On the first and third Mondays of the month, the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project holds its data viz and oral history meetings related to our project in Alameda County.
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Jun
17
Sat
Peace in the Park is reaching out to your community to come out and experience peace in YOUR park. Enjoy a fun, relaxing, mindful day with us free of stress and cost. Children and youth are strongly encouraged to attend. Lets get to know each other!
11-12 pm Arts & Crafts, Games
12-12:20 pm Meditative Movement w/ Dr. Marcus Penn
12:20-12:35pm Pancho Ramos, Peace Activist and founder of Casa de Paz
12:35-12:50 Pause for World Peace Meditation
12:50-1:10 pm Mai’saan hip-hop of Youth Speaks
1:10-1:40 pm Lunch
1:40-2 pm Nature Walk
DJ Brandon
To find us in the park, look for couple Peace in the Park flags. Check the pics posted for landmark on where to park closest to us.
Hosted by Peace in the Park Festival https://www.peaceintheparksf.org/
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Jun 17 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Bring family and friends and come enjoy some BBQ and talk about the future of your neighborhood (District 2). We are a group of Oaklanders who have come together around the causes we all believe in, including: Jobs, Displacement, Homelessness, Education, Public Safety, Healthcare, Immigration
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Jun 17 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Join state legislators @TonyThurmond @RobBonta @NancySkinnerCA for a Town Hall this Saturday on CA's recent leadership on important issues! pic.twitter.com/TvuqqdZa1A
— Keith Carson (@Keith_Carson) June 13, 2017
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You are invited!
Richmond Progressive Alliance Membership Meeting
As always, members can join or renew at the meeting, and all RPA supporters are welcomed, too.
Volunteers Needed Before the Meeting! Consider joining us from 11 am – 2 pm to help distribute the latest issue of The Richmond Sun.
We’ll feed volunteers a late lunch before the meeting starts. Click here to sign up for a volunteer shift.
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Occupella will have our monthly BART sing for Black Lives Matter/Protect the Vulnerable from 5:15-6:15 at the San Leandro BART station. We’re at the Tax the Rich Rally on Solano every Monday from 5-6. Songbooks provided at all events. For a full calendar, visit www.occupella.org.
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Jun 17 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Bay Area refuses to accept the final verdict for the officer who shot and killed our son, Philando Castile, on July 6, 2016. Join us to voice our intolerance for this injustice on Saturday June 17th.
BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING, SHARE THIS EVENT NOW! 🚨
The Bay Area refuses to accept the final verdict made by the jury members in Minnesota this past week. The officer who shot and killed Philando Castile, while his wife and daughter were present, IS GUILTY.
There is no debate, and there is no justification for murdering an innocent man. Oakland wishes to stand in solidarity with Philando’s family, and we wish to voice our intolerance for police terror NOW. There is no time to wait–the system has and continues to fail black folks in Amerikkka.
RALLY: 6:00 PM
MARCH: 7:30 PM
Bring signs, drums, any materials to make your voice heard. THE BAY AREA STANDS WITH PHILANDO CASTILE AND HIS FAMILY. WE WILL FIGHT AND DEMAND JUSTICE FOR BLACK LIVES.
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Calling all rabble rousers, land defenders and nature-lovers !
The Roadshow crew brings campaign and history presentations, looking to mix it up with local eco concerns and passions.
We’ll be featuring updates on Earth First! issues, discussions on earth-centric philosophy, tactics, water and species defense and resistence to the Trump agenda. The gathering aims to inspire the seeds of dissidence and connect people and struggles around the planet.
The crew has been doing trainings and workshops in cities and towns in 22 states (so far) since late April. Come hear what they’ve encountered!
Info:
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Jun
18
Sun
Annie Danger, Mike Esmailzadeh, and Heather will lead a two-hour workshop on the basics of intervening in public as a bystander. They will cover the basics of stance, assertiveness, and situational awareness as well as go into depth about different potential scenarios, legality of bystander intervention, physical and social skills and tactics for successful intervention, de-escalation, police involvement, knowing your place, and aftercare.
This workshop cannot cover all possibilities of intervention, but will provide a baseline for reducing harm and acting in effective solidarity with people being harassed or assaulted.
If you have any physical disabilities or differences in ability organizers should know about, please email basebuilding@surjbayarea.o
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The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 3:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months, once Daylight Savings Time springs forward we tend to assemble at 4 PM).
On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 2 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.
OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over five years! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally. Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.
At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.
General Assembly Standard Agenda
- Welcome & Introductions
- Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
- Announcements
- (Optional) Discussion Topic
Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.
Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area
San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv
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Jun
19
Mon
Living Graveyard (monthly protest)
Covered with sheets to represent the dead of wars, people lie down on the city sidewalk in front of the Federal Building, This is legal, non-violent witness. People stop, look and think. (Bring your own sheet)
Iraqi Deaths 2,973,613
U.S. Deaths 4,520 Coalition 4,841
Syrian Deaths, unknown
Afghan Deaths 30,000+
U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan 2,399 Coalition 3,535
Pakistani Deaths over 1,000 from drone attacks
Sponsor: Ecumenical Peace Institute www.epicalc.org
Welcome to Ecumenical Peace Institute / Clergy and Laity …
www.epicalc.org
Mission Statement: Ecumenical Peace Institute / Clergy And Laity Concerned (EPI/CALC) is a prophetic voice and witness, embracing all faith and earth-based traditions …
Welcome to Ecumenical Peace Institute / Clergy and Laity …
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Jun 19 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Hello, Comrades!
First off, we would like to thank EVERYONE for their participation in the#DefundOPD Campaign. Your actions have spoke loudly and have clearly influenced the City’s decisionmaking process when it comes to allocating money to the Oakland Police Department.
That being said, the fight is not over! City Council plans to announce and vote on its proposed budget, and we want to be there in full force to hold them accountable!
On Monday, June 19 at (tentatively) 5 pm we need folks to TURN UP to Oakland’s City Council Meeting. Please bring your DefundOPD signs, share this on social media, and participate in the #DefundOPD social media campaign (instructions below!):
1) Print your handy dandy “Less cops, more _______” or “Menos policías, más _______” from www.defundopd.org or make your own
2) Use your imagination. What would you fund with all those millions?
3) Snap a photo
4) Post and tag #DefundOPD, city council members and some friends!
http://www.defundopd.org/
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Jun 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
In November, 2016 we succeeded in getting the Oakland City Council to instruct the City Administrator to report on the usefulness of a feasibility study for creating The Public Bank of Oakland. Our next goal is to convince the City Council to commission that study as soon as possible, and incorporate it into a business plan for a public bank in Oakland.
After that, we will pressure the Oakland City Council to pass enabling legislation that will create and fund a public bank for Oakland. Our overarching goal is to see a public bank flourish in Oakland while it helps the community, thereby providing an example for other jurisdictions wishing to rid themselves of their dependence on Wall Street banks.
We are always looking for help bringing Public Banking information to Oakland residents. There are many ways large and small to be involved; from data entry to tabling events to branding and marketing assistance. Whether you’re looking to jump in with something specific or just want to lend a hand from time-to-time, please be in touch or come to a meeting.
Donate to Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland
Thanks to the generous support of our fiscal sponsor, HERA (Housing and Economic Rights Advocates), you can now make a tax-deductible donation to support our work. Our main expenses at the moment are related to outreach materials and mechanisms.
Click here to donate
*Important: Select “Other” from program and include “Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland” in the Honoree’s name section.
Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland t-shirts are available for a $20 donation! Email us at contact@friendsofpublicbankofoakland.org for details.
Sign the Petition!
You will also be able to sign the petition in person at upcoming events. Be on the lookout for our table, and let us know if there are events where people would like to hear more about the Public Bank of Oakland.
https://friendsofpublicbankofoakland.org/petition/
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OccupyForum presents
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!
Film: From the Ashes
by Radical Media
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!
OccupyForum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
Film: From the Ashes
by Radical Media
OccupyForum is hosting a free screening of a new National Geographic documentary about coal, From the Ashes. Join us to watch this film together in community. Come and share any updates about the coal campaign in Oakland and talk more generally about the struggle for environmental and climate justice as we resist the new administration in Washington.
From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry and what its future should be under the Trump Administration. From Appalachia to the West’s Powder River Basin, the film goes beyond the rhetoric of the “war on coal” to present compelling and often heartbreaking stories about what’s at stake for our economy, health, and climate. From the Ashes invites audiences to learn more about an industry on the edge and what it means for their lives. Please spread the word about this opportunity to see the film and discuss the issues. The screening is free; donations are welcome.
Learn more:� https://www.fromtheashesfilm.com/�
You can see a trailer for the film here
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Jun
20
Tue
Jun 20 @ 4:30 pm – 10:00 pm
The Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland will be out in full force at the council meeting next Tuesday. Please find us in our bright green shirts to receive signs. We will also have t-shirts available for sale. If this is your first time participating in something like this, please find us and we will help you get oriented.
Attend our outreach event before the council meeting.
Time: 4:30PM
The Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland is organizing a political action an hour before the full council meeting. We will be making money grow on the Coastal Live Oak in the Plaza by taping paper bills onto the leaves to symbolize the revenue the city of Oakland can earn for our community if it creates a public bank. Please join us and support the movement!
The regular Council meeting will begin sometime after the Special Council Meeting on establishing a Department of Violence Prevention, which begins at 5:00 PM.
Subject: Feasibility And Economic Impact Of Establishing A Public Bank
From: Finance Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Amending The City Of Oakland’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Midcycle Budget (Which Was Adopted Pursuant To Resolution No. 86250 C.M.S. On June 21,2016) To
(1) Appropriate One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), From The Fiscal Year 2016-17 General Purpose Fund (1010) Balance For A Contract To Complete A Feasibility Study On Public Banking In Oakland, And
(2) Authorizing The City Administrator Or Her Designee To Negotiate A Scope Of Work, Terms And Execute A Contract With Global Investment Company In An Amount Not To Exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000)
1. View Report, 2. View Supplemental Report, 3. View Supplemental Report, 4. View Supplemental Report
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Jun 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland
Subject: Establishing The Department Of Violence Prevention
From: Councilmember McElhaney, Kaplan And Council President Reid
Recommendation: Adopt A Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.29 Of The Oakland Municipal Code Entitled “City Agencies, Departments And Offices” To Create The Department Of Violence Prevention Focusing On Ending The Epidemic Of Violent Crime In Oakland And Healing Trauma In Impacted Communities
| 1. View Report, 2. View Supplemental Report, 3. View Report |
A winding, two-month push for the new city department meets its conclusion Tuesday. The proposed department would be put under the control of the city administrator. Last week, its tenuous future was defended by Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney who unleashed a highly emotional call for its creation amid a proposal by some of her colleagues for a blue-ribbon commission. – East Bay Citizen
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Jun 20 @ 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
On Tuesday May 16 more than 200 people turned out to the Berkeley City Council in anticipation of the Council’s vote on whether or not to continue Berkeley’s participation in Urban Shield. After waiting six hours for the agenda item to be heard and after giving powerful testimony, we were told that the Council once again decided to postpone the vote. The coalition and supporters staged a walkout to show the Council that we won’t stand for this kind of manipulation.
The Council has rescheduled the vote for June 20th at 6pm at Longfellow Middle School, 1500 Derby St in Berkeley.
LET’S TURN OUT STRONGER AND MORE ORGANIZED!
We want to redouble our efforts at the upcoming meeting in showing the Berkeley City Council that they need to stand on the side of the people and not on the side of militarization and oppression.
presspasslettertocityofberkeley
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Jun 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Mark Your Calendars
Special Berkeley Hearing on Urban Shield:
The Berkeley City Council will be voting on the city’s participation in Urban Shield.
On Tuesday May 16 more than 200 people turned out to the Berkeley City Council in anticipation of the Council’s vote on whether or not to continue Berkeley’s participation in Urban Shield. After waiting six hours for the agenda item to be heard and after giving powerful testimony, we were told that the Council once again decided to postpone the vote. The coalition and supporters staged a walkout to show the Council that we won’t stand for this kind of manipulation.
LET’S TURN OUT STRONGER AND MORE ORGANIZED!
We want to redouble our efforts at the upcoming meeting in showing the Berkeley City Council that they need to stand on the side of the people and not on the side of militarization and oppression.
In the meantime, please call and email the mayor and Council people to urge them to vote No To Urban Shield!
Mayor Jesse Arreguin/ (510) 981-7100/ mayor@cityofberkeley.info
District 1/Linda Miao/(510) 981-7110/ lmaio@cityofberkeley.info /
District 2/Cheryl Davila/ (510) 981-7120/ cdavila@cityofberkeley.info
District 3/ Ben Bartlett/ (510) 981-7130/ bbartlett@CityofBerkeley.info
District 4/ Kate Harrison / (510) 981-7140 kharrison@CityofBerkeley.info
District 5 / Sophie Hahn/ 510) 981-7150 shahn@CityofBerkeley.info
District 6 / Susan Wengraf / (510) 981-7160 swengraf@CityofBerkeley.info
District 7/ Kris Worthington / (510) 981-7170 kworthington@CityofBerkeley.info
District 8/ Lori Droste / (510) 981-7180 ldroste@CityofBerkeley.info
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Jun 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Join us for a discussion of resistance in the Trump era with internationally acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Naomi Klein.
Donald Trump’s takeover of the White House is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. His reckless agenda — including a corporate coup in government, aggressive scapegoating and warmongering, and sweeping aside climate science to set off a fossil fuel frenzy — will generate waves of disasters and shocks to the economy, national security, and the environment.
Acclaimed journalist, activist, and bestselling author Naomi Klein has spent two decades studying political shocks, climate change, and brand bullies. From this unique perspective, she argues that Trump is not an aberration but a logical extension of the worst, most dangerous trends of the past half-century — the very conditions that have unleashed a rising tide of white nationalism the world over. It is not enough, she tells us, to merely resist, to say no. Our historical moment demands more: a credible and inspiring yes, a roadmap to reclaiming the populist ground from those who would divide us — one that sets a bold course for winning the fair and caring world we want and need.
This timely, urgent book from one of our most influential thinkers offers a bracing positive shock of its own, helping us understand just how we got here, and how we can, collectively, come together and heal.
Book signing to follow. Copies of No Is Not Enough will be available for purchase at the event. A discounted ticket/book bundle is also available in advance.
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Jun
21
Wed
Jun 21 @ 8:45 am – 1:00 pm
ALL HANDS ON DECK!
We Need GREEN
HOUSE
GAS
Caps,
Not Massive Emissions Increases!
11th-hour Air District staff changes to Rule 12-16, scheduled for a vote this coming Wednesday, effectively sabotage what was to be the first-in-the nation rule to regulate local refinery-emitted greenhouse gases. In a stunning reversal, the Air District is now trying to grandfather in horrendous emission increases. Staff’s history of reckless permitting is causing them to propose a total gutting of the caps by raising permissible emissions levels by 25% – the equivalent to adding a whole other Chevron or Shell refinery to our air load! We must pack the house and express our outrage.
We need the GHG emission limits that were in Rule 12-16 when the staff proposed it at the continued adoption hearing on May 31, and which Board voted to direct staff to bring for adoption on June 21.
The Board must resist staff chicanery and stay the course. Now more than ever the community needs to stand up in support of meaningful caps on refinery GHGs, not faux-caps that allow massive emissions increases.
Read the Sunflower Alliance update at http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/urgent-defend-real-ghg-caps-not-allowances-for-increased-emissions-june-21/
Please arrive no later than 8:30 AM so that we can fill the hearing room. There will be massive oil industry & building trades turnout, so come early to stand at the head of the line.
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Original note:
Regulating criteria pollution—included within the original proposal for 12-16—will not be considered at this time. But it will be addressed in other rule-making, including Rule 13-1, to be presented by staff for consideration in a few months.
Air District staff dropped its opposition to capping GHGs after the Air Resources Board delivered a game-changing letter on April 5th. Richard Corey, ARB’s executive officer, declared his support for Rule 12-16 and Rule 13-1, the related staff proposal to limit greenhouse gases via an emissions-per-barrel approach. “We support the intent of these rules and agree more can and must be done to deliver real reductions in pollutants that are impacting the health of residents living near refineries,” Corey wrote. “We agree both approaches could help to ensure that these sources do not add to the state’s overall emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria or toxic pollutants.”
The co-pollutants emitted by refineries along with greenhouse gases have very local impacts, which state policy is beginning to address. A growing body of research shows that people who live closest to refineries are most heavily impacted by these toxic and criteria emissions. Bay Area public health experts have estimated that a cap on local refinery emissions could save 800–3,000 lives regionally over 40 years. Without it, fenceline communities would face an 8–12 times worse per capita mortality impact.
Rule 13-1 does not currently call for directly controlling particulate matter and could allow refinery-wide emissions to increase. Making sure that rule is loophole-free is our next big struggle. But for now, this first step towards GHG caps is a very giant step in the right direction.
Please arrive at 8:45 AM so that we can fill the hearing room. There will be massive oil industry turnout, so come early to stand at the head of the line.
Additional Information
Here is the analysis, conducted by local public health experts, of the deadly local health impacts of a tar sands transition.
For background, listen to this April 19th KALW report, which includes interviews with members of the Richmond community whose very lives depend on the passage of this rule. (Both the broadcast and a transcript are available.)
Reporter Will Parrish has done excellent investigative work on the issue. See his recent articles in the Monthly and the Nation.
Finally, follow this link to more detailed background on this website of the four-year struggle to cap refinery emissions.
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