Public power organizing

Wednesday, March 27, the Bay Area Labor Task Force for Public Power holds a meeting featuring a presentation by San Francisco Public Utilities Commission assistant general manager for power policy Ed Smeloff and progress reports from the emerging public power coalition's working groups. 7 p.m., International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 6, hall, 255 Ninth St., S.F. Free. (650) 355-5329 or (415) 626-1175.

Stop the executions

Thursday, March 28, the International Socialist Organization holds its weekly meeting, this time featuring member Michelle Simon talking about what's wrong with the death penalty, the case of Kevin Cooper, and how to organize against state-sponsored executions. 7 p.m., Walden Pond Bookstore, 3316 Grand, Oakl. Free. (510) 594-4081.

Anticapitalist organizing

Saturday, March 30, May Day Festivals of Resistance Anti-Capitalist Convergence invites activists and artists to participate in a regional consulta to help plan local May Day anticapitalist convergence events for April 26 through May 1. 5-7 p.m., 1919 Market, Suite 5, Oakl. Free. (415) 820-9658.

Commemorate César Chávez

Saturday, March 30, César Chávez Elementary School invites the community to help commemorate the 75th anniversary of César Chávez's birthday at a celebration featuring speakers, booths, and live music by Francisco Herrera, members of Loco Bloco, Grupo Obara, and others. 1-5 p.m., César Chávez Elementary School, enter on Folsom Street between 22nd and 23rd Sts., S.F. Free. (415) 695-5765.

Greening politics

Saturday, March 30, Rod Donald, a Green Party leader and member of New Zealand's parliament who championed proportional representation in his country's electoral system as well as instant-runoff voting for local government elections, speaks about electoral reform, democracy, and more. 7:30 p.m., Proposition A campaign office, 1910 Mission, S.F. Free. (415) 824-2735.

KPFA and you

Saturday, March 30, help organize toward the diversification, democratization, and financial health of KPFA-FM, at a meeting of KPFA's Local Advisory Board. Bring lunch. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst, Berk. Free. (510) 625-8326.

Solidarity with Palestine

Saturday, March 30, demand an end to the massacres and atrocities committed by Ariel Sharon and the Israeli military against the Palestinian people, at a march and rally on Palestinian Land Day called by the San Francisco chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Free Palestine Alliance, and Al-Awda S.F. Gather 11:30 a.m., Market and Montgomery, S.F. March noon. Rally 1 p.m., Civic Center, Polk and Grove, S.F. (415) 861-7444.

Anarchist conference

Sunday, March 31, find out about non-European traditions in anarchist history at a panel discussion with Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortíz, Shawn McDougal, Cheb-i-Sabbah, and Monica Navarro and attend workshops on Argentina, Enron, and the crisis of global capital; guerrilla media; anarchist theory and organizing; and more, at this year's San Francisco Bay Area Anarchist Conference, organized by Berkeley Anarchist Students of Theory and Research and Development. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., New College of California, 777 Valencia, S.F. $1-$5 donation. (510) 239-2239, ext. 2662, www.bay-anarchists.org/schedule.

Israeli refusenik speaks

Sunday, March 31, former Knesset member and Israeli peace activist Marcia Freedman and Tamir Sorek, one of more than 300 Israeli soldiers who signed a statement refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories, provide firsthand reports on the "facts on the ground" in Israel and Palestine, at an event sponsored by Women in Black. 4 p.m., Berkeley Fellowship of Universalist Unitarians, 1924 Cedar, Berk. Free. (510) 486-2744.

Race, gender, and war

Monday, April 1, UC Berkeley's Center for Race and Gender holds "Race, Gender, and the 'War on Terrorism,' " a panel featuring UC Berkeley professor and prison activist Ruthie Gilmore speaking about terror, structural adjustments, and the warfare state; Women of Color Resource Center executive director Linda Burnham talking about women, war, and racism; and Al-Qalam Institute director Hatem Bazian discussing the selling of the "war on terrorism." 7-9 p.m., UC Berkeley, Dwinelle Hall, Room 370, Berk. Free. (510) 643-8488.

District Three meeting

Tuesday, April 2, Sup. Aaron Peskin invites District Three residents to ask questions and voice their concerns on neighborhood and citywide issues at a town hall meeting with representatives of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services and the San Francisco Police, Fire, and Recreation and Parks Departments, among other city agencies. 6-8 p.m., Jean Parker School, 940 Broadway, S.F. Free. (415) 554-7453.

Afghanistan report-back

Wednesday, April 3, local author Melody Ermachild Chavis reports back from her fact-finding mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan at a fundraiser for her upcoming book on the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan's martyred founder, Meena. 5:30-8:30 p.m., Gaia Building, rooftop gardens solarium, Seventh floor, 2116 Allston Way, Berk. $5-$10 donation. (510) 848-4242.

Labor and immigrant rights

Wednesday, April 3, UC Berkeley's Center for Labor Research and Education holds a "Dialogue on Immigrant Rights" featuring speakers from Black Radical Congress, the Center for Third World Organizing, and Service Employees International Union, Locals 790 and 616. 4-6 p.m., Institute of Industrial Relations, main lobby, First floor, 2521 Channing Way, Berk. Free. (510) 642-1851 or (510) 642-0323.

On the front lines in Afghanistan

Wednesday, April 3, KPFA-FM's Pratap Chatterjee talks about his recent experience as a journalist in Afghanistan at a benefit for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan cosponsored by East Bay Uprising and Acting in Solidarity with Afghan People and featuring poetry by Incite and live music by Samsara. 7 p.m., Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission, S.F. $5-$10 donation. (415) 273-4681.