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Sep
1
Tue
Injured Workers Advocates Speak Out Against SB 863 @ Elihu Harris State Office Building – Auditorium
Sep 1 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Injured workers have been under a vicious corporate insurance attack in California that has prevented them from getting their injuries taken care of in a timely fashion. Governor Brown and his supporters have set up an obstacle course called Independent Medical Reviews that stall getting injuries treated. Workers then have to fight to get medication to deal with the pain that injured workers have. Doctors who subscribe opiates are then blamed for a rise in addiction among California injured workers.
The rise of opiate addiction among injured workers is a direct result of Governor Brown/DIR Director Christine Baker’s SB 863 which prevents workers from getting their injuries taken care of promptly and the use of corrupt companies like Maximus to use anonymous doctors to make medical determinations. Governor Brown and DIR director Christine Baker gave a $40 million no bid contract to Maximus to contract out state work on making determinations on care for California injured workers.
Come to this hearing and speak out about the corruption and failure of the state to take care of injured workers and blaming doctors for oversubscribing opiates because the insurance controlled Governor Brown, the CHSWC and DIR Director Christine Baker are representing the bosses and insurance companies rather than injured workers.

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Press Conference and Rally against California’s Solitary Confinement @ Elihu M. Harris State Office Building
Sep 1 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

In anticipation of a major development in one of the most significant cases brought by prisoners in the struggle against solitary confinement, Ashker v. Brown, activists, prisoners’ family members and loved ones, and prisoner advocates will be holding a press conference and rally.

Come out and support those struggling against solitary confinement.

solitary-confinement-settlement

 

 

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SAVE CCSF COALITION GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING @ Ocean Campus, MUB 240
Sep 1 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

No agenda or other information provided.

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City Counsel Action to Demand Justice for Yuvette Henderson @ city hall
Sep 1 @ 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm

In February, Emeryville police killed Yuvette Henderson, a 38-year old Black woman and mother of two after she was assaulted at the Home Depot. It was clear from the different sizes of the bullet holes that multiple weapons, including an AR-15 assault rifle, had been fired at her.

It has been more than 6 months and not one official police report on Yuvette’s killing has been made public. The Alameda coroner is unnecessarily withholding the autopsy results of Yuvette’s death, which is key to the family’s ongoing fight for answers and accountability.

Come to the Emeryville City Counsel meeting to demand that the Council directs the coroner to release Yuvette’s autopsy report to her family.

Visit www.showingupforracialjustice.org for more info

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OptikAllusions weekly meeting and Video workshop @ Omni Commons Basement
Sep 1 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm

 

OptikAllusions is a digital filmmaking collective dedicated to social change, based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to help each other tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We make films in a spirit of collaboration and solidarity, share a lending library of film equipment for creative projects, organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops.

Join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop!

We usually, meet briefly and then work on projects. It’s open to all!

 

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Sep
2
Wed
Mobilize to Sacramento to End Racial Profiling @ Capitol Building
Sep 2 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Statewide action to expose and address racial profiling by law enforcement. The action seeks to ensure that the Senate passes, and the Governor signs AB 953 (racial profiling reporting bill).

WHAT WE NEED: As many people to attend the action as possible.

​To attend the event and/or get a ride, register at: ​ tinyurl.com/statewideaction

Communities ​United ​Coalition ​is ​calling ​for ​a ​statewide ​day ​of ​action to ​demonstrate ​the ​urgency ​for ​the ​California ​Legislature ​and ​Governor ​Brown ​to ​take ​action ​that ​will ​curb ​racial ​profiling ​and ​demonstrate ​that ​black ​and ​brown ​lives ​matter ​in ​California ​and ​improve ​public ​safety ​for ​everyone. ​ ​ 

There will be a public program on the Capitol ​lawn and delegations ​will ​​meet ​with California ​State Senators. 

AB 953 Bill Summary

ALCU AB 953 Blog Post

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BACE Timebank General Meeting @ Omni Commons: Treatment Room
Sep 2 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

BACE Timebank General Meeting
Every 1st Wed of the Month @ the Omni.

The Bay Area Community Exchange (BACE) Timebank promotes and facilitates the use of Time instead of money in the exchange of goods and services. The foundation of the Timebank is a free, open source online directory, reputation and accounting system.

These exchanges help develop stronger, more resilient connections between individuals and community service organizations which participate in them, by improving communication and the distribution of skills and resources among our participants. We work to help people meet their needs regardless of economic status.

Please join our Meetup Group:

Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank

San Francisco, CA
333 Members

The Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank promotes and facilitates the use of Time instead of money in the exchange of goods and services.The foundation of the Timebank is a f…

Next Meetup

Timebank Monthly General Meeting & Potluck

Wednesday, Sep 2, 2015, 6:30 PM
3 Attending

Check out this Meetup Group →

And our timebank at:
http://www.bace.org

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Oakland Privacy Working Group Meeting @ Omni Commons
Sep 2 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

DAC Opposition photo no-surveillance-city-council_zps7d741c77.jpgJoin Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against the Domain Awareness Center (DAC), Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub, and other invasions of privacy by our benighted City Government, to support privacy ordinances now being considered by the Oakland City Council emerging from the effort to fight the DAC, oppose Urban Shield, fight against Predictive Policing, Stingray and help in other fights to preserve and restore our privacy around the Bay Area, in California and nationwide.

OPWG was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network, and its members helped draft the Privacy Policy that puts further restrictions on the now Port-restricted DAC.

Stop by and learn how you can help guard Oakland’s right not to be spied on by the government & if you are interested in joining the Oakland Privacy Working Group email listserv, send an email to:

oaklandprivacyworkinggroup-subscribe AT lists.riseup.net

For more information on the DAC check out

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Sep
3
Thu
A “TEACH-IN” ON URBAN WARFARE IN OUR BACKYARD. @ Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church
Sep 3 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A “TEACH-IN” ON URBAN WARFARE IN OUR BACKYARD.
WHY ARE OUR POLICE BEING MILITARIZED?
WHY IS THIS TREND SO DISTURBING?
WHAT IS THE “URBAN SHIELD” CONFERENCE?
HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE?

PANEL INCLUDES:
George Lippman – Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ARE BEING CONFIRMED – CHECK WEBSITE FOR UPDATES

6 PM Potluck, 7 PM Presentation

This is a FREE EVENT— Please bring a dish to share if attending potluck.
Tax deductible donations will be accepted to help us cover costs.
PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP YOU INFORMED AS SPEAKERS ARE CONFIRMED AND TO ASSESS SPACE NEEDS. GO ONLINE TO: www.ourpeacecenter.org
Presented by Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center
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Art Crit Group at the Omni Commons @ The Omni Commons
Sep 3 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

The Bay Area Public School will be hosting a free, horizontally-organized, art critique group every other Thursday starting August 6th. The crit group will be geared towards the creation of new works, with each artist presenting work each class.

All media are welcome. Time based work should be limited to 8 minutes of work per artist per meeting. Work can be at any stage of development.

For more info:

https://bayareapublicschool.org/events/art-crit-group/

http://bayareapublicschool.prg

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Sep
4
Fri
Practicing Sustainable Agriculture to Restore Ecosystems and Mitigate Climate Change @ Memorial Civic Center Complex
Sep 4 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Practicing Sustainable Agriculture to Restore Ecosystems and Mitigate Climate Change @ Memorial Civic Center Complex | Richmond | California | United States

Inspired by Dr. Vandana Shiva’s book, Soil Not Oil, the 2015 Soil Not Oil Conference examines the crisis on food security while highlighting the implications of oil-based agro-chemicals and fossil fuels in soil depletion and climate change. The first edition of this conference will focus on educating, through national and international experiences, about the multiple problems and possible practical solutions that surround the profound consequences resulting from synthetic enhanced agriculture in industrialized nations.

The conference organizer, Soil Not Oil Coalition, is a cross-sector, multi-level and inter-ethnic alliance of over 50 organizations, scientists, farmers, businesses and individuals coordinated by the Biosafety Alliance.

Join international leaders, farmers, scientists, community members and environmental and food justice advocates for workshops, presentations and networking opportunities.

Get the knowledge you need to support the movement and advocate for a sustainable future for all living beings. For more information, registration or volunteering opportunities go to: http://soilnotoilcoalition.org/application-for-conference-proposals-2/about-the-conference/

or contact us at: soilnotoilcoalition@gmail.com

Dr. Vandana Shiva keynote speech is on Friday, Sept. 4, 7:00 pm

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Soil Not Oil Conference @ Memorial Civic Center Complex
Sep 4 @ 9:00 am – Sep 5 @ 5:00 pm

 

Focuses on Regenerative “Carbon Farming” to Mitigate Climate Change

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Dr. Vandana Shiva keynote speech is on Friday, Sept. 4, 7:00 pm

International conference on agriculture and climate change, Soil Not Oil, Sept. 4-5, in Richmond, CA, features speakers Vandana Shiva, Fritjof Capra, Anna Lappé, former EPA senior scientist Ray Seidler, soil scientist Rattan Lal, agro-ecologist Miguel Altieri, environmental and land use attorney Claire Hope Cummings, and others.

Richmond, CA (July 29, 2015) — Getting to the root of global climate change, the 2015 Soil Not Oil International Conference will bring together farmers, ranchers, scientists, policy makers, NGOs and community leaders on Sept. 4-5, 2015, at the Memorial Civic Center Complex in Richmond, CA, to explore how sustainable, regenerative agriculture practices can help mitigate the planet’s global warming.

 


Soil Not Oil speakers include, from left: Dr. Vandana Shiva, Fritjof Capra, Anna Lappé and Ronnie Cummins.

“The goal of the two-day conference is to provide practical information, research, and networking to help society create a more vibrant, healthy future via better farming practices. Along with reduced reliance on fossil fuels and increased availability of green energy, we need to shift to carbon farming to mitigate climate change,” said Miguel Robles, conference organizer and Director of the Biosafety Alliance.

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Inspired by Dr. Vandana Shiva’s book, Soil Not Oil, the 2015 Soil Not Oil International Conference examines the crisis on food security while highlighting the role of oil-based agro-chemicals and fossil fuels in soil depletion and climate change. The conference will focus on practical carbon farming solutions including cover crops, planned grazing, compost application on range land, tree planting and other holistic land use practices.

The conference will feature a keynote address by Dr. Vandana Shiva on Friday, Sept. 4, 7:00 pm, along with presentations featuring noted soil scientist Rattan Lal; author Fritjof Capra; environmental and land use attorney Claire Hope Cummings; Earth Guardians director and youth leader Xiuhtezcatl Martinez; author Anna Lappé; agro-ecologist Miguel Altieri; Adelita San Vicente Tello, Ph.D., director of Seeds of Life; Regeneration International and Organic Consumers Association co-founder Ronnie Cummins; John Roulac, CEO and founder of Nutiva; and other international leaders, farmers, researchers, climate change experts, and environmental and food justice advocates.

“We are pleased to host this important gathering in the San Francisco Bay Area, the heart of the organic food industry,” said Richmond-based John Roulac, founder and CEO of organic food leader Nutiva. “To secure a livable planet we need to both de-carbonize energy and re-carbonize our soils via regenerative agriculture.“

Carbon Farming Defined
Carbon farming (also known as regenerative agriculture) is an agricultural system that improves the rate at which CO2 is removed from the atmosphere and converted to plant material and/or organic matter in the soil. Today, mainstream industrial food and farming and unsustainable land use generate the majority of all greenhouse gas emissions, with carbon that is stripped from the soil ending up in our atmosphere and oceans, creating acidic conditions that threaten plant and animal species. In removing carbon from the atmosphere and oceans by implementing the practices of regenerative organic agriculture, we can sequester carbon into the soil and expand the soil’s water-holding capacity.

As a 2014 Rodale Institute report states, “Organically managed soils can convert carbon CO2 from a greenhouse gas into a food-producing asset.” In fact, says Rodale after conducting more than 30 years of ongoing field research, regenerative, organic farming practices and improved land management can move agriculture from one of today’s primary sources of global warming and carbon pollution to a potential carbon sink powerful enough to sequester 100% of the world’s current annual CO2 emissions.

Or, as the Wall Street Journal reported in May 2014, “Organic practices could counteract the world’s yearly carbon dioxide output while producing the same amount of food as conventional farming…”

About the Soil Not Oil Coalition
The conference organizer, Soil Not Oil Coalition, is a cross-sector, multi-ethnic alliance of over 60 organizations, scientists, farmers, businesses and individuals coordinated by the Biosafety Alliance to promote research and further understanding to optimize soil carbon sequestration and sustainability to aid in the development of adequate food production for future generations and to help reverse of the effects of global warming. We believe that restructuring land management practices is key to combating climate change, restoring water cycles, reducing global environmental pollution, stopping ocean acidification, re-establishing biodiversity, improving food production and revitalizing local economies across the planet. For more information, registration or volunteering opportunities visit www.soilnotoilcoalition.org, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Soil Not Oil Conference Sponsors include Nutiva, Dr. Bronner’s, RSF Social Finance, Good Earth Natural Foods, Burroughs Family Farms, International Development Exchange, Organic Consumers Association, Regeneration International and Food Democracy Now.

For REGISTRATION
CLICK HERE

 

 

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PARIS IS BURNING: Optik Allusions film screening @ Omni Commons
Sep 4 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it. The film is considered to be an invaluable documentary of the end of the “Golden Age” of New York City drag balls, and critics have praised it as a thoughtful exploration of race, class, gender, and sexuality in America.

Group discussion will follow the film. Snacks will be served.

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Solidarity With John Crawford & Walmart Workers @ Walmart Oakland - Edgewater Dr
Sep 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Solidarity With John Crawford & Walmart Workers

“How can a black man walk into walmart and Not come out alive?”

It’s been a year since the police killing of John Crawford at an Ohio Walmart. Local “OW” and racial justice activists are linking walmart police brutality with walmart economic brutality. “Shopping while black is not a crime and working for walmart should not be a death sentence” We Demand Justice for John Crawford and demand a living wage for walmart workers.

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Why Should the Bay Area SAY NO to Urban Shield? @ Uptown Body and Fender
Sep 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Urban Shield is a county-wide war games, swat training and weapons expo, held each year involving hundreds of local, federal and international agencies including those from Apartheid Israel. The Stop Urban Shield Coalition successfully stopped the Urban Shield expo from being hosted in Oakland any longer. But activities still take place in Oakland, and the expo still happens in our backyard and still involves local agencies, local money and targets our local communities. Join us in a town hall on why we should all join forces to stop this from happening anywhere.

Featuring:
Art exhibit curated by Art Forces, art and sign making for upcoming actions, and community testimonies.

Part of Art Forces Dispossession(s) event series.

Hosted by The Stop Urban Shield Coalition

 

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First Friday at the Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice @ Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice
Sep 4 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

This Friday Sept 4th is First Friday in ‪#‎Oakland‬ once again, and while the vibe out on the street may not be what it used to be, what happens insideThe Alan Blueford Center For Justice is by the people & for the people, and so therefore, it is amazing every 1st Friday up in Alan‘s House where our message has been ‪#‎BlackLivesMatter‬ since the day we opened our doors heart emoticon

When I say that 1st Fri is “by the people”, I specifically express my deep gratitude to Tatu Vision, De Anna, Alicia Marie Cornish, Mike Brown, Jada Imani, Maleik Dion, Shawn Carter, & Stoney who I am pretty sure doesn’t mess w/FB but definitely BRINGS IT every 1st Fri;)

This Friday! At Alan Blueford Center for Justice! 2434 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. We will have a showcase of artists, food, and good vibes. 7-10 p.m.

 

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Taking Buildings & Building Autonomous Community Spaces in Barcelona @ Omni Commons
Sep 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Barcelona has been a site of squatting and community building for several decades, and has been especially influential in recent years. In 2009 it was the birthplace of Spain’s PAH (Movement for People Affected by Mortgages), which pursues direct action to stop evictions and secure housing rights. Out of the 2011 “Indignados” movement came Can Batlló, an autonomous community workspace in the city’s Sants district, which was the site of an abandoned factory planned for development. Activists took over this space and have transformed it and held it for four years, building on earlier projects such as the residential community of Can Vies. This year has seen the recuperation of el Ateneo Enciclopedico Popular, a historical free cultural center in the Raval District. Iban Ek and Aina Gallego are longtime Barcelona activists who will discuss these projects and the culture of community that has created them.

 

 

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Sep
5
Sat
Omni Work Party @ Omni Commons
Sep 5 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

*Who*: You–at ANY level of skill (newbs encouraged to attend)!
*What*: Work Party (fun, learning, labor, love)! — Also see TASKS list below!!!
*When*: *Sat 9/5 @ 12 noon* (And Every Saturday, FOREVER)!
*How*: With our bare hands, feet, noses, etc — plus tools and stuff!
*Why*: Omni Commons needs some serious elbow grease to get ship-shape, for the safety, accessibility, and delight of all!

*TASKS*
* Doors (re-hanging and installing closers)
* Carpentry in the basement
* Plumbing, tile, and other water-related activities
* Drywall ’til you drop
* Felt the feet of our ballroom furniture
* Protect our building from confused critters like pigeons!
* General cleaning / tidying / arranging / creativity / expression / explosions / excitement / activity!!!!!!!
* much much much more!

Please join your fellow volunteers, especially the zany and rambunctious
Building and Maintenance Working Group (woooohooooooooooooooooooooo)!Omnivore480

 

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Occupy the Farm Documentary screening. @ Sunnyside Organic Seeding
Sep 5 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Join Sunnyside farmers and other Soil Not Oil attendees for some post-conference socializing, relaxation, and action plotting. The Occupy the Farm Documentary will be screened at dusk, followed by a Q+A with OTF organizers. We’ll be serving handmade falafel, but bring a dish to share if you can, and BYOB 🙂

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Sep
6
Sun
Essentials of Scientific Socialism: Part of a Continuing Series @ Neibyl Proctor Library
Sep 6 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library

Essentials of Scientific Socialism: Part of a Continuing Series

“Clarity about the aims and problems of socialism is of greatest significance in our age of transition.” Einstein’s comment remains true in our Century, when the growing interest in socialism is matched by a growing confusion about socialism. This workshop, led by Gene Ruyle of the ICSS, will be part of an ongoing series seeking to overcome this confusion through study and discussion, focusing on the classics of scientific socialism. This session will continue our close reading of the Critique of the Gotha Program (1875). In preparation, participants are urged to read, or re-read, this important document and bring a copy along with them. (It’s online at the Marx Engels Archive, and I will also have in on my computer to project it on the screen.)
We will also honor the working class struggles which gave us Labor Day with a discussion of “Labor Day and May Day: Two Workers’ Holidays,” By Eugene E Ruyle. (Available online at http://www.peaceandfreedom.org)

Seating is limited, so plan to come early. We start promptly.
FREE – but hat will be passed for donations to NPML

About Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library
A weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief that his work will remain as important for the class struggles of the future as they have been for the past.

For our full schedule, go to icssmarx.org

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