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Do No Harm Coalition and Anti Police-Terror Project have called this gathering to report back the data from our three year community commissioned project The Justice Study—an investigation into the health impacts of law enforcement violence. We seek community feedback on the analysis and strategy on releasing the data prior to any publication in the medical and public health literature or in the media.
For this gathering, we wish to continue our dialogue with and extend our service to those most impacted by police – particularly those who are black, brown, indigenous, trans, and poor. While all are welcome, we will centralize the concerns of these people.
DNHC was commissioned by the community fighting for justice for Mario Woods to create a research study that asked the question “If a police killing is the wound and the medicine is justice, what happens to our community health when the medicine is withheld?”
The research team from UCSF and Santa Clara University developed The Justice Study with community direction and has been engaged in a 3 year process. The scope of the study investigates all law enforcement violence—from police to ICE to FBI—and research tools are available in English and Spanish.
We seek input and guidance as we take our next steps to make this research as impactful as possible. We are grateful to have Red Bay Coffee Roasters hosting us and jazz bassist Marcus Shelby present to offer musical accompaniment to our work together.
There is a growing network of rapid response volunteers forming to help our neighbors in the face of Trump’s threatened ICE raids. And you can be part of it!
Join a training this Wednesday to learn how to document and film ICE raids, and help ensure that the law is being followed. Note that the role of legal observers is not to stop ICE activity, but to help lawyers in the court process by documenting any possibly illegal detentions.
At Wednesday’s training, participants will:
- Learn how to be a legal observer
- Learn how to verify ICE activity
- Obtain training on what your rights are when interacting with law enforcement
Participants will then be able to join a network of volunteers that is forming across the Bay Area and beyond to provide real-time assistance both to those facing deportation and family members left behind.
The Gig Economy, AI, Robotics, Workers and Dystopia San Francisco
Initial Speakers:
Steven Hill, writer and journalist on the Gig Economy.
Author of Raw Deal: How the “Uber Economy” and Runaway Capitalism are Screwing American Workers.
Edward Escobar, founder of the Alliance for Independent Workers – #DriversUnite International Movement. UBER/LYFT/Black Car Driver
Mehmet Bayram is a tech worker and is with the International Labor MediaNetwork.
Sponsored by LaborNet and WorkWeek Radio
San Francisco is now a world center of tech, yet the workers, whether UBER-Lyft drivers or a growing number of gig workers, are under extreme stress and face nightmare conditions with no worker or union rights. The growing number of suicides is a reaction to this dire state.
While San Francisco has more billionaires per person than any city in the world, there are thousands of homeless, escalating evictions of tenants, and a massive gridlock with growing environmental issues. Has capitalism gone wild and is this the permanent dystopian world or can working people and our unions transform this city and society? These are some of the questions that will be addressed at this event.
See also:
https://laborfest.net/event/the-gig-economy-ai-robotics-workers-and-dystopia-san-francisco/
The Interfaith Council of Alameda County is hosting a regional meeting focusing on housing, homeless solutions and best practices. Refreshments will be served.
The meeting is co-sponsored by City of Berkeley Councilmember Cheryl Davila, City of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, City of Oakland Council President Rebecca Kaplan, Alameda County Board of Supervisors President Wilma Chan, supervisors Keith Carson and Nate Miley, the Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) and Project WeHOPE.
With ICE operations underway, increased arrests happening now, and raids reported to start Sunday, rally is being called for TODAY (Thursday).
Trump is threatening our immigrant loved ones and neighbors with mass raids and deportations. We’re standing up against his racist and repressive attacks. Raids tear apart families and cast a shadow on whole communities, making it difficult to go to work, school or live free from fear. Let’s stand together – and respond with power, not panic. Watch this event page and text RESIST to 41411 for updates.
Share your local rapid response hotline number (bit.ly/CAhotlines and below). If you see ICE activity, call the hotline. Make sure reports are verified before you spread rumors or panic.
Reproductive rights are being challenged and degraded. What are our rights to abortion access here in California? These are real issues we need to talk about. We’ll screen documentary NO CHOICE, personal testimonies from women of color and have a panel of experts who can speak on the issues.
Includes performance by vocalist Indigo Mateo!
Panelists:
Free event.
Light snacks.
Wheelchair accessible.
Co-hosted by ACCESS Women’s Health Justice and Public Square Medi
Please join us for the opening reception of the Welcome Home Projectphotography exhibit! This project highlights the stories of 20 formerly incarcerated men and women who returned to their communities and turned their lives around. Participants from the project will speak at 5:30pm.on-site parking available
The Welcome Home Project, a project of Community Works, is a collection of stories and photographs of formerly incarcerated Alameda County residents who reclaimed their lives after years in prisons and jails. Their stories are testimony to the power of resilience and determination in the face of the barriers that formerly incarcerated individuals face.
Community Works News
Notorious local slumlord and Trump supporter Gene Gorelik is rallying support to “save Home Depot” and bully the curbside community at E.8th Street and Alameda Ave. (adjacent to Home Depot Oakland) on Friday, July 12, 8 AM. He has started a gofundme campaign (https://www.gofundme.com/f/operation-save-home-depot), FB event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/2084439161860295/) and is running ads against the curbside community.
We are asking the community to stand together to protect our curbside communities against hate, xenophobia and anti-homeless behavior.
We stand against the new Oakland xenophobia that is against Black & Brown people. We stand against putting a multi-million dollar corporation over the well-being of unhoused Oakland residents. Instead of working to mitigate and improve any issues between Home Depot and the curbside community, Mayor Schaaf, Councilmember Noel Gallo and supporters like Gene Gorelik, want to evict the curbside community with no where to go, providing no adequate housing.
SHOW UP IN SUPPORT, SOLIDARITY, UNITY:
** Show up to rally, chant and counter-protest this Friday, July 12. Show up starting at 7:30-8 AM. Gene’s protest starts at 8 AM.
** Park/meet inside private parking lot on E.8th Street and Alameda Ave (curbside community surrounds the lot). Look for driveway entrance on Alameda Ave. near corner of E.8th St.
>>BRING coffee, tea, water, breakfast items to share with all
>>BRING bullhorns, noise makers, portable speakers with mics
>>BE ready to stand with curbside community residents and support their wishes and needs morning/day of
>>BRING posters using the following slogans:
#DefendtheDisplaced
#CurbsideCommunitiesHaveRightsToo
#HelpUsDontHarmUs
#HousingAndDignityForAll
#UpgradeDontEvict
#SanctuaryCityForAll
WE ARE SEEKING HELP WITH:
>>security
>>cop watch
>>witnesses (document any actions by recording, photography, videography)
***
More about Evil Gene:
Oakland Landlord Evicts Tenant, Then Hangs Pro-Trump Billboard on Building – https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-landlord-evicts-tenant-then-hangs-pro-trump-billboard-on-building/Content?oid=5049985
Oakland sues landlord who demolished tenant’s home – http://www.ktvu.com/news/2-investigates-oakland-sues-landlord-who-demolished-tenants-home
Oakland Landlord Beefs with City, Calls for ‘No More Homeless Camps,’ with Halloween Decorations – https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2017/10/30/oakland-landlord-beefs-with-city-calls-for-no-more-homeless-camps-with-halloween-decorations
Responding to the call for a week of action against ICE from July 8th to 12th, we choose to rally outside their SF office.
WHAT DO WE WANT? The camps closed, the families reunited, and immigrants left alone!
On July 12, activist organizations, migrant rights groups, and community members will mobilize at Palantir’s HQ in Palo Alto at 4:30 PM. Palantir’s contracts w/ ICE make our mass detention of migrants in concentration camps possible. We demand justice NOW! #CloseTheCamps #AbolishICE #LetThemAllIn
Join us to kick off the national day of action to close the migrant and refugee concentration camps in the United States.
Coalition partners: Silicon Valley De-Bug, SIREN Coalition, Serve the People San Jose, Jewish Voice for Peace Bay Area, PSL San Francisco, Bay Area Tech Workers Coalition, Anakbayan Silicon Valley.
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/6FrRzrNDKPSX8qWVA
WHY PALANTIR?
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612335/amazon-is-the-invisible-backbone-behind-ices-immigration-crackdown/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/13/tech-workers-palantir-immigration-protest-github
https://wearyourvoicemag.com/news-politics/companies-profit-migrants-detention
Please join us THIS FRIDAY, JULY 12, 5 PM at Oakland City Hall – Vigil Gathering for Immigrant Children. Children should not be put in cages. Threats of mass deportation, deaths at our borders, and the inhumane detention conditions of children are unacceptable. #CloseTheCamps pic.twitter.com/k7bavmo9UF
— Supv. Keith Carson (@Keith_Carson) July 8, 2019
PLEASE JOIN US EVERY FRIDAY
“BASTA FREE CHELSEA AND JULIEN ” VIGIL DEMO POTLUCK MUSIC (7PM AFTER PARTY/MEETING ) FRUITVALE & MACARTHUR OAKLAND
WE HOPE TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO OUR ON GOING CAMPAIGNS IN THE BAY ARE here is a link to the bay area action for julien which includes CHELSEA SUPPORT PLEASE SIGN UP
https://bayaction2freeassange.org
Ok, folks, here’s the deal: the Main stream media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses confused!! There’s 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. That’s why our “US leadership” wants them dead. USA is the largest TERRORIST country in history, killing, wounding, and forcing immigration on millions of folks all over the world!!
To us, saving Chelsea and Julian is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! They told us the truth about the wars! And all the NEW MACARTHYISM. is due to blaming Julian for being a puppet of Russia. So much of all our issues stem from the honesty of Chelsea and Julian!! That’s why our govt. wants to kill them!
Please join us Fridays at our vigil/demo/music/potluck at MacArthur and Fruitvale, and if you know other organizations around the state and the country, contact them and encourage them to organize to protect Chelsea and Julian as well!! We have some pretty good posters, but also bring your own. Thanks. gg and Orion
VIRAL CHELSEA 2 MIN VIDEO TO ABOLISH ICE
https://youtube/R7qpQGGQqa8
AFTER U WATCH THE VIRAL VIDEO PLEASE WRITE LETTERS TO CHELSEA (only hand written and no post cards no pictures do not write any thing on the outside of the letter to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning
William G. Truedale Adult Detention Center
2001 MILL ROAD
ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Our Mission: FREEDOM.
Lights for Liberty: https://www.lightsforliberty.org/
We are a coalition of people, many of whom are mothers, dedicated to human rights, and the fundamental principle behind democracy that all human beings have a right to life, liberty and dignity.
We are partnering with national, regional and local communities and organizations who believe that these fundamental rights are not negotiable and are willing to protect them.
On Friday July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps, will bring thousands of Americans to detention camps across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees.
Meeting in San Francisco’s Market Street at the Powell St. Cable Turnaround, San Francisco can join other cities across the country in this effort.
“GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE.” – Inscription on the Statue of Liberty
Please join us for this candlelight vigil to stand in solidarity with immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and in protest of detention and family separations. Together let’s be the change and stand up for compassion and human rights.
Check event page for more and updated details.
On July 12, 2019, thousands of people across the country will pour into the streets and into their own front yards to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants, all as part of Lights for Liberty: A Nationwide Vigil to End Human Detention Camps.
Indivisible East Bay is proud to join the wide coalition of groups presenting Lights for Liberty events! We will co-host an event on the evening of Friday July 12 with Together We Will-Albany Berkeley and El Cerrito Progressives.
We will gather on the University Avenue pedestrian bridge in Berkeley, over I-80. Please bring a candle for the vigil. (We have a few.) Large signs are preferred so cars on the freeway can read them until it gets dark. Signs should reflect the inhumane conditions of refugees, detentions, and camps. After dark, we will light our candles against this darkness in our country.
Worldwide event website: https://www.lightsforliberty.org/
Green New Deal Mobilization 101 11am – 1pm
Come, join other activists from community organizations which support the Green New Deal
l Speak your piece l Tell it like it is l Move the process forward
Sponsored by BFUU Social Justic Committee
Contact : Gene Herman | genebh@lmi.net | 510-684-1491
Break bread together – lunch provided by BFUU – 1 – 2pm
l Build Community l Conspire l Reminisce l Schmooze
Sponsored by BFUU Hospitality and Membership Committees
Contact : Jeff Palmer | jeffpalmer123@comcast.net
Music to dance to by Moses Canales and Soul Rising 2 – 4pm
l Bring your dancing shoes l Music of the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s
Sponsored by BFUU Music & Social Justice Committees and BFUU Social Justice Ministry Task Force
Contact : Dr. Susan T. Mashiyama | music@bfuu.org
Context: The current price of commodity coffee is below $1 and does not cover the cost of production for most producers, especially smallholder farmers. These producers are at the risk of starvation, lack school fees and healthcare funds and some are risking illegal immigration to the U.S. or switching to illegal crops. What can be done to help? But first, are consumers even aware of this coffee crisis given the cost of a cup of coffee is rising or not considered cheap.
Event: This event will seek to raise awareness and educate consumers of the coffee crisis and its impact on marginalized communities, especially women, people of color and migrants.
Format: Panel (20 minutes discussion) + Q&A (20 minutes) + Social and complimentary coffee
Venue: Red Bay Coffee, Saturday, July 13th at 11am to 1pm
Organizers: Red Bay, Fair Trade, Kahawa 1893
Hosted by SURJ – Oakland/Bay Area
Yes to Asylum Seekers! Sanctuary for all! No to White Supremacy! Join us as we line the streets and create a human billboard calling for human rights for all asylum seekers. We are outraged at the deaths at the border, the caging and kidnapping of children and the horrific conditions inside the detention centers. We call for an end to family separation, an end to detention centers and an open border for all those seeking asylum.
The mobilization is part of national protests, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps, which will mobilize thousands of people to detention camps across the country.
Most migrants to the U.S. risk a tortuous journey, arrest, detention and family separation because they face even greater dangers at home. The tragic photos of migrants who have died pursuing asylum also show us their love for family, the desperation they feel, their courage and resolve, and the humanity we share. They are leaving their homes because of brutal conditions including violence, poverty and climate change. The US has a long and ugly history of destabilizing progressive governments in Central America and around the world while empowering tyrants to do its bidding. The US created the conditions which the migrants are fleeing. And now those same powers are implementing even crueler ways to deter and deport as many asylum seekers as possible. To Trump and his base “make america great again” translates to “make america white”.
Gather with us on July 13th. Bring your signs and your energy!
Please also join our Art Build on Sunday 7/7. Email for location, time and more information about the Art Build: mobilization@surbayarea.org
The US & Global Fight Against Privatization & Outsourcing
The destruction of our public services and privatization of public education is a serious issue for all working people. The US Post Office, Social Security, the FAA, NRC, and many other Federal and State agencies are threatened with privatization and outsourcing.
In San Francisco, the privatization of SF City jobs and the outsourcing of public jobs at UCSF and UC is an ongoing battle for workers and their unions.
This conference will discuss how workers from all public service unions can come together for education and a national political education campaign to stop privatization and outsourcing.
This is not just a US issue but a critical issue as well for working people throughout the world. The world corporate economic institutions, including the IMF and World Bank, both controlled by the US government, have demanded that countries privatize their public services and deregulate their economies in order to get loans.
This conference will have reports on privatization and outsourcing in San Francisco, the US, and around the world.
Sponsored by UPWA.info
https://laborfest.net/event/the-us-global-fight-against-privatization-outsourcing/