Social Action
Sha’ar Zahav is committed to tikkun olam (repairing the world). Our Social Action Committee serves as a home base for community members looking for a way to engage in action, or for more support in work they’re already doing. We organize events, work in solidarity with affected communities, and participate in interfaith coalitions. Together, we will make our world more just, compassionate, and peaceful.
The Social Action Committee meets the first Monday of the month via zoom, from 6:00 – 7:30 pm. To join the meetings or learn more about us, please contact the committee co-chairs Neil Young or Nancy Wecker.
Upcoming Events
Stay tuned!
Past Events
Religious Action Center Regional Gathering
Sunday, January 12 @10:00am-2:00pm
Beth Israel Judea: 625 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA 94132
Sign up: https://racrj.wufoo.com/forms/xpjepgl04x9we5
11th Annual Oscar Grant Vigil
Wednesday, January 1 @12:00-4:00pm
Fruitvale BART Station: Oakland, CA 94601
SF Supervisors Honor Tirtza and Barry Pearl: For tireless committed work to end gun violence.
Tuesday, December 17 @2:30pm
City Hall: 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102 (Room 250)
Annual Gun Violence Vigil
Sunday, December 14 @2:00-4:00pm
3rd Baptist Church, 1399 McAllister
Gun Buyback
Sunday, December 14 @8:00am-12:00pm
United Playaz: 1038 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103
http://unitedplayaz.org/event/gun-buyback/
Monthly Interfaith Immigration Vigil
Friday, December 13 @11:30am-12:30pm
ICE building: 630 Sansome St #590, San Francisco, CA 94111
https://www.facebook.com/events/519373455459403/
Poor People’s Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival Tour
Wednesday, December 11
March at 6:00pm from City Hall: 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102
Gather at 7:00pm at Glide Memorial Church: 330 Ellis St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/698617300612079/
Project and tour info: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/more/
Faith in Action Citywide Meeting
Tuesday, November 19 @5:00-7:00pm
St. Anthony of Padua: 3215 Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, CA 94110 (Parish Hall)
*We would love to send a couple representatives, so please go and report back at the next meeting!
Jews of Uganda
Thursday, November 14 @6:30-8:00pm
USF Fromm Hall: 2497 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118 (Maier Room, FR 110)
*Meet Sha’ar Zahav-niks at 6:00pm in front of building, then go in together
The Charlottesville Case: Opposing White Nationalism
Wednesday, November 13 @7:00-9:00pm
Congregation Emanu-El: 2 Lake St, San Francisco, CA 94118
RSVP requested.Co-sponored by SZ, among many others!
SF Interfaith Coalition on Immigration (SF-ICI) Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, November 13 @6:30pm
Urban School of SF: 1639 Oak St, San Francisco, CA 94117
*We would love to send a couple representatives, so please go and report back at the next meeting!
Feed the Hungry – SF
Distribute bagged food to neighbors in Civic Center
10/9, 3:30-5:30pm (leave from Herbst lobby at 4pm)
War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Ave.
Feed the Hungry – East Bay
10/9, ~2-3:30pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center/The Pergola
Donate to help cover the cost of food
Welcome The Poor With Refuge – East Bay
Vigil and protest of Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern’s collaboration with ICE
10/8, 8-9:30am
Alameda County Administrative Building, 1221 Oak St
Food Prep
Prep for SF action
10/7, 6-8pm
Shaker Zahav, 290 Dolores St
Sign up to help or donate food
Art Build
Prep for East Bay actions
9/25, 7-9pm
316 Olive Ave, Piedmont
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 6:00 PM – Sunday, August 25, 2019, 6:00 PM PDT
YBCA: 701 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Art of Peace at YBCA
Art of Peace features art and artists raising awareness about the continued escalation of death due to gun violence in our country.
Friday, August 9, 2019 at 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
630 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111
Interfaith vigil at ICE
Join us for our monthly vigil outside the ICE Building In San Francisco. We hold this space to stand in solidarity with the many lives that are harmed by unjust immigration enforcement at all points of entry, in ICE detention, and those who have been deported.
Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT
Chochmat HaLev: 2215 Prince St, Berkeley, CA 94705
Lamentations & Reparations
A Tisha B’Av Response to the Ongoing Harms of Slavery and Its Legacy. Join our communities for a healing evening of prayers, conversation, and acts of Teshuvah/reparations in response to the clarion call from descendants of the transatlantic slave trade for reparations.
Friday, August 16, 2019 at 6:00 PM PDT
The Mill: 736 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94117
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America: CA – San Francisco – Pizza Party for Gun Sense
Join us at a pizza party and fundraiser at the Mill! Enjoy pizza by the slice, wine, beer, and more — a portion of all proceeds will go to Moms Demand Action. We’ll also have a silent auction of amazing goods donated by local businesses, we’ll hear the stories of gun violence survivors, and listen to live music. All are welcome and please RSVP!
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM PDT
CA State Capitol Building: 1315 10th St Room B-27, Sacramento, CA 95814
Sha’ar Zahav’s Social Action Group & Rabbi Copeland at RAC-CA 2019 Lobby Day
Reform Action Center lobby day in Sacramento! This is RAC-CA’s most powerful and transformative event of the year, bringing together the veteran grassroots lobbyists in our congregations with people who are new to this kind of civic participation, and everyone in between. There will be training, celebration of our wins so far, and most importantly, powerful meetings in which we promote the issues on the RAC-CA Summer 2019 Agenda. Join Rabbi Mychal and other Sha’ar Zahavnicks — help make our lobbying experience stronger and the energy we bring back to our congregational social justice work stronger as well!
