Calendar

You are invited to the October 5 Privacy Commission meeting, where we will discuss the August 16 ICE Raid in West Oakland. Almost all of the statements made by Chief Kirkpatrick pertaining to the raid are demonstrably FALSE. She has been invited to attend to answer our questions; we’ll see if that happens.

Agenda:

1. 5:00pm: Call to Order, determination of quorum

2. 5:05pm: Review and approval of July 6 meeting minutes

3. 5:10pm: Open Forum

4. 5:15pm: Discussion with Oakland Police Department Chief Kirkpatrick regarding the August 16 ICE raid

5. 5:35pm: Discuss and take possible action on Oakland Police Department Immigration Policy No. 415

6. 5:50pm: Review and take possible action on an ordinance prohibiting City business with vendors that provide services to ICE

7. 6:10pm: Staff status update on Surveillance Equipment Ordinance labor discussions

8. 6:15pm: Staff status update on database review project

9. 6:25pm: Review and discussion of Seattle citywide Privacy Initiative and Privacy Program

Agenda:

1. 5:00pm: Call to Order, determination of quorum

2. 5:05pm: Review and approval of July 6 meeting minutes

3. 5:10pm: Open Forum

4. 5:15pm: Discussion with Oakland Police Department Chief Kirkpatrick regarding the August 16 ICE raid

5. 5:35pm: Discuss and take possible action on Oakland Police Department Immigration Policy No. 415

6. 5:50pm: Review and take possible action on an ordinance prohibiting City business with vendors that provide services to ICE

7. 6:10pm: Staff status update on Surveillance Equipment Ordinance labor discussions

8. 6:15pm: Staff status update on database review project

9. 6:25pm: Review and discussion of Seattle citywide Privacy Initiative and Privacy Program

Learn How to Encrypt Your Phone – expert trainers from the Electronic Frontier Foundation will offer a hands-on, intermediate-level workshop covering mobile encryption apps for voice, text, chat, and full-disk encryption. Bring your phone and bring a friend so you can test out the encryption apps together. Space is limited. Registration is required—please call (510) 238-6931 at least seven days prior to the event. For information, contact Mana Tominaga, Supervising Librarian, at mtominaga@oaklandlibrary.org or (510) 238-6611.

The famous Days in Solidarity with African People national speaking tour, hosted by the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, will kick off its 2017 campaign themed “Unity Through Reparations” in Oakland, CA at the historic Uhuru House at 7911 MacArthur Blvd on October 5th at 6:30pm.

Speakers:

Keynote: Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party.

Featured: Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People’s Solidarity Committee

Featured: Eritha “Akilé” Cainion, Chair of the Committee for Justice for the Three Drowned Black Girls and District 6 City Council candidate in St Petersburg, FL

Featured: Jesse Nevel, Chair of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement and mayoral candidate in St Petersburg, FL

Transition Berkeley and Center for Biological Diversity Present:

Please join us for a screening of “OR7: The Journey.” This inspiring film is about Oregon’s famous wandering gray wolf, OR-7, who made international news after trekking hundreds of miles across Oregon down into Northern California — the first wolf in the Golden State in nearly 90 years. OR-7 is back in Oregon now with a mate; they’ve had pups four years in a row, two of which have traveled to California on their own. Thrillingly, one of them found a mate and formed the Lassen pack right here in California, and had pups of their own this year.

Not sure how OR-7 and other wolves establishing territory here changes the game for wolves and people on the West Coast? The Center for Biological Diversity’s Amaroq Weiss will host a post-screening Q&A to answer questions about the film, share wolf news at the state and federal level, and explain how you can get involved.
Meet and greet at 6:30 pm before the film. Bring healthy vegetarian snack or a refreshment to share if you can. The program begins at 7:00 pm. This event sponsored by: Transition Berkeley, Center for Biological Diversity and the BFUU SJC.

Join a presentation and discusiion with the author of “Turn the Guns Around: Mutinies, Soldier Revolts and Revolutions”, John Catalinotto. He will be with us by Skype, but it will be fully interactive, with plenty of opportunity for discussion and questions.

From a review of the book by El Tee “For young revolutionaries picking up “Turn the Guns Around,” I would encourage us to remember that who we are in this period matters — particularly for LGBTQ youth, youth of color and other oppressed youth. And who we are should make us better at fighting for our class interests, should raise questions of how we organize, and not whether or not to organize.’

“We can only break the chain of command across all sectors of our society through unity and solidarity. Our class is made up of workers and oppressed people globally, of different nationalities, abilities, genders, sexualities and more. The wretched conditions of capitalism bind us together and make our class infinitely stronger and more revolutionary than the bosses who seek to make us inhuman.’

“We have picked up the guns in a different period, but in the legacy of revolutionary struggle no less. There will be unlikely alliances formed; there will be many people coming to consciousness but realizing that they can’t do it on their own; and we must be bold because we know that our vision for a socialist world is not only possible — it is inevitable. Catalinotto’s book tells the stories and the history of what will make it so.”

It’s not necessary to read the book in advance, but if you want, it’s available on Kindle here for $1.99: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Guns-Around-Mutinies-Revolutions/dp/0692813942

We’ll also have copies for sale at the meeting.
The space is wheelchair accessible and we will provide refreshments

March for Justice/ Peace:

Members of the Black & Brown movement from the community of San Francisco have come together to march from San Francisco to Sacramento City Hall on October 6th,2017. This action is taking place to bring awareness to the countless murders by the San Francisco Police Department without any accountability or consequences, we are demanding that Attorney General Xavier Becerra does what District Attorney George Gascon is having such a difficult time doing, while that is him having difficulty in charging the police officers that have taken the lives of our brothers and sisters with murder!

Black & Brown is about empowering ourselves to decide what is it we want for ourselves and our children. Black & Brown is about getting back our voices in an organized way, struggle to educate our community, unite our communities, and fight for right as a Black & Brown community with dignity and respect. We invite you to join the movement to build a better world for ourselves and our children!

We have 9 confirmed marchers:

Maria Christina Gutierrez aka “Mama Christina”, 67.
Nancy Scott-Cayce, 59.
Victor Picazo, 47.
Ilyich Sato aka “Equipto”, 43.
Ike Ali Pinkston, 43.
Christian L. Ceron, 28.
Larry Dorsey Jr., 26.
Mike Evans Jr, 22.
Michael Chapman Jr, 16.

It is a 14-day march, with 95 miles.

They will be stopping and going through 11 different cities:

– Mill Valley ~ 10/6
– San Rafael ~ 10/7
– Petaluma ~ 10/8
– Novato ~ 10/9
– Sonoma ~ 10/10
– Napa ~ 10/11
– Fairfield ~ 10/12
– Vacaville ~ 10/13-14
– Dixon ~ 10/15
– Davis ~ 10/16-17
– Sacramento 10/18

Join us at the Press Conference to kick off the March!

For any questions, comments, concerns, press questions, or endorsements please contact:

Michael James Chapman Jr

Email: info@marchforjusticesf.org
Phone:510.449.3655

Now Is The Time Healthcare for Everybody.

With the future of the Affordable Care Act in serious doubt, millions may lose their health insurance. Medicare and Medi-Cal are under attack. This documentary explains what single payer healthcare is and how it saves money. It shows what behind-the-scenes heroes are doing to clear the fog of misperceptions that has kept us from moving forward.

Q&A and Discussion about State Senate Bill 562,The Healthy California Act (Lara/Atkins).

The Peace and Freedom Party presents
U.S. Imperialism over Latin America
Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and where next?
WE’RE GONNA FREE THE
SHIT OUT OF YOU!

We haven’t finalized our speakers yet, but we expect an informative and
provocative forum, with our usual good food and drink, and good company.

This is part of our on-going Socialist Forum Series on the first Saturday of every
month. Doors open at 2 pm and the program will start promptly at 2:30 pm. The
forum will end by 4:30 pm, but folks can stay and talk as long as you like. Speaker’s
affiliations are listed for identification only. The opinions expressed do not reflect
the official views of the Peace and Freedom Party.
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The Peace and Freedom Party, born from the civil rights and
anti-war movements of the 1960s, is committed to socialism,
democracy, ecology, feminism, racial equality, and internationalism.
www.peaceandfreedom.org

Help unite the environmental and peace movements! Gar Smith’s new book examines Permawar (the culture of war), Terracide (war’s impacts on nature), and Ecolibrium (paths to a world in balance with nature). With essays by Daniel Ellsberg, Medea Benjamin, Jerry Mander, Helen Caldicott and others. Select readings by special guests, followed by a Q&A.
Sponsored by BFUU’s Social Justice Committee.

Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to survivors and victims of violence and police terror in Oakland.

“Remember the saying: ‘Of all pilgrimages the greatest is to relieve the sorrow-laden heart.'” ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

The Baha’i community of Oakland is organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing.

Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us. Simple breakfast will be served.

“Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” ~ Bahá’u’lláh

Oakland District 1 Single Payer Canvass

RSVP for Location https://tinyurl.com/ya3645d6

Join us in North Oakland for a single-payer canvass, Sunday, October 8th from 1-5pm. The day will include lunch, a training on how to canvass, one-on-one practice time, and canvassing in the neighborhood!

Peter S. Arno, PhD, one of the leading researchers for the University of Massachusetts-Amherst PERI team will speak about SB 562 and the Sanders Medicare for all bill, and the financing of each.

Dr. Arno is an economist and Senior Fellow and Director of Health Policy Research at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a Senior Fellow at the National Academy of Social Insurance. He recently served on the Board of Directors of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare Foundation from 2013 to 2017. Dr. Arno received his doctorate in economics at the New School for Social Research and was a Pew Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Institute for Health and Aging at UCSF and a Scholar of the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

Sponsors: HCA – Contra Costa County, AFSCME local 2700, East Bay Single Payer Coalition

GAR SMITH explores the business of war: the environmental and social consequences of war. The War and Environment Reader spotlights the damage military violence inflicts on regional and global ecosystems.  The Reader anthology features a wide array of global perspectives, including Medea Benjamin, Helen Caldicott, Daniel Ellsberg, Winona LaDuke, Jerry Mander, Dr. Jane Goodall, Koohan Paik, Vandana Shiva, David Swanson, and Jody Williams.

Gar Smith is editor emeritus of Earth Island Journal, a veteran of Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement, a Project Censored award-winning investigative reporter, and the author of Nuclear Roulette: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Energy Source on Earth (Chelsea Green, 2012).

Breakout Groups
We were thrilled by your enthusiasm in Breakout Groups at Green Sundays a few months ago. To grow that energy, we’re having Breakout Groups starting around 6:45 at the beginning of the County Council meetings after the 15 minute potluck refreshment break that follows our Green Sunday programs. Which group will you roll with?  (County Councilor Brett Dixon will organize the groups this Sunday.)
1. ELECTIONS (including endorsements, campaigning, ballot drives, voter guide)
2. More CONVERSATION re Militarism and the Environment, AND Green Party ORIENTATION
3. OUTREACH (recruiting, social events, networking with other groups)
4. TECH (website, social media, newsletter, recording/broadcasting our events)
5. OPERATIONS (including Green Sunday plans, fundraising, working with state and national Green Party)

Bay Area people! Existence is Resistance is having a report back from Palestine tonight in Oakland. Check out more: https://t.co/1hGocKiQQy pic.twitter.com/tT2pwBUPpz

— Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) October 7, 2017

Sing songs with Ocupella and hold signs, use a sign created by Tax the Rich or create your own on the GOP-Trump tax plan.

Just a few weeks shy of the October 10 hearing, the Trump administration announced its third iteration of the Muslim Ban. Three new nations were added to the list of countries facing restrictions—Chad, North Korea and Venezuela—and one country, Sudan, was removed from the list. In light of this development, the Supreme Court removed oral arguments from its calendar and asked for additional briefing from the parties.

The Muslim and refugee bans are discriminatory, unconstitutional and inhumane in the same vein as the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Japanese American incarceration, and special registration after 9/11.

The addition of non-Muslim majority countries to the ban, namely North Korea and Venezuela, does not negate its inherent anti-Muslim intent.

It also affirms the white supremacist, exclusionary policies of the Trump administration that discriminate on the basis of faith, national origin, and immigration status. We must remember history and raise our voices. Join us in declaring No. Muslim. Ban. Ever.

Regardless of what happens in the courtroom, we encourage communities to join us on October 9th at Civic Center Plaza in SF, to band together against Trump’s Muslim Bans and their impact on our communities.

Please join us for an evening vigil, to uplift the voices of those most impacted. Speakers from the original 6 impacted countries, refugees, and allies, and poetry and music from ASWAT Bay Area Arabic Music Ensemble. We also hope to include and uplift the voices of those impacted by Trump’s newest Ban, Chad, North Korea and Venezuela.

Join us in standing up for our communities and against racist laws. Let’s band together to tell the Supreme Court that we are against the Muslim and Refugee Bans.

Over the months leading up to the election, Donald Trump attacked brown and black immigrant communities with xenophobic rhetoric. Not even a week into his presidency, he began making good on his campaign promise of “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims and refugees entering the United States” by instituting his Muslim Ban. With our communities continuously under attack, with the cancellation of DACA, the building of the wall, the massive increase of deportations, the bolstering of policing and militarization, the looming deadline of TPS, the reexpansion of wars abroad and now Trump’s newest ban and the lowering of the refugee cap, we must continue to stand up and speak out against this administration’s violence.

We WILL NOT be silent against white supremacy and Islamophobia.
WE WILL stand up in solidarity for all our communities in the face of any and all discriminatory policies.

Bring your friends and family and join Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, CAIR Bay Area 23rd Annual Banquet and NIAC at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza on October 9th, the day before the oral arguments, where we will come together as a community and hear from those most impacted.

PLEASE click the “GOING” button if you will come, and come back often for updates.

To endorse the event please follow this link:
https://goo.gl/forms/wo4Iar8ws6UMvSiq1

Our sponsors so far!:

Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church – Oakland
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC)
Media Alliance
VietUnity (East Bay)
Islamophobia Studies Center
Asian Women’s Shelter
Mayor of the City of Oakland, California
Oakland Privacy
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
Nikkei Resisters
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
Yemeni Alliance Committee
Workers World Party National Conference
Resource Generation (Bay Area)
API Equality – Northern California
California Immigrant Policy Center
Tule Lake Committee
California Faculty Association San Francisco State University Chapter
The Greenlining Institute
Jewish Voice for Peace Bay Area
ASATA – Alliance of South Asians Taking Action
Jobs with Justice San Francisco
Silicon Valley Japanese American Citizen League
San Francisco Living Wage Coalition
Bay Resistance
FemSex
Students for Justice in Palestine at SJSU
Af3irm SF/Bay Area
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) (Berkeley)
Northern California Islamic Council
Islamophobia Studies Center
Acudir- Alameda County United in Defense of Immigrant Rights
African Advocacy Network (AAN)
TriValley Cultural Jews
Women’s March San Francisco
Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center
Asian Law Alliance
Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice
Episcopal Priest
Courage Campaign
Santa Cruz Muslim Solidarity Group
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
Indivisible San Francisco
Women’s March Bay Area
Chinese Progressive Association
Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA)
Friends of Sabeel North America FOSNA
ACLU of Northern California (Santa Clara Valley Chapter)
Ecumenical Peace Institute
Together We Will – San José
Anakbayan East Bay
The North Peninsula Chapter of the ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NP)
California Immigrant and Religious Community Protection Coalition
Dolores Street Community Services
BAYAN USA Northern California
GABRIELA SF
South Bay Jewish Voice for Peace
International Socialist Organization – Northern California
ANSWER Coalition – SF
Somos Mayfair
Green Party of Alameda County

Join us in standing up for our communities and against discrimination and injustice. Let’s band together to tell the Supreme Court that we are against the Muslim and Refugee Bans.

The months leading up to the election Donald Trump attacked brown and black immigrant communities with xenophobic rhetoric. Not even a week into his presidency, he began making good on his campaign promise of “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims and refugees entering the United States” by instituting his Muslim Ban. We have seen over the last months, 4th and 9th circuit court’s rule the bans unconstitutional. Now, its fate lies in the hands of the Supreme Court of the United States. With our communities continuously under attack, with the cancellation of DACA, the building of the wall, the massive increase of deportations, the looming deadline of TPS, and the reexpansion of wars abroad, we must continue to stand up and speak out against this administration’s violent policies.

On October 10th, SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in the Muslim Ban case. This is an important moment—win or lose—that will set a major legal, political, and moral precedent. We believe it is critical that there be a strong, loud, mass mobilization that sends a message to the Justices and to this Administration: Muslim communities are organized, and our allies have our backs.

We WILL NOT be silent against white supremacy and Islamophobia, and WE WILL stand up in solidarity for all our communities in the face of any and all discriminatory policies.

Please join us for an evening vigil, to uplift the voices of those most impacted. ASWAT Bay Area Arabic Music Ensemble, speakers from the 6 impacted countries, refugees, and allies will speak, read poetry and sing in solidarity.

Bring your friends and family and join
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus
AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center
Black Alliance for Just Immigration
CAIR – San Francisco Bay Area
and NIAC

at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza
on October 9th,
the day before the oral arguments,
where we will come together as a community and hear from those most impacted.

PLEASE click the “GOING” button if you will come, and come back often for updates.

To endorse the event please follow this link:
https://goo.gl/forms/wo4Iar8ws6UMvSiq1

Our sponsors so far!:

Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church
Media Alliance
VietUnity – East Bay
Islamophobia Studies Center and Islamophobia Studies Journal
Asian Women’s Shelter
Yemeni Alliance Committee