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Monthly APTP meeting, held on every 3rd Wednesday (changed from Thursday) of the month.
The Anti Police-Terror Project is a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee that in coalition with other organizations like The Alan Blueford Center For Justice, Idriss Stelley Foundation, Workers World and Healthy Hoodz, is working to develop a replicable and sustainable model to end police terrorism in this country.
We are led by the most impacted communities but are a multi-racial, mutil-generational coalition.
Join AROC on February 19th with a live discussion with Rasmea Odeh. Get updates on her case and find out ways to get involved.
#justice4rasmea
A conversation with Rasmea Odeh on political repression, Palestine, and the targeting of her by the US Federal government. Find out ways to plug into the local defense committee.
FORMAT
The first hour will be a presentation by Rasmea followed by questions and answers. We will then transition into a facilitated discussion about next steps for the Bay Area Rasmea Defense Committee.
Presentations will be given by Attorneys Tony Rossmann (lawyer for the City of Berkeley’s lawsuit against the Post Office) and Brian Turner (lawyer for the National Trust’s similar lawsuit against the Post Office).
Others will also be there to share information about the Community Garden, the Occupation, and anything else relevant to the fight to Save the Berkeley Post Office.
The Media Action Grassroots Network is leading a march for Net Neutrality in Berkeley outside of AT&T, Verizon
and Comcast stores. This is a critical opportunity to stand up to Big Telecom: can we count on you to be there
The FCC will vote on Chairman Wheeler’s proposed rules on February 26. Between now and then, telecom lobbyists are going to do everything in their power to pressure the FCC to water down the rules.
If we remain silent, we run the risk that the FCC commissioners will cave to pressure and insert dangerous loopholes into the rules at the last minute. We need to make it clear to the FCC commissioners that we’ll have their backs if they follow through and pass strong rules by holding Big Telecom accountable on Friday in Berkeley . I hope you’ll be there.
Click here to RSVP for the march.
Thank you for fighting for the open Internet.
(Darrell Whitman was a member of the Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition)
Defend OSHA Whistleblowers-Rehire Federal Attorney Darrell Whitman
Who Is Defending Workers Fighting For Our Health And Safety
EVENT: SF Press Conference And Rally
OSHA Federal Attorney Darrell Whitman is one of only 3 attorneys in the 9th Region of
OSHA protecting health and safety for whistleblowers. This region covers nearly 40 million
workers. Whitman has been fighting the systemic violation of the rights of OSHA
whistleblowers. He has challenged the systemic corruption in at OSHA and the DOL top
management which not only refuses to enforce the law but has allowed some managers to
falsify federal documents and illegally suppress the rights of whistleblowers.
This is not only a worker issue but the right of the public and communities to be protected
on the highways with trucks, on the railways, airlines, at oil refineries, nuclear plants and
even our health and safety in buildings and other work and industrial sites.
As a result of fighting for whistleblowers, Whitman himself has come under attack
being bullied and threatened for following the law. This press conference will report on this
case and also the connection to the workers and communities in the bay area and the
nation.
Sponsored by
Injured Workers National Network IWNN.org
United Public Workers For Action http://www.upwa.info
The planting was a few weeks ago. The gardening work continues. Join us!
More information on the Berkeley Post Office Defense against the sale and privatization here.
Pictures and videos of the soil preparation and planting here.
On Tuesday, February 3, 38 year-old mother of two Yuvette Henderson was gunned down by the Emeryville Police Department.
Her crime? Allegedly shoplifting from Home Depot.
She was chased down, cornered and gunned down by the police who executed her utilizing a hand gun, a shot gun and a military-style assault rifle in broad daylight in a residential area.
Just a week prior, a white man pulled a gun on OPD and was taken into custody … alive.
Join us for a speak out/rally at the Emeryville Police Department at 10:00 am and then a MARCH FOR YUVETTE.
The Campaign to Date:
APTP initiated an immediate response to Yuvette’s murder in the form of a vigil that took place the night she was killed. APTP also conducted a people’s investigation during which many people countered the police department’s claims that Yuvette was carrying a gun.
Even in the first interview, when the police were asked if she had a gun, they responded with “We got a report that the suspect had a gun.” A gun was not found on her person but in the vicinity. The police also note that they remembered to turn their body cameras on AFTER the murder.
The following Tuesday, APTP led a small group to deliver letters to the Oakland Police Department, the Emeryville Police Department, Home Depot, Sports Authority and Extra Space Storage. The letters asked the businesses for their accounting of the day’s event and for access to the video tapes that must have captured the shooting.
Our Demands Include
– Release of the video tapes that show the shooting of Yuvette Henderson
– Leave without pay for the officers involved while they are being investigated and ultimately their termination from EPD
– The immediate return or destruction of all military styled weapons and accessories by OPD and EPD
– An explanation for what happen to Yuvette inside of the Home Depot and why she never saw the paramedics
#endpoliceterror
#aptp
#justiceforyuvette
Come to a solution-oriented forum presented by
Berkeley Citizens Action with Berkeley NAACP.
The 2011 report from the African American/Black
Business, Professional and Community Network
(AABPCN) and the report from the 2013 Berkeley
NAACP Town Hall Meeting addressed inequities
and disparities for African Americans, low-income
populations and other marginalized groups in
Berkeley. They outlined numerous recommendations
for housing, education, employment,
criminal justice and health/mental health.
Also, CopWatch, the Peace and Justice Commission and
Police Review Commission all have solution-based
reports and/or council items that address some of
the same problems. Councilmember Jesse Arreguin
has several measures ready to present to council
and other council members are preparing items.
The purpose of our #BlackLivesMatter Forum is to
identify recommendations for action, first with
panelists, and then in breakout groups; to develop
an Action Plan which BCA and allied groups will
advocate for with politicians and political
candidates in the coming year.
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VEN Y COMPARTE CON NOSOTROS….
SABADO – FEBRERO 21, 2015
RAYMOND BERNAL PARK EN SAN JOSE
SOBRE LA 7TH Y HEDDING STREET.
2PM – 5PM
COMIDA, PINTADA DE ROSTROS, ARTESANIAS, Y VENTA DE CAMISETAS
TENEMOS UNA PRESENTACION ESPECIAL PARA JOSIAH Y ANGELIQUE
COMPARTA ACERCA DE COMO FUE ANTONIO Y ESCUCHE DE OTRAS FAMILIAS , EL IMPACTO DE NO TENER JUSTICIA EN NUESTAS COMUNIDADES.
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LEVANTANDO CONCIENSA PARA PROTEGER NUESTROS NIÑOS Y JOVENES!
UNIENDO FAMILIAS PARA QUE NUESTRAS VOCES SEAN ESCUCHADAS!
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Oaks Corner workers are paying $533 a month for family medical insurance and have not received a raise in several years. Come support your union brothers and sisters as they picket for respect and a fair contract on the restaurant’s busiest day of the year – their annual Chinese New Year Party! Bring your family and friends!
“I’m standing up because as a single mom, I struggle to take care of my daughter and pay my rent with the wages I make at the Oaks and the rising cost of healthcare.”
-Juana Tapia Cruz, Cashier
Questions or need a ride? Contact Nicole Zapata at nzapata@unitehere.org
This Black History Month community meeting is a call to action to strategize around race and resistance, and how to sustain and broaden the movement against police violence. Speakers who will kick-off the open conversation are: Duciana Thomas, co-convener of “Sisterhood and Solidarity”, a discussion group on multi-racial organizing, and Steena Wright with the Black Woman Coalition at Mills College. Door donation $2.00 (work exchanges and sliding scale available).
A home-cooked Southern supper is served at 8:00pm for an $8 donation. Wheelchair accessible, on-site childcare provided. Sponsored by Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party. To arrange childcare or work exchanges, call two days ahead.
A benefit for collective printing equipment at the Loose Dogs print shop. Mimosas, food, bottomless coffee and the pleasant company of friends & comrades.
The print shop, located in West Oakland, holds a duplicator, off-set printing, t-shirt making equipment, and full on color/black and white copy machine. Our printing devices have helped to print and distribute tens of thousands of revolutionary communist and anarchist zines, periodicals, event flyers, and posters.
Please show your support for this project and come have a good time with great food and drinks!
This Sunday: Street Conversations for Economic Justice in Oakland
If you had a million dollars to spend on your neighborhood or community, what would you spend it on?
On Sunday we’re taking it to the streets (again!) to engage the people of Oakland in conversations about their vision for an economically just Oakland.
Specifically, we’re going to ask, “If you had a million dollars to spend on your neighborhood or community, what would you spend it on?”
We’re doing this to learn from our community. We believe what we learn on Sunday will help us create the blueprint for democracy and mass movement.
Personally, I’m going out there this Sunday because I’m sick and tired of hosting and attending fundraisers to fund programs that are doing really important work. If I had a million dollars, I’d prioritize my neighborhood’s domestic violence service organizations, rooftop edible gardens with collectively owned solar panels built by students (who get paid!), and worker-owned cooperatives.
I used to spend (or waste) a lot of time asking politicians to fund these types of projects.But now, rather than making demands from the power structure, I’m going to stand up with CDP and demand a change in the power structure itself!
If our initiative passes, we wouldn’t have to lobby politicians to spend OUR MONEY in OUR COMMUNITY. Instead, we’d have the difficult but exciting task of answering, “We have a billion-dollar budget in Oakland: What should we spend it on?”
There’ll be snacks, a short training, and then we’ll break out into small groups and fan out to neighborhoods across Oakland to speak directly with Oakland residents. Then we’ll come back together to share our experiences. All are welcome – just come ready to chat it up!
The Community Democracy Project promotes active citizenship, community learning, and direct democracy by putting the people in charge of the budget. Our voter initiative will change the Oakland City Charter so that we the people decide how our tax money is spent. There will be empowered neighborhood assemblies throughout the city where people can come together to discuss community issues and determine public priorities by directly voting on the city budget. The time has come for public decision-making to include the voices of all.
A Radio-Media Network event with Community and KPFA Staff to help develop live, diverse grassroots radio-media channels for sharing local actions, news, public affairs and alternative culture.
On the 3rd floo,r administrative wing, look for KPFA signs.
This event, sponsored by the KPFA Community Advisory Board is open to the public and is especially for individuals, community groups and social justice activists who want to be involved with KPFA’s free speech radio-media network. We want to explore new possibilities for KPFA live streaming, outreach interviews, Twitter, and other radio-media resources. We want to support the dissemination of people’s stories, perspectives, and thinking to foster effective coverage about local events as well as our responses to national and global actions such as those we witness in Ferguson, New York and Cleveland.
Join us in building a KPFA Community and Staff Network, addressing issues of democratization and justice in our lives, in our communities and for the planet.
Movie: Salad Days.
Music: Ed Masuga, Rosa of Hunters, Jeanie Jean of Future Twin, Le fomo, This Body Wants to Live
Memorial to #TamirRice & all lives stolen by pigs – speak out & march tmrw #oakland 3pm @StopMassIncNet @Carl_Dix pic.twitter.com/bKKiLrwCdr
— Revolution Club (@RevClub_bay) February 22, 2015
6th Open Circle ~Connect & Collaborate on Ending Police Brutality,
Systemic Racism and Disenfranchisement of Black People & People of Color
Let’s kick this meeting off with a potluck at 3:00 pm followed by the Open Circle at 3:45 pm. Please bring a dish or snacks to share!
Open circle will begin with report backs and announcements of upcoming actions followed by reflection and dialogue around the current state and thoughts or approaches on how to effect change.
We will end with breakout group topics and time to connect with folks with similar interests. Some great affinity groups have formed out of the breakout groups segment. Solidarity is afoot so bring your ideas!
Notes from last meeting:
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