Our demands:
* Mass Releases Now!
* Stop transfers between prisons
* Provide COVID testing to 100% of the prison population and employees
* Limit staff movement in prisons
* Expand credit-earning opportunities
* Provide hygiene supplies
* Provide free televisiting and unlimited stamps
* Provide free phone calls
⠀Help spread the word. Join us!
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Jun
10
Wed
Jun 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
March to Mayor Libby Schaaf’s house to demand the defunding of OPD and the reinvestment into education and our community. Please bring candles to honor those who lost their lives to police brutality.
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Jun
19
Fri
Jun 19 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM CONTINUES!
STOP Police Terror, Systemic Racism & STOP the Privatization of the Port of Oakland!
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Longshore Division will stop work at all 29 ports on the West Coast for eight hours to commemorate JUNETEENTH, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery.
Join ILWU Locals 10, 34, 75, 91 for a day of solidarity & resistance. AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL!
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Jun
20
Sat
The Do No Harm Coalition, APTP, Public Health Justice Collective, Health Care Workers Action Network and Health Justice Commons invite ALL health workers, healers and students in the health and caring professions to join us in a socially distanced rally & car caravan to declare racism and police violence as public health crises that cause unacceptable and disproportionate poor health for Black people and require disproportionate decisive action to address.
Black people suffer the worst outcomes from COVID and from police violence due to entrenched systemic racism. We are committed to ending racism in every form in order to uplift the health of the communities we serve.
We will be sending a notice to our lawmakers for demands to uplift the Black New Deal, as outlined by Anti Police-Terror Project as well as to outline our vision for creating a society centered around a Culture of Care. We will be posting that notice here for you to sign before Saturday.
We will be meeting up Saturday June 20th at 4pm on Pill Hill and driving in a car caravan to Bernal Hill, SF, the site where Alex Nieto was shot by SFPD. We will be broadcasting on the radio as we drive, to keep the vibe alive between us.
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Jun
23
Tue
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Jun
28
Sun
Jun 28 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Press Conference: In Midst of Mounting Pressure and Day of Action, Oakland Council President Kaplan to Reopen Budget Vote; Commit to Join Bas, Labor, Community to Defund Police
#DEFUNDTHEPOLICE COALITION “DRIVE 4 JUSTICE” CAR CARAVAN TO HOMES OF MAYOR, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO CONDEMN OAKLAND’S PRO-COP, ANTIDEMOCRATIC BUDGET
Oakland, Calif., — Today, Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan will join a press conference of labor and community organizations near her home to commit to reopen the city budget, fund vital life affirming programs, and defund the police. After weeks of unprecedented protest and five days of advocacy after the narrow, rushed, controversial initial passage of Oakland’s City Budget, Kaplan will announce today a plan for Tuesday’s council meeting to “reconsider” the budget and reallocate resources from the Oakland Police Budget to community programs.
The Defund the Police Coalition, a broad alliance of community organizations will move forward as planned and hold a massive car caravan from the Port of Oakland to the mayor’s and city councilmembers’ houses in response to the pro-police budget proposal they advanced last week, over the cries of thousands demanding they defund the police and invest in community services. The goal of the caravan, and of a full page ad in Saturday’s SF Chronicle that protestors will deliver to the mayor and council, is to raise awareness with Oakland voters about the dishonorable actions of their councilmembers, encourage them to register and vote for the Defund Police, Refund our Communities agenda in the coming election.
Press conference details:
Who: Oakland Community, Labor, and Faith Organizations and President Rebecca Kaplan
When: 11:30 am Sunday June 28th
Where: Eve’s Waterfront, 15 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607
Action Details Include:
West Oakland Action:
Where: 32nd st just west of Telegraph, Oakland
When: 2pm
Oakland Port Starting Point:
Who: Coalition To Defund the Police
When: 2pm Sunday June 28th
Where: Various berths at the Port of Oakland
Oakland Hills Action:
Where: Corner of Hanly and Oakmore
When: Approx 3 pm
Fruitvale Action:
Where: Fruitvale and E. 17th St.
When: Approx 3pm
East Oakland Action:
Where: Campus Drive, between Crystal Ridge and Fairhill
When: Approx 3:15 pm
Visuals: Massive Car Caravan, street murals, signs, banners, musicians, etc.
Led by the Anti Police-Terror Project, the sprawling “Defund the Police Coalition” is planning Sunday’s action to let the city councilmembers, who steamrolled a status quo budget maintaining allocation of almost half the general funds to police, know that Time Is Up for Justice.
These City Council members, without prior notice to the rest of the Council or the public, rammed through a budget that pours hundreds of millions of dollars into Oakland Police, while cutting funds from Parks, Recreation, and Youth Development, and dismantling Human Services for the unhoused.
The preliminary budget, pushed forward by the so-called “equity caucus”, which was authored by Councilmembers Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Loren Taylor, Noel Gallo, and Larry Reid, was sprung on the city council and the public with less than 24 hours notice. It was forced through the preliminary vote with elements that were received after the meeting had begun, over the clear mandate from hours of unanimous public testimony to defund the police.
Despite misleading rhetoric to the contrary, the proposal will divert less than 1% of funding from policing, anticipates cuts to vital services, and does little to further public safety in Oakland.
Today’s multi-pronged car caravan will stage at five different locations at the Port of Oakland, outlined below, and caravan to Libby Schaaf’s and three councilmembers’ homes: McElhaney, Taylor, and Gallo.
Here’s the list of assembly locations at the Port.
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Schaaf: Berths 55-56 SSA/Oakland International Container Terminal
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Gallo: Berths 57-59 Oakland International Container Terminal
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Taylor: Berths 60-63 SSA/Matson
Saturday, the Defund the Police Coalition published a full page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle with over 120 organizations ranging from city worker unions to health workers to the national Sierra Club, condemning the undemocratic preliminary budget vote and telling Oakland City Hall, “Your time is up.” A parallel ad, detailing the coalition’s vision of a safe, prosperous Oakland, will run to today.
Each caravan is planning to hand deliver copies of the ad to the mayor and councilmembers, accompanied by live music and mural-painting.
Hi-Res Photos, livestream available after the event.
Hashtags: #DefundOPD #DefundthePolice #DefendBlackLife #YourTimeIsUp #Drive4Justice
Handles: @aptpaction @oaklandrising @calorganize @bayrisingaction
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Jul
1
Wed
Jul 1 @ 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
Almost 600 people of color have been killed by police in California just in the last 5 years.
On July 1, people who have been impacted by police violence–family members, formerly incarcerated, community members–will encircle the California Capitol building and hold up the names of those killed by police.
Click the Ticket button on this page to receive event updates or to volunteer to hold up a name of the fallen.
We call on state legislators to:
–Defund the $31B police and prison industrial complex
–Hold police who kill accountable
–Prevent police unions from donating to district attorneys and judges
–Dismantle the machinery of systemic racism (restore voting rights, Ban the Box, etc.)
–Distance the state from vestiges of slavery by removing Involuntary Servitude from our State Constitution
–Establish an independent community oversight board with subpoena power to investigate police violence
Join All of Us or None, CA legislators, and victims of police violence to honor those killed by the police and to press forward with vital change.
We will also be registering people to vote, as well as providing information about campaigns to pass ACA 6 to restore voting rights, and to remove slavery / indentured servitude from the California constitution.
To receive event updates or to volunteer to hold up a name of the fallen, click the ticket button or go to: https://bit.ly/StopKillingUsCA
For more information, contact:
Sacramento: Aaliyah Muhammad
916.501.9988 / aaliyah@prisonerswithchildren.org
California: Bridget Cervelli
805.270.9853 / bridget@prisonerswithchildren.org
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Jul
4
Sat
Jul 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
We’re making 4 stops to call for liberty, with a speaker and activity at each stop, and a cool video to be made of the event. We’ll have flags and posters for decorating your cars.
We are partnering with SF Bay Extinction Rebellion, DSASF IRIS, and other groups.
The stops will center on: defunding police, defunding the Pentagon, funding community, protecting the Earth.
1:00 pm: Meet up at SF City Hall to decorate cars, get instructions and route maps. 1 Carlton Goodlet Place, SF.
1:30 pm: First Caravan Stop, 762 Fulton St., to demand “Defund the Police; Fund Communities!”
2:00 pm: Second Caravan Stop, Broadway @ Divisadero, Nancy Pelosi’s house, to demand “Defund War, Fund Life!” Health Care, Housing, Clean Energy, Education
3:00 pm: Third Caravan Stop, Bay View Hunters Point, location TBD
4:00 pm: Pie and lemonade picnic, Bay View Hunters Point
While the 4th of July is traditionally celebrated by the United States to celebrate “independence” and “freedom”, CODEPINK goes against it by saying there is no true freedom until we are independent from war! No one is free until we are all free! Join us for a safe, socially distant peace caravan where we will call to #DivestFromWar, #HealthcareNotWarfare, #SanctionsKill, and more.
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Jul
11
Sat
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Jul
14
Tue
Jul 14 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
COME THRU AND SUPPORT! We need everyone to come and demand justice for Breonna Taylor and Vanessa Guillén. Keep in mind this will be a caravan to Oakland so make sure to eat and hydrate yourselves before you come.
We will be marching in Oakland so bring any supplies you need! Stay 6ft apart and wear your masks at all times. As we all know there has been a lot of disagreements with the black and brown community but this is time to show people that WE can come together and unite.
DM @alejvndxa if you would like to bring any supplies or would like to speak out or help organize this protest!!
All help is VERY much appreciated
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Jul 14 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
TOMORROW 7/14 there is a Speakout at Driver’s Plaza @ 11:30 am. This is organized by Auntie Frances Moore’s #SelfHelpHungerProgram and Phat Beets, who provide regular services like this food/PPE/sanitation supply drive by SHHP.
SHOW UP to stand against racist displacement! pic.twitter.com/XvSLYgggAf
— The Village, Oakland (@VillageOakland) July 13, 2020
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Jul
20
Mon
Join Sunflower Alliance, the Sunrise Movement, and other climate activists to support workers at the Oakland Telegraph Ave. MacDonald’s, who have been on strike since May demanding PPE, sick pay, hazard pay and social distancing.
The workers report that they were asked to wear dog diapers for PPE, that they got no sick pay when they were sick and thought they had COVID, and that the store was not enforcing social distancing. Of the 33 workers, 12 ended up getting COVID and 31 of them are now on strike. See news story here
Join Fight for 15 for a short march/rally on July 20, a national day of action for Fight for 15., starting at 11 am at Mosswood Park, then march to the Telegraph McDonald’s (march route here) where there will be a noon rally.
Donate to MacDonald’s workers strike fund here
Register for the action here
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Join workers walking out for Black Health and Vitality! Black healthcare workers, patients, and communities are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the pandemic, mismanagement of our public hospital system was depriving workers of access to vital resources and proper staffing. Unequal health outcomes for Black patients continue to pose a significant threat to public well being. With lives on the line, health professionals and patients alike are demanding action. Alameda Health System must become accountable to the public and put an end to its racist health inequities.
HOW WE STRIKE
From 12-2pm healthcare workers will walk out from all AHS facilities, while community supporters rally outside Highland Hospital in East Oakland and Fairmont Hospital in San Leandro.
From 12-2pm healthcare workers will walk out from all AHS facilities, while community supporters rally outside Highland Hospital in East Oakland and Fairmont Hospital in San Leandro.
After walking out, we will lie down for 8 minutes and 46 seconds—the time in which George Floyd was suffocating under a police officer’s knee—to honor George Floyd as well as the Black healthcare workers who have died from lack of PPE while fighting Covid-19.
Black frontline healthcare workers, patients and community will speak on the urgency of these issues.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Boots Riley
Derrick Boutte
Sheleka Carter
Boots Riley
Derrick Boutte
Sheleka Carter
WHY WE STRIKE
The dire situation of our public health system disproportionately affects Black communities.
Under the current unelected, unaccountable administration, Black patients and workers often receive inferior treatment in our AHS facilities, all while management tries to take away the rights, pay, and benefits of the Black unionized workers who are fighting to save lives.
The dire situation of our public health system disproportionately affects Black communities.
Under the current unelected, unaccountable administration, Black patients and workers often receive inferior treatment in our AHS facilities, all while management tries to take away the rights, pay, and benefits of the Black unionized workers who are fighting to save lives.
Meanwhile, the county’s lack of solutions for the houselessness pandemic strains the public health system and poses severe threats to the safety of Alameda County’s most vulnerable residents. We call on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to take responsibility for our public health and unequal health outcomes for Black communities!
WHAT WE ARE STRIKING FOR
We demand that the County Board of Supervisors regain control of AHS!
We demand fair contracts for frontline healthcare workers at AHS that recognize the invaluable services to the community!
We demand an increase in funding to AHS to improve the quality of care for our patients, the majority of whom are Black and Brown!
We demand equal treatment and representation within the Alameda Health System!
We demand that the County Board of Supervisors regain control of AHS!
We demand fair contracts for frontline healthcare workers at AHS that recognize the invaluable services to the community!
We demand an increase in funding to AHS to improve the quality of care for our patients, the majority of whom are Black and Brown!
We demand equal treatment and representation within the Alameda Health System!
#HealthJusticeNow!
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Aug
1
Sat
Join Bay Area Amazonians, Tesla workers, Gig Workers Collective, People’s Strike Bay Area, Workers United Against COVID-19, & other essential workers on a creative caravan for worker safety, workers’ rights, & worker solidarity.
RSVP: https://bayareaamazonians.org/petition-delivery-action
Or just show up!
Meet very early in the morning this Saturday outside the Amazon San Leandro warehouse, at the nearby Walmart parking lot.
Amazon is putting workers’ lives at risk. Drivers don’t have access to COVID data from the warehouse workers and vice versa, even though they interact daily. Amazon is even delaying release of information about infections because they’re required to pay people to quarantine at home, so sometimes they wait until after the quarantine period is over before they tell people they might have been exposed!
We will deliver signatures on this petition demanding that Amazon shut down the warehouse for 14 days of deep cleaning: https://www.coworker.org/petitions/close-dsf4-for-deep-cleaning-and-pay-workers-for-the-time-off-work
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Aug
2
Sun
Aug 2 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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Aug
3
Mon
National Day of Resistance
We demand safe, healthy, equitable schools.
Rally and Car Caravan
4pm – meet at La Escuelita 1050 2nd Ave, Oakland, CA
4:30pm – Rally
5:00pm – Car Caravan leaves for the superintendent’s house
This event will practice social distancing.
The rally and speakers will be broadcast on FM radio.
If/when you leave your car please wear a mask.
Demands:
No reopening until the scientific data supports it
No reopening until the scientific data supports it
Police-free schools
All schools must be supported to function as community schools with adequate numbers of counselors and nurses and community/parent outreach workers
Safe conditions including lower class sizes, PPE, cleaning, testing, and other key protocols
Equitable access to online learning
Support for our communities and families, including moratorium on evictions/foreclosures, cancel rent and mortgages, providing direct cash assistance to those not able to work or who are unemployed, and other critical social needs
Moratorium on new charter or voucher programs and standardized testing
Massive infusion of federal money to support the reopening funded by taxing the billionaires and Wall Street
Endorsed by:
OPEN
Journey for Justice
OEA
East Bay DSA
California Educators United
OPEN
Journey for Justice
OEA
East Bay DSA
California Educators United
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Aug
7
Fri
Protest against Alameda County Sherriff budget increase tomorrow 1pm 1401 lakeside drive, Oakland.
Alameda County County Supervisors approved a budget that increases the sheriff department budget by $106 Million, $318 Million over the next three years.#oakmtg #oaklandprotest
— BackPorch Lobby (@BackPorchLobby) August 6, 2020
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