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Jun
1
Thu
Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission – Postponed Until June 8th
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Jun 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Postponed Until June 8th

Relevant Agenda Items:

4. Sanctuary Contracting Ordinance – CPO – Presentation of Annual Report
a. Review and take possible action
5. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – Annual Reports
a. Review and take possible action on the annual reports for ShotSpotter, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Drones, StarChase/GPS Tracker, Biometric Crime Lab
6. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – DPW – Illegal Dumping Cameras 1) Annual Report, and 2) Proposed Amended Use Policy
a. Review and take possible action on the annual report and use policy

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Jun
3
Sat
A Funeral for Public Transit @ 19th St. Bart
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Jun 3 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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People’s Park Community Meeting @ Grassroots House
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Jun 3 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Help us plan the bucket brigade to bring water back to the park and keep the plants alive since UC had the water switched off again.

We hope to see people from many organizations as we work toward long term stewardship and maintenance of the park in perpetuity. This is to build an inclusive community wide planning and working group to revitalize our National Landmark park and to create a Commons for all.

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Public Forum on the OPD Budget @ West Oakland Public Library
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Jun 3 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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Attack on Trans People: A Page in the Fascist Playbook @ Starry Plough
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Jun 3 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Doors open at 2:00 p.m.

Please register in advance at
https://bit.ly/230603_AttackOnTrans
to receive your personal link to participate in this event online

Fascism is authoritarianism and class war combined with destruction of social relations within the working class. In order to gain power, fascist movements amplify already-existing prejudices among working-class people, positioning themselves as the defenders of “normal” people against the “others.”

Trans people are currently under attack with both street-level violence and legislation. These attacks, and the propaganda aimed at getting working-class people to support them, are part of the war against the entire working class. The purpose, as ever, is to prevent the growth of workers’ solidarity by driving a wedge between us based on our differences.

We need to be united to fight for our everyday needs and for a better future for all.

This forum will help us put what is happening to trans people into the context of the general conditions in this country and explore ways to fight the growth of fascism in the USA.

Cassandra Devereaux – transwoman, writes for Fighting Words, the journal of the Communist Workers League

Rosa Astra  –  organizer in Oakland with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, writes for the socialist feminist magazine Breaking the Chains and Liberation News

*Organizations listed for identification purposes only.

Please help us celebrate our return to the Starry Plough by ordering food and/or drinks.
Please arrive early to place your order so that you do not miss any of the presentations.
An open discussion will follow the presentations.
We will be accepting donations which will be divided among the sponsoring organizations.

This event is sponsored by the Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party
and Bay Area System Change Not Climate Change.

For more information, email:  info@sudssnackssocialism.org

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Jun
4
Sun
A Bleak Road Ahead for the Global Economy @ Online
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Jun 4 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm


   The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Bank – three of the most highly regarded international economic organizations – all prediict lowered growth expectations for the decade ahead. If three major capitalist institutions are foretelling economic uncertainty and instability, it is because we are exiting a distinctive era of capitalist restructuring. That era gave capitalism a new lease on life, with growing profits, hyper-accumulation, and vastly expanded speculative investments. Little of that enrichment was shared with the masses, resulting in unprecedented inequalities of income and wealth.

According to our speaker, Greg Godels, liberal and social democratic economists decry the Federal Reserve’s strategy, but they have no alternatives to offer. They are content to leave the management of the capitalist economy to the capitalists, while denouncing their remedies. Clearly, the capitalist ship is taking on water, buffeted by a global pandemic, raging inflation, a European war, and bank failures. While there is no reason to expect the ship to sink, serious alarm bells are going off. He concludes, we are entering a period of growing uncertainty and conflict.

Our speaker, Greg Godels, grew up in a working-class family in a rural coal mining community. He joined the Communist Party in 1975 and served on the party’s Economics Commission until Vic Perlo’s death. He wrote frequently for the Daily World and other party papers as well as Political Affairs and Nature, Society and Thought. Articles by him have also appeared in numerous publications, including Communist Review (London), People’s Voice (Vancouver), and Socialist Voice(Dublin).

He is a joint founder of the website Marxism-Leninism Today and writes a highly regarded blog under the pen name Zoltan Zigedy. We recommend Greg’s article, The End of an Era (https://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-end-of-era.html.)

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Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
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Jun 4 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:

occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

 

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! 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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5
Mon
Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting
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Jun 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month.

Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186

If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to:

The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to stopping police brutality.

In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that day the ILWU shut down the Bay Area ports in solidarity. Our mission is to educate, organize and mobilize people against police and state repression. Sisters and brothers! The Oscar Grant Committee invites you to join us in this vital struggle.

We meet on the 1st Monday of each month
You can join our discussion list by sending a blank (doesn’t even need a subject) email to

oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

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Jun
7
Wed
Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online
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Jun 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch.

Friends of the Public Bank East Bay is a completely volunteer-run, nonprofit organizing to create and build community support for the first public bank in California’s history! If you’re committed to economic justice and interested in helping us build new financial systems by the people for the people, we look forward to having you join us!

HOW WE OPERATE:

We have five committees working together to create a Public Bank in the East Bay:

  • Advocacy builds relationships with community groups and city governments.

  • Communications assists other committees with content creation and promotion.

  • Fundraising develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan.

  • Membership brings on new members and volunteers and organizes educational events.

  • Strategy & Planning is responsible for operations and the execution of PBEB’s business plan.

Email us with your interests and we’ll help you find a way to get plugged in!

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Jun
8
Thu
Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission – Postponed Until June 8th
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Jun 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Postponed Until June 8th

Relevant Agenda Items:

4. Sanctuary Contracting Ordinance – CPO – Presentation of Annual Report
a. Review and take possible action
5. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – OPD – Annual Reports
a. Review and take possible action on the annual reports for ShotSpotter, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Drones, StarChase/GPS Tracker, Biometric Crime Lab
6. Surveillance Technology Ordinance – DPW – Illegal Dumping Cameras 1) Annual Report, and 2) Proposed Amended Use Policy
a. Review and take possible action on the annual report and use policy

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Corrections in Ink: Author Talk with Keri Blakinger @ The Booksmith
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Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Booksmith will host author Keri Blakinger for the paperback launch of “Corrections in Ink,” which she will discuss with “Orange is the New Black” author, Piper Kerman. The conversation will be moderated by  Mother Jones criminal justice reporter Samantha Michaels.

Masks will be required and capacity will be limited. RSVP recommended.

 Because we’re limiting capacity, we can’t guarantee we’ll have space for walk-ins. The best way to ensure you’ll get a seat is to order the Book + Seat ticket through this link. Our free RSVPs for this event have already been reserved. Would you like to be the first to know about our events? Sign up for our mailing list here.
> We are happy to offer *signed* copies of Corrections in Ink order a Book + Seat ticket bundle if you’d like to pick up a signed copy at the event, or order here if you just want a signed copy.
> You can order Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman here.
> If we feel it is not safe to gather, as the event gets closer, we will pivot to a virtual event and your registration will remain valid.
> Questions? Write events@booksmith.com.

 

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Jun
10
Sat
Sacramento: It’s a Climate Emergency, Act Like It! Protest at Capitol @ California State Capitol - West Steps
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Jun 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

LIMATE EMERGENCY PROTEST

Weather whiplash, increasing greenhouse gases, and rising temperatures – the evidence is clear. Our government needs to act. Tell the President and other leaders to take strong action now to bring an end to the climate crisis.

It’s time for an end to the fossil fuel era!

Local organizations: Sacramento Climate Coalition, 350 Sacramento,
Fridays For Future Sacramento

Host Contact Info: info [at] sacclimate.org

This event is part of the People vs. Fossil Fuels Coalition nationwide day of action.

We are taking action to ask Biden to END THE ERA OF FOSSIL FUELS!

Biden promised to be a climate president – yet under his watch, the U.S. continues to be the biggest producer of oil and gas in the world. Frontline communities & global scientists have been abundantly clear – we cannot avoid the very worst impacts of the climate crisis if we allow for any more fossil development.

This year, we have a key opportunity to demand Biden take bold action to stop fossil fuels — by leveraging pressure on a global stage. In September, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is hosting a global Climate Ambition Summit where the “ticket to entry” is tangible action to keep fossil fuels – the core driver of the climate emergency – in the ground.

Starting this June, we’re mobilizing to turn up the pressure to make Biden end the era of fossil fuels — and we need YOU to join us!

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Jun
11
Sun
The Purity Fetish And The Crisis Of Western Marxism @ Online
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Jun 11 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm


In The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, Carlos L. Garrido provides a comprehensive development of his concept of the purity fetish, tracing the outlook to the Eleatic school of Ancient Greek philosophy, and showing how it has appeared in 20th century Western Marxism and in contemporary U.S. socialism. In every form the purity fetish takes in Western Marxism’s politics, Carlos argues that one finds not only the failure to obtain truth, but also the inability to create a revolutionary movement.

Our speaker is Carlos Garrido is a Cuban-American PhD student and instructor in philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His research focuses include Marxism, Hegel, early 19th century American socialism, and socialism with Chinese characteristics. He is an editor in Midwestern Marx Institute for Marxist Theory and Political Analysis and in the Journal of American Socialist Studies. As a political analyst with a focus on Latin America (esp. Cuba), he has appeared in dozens of radio and video interviews around the world. He also edited and introduced Marxism and the Dialectical Materialist Worldview: An Anthology of Classical Marxist Texts on Dialectical Materialism (Midwestern Marx Publishing Press, 2022). His latest book, which we will be discussing  is: The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism.

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Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
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Jun 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:

occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

 

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! 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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Green Sunday: Palestine: 75 Years of Continuous Nakba and Continuous Struggle @ Online
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Jun 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

 

Zionist settler colonialism is escalating its fascist policies in a rush to annex what’s left of Palestine.
Palestinian resistance is growing and taking root among the new generations.
The international solidarity movement is expanding, including in the United States. What are the next steps?

Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch is Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance and a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank. He is the cofounder of the Ibdaa Cultural Center in Dheisheh. Zeiad is also a filmmaker, journalist and educator who has worked with Palestinian and international media and has participated in the production of several documentary films. He was the co- producer and production manager of Promises, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002. He completed his Master of Arts in Social Justice and International Relations from the World Learning School for International Training Graduate Institute.

Green Sundays are a series of free public programs & discussions on topics “du jour” sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County and held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The monthly business meeting of the County Council of the Green Party follows at 7:00 pm, after a 30-minute break. Council meetings are open to anyone who is interested.

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Jun
12
Mon
Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room
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Jun 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

OTU’s Mission

The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf.

Monthly Meetings

The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 pm on the second Monday evening of each month. Our monthly meetings are held in the Community Room of the Madison Park Apartments, 100 – 9th Street (at Oak Street, across from the Lake Merritt BART Station). To enter, gently knock on the window of the room to the right of the main entrance to the building. At the meetings, first we focus on general issues affecting renters city-wide and then second we offer advice to renters regarding their individual concerns.

If you have an issue, a question, or need advice about a tenant/landlord issue, please call us at (510) 704-5276. Leave a message with your name and phone number and someone will get back to you.

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Jun
14
Wed
Marathon Shutdown: No Just Transition @ Online
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Jun 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Register here 

UC Berkeley Labor Center will host an online conversation about their new report, Fossil Fuel Layoff, which details what happened to Marathon workers in Martinez after the refinery shut down last year—a case study of the reasons why planning and funding for just transition are essential.

The report shows that, on the whole, workers from the shuttered Marathon Refinery ended up with lower pay and worse working conditions.  About a quarter are unemployed.  Workers who found jobs faced an average pay cut of 24%.  And the industry where the largest percentage of former Marathon workers (28%) found new jobs was—the oil and gas industry.

Speakers:

Virginia Parks
Report co-author, professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine, and faculty director of the UCI Labor Center.

Tracy Scott
President of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5, which represented workers laid off at the facility.

Josh Sonnenfeld
California Economic Development Specialist, BlueGreen Alliance

MODERATOR

Jessie Hammerling
Co-director of the Green Economy Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center

 

The report, Fossil fuel layoff: The economic and employment effects of a refinery closure on workers in the Bay Area, lists recommendations to support displaced workers:

  • Extended cash payments to maintain pre-layoff income levels
  • Financial support to cover the 24% average gap in workers’ pre-layoff wages and their post-layoff wages
  • Bridge-to-retirement funding that provides full retirement benefits to workers eligible for early retirement within one year following layoff
  • Third-party certifications to define and verify the skills of refinery workers, and facilitate more efficient and accurate skill matching between jobs and workers in the labor market
  • Targeted, individualized job search assistance that focuses on a broad scope of strategies for identifying good job opportunities, and preparing for and applying for those jobs
  • Targeted, short-term training for a specific set of occupations and industries, with income support for workers during training
  • Short-term, stand-alone training modules to enable workers to maintain certifications they had earned on-the-job at the refinery, such as CPR and HAZMAT training certifications

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Invest in Oaklanders, not OPD @ Oakland City Hall
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Jun 14 @ 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm

APTP Event flyer that says “Tell City Council: Invest in Oaklanders, Not More Policing” with event details that read “Oakland City Council Meeting / Oakland City Hall / Wednesday, June 14 at 4pm” image in graphic shows a crowd at a March or rally holding signs

 

Make sure to fill out a speaker card in person or email to cityclerk@oaklandca.gov to request making comment on item 2 via Zoom. You can also send letters to the Mayor & city council today demanding a budget that invests in Oaklanders, not more police:
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Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ online
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Jun 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.

Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay and nationwide.

op-logo.2.1We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” —  to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing.

We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no one is illegal.

Check out some of what we worked on in 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

Oakland Privacy originally came together in 2013 to fight against the Domain Awareness Center, Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub. OP was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network.  We helped fight and helped win the fight against Urban Shield.

Our major projects currently include local legislation to regulate state surveillance (we got the strongest surveillance regulation ordinance in the country passed in Oakland!), supporting and opposing state legislation as appropriate, battling mass surveillance in the form of facial recognition and other analytics, mass aerial surveillance, ubiquitous license plate readers, and pushing back against ICE.

On September 12th, 2019 we were presented with a Barlow Award by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for our work, and on March 16th, 2021 s James Madison Freedom of Information Award by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists.

If you are interested in joining the Oakland Privacy email listserv, coming to a meeting, or have questions, send an email to:

contact@oaklandprivacy.org


Check out our website: http://oaklandprivacy.org/

Follow us on twitter: @oaklandprivacy

 

“WATCHING YOU WATCHING US”

Oakland Privacy works regionally to defend the right to privacy and enhance public transparency and oversight regarding the use of surveillance techniques and equipment.  Oakland Privacy drove the passage of surveillance regulation and transparency ordinances in Oakland and Berkeley and is kicking off new processes in various municipalities around the Bay.  To help slow down the encroaching police and surveillance state all over the Bay Area, join us at the Omni.

   
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Jun
15
Thu
Debt Collective: Student Debt Update Call @ Online
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Jun 15 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

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