(Last updated: January 10, 2012)
Come to the Anti-War Demonstration -- Say No to War
every 3rd Friday of the month 2-3 p.m. corner of Acton & University Bring your sign and stop the drones.
Sponsored by Strawberry Creek Lodge Tenants Association & Berkeley Gray Panthers.
(some signs available on site)
Next Rally January 20 2-3pm
Here are some pictures from the October 21 rally. Click on each to show,
then use Back button.
Picture 1 (Margot's big one)
Picture 2
Picture 3
Gray Panthers Berkeley office is now located in the Center for Independent Living (CIL) building on Telegraph (between Dwight and Parker)
Berkeley-East Bay Gray Panthers 2539 Telegraph Ave, Suite B Berkeley, Ca 94704 Phone: 510-548-9696 GrayPanthersBerk@aol.com
Some months ago, Berkeley Gray Panthers moved its bank accounts from Wells Fargo to Mechanics Bank.
Mechanics is a nice local bank. It gives fine service and has numerous branches in the area. Several individual Panthers have moved their banking to Mechanics as well, wanting to get away from the big banks.
Click here.
***We're open to ideas for future general membership meetings. What are your interests? Send us a postal mail with suggestions.
***Eleanor Walden, housing chair, is especially looking for any
news/rumors about housing issues.
Contact her at 510-848-6397 or 510-847-2579 (cell)
Her email is ewalden@comcast.net
She has a website: www.eleanorwalden.com
Gray Panthers office Address in Berkeley:
Phone: (510)548-9696
Berkeley - East Bay GRAY PANTHERS
2539 Telegraph Ave, Suite B
Berkeley, Ca 94704
Email: GrayPanthersBerk@aol.com
East Bay Gray Panther Officers and Board
Margot Smith -- co-convener emeriti, Coalition Health Care
Henry Clarence -- Secretary
Chris Caldwell -- Treasurer
Julia Cato -- CARA, Coalition Health Care
Avis Worthington -- Social Action, Newsletter, Book Club
Jaye Scott -- Gray Panther Movie Night
Carolyn Scarr -- United for Peace and Justice,(Ecumenical Peace Institute)
Leeza Vinogradov -- Code Pink liason
Edith Hallberg -- Labor Commission liason
Fran Rachel -- Third Friday Anti-War Rally with Strawberry Creek
Jeanne Dritz -- Health Care
Charles Robinson -- Kaiser
Steve Geller -- Transportation, Web Site, Tabling at Events
Eva Bluestein -- National and International Issues of Importance
Eleanor Walden -- Housing
This Website: http://berkeleygraypanthers.mysite.com
Webmaster: Steve Geller sgeller6@gmail.com
United Seniors of Oakland website
Gray Panthers believe that post-retirement years should be spent in dignity and security. In addition to our strong support for Social Security, we support union movements that gain and protect pension rights for both government and private-sector jobs. Existing government pensions must be protected for both current and future retirees.
***Here are some letters sent from East Bay Gray Panthers to public officials by GP Secretary Henry Clarence
Letter to Senator Feinstein about Social Security
Letter supporting ILWU Local 10
Letter showing support for SB810
Some more LETTERS
Third Mondays, noon - 1 p.m.
Oakland Federal Building
1303 Clay Street
two blocks from 12th Street BART
Names read of Californians died in Iraq
Please bring a white sheet to cover yourself.
A pad to lie on is recommended.
(510)655-1162 www.epicalc.org
It is most interesting to match up the "programs at risk" (targets for budget cuts)
with selected tax breaks for the wealthy.
Click here
for chart "This is What Class War Looks Like". (Sources for the figures are listed
at the bottom of the page)
Here is a statement by Dylan Ratigan. About "get money out of politics," the protesters today and some good history.
Letter from GP National Vice Chair in Monday Jan 31 SF Chronicle
Strengthen Social Security
In the State of the Union address, while speaking at length on deficit reduction,
President Obama referenced a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security.
The program deserves far more robust support. For 75 years, Social Security has been America's
most successful anti-poverty program. It is the most fiscally responsible part of our federal budget,
paying entirely for itself and adding nothing to the deficit. The funds surplus is expected to
reach $4.3 trillion by 2023, and the program is able to pay full benefits through 2037.
About 85 percent of Americans oppose Social Security cuts.
There is no reason it should be part of any deficit reduction plan.
Yet the program faces threats from Congress. John Boehner calls for cuts in benefits
and an increase in the eligibility age, delaying benefits for future recipients and
unfairly burdening America's most vulnerable populations.
Some seek to privatize the system, putting it into the hands of Wall Street,
the very people who created our current economic crisis. President Obama appears
to oppose these ideas, and as vice chair of the Gray Panthers national board, I urge Congress
to lift the cap on taxable income,
guaranteeing the benefits promised to current and future beneficiaries.
Brooke Hollister
For a guide to rebut all the lies about Social Security, click here.
Letter sent to President Obama about Social Security
Proposal for Action Item calling for Reparations for Women who have been underpaid in the past and thus are getting lower social security today.
Summary of ObamaCare talk at May 26 General Membership Meeting
Click here for a summary.
If you have MicroSoft WORD installed, click here for a copy of
the entire handout.
HICAP -- medical advice for seniors, call HICAP 1-800-434-0222
Roger Sanjek's book on the history of Gray Panthers.
Don't like banks paying their execs big money? You can move your money to another bank or to a credit union. Here's some information.
Checklist form for actions.
Thursday Weekly Vigils
Noon-1:00pm Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay St
"Living Graveyard" will be held on 3rd Thursday
of each month.
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