Calendar
Agenda:
3. 5:10pm: Open Forum
4. 5:20pm: Presentation and possible action on proposed “Resolution in support of SB 31 (Lara) Religious Freedom Act” (Councilmember McElhaney).
5. 5:30pm: Presentation and possible action on Surveillance Equipment Ordinance Section 8.
6. 5:50pm: Presentation and discussion on data sharing/joint operation agreements with outside entities (Oakland Police Department
We’re seeking answers on 3/27 @5pm, City Hall. “Oakland police pact with ICE questioned” https://t.co/hp11aZF1oR via @eastbaytimes
— Brian Hofer (@b_haddy) March 18, 2017
Tax the Rich Rallies every Monday from 5-6 pm on upper Solano in front of the Oaks Theater and the Chase Bank.
All are welcome!
Also We’ll be at SURJ (Stand Up for Racial Justice) event that starts at the Grand Lake Theater on Saturday April 1st from noon-1 :00 PM.
For our calendar of events, songs to download and more: www.occupella.org.
YOU’RE INVITED!
TOWN HALL @THE CORNERS: RUSSIAGATE, GORSUCH & OTHER ATROCITIES!
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
Our movement is growing. In every corner of the country, week after week, we are meeting face to face, with our elected officials, making it clear to Republicans and Democrats alike that collaboration with the Trump administration comes at a steep political price.
Our message to them: Do everything in your power to resist the Trump administration’s attempts to attack our communities and dismantle our democracy or face the power of an energized electorate.
The #ResistTrumpTuesdays movement, started by our friends at Working Families Party, has brought out tens of thousands of people since the inauguration – and has members of Congress shaking in their boots. Will you keep up the pressure and attend an event at your elected official’s local office?
Will you join the event as a part of #ResistTrumpTuesdays?
YES, I’LL BE THERE!
EFF Launches Community Security Training Series
EFF is pleased to announce a series of community security trainings in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library. High-profile data breaches and hard-fought battles against unlawful mass surveillance programs underscore that the public needs practical information about online security. We know more about potential threats each day, but we also know that encryption works and can help thwart digital spying. Lack of knowledge about best practices puts individuals at risk, so EFF will bring lessons from its comprehensive Surveillance Self-Defense guide to the SFPL.
EFF has tailored this series for technology beginners who may be unaware of potential privacy dangers, but already use smart phones or computers. Library patrons are invited to bring their devices to EFF’s introductory classes which include discussions of basic online security concepts and privacy tools. Lisa Wright and Willie Theaker, members of EFF’s TechOps Team, will facilitate Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop followed by Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop. There will be two opportunities to attend each class.
- Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Event details are included in each link to the EFF calendar above. Space is limited and attendance is on a first-come, first-served basis so attendees should prepare to arrive early. We encourage all EFF supporters to help people in their circles learn more about online rights issues and how to keep themselves—and each other— safer.
At the end of April, EFF’s spring Bay Area Members’ Speakeasy will feature a more advanced workshop on email encryption and key generation open to EFF members and their guests—we encourage you to bring a friend! Following the workshop, all EFF members will be invited to join our PGP keysigning party to help bring the community together and further expand the web of trust. If you are a current Bay Area member accepting email, you will receive a personal invitation including event details. Not a member yet? Join today!
With the Surveillance Self-Defense project and these local events, EFF strives to help make information about online security accessible to beginners as well as seasoned techno-activists and journalists. We hope you will consider our tips on how to protect your digital privacy, but we also hope you will encourage those around you to learn more and make better choices with technology. After all, privacy is a team sport and everyone wins.
“POLICING IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE”
Because policing fails to meet people’s needs, and puts people in danger of arrest, imprisonment, and/or even death, we must eliminate connections between policing and healthcare.
Critical Resistance Oakland and The Oakland Power Projects present: The “Know Your Options: Chronic illness” workshop
This workshop is designed to increase people’s understanding of how policing, incarceration and gentrification drive health inequalities manifest as chronic illnesses and to empower folks who live with them to access the care they need with minimal contact with law enforcement. The workshop ends with the problem of substance use and specific training on responding to and reversing drug overdoses.
The “Know Your Options” workshop series aims to increase people’s access to the healthcare they need and to decrease people’s contact with law enforcement. Workshops are facilitated by healthcare workers and community organizers.
Accessibility: Please come fragrance free to this event to minimize fragrance in this space.
As many of you know, the foreclosure crisis claimed over 12,000 homes throughout Oakland since 2006, wiping out generations of wealth built by predominantly people of color & paving the way for outside investors to purchase unprecedented numbers of properties, driving up rents and driving out families.
One of the latest victims of this type of economic violence and racist, predatory lending practices, was Dorothy Debose and her family. Ms. Dorothy, now 76 years old, and the family moved into their home @ 6521 Bancroft Ave in the 1960’s, to one of the few neighborhoods in Oakland at the time where African Americans could actually buy a house. Some 50 years later, amidst historic displacement, Ms. Dubose’s home was taken from her by Wells Fargo and sold to one of the largest investors in Alameda County, Community Fund LLC, owned by Michael Marr.
After a very questionable foreclosure process and aggressive behavior on behalf of the investor, Dorothy and her nephew, Omar Osiris, a long time organizer and participant in the movement, decided to take a stand. The family has decided to not be another victim of displacement and wrongful or illegal behavior and began an occupation of the front portion of their family home last week. Fellow members of ACCE Action supported the family’s right to remain in their home and are working alongside them to see to it they do not get pushed out.
On Wednesday, March 29th, @ 3pm, Ms. Dorothy, the family with the support of ACCE Action will be publicly launching this fight and they need your help. Given the extremely aggressive nature of this particular investor, it is important to have their back and support them as much as possible. We are calling on everyone who believes in long-term families’ right to stay to come out next Wednesday to 6521 Bancroft Ave. in East Oakland, support the family and be part of saying “no” to displacement and the type of race based, economic violence that has pushed so many families from their homes.
The family will be calling on allies, supporters and community to help hold down this action in a number of different ways that we will inform folx about in the coming days. In the meantime, please let us know if you can support the family this coming Wednesday. If not, we ask that you sign up for the rapid response team, in the event of an eviction, or take a shift at the house, holding down this action.
In solidarity,
Omar, Anthony-on staff w/ ACCE & the family
Please join thousands of other Americans to protest and rally against the extreme agenda of President Donald Trump, including his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court. The People’s Filibuster will take place in cities across the US and feature everyday Americans speaking on why they object to the extreme agenda of the President and how the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court would advance that agenda for decades to come.
The City of Oakland is planning to sell and develop key parcels of publicly owned land. Come give your input on how our land should be used!
*we will be providing translation ( Cantonese and Spanish), childcare and food!*
Please RSVP by filling out this short form: https://goo.gl/9nqgFo.
You can also join DSA here at dsausa.org/join.
At our February canvassing kick-off, 160 of our volunteers signed up 600 East Bay residents to stay informed and support the fight, before the bill was even introduced. Learn more about our last big canvassing event here:
https://eastbaydsa.org/
Now that SB-562 is out in the world, in the news and fresh in everyone’s minds, we’re ready to build on that momentum with another day of canvassing on April 1st. There’s no better time to get the word out, and no more pressing moment to show everyone a real socialist alternative to the broken system of private insurance.
You can learn more about the bill here: http://
and here: healthyca.org
We want all hands on deck for this exciting day! No prior experience necessary!
Anyone who comes will receive education on single payer and be trained on how to talk to your neighbors and friends about the issue. First-time canvassers will be paired with experienced organizers and canvassers to go spread the word about single payer, sign people up to be supporters, and recruit new members to DSA.
This is not only EBDSA’s a big day of organizing, but it’s also an opportunity for new members and people new to organizing to learn the ropes and build confidence for the work of socialist organizing we will be doing for years to come.
East Bay DSA is a member of the Campaign for a Healthy California coalition – learn more here: https://
And check out these articles:
https://
Join us at the Rockridge Bart station in Oakland, rain or shine, to call attention to racial injustice and demonstrate solidarity.
Throughout the East Bay and nationally, folks have been gathering on prominent street corners and freeway overpasses, holding signs and making visible our support for the Movement for Black Lives and communities targeted by Trump. These gatherings – or “human billboards” – have been a simple yet effective way of channeling anger and sadness over injustice into collective action and solidarity.
For those of us who are white, it’s a way to express a unified voice in opposition to Trump and the white nationalist politics he represents, and to commit to ending white silence and visibly supporting racial justice.
For all of us, it’s a concrete way to put our heart and soul into action. It’s being in community with each other, to share with like-minded people a belief that a loving, humane, compassionate world is possible, and to take a small step towards making that happen.
If you’ve been wanting to get more involved, this event is a great way to take action, meet people and gain further connections in the community we’re building.
Bring a sign with the following messaging!:
Will you show up for racial justice?
Black Lives Matter!
No Deportations! No Border Walls!
End Displacement of Black and Brown communities!
Solidarity with Undocumented Migrants!
Solidarity with Queer and Trans People of Color!
We Support Black Womxn!
We Support Our Muslim Neighbors!
Will you fight against Islamophobia?
This event called and organized by SURJ Bay Area.
This workshop offers two basic knowledge skillsets.
The deescalation skillset is intended to:
– identify potentially dangerous situations, particularly those of hateful victimization
– ensure the safety of the person or persons being victimized
– deescalate the rise in aggression and/or potential physical violence
– offer resources for help with no police involvement
The grounding skills workshop is intended to:
– become familiar with what grounding skills are and how can they help
– learn how to identify triggers
– identify bodily measurements of severe discomfort or anxiety once triggered
– learn what grounding skill is best to use based on the level of our discomfort/anxiety
– offer resources for help when all else fails
** Donations will go to Indigenous People Organizing for Change (IPOC). **
There will be snacks people can munch on throughout the workshop.
There will also be a short break between workshops.
Feel free to bring a notepad and pen to take notes; however, the central points of the workshops will be condensed in a zine for folks to take home, review, and pass on the knowledge.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
A documentary about democratic schools in England, Germany and Israel, where students have complete control over their time. No curriculum, no classes, no tests, no grades – unless the students ask for it. Students and staff run the school as a democratic community, with equal voices.
In partnership with AERO http://educationrevolution.org/ and the
Alliance for Self-Directed Education http://self-directed.org/
Homepage of the documentary: https://doingnothingalldayengl.wordpress.com/
Doors open at 6:30pm, film stars at 7pm
A panel of students and staff from local self-directed environments will answer your questions after the film!
Free snacks and popcorn
This Sunday check out the great folksinger David Rovics, a long-time friend of Occupy. He even did a benefit concert for Occupy Oakland, grok some of his videos in the post about that show.
He will be playing in Berkeley at the Backroom at 1984 Bonita Ave. Admire his nifty new electric cello in this video that I sent to all of my tenants:
Words to live by, I hope they take it to heart, but I still check my boots every morning for snakes. Enjoy the rest of his 2016 album Letter To My Landlord here.
Tickets Sunday are $10-$20, sliding scale, but I doubt folks would be turned away at the door if they were too broke to pay. It is a BYOB event, no corkage fee, so bring some grog, if that rings your bell.
David’s music is all creative commons, you can freely download just about all of his stuff and share it with your friends.
Linked are some of his songs about the last election cycle like Lesser Evil, Bernie, Jill Stein, Donald Trump, and this song about The Donald, G-d’s Gift To The Caliphate.
So this Sunday come to General Assembly at 4 PM at the Plaza and maybe get a bite with a comrade, grab a bottle, and folk yourself.
Here is another beautiful song I just heard for the first time while composing this post:
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Check out the great folksinger David Rovics, a long-time friend of Occupy. He even did a benefit concert for Occupy Oakland. Groove on some of his videos in the post announcing that show.
He is giving a concert Sunday evening in Berkeley. Listen to his words to live by and admire his nifty new electric cello in this video that I sent to all of my tenants:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz83YEDjykY&t=53s
I hope they take it to heart, but I still check my boots every morning. Enjoy the rest of his 2016 album Letter To My Landlord here.
Tickets are $10-$20, sliding scale, but I doubt folks would be turned away at the door if they were too broke to pay. It is a BYOB event, no corkage fee, so bring some grog, if that rings your bell.
David’s music is all creative commons, you can freely download just about all of his stuff and share it with your friends.
Linked are some of his songs about the last election cycle like Lesser Evil, Bernie, Jill Stein, Donald Trump, and this song about The Donald, G-d’s Gift To The Caliphate.
So this Sunday come to General Assembly at 4 PM at the Plaza and maybe get a bite with a comrade, grab a bottle, and cruise over to Berkeley to folk yourself.
Also, Einstein’s 12th birthday in next Sunday, April 7th. We are throwing him a little party, there will lasagna & Dog only knows what else. Bring a treat and come by, but RSVP, if you please, our apartment is not wildly huge and we want to make sure we have a big enough shoehorn to wedge everyone in.
Big Red Ed
Tax the Rich Rallies every Monday from 5-6 pm on upper Solano in front of the Oaks Theater and the Chase Bank.
All are welcome!
Also We’ll be at SURJ (Stand Up for Racial Justice) event that starts at the Grand Lake Theater on Saturday April 1st from noon-1 :00 PM.
For our calendar of events, songs to download and more: www.occupella.org.
of the SFPD shooting of Luis Gongora Pat
OccupyForum presents…
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
The Inevitability of Systemic Corruption in our Regulatory Agencies in a Capitalist System
With Steve Zeltzer and George Wright
Our Bay Area Air Quality Under Threat and The Fired Whistleblowers at the
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
The recent revelations from two BAAQMD employees, (Michael Bachmann, who was the manager of records, and Sarah Steele, an employee who protected records and documents), are very serious: they expose the deliberate destruction of critical pollution records, settlements and fines. Destroying pollution records and the history of these polluters is not only inexcusable, but criminal.
These two BAAQMD employees put their careers and jobs on the line to protect the public, and the health and safety of our environment, and top executives of the BAAQD illegally conspired to thwart these employees by firing them from this public agency. Unfortunately workplace bullying and retaliation against whistleblowers is a systemic problem, not just at this agency but at other public agencies as well. There have been continuing ongoing dangerous gas and oil leaks by Chevron, Tesoro, Shell, Philips 66 and other polluters, as well as the deaths of the workers, and serious health problems, in many Bay Area communities where these refineries and toxic plants exist.
The epidemic of illegal retaliation of whistleblowers (like Quality Assurance Manager Michael Madry at Test America, and other whistleblowers at Tetra Tech — which the Navy had hired for tests at Hunters Point and Treasure Island), have all taken place without any accountability by government agencies like OSHA WPP, District Attorneys, or the State Attorney General.
The regional independent agency BAAQMD is responsible to protect the air quality of the over 12 million people in Northern California. This forum will discuss the continuing contamination issues facing people in the Bay Area and the role of the BAAQMD management in the bullying and discharge of workers. It will also address how people can defend these whistleblowers, and force the California Attorney General and District Attorneys to protect public workers criminally retaliated against for doing their job and protecting the interests of the public.
Steve Zeltzer and George Wright will lead discussion on the inevitability of systemic corruption in the Capitalist system.
Time will be allotted for Q&A, discussion and announcements.
Emergency Press Conference with Families who have received April 6th Deadline at Temporary Shelter and Need Housing and Reparations
West Oakland Fire Victim Families, Elders and Children Have Nowhere to go
“All fire victims will have to leave the “temporary shelter” with or without any money or housing on April 6th,” reported Audrey Candy Corn, POOR Magazine reporter, single mama of 3 and founder of TAZ clothing company who has been on the ground from Day 1 standing , advocating and caring for all the low-income families who lost everything they had in the West Oakland Fire of last week that displaced over 150 people and killed four.
Since the first day following the fire the low-income, disabled children and adults, all Black and Brown, who were already poor before the fire, have been neglected, forgotten, criminalized, poverty Gansta-Pimped and/ or lied to by a stream of Old- School Big Non-profit poverty industries. Some people have made the connection between the Ghost Ship fire and this fire, and the glaringly obvious ways that poor folks of color and disabled folks are consistently criminalized, predated on and lied to because of the very things we had going on before crisis hits us. In ghost ship there were vigils, investigations and endless media attention. In this fire, confusion, case-manglement, empty promises, lost money and jail-like conditions at the temporary shelter are the norm.
Folks are about to displaced on Thursday, april 6th with no real money or support or housing, just a lot of pamphlets and case-manglement.
Please come through to this press conference to hear the voices of the individual impacted families who have lost their lives and their actual need for housing and/or financial support
If folks want to help, victims are asking not for food or clothes or toiletries but for a direct donation of cash money or gift cards that can be distributed directly to the families.
YOU’RE INVITED!
TOWN HALL @THE CORNERS: OPPOSE GORSUCH!!!!!
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
With reports out that the FBI has evidence Trump associates coordinated directly with Russian officials to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, there can be no excuse for the Senate to hand the administration a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court. As of today, there are at least 41 Democrats opposed to Trump’s pick, the extreme right-wing judge Neil Gorsuch–enough to stop him from getting the 60 votes needed to confirm a Supreme Court justice – and we need to demand they stand strong. And we need to demand at least a handful of Republicans not to change the rules of the Senate to rush through Trump’s Supreme Court power grab.
Will you join the event as a part of #ResistTrumpTuesdays?
YES, I’LL BE THERE!
EFF Launches Community Security Training Series
EFF is pleased to announce a series of community security trainings in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library. High-profile data breaches and hard-fought battles against unlawful mass surveillance programs underscore that the public needs practical information about online security. We know more about potential threats each day, but we also know that encryption works and can help thwart digital spying. Lack of knowledge about best practices puts individuals at risk, so EFF will bring lessons from its comprehensive Surveillance Self-Defense guide to the SFPL.
EFF has tailored this series for technology beginners who may be unaware of potential privacy dangers, but already use smart phones or computers. Library patrons are invited to bring their devices to EFF’s introductory classes which include discussions of basic online security concepts and privacy tools. Lisa Wright and Willie Theaker, members of EFF’s TechOps Team, will facilitate Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop followed by Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop. There will be two opportunities to attend each class.
- Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Event details are included in each link to the EFF calendar above. Space is limited and attendance is on a first-come, first-served basis so attendees should prepare to arrive early. We encourage all EFF supporters to help people in their circles learn more about online rights issues and how to keep themselves—and each other— safer.
At the end of April, EFF’s spring Bay Area Members’ Speakeasy will feature a more advanced workshop on email encryption and key generation open to EFF members and their guests—we encourage you to bring a friend! Following the workshop, all EFF members will be invited to join our PGP keysigning party to help bring the community together and further expand the web of trust. If you are a current Bay Area member accepting email, you will receive a personal invitation including event details. Not a member yet? Join today!
With the Surveillance Self-Defense project and these local events, EFF strives to help make information about online security accessible to beginners as well as seasoned techno-activists and journalists. We hope you will consider our tips on how to protect your digital privacy, but we also hope you will encourage those around you to learn more and make better choices with technology. After all, privacy is a team sport and everyone wins.