Black August was initially made in 1969 by individuals from the Black Panther Party as a way for African Americans to commend their legacy and culture, marking the assassination Black Panther George Jackson during a prison rebellion in California. The idea behind Black August is to have remembrance for those who have died during this month in history. Black people are resisting. First, for their survival. And just like every generation before them, they are resisting to make their lives better and give themselves a chance at freedom. The history of black people in America is one of living for generations in a society where our lives have been considered less than human, where our dignity as individuals has been consistently denied. This month is a time to reflect and learn about the legacies of Black revolutionaries, while we rededicate ourselves to the protracted struggles against white supremacy, colonialism, capitalism, and imperialism. Join us as we give a platform to the next generation of black revolutions so we may study, plan, and pledge to continue the work and fight for Black liberation into the future
Kerby Lynch (she/they) is a current PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley. She considers herself a child of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Occupy Oakland, and the radical legacy of Lesbian Feminism in the Bay Area. Kerby also holds a Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies with a concentration in Gender and Sexuality from UC Berkeley. Currently, they work on issues of police violence accountability, dismantling the carceral state and sexual justice. Kerby is a high school educator that teaches courses on Indigenous counter-mapping and California Native history to local students of color. Kerby also is a community archivist for the Bay Area Lesbian Archives where they work to preserve the life stories of radical lesbian activist who strived and successfully created alternative worlds
Alecia Harger (she/they) is a sophomore at UC Berkeley and representative for both UC Berkeley Cops Off Campus and the transnational Cops Off Campus Coalition, a network of students, educators, staff, and community members passionate about abolishing policing at all levels of education.
Host: Aidan Hill (they/them) is a queer/trans political activist in the bay area living on the intersection of multiple identities. They are a Former Vice-Chair City of Berkeley Homeless Commission, a Green Party Electoral Candidate and a UC Berkeley Student stewarding People’s Park in Xučyun, Turtle Island. Aidan is committed to highlighting the disparity of power among marginalized groups and actively contribute to the social, cultural and political movements during their lifetime. Aidan has formerly been employed by the Riverside City College’s Political Science department to teach Model United Nations where they won dozens of awards in New York, Rome, and Seoul, South Korea. Aidan traveled the state organizing press conferences to save the Bag Ban with the assistance of the California Public Interest Research Group at UC Berkeley (Founded by Ralph Nader)
Green Sundays are a series of free public programs & discussions on topics “du jour” sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County and held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The monthly business meeting of the County Council of the Green Party follows at 7:00 pm, after a 30-minute break. Council meetings are open to anyone who is interested.
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Commemorate the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Abolish nuclear weapons. Tune in, connect the dots, and act for change.
Join a virtual rally from 9 to 10:45 AM Pacific Time on Hiroshima Day and repeated on Nagasaki Day.
Hiroshima Day, August 6 link https://youtu.be/_kM7IuzKQls
Nagasaki Day, August 9 link https://youtu.be/OB57nQAcSWQ
The overall rally broadcast will feature the following speakers who will be filmed at the West Gate of the Livermore Lab at 9 AM on August 6 to kick off the virtual event: A-bomb survivor Nobu Hanaoka, A-bomb survivor, Marylia Kelley, Executive Director of Tri-Valley Cares, and John Burroughs, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy. Keynote speaker Daniel Ellsberg, writer and peace activist, and other amazing presenters are prerecorded.
Speakers and musicians include Tsukuru Fors, trans peace/anti-nuclear human rights activist, Pacific Asian Nuclear-Free Peace Alliance; Marcina Langrine & Benetick Kabua Maddison, young activists with the Marshallese Education Initiative; Nell Myhand, Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign; Betsy Rose, community song leader; Benjamin Mertz, Black spiritual tradition composer, performer and song leader; Patricia St Onge & Wilson Riles, co-emcees.
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.
We meet over Zoom. If you’d like to join us, and aren’t on our organizers’ list, drop us an email and we’ll send you an invitation.
If you would like to join the meeting early and get an introduction to the concepts of public banking, or more locally to who we are and what we do, please email us and we’ll see you online at 6:30.
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It is the mission of Public Bank East Bay to provide community oversight and stewardship in the formation and functioning of the Public Bank of the East Bay to base its decisions on the values of:
PBEB is committed to a public bank which acknowledges and attempts restitution of the historical burdens carried by disenfranchised communities, including communities of color and many other marginalized groups.
Decisions regarding who gets loans, what projects get invested in, and who benefits should take into account investing our money into the wealth and health of local communities and the environment.
The bank is accountable to the residents of the East Bay, who have a right to fully transparent explanations of the Bank’s actions and choices.
The bank will be governed using democratic processes which consciously and intentionally adhere to the values/principles listed above.
We have five committees working together to create a Public Bank in the East Bay:
Advocacy builds relationships with community groups and city governments.
Communications assists other committees with content creation and promotion.
Fundraising develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan.
Membership brings on new members and volunteers and organizes educational events.
Governance is responsible for operations and the execution of PBEB’s business plan.
Email us with your interests and we’ll help you find a way to get plugged in!
The California Public Banking Alliance (CPBA) is an organization of 12 member regions, not of individuals. You can join the CPBA mailing list (link at the Alliance website) to receive updates on state and sometimes national progress, which we will also include on this site.
We meet virtually on zoom on the second Wednesday of every month from 6-7:30pm. These meetings are open to the public. The content of our meetings span from trainings, campaign updates, teach-ins, debates, roundtable discussions, etc. Click below to join the meeting or use this link: https://zoom.us/j/96555663590
2021 General Meeting Dates: February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, November 10, December 8
Housing is a human right! March and rally on Thursday, August 12th 5pm at Downtown Berkeley Bart. Spanish translation will be available#ElPuebloUnido pic.twitter.com/jZKKol2pNF
— Berkeley Copwatch (@Copwatch411) August 10, 2021
Join DSA SF’s Tenant Solidarity Committee for tonight's screening of Fall of the I-Hotel from 7-8:30PM. The event will feature a presentation by some of the original organizers! Register here: https://t.co/ktJKKClXTm pic.twitter.com/m4EqNrt9Gz
— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) August 12, 2021
It’s time to demand that banks stop funding the climate crisis. As part of the #DefundLine3 Global Day of Action, join us in downtown San Francisco for Guerrilla Movies and Art Action on Friday, August 13th from 7pm – 10pm.
Bring chairs, blankets, and people power as we host a guerrilla movie screening and art action at Wells Fargo’s headquarters to help stop the Line 3 pipeline.
7:00pm – Non-Violent Direct Action training – (around the cornner at 555 California Street.)
8:30pm – Guerrilla Movie screening about the Line 3 resistancee movement
Followed by: Creative art action (details will be shared on the ground)
This Friday, August 13th, activists from around the country will demand banks stop funding the Line 3 pipeline, and all other fossil fuel projects.
Corporate greenwashing is climate denial ― it must stop, and you can help.
Click here to say you will attend: https://actionnetwork.org/events/defundline-3-sf-bay-area/
Join XRSF Bay Area and partners: 350 Bay Area, Climate Health Now, Code Pink Golden Gate Chapter, Diablo Rising Tide, Oil and Gas Network, Sunrise Movement Bay Area, 1,000 Grandmothers for Future Generations SF, and Silicon Valley Climate Action Now.
Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library
THE STRUGGLE FOR IDEOLOGICAL HEGEMONY: THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (AND THE MEDIA): The Case of Purdue University
Harry Targ, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Purdue University, Blogger at Diary of a Heartland Radical, co-chair of CCDS, and author of books and articles on international relations, Cuba, and the labor movement.
The attacks on “critical race theory” are part of an assault by sectors of the capitalist class who seek to shape who and what is taught in educational systems. This talk will address ideological struggles, the claim that the “ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class,” and will concentrate on the transformation of higher education. Targ will describe particularly the example of Purdue University, the land grant public university in Indiana.
For background: https://heartlandradical.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-contradictions-facing-21st-century.html
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Join us for our August General Meeting of East Bay DSA!
The meeting will be conducted via Zoom — please register and find the call-in info below!
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This month, we will be voting on a resolution regarding our chapter’s electoral strategy.
This resolution revamps our chapter’s process for considering electoral endorsements and is modeled off of the NYC-DSA endorsement process. It has two main features. (1) In order to increase member participation in electoral endorsements, the resolution adds a dedicated candidate forum where members can hear from interested candidates, ask questions, and debate outside the time constraints of a General Meeting. (2) The resolution gives the Electoral and Steering Committees the ability to democratically decide which of the candidates seeking endorsement are put to the general membership for consideration.
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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
TUESDAY, AUG 17: Join us for "Fighting for Freedom From the Inside: Celebrating the Advocacy of Jailhouse Lawyers," a riveting celebration of the legacy of jailhouse lawyers, who fight for freedom from inside the prison-industrial complex. Info & RSVP at https://t.co/NfW09cxRun pic.twitter.com/WX6WVP5GLx
— The CCR (@theCCR) August 11, 2021
Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.
Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay and nationwide.
We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” — to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing.
We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no one is illegal.
Check out some of what we worked on in 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
Oakland Privacy originally came together in 2013 to fight against the Domain Awareness Center, Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub. OP was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network. We helped fight and helped win the fight against Urban Shield.
Our major projects currently include local legislation to regulate state surveillance (we got the strongest surveillance regulation ordinance in the country passed in Oakland!), supporting and opposing state legislation as appropriate, battling mass surveillance in the form of facial recognition and other analytics, mass aerial surveillance, ubiquitous license plate readers, and pushing back against ICE.
On September 12th, 2019 we were presented with a Barlow Award by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for our work, and on March 16th, 2021 s James Madison Freedom of Information Award by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists.
If you are interested in joining the Oakland Privacy email listserv, coming to a meeting, or have questions, send an email to:
Check out our website: http://oaklandprivacy.org/
Follow us on twitter: @oaklandprivacy
Oakland Privacy works regionally to defend the right to privacy and enhance public transparency and oversight regarding the use of surveillance techniques and equipment. Oakland Privacy drove the passage of surveillance regulation and transparency ordinances in Oakland and Berkeley and is kicking off new processes in various municipalities around the Bay. To help slow down the encroaching police and surveillance state all over the Bay Area, join us at the Omni.
We’ll talk about the fight to get CHP out of Oakland and justice for Erik Salgado, the Free Nicole Bratton campaign, MH First, MACRO, and more…
We’ll talk about the fight to get CHP out of Oakland and justice for Erik Salgado, the Free Nicole Bratton campaign, trouble with Oakland’s Head Start program (which is one of the surest ways to actually improve public safety), updates on MACRO implementation, the upcoming one-year anniversary of MHFirst Oakland, and more!
WHERE: Zoom � Register to join us at bit.ly/aptp-mtg0818
ACCESSIBILITY: ASL interpretation and closed captioning will be available
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APTP General Membership meetings are held the third Wednesday of every month at 7pm.
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.
Join CODEPINK and friends at Nancy Pelosi’s house to do an “Emergency Intervention” for Pelosi, and a Bake Sale for the Women and Children of Afghanistan.
Our intervention is an attempt to help Speaker Pelosi with her apparent addiction to funding war and weapons manufacturers instead of the needs of her constituents, the country and the world. As Speaker and a leader of the Democrats, she has the power to decide what the federal budget will fund. Over half of the budget goes to the military. Militarism is literally killing the planet. We need the money she gives the Pentagon, Lockheed, Boeing, Raytheon, etc. for healthcare for all, green jobs, education, affordable housing and so many other things that will support our people and the planet. We don’t understand why Pelosi prioritizes the military over the people. Is she addicted to war? We need to do an emergency intervention immediately to prevent further loss of life and destruction of the planet.
Bake Sale for Afghanistan
The bake sale will feature homemade organic apple pie and cupcakes. We’ve spent trillions on the tragic war in Afghanistan. Maybe we can raise some $ for the people who having been living with the terror of drone strikes and U.S. military occupation for 20 years.
At 4pm, after our action, we are invited to join the Sunrise Movement, Extinction Rebellion and others in painting a street mural at Delores Park in SF to ask Pelosi to support a Green New Deal.
What: #SealtheDeal Mural Action
Join our ally Sunrise Bay Area on a national day of action as thousands of people call on their Members of Congress to seal the deal and pass the biggest and boldest climate and care infrastructure bill in history. We can fund climate solutions, grow the care economy, fight inequality, and create green jobs. We will be painting a large mural at Dolores Park, � sending a message to Speaker Pelosi that we demand bold action now!
Covid-19 Protocol: This event will be outdoors. However, with the Delta Variant cases on the rise, we are asking participants to wear masks and practice social distancing. Please stay home if you are feeling il
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Join the Sunrise Movement and the California Green New Deal Coalition on this national day of action, as thousands of people call on members of Congress to #SealtheDeal: pass the biggest and boldest climate and care infrastructure bill in history.
We have to keep up the pressure so Speaker Pelosi and our other Democratic Party representatives won’t compromise away the measures we so desperately need. We must fund climate solutions, grow the care economy, fight inequality, and create green jobs.
Participants will be painting a large mural at Dolores Park, sending a message to Speaker Pelosi that we demand bold action now!
Are you hungry for deeper dialogue about the climate crisis and building community around solutions? We are too.
A group of us at California Doughnut Economics Coalition are reading All We Can Save — it’s a book club! The book club helps us build on our doughnut economics foundation, further connect the (social & ecological) dots, and think more like a 21st-century economist. We want to extend the invite to all.
About Book Club: A unique opportunity to read and share some information and inspirational conversation on important issues. The book club is an unbiased and safe forum that opens our minds to ideas and information for a more in-depth look at our world, our community, and hopefully ourselves.
Each month, we will discuss essays from each section:
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How it relates to Doughnut Economics: The book club helps us to further connect the dots and think more like a 21st-century economist.