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February’s Privacy Lab, hosted by Twitter, will be a panel on the topic of: A Public Conversation on #Privacy. Panelists will discuss why taking a global approach to privacy matters, and what the future of privacy-first product development looks like.

Panelists include:

• Damien Kieran, Global Data Protection Officer, Twitter
• Lea Kissner, Chief Privacy Officer, Humu
• Jules Polonetsky, CEO, Future of Privacy Forum

Please note that Twitter requires an ID for building entry and will receive a list of guests who have RSVPd for the event. Check-in will be open until 6:15 at the latest.

Hey #Oakland Wednesday, Feb 19 at 6 pm, I’d like to invite you to Beloved Oakland a concert to benefit local homeless advocacy organizations @EOakCollective and @VillageOakland #feedthepeople

Get tickets here: https://t.co/a2P73KsoId

Hope you can attend! 💖 pic.twitter.com/OHnHQKPbMB

— TDL (@tdlove5) February 13, 2020

Oscar López Rivera
Foundation OLR-Libertá

Co-sponsored by: Boricuas in Berkeley, Bay Area Boricuas, Alt Breaks P.R. Berkeley, Department of Ethnic Studies, Big Ideas Prison Class, Berkeley Underground Scholars, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for Research on Social Change, Chicanx Latinx Student Development, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Ethnic Studies Library, Hispanic Engineers and Scientists, Latinx Research Center, Multicultural Community Center, Poetry for the People, The American Cultures Center, UCB Graduate Assembly

Oscar López Rivera is a Puerto Rican ex-political prisoner who will discuss how to transform the U.S. prison system and lessons learned from community organizing on the island. The event will be focused on community organizing and the specific projects that are currently being undertaken by Foundation OLR-Libertá to mentor student activists and create more resilient communities in Puerto Rico. This UC Berkeley event is part of a larger national tour throughout U.S. university campuses with the aim of raising funds for the Foundation OLR-Libertá, whose purpose is to raise awareness of and organize community projects in marginalized and disenfranchised communities in Puerto Rico.

ant to get involved with SURJ Bay Area? Come learn about our current work and activities. SURJ moves white people to act for justice, with passion and accountability, as part of a multi-racial majority.

You will hear about SURJ’s pathways for entering the work, including committee work, upcoming workshops, and events. We’ll answer your questions and share how you can get involved in the movement for racial justice.

LOCATION AND ACCESS
The Movement Strategy Center is located at 436 14th St., Ste 500, (5th floor) at the corner of Broadway (right next to 12th St station).

There will be a greeter in the lobby until 7:15, but please arrive by 6:45 to check-in and get settled so we can begin promptly at 7 pm. If you are driving, please try to carpool and arrive early to leave time to find a spot. Street parking is generally available in a 2-3 block radius.

We’ll discuss our current efforts to build responses to mental health crisis and Intimate Partner Violence that do not lead with law enforcement intervention.

The East Side Arts Alliance is wheelchair accessible.

Do you have a goal to clear debt, start a business, and/or enhance your quality of life? Do you face barriers to loans from traditional financial institutions? Want to improve your credit score? Ever heard of a lending circle? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the East Oakland SuSu Lending Circle Program is just for you!

Join us for an orientation to learn exactly how East Oakland SuSu Lending Circle Program works.

*Light refreshments provided.
*Ages 18+ welcome.
*Facilities are wheelchair accessible.

RSVP>>.

ABOUT

The East Oakland SuSu Lending Circle Program is a self-help tool connecting East Oakland residents of color, particularly Black low and middle income individuals who fall between 30-80% of the area AMI and small business owners to collectively pool monetary resources for personal and group economic advancement. The program offers individuals a 0% interest savings loan combined with free monthly financial empowerment workshops and resources to expand participant financial awareness in personal budgeting, debt management, first time home ownership, and small business incubation. Typical monthly payments range between $50-$200 over 6-12 months. We encourage participants to save within our three savings tracks: business development, debt management, and a better quality of life. Using culturally relevant and traditional practices stemming from West Africa and the Caribbean, the SuSu program is also designed to establish a culturally safe and fun way to build trust in group economics.

WHAT IS SUSU?

Su – Su /‘soōsoō/ – is an informal means of collecting and saving money through a savings club or partnership. This means of saving money is a cultural tradition that is widely used in the Caribbeans, West and East African territories, to name a few.

America thinks they know about the Black Panthers. But just wait until they hear about the Rainbow Coalition.

The Rainbow Coalition was a broad coalition of diverse, freedom struggle organizations, from the Black Panthers and Young Lords to working class white groups like the Young Patriots. Standing in solidarity in their class struggle against economic and racial injustice, the group both challenged—and changed—the face of 1960s politics in Chicago, one of the most segregated cities in postwar America. Collectively confronting issues such as police brutality and substandard housing, the Rainbow Coalition is a little-known yet historically significant political group that paved the way for future generations of activists.

Told through rare archival footage and interviews with former Coalition members, filmmaker Ray Santisteban’s The First Rainbow Coalition took more than a decade to complete, and depicts the story of a powerful, multiracial  movement and the enduring legacy it left behind. Although short-lived, it had an outsized impact: breaking down barriers between communities, the movement created a permanent shift in Chicago politics and an organizing model for upcoming activists and politicians across the nation.

On February 20, 2020, the Tenderloin Museum will host a limited screening of veteran filmmaker Ray Santisteban’s documentary film, The First Rainbow Coalition, as well as a director panel with original Rainbow Coalition members.

A donation-based event, attendees will also have the opportunity to contribute funds to the Fred Hampton house in Chicago, which is facing foreclosure.

About the Director:

Director/Producer Ray Santisteban has worked for the past twenty-six years as a documentary filmmaker, teacher, and film curator. His work consistently gravitates toward political subjects and artist profiles, addressing the themes of justice, memory, and political transfor!! so excited for thismation. A graduate of NYU’s film and TV production program, he has explored a variety of subjects including New York Black Panther leader Dhoruba Bin Wahad – Passin’ It On (Co-Producer), the roots of Puerto Rican poetry, Nuyorican Poets Cafe (1994, Director, Producer, Editor), Chicano poetry, Voices From Texas (Directed, Producer) and was Senior Producer of Visiones: Latino Art and Culture in the U.S. a three hour PBS series nationally broadcast in Oct. 2004. Awards garnered include: a 1992 Student Academy Award (information division), a 1996 “Ideas In Action” Award from the National Tele-Media Alliance, a 1996 “Faculty of the Year” Award from the Chicano Studies Program, UW Madison, a 2016 San Antonio Artists Foundation Filmmaker Award, and a 2016 Tobin Award for Artistic Excellence. Since 1998, he has been based in San Antonio, Texas.

About the Panelists:

Amy Sonnie is the co-author of “Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times,” the first book to explore the First Rainbow Coalition in depth. Her young adult anthology, Revolutionary Voices, recently joined hundreds of literary classics, children’s books and young adult favorites on American Library Association’s list of Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books.

Billy X Jennings is a founding member of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. He is one of the most important independent archivist of Panthers and New Left history and runs the It’s About Time website.

More panelists TBA.

Proudly in partnership with DSA-SF’s AfroSocialists and Socialists of Color Caucus, Left Eye Cinema, and City College of San Francisco’s Labor and Community Studies Department.

Author Erica Etelson will talk about her new book, Beyond Contempt: How Liberals Can Communicate Across the Great Divide.

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Come by our open Delegates Meetings every Thursday evening at 7pm! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom

This meeting usually happens in the Ballroom, but the the location may change depending on the access needs of people attending and other events taking place in the building.

Cherish and Protect
an exhibition of art expressing our responses to
the crisis of our heating planet.

GRACIAS! CHELSEA MANNING&JULIAN
ASSANGE FOR PUBLISHING BUSH’S WAR CRIMES
join our EVERY friday demo’s @ 4:30 to save them from torture or
death @MacArthur&Fruitvale Oak Ca.

Start your own VIGIL EMAIL ME
ohohorion99@gmail.com .

also CHECK OUT OUR WEB

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CHELSEA FROM TORTURE
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The Main Stream Media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses
confused!! There are only a few places we can get the truth.Chelsea and
Julian were two of the most important WHISTLE BLOWERS to tell the truth
about USA’s illegal, immoral WARS. USA is one of the largest TERRORIST
countries in history, killing, wounding, and forcing emigration on millions (did
you know there are 65 million migrants?) all over the world!!

Saving Chelsea and Julian is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!! To the
Working class and it’s Allies.They told us the truth about the wars! And all the
NEW MacArthyism (phony Russia Gate conspiracy led by the New York Times)
is blaming Julian for being a puppet of Russia. So much of all our issues stem
from the honesty of Chelsea & Julian!! and Wikileaks.org

Twitter feeds #defend assang #xychelsea & Please write letters to
Chelsea (only hand written and no post cards or pictures, or anything written on
the outside of the letter) Write to: Chelsea Elizabeth Manning, William
Truesdale Adult Detention Center, 2001 Mill Road, Alexandria Va. 22314. Also
write julian writejulian.com

“SHOWTIMES”

• film “XYChelsea” FREE AT https://archive.org/details/XYChelsea
• Real News Network – “Federal judge continues Chelsea Manning’s confinement and $1000/day fine https://youtu.be/qjywz_U_x1c
• – The –Jimmy Dore Show – “Chelsea Manning jailed again https://youtu.be/bTqVNKXZYAY (89,000 hits)
• – Chelsea Manning 2min “Abolish Ice” https://youtu.be/R7qpQGGQqa8
• ”Chelsea & Julian are our Working Class Heroes” OAK CA. Forum GG&Orion sing and Eminent Activist and Educator Jerold Smith speaks. https://youtu.be/-atFU5TUcRk

Presented by La Peña Cultural Center and the San Francisco Foundation. Tent City highlights the impact of unprocessed grief on mental health in America, the toll that gentrification has taken on the city of Oakland (nation wide), and ignites a call to action to reclaim our humanity in the midst of our ever changing world. The screening also features live music, a resource fair, community discussion, Q&A, and more!

RSVP Free with RSVP / Donations Accepted
https://lapena.org/event/tentcity/?mc_cid=8e0269a1ab&mc_eid=83c795cf68

Join SURJ Bay Area’s Policy Committee for part two of our 2020 legislative workshop series!

Workshop participants can expect to…
– Learn about lobby visits and how they fit into SURJ’s larger framework
– Hear about new opportunities to engage in the legislative process with SURJ
– Practice speaking about policy to a legislative staffer
– Hear from Ella Baker Center on their 2020 policy priorities

Guest Speaker:

Derick Morgan is the Policy Associate for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. As part of the Ella Baker Center’s legislative arm, he provides leadership on campaigns to expand principles of truth and reinvestment at the state level. Derick provides analysis of policy and helps the Ella Baker Center collaborate with different groups.

This workshop is also a fundraiser for Ella Baker Center. Please bring an additional cash donation that is meaningful for you.

We are eager to hear all of your voices and to help develop powerful advocates for racial justice in California. All levels of experience are welcome!

****This is the second workshop of a two part series. Attendance at the first workshop is not necessary to attend but may be helpful. All are welcome.
Part 1: