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Gather your Books, Clothing and Crops for the next monthly Swap! You can also bring plants, seeds or something homemade to share. Clothing and books should be in good condition. Meet old friends and new, help create a strong sustainable community. Heavy rain will cancel.
Cost: FREE
Questions or to volunteer: click here
Pizza will be provided
Thank you Gio’s Pizza and Bocce
As you may know, Sutter Health intends to close Alta Bates Hospital as early as 2019. This will deprive our community of critical health services including an emergency room, labor and delivery and intensive care.
Please join us on February 3 for this important forum, hosted by The California Nurses Association in partnership with our office, Mayor Arreguin, Mayors and Councilmembers from throughout the East Bay, and numerous community organizations. Full details can be found above.
Fighting the closure of Alta Bates will require sustained community pressure. Please sign up with Save Alta Bates to learn about letter writing campaigns, rallies, community meetings and more. We also have lawn signs, and can deliver them to your door – please indicate in your email if you would like a lawn sign.
Thank you for standing up for Alta Bates!
The Peace and Freedom Party presents
BLACK LIBERATION: Is There an Electoral Path?
From Frederick Douglass to Barack Obama, an old question. Our speakers: Gerald Smith, Oscar Grant Committee; Phil Hutchings, Last Chair of SNCC; and brando king, Cooperation Jackson, will address an old question needing fresh answers, is there a path toward Black Liberation in the 2018 Elections?
As Malcolm X asked, “Ballots or Bullets?”
This is part of our on-going Socialist Forum Series on the first Saturday of every month from 2-4:30 pm. The featured panel starts promptly at 2:30 pm and the forum ends by 4:30 pm, but folks can stay and talk as long as they like. Speaker’s affiliations are listed for identification only. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the positions of the organizations listed nor official views of the Peace and Freedom Party.
Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it.
- Presenting debt and inequality related topics at forums, workshops and in radio productions
- Promoting single-payer / Medicare for All to end the plague of medical debt
- money bail reform and fighting modern day debtors’ prisons and exploitative ticketing and fining schemes
- Tiny Homes and other solutions for the homeless.
- Student debt resistance. Check out the Debt Collective, our sister organization
- helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization and fighting against usurious for-profit pay-day lenders and their ilk
- Working on debarring US Banks that have been convicted of felonies from municipal contracts, and divesting from the Wall St. banks
- Promoting the concept of Basic Income
- Advocating for Postal banking
- Organizing for public banking in Oakland! We made the first steps happen… now there’s a spinoff group
- Bring your own debt-related project!
If you are new to Strike Debt and want to come early, meet one or two of us and get a briefing on our projects before we dive into our agenda, email us at strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com .
Strike Debt – Principles of Solidarity
Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it.
We also oppose debt because it is an instrument of exploitation and political domination. Debt is used to discipline us, deepen existing inequalities, and reinforce racial, gendered, and other social hierarchies. Every Strike Debt action is designed to weaken the institutions that seek to divide us and benefit from our division. As an alternative to this predatory system, Strike Debt advocates a just and sustainable economy, based on mutual aid, common goods, and public affluence.
Strike Debt is committed to the principles and tactics of political autonomy, direct democracy, direct action, creative openness, a culture of solidarity, and commitment to anti-oppressive language and conduct. We struggle for a world without racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and all forms of oppression.
Strike Debt holds that we are all debtors, whether or not we have personal loan agreements. Through the manipulation of sovereign and municipal debt, the costs of speculator-driven crises are passed on to all of us. Though different kinds of debt can affect the same household, they are all interconnected, and so all household debtors have a common interest in resisting.
Strike Debt engages in public education about the debt-system to counteract the self-serving myth that finance is too complicated for laypersons to understand. In particular, it urges direct action as a way of stopping the damage caused by the creditor class and their enablers among elected government officials. Direct action empowers those who participate in challenging the debt-system.
Strike Debt holds that we owe the financial institutions nothing, whereas, to our friends, families and communities, we owe everything. In pursuing a long-term strategy for national organizing around this principle, we pledge international solidarity with the growing global movement against debt and austerity.
DJs (New Parish): Ships resident DJ DURT, DJ Mommy Issues, DJ Jiggles and DJ Lady Ryan!!!
DJs (TEENAGE DREAMS takeover @ The Rock Steady): 8ulentina, Piano Rain. The Rock Steady is right next door to the New Parish, which means even more music and space for queers to party. More details about the takeover coming soon xoxo
Performer: CHHOTI MAA, a hip-hop artist with bruja swag, hits the stage at midnite! can’t wait? preview her music here
Go go dancers: Cinnamon, OG, and em jay mercury. bring that tip money $$$ and please use your words to ask for consent to take video/photo of go go dancers. You need to pay go gos AT LEAST $25 for videos. *** work is REAL WORK. Pay what you owe.
Benefit for: Feed The People – Oakland
“We are an group of unhoused & housed residents of Oakland. We provide services, advocacy & temporary housing to Oakland’s unsheltered population during this housing & homelessness crisis. We center the voices, experiences, wisdom, needs & ideas of those who are currently homeless to get homes and services for unhoused residents. We build our power by bringing together the people, pooling our skills & resources, & being a unified force. We provide Hot meals. provisions, advocacy, and support to Oakland’s unhoused. We are actively working towards building villages of homes & services for unhoused folks. We advocate for land & resources from the city and work with private property owners to utilize their lands. We collect & distribute provisions unhoused residents may be in need of. We advocate for policies that are humane, and effective for the homeless. We urge the city to seek effective & humane solutions. We encourage the city to allow the community to create & implement autonomous, neighborhood led solutions to this crisis.”
Vendors in the courtyard:
delicious waffles by our friends at QTVietCafe
& sassy handmade jewelry and accessories for flagging and beyond, brought to you by Voula O’Clock & Lex Non Scripta of Wild Fancy Design
&& Glam Jam, an all-natural glitter lotion stick hand-made by RedBone.
Vendors out front:
Scotch Bonnet will be outside selling oxtails, patties, and other Jamaican delicacies you can’t help but drool over
Photographer TBA!!
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instagram: @ships_in_the_night_oakland
Ships In The Night is a RADICAL ***** dance party – always a benefit. We prioritize and strive to make the space accessible to queers, women, trans* people, and people of color and highlight their talent as DJ’s and performers. Since 2006, Ships has served as a community fundraiser and place for activist and social justice minded queers of all genders to sweat out the worries of the day
**Event is family friendly (kids of all ages welcome to attend with their parent(s) or guardian).
**Coffee/tea and continental breakfast will be served for volunteers.
**Venue is wheelchair and disability accessible.
LOGISTICS: Meeting at 7 AM to assemble the lunches/hygiene kits. Will form into teams. Head out by 9:30 AM in caravans lead by trained ambassadors to distribute the lunches/hygiene kits to the encampments, vulnerable/persons in need across Oakland. We will conclude by 11 AM.
For questions, concerns and large donation opportunities email The East Oakland Collective’s Community Engagement Officer, Nick Houston at nick@eastoaklandcollective.com.
RSVP: bit.ly/feedthehood4
The people have spoken. The need is great. Join us for another opportunity to Feed the Hood! We are excited to host #FeedTheHood4 in collaboration with Fam 1st Family Foundation.
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DONATION OPTIONS: We’re asking that everyone contribute in one of the below ways to meet the goal of distributing to 2,000 homeless, unsheltered and needy across Oakland.
<<FOOD>>
Note: we encourage purchases to be as organic, nitrate free, non-GMO, etc. as feasibly possible.
We encourage participants to bring a “full lunch package.” A FULL lunch package consists of all of the items and quantities below and costs no more than $20-25 (max recommended spending). We encourage cost effective shopping at FoodMaxx, Foods Co, Grocery Outlet, Pak ‘n Save; Bimbo Bread in San Leandro (for wholesale bread); or if you are feeling generous and want to purchase bulk items, Costco.
2 loaves of bread
2 packages of lunch/deli meat
1 bag of sandwich lettuce
1 package of cheese
1 case of water
1 package of boxed drinks
1 bag of fruit
1 box of granola bars
1 bag of variety chips
* Special items needed in bulk: mustard, mayo
* For the pets: dry dog food (portions pre-bagged in sandwich or quart sized plastic bags)
AND/OR
<<HYGIENE KITS>>
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste (travel/mini size)
Mouthwash (travel/mini size)
Socks
Soap
Lotion (travel/mini size)
Deodorant
Feminine Hygiene Products (especially tampons)
Hand sanitizer (mini/small bottles)
Bandaids
Condoms
Dry Laundry Detergent (1 cup portions pre-bagged in sandwich or quart sized bags)
Toilet Tissue Rolls (individual rolls)
Baby Wipes (travel size or divided/pre-bagged in sandwich bags)
Bleach/disinfectant wipes
New underwear (men/women)
* Additional items in high request by homeless populations: trash bags, hand warmers
OR
<<MONETARY DONATION>>
Make a monetary donation so we can purchase food/hygiene kit supplies.
– Tax deductible donation to bit.ly/supportEOC (put “feed the hood” in the memo line)
– Paypal to kandace.e@gmail.com (not tax deductible)
For questions, volunteer and partnership opportunities, please email The East Oakland Collective’s Community Engagement Officer, Nick Houston at nick@eastoaklandcollective
Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson, in conversation with Majari Smith of Cooperation Richmond, and Jackie Byers of Black Organizing Project.
Sponsored by Center for Political Education, Ebase and Santa Cruz DSA.
Don’t want to watch millionaires bash each other’s heads in between billiionaires trying to convince you to buy their overpriced and tasteless beer?
Want to discuss some of the local activist and political goings on in the East Bay instead?
Come to the Occupy Oakland General Assembly instead!
…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…
The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 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 3:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months, once Daylight Savings Time springs forward we t
end to assemble at 4 PM).
On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 2 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.
OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over five years! 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 Jews and interfaith partners for noontime vigils in front of the San Francisco Immigration & Customs Enforcement offices (ICE) to stand with the immigrant community and stand for the urgency of a clean Dream Act.***
The interfaith vigils will include singing and chanting and the opportunity to take an action (e.g. make a phone call to a decisionmaker) and learn about ongoing actions to take in support of the Dream Act and immigrant justice.
In mid-January, Jews from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for Let My People Stay, a historic Jewish civil disobedience in support of a clean #DreamActNow. Inspired by this powerful action, hundreds of Bay Area Jews and allies gathered on Friday January 26 to rally in support of immigrant communities. Across the country, immigrant communities are leading a powerful movement demanding a solution for Dreamers, dignity and permanent protections – for Dreamers and all undocumented people.
Rumors that ICE is planning a large-scale immigration sweep to punish California for its statewide protections are increasing the climate of fear and isolation for many, with people reporting missing school, medical appointments, and participation in public life. As Jews, we have seen what happens when those in power scapegoat vulnerable communities, and we refuse to be silent.
February 8 is the current deadline to demonstrate the urgency of a solution for Dreamers as part of the Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government.
Join us as we say #LetMyPeopleStay.
Sponsored by: Bend the Arc Jewish Action, Faith in Action Bay Area, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Join us this–and every Monday for an hour of singing in front of the old Oaks Theater at the top of Solano Avenue, Berkeley. Demonstrators have kept this rally going for over six years with their “Tax the Rich” and other timely signs and good spirits. We provide music; songbooks available. Come for a song, come for an hour.
Come help make the Public Bank of Oakland a reality.
The feasibility study, currently underway. is due to the City of Oakland by the end of March.
agenda:
Reportbacks (25 min)
- Feasibility study changes/role of governance committee
- FoPB Focus group
- Governance
General news (10 min)
1. John Chiang California task force
2. Michigan developments
Repeating items (25 min)
- Treasurer’s report/budgeting and meeting place issues
- introductions of new attendees
- overview of public banking for new attendees
- set next meeting time and place
Upcoming (20 min)
- First Presbyterian Church
- Student debt forum
- Potential community group meetings
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
Immigration Crisis in the Bay AreaMeeting, Discussion and Planning
with Gayle McLaughlin and All Groups Working
to Stop Deportations
We are witnessing a most serious threat to our immigrant communities.But it is important to realize that the attacks on immigrants have aroused widespread, diverse and potentially powerful opposition. Included are immigrant groups themselves, activist groups, churches and faith groups, labor unions, lawyers, and some progressive, especially local, politicians.
Gayle McLaughlin is the former two-term mayor of Richmond, CA, Richmond’s first corporate-free elected official, and a co-founder of the Richmond Progressive Alliance. As Mayor, Gayle led Richmond to significant transformation into a progressive City establishing rent control, increasing minimum wage, forcing Chevron to pay over $100 million in taxes, reducing homicides, preventing foreclosures, and promoting green energy. She is currently running for Lt. Governor to seize this moment for real, people-focused change. Gayle will speak to us about her campaign and the RPA model, and then focus on her position in support of defending immigrant rights, and how we need to mobilize to address the crisis at hand.
Groups are working to establish a presence at ICE at 630 Sansome from 4 – 6 pm every weekday. We are devoting our Monday OccupyForums to this issue and beginning to hold meetings for the Immigrant community and their supporters. This Monday will include our first meeting of groups working to stop deportations. With our different tactics and strategies, we’ll discuss how we can offer each other support and unification to stop ICE.
Announcements will follow.
Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month.
Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186
The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a
grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to stopping police brutality.
In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that day the ILWU shut down the Bay Area ports in solidarity. Our mission is to educate, organize and mobilize people against police and state repression. Sisters and brothers! The Oscar Grant Committee invites you to join us in this vital struggle.
We meet on the 1st Monday of each month
You can join our discussion list by sending a blank (doesn’t even need a subject) email to
oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
**Join Jews and interfaith partners for noontime vigils in front of the San Francisco Immigration & Customs Enforcement offices (ICE) to stand with the immigrant community and stand for the urgency of a clean Dream Act.***
The interfaith vigils will include singing and chanting and the opportunity to take an action (e.g. make a phone call to a decisionmaker) and learn about ongoing actions to take in support of the Dream Act and immigrant justice.
In mid-January, Jews from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for Let My People Stay, a historic Jewish civil disobedience in support of a clean #DreamActNow. Inspired by this powerful action, hundreds of Bay Area Jews and allies gathered on Friday January 26 to rally in support of immigrant communities. Across the country, immigrant communities are leading a powerful movement demanding a solution for Dreamers, dignity and permanent protections – for Dreamers and all undocumented people.
Rumors that ICE is planning a large-scale immigration sweep to punish California for its statewide protections are increasing the climate of fear and isolation for many, with people reporting missing school, medical appointments, and participation in public life. As Jews, we have seen what happens when those in power scapegoat vulnerable communities, and we refuse to be silent.
February 8 is the current deadline to demonstrate the urgency of a solution for Dreamers as part of the Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government.
Join us as we say #LetMyPeopleStay.
Sponsored by: Bend the Arc Jewish Action, Faith in Action Bay Area, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Join us for one of several webinars and in-person trainings on critical civil liberties issues facing our state and the nation:
- Voting Rights: Tuesday, Jan. 16, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
- California has one of the lowest rates of voter registration and voter turn-out in the country. 2018 is a critical year for ballot measures, local elections like the DA races, and of course, changing who holds the keys to power. In this webinar, we’ll give you the resources you need to get all eligible California voters to the polls, starting now!
- Reproductive Justice & Sex Education: Tuesday, Jan. 23, 6 to 7 p.m.
- We’re in a critical moment. Sexual harassment and abuse is being both challenged and normalized. Discrimination against LGBTQ people is on the rise. Here in California, we have the power to make a change. Our schools are required to teach sex ed that addresses healthy relationships and consent and that challenges stereotypes about gender and sexual orientation. But many school districts need extra encouragement to provide the required instruction. They need to hear from you. In this webinar, you will learn how to be a parent advocate for sex education in your district.
- Criminal Justice Reform: Tuesday, Feb. 6, 6 to 7 p.m.
- Right now, a powerful coalition of conservative law enforcement is targeting California mayors and city councils with a cynical misinformation campaign. Their goal is to increase support for mass incarceration and roll back the clock on criminal justice reform. We need you to counter their lies with the truth. In this webinar, we’ll set you up with the skills you need to advocate for local initiatives that truly promote public safety and healthy communities.
ACLU Trainings for Change Makers
Start your year off right by learning how you can get involved in on-the-ground campaigns to make 2018 a visionary year!
Webinars (free)
� Voting Rights, Jan. 16
� Reproductive Justice, Jan. 23
� Criminal Justice Reform, Feb. 6
In-person trainings (free)
� San Francisco, Jan. 27
� Sacramento, Jan. 28
� San Jose, Feb. 3
� Fresno, Feb. 10
- Learn how to verify ICE activity.
- Learn how to be a legal observer in our to protect our communities from ICE.
- Learn what to do when encountering law enforcement.
The Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage is meeting in Sacramento on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. It’s crucial that we demonstrate that Californians are READY for Single-Payer and that S.B. 562 is the bill to get it done—the legislature simply needs to start moving it.
STOP THE DELAY!
NOW IS THE TIME TO
GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE
TO ALL CALIFORNIANS!
Please RSVP for lunch & Buses here: http://bit.ly/febhealthhearing.
OAKLAND/BERKELEY ( ADA ) 50 Passenger
• STOP 1: Departs @ 6:50 am from CNA Headquarters, 250 22nd Street, Oakland CA
• STOP 2: Departs @ 7:20 am from Ed Roberts Campus across from Ashby Bart, 3075 Adeline St, Berkeley CA
www.HealthyCA.org
info@HealthyCaliforniaAct.org
CampaignForAHealthyCalifornia
@4HealthyCA
#HealthyCA #SB562
At a peaceful protest honoring the 50th Anniversary of low-wage African American workers and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marching together to fight racial injustice and affirm the dignity of all labor, the University of California deployed police tactics more befitting of the Jim Crow South–unjustly assaulting a 51 year-old African American UC Berkeley employee named David Cole.
Sign the petition and join us at California Hall on UC Berkeley’s campus to rally and demand that the charges against David Cole be dropped, a full and fair remedy for unjust actions taken and injuries sustained be granted, the officers involved be suspended pending an independent investigation of the incident, and that UC implement system-wide police reforms to protect the rights of all students and workers engaged in non-violent protest.
Sign the petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/support-david-cole-and-stop-uc-berkeley-police-brutality
**Join Jews and interfaith partners for noontime vigils in front of the San Francisco Immigration & Customs Enforcement offices (ICE) to stand with the immigrant community and stand for the urgency of a clean Dream Act.***
The interfaith vigils will include singing and chanting and the opportunity to take an action (e.g. make a phone call to a decisionmaker) and learn about ongoing actions to take in support of the Dream Act and immigrant justice.
In mid-January, Jews from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for Let My People Stay, a historic Jewish civil disobedience in support of a clean #DreamActNow. Inspired by this powerful action, hundreds of Bay Area Jews and allies gathered on Friday January 26 to rally in support of immigrant communities. Across the country, immigrant communities are leading a powerful movement demanding a solution for Dreamers, dignity and permanent protections – for Dreamers and all undocumented people.
Rumors that ICE is planning a large-scale immigration sweep to punish California for its statewide protections are increasing the climate of fear and isolation for many, with people reporting missing school, medical appointments, and participation in public life. As Jews, we have seen what happens when those in power scapegoat vulnerable communities, and we refuse to be silent.
February 8 is the current deadline to demonstrate the urgency of a solution for Dreamers as part of the Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government.
Join us as we say #LetMyPeopleStay.
Sponsored by: Bend the Arc Jewish Action, Faith in Action Bay Area, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity