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Informational Demonstration: PLEASE come help share information and hold a huge banner.  There will be thousands of passers-by that day at Laney College!
 

Solidarity w/ The Prisoner Hunger Strikers Study Session:

Every week The Bay Area Solidarity Committee for Jalil Muntaqim hosts a Political Education Class “New Afrikan Prisoner Writings Study Sessions”from 5:30-7:30PM.  We will dedicate the April 23rd session in solidarity with the prisoner hunger strikers.  We will be reading and discussing “the five core demands” as well as the “Agreement to End Hostilities“.  We will also be dissecting different writings by Abdul Olugbala Shakur, Chairman & founder of George Jackson University. The event, hosted by The Bay Area Solidarity Committee For Jalil Muntaqim and George Jackson University, will end in an open mic and political hip hop Show.

Political Education 5:30pm – 7:30pm,
Show/Open Mic 8:00 – 10:00pm

Group Website: https://www.facebook.com/committee.jalil

Wellstone Club Meeting
“What’s Happening with Greece, Spain and the European Union”
Conn Hallinan

Potluck at 6PM; Meeting at 6:45PM
please bring something to share

Help Movement Generation send Brooke to Palestine this summer!

Join MG for a screening of the provocative film “Enduring Roots” and take a stand against the greenwashing of the Israeli occupation.

Movement Generation is proud to send a delegate – collective member, Brooke Anderson – on the 2015 Land Defense Delegation to Palestine, hosted by the Stop the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Campaign.

The delegation connects international activists involved in land-based struggle, indigenous sovereignty movements and environmental/climate justice work to Palestinians working to defend their land from further colonization by the Jewish National Fund. Through the collection of charitable donations for “environmentalism,” the JNF confiscates land, uproots olive trees, and builds parks and fake forests over Palestinian villages to hide ethnic cleansing and to prevent Palestinians from returning to their homes.

Self-determination and freedom lie at the heart of ecological justice. Free the Land. Free the People. Free Palestine.

Join us on Thursday, April 23rd at the Orchard (Gopal’s place). We’ll watch the film, hear from activists working to stop the JNF, and enjoy some brew and snacks. Please bring a cash or check donation.

If you can’t make the event, you can still make a donation at http://www.gofundme.com/BrooketoPalestine.

For more information about the JNF, visit:
www.stopthejnf.org
www.ijan.org/category/projects-campaigns/stopthejnf

Training 7

Challenges to Getting Appropriate Medical or Mental Health Care On The Inside: Tools For More Effective Advocacy and Better Outcomes for Incarcerated People and Supporters On The Outside

RSVP & Survey: Please complete to shape venue, content, and number of copies for the series.
Email List Sign up for announcements here http://eepurl.com/7WwfL 

Materials, resources, and flyers for this training series are available here http://caitlinkellyhenry.com/support/
Cost If you can afford to, please donate to cover expenses http://www.nlgsf.org/contribute.

This training will teach participants the legal rights of inmates with medical or mental health needs. The trainer(s) will focus on strategies to advocate for better treatment, including evaluations, medications, and emergency care, for individuals in jails and prisons. Examples will be drawn from experiences with individual and systemic legal advocacy.

1.5 Hours General CLE Credit

Invite Here https://www.facebook.com/events/699605036802805

Trainers will include: Aaron Fischer, Esq., Associate, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP (San Francisco)  Attorney expeerienced in disability rights, Eighth Amendment rights, systemic jail mental health reforms, diabetes anti-discrimination issues.  http://rbgg.com/attorneys/associates/aaron-j-fischer

Selma James and Nina Lopez of Global Women’s Strike:

“Invest in Caring Not Killing”, A talk on Sex, Race, and Class plus A Living Wage for Mothers and Caregivers

Selma James is a women’s rights and anti-racist campaigner and author. From 1958 to 1962 she worked with C.L.R. James in the movement for West Indian federation and independence. In 1972 she founded the International Wages for Housework Campaign, and in 2000 helped launch the Global Women’s Strike whose strategy for change is “Invest in Caring not Killing”. She coined the word “unwaged” which has since entered the English language. In the 1970s she was the first spokeswoman of the English Collective of Prostitutes. She is a founding member of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network. She co-authored the classic The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community which launched the “domestic labour debate.” Other publications include A Woman’s Place (1952), Women, the Unions and Work, or what is not to be done (1972), Sex, Race and Class (1974), Wageless of the World (1974), The Rapist Who Pays the Rent (1982), The Ladies and the Mammies—Jane Austen and Jean Rhys (1983), Marx and Feminism (1983), Hookers in the House of the Lord (1983), Strangers & Sisters: Women, Race and Immigration (1985), The Global Kitchen—the Case for Counting Unwaged Work (1985 and 1995), and The Milk of Human Kindness—Defending Breastfeeding from the AIDS Industry and the Global Market (2005).

Nina López is the joint co-ordinator of the Global Women’s Strike. Her writings and edited volumes include: Prostitute Women and AIDS—Resisting the Virus of Repression (1988), Some Mother’s Daughter: The Hidden Movement of Prostitute Women Against Violence (1998), The Milk of Human Kindness (2002), and Creating a Caring Economy: Nora Castañeda and the Women’s Development Bank of Venezuela

The Oakland-Santiago de Cuba Sister Cities Association

Presents

Celebrating 15 Years of the Oakland-Santiage de Cuba Sister City Association Relations Reception

Because of the latest Diplomatic Relations adjusting going on right now we have invited a representative from Cuba to join us (but that might not happen)

With Lisa Valanti, President of the US-Cuba Sister City Association

Highlighting the importance of normalizing relations between Cuba & the United States & preparing for a visit to Oakland from a Cuba delegation this July.

We cordially invite you to join us at:

Oakland City Hall

3rd Floor at the Foyer

Friday, April 24th, 2015 from 10AM-12PM

There will be refreshments and snacks accompanied by the wonderful music of international Cuban musician Tito Gonzalez

Sponsorship is open and is most welcomed.

Sponsors’

City of Oakland, Office of Rebecca Kaplan, INFOMED-USA, People to See, Places To Go, Quality Medical Relief, Building Alliances Coaching, We Tell Our Stories Film Collective, Cowan Success Solutions

For more information please contact: oakland.latinonet AT gmail DOT com

Neighbors for Justice for Amilcar are holding a vigil and march in honor of Amilcar Perez-Lopez, killed by SFPD on February 26, 2015.

On Friday, April 24th, on behalf of Amilca’rs family, Attorney Arnoldo Casillas will file a civil lawsuit against the City of San Francisco and officers Craig Tiffe and Eric Reboli who killed Amilcar Perez-Lopez mere feet from his home. At 11:00am Casillas will hold a press conference and reveal information that dramatically contradicts the police narrative of the events of the night Amilcar was shot and killed.

We believe SFPD is involved in a cover-up of facts to avoid criminal and civil accountability for the unlawful killing of Amilcar Perez-Lopez. Join us that evening to mourn this tragic loss in our community, resist the forces of gentrification, and DEMAND JUSTICE for Amilcar.

6:00pm – Vigil begins on the East side of Folsom between 24th and 25th, at the site of the shooting
6:30pm – March begins
7:00pm – Stop at Mission Police Station (630 Valencia)
March will end at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church (15th St between
Mission and Valencia))

**Please bring votive candles. We will lay these down at the Mission Police Station to symbolize the loss of Amilcar and other victims of police violence in San Francisco.**

learn more:
Justice4Amilcar.org
stay involved:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/353672264838421/

Rising Tide North America is excited to host trouble-making authors Scott Crow, Alexander Reid Ross and others for a book event to talk about their new book “Grabbing Back: Essays Against the Global Land Grab”

Land grabs are a global phenomenon of our times, driven by the ever
increasing demands of both global corporations and the governments with
which they are allied.But ordinary citizens, small farmers and ordinary
citizens around the world are standing up to defend their own with passion
and ingenuity, and they are recording successes that are both
extraordinary and inspiring.

Join us for this exciting panel as scott crow, Alexander Reid Ross and
others discuss this disturbing phenomenon and the resistance fighting back
against it.

https://www.facebook.com/events/808682179224848/

About the panelists

Alexander Reid Ross is an activist and journalist. He is currently a
member of the Earth First! Journal Collective and a co-founding moderator
of the Earth First! Newswire. He edited the forthcoming book /Grabbing
Back: Essays Against the Global Land Grab/ (AK Press), and is working on a
Bakunin translation for a forthcoming Bakunin Reader, published by PM
Press.

scott crow is an international speaker and author. He has spent his varied
life as an underground musician,coop business owner, political organizer,
trainer, strategist and ‘green collar’ worker advocating for anarchism. He
has been called a jackass, but thinks of those words as fond reflections
of noble animals. He is the author of *Black Flags and Windmills* (PM
Press) and a contributor to Grabbing Back, both of which can be found at
http://www.scottcrow.org/

This is a fundraiser for Flood the System (an upcoming continental
mobilization organized by Rising Tide North America.

The Anarchist Cafe is on!

The Anarchist Cafe will happen on Friday April 24th from 7-10:30pm, the night before the Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair.

It is time to step away from our meetings and be social. We will have food, coffee, tea and performances. We are serving dinner until 9pm or until the food runs out, whichever comes first.

We are asking for a donations. The money will go to support the Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair, the Omni Commons, Jabari Shaw and the Anti- Repression Committee.

Note the ending time, so don’t show up late and get disappointed.

If you are interested in volunteering at the Café contact Mike E. at mikee1051 [at] yahoo.com or through the event’s facebook page and include what you would like to do (make food, do dishes, or work the door) and the approximate times you can be available for.

If you are interested in performing then contact Mike E. at mikee1051 [at] yahoo.com and include what you would like to do, for how long, your experience and any prop needs, etc.

See you there!

A café collective

UNMUTE THE FUTURE–a benefit concert for KPFA 94.1 FM free speech radio media.

7 eclectic East Bay bands are playing, including Baja Sociedad, Punk Funk Mob, Sarchasm, Chuckleberries, Bankrupt District, and Public Safety, exploring a range of alternative music with political/cultural themes including social justice and equality challenges we face today. It will be livestreamed on kpfa.org with You Tube posting.

Sliding scale tickets, $8–$20 with a $2 Gilman annual membership can be purchased at the door

924 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA

This benefit for KPFA at the Gilman’s UNMUTES THE FUTURE with shared histories and missions of inclusive community. The Gilman is an all-ages, collectively organized music club and venue and was founded by members of  KPFAs maximum Rocknroll program in 1986. Please help spread the work, buy tickets and bring your friends.

Berkeley Copwatch is an all-volunteer organization that has been standing up to po- lice misconduct for the last 25 years. We are currently looking for new volunteers to help us document police activity on the street, to teach people about their rights and to stand up to racial profiling and the ever-increasing militarization of police. Join us! Learn more! Find out more about the projects and activities of Copwatch and how you can take a more direct role in holding police accountable in your community.

 Grow your own! Guerilla Propagation Workshop Seed and Crop Swap, Free Live Juice Shots and Live DJ*

1-2pm(Workshop): Guerilla Propagation with Phat Beets Produce: Learn to propagate (multiple/grow) edible plants from simple cuttings found around your neighborhood. Participants will leave with a homemade propagation kit and cuttings ranging from tree collards to thyme to pepino dulce.

*Bring your seeds, cuttings, and extra garden starts and plants to share with your neighbors.  There will be plenty of free kale, collards, and tomato starts from Phat Beets Produce to be potted up and given away.  Also bring your extra backyard produce to share!