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Nat Bates For Mayor tells the story of the outrageous 2014 mayor’s race in Richmond, home to the second largest refinery in California. In a brazen move, Chevron spent more than $3 million to back 83-year-old African American stalwart Nat Bates.

Bates makes a Faustian bargain with the city’s corporate behemoth in a cagey attempt to preserve the long-standing but waning power of Richmond’s African-American working class community, whose rich history dates back to the formation of the Kaiser shipyards during World War Two. It’s black against white. It’s pro-development forces against eco-friendly Progressives. It’s David versus Goliath. Is Nat Bates the savior or stooge? The movie is a wacky ride with some of the most entertaining and offbeat political characters you’ll ever meet.

The guerilla-style documentary (with extraordinary access) follows the candidates on the campaign trail, in revealing personal moments, and during the city’s audacious Jerry Springer-like city council meetings, as they lock in a battle for the mayor’s seat and the future of the Bay Area’s overlooked oil town.There are cameos by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and legendary civil rights leader Andrew Young. The documentary is a potent mix of corporate influence, race, gentrification, homophobia, political self-determination, and humor–all told through the lives of bigger-than-life small-town characters.

Co-presented with KQED’s Truly California.

Join Alameda for Black Lives and community and faith leaders as we honor the two-year anniversary of the white supremacist terror attack that claimed the lives of nine people as they attended a church service in Charleston, SC. We will meet at the southwest corner of Webster Street and Atlantic Avenue. Speakers will include Rab’ia Keeble of Qual’bu Maryam Women’s Mosque and Robbie Wilson of Alameda Black Achievers Alliance. State Rep. Barbara Lee has been invited to speak also. All are welcome to this free event. Please share widely.

Peace in the Park is reaching out to your community to come out and experience peace in YOUR park. Enjoy a fun, relaxing, mindful day with us free of stress and cost. Children and youth are strongly encouraged to attend. Lets get to know each other!

11-12 pm Arts & Crafts, Games
12-12:20 pm Meditative Movement w/ Dr. Marcus Penn
12:20-12:35pm Pancho Ramos, Peace Activist and founder of Casa de Paz
12:35-12:50 Pause for World Peace Meditation
12:50-1:10 pm Mai’saan hip-hop of Youth Speaks
1:10-1:40 pm Lunch
1:40-2 pm Nature Walk

DJ Brandon

To find us in the park, look for couple Peace in the Park flags. Check the pics posted for landmark on where to park closest to us.
Hosted by Peace in the Park Festival https://www.peaceintheparksf.org/

Bring family and friends and come enjoy some BBQ and talk about the future of your neighborhood (District 2). We are a group of Oaklanders who have come together around the causes we all believe in, including: Jobs, Displacement, Homelessness, Education, Public Safety, Healthcare, Immigration

Join state legislators @TonyThurmond @RobBonta @NancySkinnerCA for a Town Hall this Saturday on CA's recent leadership on important issues! pic.twitter.com/TvuqqdZa1A

— Keith Carson (@Keith_Carson) June 13, 2017

You are invited!
Richmond Progressive Alliance Membership Meeting

As always, members can join or renew at the meeting, and all RPA supporters are welcomed, too.

Volunteers Needed Before the Meeting! Consider joining us from 11 am – 2 pm to help distribute the latest issue of The Richmond Sun.

We’ll feed volunteers a late lunch before the meeting starts.  Click here to sign up for a volunteer shift.

Occupella will have our monthly BART sing for Black Lives Matter/Protect the Vulnerable from 5:15-6:15 at the San Leandro BART station. We’re at the Tax the Rich Rally on Solano every Monday from 5-6. Songbooks provided at all events. For a full calendar, visit www.occupella.org.

The Bay Area refuses to accept the final verdict for the officer who shot and killed our son, Philando Castile, on July 6, 2016. Join us to voice our intolerance for this injustice on Saturday June 17th.

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING, SHARE THIS EVENT NOW! 🚨

The Bay Area refuses to accept the final verdict made by the jury members in Minnesota this past week. The officer who shot and killed Philando Castile, while his wife and daughter were present, IS GUILTY.

There is no debate, and there is no justification for murdering an innocent man. Oakland wishes to stand in solidarity with Philando’s family, and we wish to voice our intolerance for police terror NOW. There is no time to wait–the system has and continues to fail black folks in Amerikkka.

RALLY: 6:00 PM
MARCH: 7:30 PM

Bring signs, drums, any materials to make your voice heard. THE BAY AREA STANDS WITH PHILANDO CASTILE AND HIS FAMILY. WE WILL FIGHT AND DEMAND JUSTICE FOR BLACK LIVES.

#BLACKLIVESMATTER

Annie Danger, Mike Esmailzadeh, and Heather will lead a two-hour workshop on the basics of intervening in public as a bystander. They will cover the basics of stance, assertiveness, and situational awareness as well as go into depth about different potential scenarios, legality of bystander intervention, physical and social skills and tactics for successful intervention, de-escalation, police involvement, knowing your place, and aftercare.

This workshop cannot cover all possibilities of intervention, but will provide a baseline for reducing harm and acting in effective solidarity with people being harassed or assaulted.

If you have any physical disabilities or differences in ability organizers should know about, please email basebuilding@surjbayarea.org.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 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 3:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  (Note: we meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months,  once Daylight Savings Time springs forward we tend to assemble at 4 PM).

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 2 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over five years! 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

1. Welcome & Introductions
2. Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
3. Announcements
4. (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

Living Graveyard (monthly protest)

Covered with sheets to represent the dead of wars, people lie down on the city sidewalk in front of the Federal Building, This is legal, non-violent witness.  People stop, look and think. (Bring your own sheet)

Iraqi Deaths 2,973,613
U.S. Deaths 4,520   Coalition 4,841

Syrian Deaths, unknown
 
Afghan Deaths 30,000+
U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan 2,399  Coalition 3,535

Pakistani Deaths over 1,000 from drone attacks

Sponsor: Ecumenical Peace Institute www.epicalc.org
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Mission Statement: Ecumenical Peace Institute / Clergy And Laity Concerned (EPI/CALC) is a prophetic voice and witness, embracing all faith and earth-based traditions …
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Hello, Comrades!

First off, we would like to thank EVERYONE for their participation in the#DefundOPD Campaign. Your actions have spoke loudly and have clearly influenced the City’s decisionmaking process when it comes to allocating money to the Oakland Police Department.

That being said, the fight is not over! City Council plans to announce and vote on its proposed budget, and we want to be there in full force to hold them accountable!

On Monday, June 19 at (tentatively) 5 pm we need folks to TURN UP to Oakland’s City Council Meeting. Please bring your DefundOPD signs, share this on social media, and participate in the #DefundOPD social media campaign (instructions below!):

1) Print your handy dandy “Less cops, more _______” or “Menos policías, más _______” from www.defundopd.org or make your own
2) Use your imagination. What would you fund with all those millions?
3) Snap a photo
4) Post and tag #DefundOPD, city council members and some friends!
http://www.defundopd.org/

In November, 2016 we succeeded in getting the Oakland City Council to instruct the City Administrator to report on the usefulness of a feasibility study for creating The Public Bank of Oakland. Our next goal is to convince the City Council to commission that study as soon as possible, and incorporate it into a business plan for a public bank in Oakland.

After that, we will pressure the Oakland City Council to pass enabling legislation that will create and fund a public bank for Oakland. Our overarching goal is to see a public bank flourish in Oakland while it helps the community, thereby providing an example for other jurisdictions wishing to rid themselves of their dependence on Wall Street banks.

We are always looking for help bringing Public Banking information to Oakland residents. There are many ways large and small to be involved; from data entry to tabling events to branding and marketing assistance. Whether you’re looking to jump in with something specific or just want to lend a hand from time-to-time, please be in touch or come to a meeting.

Donate to Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland

Thanks to the generous support of our fiscal sponsor, HERA (Housing and Economic Rights Advocates), you can now make a tax-deductible donation to support our work. Our main expenses at the moment are related to outreach materials and mechanisms.

Click here to donate

*Important: Select “Other” from program and include “Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland” in the Honoree’s name section.

Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland t-shirts are available for a $20 donation! Email us at contact@friendsofpublicbankofoakland.org for details.

Sign the Petition!

You will also be able to sign the petition in person at upcoming events. Be on the lookout for our table, and let us know if there are events where people would like to hear more about the Public Bank of Oakland.

https://friendsofpublicbankofoakland.org/petition/

The Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland will be out in full force at the council meeting next Tuesday. Please find us in our bright green shirts to receive signs. We will also have t-shirts available for sale. If this is your first time participating in something like this, please find us and we will help you get oriented.

Attend our outreach event before the council meeting.

Time: 4:30PM

The Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland is organizing a political action an hour before the full council meeting. We will be making money grow on the Coastal Live Oak in the Plaza by taping paper bills onto the leaves to symbolize the revenue the city of Oakland can earn for our community if it creates a public bank. Please join us and support the movement!

The regular Council meeting will begin sometime after the Special Council Meeting on establishing a Department of Violence Prevention, which begins at 5:00 PM.

Item S13

Subject: Feasibility And Economic Impact Of Establishing A Public Bank

From: Finance Department

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Amending The City Of Oakland’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Midcycle Budget (Which Was Adopted Pursuant To Resolution No. 86250 C.M.S. On June 21,2016) To

(1) Appropriate One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), From The Fiscal Year 2016-17 General Purpose Fund (1010) Balance For A Contract To Complete A Feasibility Study On Public Banking In Oakland, And

(2) Authorizing The City Administrator Or Her Designee To Negotiate A Scope Of Work, Terms And Execute A Contract With Global Investment Company In An Amount Not To Exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000)

1. View Report, 2. View Supplemental Report, 3. View Supplemental Report, 4. View Supplemental Report

Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland

Subject: Establishing The Department Of Violence Prevention

From: Councilmember McElhaney, Kaplan And Council President Reid

Recommendation: Adopt A Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.29 Of The Oakland Municipal Code Entitled “City Agencies, Departments And Offices” To Create The Department Of Violence Prevention Focusing On Ending The Epidemic Of Violent Crime In Oakland And Healing Trauma In Impacted Communities

A winding, two-month push for the new city department meets its conclusion Tuesday. The proposed department would be put under the control of the city administrator. Last week, its tenuous future was defended by Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney who unleashed a highly emotional call for its creation amid a proposal by some of her colleagues for a blue-ribbon commission. – East Bay Citizen

On Tuesday May 16 more than 200 people turned out to the Berkeley City Council in anticipation of the Council’s vote on whether or not to continue Berkeley’s participation in Urban Shield. After waiting six hours for the agenda item to be heard and after giving powerful testimony, we were told that the Council once again decided to postpone the vote. The coalition and supporters staged a walkout to show the Council that we won’t stand for this kind of manipulation.

The Council has rescheduled the vote for June 20th at 6pm at Longfellow Middle School, 1500 Derby St in Berkeley.

LET’S TURN OUT STRONGER AND MORE ORGANIZED!
We want to redouble our efforts at the upcoming meeting in showing the Berkeley City Council that they need to stand on the side of the people and not on the side of militarization and oppression.

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