Today at 2pm! Join Hayward community members to hold space to mourn, learn and demand action against police violence. @HayCoCoa #wekeepussafe pic.twitter.com/JBBZM0wLHP

— Ella Baker Center (@ellabakercenter) April 24, 2021

From copy violence to military violence to workers’ rights, SOLIDARITY is our strength!

People Over Profit!  Educate! Agitate! Organize!

5pm Rally in West Oakland at a to-be-disclosed location.

No Livestreaming.

No Pictures.

No Snitches.

Wear All Black.

Group Up, Mask Up.

Bring Some Soup for your Family. 😉

Bay Area transit services are passing up thousands of riders each day and yet the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is holding back $1.67 billion in federal stimulus funds which could be used right now to restore service. They intend to hold back the American Rescue Plan (ARP) instead of using this money for its intended purpose: to restore transit service and the economy and hire more union drivers.

Not only is this a misuse of the stimulus funds, but MTC’s actions will also lead to a self-created crisis in transit as service will not be there as people return to their lives this year, leading to a permanent loss in ridership.

THIS IS A SCANDAL: the agency tasked with saving transit by distributing these funds is instead killing it. Join us as we demand that MTC release the stimulus funds this year in order to restore transit service NOW!

We will meet at the Transbay Terminal (Mission and Fremont street entrance by the Gondola). Then, we’ll march to the MTC Headquarters at 375 Beale Street.

For years, Indigenous communities and allies have been opposing the construction of the Line 3 pipeline, which would transport nearly one million barrels of dirty tar sands oil – every single day. Enbridge Energy, the company building the pipeline, has a terrible environmental track record, and this pipeline would violate several treaties with indigenous communities.

Indigenous-led water protectors and allies in Minnesota are taking action every day to stop the construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline – confronting bulldozers, decision-makers, and the politicians that are putting profit before people. Pipelines take billions of dollars to build – and banks like JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank of America, TD Ameritrade, Union Bank – as well as insurers like Liberty Mutual – are bankrolling Line 3.

As part of a Global Day of Action May 7th – we’ll be mobilizing in San Francisco’s Financial District to send a clear message to the banks and investors that they must #DefundLine3.

Join us at 10am at the corner of Sansome and Market (E-trade Plaza) as we work to Stop the Money Pipeline. We’ll have plenty of art and signs for people to carry, but feel free to bring any signage that reflects the message of the day– Defund Line 3!

Community safety is always a priority, and we ask everyone in attendance to adhere to the public health guidelines that have been circulated. Please:

Wear a mask at all times
Practice social distancing
Use & bring hand sanitizer
Stay home if you feel sick, or if you have been exposed to anyone with COVID or that is quarantining

You can also RSVP here if you’d rather not let FB know even more about your life than they already do: https://actionnetwork.org/events/san-francisco-defundline3-day-of-action

Please bring your signs and face masks to stand in solidarity against police terror.

TOMORROW: Palestinian civil society has called for a general strike on May 18th across historic Palestine (including the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, and 1948 lands)🇵🇸

Solidarity Action @ Israeli Consulate, SF
Tuesday from 4-6pm.
456 Montgomery St. pic.twitter.com/DThC5VKiIc

— East Bay DSA 🌹 (@DSAEastBay) May 17, 2021

“This is NOT a re-imagining budget”

Berkeley Copwatch * Berkeley Tenants Union * Berkeley Community Safety Coalition * Cops off Campus * Where Do We Go Berkeley * Members of the Re-Imagining Public Safety Task force and the Specialized Care Unit Task Force * South Berkeley Mutual Aid Project * Latinos Unidos de Berkeley * Friends of Adeline

Berkeley community organizations will collectively oppose the City Manager’s budget proposal at a press conference this Wednesday, May 19th at 12 noon on the steps of City Hall  

We’ve got something to say about the proposed budget for our city!! Bring your outrage! Bring your signs:  #Justice4KaylaMoore #JusticeforVincentBryant #RacismMakesMeSick #CARENOTCOPS #DefundBPD

Get informed & get angry: Click here to view the full budget proposal

Join us on Wednesday and bring signs! Spread the word to your friends, allies, and press contacts!

Share on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Join frontline neighbors and many thousands of others around the globe for the 8th annual Global Anti-Chevron Day.  Communities from Richmond to Ecuador to Myanmar will come together in advance of Chevron’s annual shareholders’ meeting to share stories about the impact of Chevron’s environmental destruction, human rights violations, and corruption of our politics.

For over a century, Chevron has poisoned residents of Richmond and the whole S.F. Bay Area with deadly air pollution from its refinery.  Its influence over Richmond politics and nonprofits is legendary—but we’re winning victories in fighting it!

Communities around the globe—in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Burma (Myanmar) and elsewhere—suffer from Chevron’s deadly water, soil, and air pollution as well as inhumane working conditions and political interference.  Chevron denies any responsibility and continues its destruction in order to keep the oil and profits flowing.

INFO/RSVP

Hosted by:

Amazon Watch
Communities for a Better Environment
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Idle No More SF Bay
Sunflower Alliance
350 Bay Area

Contacts:
Paul Paz y Miño, Amazon Watch, paz [at] amazonwatch [dot] org
Janet Johnson, Sunflower Alliance, sunflowerjsj [at] gmail [dot] com

11 am
16th & Mission St, SF
March to Civic Center
1 pm Rally
Civic center, SF

SPONSORED BY:
NorCal Islamic Council
Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC)
American Muslims for Palestine, Bay Area
Islamophobia Studies Center
Jewish Voice for Peace – Bay Area
Palestinian Youth Movement
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
Al-Awda
US Palestinian Community Network
Answer Coalition
WWP
ICNA Council for Social Justice
Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance
QUIT!
CODEPINK-SF

The Oakland budget is currently being negotiated in City Hall and we have until June 30th to make sure elected officials support defunding the police and refunding of services, housing, education, arts, mental health services, and other programs that enhance Black lives and Oakland’s working class communities.

No experience is necessary! Making calls is easy, and there will be zoom training before you start. This is a great event for anyone whether you’re new to political campaigns or a seasoned organizer! Phone banking is also a great activity you can do from the safety of your home, during COVID!

RSVP here to join the virtual phone bank at 6 pm. You will need a camera and microphone on your computer, as well as a phone or headset to make the calls. Instructions will be provided once you join!

Join the interfaith community and loved ones impacted by incarceration in prayer and reflection on the 1st Anniversary of the San Quentin COVID-19 Outbreak, the largest outbreak in the nation leading to the deaths of 28 people incarcerated inside San Quentin and over 222 deaths in California jails, prisons and detention centers. This will be a sacred space for grief, mourning, healing, and acknowledgment. They will memorialize lives lost and offer prayers for those still incarcerated and their families, who continue to live at risk of COVID and other infectious diseases.

While the rest of our society begins to return to “normal”, we know that “normal” inside prisons means overcrowded settings which continue to put people at high risk of COVID and other infectious diseases. We must not forget those living inside prisons and continue with urgency to save lives and live up to our values of fairness, accountability and transformation. Our hope is that this memorial vigil which will be filmed will later be shown inside San Quentin, with the administration’s permission.

***For those joining in person, please RSVP here. They will be in contact with you regarding parking, and other final details. All people joining in person must wear a mask and practice social distancing even if you are vaccinated. 

Attend an action at the Air District (BAAQMD) Headquarters, stand with community youth and organizations, and tell the Board members we need them to vote the right way —on June 2nd, the next day—to protect community health from the ravages of particulate matter pollution.  We cannot afford to lose this intergenerational fight for environmental justice.  Our lungs just cannot afford it.

You can RSVP for the June 1st action on Facebook (or here if you don’t have Facebook).

And don’t forget to sign the petition!

The Air District must protect community health and truly bring “a healthy breathing environment for every Bay Area resident,” in the words of its mission statement.

The next day on June 2nd, the Bay Area Air District will be voting on whether to take strong regulatory action against Chevron and PBF refineries and force the facilities to make dramatic pollution cuts.  After seeing the stark health impact data and hearing from community members like you, the Advisory Council of the Air District recommended that BAAQMD take “maximum feasible action within its authority to reduce emissions from [particulate matter] sources, prioritizing the most impacted areas.”  However, Big Oil and its allies are lobbying aggressively against the cat cracker Rule 6-5, distorting facts and making false claims.

YOUTH ACTION

WHEN

Tuesday, June 1, 10AM –

WHERE

|10 min. from the BART Embarcadero

VIRTUAL AIR DISTRICT HEARING & FINAL VOTE – RSVP HERE FOR JUNE 1ST, 6 PM GROUP PRACTICE SESSION & TO RECEIVE TALKING POINTS

CARE NOT COPS Noise Demo
Wednesday June 2, at 12 noon
Steps of City Hall (2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley)

We are gathering every Wednesday at noon on the steps of City Hall to demand a community budget that prioritizes CARE NOT COPS.https://t.co/AAIVMEHg2S

— Berkeley Copwatch (@Copwatch411) May 30, 2021