry/Fiction Caucus, July 30, 1 p.m.,Yong De Restaurant, 2922 Diamond St., SF (across the street from Glen Park BART station). We’ll talk about marketing and sponsoring an NWU Writing Workshop.

Are you ready to pitch in to run our Chapter? Now is the time to nominate yourself of one of the office. See the full post for details on the offices and where to sumbit your nomination.

The Chapter is run entirely by volunteers. The more of us who pitch in, the more we accomplish. We can always count on “someone else” stepping up to do the work. If you have ideas and energy, or want to lean how a scrappy, member run union work, now is the time to step up an run!
Nominations are due on June 15th, 2005.

|Saturday, June 25, 2005|and oh,, yes, a meeting. National President Jerry Colby and Vice President our own Al Weinrub, Mickey Ellinger’s house in Oakland, Saturday, June 25, 2-5 p.m. Eat! Drink! Hang out with other writers! Find out what’s happening in the union!

April 20, 2005 | Writers Union members will discuss non-traditional publishing options - self-publishing, print on demand, co-op publishing, based on their experience. Bring your experience and questions, Wednesday, April 20, 609 Aileen, Oakland.

March 19, 2005| Join the Labor speak-out against the war before the “Bring our troops home now” rally in San Francisco on Saturday, March 19th. The anniversary of the war’s start is a good time to speak out against the war and the ongoing occupation of Iraq by US armed forces and contractors.

December 14, 2004| Come to the holiday party of the Northern California chapter of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Eat, drink and share hot tips and hilarious anecdotes of the writing life.

December 7, 2004 | Steering Committee meets 7-9 p.m., 337 -17th St. #209, Oakland (the West Coast/SF Bay Area office); all members welcome

December 2, 2004 | When it comes to gardening or carpentry, holding to traditional practices may be endearing. But for writers, there is no attraction to living in the past. Sponsored by Copyright Clearance Center.

December 18, 2004 | Poetry and fiction writers meet, Yong De Restaurant, 2922 Diamond St., SF (across from Glen Park BART), December 18, 1 pm

November 10, 2004 | The Steering Committee meets Wednesday, November 10 at 7pm.

November 9, 2004 | Share your love of literature and launch your holiday shopping at the Women’s National Book Association 2004 Author Showcase.

October 23, 2004 | Offshoring, the corporate practice of moving high-wage jobs to overseas locations to escape paying fair wages, will be the topic of a special BizTech division meeting in San Francisco Saturday, Oct. 23 at 11:00 a.m.

October 8 - 9, 2004 | The California First Amendment Coalition’s annual conference this year is presented jointly with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

October 5, 2004 | Bay Area Chapter Steering Committee meets at 7:30 p.m. at the union offices at 337 17th St. in Oakland.

Sept. 10, 2004 | Rick Knee, a member of the NWU Bay Area Steering Committee, will argue on KQED that law-enforcement agencies should not have the authority to decide who is not a legitimate journalist.

September 7, 2004 | Bay Area Chapter Steering Committee meets at 7:30 p.m. at the union offices at 337 17th St. in Oakland. Here is the tentative agenda…

Sept. 4, 2004 | A six person panel, comprised of writers and publishers, on what to do and to expect when self-publishing your book will be held at the EXPO.

August 28 and 31, 2004 | Does your workstation feel like torture? Learn how to identify and remedy improper ergonomic workstation setups…

August 7, 2004 | Local chapter 3 of the Writers Union will be sponsoring a joint workshop on copyright with the Independent Press Association (IPA) of San Francisco on August 7, 2004.

July 21, 2004 | Take a train, plane or bicycle to Monterey so you can join friends from across the state to help make the case for greater media diversity.

July 10, 2004 | On Saturday July 10 National Writers Union grievance contract officer, Todd Pitock, will speak on behalf of the Writers Union at the Society of Professional Journalists’ event for writers of diversity held in Oakland at the Asian Cultural Center.

June 5, 2004 | Michael Parenti and David Bacon will discuss their “Experiences in Book Publishing” on June 5 at 7 PM at 62 Richardson Road, Kensington.

June 4, 2004 | Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 4, from 7-9pm, location TBA. All union members are welcome to attend.

May 7 - 9, 2004 | Members of the National Writers Union will conduct a contract language and copyright seminar in Cedarville, CA.

May 4, 2004 | Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 4, from 7-9pm, location TBA. All union members are welcome to attend.

May 3, 2004 | A diverse panel of Bay Area NWU women writers will discuss how events and changes in the world are affecting what they write.

April 10, 2004 | Is it true that writers have more fun? Come find out Saturday, April 10, 2004, 2-5 p.m. Food, drink, membership drive kickoff, and special guest appearances…

April 6, 2004 | Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 6, from 7-9pm, location TBA. All union members are welcome to attend.

April 3, 2004 | There will be a poets and fiction writers gathering April 3rd 1 PM, at the Yong De restaurant (Chinese and Japanese food), 2922 Diamond St, SF.

April 2-4, 2004 | Highlights include the first international labor flash animation competition, screening of important new labor videos, and panels on the growing repression and censorship of labor media activists and journalists.

March 20, 2004 | A day of global action on the first anniversary of the U.S. bombing and invasion of Iraq. Several NWU members will be attending this march, with the NWU banner raised, so join us!

March 17, 2004 | It’s time for our annual St. Patrick’s Day NWU Writers Meeting. This month: Jobs, rates, offshoring, companies, and so on.

March 4, 2004 | Today five corporations control more than 80 percent of what the American people see and hear. Learn what you can do about media consolidation at this County Roundtable presented by the Santa Cruz NWU.

March 2, 2004 | Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 2, from 7-9pm at SEIU Local 250 hall. The hall is located on 560 20th St. in Oakland. All union members are welcome to attend.

February 18, 2004 | NWU Technical Writers monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 18th: jobs, the NWU, and whatever else you’d like to talk about.

February 3, 2004 | Steering Committee meets Tuesday, February 3 at 7 p.m. All members welcome. For location send us e-mail or call us at 510-839-1248, and we’ll get back to you.

January 31, 2004 | Poetry/fiction group meets Saturday January 31st, 1:00 PM, at the Hong Sing Restaurant in San Francisco at Diamond and Chenery (one block from the Glen Park Bart Station).

January 24, 2004 | Support Safeway strikers in their battle over health benefits

January 6, 2004 | Bay Area Chapter Steering Committee meets at 7 p.m.