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Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
“What is to be done?”
Michael Goldstein
He is author of the visionary book, Return of the Light: A Political Fable in Which the American People Retake Their Country, which offers a roadmap for uniting
our separate campaigns to stop the worst abuses of the ruling class into a single movement. The aim of that movement: making government our own means
for pooling our collective resources in the interests of peace, social justice, environmental sustainability, and a society hospitable to the needs of the human spirit.
Join us as Michael presents his analysis of the need for, and means for bringing about, the nonviolent overthrow of the government of corporate wealth, and for what promises to be a lively discussion after.
Michael Goldstein writes a blog in the Huffington Post. Last spring he spearheaded BeyondBernie.us, which circulated an open letter urging Bernie Sanders to actually help build the movement he spoke of so eloquently, not just an electoral operation. The letter called on the candidate to enable his supporters to have direct dialog with each other about how to create an ongoing movement and what its goals, strategy, and organizational forms should be. The group launched a website to assist in that process.
Michael practices law, representing indigents appealing criminal convictions, including death sentences, and he also works as a mediator.
Don Hazen, Executive Editor of Alternet, wrote that Michael’s book “Catalogues the failures of consumer capitalism and the future solutions, at the same time and place a very encouraging read, in a time of little optimism,,” and social critic Michael Parenti described it as “clearly written, hopeful and useful for those interestedin building a real democracy.”
Time will be allotted for announcements.
Come on Wednesday to support Jack and Nestor, who were arrested at an Anti Trump demo on Election Day. Lets pack the court!
East Bay DSA is forming a Socialist Feminist Working Group! Come learn more about how we can work together to fight capitalism and the patriarchy at our first big meeting.
Email socfem@eastbaydsa.org for more info.
“First They Came for the Homeless”
Please join us in a California speaking tour of front line leaders in the movement to end homelessness in America.
Speakers:
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Mike Zint – homeless leader from ‘OccupySF, founding member of ‘First they came for the homeless’ and the Poor Tour intentional tent community/action
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Bilal Mafundi Ali –People’s Commission for Justice and the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness
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And others from Los Angeles, San Jose and the Central Valley, tba
With poetry by Jack Hirschman & music [tba]
As you know, President Trump and Republican leaders are moving quickly to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid – threatening the healthcare and lives of millions of low to moderate income Americans while handing huge tax cuts to the rich and big healthcare corporations. By mid-April, we could be living in the new world of Trumpcare nationally.
In California though, we have the opportunity to not only resist these extreme attacks on our healthcare and lives, but to expand and create the healthcare system we truly need – guaranteed, comprehensive, universal healthcare for all regardless of income or immigration status. Last month, the Healthy California Act (SB 562) was introduced by Senators Lara and Atkins as a key step towards creation of a single payer universal healthcare system for all Californians, and a broad-based statewide coalition, HealthyCA is coming together to advance this exciting, visionary campaign for healthcare justice.
Please join us for a lunchtime briefing about these important issues and to find out how your organization can get involved
Lunch provided, and translation available upon request.
For more info and to RSVP, contact Carolyn Bowden at cbowden@calnurses.org.
This workshop is for all students and community members who are eager to make social change. Students who want to sharpen their organizing skills and learn how to develop a campaign strategy are encouraged to attend.
Participants will walk through the steps of a successful worker organizing campaign to better understand how these principles and strategies can be applied to grassroots and student organizing efforts. This workshop will showcase how to:
· identify issues
· set goals
· identify targets and analyze power relationships
· develop strategy and tactics
· create a road map to win
New and experienced activists, organizers, and advocates are welcome!
Facilitator: Kevin Christensen, AFL-CIO
This event is sponsored by the UC Berkeley Labor Center<http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/> and the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment<http://irle.berkeley.edu/>.
This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Location is wheelchair accessible.
Please register for the event<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/organizers-toolkit-how-to-develop-a-strategic-campaign-tickets-32517418474>.
Dear Community,
We need everyone who can get to Fairfield this Friday come show support for Dejuan Hall.
Dejuan Hall is a 23-year old Black man who was brutally beaten by a Vallejo police officer Spencer Muniz-Bottomley on 3/10/2017. Dejuan Hall is currently held in Solano County jail, charged with battery on police officer.
Please come support!
We will try to find seating near Grant & Hearst. Wear your DSA shirt for easier spotting!
Please register here: http://bit.ly/2muAGBH
By attending a Solidarity Training you will receive training to volunteer your time to document and monitor ICE officials during raids in real-time. The Solidarity Training will cover:
Overview of ICE raids, tactics and strategies
Operation of Migra Watch hotline
Documentation
Rights & Risks of legal observers
Accompaniment overview
The goal is to equip you with the tools and information for you to register with ILM as a legal observer and be ready to respond to ICE raid alerts through our Migra Watch hotline. By monitoring and documenting ICE enforcement we’ll gather probable evidence to fight an individual’s detention.
Migra Watch is a program of the Immigrant Liberation Movement (ILM), which was created by the California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance, East Bay Immigrant Youth Coalition, Faith in Action Bay Area/PICO California, and Pangea Legal Services in the Fall of 2016.
Special March 26 Green Sunday: Emeryville Mayor Scott Donahue Registers Green, and Talks About Local Issues Also, a Report-Back on the March 11-12 State Green Party Meeting
Emeryville Mayor Scott Donahue has decided to register Green at our next Green Sunday, on March 26 – please join us to celebrate! (Note: due to the March 11-12 state Green Party meeting, we will not be holding Green Sunday this month on the second Sunday – instead, it will be held on the 4th Sunday of March).
Four years after graduating art school in Philadelphia, Scott discovered that Emeryville had an abundance of empty warehouse space, and he’s been in Emeryville ever since. He is a co-founder of the Emeryville Artist Cooperative, and is also an avid biker and longtime proponent of bikeability in Emeryville.
Scott was elected to the City Council in 2014, and became Mayor a few months ago. Scott will talk about why he’s decided to register Green, and about local Emeryville issues. In addition, we will also have a report-back about the March 11-12 state Green Party Meeting in Bakersfield, which will be the best-attended state meeting in many years, with Jill Stein being the featured Saturday evening speaker.
*** Please bring your cell phone to make calls, & your charger! ***
This Monday, join Oakland Rising & SF Rising for an Oakland phonebank on the TWO pressing issues of our times: Immigration & Healthcare. Make calls to voters in CA about these two campaigns:
1) Keep ICE out of California, and protect our immigrant families from deportations by pressuring our state leaders to pass the California Values Act (SB54), which would prohibit California law enforcement from collaborating or supporting federal immigration officers. Currently, the CA Sheriffs Association is working with ICE to kill this bill, which would protect immigrant families from the hate-fueled policies of the Trump administration.
2) Keep the pressure on Congress to STOP the repeal of the ACA (Obamacare), which would leave 24 million people without healthcare. Because of national organizing, many House Rep’s have not been able to support Trumpcare without risk of alienating their voter base. We must turn up the heat, and are calling voters in counties outside the bay area to pressure their elected representatives.
Come out anytime between 12PM and 5PM and help protect our communities. We will provide scripts & training.
Can’t make it out but want to help? Follow We Are California’s action toolkit for sample letters and social media content to share with your senators in Sacramento: http://
Agenda:
3. 5:10pm: Open Forum
4. 5:20pm: Presentation and possible action on proposed “Resolution in support of SB 31 (Lara) Religious Freedom Act” (Councilmember McElhaney).
5. 5:30pm: Presentation and possible action on Surveillance Equipment Ordinance Section 8.
6. 5:50pm: Presentation and discussion on data sharing/joint operation agreements with outside entities (Oakland Police Department
We’re seeking answers on 3/27 @5pm, City Hall. “Oakland police pact with ICE questioned” https://t.co/hp11aZF1oR via @eastbaytimes
— Brian Hofer (@b_haddy) March 18, 2017
Tax the Rich Rallies every Monday from 5-6 pm on upper Solano in front of the Oaks Theater and the Chase Bank.
All are welcome!
Also We’ll be at SURJ (Stand Up for Racial Justice) event that starts at the Grand Lake Theater on Saturday April 1st from noon-1 :00 PM.
For our calendar of events, songs to download and more: www.occupella.org.
YOU’RE INVITED!
TOWN HALL @THE CORNERS: RUSSIAGATE, GORSUCH & OTHER ATROCITIES!
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Our movement is growing. In every corner of the country, week after week, we are meeting face to face, with our elected officials, making it clear to Republicans and Democrats alike that collaboration with the Trump administration comes at a steep political price.
Our message to them: Do everything in your power to resist the Trump administration’s attempts to attack our communities and dismantle our democracy or face the power of an energized electorate.
The #ResistTrumpTuesdays movement, started by our friends at Working Families Party, has brought out tens of thousands of people since the inauguration – and has members of Congress shaking in their boots. Will you keep up the pressure and attend an event at your elected official’s local office?
Will you join the event as a part of #ResistTrumpTuesdays?
YES, I’LL BE THERE!
EFF Launches Community Security Training Series
EFF is pleased to announce a series of community security trainings in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library. High-profile data breaches and hard-fought battles against unlawful mass surveillance programs underscore that the public needs practical information about online security. We know more about potential threats each day, but we also know that encryption works and can help thwart digital spying. Lack of knowledge about best practices puts individuals at risk, so EFF will bring lessons from its comprehensive Surveillance Self-Defense guide to the SFPL.
EFF has tailored this series for technology beginners who may be unaware of potential privacy dangers, but already use smart phones or computers. Library patrons are invited to bring their devices to EFF’s introductory classes which include discussions of basic online security concepts and privacy tools. Lisa Wright and Willie Theaker, members of EFF’s TechOps Team, will facilitate Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop followed by Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop. There will be two opportunities to attend each class.
- Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Event details are included in each link to the EFF calendar above. Space is limited and attendance is on a first-come, first-served basis so attendees should prepare to arrive early. We encourage all EFF supporters to help people in their circles learn more about online rights issues and how to keep themselves—and each other— safer.
At the end of April, EFF’s spring Bay Area Members’ Speakeasy will feature a more advanced workshop on email encryption and key generation open to EFF members and their guests—we encourage you to bring a friend! Following the workshop, all EFF members will be invited to join our PGP keysigning party to help bring the community together and further expand the web of trust. If you are a current Bay Area member accepting email, you will receive a personal invitation including event details. Not a member yet? Join today!
With the Surveillance Self-Defense project and these local events, EFF strives to help make information about online security accessible to beginners as well as seasoned techno-activists and journalists. We hope you will consider our tips on how to protect your digital privacy, but we also hope you will encourage those around you to learn more and make better choices with technology. After all, privacy is a team sport and everyone wins.
“POLICING IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE”
Because policing fails to meet people’s needs, and puts people in danger of arrest, imprisonment, and/or even death, we must eliminate connections between policing and healthcare.
Critical Resistance Oakland and The Oakland Power Projects present: The “Know Your Options: Chronic illness” workshop
This workshop is designed to increase people’s understanding of how policing, incarceration and gentrification drive health inequalities manifest as chronic illnesses and to empower folks who live with them to access the care they need with minimal contact with law enforcement. The workshop ends with the problem of substance use and specific training on responding to and reversing drug overdoses.
The “Know Your Options” workshop series aims to increase people’s access to the healthcare they need and to decrease people’s contact with law enforcement. Workshops are facilitated by healthcare workers and community organizers.
Accessibility: Please come fragrance free to this event to minimize fragrance in this space.
As many of you know, the foreclosure crisis claimed over 12,000 homes throughout Oakland since 2006, wiping out generations of wealth built by predominantly people of color & paving the way for outside investors to purchase unprecedented numbers of properties, driving up rents and driving out families.
One of the latest victims of this type of economic violence and racist, predatory lending practices, was Dorothy Debose and her family. Ms. Dorothy, now 76 years old, and the family moved into their home @ 6521 Bancroft Ave in the 1960’s, to one of the few neighborhoods in Oakland at the time where African Americans could actually buy a house. Some 50 years later, amidst historic displacement, Ms. Dubose’s home was taken from her by Wells Fargo and sold to one of the largest investors in Alameda County, Community Fund LLC, owned by Michael Marr.
After a very questionable foreclosure process and aggressive behavior on behalf of the investor, Dorothy and her nephew, Omar Osiris, a long time organizer and participant in the movement, decided to take a stand. The family has decided to not be another victim of displacement and wrongful or illegal behavior and began an occupation of the front portion of their family home last week. Fellow members of ACCE Action supported the family’s right to remain in their home and are working alongside them to see to it they do not get pushed out.
On Wednesday, March 29th, @ 3pm, Ms. Dorothy, the family with the support of ACCE Action will be publicly launching this fight and they need your help. Given the extremely aggressive nature of this particular investor, it is important to have their back and support them as much as possible. We are calling on everyone who believes in long-term families’ right to stay to come out next Wednesday to 6521 Bancroft Ave. in East Oakland, support the family and be part of saying “no” to displacement and the type of race based, economic violence that has pushed so many families from their homes.
The family will be calling on allies, supporters and community to help hold down this action in a number of different ways that we will inform folx about in the coming days. In the meantime, please let us know if you can support the family this coming Wednesday. If not, we ask that you sign up for the rapid response team, in the event of an eviction, or take a shift at the house, holding down this action.
In solidarity,
Omar, Anthony-on staff w/ ACCE & the family
Please join thousands of other Americans to protest and rally against the extreme agenda of President Donald Trump, including his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court. The People’s Filibuster will take place in cities across the US and feature everyday Americans speaking on why they object to the extreme agenda of the President and how the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court would advance that agenda for decades to come.
The City of Oakland is planning to sell and develop key parcels of publicly owned land. Come give your input on how our land should be used!
*we will be providing translation ( Cantonese and Spanish), childcare and food!*