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People’s Strike Bay Area will caravan from downtown Oakland to Frutivale to the Coliseum on Monday, June 1st, from 12pm to 3pm. Because “normal” was not. The current situation is untenable. And the future is only an opportunity if we seize it. We stand with others around the country and around the world on the first of every month to build toward community control of everything.
1) 12PM-12:45PM: Rally @ State Building
if OSHA can’t protect workers, we don’t need it. No Safety, No Work. No work, No Rent. No Safeguards, No School.
2) 1:15PM-2PM: Speakout @ Oscar Grant Station/Fruitvale Plaza
In memory of Oscar Grant, Richard “Pedie” Perez, Steven Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd, we stand together to clarify: America’s “enough is enough” moment ended about 500 years ago.
3) 2:30PM-3PM: Rally @ Oracle Arena/Oakland Coliseum
We need investment in communities, neighborhoods and future generations, not yuppie playgrounds and tourist attractions. Another Oakland, another California, another world, is possible.
As Arundhati Roy says, the pandemic is a portal.
Volunteer opportunities abound.
This event will be livestreamed here: People’s Strike Bay Area will caravan from downtown Oakland to Frutivale to the Coliseum on Monday, June 1st, from 12pm to 3pm. Because “normal” was not. The current situation is untenable. And the future is only an opportunity if we seize it. We stand with others around the country and around the world on the first of every month to build toward community control of everything.
1) 12PM-12:45PM: Rally @ State Building
if OSHA can’t protect workers, we don’t need it. No Safety, No Work. No work, No Rent. No Safeguards, No School.
2) 1:15PM-2PM: Speakout @ Oscar Grant Station/Fruitvale Plaza
In memory of Oscar Grant, Richard “Pedie” Perez, Steven Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd, we stand together to clarify: America’s “enough is enough” moment ended about 500 years ago.
3) 2:30PM-3PM: Rally @ Oracle Arena/Oakland Coliseum
We need investment in communities, neighborhoods and future generations, not yuppie playgrounds and tourist attractions. Another Oakland, another California, another world, is possible.
As Arundhati Roy says, the pandemic is a portal.
Volunteer opportunities abound.
This event will be livestreamed here: https://www.facebook.com/events/279883183187302/, and will be linked with other June 1st actions on the People’s Strike website. Check there for links and this event will be linked with other June 1st actions on the People’s Strike website.
Join us on June 3rd from 10:30am-1pm for an action and car caravan from
the SF Federal Building to the Oakland Federal Building calling on
Congress and on our state level officials to adopt the 5 Economic
Essentials:
* Keep America healthy—protect and expand health insurance for all
workers.
* Keep front-line workers safe and secure.
* Keep workers employed and protect earned pension checks.
* Keep public schools going, the Postal Service solvent, state and
local governments running.
* Keep America competitive—hire people to build infrastructure.
Here are the details:
10:30 AM: Staging in SF at Lot A of Oracle Park
11:00 AM: Caravan to SF Federal Bldg
11:30 AM: Depart to Oakland
12:00 PM: Arrive at Oakland Federal Bldg
Make your voice heard. Demand worker protections today.
#TheTown Sits OUT the Curfew
Our coalition includes
Anti Police-Terror Project CRC Oakland Rising
Bay Rising CURYJ Black Organizing Project
Ella Baker Center
Family, JOIN US Wednesday night 6/3 at 8:05 pm
We, The People of Oakland, and our allies and accomplices around the bay, DISSENT to the steadily encroaching FASCISM of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department’s 8pm curfew order!!!
We’ll be sitting down in the intersection of 14th and Broadway to say an unequivocal “F***k your curfew!”
Everywhere we turn there are reminders to fight for each other’s freedom. Today, 6/2, is Miles Hall’s Angelversary ( https://www.facebook.com/events/538186717063894/ ). We defy the sheriff’s orders in honor and memory of him, as well as Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, Steven Taylor, and countless others murdered by so-called civil servants.
The CURFEWS here and nationwide are RACIST policing measures that serve the militant suppression of The People. These measures are in clear, direct response to us rising up in defense of Black Lives. We won’t submit to Trump’s “Law and Order State”.
On Monday, June 1st, young organizers from Oakland Tech led a George Floyd Solidarity March that was multigenerational, peaceful, and 15,000 STRONG
On Monday, June 1st, at 7:57 pm, OPD threw flashbang grenades and teargas into the gathered crowd and proceeded in making 100+ arrests into the night — rounding up protesters and non-protesters alike, including many of our unhoused neighbors and essential workers
Again, WE DISSENT
Our coalition includes
Anti Police-Terror Project
CRC
Oakland Rising
Bay Rising
CURYJ
Black Organizing Project
Ella Baker Center
You, your loved ones and friends
NOTE: We remain committed to offering to post bail for Black & Brown folks arrested while protesting. Please contact us if you know of anybody arrested and held who needs this support.
PANDEMIC REMINDER: Wear your mask. Hold 6 foot distance as much as possible. Bring sanitation supplies such as hand sanitizer for yourself, and more if you have enough to share.
A peaceful march for Sean Monterrosa , he was just murdered by the Vallejo Police Department a few nights ago while surrendering to officers on his knees . Please come out and support !! 555 Santa Clara st , Vallejo ca 5pm !!
[CALL TO ACTION] We are on the brink of a great win! Not only for BOP, but for Oakland, the Bay Area, and communities across the country organizing in the name of #BlackSanctuary and #PoliceFreeSchools. Oakland, continue to stand with us! Please come–https://t.co/VYPbZllxHE pic.twitter.com/oiiWA8IUNH
— B.O.P. (@BlackOrgProject) June 5, 2020
#JusticeforErikSalgado murdered by @CHPoakland
Vigil Monday, 3:30 pm, Meet at Elmhurst Middle School & march with us to where he was killed on 96th & Cherry #DefundPolice
Hosted by #OaklandBlackYouthOrganizers @APTPaction
& @CURYJ
https://t.co/bNQYGgxbwF pic.twitter.com/VJktSDddWp— Anti Police-Terror (@APTPaction) June 8, 2020
If you're able to be out on the streets today, show up for Black youth and attend this student-led protest.
Before you go: Email clerk@cityofberkeley.info with the subject line "PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM #1" to submit a public comment demanding city council defund Berkeley PD pic.twitter.com/MoSC5f1iRu
— Defund Berkeley PD (@DefundBPD) June 9, 2020
March to Mayor Libby Schaaf’s house to demand the defunding of OPD and the reinvestment into education and our community. Please bring candles to honor those who lost their lives to police brutality.
THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM CONTINUES!
STOP Police Terror, Systemic Racism & STOP the Privatization of the Port of Oakland!
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Longshore Division will stop work at all 29 ports on the West Coast for eight hours to commemorate JUNETEENTH, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery.
Join ILWU Locals 10, 34, 75, 91 for a day of solidarity & resistance. AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL!
The Do No Harm Coalition, APTP, Public Health Justice Collective, Health Care Workers Action Network and Health Justice Commons invite ALL health workers, healers and students in the health and caring professions to join us in a socially distanced rally & car caravan to declare racism and police violence as public health crises that cause unacceptable and disproportionate poor health for Black people and require disproportionate decisive action to address.
Black people suffer the worst outcomes from COVID and from police violence due to entrenched systemic racism. We are committed to ending racism in every form in order to uplift the health of the communities we serve.
We will be sending a notice to our lawmakers for demands to uplift the Black New Deal, as outlined by Anti Police-Terror Project as well as to outline our vision for creating a society centered around a Culture of Care. We will be posting that notice here for you to sign before Saturday.
We will be meeting up Saturday June 20th at 4pm on Pill Hill and driving in a car caravan to Bernal Hill, SF, the site where Alex Nieto was shot by SFPD. We will be broadcasting on the radio as we drive, to keep the vibe alive between us.
Press Conference: In Midst of Mounting Pressure and Day of Action, Oakland Council President Kaplan to Reopen Budget Vote; Commit to Join Bas, Labor, Community to Defund Police
#DEFUNDTHEPOLICE COALITION “DRIVE 4 JUSTICE” CAR CARAVAN TO HOMES OF MAYOR, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO CONDEMN OAKLAND’S PRO-COP, ANTIDEMOCRATIC BUDGET
Oakland, Calif., — Today, Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan will join a press conference of labor and community organizations near her home to commit to reopen the city budget, fund vital life affirming programs, and defund the police. After weeks of unprecedented protest and five days of advocacy after the narrow, rushed, controversial initial passage of Oakland’s City Budget, Kaplan will announce today a plan for Tuesday’s council meeting to “reconsider” the budget and reallocate resources from the Oakland Police Budget to community programs.
The Defund the Police Coalition, a broad alliance of community organizations will move forward as planned and hold a massive car caravan from the Port of Oakland to the mayor’s and city councilmembers’ houses in response to the pro-police budget proposal they advanced last week, over the cries of thousands demanding they defund the police and invest in community services. The goal of the caravan, and of a full page ad in Saturday’s SF Chronicle that protestors will deliver to the mayor and council, is to raise awareness with Oakland voters about the dishonorable actions of their councilmembers, encourage them to register and vote for the Defund Police, Refund our Communities agenda in the coming election.
Press conference details:
Who: Oakland Community, Labor, and Faith Organizations and President Rebecca Kaplan
When: 11:30 am Sunday June 28th
Where: Eve’s Waterfront, 15 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607
Action Details Include:
West Oakland Action:
Where: 32nd st just west of Telegraph, Oakland
When: 2pm
Oakland Port Starting Point:
Who: Coalition To Defund the Police
When: 2pm Sunday June 28th
Where: Various berths at the Port of Oakland
Oakland Hills Action:
Where: Corner of Hanly and Oakmore
When: Approx 3 pm
Fruitvale Action:
Where: Fruitvale and E. 17th St.
When: Approx 3pm
East Oakland Action:
Where: Campus Drive, between Crystal Ridge and Fairhill
When: Approx 3:15 pm
Visuals: Massive Car Caravan, street murals, signs, banners, musicians, etc.
Led by the Anti Police-Terror Project, the sprawling “Defund the Police Coalition” is planning Sunday’s action to let the city councilmembers, who steamrolled a status quo budget maintaining allocation of almost half the general funds to police, know that Time Is Up for Justice.
These City Council members, without prior notice to the rest of the Council or the public, rammed through a budget that pours hundreds of millions of dollars into Oakland Police, while cutting funds from Parks, Recreation, and Youth Development, and dismantling Human Services for the unhoused.
The preliminary budget, pushed forward by the so-called “equity caucus”, which was authored by Councilmembers Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Loren Taylor, Noel Gallo, and Larry Reid, was sprung on the city council and the public with less than 24 hours notice. It was forced through the preliminary vote with elements that were received after the meeting had begun, over the clear mandate from hours of unanimous public testimony to defund the police.
Despite misleading rhetoric to the contrary, the proposal will divert less than 1% of funding from policing, anticipates cuts to vital services, and does little to further public safety in Oakland.
Today’s multi-pronged car caravan will stage at five different locations at the Port of Oakland, outlined below, and caravan to Libby Schaaf’s and three councilmembers’ homes: McElhaney, Taylor, and Gallo.
Here’s the list of assembly locations at the Port.
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Schaaf: Berths 55-56 SSA/Oakland International Container Terminal
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Gallo: Berths 57-59 Oakland International Container Terminal
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Taylor: Berths 60-63 SSA/Matson
Saturday, the Defund the Police Coalition published a full page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle with over 120 organizations ranging from city worker unions to health workers to the national Sierra Club, condemning the undemocratic preliminary budget vote and telling Oakland City Hall, “Your time is up.” A parallel ad, detailing the coalition’s vision of a safe, prosperous Oakland, will run to today.
Each caravan is planning to hand deliver copies of the ad to the mayor and councilmembers, accompanied by live music and mural-painting.
Hi-Res Photos, livestream available after the event.
Hashtags: #DefundOPD #DefundthePolice #DefendBlackLife #YourTimeIsUp #Drive4Justice
Handles: @aptpaction @oaklandrising @calorganize @bayrisingaction
Almost 600 people of color have been killed by police in California just in the last 5 years.
On July 1, people who have been impacted by police violence–family members, formerly incarcerated, community members–will encircle the California Capitol building and hold up the names of those killed by police.
Click the Ticket button on this page to receive event updates or to volunteer to hold up a name of the fallen.
We call on state legislators to:
–Defund the $31B police and prison industrial complex
–Hold police who kill accountable
–Prevent police unions from donating to district attorneys and judges
–Dismantle the machinery of systemic racism (restore voting rights, Ban the Box, etc.)
–Distance the state from vestiges of slavery by removing Involuntary Servitude from our State Constitution
–Establish an independent community oversight board with subpoena power to investigate police violence
Join All of Us or None, CA legislators, and victims of police violence to honor those killed by the police and to press forward with vital change.
We will also be registering people to vote, as well as providing information about campaigns to pass ACA 6 to restore voting rights, and to remove slavery / indentured servitude from the California constitution.
To receive event updates or to volunteer to hold up a name of the fallen, click the ticket button or go to: https://bit.ly/StopKillingUsCA
For more information, contact:
Sacramento: Aaliyah Muhammad
916.501.9988 / aaliyah@prisonerswithchildren.org
California: Bridget Cervelli
805.270.9853 / bridget@prisonerswithchildren.org
We’re making 4 stops to call for liberty, with a speaker and activity at each stop, and a cool video to be made of the event. We’ll have flags and posters for decorating your cars.
We are partnering with SF Bay Extinction Rebellion, DSASF IRIS, and other groups.
The stops will center on: defunding police, defunding the Pentagon, funding community, protecting the Earth.
1:00 pm: Meet up at SF City Hall to decorate cars, get instructions and route maps. 1 Carlton Goodlet Place, SF.
1:30 pm: First Caravan Stop, 762 Fulton St., to demand “Defund the Police; Fund Communities!”
2:00 pm: Second Caravan Stop, Broadway @ Divisadero, Nancy Pelosi’s house, to demand “Defund War, Fund Life!” Health Care, Housing, Clean Energy, Education
3:00 pm: Third Caravan Stop, Bay View Hunters Point, location TBD
4:00 pm: Pie and lemonade picnic, Bay View Hunters Point
While the 4th of July is traditionally celebrated by the United States to celebrate “independence” and “freedom”, CODEPINK goes against it by saying there is no true freedom until we are independent from war! No one is free until we are all free! Join us for a safe, socially distant peace caravan where we will call to #DivestFromWar, #HealthcareNotWarfare, #SanctionsKill, and more.
COME THRU AND SUPPORT! We need everyone to come and demand justice for Breonna Taylor and Vanessa Guillén. Keep in mind this will be a caravan to Oakland so make sure to eat and hydrate yourselves before you come.
We will be marching in Oakland so bring any supplies you need! Stay 6ft apart and wear your masks at all times. As we all know there has been a lot of disagreements with the black and brown community but this is time to show people that WE can come together and unite.
DM @alejvndxa if you would like to bring any supplies or would like to speak out or help organize this protest!!
All help is VERY much appreciated
TOMORROW 7/14 there is a Speakout at Driver’s Plaza @ 11:30 am. This is organized by Auntie Frances Moore’s #SelfHelpHungerProgram and Phat Beets, who provide regular services like this food/PPE/sanitation supply drive by SHHP.
SHOW UP to stand against racist displacement! pic.twitter.com/XvSLYgggAf
— The Village, Oakland (@VillageOakland) July 13, 2020