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Join Jack Gescheidt, TreeSpirit’s founder, to see for yourself what a massive deforestation plan, under the guise of “habitat restoration” and “fire danger mitigation” looks like.

MEET AT “Signpost 29,” a mile marker on Claremont Ave. approx. 1.5 miles uphill/east of Claremont Ave. from the Claremont Hotel (1/2-mile below/west of Grizzly Peak Blvd.)  Signpost 29 is on the south (downhill) side of Claremont Ave.  Park in dirt pullouts on either side of Claremont Ave.  Pre-registration not required, but parking is limited, so arrive early.

LEARN MORE about the 450,000-tree clearcut & herbicides plan for over 2,000 acres of Berkeley & Oakland hillsides on Million Trees.me

come and build the secret art
come for a little bit or a long bit we’ll be here makin’ art

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 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.  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 four 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

1. Welcome & Introductions
2. Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
3. Announcements
4. (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

The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting.

Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly
held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city should run. They decide the city budget.

Democratic, community budgeting is a powerful step toward building strong communities, real democracy, and economic justice–and it’s being done all over the world.

The budget of the City Oakland totals more than $1 billion per year. Although part of the budget must be used for specific purposes, still over half of the budget–over $500 billion per year–consists of general purpose funds paid by the taxes, fees, and fines of the people of Oakland. The Mayor and the City Council decide the city budget, with minimal input from the community.

Working together, we will not only get a seat at the table–we will REBUILD the table itself. Participatory democracy is real democracy–join us to say: Local People, Local Resources, Local Power!

Join the Economic Development Without Displacement Coalition for free community dinner, film screening of Purple Rain and participatory visioning:

The future of West Oakland is at a crossroads, as massive displacement continues to threaten long-term residents, especially low-income people of color. The closure and imminent redevelopment of St. Andrews Plaza – along with the related closure of Alliance Metals, a crucial source of livelihood and self-determination for many people – is an opportunity to create a new way forward for community power and design that protects Black, brown, poor and disabled Oakland residents.

The shuttering of St. Andrews had an immediate impact on some of our most marginalized neighbors, especially the unhoused, the elderly and people with disabilities, who relied on the park as a place to sit, lie and sleep. These individuals were not adequately included or consulted in the City-led redesign process, and none of the current plans under consideration include water fountains, benches or other provisions for those with access needs. Instead of more policing, we support autonomous initiatives for participatory design led by those most impacted by development.

As with other struggles against the privatization of public land, gentrification, and for racial justice, we believe St. Andrews must become an example of #PublicLandForPublicGood. How can we stop displacement, keep our people in their homes, all while laying the path of a better way forward?

Please join us on Sunday July 24th to break bread, meet neighbors, hang out and ask the question: What does a just future for the San Pablo Corridor look like?

Agenda Item #21:

Subject: Police Commission Charter Amendment Measure

From: Councilmembers Noel Gallo And Dan Kalb

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution On The City Council’s Own Motion Submitting To The Voters At The November 8, 2016 Statewide General Election

1) A Proposed Amendment To The City Charter To Create The Oakland Police Commission, The Community Police Review Agency, And A Process For Police Discipline And

2) A Proposed Enabling Ordinance Relating To The Oakland Police Commission And The Community Police Review Agency, And Directing The City Clerk To Take Any And All Actions Necessary Under Law To Prepare For And Conduct The Election

GiveDirectly is the nonprofit working to study the impact of unconditional cash transfer programs in Kenya and Uganda. Rated in the top 5 most effective charities in the world for its groundbreaking work, GiveDirectly is now making headlines for the $30 million universal basic income study they will be conducting in Kenya.

Joe Huston, regional director of special projects at GiveDirectly, will be visiting San Francisco, and we’re delighted to have the opportunity to host a conversation with him. We’ll be talking about basic income, the research they’ve done so far, and discussing their upcoming study.

Program:
6:30 Doors open
7:00 Program starts
7:45 Program concludes, stay for networking and community

We’ll be hosting for the first time at Covo, a new coworking space just off of 6th and Mission. Snacks and drinks will be available.

Join us to fight for a livable wage for all Bay Area workers! We collaborate in principled reflection and action on what the Bay Area livable wage would be and where we are at on the right to a livable wage.

The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds Community and Power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers.

Our work together encompasses:

(1) The concerns of precarious, care and contingent workers,
(2) Campaigns to improve wages for low wage workers, and
(3) Efforts by unionized workers and unions to improve wages and quality of work life.

We share stories and information in an egalitarian and participatory way to build relationships and build the movement.

Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8:00 PM at the SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall, 436 14th Street #200, Oakland, CA

Please love and support one another ~ We have a duty to fight ~ We have a duty to win!

olwa.org

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1568668586707336/

 

Forum – Palestinian Workers, Human Rights, Labor and Zionism

Palestinian workers are under attack and they and their families face apartheid conditions. At the same time, legal efforts are being made to prevent an international boycott of Israel and labor action. Bay Area ILWU longshore workers played an important role in supporting Palestinian workers by boycotting the Israeli controlled Zim shipping line. This forum will look at the history of Zionism including the collaboration with the Nazis, and the present attack on UK Labor Party members critical of Israel who are being attacked as anti-Semites.

We will also look at the struggle of UAW 2865 to support the international boycott, and how their national leadership nullified their efforts.

Video from ILWU Zim Action On Port of Oakland will be screened.

Speakers:
Fadi Saba, President Luther Burbank Education Association CTA*, VP of The Bill of Rights Defense Committee/Defending Dissent Foundation www.defendingdissent.org, www.bordc.org
Jeff Blankfort, Editor Of Labor Bulletin On The Middle East and Radio Host of KZYX&Z Takes on The World
Lenni Brenner, Historian and author of Zionism In The Age Of The Dictators
Jack Heyman, ILWU Local 10 retired and Chair Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
* for identification only
Sponsored by United Public Workers For Action.

Press conference and speak out during Port Commission meeting on
the need for good jobs

*Community to Force Public Hearing on Jobs at the Port of Oakland*

*Publicly Owned and Financed Oakland Army Base Redevelopment Project
Negotiations Falling Short on Promise of Good Jobs*

*Oakland*  Negotiations between the Port of Oakland, Chicago-based
developer Centerpoint, and the community are heating up on the publicly
owned and financed Oakland Army Base Redevelopment Project. A deal is
expected before the fall, but the parties have not reached agreement on a
policy to provide good jobs, and the Port Commissioners have held no public
hearing. Residents, labor unions, youth organizations, and faith leaders
will hold a press conference and then force the issue during the public
comment period of this Thursday’s Port Commission meeting.

The decommissioned Oakland Army Base is one of the most valuable publicly
owned pieces of real estate in the Bay Area, the redevelopment will use
public financing, and Centerpoint is owned by CalPERS, the public sector
worker pension fund. In 2012, the City of Oakland signed a landmark Good
Jobs Agreement with the community on its portion of the Army Base, and for
the last five years*,* the Port has promised to strive for even stronger
jobs standards on for its half of the Base. With only several weeks until
the Port hopes to reach a deal, that promise has yet to be fulfilled.

“This is public land that will be developed by a company using my pension
funds,” said Pat Davis, a public sector retiree from the City of Oakland.
“I want my money used to create good jobs for local community members so
that they can put food on the table and stay in their homes in this crazy
housing market.”

At the press conference and during public comment, the community will
advocate for:

·         Local hire especially for those with barriers to employment

·         Stable, full-time work and a voice on the job for workers

·         “Ban the Box” to create opportunity for the formerly incarcerated

·         Community monitoring and enforcement

“We need a People’s Port, and that means a Port that creates good jobs for
local residents,” said Shirley Burnell, a 36-year West Oakland resident and
community advocate. “The Port has always promised us that the Army Base
redevelop-ment would serve our community and that they would do better than
the City-side. We need to see that on this deal.

Revive Oakland is a coalition of more than 30 organizations including
labor, community and faith partners working to ensure good jobs and healthy
communities on large development projects. Steering members include the
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), the East Bay
Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE), the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, International Longshore and Warehouse
Union Local 6, Oakland Community Organizations (OCO), and Urban Peace
Movement.

The Sheriff wants to build a new $55 million jail expansion at Santa Rita for treating mentally ill inmate.  It needs to be stopped in its tracks and the money redirected to mental health treatment outside of jail.

We’ve got some momentum to re-invigorate and have a lot to discuss with the decarceration plan. Here a tentative agenda for 7/28, feel free to add additional items by directly replying to me.

• Check in
• What’s happening, what’s coming up in the community
• LeeLoo Update
• Individual and org commitments
• Shared leadership structure and coalition admin.
  • agenda setting
  • meeting location
  • facilitation
  • meeting frequency
  • listservs
• Decarceration Plan

A Collaboration between Seminary of the Street and Beyond Separation
Facilitated by Nichola Torbett and Elana Isaacs

Suggested donation *$20-$5 to cover the cost of the space.
No one turned away. Donations in excess of room cost will go toward reserving space for a similar conversation facilitated by and for people of color

The systemic killing of black people at the hands of the police, most recently #altonsterling and #philandocastile, are leading many of us white folks*** to yearn to be more effective and in deeper solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives.
* How do we tune into and discern our part? What actions do we take?
* What does it mean to practice both humility and a commitment to taking risks?
* How do we get unstuck and move forward?
* How do we practice bringing our whole selves, assets, and resources to the moment and the movement?

Whether you are already involved in anti-racist work or just getting started, please join us for a facilitated dialogue, community-building, and supportive conversation around our next steps and actions in the movement for Justice and Liberation.. You do not have to identify as an activist to attend this event!

Our time together will include:
* Small group discussions to move through where we get stuck
* Asset mapping- what strengths, resources, and community connections can we bring to the movement?
* Supporting and inspiring each other to keep going

Elana Isaacs is a White, Jewish, queer anti-oppression facilitator who uses kinesthetic tools to engage our whole selves in the work of solidarity and liberation. She is a Senior Consultant with The Justice Collective and co-develops and facilitates Beyond the Culture of Separation classes and trainings in partnership with Gregory Mengel, Angela Sevin, and Impact Hub Oakland.

Nichola Torbett is a White, queer anti-oppression trainer, writer, and spiritual teacher whose passion is fostering communities of recovery from and resistance to white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism. She engages the movement via Second Acts Christian Nonviolent Direct Action Affinity Group, the Interfaith Committee for Black Lives, and BASAT.

*Childcare provided upon request: please contact Elana at sparkshiftconsulting@gmail.com if you will attend and need childcare

Parking and Room location: You are welcome to park in the adjacent parking lot in any spot labeled “Church” or “Church and Center.” The church is also a short walk from the 19th St BART station and is on several bus lines. Once you arrive, enter through the brown door on Harrison Street, directly across from the Whole Foods loading docks. This door will bring you directly into the meeting room.

Accessibility: The room is wheelchair accessible. Please join us in ensuring accessibility for community members with chemical sensitivity and chronic illness by not wearing fragrances or scents on your body or clothes from perfumes, scented laundry detergent, hair and body products, and essential oils. You can prepare in advance by not using products with fragrance or scents, and by using fragrance free, non-toxic products. If this is new for you, here are a couple resources on how to be scent reduced and scent free: http://www.peggymunson.com/mcs/fragrancefree.html and http://www.brownstargirl.org/blog/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15

***We believe that, as white-identified people, we have a responsibility to educate ourselves about racism. In addition, coming together in a white-only space can enable us to be more honest about feelings and experiences that might otherwise be held back out of embarrassment or fear of causing pain to people of color. Honest dialogues about race among white-identified people also disrupts the white social norm that ordinarily discourages us from having these conversations. It is our intention to support each other in this work so we can move into multiracial coalition building with more practices and tools to be effective in collaboration and solidarity.

East Side Arts Alliance Presents a documentary by Xavior Robles, that exposes the reality of Ayotzinapa, and the government’s involvement in the disappearance of 43 students. The Film showing will be followed by a discussion.
Free event, Donations Welcomed.
Xicana Moratorium Coalition will be selling snack’s and refreshments to fundraise for Xican@ Moratorium Day.

Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk – “We Called It a Work Holiday”
With Gifford Hartman of the Flying Picket Historical Society.

This year is the 70th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike. This walk will revisit the sites of Oakland’s “Work Holiday” that began spontaneously with rank-and-file solidarity with the striking – mostly women – retail clerks at Kahn’s and Hastings department stores whose picket line was being broken by scabs escorted by police.

Within 24 hours, it involved over 100,000 workers and shut down nearly all commerce in the East Bay for 54 hours. In 1946 there were six general strikes across the U.S.; that year set the all-time record year for strikes and work stoppages. The Oakland “Work Holiday” was the last general strike to ever occur in the U.S. This walk and history talk will attempt to keep alive the memory of this tradition of community-wide working class solidarity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCKs-lhBgiM

Lets celebrate “A day to remember” for JAMES NATE GREER!

Join us for a BBQ at Birchfield Park in Hayward, same location as the march. Across the street from the HPD on the corner by the basketball courts!

Again, same rules apply, no drama, this is a peaceful event. A day to eat, drink, talk about Nate and chill!

If you are able to, please bring some meat for the grill, a side dish and some drinks, (enough for your family) and we will put it all together and share. (No alcohol will be served). Also bring your own chairs/blanket to sit on, paper plates, napkins, etc

Feel free to bring posters, banners and please share some of your favorite stories of our beloved. We are all in this fight together.
Lets show the HPD we’re NOT going away!!

Justice 4 James Nate Greer
ALWAYS

Let’s come together for a rousing NO COAL victory party!

On July 19, the Oakland City Council cast its second and final vote to ban coal. This means that the No Coal Ordinance is now law. No one can store or handle large quantities of coal anywhere in Oakland, including the former Oakland Army Base. What do you think about that, Phil Tagami?

It took 15 months of hard work by all of us to achieve this stunning victory for the people of Oakland, the Bay Area, and the planet. Now No Coal in Oakland invites us to join in celebration at the new West Oakland Farm Park. There will be food, music, dancing and an Open Mic where everyone can share highlights of the campaign.

This is a community potluck. Please bring appetizers, snacks, desserts, or non-alcoholic drinks to share.

A Rally of Love Sacramento is where we hold a Rally in front of the Sacramento Capitol Building to ask Governor Jerry Brown to Declare an Emergency on Homelessness in California.

A Convoy of 200 vehicles will be driving in from LA to arrive at the State Capitol Building at 5.00pm on Saturday the 30th, 2016.

We are asking you, all Northern Californians, from Sacramento, San Fransisco, Oakland, San Jose to join us at 5.00pm in front of the California State Capitol to Rally for an End to Homelessness in our State!

We will be bringing with us the Petition launched by the LA County Homeless Initiative and letters written individually by us to Governor Brown asking him to Declare an Emergency. During our Rally we will leave 6 actual tents used by our Homeless Angelenos in front of the Capitol Building.

Our event page for the drive from Los Angeles can be accessed here:https://www.facebook.com/events/1565576000411508/?ti=cl

Our Homeless Brothers and Sisters need us. It is time to act NOW!