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OTU’s Mission
The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf.
Monthly Meetings
The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 pm on the second Monday evening of each month. Our monthly meetings are held in the Community Room of the Madison Park Apartments, 100 – 9th Street (at Oak Street, across from the Lake Merritt BART Station). To enter, gently knock on the window of the room to the right of the main entrance to the building. At the meetings, first we focus on general issues affecting renters city-wide and then second we offer advice to renters regarding their individual concerns.
If you have an issue, a question, or need advice about a tenant/landlord issue, please call us at (510) 704-5276. Leave a message with your name and phone number and someone will get back to you.
It was reported that this incident occurred while James was living on the streets in acute psychosis. We all pitched in demanding he receive care, not incarceration. Now he’s free, but the state released him back on the streets without anything but a bus ticket. As our MH First team continues to support James, we’re seeing just how the state sets up people like James to fail. He deserves love, care, safety, and healing.
Given the resources needed to make sure James gets what he needs and deserves, we have increased our goal to $20,000.
Please continue to share and/or donate to his community care fund today to help James Ramsey get back on his feet.
Donate Today
We have raised $11,561 so far! We’re funding temporary housing, food, clothes, and support to help him get stabilized because the state released him back on the streets with nothing. Please share and pitch in whatever you can!
In solidarity,
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Writer/director Roger Sorkin has served as a communications advisor to the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence. His films have been screened at the White House, the Pentagon, the US War College, NATO Headquarters in Belgium, and are in the Annapolis Naval Academy curriculum.
Speaker Andrea Marr is Costa Mesa Mayor Pro-tem, a retired military officer, and a recipient of the White House Champion of Change Award for her work in energy as a veteran.
She has a degree in aerospace engineering, graduated from the US Naval Academy, led a division of 20 nuclear machinist mates on the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, and completed two tours in the Gulf. As a retired military officer, she has been working in energy efficiency and renewable energy. She is a frequent guest speaker on climate and energy for several organizations, including Operation Free, a nationwide coalition of veterans and national security experts who advocate for securing America with clean energy.
What can the average citizen do to influence military priorities and spending on fossil fuels? Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Chair of the House Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations) introduced H.R. 767 last November which, if made into law, will require the Department of Defense to do a GHG inventory and commit to lowering emissions from its more than 450 US military bases by increasing energy efficiency and relying more on renewable energy. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (on the Senate Armed Services Committee) called on the DoD to have its current budget reflect the urgency of the climate crisis. We can urge our members of Congress and US Senators to support H.R. 767, and ask friends and family in other states to do the same. Tell them about the film, too.
Green Sofa Cinema Series is sponsored by 350 Contra Costa, Generation Green, Sustainable Contra Costa and Sustainable Rossmoor
Learn more about #diversionprograms & #alternativestoincarceration policies and practices.
Join @urbanpeace IG live this Thursday, March 17th 5-6:30pm PT.
JOIN HERE👉 https://t.co/xz5HpSgACC pic.twitter.com/nRRSAMSQap
— Anti Police-Terror Project (@APTPaction) March 17, 2022
Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.
For February, 2022 we’re reading the first three chapters of The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by the late David Graber and co-author David Wengrow.
For March, we’re reading the next four chapters, 4-7.
For April, we are finishing the book.
All are welcome!
“A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution―from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality―and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation…”
Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital and Its Discontents, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century, The Deficit Myth, Revenge Capitalism, the Edge of Chaos blog symposium , Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons, The Optimist’s Telescope, Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, Exploring Degrowth, The Origin of Wealth and Mine!.
Description: Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of February 2022. As of now, hundreds of civilians and thousands of soldiers of both sides have lost their lives. Oil Prices have risen steeply. Working classes in the US and Russia and in fact all over the world will be poorer as a result of additional inflation, which in the past year in the US was already very high, at 7.9%. However, this war did not start in 2022, but rather in 2014, with the Maidan counter Revolution aided and encouraged by the US. There is a great present danger of this war spreading beyond Ukraine, if the US either directly or indirectly expands it.
The world is passing through a very dangerous moment . Why is this happening now? Our speaker, Raj Sahai. of ICSS, will try to explain it using Lenin’s thesis on Imperialism and War.
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Our Zoom room will be opened up, as usual, at 10:15 for anyone to join and discuss technical matters, catch up with each other, say Hi, etc.. The program (and recording) will begin as close to 10:30 am as possible and will end at 12:30, but the Waiting Room will remain open until about 1 pm for informal discussion.
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Topic: ICSS Sunday
Time: Mar 20, 2022 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Often the situation in historic Palestine is referred to as a conflict, but this obscures the huge difference in power between the two sides. One side has the latest in military and surveillance technology, and the other side is being pushed out of their homes and under legal restrictions on where they can go. The struggle in Palestine is an indigenous struggle of liberation against an ongoing settler-colonial project.
BDS – Boycott, Divest, Sanctions is a set of strategies and demands that come from Palestinian civil society, and they are a way that we can help support. They demand equal rights under the law, an end to the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights, and the right to return to their old homes.
Folks may have heard some controversy around DSA member and Representative Jamaal Bowman, and his votes and actions in support of Israel. The East Bay chapter passed a resolution in support of DSA BDS & Palestine Solidarity Working Group’s statement to expel Bowman. Please join us to learn more about this history and why the support of this struggle is so important for socialists.
NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:
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The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)
On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.
OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! 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
It’s time to roll up our sleeves and get into the game planning for the April 4th Day of Action to “PICK UP THE PEN, JOE.” We are calling on all members, allies, organizers and enthusiasts to join our mass campaign calls to get the plan in place for:
- Getting buses organized from your city
- Hosting local debtors’ assemblies
- Getting as many people as possible to show up in D.C.
We will hold calls from 7:30-8:30PM ET on February 22, March 8 and March 22.
Sign up here to get the Zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/game-planning-to-cancel-student-debt/
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Email bayareadebtorsunion@gmail.com for Zoom link.
Twice monthly meetings, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays.
President Zelenskyy has called for everyone to have demonstrations of support tomorrow on the one month anniversary of the beginning of the war. The Berkeley demonstration will be at 5 o’clock tomorrow at the flag pole across from the old City Hall on Martin Luther King.
Today marks 1 month since Russia invaded Ukraine. The people of Ukraine have valiantly defended their country, but the war is far from over. President Zelensky has asked the world to hold rallies in support of Ukraine. We are answering that call. Today, 5pm, Civic Center Park. 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/9GbdvjVbhN
— Jesse Arreguin #GetVaccinated (@JesseArreguin) March 24, 2022
What: Digital Action Day
When: all day
Where: Online or Phone
Who: Extinction Rebellion & You
Wall Street is lying to us. On the one hand, they are making announcements about the Paris Agreement and Net Zero and investing in green technology. But on the other, they are funding companies building massive new fossil fuel projects that they want to profit from for decades.
This shareholder season, resolutions demanding an end to fossil fuel expansion will be introduced at the annual shareholder meetings of major Wall Street banks, and several major insurance companies. These resolutions are grounded in the best-available climate science.
Take a few minutes this Friday to send a message to these companies: It’s got to be people over fossil fuels. March 18 is Extinction Rebellion SF Bay’s chosen day of action. Can you send an email and/or call a CEO. Our voices matter!
Any time on Friday March 18th, please send an email or make a phone call to one of these oil-drenched CEOs and let them know you support these resolutions. These links from Stop The Money Pipeline will make this easy and provide scripts you can use: https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/customers/.
#PeopleNotProfit
Join climate organizing powerhouse Youth Vs Apocalypse as they rally along with adult allies in downtown San Francisco as part of the global Fridays For Future climate strike on March 25th. #PeopleNotProfit
If you’d like to help out as a safety marshal, photographer, videographer, or other support role please get in touch with dawg@xrsfbay.org.
In two days at 10 am PST! Join @DSA_SF & @DSAEastBay for a film screening of Naila & the Uprising. This film highlights Palestinian women resisting during the First Intifada. This 76 min. film will be followed by a group discussion. Register: https://t.co/t4sfTtrUtu pic.twitter.com/AmRdoMDwhv
— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) March 24, 2022
Description: Afteer brief presentations by members of the ICSS Progrm Commiottee, we will continue our discussion on the
Our Zoom room will be opened up, as usual, at 10:15 for anyone to join and discuss technical matters, catch up with each other, say Hi, etc.. The program (and recording) will begin as close to 10:30 am as possible and will end at 12:30, but the Waiting Room will remain open until about 1 pm for in
Raj Sahai is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: ICSS SUNDAY
Time: Mar 27, 2022 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:
occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)
On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.
OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! 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 us for this Virtual Arts Training with long-time movement artists and activists, David Solnit, Jetsonorama (aka Chip Thomas) and others.
On the training, we will walk you through step-by-step tips for pasting, using art in your actions, and setting up a pop-up art show.
This training is designed for people who plan to participate in the #DefundClimateChaos Week of Arts Actions
From Legislation to Operation: The Nuts and Bolts of Opening Public Banks in California
Join us for an exciting virtual town hall on March 30, 2022 at 6pm PST and learn about the groundbreaking efforts to start public banks in California! Keynote speaker Eric Hardmeyer will discuss the mechanics of the successful Bank of North Dakota – the nation’s only public bank in operation for more than a century – which he steered for over 20 years.. Eric will be joined by a powerful lineup of elected officials representing five cities: Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Francisco, Richmond, and Santa Cruz.
Register here
Serious efforts are underway to establish public banks in cities and regions throughout California. Following the passage of the landmark California Public Banking Act, elected officials and activists are working hand-in-hand to implement public banks that will serve as a powerful tool for local governments. Public banks are the pathway for governments to invest in the long-term sustainability of local economies and return profits to the public. We’ll hear from electeds and advocates on constructing business plans, viability studies, and the governance frameworks for California public banks.
Eric Hardmeyer, the former CEO of the Bank of North Dakota (BND), will share his experiences at the helm of the nation’s only public bank. He will elaborate on the mission, design, and mechanisms that enabled the BND to weather the 2008 financial crisis and successfully roll out more PPP loans than any other state during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Facilitator: David Cobb, California Public Banking Alliance
Keynote: Eric Hardmeyer, Former CEO Bank of North Dakota
Speakers:
Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond City Councilmember
Curren Price, Los Angeles City Councilmember
Miguel Santiago, CA State Assemblymember
John Avalos, Former San Francisco Supervisor
Justin Cummings, Santa Cruz City Councilmember
Robert Garcia, Long Beach Mayor
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The California Public Banking Alliance is a 100% grassroots, volunteer-powered organization. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our critical work to revolutionize finance. 100% of your donation goes towards making public banking a reality in California.
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What’s Up With Our Alameda County Jail System?
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Join us on Zoom for a forum in advance of the June primary election for Alameda County Sheriff and District Attorney.
Conditions in our jail have led to many unexplained deaths and suicides. “The system continues to fail Black and brown people, poor people, and those with mental illness.”
–Brendon Woods, Chief Public Defender.
YOUR VOTE MATTERS in the June 7th election for Alameda County Sheriff and District Attorney! Join us at this Town Hall on the justice issues that must be raised in the campaigns.
The CA Poor People’s Campaign is sponsoring this Town Hall together with Faith In Action East Bay, the Interfaith Coalition For Justice In Our Jails, The Ella Baker Center and others.
SPEAKERS:
–Brendon Woods, Chief Public Defender
–Kimberley Graves, Advocate for son with serious mental health issues incarcerated in our jail
–Rudy Howell, Re-entry staff at Rubicon & member of Oakland Police Commission
–Loni Hancock: Former Berkeley City Mayor, State Legislator, and social justice advocate
Instead of handing over your data everytime you log on to a platform, what if there was a better way forward? What if you could maintain control over your personal identity and share only what is needed? Enter decentralized or self-sovereign identity (SSI). In the future, we believe each person will hold an e-wallet and control his/her/their own personal information.
This Thursday, March 31, 2022, join leaders in Digital Identity: Kaliya Young for an introduction to Decentralized Identity, plus Lambert Heller of the Open Science Lab at TIB & Irene Adamski of Jolocom demonstrating ConDIDI — Conference Digital Identifier Integration, a self-sovereign identity platform for academic conferences.
This is the third in the series of workshops presented by the Metropolitan New York Library Council, Internet Archive, DWeb, and Library Futures. Register here for Thursday’s session, read the guides from previous sessions or catch up on recordings.