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Rabi’a Keeble, former OO participant, will present on proposed legislation to increase Oakland’s minimum wage to $20, to establish fair scheduling standards, and an office of labor standards enforcement for the City of Oakland. We believe under this presidential administration the best defense is a strong offense. We’ve got the Dubs, why can’t we have the country’s highest minimum wage? -:)
This legislation was drafted at the request of the Oakland Livable Wage Assembly. We will seek your advice and support for the necessary mobilization(s) to secure enactment we hope in 2017.
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The sudo room five minutes of fame is a social event where a bunch of folks meet up and munch on snacks while some folks make short 5 minute presentations about projects they’re working on or things they care about.
This type of event is blatantly stolen^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hheavily inspired by the noisebridge 5MoF events.
People are encouraged to bring snacks/food/drinks.
Schedule[edit]
These events happen every first Wednesday of the month at sudo room!
Email info@sudoroom.org or the sudo room mailing list to claim a slot for your project. All we need is the title of your presentation and a way to contact you.
10 minutes are allocated to each 5MoF presentation which includes 5 minutes for the presentation, time for questions and time for the next person to get their computer hooked up.
7 pm: People shuffle in, snack on food and get settled
7:30 pm: 1st 5MoF presentation
7:40 pm: 2nd 5MoF presentation
7:50 pm: 3rd 5MoF presentation
8:00 pm: 10 minute break (announced as a 5 minute break so we actually stay on time)
8:10 pm: Three-minute explanation of sudo room and the Omni. Donation hat passed around. New members encouraged to sign up right then and there.
8:12 pm: 10x 30 second announcements (no computer hookup allowed, no need to book these in advance)
8:20 pm: 4th 5MoF presentation
8:30 pm: 5th 5MoF presentation
8:40 pm: 6th 5MoF presentation
8:50 pm: Announce https://pad.riseup/p/sudoride for letting people ride-share back home.
8:51 pm: Social hangouts and tour of omni for new folk.
10:00 pm: Cleanup of food, chairs, etc. and moving folks to sudo room for continued hacking/socializing.
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/5MoF
Please join EFF’s Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversation with Alexander Macgillivray and Nicole Wong, both former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officers under President Obama who also worked as legal counsel inside Google and Twitter. The panel will discuss the development of the Obama administration’s policies on the Internet, intellectual property, and technology and privacy, as well as the costs and benefits of going “inside” the White House. Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in a robust Q&A session.
All are welcome to attend this free event so feel free to bring a guest! Space is limited, so please RSVP to reserve your spot. Drinks and light snacks will be served.
Hope to see you there!
How do our eating habits affect climate change? Transition Berkeley invites you to view COWSPIRACY: THE SUSTAINABILITY SECRET a ground breaking documentary that takes a sobering look at a destructive industry that is threatening the health of our planet. The film documents this industry’s impact on species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution and more. Learn how we can be part of the solution.
Before the film our special guest, attorney Jeff Pierce with the Animal Legal Defense Fund, will talk about efforts to combat the environmental harms of industrial animal agriculture, and highlight ways our individual choice to consume fewer animal products can help solve the problem. He’ll also discuss policy changes that can be implemented at the local level to address the impacts of animal agriculture on the environment.
After we watch COWSPIRACY we’ll have a time for discussion and planning local actions. Please bring vegan snacks to share for the social gathering at 6:30. The program begins at 7pm.
This event is co-sponsored by Transition Berkeley and BFUU’s Social Justice Ctee.
Wheelchair accessible.
Thinking outward and giving our time to others!
Acts 20:35 “In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
With everything that’s been going on this month (politically, socially, and emotionally) it’s time to fill Berkeley with the love of Christ. It’s time to put the church at the forefront for healing and reconciliation.
Friday: donation collection on Sproul Plaza! 12pm-3pm
Satuday: 10:30am- 2pm / sandwich prep and distribution
Join, Join, Join.
If you cannot offer your time but would still like to help you can donate materials or ingredients OR just pray that God would use this to bless the people of Berkeley.
East Bay DSA is proud to present: NOW IS THE TIME
Join us on March Fifth and learn more about the fight to make single payer healthcare a reality!
Through interviews, animations and exposé, this new documentary film tells the story of the drama, struggle, and success of the movement towards healthcare equity.
Aftwards, the filmmakers Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg will answer questions about the film and the state of healthcare in the United States.
Sponsors:
East Bay Democratic Socialists of America (EBDSA)
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
Therapists for Single Payer (TSP)
Escuela Comunitaria presents:
This dialogue in the Latino community will be an evening of telling our stories, and the first showing of the new film ‘Where the Guns Go’, a documentary on U.S. weapons and testimonies of victims of organized crime and the drug war in Mexico.
Organizado por Oakland Sin Fronteras, American Friends Service Committee, Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales, 67 Suenos, Encinal.
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
“VJ Burma”
Film Presentation and Short Talk
by Ethan Davidson
As our country seems to lurch closer and closer to extreme authoritarianism, it is useful to learn
about how other people have successfully resisted extreme authoritarian government. The Saffron Revolution in Burma, and its video journalists, is one such example. In 2007, five years before Occupy, the people of Burma spontaneously organized a large mass resistance in a nation ruled by a brutal military government. It was not the first such rebellion. Students, dissidents, rural ethnic minorities, and Buddhist monastics had resisted before. But they had always been put down by brute force, leaving most things unchanged. Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the democratically-elected leader, had been denied power and held under extended house arrest on and off for two decades.
In 2007, when a large mass resistance broke out, a dilemma had to be confronted. The media was totally state-controlled, and foreign journalists were not permitted in, so whatever happened was known only to those who had seen it. In response, a group of independent video journalists taped
the uprising and the response as it happened, at the risk of their lives, and others smuggled the footage into Thailand, and from there to the global media.
The uprising really caught fire when the Buddhist monks started participating. Burma is a
Buddhist nation, and its monks are highly respected. But in the past, those monastics who had resisted the government had been killed, while those who did not were given good food and beautiful, comfortable buildings. The generals who ruled Burma loved to be photographed giving food to monks, and these pictures were posted all over the state media.
Traditionally, Buddhist monks eat by going silently from house to house with begging bowls and eating anything that was put in them. While this custom had been modified, the symbolism of the begging bowl was still a potent one. All the monks had to do was to march in public with their begging bowls turned upside down, symbolizing their refusal to take food from a corrupt or harmful source. No words or banners were needed. The meaning was understood by all.
At its peak, demonstrations were estimated at up to fifty thousand people. Inevitably, another government crackdown followed, and the film ends on a grim note. Yet change followed rapidly. The generals lost much of their power, and Aung Sand Suu Ki was released. She ran for the nation’s highest office again, and won by a landslide.
The movie is comprised completely of videos taking by the Video Journalists, and includes footage of highly dangerous situations that one rarely has a chance to see.
Come and see how resistance can be successful, even in the most desperate situations.
Time will be allotted for announcements.
Donations to Occupy Forum to cover costs are encouraged; no one turned away!
Tthe suggested theme is “Congress: Tell Sessions to Resign Now!”—join members of MoveOn, the Working Families Party, Democracy for America, Public Citizen, and other allies as we deliver this message!
This noon time rally is our part in a National Day of Action. We will represent the Bay Area for Res…
#ResistTrumpTuesdays:
WHAT: Rally to tell CONGRESS: jEFF Sessions MUST Resign now!
Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath about conversations with Russian officials during the campaign. His recusal is not enough. He cannot uphold the law if he can’t follow the law. Sessions must resign, and we need an independent investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia.
Together, we’ll make sure members of Congress see impassioned crowds on Tuesday and hear our calls to fire Sessions. We’ll also make it clear that Trump’s second Muslim Ban, just released today, is as bad as his first, and must go. Join the next #ResistTrumpTuesdays event near you.
Will you join the rally tomorrow to tell your member of Congress to “Tell Sessions to resign now” as a part of #ResistTrumpTuesdays?
YES, I’LL BE THERE!
The idea for the women’s strike actually didn’t originate in the United States, but it is a call in solidarity with women’s organizations from 30 different countries who put out a call for a strike on International Women’s Day, March 8. This is our effort at trying to explain why it was important that American feminists sign onto this call … in this country, part of our intention is to bring politics back to International Women’s Day by turning it into a political event, by highlighting the ways that women continue to suffer from misogyny and sexism in the United States and to give concrete descriptions of that.
But also, the strike is about highlighting the ways that “women’s work” or “women’s labor” is at times unseen. It can be undervalued, underpaid. The strike is about drawing attention to that by, in effect, extracting those many different manifestations of women’s labor on March 8 to highlight the extent to which women’s labor continues to play a central role in the political and, I would say, social economy of the United States…
International Women’s Day came out of a demonstration of working class and poor women in Petrograd in Russia in 1917 in opposition to World War I and to fight the redirection of resources out of war back into the lives of regular people. The slogan was, “Demonstration for Peace and Bread.”
We are a growing group that is interested in building collective power among women and their comrades. We reject Trump’s racist and sexist basis of power, and the entrenchment of these power asymmetries by capitalism. These forms of women’s domination, and oppression centered on gender more broadly, are not merely a women’s issue. So, unless otherwise noted, our meetings and events are open to all.
_ the plan _
We are starting this process by building towards an action on March 8th, women’s day, in Oakland. This modest goal will help us lay the groundwork for a women’s bloc on the May 1st general strike. The general strike has been called by SEIU, a labor organization that represents mostly service workers–a line of work that mostly employs women and people of color.
_ a word on “women” _
We recognize that the identity of women is fraught. Gender and sexuality are truly fluid historical constructions. These historical constructions form the basis of oppression along the lines of sexuality and become felt in everyday life. This means that oppressive regimes of sex and gender are not issues reserved only for women. Gender and the domination that follows it are a truly human issue, one which men too are not exempt. It is for this reason that we also stand in solidarity with the trans and queer movements, as they are also grappling with these facts of domination.
Partial Agenda:
1. “Stop Trumpintelpro” ordinance requiring OPD to follow higher state, county, local standards, not weaker federal/FBI guidelines, when participating in JTTF. Guest speakers from ALC, ACLU, CAIR. Would be nice to have a few public comments in favor, but the need is greater at Public Safety than PAC.
2. Surveillance equipment ordinance returns to address City Attorney comments on Sec 8 (enforcement, same as it ever was), Sec 9 (prohibition on NDA or conflicting provisions in MOUs – not a challenge by city attorney, wants clarification), Sec 10 (whistleblower) – the proposed amendments look good. The ordinance should hit PSC on April 11.
3. Misc. federal partnerships (ICE, DEA, FBI Safe Streets Task Force) and data sharing (ARIES, NCRIC) discussion – no action. We only have 1hr 45min, so we likely won’t reach this item. I’ll bring it back for the April meeting.
Join the ACLU of Northern CA and sf.citi for an informational panel with legal scholars and San Francisco’s tech sector to discuss the issues surrounding recent immigration restrictions and ways in which our communities can move forward together. The event will be held at the LinkedIn Corporation.
Enjoy drinks on us and discuss how tech can stand together to support immigrants. Featured will be Helena Price’s latest project Banned, a photo and video series of tech workers who have been affected by the immigration ban. The photos include employees from Facebook, Google, Pinterest and other companies.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the panel will begin at 6 p.m.
The words of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution were supposed to guarantee that slavery and involuntary servitude effectively were outlawed. The exception of punishment for a crime where the “party shall have been convicted” is the loophole. As detailed in Ava DuVernay’s “The 13th”, the injustice system in America has not changed all that much since the earliest days of slavery. The statistics DuVernay puts onscreen say it all: African-Americans make up 6.5% of the U.S. population but a whopping 40% of the prison population — in a country with the highest level of incarceration in the world; up more than tenfold since 1970 and existing mostly to put away black and Latino men.
Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Committee.
Idle No More SF Bay and Tribal Nations in the west are in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Indigenous grassroots leaders who are calling on our allies across the United States and around the world to peacefully March for Native American rights on March 10th. We ask that you rise in solidarity with the Indigenous peoples of the world whose rights protect Mother Earth for the future generations of all.
The march will begin at 5:00 p.m. at the Federal Building at 7th & Mission. There will be a short rally there before the march to the Civic Center. The rally at the Civic Center will include a traditional California Indigenous opening with Corrina Gould, speakers on the history of Native Americans and the Federal Government, Native American leaders, and others.
This event is co-sponsored by Idle No More SF Bay and the International Indian Treaty Council.
Our Demands:
#TakeTheMeeting // President Trump must meet with tribal leaders to hear why it’s critical that the US government respect tribal rights. This administration must work with us.
#ConsentNotConsultation // Tribal interests cannot continue to be marginalized in favor of the interests of corporations and other governments. Consultation is not enough– we must require consent.
#NativeNationsRise // The Standing Rock movement is bigger than one tribe. It has evolved into a powerful global phenomenon highlighting the necessity to respect Indigenous Nations and their right to protect their homelands, environment and future generations. We are asking our Native relatives from across Turtle Island to rise with us.
[This list of demands will grow, stay tuned]
IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES: THIS IS HOME
Alameda County continues to stand strong in our commitment to uphold the rights of all members of
our community no matter your immigration status
PLEASE RSVP HERE :
http://bit.ly/2lEKBG1
*To accommodate attendees’ schedules, the important topics covered will be the same for both
workshops. Pick the time that works best for you, 10-12 or 1-3.
HOSTED BY THE FOLLOWING:
ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE EAST BAY
WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD
HON. BARBARA LEE, US REPRESENTATIVE
HON. NANCY SKINNER, CA STATE SENATOR
HON TONY THURMOND, CA ASSEMBLY, DIST 15
HON ROB BONTA, CA ASSEMBLY, DIST 18
HON. WILMA CHAN, ALAMEDA COUNTY BOS, D3
HON. SCOTT HAGGERTY, ALAMEDA COUNTY BOS, D1
HON. NATE MILEY, ALAMEDA COUNTY BOS, D4
HON. RICHARD VALLE , ALAMEDA COUNTY BOS, D2
HON. NOEL GALLO, OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL, D5
HON. REBECCA KAPLAN, OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
HON. DAN KALB, OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL, D1
HON. ABEL GUILLEN, OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL, D2
HON. MALIA VELLA, ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL
ALAMEDA LABOR COUNCIL, AFL CIO
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LABOR ALLIANCE
ATU 192
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION
IBT LOCAL 70
IBT LOCAL 856
NEW HAVEN TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
SEIU 1021
SEIU 2015
SEIU-UHW
SEIU-USWW
UAW 5810
UFCW 5
UNITE HERE 2850
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
COST: FREE
LIGHT BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROVIDED
Join GABRIELA USA and the International Women’s Alliance on Saturday, March 11th in commemorating the 108th International Working Women’s Day anniversary in honor of the first women strikers in 1909. Join us as we RISE, RESIST, and UNITE to build our collective Resistance here and abroad!
So far within the first month of Trump’s administration, Trump has issued 12 Executive orders attacking everything from immigrant communities, our Muslim brothers and sisters, to the millions of us who depend on the government for subsidized health care. He’s pushed forward the Dakota Access and Keystone Pipelines against the self-determination of the indigenous peoples of this land, nominated white supremacists, climate deniers, and the super wealthy into his cabinet, and he has exposed the fascist, racist, xenophobic, and misogynist truths of this country.
But people are resisting. From the moment Trump was announced the winner, the people of the US responded immediately with demonstrations on the streets. Students are walking out of the classrooms almost daily, and mass gatherings of people are being convened by different groups to discuss how to resist a Trump presidency.
Let us continue to build our collective resistance and people power and RISE againt Fear, RESIST attacks on our communities, and UNITE for Self-Determination!
*Note* This will be a family friendly march and celebration that will be accessible for children, elders, and people with disability. We will also be organizing our own safety/security team.
Co-Organizers:
Alay Sf
Anakbayan East Bay
BAYAN USA
Causa Justa Just Cause
Filipino Community Center
Gabriela SF
ieumsae
Marcha Patriótica
Migrante NorCal
Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA)
Palestinian Youth Movement – حركة الشباب الفلسطيني
PAWIS EAST BAY CA.USA
La Colectiva de Mujeres
League of Filipino Students – SFSU-Women’s Committee
Xicana Moratorium Coalition
Workers World Party – Bay Area
Co-Sponsers:
Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)
ASATA – Alliance of South Asians Taking Action
API Equality – Northern California
APIQWTC – Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Community
Bay Area Rising
Bay Resistance
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
The Center for Political Education
CUAV
El/La Para Trans Latinas
Forward Together
Migrante SoMa/TL- San Francisco
National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns – North California Chapter
SURJ – Oakland/SF Bay Area
Endorsers:
Chinese Progressive Association
Interested in getting involved? Volunteering? Be an endorsing organization? E-mail gabsanfrancisco@gmail.com
Offerings:
- Massage therapy
- Energy work
- Acupuncture
- Birth Doula Practitioners
- Herbal Medicine
- Resource library
- Free Hot Meal
- Free Store
- Cafe Space to hang out, eat, make art and discuss what healing means to us by us and for us.