Live Gospel Video Performance

The San Francisco Western Addition Drill Team will perform in a live Gospel video performance, “The Crave to Praise” on Saturday, November 18th at 7:30pm. The performance will be at the Berkeley Community Theatre, Allston and MLK Way, in Berkeley.

Photo:Ruby Johnson

A highlight of many of our local events, the Western Addition Drill Team is an active member of Hayes Valley Community Partners. They urge all neighbors, friends and members of community organizations to come out and show support for this great youth group. The Spirit of Praise is Upon Me in Dance - one of the best Praise dance performances you will experience. Tickets are $25 and are available in advance. For more information, contact Ms Ruby at 552-4964, or Mr Jimmy Williams at 510-825-6496.

Walk to School Day

By students at John Muir Elementary School

October 4th was Walk to School Day, and our local elementary school joined this global effort to reinforce the importance of getting children to school safely. Health Advocate Mildred Hale was the organizer at John Muir. Besides the students who walk each day, the students who ride the school buses also participated. The busses dropped the students off 2 blocks from school (at Laguna and Page Streets). Teachers, staff members, parents and community members met the school buses at 8:11am and walked all the students to school. Staff from DPT participated in this event along with Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and SFPD Officer Deely.

Photo: Mildred Hale, 5th grade teacher

In the US, more students die as a result of motor vehicle accidents than from any disease. Almost a fourth of those are pedestrians. While walking and riding bikes to school keeps children healthy and alert, we need to be sure there are safe routes for our kids. This global effort to focus on the needs for safe routes was supported by the neighborhood, reminiscent of the effort to spotlight child safety on the first day of the school year.

Please be aware that there are many children in the neighborhood who walk or ride their bikes to school. Pay particular attention while driving in the area surrounding Page and Webster Streets.

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!

The Museum of the African Diaspora, California Newsreel and the San Francisco Black Film Festival present an advance screening of BLACK GOLD.

Coffee is surpassed only by oil as the most actively traded commodity in the world. But for every $3 cup of coffee, a farmer receives only 3 cents. Tracing the path of your morning cup to the Ethiopian farmers who produce the beans, the new documentary Black Gold asks each of us to “wake up and smell” the coffee.

The Bay Area theatrical release of BLACK GOLD opens at the Roxie Cinema in San Francisco and the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, Friday November 17.

For further information call 415.358.7200

November 14, 2006 at 6pm

Museum of the African Diaspora Salon
685 Mission Street, at Third, SF, CA 94105
415.358.7200   
www.moadsf.org
Mon, Wed-Sat: 10am-6pm (closed Tuesday)
Sun: Noon-5pm

$8 general; $6 for MoAD members, seniors and students

November 30th HVNA Meeting Topics...

Market/Octavia Plan set for adoption

Linden Street conversion to a “living street”

4 freeway parcels for sale at market rate

Parcel Q (Oak and Octavia), designated for the developmentally disabled

Parcel G (next to the Performing Arts Garage), slated for supportive housing for the formerly homeless.

Please come and participate!

Upcoming Opportunities

Is it too soon to think about summer? Maybe not. Youth in the area are invited to think about enrolling in a sailing program in 2007! There will be an orientation on March 25 from 2-5pm which would be a great event to bring some kids to and give them a taste of sailing. Scholarships may be available. There will be classes throughout Spring and Summer 2007. The program is offered through San Francisco State University’s Recreation and Leisure Study’s Department. Plan ahead. More information will be available in January.

NERT and Neighborliness

NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team) reminds us that we should review the contents of our Earthquake Kits periodically. What better time than as we approach the holidays? Take the time now to ensure you have the proper supplies of canned food, protein bars, water and other ingredients. As you rotate your food supplies, consider donating the current contents to those in need. In this way, we continue a NERT principle of neighbors helping neighbors.

The next NERT meeting is Thursday, November 30th at 6pm, in the community room at Hayes Valley South Apts, 403 Rose Street. Plan to go from there to the HVNA meeting just 3 blocks away at 7pm.