As you know, this summer UA in the Bay will be hosting an Anarchist Olympics in San Francisco. The general idea is to host mock competitions, short demonstrations, skillshares, full length trainings, and games that help to prepare our community with tactical knowledge for upcoming protests, demonstrations and actions. We believe sharing this knowledge and gathering socially will better prepare us all for success and safety on the streets.

Opening ceremonies: Aug. 14, 7pm, Bound Together Anarchist Collective
Bookstore, 1369 Haight St., San Francisco.

Games: Saturday Aug. 15, 11am to 7pm.  Sunday Aug. 16, 11am to 7pm.
See link below for schedule.

Location

The 2009 Anarchist Olympics will be held in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. The spot will be in a grassy area and grove just north of John F. Kennedy Dr., at about 15^th Avenue.

 

Whether driving, walking, or taking the bus, be aware that the spot is hard to get to from Fulton Street. On foot, you have to enter the park on the east side of Park Presidio (about where 13^th Ave would be if there was one), in the Rose Garden entrance. Once you pass the garden you’ll hit a big street. Make a right (west) and walk 5 min to the Anarchist Olympics on the right.

 

Directions

Public Transit: If you are taking BART, get off at Powell St. Station. From there (or anywhere north of that station on Market St.) take the 5 MUNI bus west. It’ll take about 35 minutes, so leave early Get off at Park Presidio, and follow the directions above.

 

Car: From the 101 going north or the Bay Bridge going west, get off at the exit going toward the Golden Gate Bridge, then exit Octavia. Make a left (west) on Fell Street. Make a right on Stanyan Street (where the park starts), and then make a left on Fulton Street. Park near Fulton and Park Presidio and follow the directions above.

 

Bike: From 16^th St. BART. Start 16^th St. west. R on Church St. L on Duboce Ave. R on Steiner St. L on Waller St. R on Scott St. L on Fell St into the bike path in the Panhandle. Straight into GG Park. Right on Kennedy Dr. Straight to the A O! (30min)

 

The Main Area, Area B and Area C will be close to each other. Also, we might not look so sketchy if everyone isn't wearing ALL black, just sayin'.

Our Final Schedule with guidelines on boundaries and expectations, mock events, short demonstrations, skillshares, full length trainings, games, speakers, participating groups, after-parties, directions, local A-friendly spaces, security culture and more will be available at the Anarchist Olympics in pamphlet style. Any open space in the schedule is free for guerrilla workshops, if you have something to teach us. Anyone can table too.

All events totally free of course, but if you've got any cash to donate to the benefits that will be happening, we would seriously appreciate it and they would too!

This one's gonna be a blast! Hope to see you soon...

~ UA in the Bay

Anarchist Olympics Tentative Schedule

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