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**Event is family friendly (kids of all ages welcome to attend with their parent(s) or guardian).
**Coffee/tea and continental breakfast will be served for volunteers.
**Venue is wheelchair and disability accessible.
LOGISTICS: Meeting at 7 AM to assemble the lunches/hygiene kits. Will form into teams. Head out by 9:30 AM in caravans lead by trained ambassadors to distribute the lunches/hygiene kits to the encampments, vulnerable/persons in need across Oakland. We will conclude by 11 AM.
For questions, concerns and large donation opportunities email The East Oakland Collective’s Community Engagement Officer, Nick Houston at nick@eastoaklandcollective.com.
RSVP: bit.ly/feedthehood4
The people have spoken. The need is great. Join us for another opportunity to Feed the Hood! We are excited to host #FeedTheHood4 in collaboration with Fam 1st Family Foundation.
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DONATION OPTIONS: We’re asking that everyone contribute in one of the below ways to meet the goal of distributing to 2,000 homeless, unsheltered and needy across Oakland.
<<FOOD>>
Note: we encourage purchases to be as organic, nitrate free, non-GMO, etc. as feasibly possible.
We encourage participants to bring a “full lunch package.” A FULL lunch package consists of all of the items and quantities below and costs no more than $20-25 (max recommended spending). We encourage cost effective shopping at FoodMaxx, Foods Co, Grocery Outlet, Pak ‘n Save; Bimbo Bread in San Leandro (for wholesale bread); or if you are feeling generous and want to purchase bulk items, Costco.
2 loaves of bread
2 packages of lunch/deli meat
1 bag of sandwich lettuce
1 package of cheese
1 case of water
1 package of boxed drinks
1 bag of fruit
1 box of granola bars
1 bag of variety chips
* Special items needed in bulk: mustard, mayo
* For the pets: dry dog food (portions pre-bagged in sandwich or quart sized plastic bags)
AND/OR
<<HYGIENE KITS>>
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste (travel/mini size)
Mouthwash (travel/mini size)
Socks
Soap
Lotion (travel/mini size)
Deodorant
Feminine Hygiene Products (especially tampons)
Hand sanitizer (mini/small bottles)
Bandaids
Condoms
Dry Laundry Detergent (1 cup portions pre-bagged in sandwich or quart sized bags)
Toilet Tissue Rolls (individual rolls)
Baby Wipes (travel size or divided/pre-bagged in sandwich bags)
Bleach/disinfectant wipes
New underwear (men/women)
* Additional items in high request by homeless populations: trash bags, hand warmers
OR
<<MONETARY DONATION>>
Make a monetary donation so we can purchase food/hygiene kit supplies.
– Tax deductible donation to bit.ly/supportEOC (put “feed the hood” in the memo line)
– Paypal to kandace.e@gmail.com (not tax deductible)
For questions, volunteer and partnership opportunities, please email The East Oakland Collective’s Community Engagement Officer, Nick Houston at nick@eastoaklandcollective
Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson, in conversation with Majari Smith of Cooperation Richmond, and Jackie Byers of Black Organizing Project.
Sponsored by Center for Political Education, Ebase and Santa Cruz DSA.
Don’t want to watch millionaires bash each other’s heads in between billiionaires trying to convince you to buy their overpriced and tasteless beer?
Want to discuss some of the local activist and political goings on in the East Bay instead?
Come to the Occupy Oakland General Assembly instead!
…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…
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 t
end 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
- Welcome & Introductions
- Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
- Announcements
- (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
**Join Jews and interfaith partners for noontime vigils in front of the San Francisco Immigration & Customs Enforcement offices (ICE) to stand with the immigrant community and stand for the urgency of a clean Dream Act.***
The interfaith vigils will include singing and chanting and the opportunity to take an action (e.g. make a phone call to a decisionmaker) and learn about ongoing actions to take in support of the Dream Act and immigrant justice.
In mid-January, Jews from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for Let My People Stay, a historic Jewish civil disobedience in support of a clean #DreamActNow. Inspired by this powerful action, hundreds of Bay Area Jews and allies gathered on Friday January 26 to rally in support of immigrant communities. Across the country, immigrant communities are leading a powerful movement demanding a solution for Dreamers, dignity and permanent protections – for Dreamers and all undocumented people.
Rumors that ICE is planning a large-scale immigration sweep to punish California for its statewide protections are increasing the climate of fear and isolation for many, with people reporting missing school, medical appointments, and participation in public life. As Jews, we have seen what happens when those in power scapegoat vulnerable communities, and we refuse to be silent.
February 8 is the current deadline to demonstrate the urgency of a solution for Dreamers as part of the Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government.
Join us as we say #LetMyPeopleStay.
Sponsored by: Bend the Arc Jewish Action, Faith in Action Bay Area, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
STOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS
at ICE immigration holding center (deportations)
Mondays and Wednesdays 4 – 6 pm
Let’s build a permanent presence at I.C.E. to stop the deportations.
Bring signs, Spread widely.
Join us this–and every Monday for an hour of singing in front of the old Oaks Theater at the top of Solano Avenue, Berkeley. Demonstrators have kept this rally going for over six years with their “Tax the Rich” and other timely signs and good spirits. We provide music; songbooks available. Come for a song, come for an hour.
Come help make the Public Bank of Oakland a reality.
The feasibility study, currently underway. is due to the City of Oakland by the end of March.
agenda:
Reportbacks (25 min)
- Feasibility study changes/role of governance committee
- FoPB Focus group
- Governance
General news (10 min)
1. John Chiang California task force
2. Michigan developments
Repeating items (25 min)
- Treasurer’s report/budgeting and meeting place issues
- introductions of new attendees
- overview of public banking for new attendees
- set next meeting time and place
Upcoming (20 min)
- First Presbyterian Church
- Student debt forum
- Potential community group meetings
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
Immigration Crisis in the Bay AreaMeeting, Discussion and Planning
with Gayle McLaughlin and All Groups Working
to Stop Deportations
We are witnessing a most serious threat to our immigrant communities.But it is important to realize that the attacks on immigrants have aroused widespread, diverse and potentially powerful opposition. Included are immigrant groups themselves, activist groups, churches and faith groups, labor unions, lawyers, and some progressive, especially local, politicians.
Gayle McLaughlin is the former two-term mayor of Richmond, CA, Richmond’s first corporate-free elected official, and a co-founder of the Richmond Progressive Alliance. As Mayor, Gayle led Richmond to significant transformation into a progressive City establishing rent control, increasing minimum wage, forcing Chevron to pay over $100 million in taxes, reducing homicides, preventing foreclosures, and promoting green energy. She is currently running for Lt. Governor to seize this moment for real, people-focused change. Gayle will speak to us about her campaign and the RPA model, and then focus on her position in support of defending immigrant rights, and how we need to mobilize to address the crisis at hand.
Groups are working to establish a presence at ICE at 630 Sansome from 4 – 6 pm every weekday. We are devoting our Monday OccupyForums to this issue and beginning to hold meetings for the Immigrant community and their supporters. This Monday will include our first meeting of groups working to stop deportations. With our different tactics and strategies, we’ll discuss how we can offer each other support and unification to stop ICE.
Announcements will follow.
Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month.
Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186
The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a
grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to stopping police brutality.
In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that day the ILWU shut down the Bay Area ports in solidarity. Our mission is to educate, organize and mobilize people against police and state repression. Sisters and brothers! The Oscar Grant Committee invites you to join us in this vital struggle.
We meet on the 1st Monday of each month
You can join our discussion list by sending a blank (doesn’t even need a subject) email to
oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
**Join Jews and interfaith partners for noontime vigils in front of the San Francisco Immigration & Customs Enforcement offices (ICE) to stand with the immigrant community and stand for the urgency of a clean Dream Act.***
The interfaith vigils will include singing and chanting and the opportunity to take an action (e.g. make a phone call to a decisionmaker) and learn about ongoing actions to take in support of the Dream Act and immigrant justice.
In mid-January, Jews from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for Let My People Stay, a historic Jewish civil disobedience in support of a clean #DreamActNow. Inspired by this powerful action, hundreds of Bay Area Jews and allies gathered on Friday January 26 to rally in support of immigrant communities. Across the country, immigrant communities are leading a powerful movement demanding a solution for Dreamers, dignity and permanent protections – for Dreamers and all undocumented people.
Rumors that ICE is planning a large-scale immigration sweep to punish California for its statewide protections are increasing the climate of fear and isolation for many, with people reporting missing school, medical appointments, and participation in public life. As Jews, we have seen what happens when those in power scapegoat vulnerable communities, and we refuse to be silent.
February 8 is the current deadline to demonstrate the urgency of a solution for Dreamers as part of the Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government.
Join us as we say #LetMyPeopleStay.
Sponsored by: Bend the Arc Jewish Action, Faith in Action Bay Area, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Join us for one of several webinars and in-person trainings on critical civil liberties issues facing our state and the nation:
- Voting Rights: Tuesday, Jan. 16, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
- California has one of the lowest rates of voter registration and voter turn-out in the country. 2018 is a critical year for ballot measures, local elections like the DA races, and of course, changing who holds the keys to power. In this webinar, we’ll give you the resources you need to get all eligible California voters to the polls, starting now!
- Reproductive Justice & Sex Education: Tuesday, Jan. 23, 6 to 7 p.m.
- We’re in a critical moment. Sexual harassment and abuse is being both challenged and normalized. Discrimination against LGBTQ people is on the rise. Here in California, we have the power to make a change. Our schools are required to teach sex ed that addresses healthy relationships and consent and that challenges stereotypes about gender and sexual orientation. But many school districts need extra encouragement to provide the required instruction. They need to hear from you. In this webinar, you will learn how to be a parent advocate for sex education in your district.
- Criminal Justice Reform: Tuesday, Feb. 6, 6 to 7 p.m.
- Right now, a powerful coalition of conservative law enforcement is targeting California mayors and city councils with a cynical misinformation campaign. Their goal is to increase support for mass incarceration and roll back the clock on criminal justice reform. We need you to counter their lies with the truth. In this webinar, we’ll set you up with the skills you need to advocate for local initiatives that truly promote public safety and healthy communities.
ACLU Trainings for Change Makers
Start your year off right by learning how you can get involved in on-the-ground campaigns to make 2018 a visionary year!
Webinars (free)
� Voting Rights, Jan. 16
� Reproductive Justice, Jan. 23
� Criminal Justice Reform, Feb. 6
In-person trainings (free)
� San Francisco, Jan. 27
� Sacramento, Jan. 28
� San Jose, Feb. 3
� Fresno, Feb. 10
- Learn how to verify ICE activity.
- Learn how to be a legal observer in our to protect our communities from ICE.
- Learn what to do when encountering law enforcement.
The Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage is meeting in Sacramento on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. It’s crucial that we demonstrate that Californians are READY for Single-Payer and that S.B. 562 is the bill to get it done—the legislature simply needs to start moving it.
STOP THE DELAY!
NOW IS THE TIME TO
GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE
TO ALL CALIFORNIANS!
Please RSVP for lunch & Buses here: http://bit.ly/febhealthhearing.
OAKLAND/BERKELEY ( ADA ) 50 Passenger
• STOP 1: Departs @ 6:50 am from CNA Headquarters, 250 22nd Street, Oakland CA
• STOP 2: Departs @ 7:20 am from Ed Roberts Campus across from Ashby Bart, 3075 Adeline St, Berkeley CA
www.HealthyCA.org
info@HealthyCaliforniaAct.org
CampaignForAHealthyCalifornia
@4HealthyCA
#HealthyCA #SB562
At a peaceful protest honoring the 50th Anniversary of low-wage African American workers and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marching together to fight racial injustice and affirm the dignity of all labor, the University of California deployed police tactics more befitting of the Jim Crow South–unjustly assaulting a 51 year-old African American UC Berkeley employee named David Cole.
Sign the petition and join us at California Hall on UC Berkeley’s campus to rally and demand that the charges against David Cole be dropped, a full and fair remedy for unjust actions taken and injuries sustained be granted, the officers involved be suspended pending an independent investigation of the incident, and that UC implement system-wide police reforms to protect the rights of all students and workers engaged in non-violent protest.
Sign the petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/support-david-cole-and-stop-uc-berkeley-police-brutality
**Join Jews and interfaith partners for noontime vigils in front of the San Francisco Immigration & Customs Enforcement offices (ICE) to stand with the immigrant community and stand for the urgency of a clean Dream Act.***
The interfaith vigils will include singing and chanting and the opportunity to take an action (e.g. make a phone call to a decisionmaker) and learn about ongoing actions to take in support of the Dream Act and immigrant justice.
In mid-January, Jews from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for Let My People Stay, a historic Jewish civil disobedience in support of a clean #DreamActNow. Inspired by this powerful action, hundreds of Bay Area Jews and allies gathered on Friday January 26 to rally in support of immigrant communities. Across the country, immigrant communities are leading a powerful movement demanding a solution for Dreamers, dignity and permanent protections – for Dreamers and all undocumented people.
Rumors that ICE is planning a large-scale immigration sweep to punish California for its statewide protections are increasing the climate of fear and isolation for many, with people reporting missing school, medical appointments, and participation in public life. As Jews, we have seen what happens when those in power scapegoat vulnerable communities, and we refuse to be silent.
February 8 is the current deadline to demonstrate the urgency of a solution for Dreamers as part of the Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government.
Join us as we say #LetMyPeopleStay.
Sponsored by: Bend the Arc Jewish Action, Faith in Action Bay Area, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
STOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS
at ICE immigration holding center (deportations)
Mondays and Wednesdays 4 – 6 pm
Let’s build a permanent presence at I.C.E. to stop the deportations.
Bring signs, Spread widely.
Save the date and join us for the first member meeting of 2018! Not a member? Not a problem! This meeting is open to everyone so join us, bring a friend, make a friend, and learn more about the Ella Baker Center. See you there.
we organize with Black, Brown, and low-income people to shift resources away from prisons and punishment, and towards opportunities that make our communities safe, healthy, and strong.
A THIN WALL
A documentary by filmmaker, writer, artist and social activist
MARA AHMED
A THIN WALL is a documentary about memory, history and the possibility of reconciliation. It focuses on the Partition of India in 1947, but derives lessons that remain urgently relevant today. The film is shot on both sides of the border, in India and Pakistan. The film is written and directed by Mara Ahmed and co-produced by Surbhi Dewan. Both filmmakers are descendants of families torn apart by partition.
Doors Open: 7pm
Film: 7:15pm
Free and Open to the Public
Film Screening will be followed by Q & A with Mara Ahmed
Presented in conjunction with
‘This Heirloom’ A Graphic Collage Exhibition
Opening Reception – February 7, 2018
6:30pm Free and Open to the Public
EXHIBITION DATES: February 7 – April 26, 2018
The U.S. loves guns. From Daniel Boone and Jesse James to the NRA and Seal Team 6, gun culture has colored the lore, shaped the law, and protected the market that arms the nation, and the world. In Loaded, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz peels away the sacred myths of Americans’ “right to bear arms” to expose the true origins of the Second Amendment, specifically, the connection between the arming of the earliest Anglo settlers, modern-day policing, and the persistence of white supremacy as a political force. From the nation’s origins in slavery and colonization to today’s right wing “gun lobby,” Loaded presents a U.S. history of firearms that will be invaluable for anyone interested in understanding the interconnected histories of racism and gun violence in the United States.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, the daughter of a tenant farmer and part-Indian mother. She is the author of many books, including Outlaw Woman, a memoir of her time in an armed underground group, Red Dirt: Growing up Okie, and Blood On the Borderd: A Memoir of the Contra War, and the recent, widely acclaimed An Indigenous People’s History of the United States.
Presented by KPFA Radio 94.1FM
Host Joanna Manqueros worked as a therapist at Kaiser Hospital, where she has been co-chair of the Diversity Committee in Psychiatry for many years. In addition, she has been a host of KPFA’s Music of the World since 2005.
advance tickets: $12, 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $15 door, KPFA benefit more info: kpfa.org/events, wheelchair access
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/320…