Justice for teachers

Wednesday, May 29, the Oakland Education Association holds a rally at the Oakland Unified School District board meeting in support of teachers who've been fired or involuntarily transferred. The OEA argues that these teachers are being scapegoated for low performance rates and that lack of resources for poor communities is to blame. 5:30 p.m., Oakland Unified School District, 1025 Second Ave., Oakl. (510) 763-4020 or (510) 654-8613.

Guatemala vive

Wednesday, May 29 and Friday, May 31, activists Raul Nájera, whose mother, grandmother, aunt, and uncle were killed by clandestine military forces during Guatemala's civil war, and Ricardo Mérida, a leader of the longest vigil in Guatemalan history, which protests repression against unionists, speak. Thursday's bill includes spoken word, Guatemalan song, Aztec dance, and more. On Friday, Nájera and Mérida appear at an informal happy-hour fundraiser benefiting their "Guatemalan Legacy and Resistance – tour. Wed/29, 7 p.m., La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck, Berk. $7-$10. (510) 849-2568. Fri/31, 5-7:30 p.m., Centro del Pueblo, 474 Valencia, Suite 125, S.F. $5-$15. (415) 317-2509.

Join Greenpeace

Thursday, May 30, Greenpeace trains new volunteers interested in making California the national leader in renewable, clean energy. 7 p.m., Greenpeace office, 75 Arkansas, S.F. Free. (415) 255-9221, ext. 314.

Save the trees

Thursday, May 30, the San Francisco Tree Council urges conservationists to speak out against the proposed destruction of more than 100,000 nonnative trees in San Francisco parklands at today's Neighborhood Services and Recreation Committee hearing. 2 p.m., City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 263, S.F. (415) 982-8793.

The U.S. and the U.N.

Thursday, May 30, find out why the United States and the United Nations disbanded the investigation into Israeli massacres of Palestinians in Jenin, what human rights violations are going uninvestigated within our own borders, and more, at a forum on the relationship between the United States and the United Nations, hosted by the African People's Education and Defense Fund. 7-9 p.m., Fellowship of Humanity Hall, 390 27th St., Oakl. $5-$10 donation. (510) 763-3342.

Boycott war

Sunday, June 2, Northern California War Tax Resistance holds an informational gathering and pot luck supper for people actively engaged in refusing to pay taxes destined for U.S. military buildup, as well as those interested in finding out more about this form of conscientious objection. Bring food or drink to share. 6-8:30 p.m., 2311 Russell, Berk. Free. (510) 843-9877.

International criminal justice

Monday, June 3, Naomi Roht-Arriaza of Hastings Law School and David Davenport of Stanford University's Hoover Institute debate the pros and cons, respectively, of the International Criminal Court, established to try individuals for offenses such as crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. The United States refused to ratify the ICC, which was founded last month thanks to the support of 60 countries. 6 p.m. registration, 7 p.m. debate, World Affairs Council building, 312 Sutter, Second floor, S.F. $3, free for students and members of the WAC and the Bay Area Human Rights Watch Young Advocates. (415) 215-3220.

A progressive Latino agenda

Monday, June 3, discuss critical issues for the Latino community in the 2002 elections at a roundtable hosted by Green Party gubernatorial candidate Peter Camejo and including panelists Sylvia Rosales of the New America Foundation, San Francisco supervisor Matt Gonzalez, Luís Flores of the Central American Resource Center, and Green Party cochair Anita Ríos. 7 p.m., Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission, S.F. Free. (415) 821-1155.

'Rehabilitation in Prison'

Tuesday, June 4, the Criminal Justice Consortium, the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, Critical Resistance, and the Smart on Crime Coalition present "Rehabilitation in Prison: What Works?," a forum moderated by Dorsey Nunn of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and featuring ex-cons John Irwin, now a sociology professor who founded the Rebound Project for former prisoners and helped create other prisoners' rights groups; James Hamm, now a lawyer with Middle Ground Prison Reform Inc.; and Edwin Ellis, a former Black Panther Party leader targeted by the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program and unjustly imprisoned for 25 years, now president of New York's Community Justice Center. 5:30-7:30 p.m., Delancey Street Foundation, 600 Embarcadero, S.F. Free. (415) 753-6602.

Environmental justice exchange