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Sidewalk Stories is a 1989 low-budget, nearly silent movie directed by and starring Charles Lane. This black-and-white feature is about a homeless street artist who becomes the guardian of a small girl after her father is murdered. The film was an homage to Charlie Chaplin’s film The Kid and was a critical favorite. It won several festival awards, including the Prix du Publique at the Cannes Film Festival, where its 12-minute ovation set a new record. Lane also received three nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards: Best Director, Best First Feature and Best Male Lead. On its 25th anniversary in 2014, Sidewalk Stories was digitally remastered and re-screened at the Cannes Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival.
Doors open at 6pm, film starts at 6:30. $5 donation if you can, but we won’t turn you away if you can’t! And the popcorn is always free!
~Sponsored by Liberated Lens~
Join us to fight for a livable wage for all Bay Area workers! We collaborate in principled reflection and action on what the Bay Area livable wage would be and where we are at on the right to a livable wage.
The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds Community and Power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers.
Our work together encompasses:
(1) The concerns of precarious, care and contingent workers,
(2) Campaigns to improve wages for low wage workers, and
(3) Efforts by unionized workers and unions to improve wages and quality of work life.
We share stories and information in an egalitarian and participatory way to build relationships and build the movement.
Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8:00 PM at the SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall, 436 14th Street #200, Oakland, CA
Please love and support one another ~ We have a duty to fight ~ We have a duty to win!
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Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments & social half hour at 7:00 pm,
followed by the films at 7:30 pm, followed by optional discussion after the films.
TRIUMPH OF LIFE Episode 4: WINNING TEAMS, a PBS Nature film
Choreographed Cooperation Life may be a contest in which only the fittest individuals survive, but cooperation has also played a key role in evolution. WINNING TEAMS takes a close look at the alliances that animals have forged — with others of their own kind and very different organisms — in a bid to stay alive. In fact, teamwork occurs everywhere, from flocks of birds and herds of wildebeest to colonies of ants and termites…
Humanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street
Join us on the steps of City Hall to tell Mayor Lee that Chief Suhr must be fired!
Thurs 11am-City Hally-A call to action #JusticeForMarioWoods #MarioWoods https://t.co/dtk1ZzfQ3c … #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/UfVnkksnQv
— ms. leigh (@missleigh09) December 23, 2015
FTP
THE HATEFUL EIGHT: 70MM Filming (2015) Quentin Tarantino Movie
When human rights are under attack, what do we do?
Watch movies, fight back!
We are going to this movie because it’s director was threatened by the police union after speaking up for families who lost loved ones to police murderers. Solidarity with all who have been victims of state-sanctioned violence.
RALLY MON. DEC. 28, 2015, 10 am in SAN FRANCISCO,
AND MAKE PHONE CALLS.
Share the Facebook event and invite your friends!
Joi the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition on Monday, December 28th outside the San Francisco Federal Courthouse for a rally against the so-called “welfare checks” that, since August 2nd, have been waking up men in Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit (SHU, i.e. solitary confinement) every 20-30 minutes.
As of December 28th, these men will have been tortured by being deprived of sleep for 148 days!
Lawyers and CDCr officials will be meeting inside SF Federal Court at 11am. We want to show them that these checks are TORTURE and that they need to STOP NOW!
We know that interrupted sleep can cause serious mental and physical health problems. John R. Martinez, who has been in Pelican Bay SHU for over a decade, …wrote: “there is a reasonable probability that life-threatening injuries and/or even death is inevitable, as medical symptoms are only worsening but not being treated.” CDCR claims the checks are to prevent suicide, but knowing these detrimental effects of sleep deprivation, we’re worried the checks could actually lead to someone committing suicide or developing permanent disabling, and potentially terminal illnesses and conditions.
Other actions you can take (without leaving your home!):
1. Call to advocate for the checks to stop, stating that sleep deprivation is torture. Some offices may require your name, city, and zip code.
CDCR Secretary’s Offfice: 916-323-6001
CDCR Director of Adult Divisions, Kelly Harriington (he): 916-445-7688
Senator Loni Hancock, Chair of the Senaate Public Safety Committee: 916-651-4009
Assembly Member Bill Quuirk, Chair of the Assembly Public Safety Committee: 916-319-2020
2. Forward this information to your networks to make it known widely that this torture may continue unless we, along with allied lawyers, put pressure to stop it!
For more information on how to oppose the checks, call 510-426-5322, email phssreachingout@gmail.com , visit prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com and Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity on Facebook.
Watch and share this video by Liberated Lens from our last emergency protest:
Come out Monday night for Mario Woods Coalition planning meeting 6 pm
Now that there are videos of these killings, it makes it a lot harder for police and authorities to deny what’s happening to the public. And the People won’t allow it. This is a great time to join in and put a stop to police violence against people of color, and the racist system that lets it keep happening.
brown girl dancing present…
UNTANGLED
A cumulative creative project researched by Iris, and performed by her and accompanied dance crew. This performance supports the full decriminalization of sex work and The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (Dec 17th). . The proceeds collected at the Dec 30th event will benefit Bay Area Girls Rock Camp and ESPLER Project Inc’s legal fund for the lawsuit pending in Federal Court. decriminalizesexwork.com
Continuing the tradition…
Serving:
Coffee, tea, instant cocoa and soup!
We are starting the New Year off with love, community, and soul expression! This night will include iinteractive conversations through dance, re-evolutionary hip-hop, and an alter honoring Oscar Grant.
Performances by: Anisah Abdullah, Kanstant Rising, Charity Clay, Banhk the God, Brett Tyler, Stoney Creation and Jada Imani.
Items for the alter are welcome: candles, sage, grains, a letter, crystals, etc.
Be sure to come with an open heart, dancing shoes, and loved ones, as this night calls in prosperity and forward movement!
A pop-up prototype in support of secure sleep, hygienic toileting, and services for San Francisco’s homeless neighbors.
Former San Francisco mayoral candidate Amy Farah Weiss, along with Ken Fisher of RouteHome, will team up with a slew of community organizations to hold the first Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge Showcase event.
The event will feature services for those in need, as well as workshops for those wishing to donate their time. The program will showcase many different ideas for what Weiss calls a people-powered solution to a citywide problem. “We are one group that is working on a solution and we want to set the bar for people to take action around these [homelessness] issues.”
Bay Area rises up in solidarity with Tamir Rice’s family one year after Cleveland police officers killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Please join Black Lives Matter Bay Area, Black Lives Matter and the Last 3 Percent Coalition as we gather in solidarity with the family of Tamir Rice and Black Lives Matter Cleveland, and to uplift all of the families of those we have lost to police violence.
This is a black led ceremony that is centered in Black love, Black healing and Black rage. We invite allies to join us under the direction of our elders.
We support the family’s demands:
1. The immediate termination of Officer Loehmann and Officer Garmback.
2. A Federal Department of Justice investigation of Timothy McGinthy, and his removal as Cuyahoga County prosecutor.
3. A Federal Department of Justice investigation of the shooting and murder of Tamir Rice.
Qilombo is dedicated to supporting our communities and neighbors every day, whether we’re open or closed. It’s that time of year again: It’s Hella cold, Oakland and many of our neighbors are facing this winter outside. Tent cities are a part of Afrikatown until we can build the economic support to enrich us all. So let’s pool our resources to create winter gear kits to help folks better survive the outdoors. See the list we have created, but also think of vital necessities that go under the radar!
The 2-day event (also Jan 3, 10am-6pm) will consist of a fundraising benefit concert and a volunteer driven distribution event to disperse all the collected donation items to the local homeless community. Local business will also have the opportunity to host drop boxes to receive donations leading up to the distribution event. The need for warm-wear items during winter is critical for the homeless community as many die each year from hypothermia and other cold weather related illnesses.
PARTY WITH A PURPOSE!
Local Bay area artists come together to rock out for a good cause. With live performances, dancing and a DJ bay area citizens will be able to “Party with a Purpose”!
The event will also be an opportunity for guests to drop off items or to sign up as a voluteer for the blanket giveaway. Partial proceeds from these events will go towards purchasing distribution items
BLANKET GIVEAWAY!
Our plan is to distribute a Keep Warm Kit as well as a hot beverage and meal into the homeless Community in the Bay area. Every winter we provide essential aid in the demand for warm-wear items during the colder months. This campaign is called “KEEP WARM!” This year as we bring the campaign to the Bay Area we hope, that with your help, at least 300 will have the necessary provisions! Sign up as a volunteer now!
The Peace and Freedom Party presents
Abolish the death penalty
In our formative period, the Peace and Freedom Party joined with the Black Panther Party in the movement to free all political prisoners and abolish the death penalty. We have invited the Founding Chairman of the Black Panthers, Bobby Seale, to discuss this history. We have also invited speakers representing current death row prisoners, including Kevin Cooper in California and Rodney Reed in Texas.
FREE! (Please buy food & drink at the Pub.) FREE!
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.
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.