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Mar
17
Fri
The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ @ Z Below Theater
Mar 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

‘Tasha is a one woman show exploring the in-custody murder of Natasha McKenna at the hands of law enforcement in Farifax, Virginia in 2015. The play, written by artist and activist Cat Brooks, directed by Oakland’s Poet Laureate Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, and performed by acclaimed actor Jeunée Simon, explores her life and murder from the point of view of several characters, including Natasha herself. “Natasha started talking so loudly I had to get up and write what she was saying,” Brooks said of the script’s genesis in 2015.

Trigger warning: This show contains graphic images and language depicting the murder of a young Black woman at the hands of police. A non-shooting, replica firearm will be used onstage and will be pointed at the audience. It is a non-working, prop gun. It will be accompanied by the sounds of gunshots and screaming.

Thanks to the support of Anti Police-Terror Project and Mental Health First Oakland, Healing Services by Nekia Wright and Hadiza Mohammed are available for select performances. Healers will be in the lobby during the performance and in the theatre after the show to support anyone who feels the need for healing after experiencing the images and themes explored in this show.

The healers are available to talk to anyone about feelings that come up and help manage emotions to help you process this experience so you can go back out into the world.

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Mar
18
Sat
 Not One More Penny For War in Ukraine! @ 24th St. Bart Station
Mar 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

All Out Saturday, March 18, 12 Noon
In San Francisco

Coinciding with the 20th anniversary weekend of the criminal U.S.-invasion of Iraq, we mobilize to demand:

Abolish NATO
End U.S. militarism and sanctions
Fund peoples needs, not the war machine
No war with China
End U.S. aid to racist apartheid Israel. Fight racism, LGBTQI discrimination, racistt deportations, and bigotry at home. U.S. hands off Haiti. End AFRICOM. No to Syria sanctions. No to nuclear war. No to climate catastrophe. Free Mumia!Free Julian. Free Leonard

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Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber @ Online
Mar 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

For our March, April and May meetings we are reading Debt: The First 5000 Years  by David Graeber (Warwick, Amazon).For  our March meeting we’ll be reading the first five chapters.`For  the  April  meeting  we  are  reading  chapters  6 through  9.

Before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods—that is, long before the invention of coins or cash. It is in this era that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors—which lives on in full force to this day.

So says anthropologist David Graeber in a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that arguments about debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates from Renaissance Italy to Imperial China, as well as sparking innumerable insurrections. He also brilliantly demonstrates that the language of the ancient works of law and religion (words like “guilt,” “sin,” and “redemption”) derive in large part from ancient debates about debt, and shape even our most basic ideas of right and wrong.

We are still fighting these battles today.

Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut EconomicsLimitsBanking on the PeopleCapital and Its Discontents, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century, The Deficit Myth,  Revenge Capitalism, the Edge of Chaos blog symposium , Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons, The Optimist’s TelescopeMission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, Exploring Degrowth, The Origin of Wealth, Mine!, The Dawn of Everything  A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Beyond Money, Less is More, and Cannibal Capitalism.

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Oakland Greens 4th Annual Linguistics Townhall @ Online
Mar 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Which labels are really necessary? — For this installment of the Linguistic Town Hall, your regular cast, special guests, and I ask: “Which identifiers are really necessary?” From gender identifiers on clothing and color, all the way down the rabbit hole to labeling pigment over ancestry – we want to hear your thoughts and ideas

virtual doors open at 6 PM (with the best pre-show music diversity). The discussion begins at 6:30 PM PST on ZOOM:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-greens-march-2023-4th-annual-linguistics-townhall-tickets-491376559517?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

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The World Premiere of ‘Tasha’ @ Z Below Theater
Mar 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

‘Tasha is a one woman show exploring the in-custody murder of Natasha McKenna at the hands of law enforcement in Farifax, Virginia in 2015. The play, written by artist and activist Cat Brooks, directed by Oakland’s Poet Laureate Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, and performed by acclaimed actor Jeunée Simon, explores her life and murder from the point of view of several characters, including Natasha herself. “Natasha started talking so loudly I had to get up and write what she was saying,” Brooks said of the script’s genesis in 2015.

Trigger warning: This show contains graphic images and language depicting the murder of a young Black woman at the hands of police. A non-shooting, replica firearm will be used onstage and will be pointed at the audience. It is a non-working, prop gun. It will be accompanied by the sounds of gunshots and screaming.

Thanks to the support of Anti Police-Terror Project and Mental Health First Oakland, Healing Services by Nekia Wright and Hadiza Mohammed are available for select performances. Healers will be in the lobby during the performance and in the theatre after the show to support anyone who feels the need for healing after experiencing the images and themes explored in this show.

The healers are available to talk to anyone about feelings that come up and help manage emotions to help you process this experience so you can go back out into the world.

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Mar
19
Sun
War in Ukraine: One Year On: The Root Causes of Conflict @ Online
Mar 19 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

One year into the War in Ukraine, the world has been redivided into two progressively decoupling camps, threatening a New Cold War. Meanwhile each camp is being drawn more tightly together. While the war began suddenly on February 24, 2022, its preconditions were a long time in the making. Was it really unprovoked as is relentlessly claimed? While this is one of a number of globally-televised wars, how is the Ukraine War different from the others? Whose interests does it serve? Dr. Sharat G. Lin examines the root causes of conflict, how peace can be brought about, and how the war is forging a new world order.

Our speaker, Dr. Sharat G. Lin, is with Human Agenda, the San José Peace & Justice Center, and the Initiative for Equality. He writes and lectures on global political economy, labor migration, and public health.

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Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 19 @ 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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Mar
20
Mon
Alameda County Eviction Moratorium: Navigating the End of Tenant Protections Together @ Online
Mar 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Presented by the ACBA Racial Justice Taskforce 

Part of the ACBA Racial Equity Series

Register here

As the Alameda County Eviction Moratorium comes to end, let’s come together to learn about the tenant protections that remain and how to exercise them, how COVID has affected marginalized communities, and how better housing policies can help mitigate the harm that marginalized folks experience, particularly Black and Brown communities hit hardest by the pandemic. Our panelists will also discuss local, state, and federal level policy priorities and how you can get involved in the call for equitable housing for all.

Online registration closes the day before the event. If you have trouble registering, please contact the Membership Coordinator

 

Speakers:

Gregory ChingGregory Ching is Senior Staff Attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza. Mr. Ching received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Ching served as a law clerk in the Office of Mayor Edwin M. Lee. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Southern California. Prior to joining Centro Legal, Mr. Ching worked as a litigation associate, where he focused on intellectual property litigation and complex commercial disputes. He has also provided legal services in the areas of estate planning, and federal and state taxation. Before beginning his legal career, Mr. Ching worked in music supervision and as an audio engineer, performing technical work for major motion pictures and television shows. Mr. Ching enjoys golfing, craft beer, and playing with his dog.

Jasmine RangelJasmine Rangel, Senior Housing Associate at PolicyLink, works closely with other members of the housing team to advance housing justice across the nation for the 100 million people struggling to make ends meet. Specifically, she conducts research, builds resources, and supports community leaders, organizers, and policymakers to advance their movement building efforts towards a more just housing system. From supporting the existing housing advocacy culture in Charlottesville, VA to conducting housing research with the Eviction Lab, Jasmine hopes to continue to build her passion and training in public policy to support communities achieve equitable and thriving communities. Jasmine holds a master of public policy from the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia and a B.S. from Berry College in political science, with a minor in women and gender studies. In her free time, Jasmine enjoys reading, printmaking, and playing a myriad of fantasy table-top games with her partner and friends.

Desiree Nguyen OrthDesirée Nguyen Orth is Director of the Consumer Justice Clinic at East Bay Community Law Center. Desiree joined EBCLC’s Consumer Justice team as the Director in 2021. Prior to joining EBCLC, Desiree was the supervising attorney for the Consumer Advocacy Project at the Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Desiree is passionate about this work because financial equity is a large part of social justice and race disparity. To many, money is also a source of freedom. Financial education, advocacy, and policy are ways to make significant strides towards equity and freedom from both an individual and systemic level.

Alexis PayneAlexis Payne is Senior Staff Attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza in the Tenants’ Rights Legal Practice. Alexis holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Alexis is a first-generation college graduate, attended community college before completing her undergraduate degree in Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Alejandra RamirezAlejandra Ramirez is Senior Paralegal at the Tenant Rights Group at Centro Legal de le Raza. Alejandra joins Centro Legal as a Staff Paralegal on the Tenants’ Rights team, where she assists low-income tenants facing eviction, unlawful rent increases, uninhabitable conditions, and harassment. Alejandra has been at Centro for 5 years and is currently focusing on settling eviction cases. Alejandra graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Henrissa BasseyModerator: Henrissa Bassey is Co-directing attorney of Centro Legal de la Raza’s Tenants’ Rights practice. Ms. Bassey has represented historically marginalized and racialized clients in civil court, administrative hearings, HUD conciliations, and appeals. She has also litigated unlawful detainer actions for tenants facing eviction, illegal rent increases, retaliation, discrimination, harassment, and habitability violations. Prior to joining Centro Legal, Henrissa worked as a staff attorney at Bay Area Legal Aid and a policy research associate at PolicyLink. She has had the opportunity to work alongside systems-involved people from underserved communities in California, Washington, DC, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria to advance racial, social, and gender equity. Henrissa is passionate about using multi-faceted approaches to help tenants enforce their housing rights and remove barriers to the quality of life they’ve envisioned.

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Mar
21
Tue
Stop Dirty Banks National Day of Action – SF @ Wells Fargo HQ
Mar 21 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm

What: Stop Dirty Banks Day of Action

Join us for an action at Wells Fargo Corporate Headquarters in downtown San Francisco to demand that big banks stop funding climate change through their investment in the fossil fuel industry.

Over the past year, thousands of people have taken the pledge to close accounts, cut up credit cards, and boycott Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo if they don’t move their investments out of fossil fuels. On 3.21.23, we will gather to show the strength of our movement!

This event is organized by partners in the Bay Area Climate Finance Hub, including Third Act SF Bay Area, Oil and Gas Action Network, 1000 Grandmothers, Stop the Money Pipeline, XRSFBay, and others.

More info about the campaign organized by Third Act can be found here. RSVP and stay tuned for info about a local action in San Francisco on the morning of March 21st.

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DSA SF Ecosocialist Book Club – The Future is DeGrowth
Mar 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

REGISTER HERE!

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Mar
23
Thu
The First Ban Ring Coalition Campaign meeting @ Online
Mar 23 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Click here to RSVP.

For years, anti-surveillance, civil rights, and racial justice groups have been sounding the alarm about the dangers posed by Amazon Ring-police partnerships. Collectively, we’ve successfully petitioned members of Congress to investigate these surveillance partnerships, garnered widespread media attention, and published studies exposing the harms. Despite all the negative attention and backlash, over 2,000 police departments continue to partner with Amazon Ring to surveil communities.

In an effort to end these partnerships for good, we’re holding the first Ban Ring Coalition Campaign meeting where we’ll discuss a campaign to pass local ordinances to effectively ban these partnerships (even in cities without partnerships). The meeting takes place on Thursday, March 23rd from 1-3pm EST. We’re hoping you can attend.

Click here to RSVP.

At the meeting, we’ll talk about the ordinance, the recent changes to how these partnerships work, share the ordinance campaign toolkit, and discuss ways we can work together to lead campaigns and/or support local efforts to ban Ring-police partnerships.

A little background on Amazon Ring-police partnerships: Ring cameras surveil millions, from children playing in the park to people visiting health clinics to protesters exercising their First Amendment rights. Alongside the massive growth of this private network of cameras, the tech giant is aggressively expanding their police partnerships. Amazon’s doorbell, floodlight, mailbox, and dash cameras record and collect data on our whereabouts, our homes, and our communities. This massive surveillance dragnet poses an existential Orwellian threat to the daily lives of the public at large and to our democracy�but for Black and Brown communities Amazon Ring technology puts their lives in immediate danger.

Should you need any additional information or have any questions please email me.

Ayele B. Hunt
Campaigns Director
Fight for the Future

(813) 707-3584
http://fightforthefuture.org

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Mar
24
Fri
Mothers on the March – Jail Killer Cops
Mar 24 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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Mar
25
Sat
‘People Get Ready’ Conference @ UC Berkeley, Dwinelle Hall
Mar 25 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

See full agenda on website.

People Get Ready 4 will gather left movements in the Bay Area of California to analyze political conditions and discuss movement strategy during a period of deepening economic, social, and ecological crises.

The conference is hosted by Center for Political Education.

Endorsing organizations include:

Arab Resource & Organizing Center Alliance of South Asians Taking Action Black Organizing Project | Bay Rising | California Coalition for Women Prisoners | Catalyst Project | Chinese Progressive Association Critical Resistance (Oakland) | GABRIELA Oakland Haiti Action | International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network | National Lawyers Guild – SF Bay Area | Palestinian Youth Movement (Bay Area) | San Francisco Rising | Sogorea Te’ Land Trust

Program Description

The conference will feature organizers, activists, strategists, and scholars in conversations that will sharpen participants’ understanding of the political conditions and threats we face in the current moment and provoke thoughtful debate and discussion on strategies for building working-class power for the long-term.

*Note: Session times, titles, and speakers may still be adjusted over the next few weeks.

Tickets & Registration

Tickets are priced on a sliding scale. Please self-select your ticket level based on what you are able to give. If you are able to give more than the suggested levels, please consider donating to the Solidarity Fund, which helps CPE provide this conference to more participants free of charge.

As with all of our previous conferences, no one will be turned away from People Get Ready 4 for lack of funds.

Disability Access at the Venue

Dwinelle Hall is located by the Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley Campus. A detailed description of Accessibility and Compliance for Dwinelle Hall can be found here.

The eastern entrance of Dwinelle Hall has two sets of stairs to enter the building (both sets of stairs have 5 steps each for a total of 10 steps) and a ramp to enter the building as well.

Plenary sessions and breakout sessions will be held in 155 Dwinelle and 145 Dwinelle. These auditoriums are wheelchair accessible at the top level near the entrances, and on stage for conference speakers via elevator. There are 20-30 seats in each auditorium that are accessible by zero to two steps: these will be reserved for attendees with limited mobility. The remaining seats in the auditorium are accessible by 3-16 steps.

In addition to 155 Dwinelle, the breakout sessions will be held in Dwinelle classrooms that are flat and without internal stairs or levels. They contain classroom chairs and desks for seating.

The floors on which these classroom are located are accessible via stairwell or elevator. Restrooms are also accessible via the same stairwell and elevator.

COVID Policy

Participants will be required to wear masks while indoors at the conference and to confirm up-to-date vaccination status prior to registration.

We will provide masks for participants to wear in case they do not have one.

If you are unable to attend the event due to illness, we will provide a full refund.

See our FAQ for more information on our COVID policy.

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Mar
26
Sun
How the United States is Preparing for Imminent War with China @ Online
Mar 26 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm


US aggression toward China is escalating and China is shedding its usual restraint to more clearly call out this aggression and warn the US not to overstep its red lines. K. J. Noh, an activist, journalist, and scholar on the geopolitics of the Asian continent, will discuss the renewed belligerence of South Korea under President Yoon Suk-yeol, the increasing militarization of Japan, shifting alliances in Western Asia, and how China, including Taiwan, is responding. Noh will also speak about efforts in the United States to prepare for a war against China and how that is increasing violence against Asian Americans, as well as what we can do to prevent what would be a catastrophic conflict.

K. J. Noh is a journalist, political analyst, writer, and teacher specializing in the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region.

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Daniel Ellsberg birthday and/or thank you card “signing party” @ Grassroots House
Mar 26 @ 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
    • just west of Shattuck, downtown Berkeley.
    • Drop by briefly, or stay and chat if it isn’t crowded.  Optional pot luck refreshments.

https://grassrootshouse.org/

Dan’s recent open letter revealing diagnosis of 3-6 months to live: https://consortiumnews.com/2023/03/02/daniel-ellsbergs-not-yet-goodbye/

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Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Mar 26 @ 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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Oakland Greens Movie & Discussion: “Hysteria” @ Online
Mar 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

For March we have a movie based on historical fact, and ties to patriarchy that in the end create a very useful human sexuality tool — Believed to be a real medical condition, two doctors (Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce) in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients’ ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator — These free community-building events are designed to see the connection between media and the real world — Does life imitate art or does art imitate life?:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oakland-greens-free-dinner-a-movie-discussion-series-tickets-491368324887?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1

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Mar
27
Mon
Free Screening: How to Blow Up A Pipeline @ SF AMC Metreon
Mar 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Our friends at Oil and Gas Action Network are excited to co-host a free screening of the forthcoming film How to Blow Up a Pipeline   just for local climate activists!   After the film there will be a short facilitated discussion and sharing of resources for people to get more involved in the local climate justice movement.

Tickets are free –  RSVP here.

OGAN writes:

“This film adaptation of Andreas Malm’s incendiary nonfiction book is a stunning wake-up call on the imminent dangers of the climate crisis.  Following a group of young environmental activists on a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline, this taut and timely thriller is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the existential threat we all face.  The film opens in theaters April 7—so this is a chance for Bay Area activists to get a sneak peak at this groundbreaking film

The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now.  Yet, despite decades of appeals, mass street protests, petition campaigns, and peaceful demonstrations, we are still facing a booming fossil fuel industry, rising seas, rising emission levels, and a rising temperature.  With the stakes so high it’s vital that the climate movement look at the history of the Suffragettes, the American Civil Rights Movement, the Anti-Apartheid movement, or Indian independence—to deflate the fallacy that historic, transformative change was accomplished by non-violent, state-sanctioned means alone.

OGAN is in no way advocating for violence or blowing up pipelines – and topics like this are serious issues not to be joked about. But we do hope this film will contribute to a vital strategic discussion for the climate justice movement, and encourage our efforts to be bolder and more effective.”

 

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Mar
29
Wed
Poverty in America – Book Discussion @ First Presbyterian
Mar 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

 

It’s important to us that this event is accessible to anyone who would like to attend. If price is a barrier and you are interested in free or discounted tickets, please click here and while seats are available we will do our absolute best to accommodate you. We are an independent bookstore committed to paying living wages to our hard-working staff, and in order to cover our costs we are only able to provide so many accessible seats, so if you can afford a bundled ticket please select one of the following tiers here: Ticket + Book or 2 Tix + Book. Questions? Other accessibility requests? Write events@booksmith.com.

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Mar
30
Thu
Oakland Police Commission – Public Forum on Investigations and Discipline Disparity @ Oakland City Hall
Mar 30 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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