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Apr
26
Fri
Apr 26 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Workers Memorial Day 2019/May Day Rally Union
Construction Jobs for Oaklanders!
WORKER’S MEMORIAL DAY 2019! MOURN FOR THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING!
Sunday, April 28, is International Workers Memorial Day, a day to mourn
and remember brothers and sisters we have lost to workplace injury and
disease. It is observed around the world by surviving family members,
friends, coworkers, and health and safety activists in workplaces and
communities.
Join Worksafe -Safety, Health, and Justice for Workers on FRIDAY, APRIL
26TH, AT NOON in Downtown Oakland to observe Workers Memorial Day 2019
[1]. Worksafe, friends and allies are going to gather in Oscar Grant /
Frank Ogawa Plaza to honor fallen workers and recommit ourselves to the
struggle for safe and healthy work in California. Short program from 12
to 12:30 with Chief of Cal/OSHA, Juliann Sum, followed by a reading of
the names of California workers killed on the job in 2018.
Please RSVP at this Eventbrite [1] or link http://bit.ly/2019WMD [2] if
you plan to attend to help Workforce get a headcount. Help us spread the
word by_ _forwarding this email to your affiliates. Lunch NOT provided,
but feel free to bring your own or support local restaurants.
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Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance meeting to discuss plans, outreach, organizing regarding regional homeless communities and organizations.
For more info: https://www.facebook.com/groups/541837129562482/
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Apr 26 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Help support the completion of a new documentary on “Necessity: Oil, Water and Climate Resistance” and the work of Climate Defense Project.
The film features the legal defense work of Climate Defense Project attorneys at a trial in Minnesota with Indigenous activists and non-Indigenous allies fighting oil pipelines in the region. The fundraiser includes a wine and appetizer reception and a panel with CDP staff attorney Alice Cherry; Isabella Zizi, a climate activist and signatory on the Indigenous Women of the America’s Defending Mother Earth treaty; and Jan Haaken, psychologist, documentary filmmaker, and “Necessity” co-director.
Proceeds from the event support the Climate Defense Project and completion of “Necessity: Oil, Water and Climate Resistance.”
RSVP here.
Friday, April 26, 6:30 PM – Reception; 7:15 PM – Panel; 8 PM Screening of the rough cut (58 minutes running time)
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Apr 26 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Are 9-1-1 calls against black and brown people hate crimes? The verdict of “Guilty” or “Not Guilty” rests in the hands of the jurors.
On the eve of the court’s decision the doors open into the bedrooms of the prosecutors, defendants, key witnesses, BBQ Becky and Permit Patty. What happens behind closed doors in matters of race can no longer be hidden when everybody’s dirty lau
ndry is exposed.
Written and directed by Bay Area playwright Jovelyn Richards and starring a cast of local actors, this new play is based on real life 9-1-1 calls.
9-1-1 What’s Your Emergency? premiered as a one-act play at La Peña Cultural Center in 2018 as an artistic response to the local 9-1-1 calls that made BBQ Becky and Permit Patty infamous on a national level. Act one examined how the 9-1-1 call is rooted in “micro-aggression”, yet can have irreparable consequences to communities of color.
We are so pleased to be presenting a groundbreaking second act, “The Verdict”, premiering April 26-27, 2019, which further examines the intersection of structural racism and personal psychological narratives that propel the calls.
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Apr
27
Sat
Apr 27 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Should RPA endorse Bernie?
You never want to miss out on a quarterly RPA membership meeting, but you’ll be especially regretful if you don’t make our April meeting!
At the meeting we’ll be voting on whether the RPA should endorse Bernie Sanders for President — we encourage you to attend the meeting, share your thoughts, and vote. Full agenda coming soon. And of course, if you find that your membership has elapsed, you can always renew at the door.
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Apr 27 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Are 9-1-1 calls against black and brown people hate crimes? The verdict of “Guilty” or “Not Guilty” rests in the hands of the jurors.
On the eve of the court’s decision the doors open into the bedrooms of the prosecutors, defendants, key witnesses, BBQ Becky and Permit Patty. What happens behind closed doors in matters of race can no longer be hidden when everybody’s dirty laundry is exposed.
Written and directed by Bay Area playwright Jovelyn Richards and starring a cast of local actors, this new play is based on real life 9-1-1 calls.
9-1-1 What’s Your Emergency? premiered as a one-act play at La Peña Cultural Center in 2018 as an artistic response to the local 9-1-1 calls that made BBQ Becky and Permit Patty infamous on a national level. Act one examined how the 9-1-1 call is rooted in “micro-aggression”, yet can have irreparable consequences to communities of color.
We are so pleased to be presenting a groundbreaking second act, “The Verdict”, premiering April 26-27, 2019, which further examines the intersection of structural racism and personal psychological narratives that propel the calls.
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Apr
28
Sun
eastoaklandcollective
Feed the Hood 10 is next Sunday, April 28! Don’t forget to join us for this large scale opportunity to provide lunch and hygiene kits for our unhoused brothers and sisters across Oakland. Register today at bit.ly/feedthehood10.
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Apr 28 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
We wish to inform you of an important upcoming event this Sunday, April 28, at the start of the 50th Anniversary Concert for People’s Park at 12pm noon.
The People’s Park Committee and the People’s Park Community are pleased to announce a new, improved People’s Park FreeBox. The FreeBox is a dedicated facility for accepting and distributing donations of clothing, bedding, and other items, freely available to those in need.
A longtime People’s Park tradition, the FreeBox has been replaced and rebuilt many times, but, unfortunately, there has been no such accomodation for donations in the Park for several years now. The new FreeBox, created and donated by UC Berkeley students involved in organizing to save the Park, will be the largest yet.
Please join us on Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 12 noon for a short ceremony and ribbon cutting, inaugurating the new, improved FreeBox at the beginning of the People’s Park 50th Anniversary concert event. We invite you, or anyone else who may be available, to come and report on this historic dedication and event.
[Pictured is one of the many free boxes torn out by UCB over the years.]
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Come join East Bay DSA’s Medicare for All Committee as we discuss updates from the fight for single-payer healthcare and upcoming organizing projects. We’ll circulate some a short reading in advance, so please RSVP. All East Bay DSA members interested in getting involved with the Medicare for All campaign are welcome!
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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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Apr 28 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Oakland Greens 2019 FREE Dinner and a Movie discussion series.
As usual, the doors at the It’s Your Move Games and Hobbies store will open at 6:30 p.m., a free dinner will be provided at 7 p.m., and the movie will start promptly at 7:30 p.m.
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Apr 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Presentation and fundraiser for Hal Far Outreach (HFO), an NGO that is aiding refugees who have crossed the Mediterranean and ended up in the Hal far open center refugee camp. Most are fleeing from Libya.
Free – donations accepted to benefit HFO
https://www.facebook.com/halfaroutreach/
http://www.halfaroutreach.com
The speaker has been to Malta 3 times since August, on 2 seized search and rescue boats, and helped form HFO in a refugee camp in Malta. “Most of these people are fleeing from Libya, which is a country that has been sent into chaos after we bombed them; now is being run completely by gangs, mafia, cartel etc. those of which make their profits on the rape, torture and extortion of African people, and people from other countries who were unlucky enough to end up there.
“The EU is funding the Libyan coastguard (cartels with warships) and has grounded all of the search and rescue boats that would try to help the people in sinking boats fleeing the war zone. They would rather see the people die in the water than let them flee to safety in Europe. 2500 people died in the water last year 30% which are children. 2/3 of the migrant deaths in the world right now.”
For more event information: http://www.thelonghaul.org
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Apr
29
Mon
Last month Asantewaa, R.N. – Co-Founder of Anti Police-TTerror Project – was illegally detained and arrested at aa silent protest along with Tanya Ikembe Faison — Founder of Black Lives Matter Sacramento – at the Luccas restaurant in Downtown Sacramento, CA.
Their silent protest was meant to bring attention to DA Schubert’s track record of not holding police officers accountable when they murder our community members.
They were cited and released. Now have court dates. We ask that you please show up to support them in court TOMORROW!
Asantewaa is the lead trainer for our team of First Responders, is a registered nurse, an artist and Founder of APTP Sacramento.
These ladies are veterans in the fight for police accountability. Warriors for truth.
Help us help them. Show up!
RSVP
“There is no greater calling then being about the business of our ancestors on behalf of our children”
-Asantewaa Boykin
Hope to see you there!
APTP
P.S. We will have some carpools going up to Sacramento from the East Bay. Please respond to aptpinfo@gmail.com if you would like to join a carpool.
Anti Police-Terror Project is not a non-profit.
We are a community group powered by people like you.
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Come join us make public banking happen!
Local public banking bill moves ahead
May update: AB 857 has cleared all Assembly committees and will be coming up for an Assembly floor vote in late May.
Local public banking is coming to California! State Assembly Bill 857, which will enable cities and counties to more easily establish their own banks, passed two crucial votes this week: on Monday, the Assembly Banking and Finance committee voted to pass it, and on Wednesday, the Assembly Local Government committee did the same. Next, our bill is headed to the Appropriations committee before going to the full Assembly; then, of course, the debate will move to the Senate.
The text of the bill, plus analysis and details on the committee votes, can be found here.
Support for AB 857 is building; Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Oakland, and Berkeley – as well Santa Cruz Countty and Santa Clara County – have all passed resolutions supporting itt. Our grassroots movement to divest from Wall Street and keep our money local is growing ever more powerful. Onward!
Info Time for public banking �
Have questions about public banking? Want to find out more about what we’re doing to make our own East Bay bank a reality? Come to Info Time! Volunteers will be available to talk with you from 5:30 to 6pm on Monday, April 29, at 2044 Franklin Street, Oakland. Drop on by for a chat—and bring a friend!
Tell your assemblymember: Yes on 857!
On Monday, April 8, California Public Banking Alliance (CPBA) volunteers from all over the state will converge on the Capitol to press for lawmakers’ promises of support for AB 857.
But lobbying can’t do the whole job. Now is the time for all of us California supporters of public banking to call our assemblymembers and tell them to vote YES on this crucial legislation!
Calling your elected officials is quick and easy. You can talk to the staffer who answers the phone or leave a voicemail. Say something like this:
“My name is _________, and I live in District [number]. I’m calling to ask Assemblymember _______ to vote YES on AB 857, the public banking bill. I strongly support establishing a public bank in my community.”
Below are phone numbers for all assemblymembers whose districts include part of Alameda County. Wherever you live in the state, if you’re not sure who represents you, check this finder.
District 15�Buffy Wicks (916) 319-2015
District 16�Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (916) 3119-2016
District 18�Rob Bonta (916) 319-2018
District 20�Bill Quirk (916) 319-2020
District 25�Kansen Chu (916) 319-2025
And remember, everyone you know in California can call their legislator. Please ask them to call, too. It could make a real difference!
Help make our East Bay bank happen
We’re planning on doing a lot more tabling at markets and street fairs through the spring and summer, and we could really use some help. Tabling is a great way to get out of that cyber-bubble and talk to actual fellow citizens about creating the vibrant local economy we all want to see. You don’t need a finance background – just a couple free hours and an ability to explain the basics.
You can also help by suggesting places for us to table. We need to connect with folks all over Alameda County so we can point to broad grassroots support for our bank as we push the Board of Supervisors to make it happen.
If you’re interested in tabling or have an idea for a venue, please don’t wait to shoot us an email at contact@publicbankeastbay.org. Thank you!
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Apr 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
A 6-week series to help us develop a deeper analysis and to call attention to the kinds of changes needed in the City’s budget and policies.
4/15 – Housing
4/22 – Economy
4/29 – Education
5/6 – Public Health
5/13 – Neighborhood Life
5/20 – Public Safety
The first week’s workshop on the Housing Indicators is the first of a 6-week series to help us develop a deeper analysis and to call attention to the kinds of changes needed in the City’s budget and policies.
Join us for this deeper dive into the Equity Indicators Report for the City of Oakland. Released last year, it clearly shows the effects of white supremacy on our community. Oakland posted a failing score of 33.5 out of a possible 100 across all indicators. This was the lowest score of all cities that participated in this national study.
Carroll Fife, the founder of Black Women & Elected Leadership, the Executive Director of Oakland ACCE, and one of the founding members of Community READY Corps, will join us as a guest speaker to provide some deeper analysis of the report’s findings and point us to actual solutions that will advance racial justice and equity in our housing market.
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Apr
30
Tue
Apr 30 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
The Coalition for Police Accountability has issued a Call to Action: Come to City Council at 4:00 pm, Tuesday April 30th at City Hall & support the Oakland Police Commission. The Commission needs full authority over the Inspector General position & its own independent counsel. pic.twitter.com/9HAC2ZtOwf
— Pamela Price (@PPriceCares) April 29, 2019
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May
1
Wed
Come march with Oakland IWOC, Bay Area IWW, and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists this MayDay 2019.
We will be showing up for the rally 830 at OGP an transporting people to Howard Terminal for the rally/march at 11.
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Gathering at 3pm at Oscar Grant Plaza
Rally starts at 3:30pm
March starts at 4pm
Closing Rally at Lake Merritt Amphitheater
For This years March:
There will be a designated section at the front of the March for youth and people with disabilities who wish to lead the March. There will be several accessibility cars following the March for folks who cannot or would prefer not to walk (contact Jenny to reserve a seat Jenny.tighe@gmail.com). Please show up to the event scent-free. We will have community security, medics, food and water distribution throughout the full program and public restrooms at the end of the March. We will have Spanish translation and ASL interpretation for the program. Please contact Jenny (Jenny.tighe@gmail.com) with any accessibility questions or concerns.
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The Sunrise Movement, whose sit-in in Nancy Pelosi’s office last fall helped create momentum for a Green New Deal, will hold town hall meetings on the Green New Deal in more than 100 cities in April and May.
Speakers will range from members of Congress and local politicians, to people already working to transform local economies, to performers, musicians, and community leaders who are getting behind the movement for a Green New Deal.
They will share plans for the coming months and provide time for discussion of local strategies for educating the public and getting politicians to endorse the Green New Deal.
The town halls will also feature new videos produced by Means of Production, the group behind Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s viral campaign ad, featuring young Sunrise leaders sharing why their communities need a Green New Deal.
Find dates and times for town halls near you here.
Scroll down to enter your zip code to find nearby events.
Here are some Bay Area events already scheduled, with links to RSVP:
April 22, 6 PM
Shannon Leigh Associates
1455 Hayes St., San Leandro
April 24, 1:30 PM
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis St., Berkeley
April 24, 6:30. PM
Sierra Club National Headquarters
3101. Webster St., Oakland #1300
April 27, 3:30 PM
San Jose Public Library”
150 East San Fernando St., San Jose
May 1, 7:30 PM
Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
May 4, 4:30 PM
Wally Pond (Irvington) Community Center
41885 Blacow Road, Fremont
May 7, 7 PM
Riconada Library
1213 Newell Rd., Palo Alto
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