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ABOUT THE EVENT
5:00 pm – Movement Dinner and Reception
6:30 pm – Doors Open
7:00 pm – Program
Critical Resistance (CR) invites you to join us for “Critical Resistance: 20 Years of Strategy and Struggle for Abolition,” a community celebration highlighting 20 years of dismantling the prison industrial complex and building for the world we need.
We are excited to host the incomparable author, educator and activist Angela Y. Davis in conversation with Black liberationist organizer Kamau Walton (Critical Resistance), anti-imperialist organizer and former political prisoner Linda Evans (All of Us or None), and firebrand Southern freedom fighter Mary Hooks (Southerners On New Ground).
TICKETS:
Purchase your tickets here. Sponsor a community ticket.
Whether you’re purchasing your tickets to attend or sponsoring a ticket for a community member, make sure to save your space to celebrate our history with us and build for our collective abolitionist future.
SPONSORSHIPS, all info here. Sponsoring this event:
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helps subsidize tickets for formerly imprisoned people, youth, and low-income communities;
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ensures the event participation is truly reflective of the movement we are building;
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helps to advance strategic grassroots organizing and cultural work against jail expansion and the violence of policing in the Bay Area, in Los Angeles, CA; Portland, OR, and New York, NY, and nationally;
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demonstrates community support for creative movement-building and rigorous, Left analysis in these inspiring yet dire times.
Sign up to Sponsor here.
Share the Facebook event widely here.
OUR HISTORY. OUR IMPACT.
Through advancing a critical understanding of prison industrial complex and abolition, CR has consistently inspired individuals, organizations and communities to take creative and practical steps to build this liberated future. We have achieved many victories from successfully stopping the construction of new jails in New York to Los Angeles to ending the use of racist gang injunctions in Oakland and stopping California’s 20-year prison building boom. Our campaigns, vision and strategies have been shared and used blue-prints across the US and internationally.
We invite you to join us in celebrating the gains we have made together, to feed our minds and our spirits, and to prepare for the pitched battle of the next 20 years. Every donation, ticket or sponsorship will amplify the vision of liberated communities and the fierce, joyful will of our people to fight to win.
If you need more information or would like to get involved please visit www.criticalresistance.org/Dec9 or contact Jess Heaney at// 510.444.0484
Come hear Ibrahim Nsasra, a Bedouin elder and founder of the Tamar Center Negev, talk about the organization’s efforts to empower the Bedouin community, which is by far Israel’s most disadvantaged population.
Do you have questions about immigration policy, immigrant rights, and advocacy efforts? Come connect, converse, listen, learn, and brainstorm a better future together. The world cafe format allows audience members to ask questions, delve into discussion, and discover what they can do to make a difference. Refreshments will be provided.
Free and open to the public, this event includes a screening of first-hand stories of immigrant detention and deportation, with the aim of providing insight and information on how to build solidarity networks and enhance the role of artistic expression in advocating for social justice and advancing political change.
Humanizing Deportation is an an ongoing project and bilingual online archive of digital stories (short testimonial videos) documenting a diverse range of personal experiences related to deportation that give a human face to the complex consequences of mass involuntary displacement.
http://humanizandoladeportacion.ucdavis.edu/en
Supported by the Mellon Initiative in Comparative Border Studies at UC Davis, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, Freedom for Immigrants, UC Humanities Research Institute, UC Mexico Initiative, UC MEXUS, UCD Global Affairs, CONACYT, and UC Davis Office of the Provost.
Join us for the BIGGEST Latka Jam yet! Celebrate community, make new friends, experience kick ass local entertainment (see acts below) AND support survivors of the devastating fires in Butte County, all while enjoying the best goddamn potato cakes and libations in the Bay Area.
Our goal is to raise $5,000. Help us break potato, break this goal, bring hope to our neighbors to the north in need, and bring warmth to our community as we celebrate the festival of lights!
ABOUT THIS EVENT created by Berkeley-resident David Hermele…..
FOR THE LAST DECADE, I’ve gathered friends and neighbors to celebrate this holiday called Chanukah — which mostly gets me excited about making fried potatoes for friends! I love cooking, but I love community even more. Opening my home to friends old and new is a joy—and serving them up tasty latkas, sauces, and sides each year is one of my favorite passions. Last year, I cooked 150 pounds of latkas in my backyard with two little deep fryers and fed hundreds of people! This year we’re going big instead of going home . . .
HISTORICALLY, this has been a free private potluck, but in light of recent events and inspiration to be of service, an amazing Latkamorphisis has occurred! I’m joining forces with Revival Bar + Kitchen to take these potatoes public and raise funds for the North Valley Community Foundation.
TICKETS are $25 and will include a righteous serving of latkas with homemade sauces and other sides, plus a variety of entertainment (see details below). We’ll have $5 wine, beer, and specialty cocktails available as well. All proceeds will go directly to https://www.nvcf.org/
Leftovers will be distributed to the homeless at People’s Park and other homeless outreach groups (TBD).
Join us for Great food, Great people, and a Great purpose!
LOCAL TALENT ON DISPLAY!!
We have several artists we are thrilled to feature who are donating their time and talents for this event…..
INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED COMEDIAN ALICIA DATTNER.
Alicia has performed in London, Bali, Hollywood, and New York. She’s been voted Best Comedian in both the SF Weekly & SF Bay Guardian. Her new standup show One Life Stand is headed to New York! Check out her workshops at http://soloshowdown.com/
EXOTIC DANCE TROUPE LED BY ANASTASIA LATTANAND.
AWARD-WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER MARY REDENTE…
Mary is a recording artist, classically trained multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter. Mary’s heartfelt music speaks of hope, healing, & her personal journey of awakening. Her mission with music is to open hearts. It’s through grace and the transformative power of music that she offers her voice and musical craft with healing intention for the world. Mary is currently working on her second album entitled ‘Sleeping Giant’ due for release in Spring 2019.
LOCAL POP-ROCK DUO LAVADIO & SUMATI…
Lavadio is a San Francisco-based composer & multi-instrumental musical artist who has spent a lifetime playing many genres from classic rock, to jazz, reggae & blues. Sumati is a singer, guitarist & lyricist from Oakland.
In addition to their catchy original songs, they love covering recognizable blues-based rock and roll anthems that force their audience to their feet and inspire them to sing along!
CELLO JOE…
the world’s only beatboxing, long distance bicycle touring cellist.
Cello Joe plays the cello while beatboxing, looping, and singing. It’s Classical Hip Hop. He creates fat beats with a cello and his mouth and he does it live!
His lyrics weave together sustainability, environmental justice, and social awareness. They entertain, inspire, and make you wonder.
We want to offer a huge thank you to all our member volunteers for our electoral campaigns this past cycle. You were a critical part of the field operations for our campaign for Jovanka Beckles, the Affordable Housing Act, the Community Power Slate, Team Richmond, and Measures O, P, and Y.
You led the way, knocking 18,000 doors, making 7,300 phone calls, sending thousands of texts, and spreading an important political message across the East Bay that the working class is ready to fight back against bought elections and corporate politics. We can’t thank you enough for your leadership, your hard work, and your commitment to building a campaign that went far beyond what any of us thought it could be.
This coming Monday, the Electoral Campaigns Committee is going to be convening a big debrief meeting to talk about what we did, what went well, where we can improve, and what’s coming next! We’d love to have you be a part of this conversation as we learn together and look toward the future.
Please feel free to reach out to any of us if you have questions. All are welcome, whether you are an East Bay DSA member or not and even if you were not part of the campaign but would like to do electoral work in the future.
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.
Sunrisers across the West Coast will show up at Representative Pelosi’s office in San Francisco with candles (electric) to memorialize the 85 people burned in the most recent fires, and carrying items that represent what they are fighting to protect from the climate crisis. Speakers will share stories of why they are in this fight and why a Green New Deal is our only hope to protect the communities we come from and hold dear from the fires increasing in frequency and severity at an alarming rate. In California people are already experiencing climate change; climate change is here in the form of drought-induced infernos across the state. We are calling on our leaders to take action in alignment with what science and justice demand. Join us.
If you are in CA or on the West Coast and interested in attending this powerful action remembering lives already lost and staking a claim to a right for our generation not to be left to burn in the years to come, please register for the action here.
Mon. Dec. 10th 6-9pm – Action training ***required in order to attend the action***
Tues. Dec. 11th 8:15am – ACTION DAY
The last day of Congress is Dec. 13th, which means we have just a few days to push the agenda on climate change and build support for a Select Committee on a Green New Deal. There will be opportunities for civil disobedience
Join us in San Francisco on Dec. 11th to demand Congress make a real plan to address climate change.
The time for transformative climate action is NOW. Entire towns are burning to the ground. Fossil fuels are poisoning our communities and our planet.
There’s no time to waste, and we’re calling on Representative Pelosi to STEP UP to create a Select Committee for a Green New Deal. One day after Sunrise leaders take action in DC, we are gathering at Representative Pelosi’s office in San Francisco to share stories of why we are fighting climate change and why a Green New Deal is we policy we need to protect the communities we come from and hold dear.
FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM HERE –> http://www.bit.ly/cagnd
The last day of Congress is Dec. 13th, which means we have just a few days to push the agenda on climate change and build support for a Select Committee on a Green New Deal.
In California, people are already experiencing climate change, most recently in the form of drought-induced infernos across the state, which are increasing in frequency and severity at an alarming rate. We are calling on our leaders to take action in alignment with what science and justice demand.
If you are in CA or on the West Coast and interested in attending this powerful action remembering lives already lost and staking a claim to a right for our generation not to be left to burn in the years to come, please register for the action here: http://www.bit.ly/cagnd
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*SCHEDULE*
Sat. Dec. 8th 10am-1:30pm – Action prep work party
Mon. Dec. 10th 6-9pm – Action training ***highly encouraged (required for high riskers) in order to attend the action***
Tues. Dec. 11th 9:30am – ACTION DAY
I’d like to cordially invite you to my teach-in on December 11th about how converting businesses to worker cooperatives benefits owners, workers, and communities. My coworker, Ricardo Nuñez, and I will provide an overview of benefits, models, and stories of businesses converting to cooperatives. We’ll also share some of the legal steps and business considerations owners and employees should know before moving forward. RSVP here!
We’ll be hosting this conversation on December 11th from 5:00pm-6:30pm at Alchemy Collective Cafe (1741 Alcatraz Ave, Berkeley), just a short walk from the Ashby BART station. Space is limited so please RSVP here
Charlotte Tsui
Staff Attorney
http://www.theselc.org/
Eastlake United for Justice
We recently learned that Oakland City Councilmember Abel Guillen is orchestrating a giveaway of millions of dollars in city funding to luxury apartment developer UrbanCore, after the developer failed to raise enough financing to pay for the E12th Street parcel and failed to meet project deadlines for the development.
Please join us at the Oakland City Council meeting this Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 5:30 pm to speak out against this giveaway of public funds to a dirty developer.
UrbanCore is currently facing a lawsuit from the City of San Francisco for $5.5 million dollars in unpaid loans for a failed project in the Fillmore district (https://bit.ly/2El48Yb Now, UrbanCore has lapsed on it’s financial commitments to the City of Oakland, and has violated the timeline approved by the City Council for its development on E12th St. UrbanCore does not deserve a multi-million dollar loan of Oakland taxpayer money!
Will you join us on Tuesday at City Hall to tell the City Council not to approve this sweetheart deal for UrbanCore? We are calling for the Council to pull this item from the agenda, allow more time for a public process, and let the new city council to take up the issue after it convenes in January. In order to win, we will need a strong turnout.
Please sign up for a speaker card in advance here: https://bit.ly/2klMglm Indicate that you are speaking on Agenda Item Number 17. The meeting starts at 5:30pm, although our item may not be discussed until later.
If enough of us show up to speak, we can stop the council from giving away millions in city funds to an irresponsible developer. Please join us Tuesday at City Hall! #SaveE12th
Hello we are here to Save the Internet!
Join us every Tuesday in the Omni Commons mezzanine to help build a community-owned and -operated wireless mesh network in the East Bay!
Every Tuesday night, we meet to discuss on-going projects, technical bugs, community and media outreach, finances and budgeting, and upcoming events, such as node mounts, office hours, and workshops. Newcomers are encouraged to come on the last Tuesdays of the month for general orientation, but are welcome at any meeting.
A wireless mesh network is a network where each computer acts as a relay to other computers, such that a network can stretch to cover entire cities.
Our goal is to create a wireless mesh network that is owned and operated by the community.
Want to help create an alternate means of digital communication that isn’t governed by for-profit internet service providers? Join us for the mesh hacknight! We need people of all backgrounds to help with everything from community involvement and grant writing to mounting antennas on buildings and developing software!
Learn more at https://peoplesopen.net and http://sudomesh.org/
Those Women Productions presents a staged reading of Unquestioned Integrity: The Hill-Thomas Hearings by Mame Hunt, a docudrama adapted from the 1991 hearing transcripts, with a new epilogue added after the #MeToo events of October 2017. Directed by Erin Merritt. Net proceeds from this performance go to the Women’s Law Program: https://www.womenslaw.org/ “Because knowledge is power.”
Everyone welcome regardless of ability to pay.
Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay.
We fight against “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” spy drones, facial recognition, police body cameras and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones, to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government.
We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no one is illegal.
Oakland Privacy originally came together in 2013 to fight against the Domain Awareness Center, Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub. OP was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network.
Our major projects currently include local legislation to regulate state surveillance (we got the strongest surveillance regulation ordinance in the country passed in Oakland!), opposing Urban Shield (now gone!) and pushing back against ICE with local legislation.
If you are interested in joining the Oakland Privacy email listserv, coming to a meeting, or have questions, send an email to:
Check out our website: http://oaklandprivacy.org/ Follow us on twitter: @oaklandprivacy
Check out our sister site DeportICE.
“WATCHING YOU WATCHING US”
Oakland Privacy works regionally to defend the right to privacy and enhance public transparency and oversight regarding the use of surveillance techniques and equipment. Oakland Privacy drove the passage of surveillance regulation and transparency ordinances in Oakland and Berkeley and is kicking off new processes in Richmond and Alameda County. To help slow down the encroaching police state all over the Bay Area, join us at the Omni.
If you haven’t already saved the date, our 5th Annual People’s March to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy is on January 21, 2019 and we need your help to make it a reality.
Join us for a planning meeting next week to make this mass mobilization come true!
Near the 10th anniversary of the murder of Oscar Grant, Anti Police-Terror Project calls our comrades to come together in solidarity against police-terror and the corporate development in the Bay Area that is prioritized over affordable housing for the people.
RSVP today to let us know you can join us for the planning meeting.
RSVP
Hope to see you there!
APTP
Anti Police-Terror Project is not a non-profit.
We are a community group powered by people like you.
JOINT WALK‐IN CLINICS with Public Defender and EBCLC
*Please bring your statewide CA DOJ RAP sheet
if you have it or we can give information at clinic*
We may be able to help with:
Dismissal of Conviction – PC 1203.4
Felony Reduction / Prop 47 and 64 Relief
Early Termination of Probation
Certificate of Rehabilitation
Sealing Arrest Record – Factual Innocence
Juvenile Record Sealing
Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants and
Survivors of Human Trafficking
Employment denials due to criminal background
reports
Occupational Licensing Denials(DSS, Security
Guard)
Voting Rights, Jury Service Rights
THIS THURSDAY 📢 Speak out at a @sfbos hearing on the public bank task force. Then come to @DSA_SF HQ to learn about the movement!
No big deal…The only thing at stake is $9 billion of capital for affordable housing, green energy, low interest student loans, & businesses. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/prryWfiWBK
— SF Public Bank (@sfpublicbank) December 10, 2018
Energy data used to be boring. The utility read your meter 12 times a year, and no one cared much about seeing your utility bill history. Nowadays, things are very different. As the $10+ trillion energy transition to renewables ramps up to fight climate change, private energy data access is a critical requirement to deploy and manage distributed energy resources like solar, battery storage, electric vehicles, demand response, and energy efficiency. Also, to make things harder, smart meters are second only to smart phones in how much they know about your day-to-day life. They know when you’re home, when you’re at work, when you’re sleeping, when you’re watching TV, when you’re taking a shower, when you’re having sex. So how do we make the switch to a carbon-free future without compromising energy data privacy? What will the future of energy data privacy look like?
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Bio:
Daniel Roesler is the co-founder and CEO of UtilityAPI, a utility data
service that automates interactions with utilities. UtilityAPI is an
early adopter of the U.S. Department of Energy DataGuard Voluntary
Code of Conduct, which outlines best practices for handling private
energy data. Daniel is on the board of the Green Button Alliance,
which manages the international standard around personal utility data
access, and is technical contributor to the Customer Data Access
Committee at the California Public Utilities Commission, which comes
up with the next generation of regulations around utility data access
in California. In his spare time, Daniel maintains several open source
privacy and security projects.
Tickets are limited to 40 people. Feel free to contact us if you have any trouble getting a ticket.
You are encouraged to read this relevant article on the legal status of smart meters before Daniel’s talk: https://www.lawfareblog.com/public-utilitys-recording-home-energy-consumption-every-15-minutes-search-seventh-circuit-rules
Meeting of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ Ad Hoc Committee on Urban Area Security Initiative, charged with reconstituting and rethinking Urban Shield.
The committee was established by the Board of Supervisors in March 2018 in response to sustained community concerns about Urban Shield, which is funded in part by UASI grants from the Department of Homeland Security, and coordinated by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.
The Board of Supervisors decided in March, 2018 that 2018 would be the last year the county would approve Urban Shield, as currently constituted, and asked the Ad Hoc Committee to make recommendations to the Board on the UASI-funded emergency preparedness training and exercise in 2019 and beyond.
The agenda will include a presentation and Q/A with county emergency preparedness officials (from ACSO, Public Health, and Social Services); a discussion of criteria for weighing recommendations; and a presentation about community-based emergency preparedness initiatives.
Agendas and materials for each meeting are posted at http://www.acgov.org/board/calendarcom.htm
Come and support Rebecca Kaplan’s motion to send the “Stop and Search” policy regarding folks on parole or probation back to the Police Commission. Item 7.37 on tomorrow’s City Council agenda – meeting starts at 11 AM.
We must make sure that the policy is effective at stopping racial profiling and requires police officers to have ‘reasonable suspicion’ as a basis for pulling someone over and conducting a search. Enough is enough!!
88% of Oaklanders voted for the Police Commission so now OPD is trying to sneak around to do their dirty work of criminalizing most of us, especially our black and brown youth- come and tell them to listen to the will of the people who VOTED.
Make your own signs on 8 ½ x11 paper
Fill out a speaker card for the agenda item(s) you wish to address. You may elect to cede your time to others.
https://solar.oaklandnet.com/Speaker/form
(If you are unable to attend please call (you can email but due to the time frame it is more likely your message will be noted if you call)
Mayor Libby schaff:
510-238-3141
LSchaaf@oaklandnet.com
Officeofthemayor@oaklandnet com
Asst to city admin Joe deVries
510-238-3083
Jdevries@oaklandnet.com
JDeVries@oaklandca.gov
Council rep Rebecca Kaplan
510-238-7008
Atlarge@oaklandnet.com
Councilmember Dan Kalb D1
Phone: (510) 238-7001
Fax: (510) 238-6910
Lynette Gibson Council Member D3
Email Address: lmcelhaney@oaklandca.gov
Phone Number: 510-238-7003
Legislation and Policy
If you are interested in interfacing with Councilmember McElhaney on a policy-related matter before the Oakland City Council, please contact her policy team:
Alex Marqusee, Policy Analyst
Email: AMarqusee@oaklandnet.com
Phone: (510) 238-7031
Zachary Wald, Chief of Staff
Email: ZWald@oaklandnet.com
Phone: (510) 238-7032
Councilmember Noel Gallo D5
Ngallo@oaklandnet.com
510-238-7005
Come fire up the grill on Big Tech, come laugh at our local tech firms!
Comedy acts interspersed with talks from NSA Comedy Host, former Amazon executive, and entrepreneur Vahid Razavi, author of Ethics in Tech, or The Lack Thereof and Age of Nepotism.
Friday Dec 14th, 6PM Doors open for networking, Show starts at 7:00 PM at the Internet Archive.
It’s better to laugh than cry. As the Romans used to say “illegitimi non carborundum,” “don’t let the bastards grind you down.” Come and make a difference with others who feel like you and have fun doing it too!
Besides the entertainment, it is a chance to have an amazing time while meeting others who are being the change they want to see in the world. Tickets available at EthicsInTech.com
Francesca Fiorentini is a correspondent, comedian and B-list internet celebrity. She was behind viral hits like “The Real Deal With the US Mexico Border” and “White Fragility in the Workplace”, and was host of the show Newsbroke on Facebook Watch. She has been in SF Sketchfest three years and counting and is currently host of the podcast The Bitchuation Room.
Chloe McGovern started doing stand-up comedy when she was 18 years old, a decision that proved to be irreparably damaging both morally and spiritually, but a true delight to audiences everywhere. She can be seen regularly opening for Rich Vos and competing in Roast Battles at The Stand, New York Comedy Club, and The Comedy Store.
The New York Times on Will Durst: “Quite possibly the best political satirist working in the country today.” The Boston Globe: “A modern day Will Rogers.”
San Francisco Examiner: “Heir apparent to Mort Sahl & Dick Gregory.”
Nichole Spain was raised in Detroit and NY now by way of Philadelphia, Nichole is multiracial, multicultural, addicted to food, love men, and can’t keep a job.
Nichole has done theatre 9 years with comedic and dramatic rolls. She attended Philadelphia Comedy College and recently was a contestant at Helium Comedy Club’s Philly’s Phunniest. She recently debuted at Philly’s Punchline Comedy Club.
Nichole is a regular at Broadway Comedy Club in Manhattan. Live cable tapings for Manhattan Neighbor Network and Tnos Comedy cable Show in Brooklyn.
Up and coming comedian Jared Horning, has performed at the Shippensburg Comedy Club and the Boomerang Bar and Grill.
Vahid Razavi is the host of previous NSA Comedy Shows. Previously employed at Amazon and many tech firms in the Valley. Author of a new book Ethics In Tech and Lack Thereof. Copies of the book will be shared with the audience.
All Net Proceeds from this event will be donated to split between three Non-Profit Organization. These include Internet Archive, Freedom of the Press Foundation and The Church of Fellowship of All People.
Video recording of the stage will be taking place at this event.
Download Ethics In Tech and Lack Thereof. A Free Book By Vahid Razavi at http://MyAWSStory.com