What's Happening in Hayward, CA…

An introductory class on Pathway Tools will be held over three days next week at Wat SRI International in Menlo Park.

The class will be led by SRI’s Bioinformatics Research Group to instruct scientists on the best way to use Pathway Tools in the creation of a Pathway/Genome Database.

Also to be covered is how to update interactively and how to publish databases on the web. Each tutorial will be held from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on each day from June 12 – 14.

Another form of creativity can be explored at the Climbing PoeTree and Fired Up: Breaking Down The Walls poetry and movement building event taking place shortly after at The Hold Out in Oakland, just 20 minutes from Hayward.

The event will feature Climbing PoeTree, a spoken word duo. Fired Up members are made up of current and former residents of the San Francisco County Jail whose goal is to break down the barriers of the prison walls. They promote the values of healing, social justice movement, and self-determination.

Naima and Alixa make up PoeTree, which combines hip-hop, spoken word, and multimedia theater to promote hope, expose injustice, and work towards a better future. Proceeds from the ticket sales will help to fund a storytelling and poetry workshop in the San Francisco county jail.

It begins at 5:00 pm on Sunday, June 16, 2013, and those looking for more information can call (312) 415-2933. Tickets are $10 - $20. Flyer printing is a convenient way to promote local fundraising events and self-improvement courses like these to the community.