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Right now, ICE agents are ramping up operations inside immigration courts across the country. On Friday, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice released a press statement alerting us that court buildings in San Francisco, Concord, and Sacramento have seen ICE agents asking people for their names and IDs, and even coordinating with ICE attorneys inside the courtroom to try to get cases dismissed, just to arrest people as they walk out. This aggressive tactic is a direct threat to due process and justice, putting families and communities at risk.
While this is a terrifying development we want to instill “power, not panic,” reminding everyone that people in immigration proceedings have rights, and that help is available through local Rapid Response Networks (www.ccijustice.org/carrn) and court accompaniment programs. For more information read the full press release here.
This is the moment to show up. Stand with immigrant community members under attack. Raise your voice. Take action. Let’s move forward together.
How to Fight Back
EBSC Immigration Rights Ambassador Training, Thursday May 29, 7-9 PM: Join friends of La Peña Immigrant Rights Committee to learn how ICE operates and become an Immigrant Rights Ambassador
Caminata De 3 Días, June 7-9: The Northern California Coalition For Just Immigration Reform (NCCJIR) will hold its third annual Walk for immigrant rights on June 7-9, 2025, from Vacaville to Sacramento! We want the State Legislature to pass our Resolution saying that California condemns the deportations and calls for a fair Path To Citizenship.
- Location
- Vacaville, June 7, 8 AM
- Dixon, June 8, 8 AM
- Sacramento, June 9, 3 PM
NO KINGS NO DUNGEONS in DUBLIN: People’s Parade, Saturday June 14, 12 PM: The protest in Dublin will focus on stopping the reopening of Dublin Women’s Prison as an ICE Detention Center. A critical part of the fight back against deportations, abductions and separating families is stopping the expansion of detention capacity at this facility. Bay Resistance encourages people from across the Bay Area to come to Dublin to participate.
- Location: 100 Civic Plaza Dublin, CA 94568
For all other actions visit our website or give us a follow on Instagram to stay updated and get plugged to actions happening near you!
Come join an anti-Trump Regime protest at El Cerrito Plaza (on San Pablo Avenue) — sponsored by Indivisible Euclid. Major messages will include “Protect Due Process” and “Melt I.C.E.”
The event is open to everyone. No need to sign up in advance. Just show up.
Bring signs! Let’s make this happen!
Right now, ICE agents are ramping up operations inside immigration courts across the country. On Friday, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice released a press statement alerting us that court buildings in San Francisco, Concord, and Sacramento have seen ICE agents asking people for their names and IDs, and even coordinating with ICE attorneys inside the courtroom to try to get cases dismissed, just to arrest people as they walk out. This aggressive tactic is a direct threat to due process and justice, putting families and communities at risk.
While this is a terrifying development we want to instill “power, not panic,” reminding everyone that people in immigration proceedings have rights, and that help is available through local Rapid Response Networks (www.ccijustice.org/carrn) and court accompaniment programs. For more information read the full press release here.
This is the moment to show up. Stand with immigrant community members under attack. Raise your voice. Take action. Let’s move forward together.
How to Fight Back
Bay Resistance Accompaniment Training, Saturday May 31 10:30-12 PM: The court room presence of ICE makes the need for accompaniment even more urgent. Join our accompaniment network training next Saturday.
- Location: RSVP to get the details here
Tell Newsom to Stand With Immigrants: The Governor’s May Revised Budget includes massive changes and cuts to the state’s MediCal Program. This will have massive implications for immigrant communities in California, including eliminating access to services.
EBSC Immigration Rights Ambassador Training, Thursday May 29, 7-9 PM: Join friends of La Peña Immigrant Rights Committee to learn how ICE operates and become an Immigrant Rights Ambassador
- RSVP here
- Location: La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705)
Caminata De 3 Días, June 7-9: The Northern California Coalition For Just Immigration Reform (NCCJIR) will hold its third annual Walk for immigrant rights on June 7-9, 2025, from Vacaville to Sacramento! We want the State Legislature to pass our Resolution saying that California condemns the deportations and calls for a fair Path To Citizenship.
- Location
- Vacaville, June 7, 8 AM
- Dixon, June 8, 8 AM
- Sacramento, June 9, 3 PM
NO KINGS NO DUNGEONS in DUBLIN: People’s Parade, Saturday June 14, 12 PM: The protest in Dublin will focus on stopping the reopening of Dublin Women’s Prison as an ICE Detention Center. A critical part of the fight back against deportations, abductions and separating families is stopping the expansion of detention capacity at this facility. Bay Resistance encourages people from across the Bay Area to come to Dublin to participate.
- Location: 100 Civic Plaza Dublin, CA 94568
For all other actions visit our website or give us a follow on Instagram to stay updated and get plugged to actions happening near you!
Demand Health not profit!
Join nation-wide rallies May 31 for universal health care. Get for-profit corporations out of our health care!
National Single Payer has called a National Day of Action for May 31, 2025.
In San Francisco, between 11 am and 1 pm, we will rally at Harry Bridges Plaza (Embarcadero and Market) and then march to the BlackRock offices (Howard and First).
Here are two flyers for the SF action: one-page and palm-size
Visit the Action website to:
Listen to featured interviews with long-time activists Kay Tillow (Labor Campaign for Single Payer) and Ana Malinow (Physicians for a National Health Plan).
Find a local action (or start your own).
Read about the campaign here.
Korea’s Revolution of Light: Resisting Dictatorship, Defending Sovereignty
Speaker: Simone Chun
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On June 3rd, South Korea will hold its ninth presidential election—a pivotal moment following a year of political turmoil and mass mobilization. The election follows far-right President Yoon Suk-yeol’s declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024, a move that sparked a nationwide democratic uprising. In response, nearly 10 million Koreans braved freezing temperatures and escalating repression to demand his removal. Their efforts culminated in a historic victory on April 3rd, when the Constitutional Court upheld the National Assembly’s impeachment vote, officially removing Yoon from power.
This mass democratic uprising—now known as the Revolution of Light—is not only a struggle against domestic authoritarianism but also a broader rejection of U.S. militarism and support for autocratic regimes. With over 250 days of destabilizing U.S.-led war games symbolizing continued foreign domination, the Korean people have risen to defend their sovereignty and reclaim democratic rule. Yet the struggle is far from over. As South Korea stands at a crossroads, far-right insurrectionists—backed by transnational forces—continue to mobilize in an attempt to sabotage the movement for a sovereign, democratic republic.
Will South Korea’s June 3 Presidential Election Cement a Coup Regime or Restore a Democratic Republic? Join us for an urgent and timely conversation with political analyst and activist Simone Chun as we explore the stakes of this critical election and the future of democracy and sovereignty on the Korean Peninsula.
SPEAKER BIO:
Simone Chun is a researcher and activist focusing on inter-Korean relations and U.S. foreign policy in the Korean Peninsula. She has served as an assistant professor at Suffolk University, a lecturer at Northeast University and an associate in research at Harvard University’s Korea Institute. She is on the Korea Policy Institute Board of Directors, and serves on the advisory board for CODEPINK. She can be found on Twitter at @simonechun.
Experienced organizations will describe their services, how current pressures affect their work, and ways we can help.
The East Bay Sanctuary Covenant and Friends of La Peña will lead a short Know-Your-Rights training.
Representatives from The CA Department of Education, Indivisible, and other organizations will also speak.
Free. Donations appreciated. Wheelchair ramp on Bonita Ave.
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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:
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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
Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month.
Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186
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
URGENT:
Our city is at a crossroads. We face a significant financial crisis, with projected annual budget deficits ranging from $115 million to nearly $130 million through fiscal year 2029-2030. A major contributor to this unsustainable financial model is the substantial cost of our current approach to public safety. Oakland Police Department (OPD) spending accounts for nearly 50% of the city’s general fund spending, with OPD’s overtime budget alone projected at $33.6 million for FY2025-26 and $38.2 million for FY2026-27. It’s clear we cannot afford to continue down this path.
We have a viable, proven alternative that needs our collective support: the Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) program. MACRO is designed to provide a compassionate, care-first response to non-violent, non-emergency 911 calls, addressing issues like mental health crises, homelessness, and community disturbances without a police-first approach. This not only offers care as opposed to criminalizing but also has the potential to significantly reduce police spending by redirecting calls away from OPD.
However, MACRO has not been set up for success and is now on the brink of being cut entirely.
Lack of Call Diversion: Despite its purpose, calls are not being adequately routed from 911 or non-emergency dispatch to allow MACRO units to do their jobs effectively. Critics point out that on average, MACRO teams respond to only three or four 911 calls per day, a number considered far too low given the number of 911 calls eligible for a non-police response.
Funding Uncertainty: MACRO received a $10 million state grant in 2022, but this funding is set to run out at the end of 2026. The program needs approximately $4 million annually to continue operating.
This is where YOU come in.
This is a critical opportunity to demand that the City Council take concrete steps to properly fund, empower, and reform the MACRO program. An informational report on an OPD Staffing Study is also on the agenda, which could provide further data for reallocating resources.
Here’s how you can take action:
ATTEND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING (In-Person or Virtually):
Date: Tuesday, June 3rd
Virtual Participation:
MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT:
Register to Speak: For virtual participation, you need to submit an electronic speaker card via the City’s Granicus system (https://oakland.granicusideas.com/meetings) at least 24 hours BEFORE the meeting. In-person speaker cards may also be available at City Hall before the meeting. Check the final agenda for specific instructions.
What to Say (Key Demands):
Commit to Sustainable MACRO Funding: Demand the City Council allocate a minimum of $4 million in dedicated, annual city funding for the MACRO program to ensure its stability and growth beyond its current grant.
Implement Critical MACRO Reforms:
Establish robust community oversight for MACRO, ensuring the program is accountable, transparent, and responsive to the needs and goals defined by the community it serves.
Direct city staff to develop and implement a concrete plan for significantly improving 911 and non-emergency call diversion to MACRO. This must include broadening call acceptance criteria, streamlining dispatch protocols, and ensuring comprehensive training for dispatchers.
Ensure MACRO leadership is empowered and held accountable for expanding the program’s reach and effectiveness, drawing lessons from successful models in other cities like Denver’s STAR program.
Reallocate Funds Based on Evidence: Urge the Council to use data from the calls for service report commissioned by the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) and conducted by AH Datalytics. This analysis shows that only 4.2% of OPD calls are for violent crimes, while a significant portion, such as 10% for medical/mental health/welfare checks and 12.6% for traffic incidents, are suitable for alternative responders.
Implement the recommendations from the “Smarter Public Safety: A Roadmap for Oakland” report by IFPTE Local 21, SEIU Local 1021, and IBEW Local 1245. This report identifies that civilianizing at least 38 sworn officer positions currently performing administrative and other non-patrol duties could save the city approximately $13.2 million annually. These substantial savings should be reallocated to fully fund and expand MACRO and violence prevention services, creating a more effective and fiscally responsible public safety system.
EMAIL THE CITY COUNCIL (If you cannot attend):
Send emails to the entire City Council at council@oaklandca.gov and your specific Councilmember. Voice your support for the demands listed above.
Oakland has an opportunity to build a more effective, humane, and financially sustainable public safety system. MACRO is a key component of that vision, but it needs robust community advocacy to overcome its current challenges.
Let’s show up in force on June 3rd and demand the change our city desperately needs!
Anti Police-Terror Project is a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. We support families surviving police terror in their fight for justice, documenting police abuses and connecting impacted families and community members with resources, legal referrals, and opportunities for healing.
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To observe and participate in the meeting via Zoom, go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817209915
Agenda: https://www.oaklandca.gov/meeting/privacy-advisory-commission-25
4. Action Items:
a. Annual Reports 1. CrimeTracer Forensic Logic 2024 (OPD) 2. Cellebrite 2024 (OPD) 3. Pen Register (OPD) 4. Live Stream (OPD)
5. Unused Tech 2025 (OPD)
6. Apricot data management system (Department of Violence Prevention)
b. Use Policies 1. OPD Community Safety Camera Systems (OPD)
c. Proposed Ordinance 1. The No Stolen Data Ordinance
Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. All are welcome!
For our May, 2025 meeting we will be reading the first fourteen essays in The New Possible: Visions of Our World Beyond Crisis (Barnes and Noble). For our June meeting, we will read the remaining essays.
2020 upended every aspect of our lives. But where is our world heading next? Will pandemic, protests, economic instability, and social distance lead to deeper inequalities, more nationalism, and further erosion of democracies around the world? Or are we moving toward a global re-awakening to the importance of community, mutual support, and the natural world? In our lifetimes, the future has never been so up for grabs. The New Possible offers twenty-eight unique visions of what can be, if instead of choosing to go back to normal, we choose to go forward to something far better.
Assembled from global leaders on six continents, these essays are not simply speculation. They are an inspiration and a roadmap for action. With essays by: Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Pollan, Varshini Prakash, Vandana Shiva, Jack Kornfield, Mamphela Ramphele, Justin Rosenstein, Jack Kornfield, Helena Nordberg-Hodge, David Korten, Tristan Harris, Eileen Crist, Francis Deng, Riane Eisler, Arturo Escobar, Rebecca Kiddle, Mike Joy, Natalie Foster, Jess Rimington, Jeremy Lent, Atossa Soltani, Mark Anielski, Ellen Brown, John Restakis, Zak Stein, Oren Slozberg, Anisa Nanavati, and Fr. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam
Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included (in chronological order) Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital 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 Telescope, Mission 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, Cannibal Capitalism, Debt, the First 5000 Years , Poverty, By America, End Times, Jackson Rising Redux , The Feminist Subversion of the Economy, How Infrastructure Works, Inside the Systems that Shape our World, Wealth Supremacy, The Persuaders, The Path to a Livable Future, Solidarity, Mutual Aid, Breaking Together, Making Sense of Chaos and TechnoFeudalism.
Speaker: Mark Albertson
June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler hurled 3,300,000 German troops against the Soviet Union, the start of the greatest land war in modern times. It will be the Soviets who will win the land war, defeating the German Army, not the United States and the Western allies. During the second chapter of the Great War, Britain will incur 495,000 dead; 405,399 for the US. A colossal 25,000,000, one of every seven in the Soviet Union, will die in 47 months. Yet the Eastern Front will loom large in the irrevocable alteration of the global dynamics of power. No longer will the Europeans dominate the globe. The two big winners were the US and the USSR. This mark a new global geopolitics and usher in the Cold War.
Our speaker, Mark Albertson, is a frequent presenter at the Library. Mark is a military historian with a commanding knowledge of geo-politics. He is the historical research editor at Army Aviation magazine and is the historian for the Army Aviation Association of America. He has authored several books: USS Connecticut: Constitution State Battleship; They’ll Have to Follow You! The Triumph of the Great White Fleet; On History: A Treatise. He is at work on a two-volume history on the saga of Army aviation. Mark teaches history at Norwalk Community College in Norwalk, Connecticut.
To Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 873 8882 4824
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Call one of these numbers and enter the codes above:
• +1 646 931 3860 US
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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:
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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
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.
In the five years since the murder of George Floyd, where does the movement against racist police violence stand, locally and nationally? Please join us for this Sunday’s panel with two renowned guests, Steve Martinot and Walter Riley.
Steve Martinot has been a human rights activist for most of his life, as union organizer, community organizer, and anti-war organizer, including Latin America solidarity work. He has worked as a machinist and truck driver, and taught literature and cultural studies at the University of Colorado and San Francisco State University. His latest book is “Police Brutality: A Study of Police Culture in the US”. Some of his previous books, published by Temple University Press, include, “The Machinery of Whiteness,”, “The Rule of Racialization” and “Forms in the Abyss: a philosophical bridge between Sartre and Derrida.” He l ives in Berkeley and has led seminars on the structures of racialization in the US, and was active in a neighborhood assembly and with participatory budgeting.
Walter Riley is a renown civil rights attorney and organizer. Walter grew up in Jim Crow North Carolina; first being active in the NAACP there around desegregation and voter registration campaigns, then a leader in the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), in the era of the freedom rides and their strategy of mass direct action.
Walter moved to the Bay Area in 1965, attending SF State and was very involved in the 1968 strike there around ethnic studies a nd a Black Student Union, and was afterwards, working in support of a Black Caucus amongst SF Muni bus drivers. He was also involved with the Black Panther Party and other community political groupings, and has been active in fighting the racist system and violent police culture here ever since. For example, Walter was attorney for Black Livers Matters protestors.
He has also received awards for his legal work from the California Black Legal Association and the National Lawyers Guild. He is a founding member of the Coalition for Police Accountability, as well as the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund and has been active lately in the fight against removing Pamela Price as County DA and against the corporate political offensive in Oakland.
The people of Los Angeles have courageously stood up against Trump’s reign of terror against immigrant families. In response, the administration has deployed the National Guard and heavily militarized federal troops in an attempt to spread terror and intimidate people out of exercising their right to protest.
But we refuse to be silenced! The people of the Bay Area demand ICE get out of our communities, stop the deportations, and stop the raids.
For those who believe in immigrant rights, for those who believe in democracy, for the entire working class – now is the time to take to the streets in protest!
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.
