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Feb
19
Fri
Vision for Justice Summit @ Online
Feb 19 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  https://www.visionforjusticeevents.com/ 

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The evolution of racial and economic oppression has only been amplified in the last year, as seen through both the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent acts of sedition. As the new administration and Congress steps into power, we must hold these leaders accountable to the citizens, organizers, and communities who uplifted them in November and urge them to build a new, non-carceral paradigm for public safety that keeps all communities truly safe.

Against this backdrop, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund and Civil Rights Corps are hosting a Vision for Justice Summit on Friday, February 19, which marks a year and a half since the Vision for Justice platform was released.

The Vision for Justice Virtual Summit will be open to the public and serve as our opportunity to unite as a community, creating a collective strategy to design the future we want — a future rooted in restorative justice and equity. The summit will feature over thirty of the most respected, trusted organizers, civic leaders, activists and directly impacted people who have been doing the work to end mass incarceration.

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UC Berkeley Day of Remembrance of E.O. 9066 Japanese American Prison Camps WWII
Feb 19 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
UC Berkeley NSU Day of Remembrance of EO 9066

HOST: UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union

Join here (open to public): https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/2919700155#success

The UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union will be holding its annual Day of Remembrance event to honor the over 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent who were unjustly incarcerated during the Second World War. We will be featuring speakers from UC Berkeley Muslim Student Association and Nikkei Resisters.

This virtual event will be held on Zoom and is open to the general public via the link.
Please save the date and hope to see you all there!

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Film Screening: Waging Change @ Online
Feb 19 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
WAGING CHANGE, a timely new documentary about the tipped minimum wage and the pandemic’s impact on restaurant workers and the industry, directed by Peabody award-winner, Abby Ginzberg, will have its SF/Bay Area broadcast premiere on KQED on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 at 8:00 PM.

WAGING CHANGE shines a unique spotlight on the challenges faced by restaurant workers trying to feed themselves and their families off tips by weaving together stories of individuals, such as Nataki Rhodes of Chicago, Andrea Velasquez of Detroit and Wardell Harvey of New Orleans with the growing movement to end the tipped minimum wage. Featuring Saru Jayaraman, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio
Cortez, the film reveals an American workers’ struggle hidden in plain sight– the effort to end the federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13 for restaurant servers and bartenders and the #MeToo movement’s efforts to end sexual harassment.

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Feb
20
Sat
Rights of Nature: Indigenous Cosmology & System Change @ Online
Feb 20 @ 11:00 am – 1:30 pm

PART 1:  Rights of Nature: Indigenous Cosmology & System Change: A Training Webinar from Movement Rights
Discussion facilitated by Jane Perry and Denice Dennis

Please Register in advance for this training:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscuisrT4qHdBS6-2oiALRCjr4s4mLT6vB 

Join the women of Movement Rights in this training webinar, which opens up with a prayer by respected Ponca elder Casey Camp-Horinek, about the Rights of Nature movement. The women give a brief history on Indigenous people maintaining respectful relationships with the sacred system of life, how harmful corporations obtained the rights to violate the health of life, water, soil and air, and the success of Movement Rights working with the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma to pass the first tribal rights of nature law with Casey Camp-Horinek, Pennie Opal Plant and Shannon Biggs.   The webinar will be broken up for breakout sessions to reflect more deeply on the impact of this Indigenous wisdom on our understandings as grandmothers committed to speaking out and acting in support of a healthy, clean, safe and restored planet for all beings.

The webinar does not need to be viewed prior to the training date, however our experience is that we get something new or deeper out of each fresh viewing, and you may get more from the training if you do watch in advance.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaUgAI5Dvxg

We are deeply grateful to Movement Rights for offering this webinar in July 2020 during the cocooning enforced by the global pandemic crisis. Most people who are familiar with the work of Movement Rights since 2014 would be shocked to learn that so much has been done by two seasoned and committed women activists working around a kitchen table with very little funding. We are inspired by the work of Movement Rights. As guests on stolen land, we are humble and embrace the gift of their wisdom in this webinar with our deep gratitude. Making a contribution today helps Movement Rights work with tribal communities to stop fracking and pipelines and protect the Rights of Nature.
https://www.movementrights.org/donation-page/

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EcoSocialism: From Theory to Practice @ Online
Feb 20 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

The Green Party of California invites you to join us for a discussion on EcoSocialism cohosted with the Green EcoSocialist Network (GEN).\

Register to attend HERE and share the Facebook event page.

Many people are considering what it means to be an EcoSocialist these days. In this second presentation of our three-part series, we explore how we can build EcoSocialist programs in our own communities. Featuring Hip Hop Artist and Spoken Word Performer Shamako Noble, Guest speakers include Kali Akuno Cooperation Jackson, Misty Cross Moms4Housing, David Cobb Cooperation Humboldt, Mel Figueroa David Bond, and Green Party CA State Delegates – Noura Khouri, Nassim Nouri who will explore a number of issues including indigenous rights, housing, co-ops + solidarity economies and more. Presentations will be followed by breakout sessions focused on non-reformists reforms designed to help move us towards a general strike and ultimately an EcoSocialist future! Register to attend HERE and share the Facebook event page.

The first event in this series, on Jan. 16, was an introduction to EcoSocialism vs. Capitalism and the recording can be viewed HERE. The third and final event in this series on April 10th, 2021, will build on the first two. This event is open to all and free, but advance registration is required at https://rebrand.ly/GreenEcoSocialism


When two parties have effectively bought and sold US democracy, it exists to serve their corporate paymasters NOT the people. The Green Party platform represents the majority point of view within the U.S. and is no longer the alternative; the Green Party is the imperative. To build political power and get on the ballot, would take over 20 years for another party–and is very difficult to do unless you have billions of dollars. Unless people stop voting for ‘lesser evil’, then nothing’s going to change and we along with the planet, are doomed. Imagine for a moment however, if we were able to effectively focus our demands on the kind of agenda and electoral infrastructure the Green Party has with a strong and unified message and everyone actually stood for and voted for what they believed in – then everything not only could, but would actually change.

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100 Student Debt Strikers, 100 Stories @ Online
Feb 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Please join us the Debt Collective at 6pm ET for our first installment of 100 strikers, 100 stories. We’ll hear stories from 6 of our Biden Jubilee 100 student debt strikers, including why they are on strike demanding full student debt cancellation within President Biden’s first 100 days.

The event will also feature Debt Collective co-founder Astra Taylor and special guests the Honorable Nina Turner (candidate for the Ohio 11th Congressional District) and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

RSVP here!

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Feb
21
Sun
he Politics Behind the Western Campaign against Russian and Chinese Athletes @ Online
Feb 21 @ 12:00 am – 12:30 pm

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Rick Sterling will discuss the banning of Russian athletes beginning with the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Summer Olympics and continuing through banning Russian participation in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. He will analyze the “state sponsored doping” accusations that have been made by the World Anti-Doping Agency. What are the accusations and what is their credibility?   Who is Grigory Rodchenkov and what role has he played?

Rick will also discuss the case of Sun Yang, probably the most famous Chinese athlete. Sun Yang has won many international swimming events and holds  the world record in the 1500-meter event.  In 2019, Sun Yang was found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation and was banned from international competition for 8 years.  The case was appealed to the highest court adjudicating international sports. In a ruling that shook the swimming world, the court overturned the decision because of racist tweets by the Italian head judge.  These tweets were revealed in Rick’s article linked below. Sun Yang’s lawyers used this information to successfully challenge the decision.  There will be a new hearing with new judges.

Rick will put these cases in the context of the politicization of athletics and western efforts to attack Russia and China in this international arena.

Rick Sterling is active in Task Force on the Americas (https://taskforceamericas.org/) and Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center (https://ourpeacecenter.org/). He researches and writes articles on diverse subjects – from the campaign to save the City College of San Francisco, to Syria, to international sports.
He can be reached at rsterling1@gmail.com

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Antidotes to White Fragility @ Online
Feb 21 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/antidotes-to-white-fragility-5

This workshop will explore the role of the body, community, spirituality, intellectual knowledge and other themes that you bring from your experience. We will cover basic information about how the brain and body responds to perceived threats, and explore how to work with this toward greater resilience in moments of challenge.

This workshop is for all experience levels. Participants will be invited to discuss in small groups, move around, and hold their bodies in different shapes for 1-2 minutes. Content will be presented in both verbal and written formats.

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Members of the White Noise Collective will facilitate this workshop. 40% of the funds raised will be distributed equally to Sogorea Te Land Trust and Community Ready Corp.

No one is turned away for lack of funds.

If payment is a hardship, please contact us at basebuilding@surjbayarea.org.

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How to Achieve a Complete, Inclusive Immigration Reform: Moral and Economic Foundation @ Online
Feb 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
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It has been more than three decades since a viable pathway to legalization has existed for the millions of immigrant workers and their families. While the very functioning of this society is inconceivable without their contributions, they must live with the constant dread of deportation, incarceration, and family separation.
The time to change this is now.

Join:
Rev. Nelson Rabell, Associate Pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lodi;
Raul Hinajosa, Associate Professor in the Division of Social Sciences at UCLA;
Magali Sanchez-Hall, Chair of the membership committee for the California Democratic Party Chicano Latino Caucus; and
Lydia Camarillo, President of the So. West Registration & Education Project (SVREP).

A discussion and call to action on this important initiative for complete, inclusive immigration reform.

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Wisconsin Rising 2011: Watch Party and Discussion @ Online
Feb 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

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Feb
23
Tue
A Just Transition from Fossil Fuel Production @ Online
Feb 23 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Tune into Webinar #2 in the Climate Safe California series, hosted by The Climate Center:

PHASING OUT FOSSIL FUELS: A JUST TRANSITION IN THE OIL & GAS DRILLING AND REFINING SECTORS

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How do we transition away from fossil fuels while ensuring a just transition for workers and communities? Speakers will discuss the current impacts of fossil fuel production on frontline communities and what needs to be done to address them, a plan for decommissioning California refineries, and the possibility of enacting a fracking ban. What does the clean energy future look like? Register below.

Speakers

Ingrid Brostrom, of theCenter on Race, Poverty & the Environment, has legal and policy expertise in environmental justice: toxics, climate justice, and land-use, with an emphasis on hazardous waste, oil and gas, and Just Transition.

Gustavo Aguirre Jr, a California native whose parents were farm workers and traveled from the coast to the desert following the seasonal crops, is a longtime social justice activist who has represented environmental justice communities on various state panels.

Greg Karras is an independent consultant with over 35 years of experience as a Senior Scientist for Communities for a Better Environment, author of the recent report, Decommissioning California Refineries: Climate and Health Paths in an Oil State.

Steve Garey is a retired refinery worker who has spent 25 years working for both Shell and Tesoro in their refineries in Washington State. He served as President of United Steelworkers Local 12-591 from 2010 until his retirement in 2015. Since then he has served on the executive committee of the Washington State Blue Green Alliance and on the steering committee of the Climate Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy in Washington.

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False Climate Solutions: Don’t Believe the Hype @ Online
Feb 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Join energy policy experts as they unmask the false climate solutions now being promoted by big energy corporations and their enablers.

RSVP to get link

The word is they’ve given up on climate change denial and are now moving to promote false solutions to protect their bottom line. These false solutions are a distraction intended to derail efforts to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Big Ag is trying to get in on the action too.

So they’re promoting things like elaborate pay-to-pollute schemes like cap-and-trade and carbon pricing, as well as unproven technology like carbon capture. “Renewable” biogas would prop up the unsustainable factory farm system without reducing methane emissions.

Learn how these schemes work, how they fall short of the urgent climate action we need, how thy disproportionately impact low income and environmental justice communities — and what we can do to counter this campaign.

Panel:

  • Dr. Tamra Gilbertson, the carbon pricing education coordinator and climate change policy advisor of the Indigenous Environmental Network
  • June Sekera, a Visiting Scholar at The New School for Social Research and public policy manager with over 30 years of experience at the federal, state and local levels of government
  • Jim Walsh, the Senior Energy Policy Analyst for Food & Water Watch, working with state and national organizations to educate decision makers on policies that help facilitate a rapid and just transition off fossil fuels

We have to understand these dirty tricks so we can explain them — and prevent them from being used to stop what we really need to do: Keep It In the Ground!

Sponsored by Food and Water Watch

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Feb
24
Wed
Reimagining Public Safety: Defund Police Coalition Report Release @ Online
Feb 24 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

We appreciate the work of all the volunteer Advisory Board members on the Task Force and, as the co-creators of this process, we are clear that the purpose of the Task Force is not to strengthen, fix, reform, or rebrand OPD. Both Oakland and the nation have invested untold resources to “fix” policing. You cannot fix something that is not broken.

Namely, we are concerned that there are over 40 recommendations in the “OPD Organization and Culture” section. The only rational way forward is to actively divest from policing and invest in the programs and services that are proven to support communities and increase safety. We urge City Council to place less emphasis on the recommendations in this section and prioritize focus on the “Budget and Data”, and “Alternative Programs, Responses and Investments” sections.

Our Defund OPD Report breaks down the Task Force recommendations, gives our position on each, and provides additional recommendations on how the Task Force can move forward.
Tune in LIVE today!
Since its inception, our Defund OPD campaign has evolved into a coalition comprised of 13 BIPOC-led grassroots organizations with decades-long roots in Oakland and tens of thousands of active members amongst them. Our coalition is excited about the many recommendations presented that offer a real opportunity to shift, reimagine and evolve the way Oakland thinks about and implements public safety.

After five years, the voices of Oaklanders are finally being heard.

But the Task Force must remain true to its mission, which is to divest 50% of the Oakland Police Department’s budget and to invest that money into community programs and alternatives to police that truly keep us safe.
In solidarity,
APTP
Anti Police-Terror Project is not a non-profit.
We are a community group powered by people like you.

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Feb
25
Thu
Honoring Black History Month @ Online
Feb 25 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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Celebrating the Music and Art of Oakland four “must see events” on Thursdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25 2021 from 11-12pm. Presentations and performances by Street Spirit, Youth Spirit Art Work and others. Hosted by St. Mary’s Center Senior Advocates for Hope and Justice.

Join Zoom Meeting
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Zoom Meeting ID 857 0496 8720
Passcode 472245

RSVP to jcastillo@stmaryscenter.org

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Oakland Police Commission @ Online
Feb 25 @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Feb
26
Fri
The Future of People’s Park @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Feb 26 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

The Future of People’s Park

UC Berkeley’s plan to build a 17-story high rise on People’s Park, which would destroy the historic and cultural legacy and an irreplaceable natural environment, has brought together writers, historians, students and park activists to oppose this ill-considered project.

This Zoom event, hosted by the People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group, will present the historic background of the park, give details on the effort to recognize its national landmark status, and share plans for revitalizing this invaluable public open space.

The goal of this meeting is to develop strategies for taking our message to the broader Berkeley community, as well as the mayor, city council, UC Berkeley, state legislature and regents.

Presenters to include:

Tom Dalzell- author of The Battle for People’s Park, Berkeley 1969

Steve Wasserman ďż˝ Participant and Activist during 19969

Max Ventura ďż˝ People’s Park Committee

Aidan Hill ďż˝ Former Berkeley Mayoral Candidate/UCB Student

Length of event: hour and a half

Introductory remarks and moderator – Harvey Smith

Each presentation 8 minutes with 4 minutes of submitted questions

Group discussion following and additional questions from viewers

Closing remarks – Harvey Smith

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 827 7345 3022
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Feb
27
Sat
Civil Disobedience, Here & Now @ Online
Feb 27 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

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Climate breakdown will destroy civilization and decimate all forms of life on this planet within decades unless we take immediate and radical action. Don’t miss your chance to join these rebel troublemakers as they make the case that mass, nonviolent civil disobedience is the only thing that’s going to save us from extinction.

Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and best-selling author, is a revered front-lines activist. Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion UK and Burning Pink, mirrors the truths he speaks with actions on the ground. Kumi Naidoo, former spokesperson for Greenpeace and Amnesty International, lives his words in daily human rights struggles and environmental activism.

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Feb
28
Sun
The Recent Past and Future of Peace and Solidarity Movements, 2008 – 2021 and Beyond @ Online
Feb 28 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

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The anti-war movements in the US and across the globe were at their peaks through the first years of the post-9/11 wars.  They were broad, diverse, international, and powerful.  They did not succeed in preventing the 2003 US/UK invasion of Iraq, but they set the stage for future movements and future victories, including stopping US bombing campaigns in Syria and escalation in Iran, parts of the Arab Spring uprisings,  and more.  By the time the Obama administration came into office in 2008, the movement in the US was already facing new challenges.  And over the next several years its power, size, breadth, and influence  had all diminished.  Many blamed it on “oh the peace movement was just too enthralled with Obama” and they stopped working.  But that claim, while holding a grain of truth among a few sectors of the movement, does not explain the changes.  Phyllis will discuss that history, and look forward to today’s legacy and new anti-war organizations, and the rise of anti-war/anti-militarism components in a broad range of intersectional organizations.

About the speaker: Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., where she directs the New Internationalism Project, focusing on Middle East, U.S. wars and UN issues. For many years she has been a role model for those who would change US foreign policy by combining activism with crucial research and analysis.  In 2001 Phyllis helped found the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and now serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace. She works with many anti-war and Palestinian rights organizations, writing and speaking widely across the U.S. and around the world. She has served as an informal adviser to several top UN officials on Middle East issues and was twice short-listed to become the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Phyllis has written and edited eleven books. Among her latest is the just-published 7th updated edition of her popular Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. Other important works include Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the War on Terror and Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy U.S. Power.

Phyllis Bennis is an American writer, activist, and political commentator. Focusing mainly on issues related to the Middle East and the United Nations, she is a strong critic of Israel and the United States and a leading advocate of Palestinian rights.

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White Supremacy in American Christianity @ Online
Feb 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

The Oakland Greens present the February 2021 Virtual Townhall

With nazis feeling emboldened to come out the closet, it is more important we find ways to accept each other despite our own ideas. The Oakland Greens Virtual Townhalls are designed to hear your ideas & thoughts. At these events we want to listen to you, not talk at you. Join us in ZOOM Sunday February 28 room opens at 5:45 PM PST, discussion at 6:15 PM PST, with unique topics with unique discussions.

These are donation only events and as always  NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS.

Find tickets @ https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-oakland-greens-30818034656

Find more info go to our Facebook:

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Mar
3
Wed
Online Censorship Beyond Trump and Parler @ Online
Mar 3 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

icon-free-speech-1Join EFF and a host of platform and content moderation experts with experience at Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Pinterest for a provocative conversation about the free speech issues facing us today. From the takedown of Parler to the removal of Trump, get an inside look at how these decisions are made, and the ways they can affect everyone on the Internet.

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