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Join Oakland youth for a community Resilient Village to raise awareness on climate resilience and how youth can stand up for climate justice, with hands-on workshops on herbal making, civic engagement, art, water catchment, live art making, youth performances, an open mic, and more. This event will provide youth with strategies for addressing climate change within their families and communities and ways to work for climate justice on a local and global scale. This action is youth led and co-hosted by YVA, Mycelium Youth Network, Planting Justice and others.

This action is youth led and co-hosted by YVA, Mycelium Youth Network, Planting Justice and others.

Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth and the East Bay Church of Religious Science are holding a restorative circle on the topic of gentrification. During the circle, everyone will have the opportunity to share how they are impacted by gentrification and how communities can organize to heal. Feel free to come and invite others to join the conversation.

This event is sponsored by AAPI Women Lead, Asian Prisoner Support Committee, and New Breath Foundation.

Join us for a community screening of Just Mercy (https://justmercy.eji.org/), starring Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan. There will be a “Solidarity through Struggle” panel after the film to discuss the range of impacts and experiences with the criminal justice system. Speakers to be announced.

-Registration begins at 6:30 pm
-Movie begins at immediately at 7 pm
-Panel to begin after the movie

Donations will be collected and matched for California Coalition for Women Prisoners. Learn more about the organization at https://womenprisoners.org .

Learn more about AAPI Women Lead at www.imreadymovement.org, Asian Prisoner Support Commitee at https://www.asianprisonersupport.com, and New Breath Foundation at https://www.new-breath.org.

Our Streets Our Choice* with 5G expert Dafna TACHOVER, Esq. and Karl MARET, MD/electrical engineer.
Hosted by WiRED (Wireless Radiation Education and Defense)
RSVP requested but not required via fb or email: 5GfreeBerkeley [at] gmail.com
* http://www.mystreetmychoice.com

WHAT’S THE PROB WITH 5G ?
5th Generation (not to be confused with 5 Gigahertz) wireless telecom facilities (WTF) will drastically increase: surveillance, hacking, fire risk, interference with weather prediction, property devaluations, energy use, worker endangerment, industrial clutter, co$t to cities and individuals, adverse health & environmental effects due to radiation! (For more info, see Jenny Miller’s IndyBay news item and click “science” on the Environmental Health Trust website.)

Dafna TACHOVER Esq MBA is one of the world’s leading experts on the topic of 5G and wireless telecom, featured in TIME, Newsweek, CNN, NY Magazine, Epoch Times, etc. After serving as a telecommunications and computer officer in the IDF, she became an attorney in NY and Israel and founded We Are The Evidence, an advocacy organization that protects the rights of people injured by wireless tech radiation. She is Senior Attorney and Director of the 5G Program at Robert Kennedy Jr’s Children’s Health Defense. She argued an Israeli Supreme Court case which led to the 1st limitations in the world on the use of Wi-Fi in schools. She also appears in documentaries including the award-winning Generation Zapped.

Dr. Karl MARET is Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Science, Law and Public Policy in Washington, D.C. He holds an M.D. degree, a Masters in Biomedical Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Years ago, he worked in electromagnetic field (EMF) research for the Canadian military. He is uniquely capable of addressing both EMF biological effects and complexities of next generation 4G and 5G technologies. He educates physicians and serves on the Advisory Board of the Bldg Biology Institute which trains architects, engineers, health practitioners and environmental consultants on the interrelationship between the natural and built environments.

Hear world-renouned Dafna Tachover Esq. and Dr. Karl Maret in person! They present internationally. Jan 16 and 17 panel discussions and Jan 12 events at BFUU are FREE, but DONATIONS are urgently needed for an attorney. To make a tax deductible donation, write a check to fiscal sponsor, EON. Put “WiRED” on the memo line. Get “Big Telecom v earth and We the People of Berkeley” merchandise from Peace Gifts: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/peace-gifts-shop/stop+5g+berkeley?idea=5e161a98f93764522504f37b

2020 Citizens’ Climate Lobby Northern California Regional Conference

When: 2 Day Conference
Saturday, January 18th, 8:30am – 6:30 pm
Sunday, January 19th, 8:30-am – 12:30pm

You are invited to the annual Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) Northern California Regional Conference! CCL builds the political will for our elected representatives to take action on climate change.

Our Regional Conference is an opportunity for newcomers and experienced CCL members to gather to learn, practice skills, inspire each other, and strategize in moving our country toward climate solutions.

Rising temperatures, prolonged wildfire seasons, drought, flooding, and insect infestations are already impacting our communities, agriculture and outdoor recreation industries. The harm of inaction and the benefit of action have never been higher.
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WHO is INVITED?

Everyone is welcome, whether it’s your first CCL experience or you’re an experienced volunteer. You are welcome no matter where you’re from. High school and college students are particularly encouraged to attend.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

See a draft of the conference program at the link below. Note that the program may change, so check back to confirm details as the conference date approaches.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aU-31R123deeAB_XEWBYgvqMMjoLQY-P0hnNQYJ1228/edit
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TICKETS & REGISTRATION (Eventbrite link below):

Regular: $80

College/University students or under 25 years old: $10

High School student registration is free.

Ticket includes the conference and meals indicated in the agenda.

By registering for this event, you are giving Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Citizens’ Climate Education permission to send you email including information about CCL/CCE and how you can volunteer and support our work. You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing unsubscribe [at] citizensclimatelobby.org.

View our Privacy Policy here: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/privacy-policy/
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MINORS REGISTRATION (under 18):

If you are under the age of 18, or are registering for someone under 18, a signed permission slip must be completed to attend the conference.

Fill out and electronically submit permission slips here: https://app.hellosign.com/s/ALnp9v9g.

Minors must be accompanied by a parent/guardian or chaperone (who must also be registered for the conference). Adults (18 years or older) may chaperone up to ten minors. Chaperones will not be turned away due to inability pay and can contact Sandra Liu (ccl2020youth [at] gmail.com) to request a fee reduction or a waiver.

#OaklandCounts

Women’s March Oakland 2020 has a single goal: getting all of us counted in 2020. At this nonpartisan, peaceful event, we will mobilize to raise awareness, volunteer hours and funding to get a complete Census count in Alameda County and make our voices heard at the polls.

In addition to a march through the streets of downtown Oakland, this year’s event will feature our biggest Community Action Fair ever, with entertainment, food, art and a wide range of organizations offering opportunities to make a difference in Alameda County.

The 2020 march is co-hosted by Women’s March Oakland, Black Women Organized for Political Action, IGNITE and Women’s Foundation of California.

Ready to march? Register on Eventbrite to get updates and give us a more accurate attendance estimate.

Gear up for the march! Order your T-shirt or hoodie now.

Want to reach Oakland marchers? Register your organization/group for our Community Action Fair.

Planning to march as a group? Sign up as a contingent.

Interested in sponsoring the march? Learn more about our sponsorship options.

Marching is free, but organizing the event requires funds! Contributions will benefit Women’s March Oakland, a nonprofit project of Social Good Fund, and are tax-deductible. Donate now.

By attending, you acknowledge that you are physically fit for this ou

2020 Citizens’ Climate Lobby Northern California Regional Conference

When: 2 Day Conference
Saturday, January 18th, 8:30am – 6:30 pm
Sunday, January 19th, 8:30-am – 12:30pm

You are invited to the annual Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) Northern California Regional Conference! CCL builds the political will for our elected representatives to take action on climate change.

Our Regional Conference is an opportunity for newcomers and experienced CCL members to gather to learn, practice skills, inspire each other, and strategize in moving our country toward climate solutions.

Rising temperatures, prolonged wildfire seasons, drought, flooding, and insect infestations are already impacting our communities, agriculture and outdoor recreation industries. The harm of inaction and the benefit of action have never been higher.
________________________________________________________________

WHO is INVITED?

Everyone is welcome, whether it’s your first CCL experience or you’re an experienced volunteer. You are welcome no matter where you’re from. High school and college students are particularly encouraged to attend.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

See a draft of the conference program at the link below. Note that the program may change, so check back to confirm details as the conference date approaches.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aU-31R123deeAB_XEWBYgvqMMjoLQY-P0hnNQYJ1228/edit
________________________________________________________________

TICKETS & REGISTRATION (Eventbrite link below):

Regular: $80

College/University students or under 25 years old: $10

High School student registration is free.

Ticket includes the conference and meals indicated in the agenda.

By registering for this event, you are giving Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Citizens’ Climate Education permission to send you email including information about CCL/CCE and how you can volunteer and support our work. You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing unsubscribe [at] citizensclimatelobby.org.

View our Privacy Policy here: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/privacy-policy/
________________________________________________________________

MINORS REGISTRATION (under 18):

If you are under the age of 18, or are registering for someone under 18, a signed permission slip must be completed to attend the conference.

Fill out and electronically submit permission slips here: https://app.hellosign.com/s/ALnp9v9g.

Minors must be accompanied by a parent/guardian or chaperone (who must also be registered for the conference). Adults (18 years or older) may chaperone up to ten minors. Chaperones will not be turned away due to inability pay and can contact Sandra Liu (ccl2020youth [at] gmail.com) to request a fee reduction or a waiver.

CRC Allies & Accomplices (CRCAA) is calling on white folks to join us to talk about how to effectively fight against the persistent re-establishment of white supremacy by incorporating the 5 methods in your life, work, and organizing. This event is part of APTP’s #96Hours of action to #ReclaimMLKOak.

We know that white supremacy is the status quo, and that if we do not actively combat it, white supremacy will persistently re-establish itself – no matter where we are. We believe that to effectively combat white supremacy, white people must divest of our power and weaponize our privilege. We have identified 5 methods by which to do just this, and we want to share them with you!

WHO IS CRCAA?
CRCAA is the white solidarity arm of Community Ready Corps, a Black grassroots organization that combats white supremacy and actively builds and supports self determination. CRCAA organizes white people to effectively contribute to anti-racist struggles, and we do so in direct & disciplined relationship with Black leadership.

Sun, Jan 19, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Group Reading: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence. In honor of Dr. King’s birthday, we will discuss what many believe is the greatest speech by America’s greatest spiritual leader, a speech that cost him his life. It is not widely recognized that Dr. King was an open socialist who stated that: “There must be a better distribution of wealth, and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism.” Reading the speech will take about an hour, leaving time for open discussion.

Sun, Jan 26, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
India:  Modi in his Second Term takes a Hard Right Turn
Modi’s BJP won 303 seats in the Parliament of 545 seats in the 2019 General Elections, after completing his first term of 5 years, in which BJP did not have majority, so it was more dependent on its allied regional parties. Modi has undertaken bold move within the first year of his Second term: Removal of Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted Jammu & Kashmir state substantial autonomy; Outlawing of the Triple Talaq practice (thrice repeated word divorce by which men could divorce their wives) among Muslims; Threatened to carry out National Registration of Citizens (NRC); and enactment of Citizens Amendment Act (CAA), which permits granting of citizenship to refugees of Hindu, Christian & Sikh faiths from three countries, but not Muslims: Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Each of these moves go against the spirit of the staunchly secular Indian Constitution. Students and Muslims, joined by secular persons of Hindu, Christian and Sikh faiths, have begun strong opposition to these moves of the government, and now the Left Parties are organizing workers to oppose government’s Neo-Liberal policies. The latest incident of goons attacking and injuring Left Students and Faculty members at the prestigious Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) has added to the tension in society already tense. What is in store for India the years ahead with Modi at the helm? Raj Sahai who closely monitors the political and economic affairs in India will present his views. Q/A will follow his 50 minute talk.

Sun, Feb 2, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
The Haitian Revolution of 1804.
The imp-act of the Haitian revolution was immeasurable – to the slave system, anti-imperial struggles, France and the US. To other slave societies it became an example of what could be accomplished and a source of hope.

Speakers will be Pierre Labossiere and Gerald Smith.

Sun, Feb 9, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Revolt of the Dispossessed against Neoliberalism in Latin America and the Caribbean
With the Trump administration’s renewed emphasis on imposing the Monroe Doctrine to the Empire’s so-called “backyard,” the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean resist in a revolt of the dispossessed against neoliberalism. In this year in review, hear about the struggles in Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Bolivia, Haiti, and elsewhere along with the solidarity actions by North Americans in support of the social justice movements. The presenters are activists with the 34-year old human rights organization, Task Force on the Americas (https://taskforceamericas.org/).  The presenters are Alice Loaiza, Alicia Jrapko, David Paul, Marilyn Langlois, Bill Hackwell, Roger Harris.

1st Church Berkeley and Health Care for All – Contra Costa County will show The Power to Heal Medicare And The Civil rights Revolution, a 56-minutes long public television documentary that tells a poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all.

This month we will learn from a community of people who have practiced not calling the police for more than 20 years while living through their own collective traumas, colonization, gentrification, family violence, eviction, incarceration, displacement, betrayal and attempted takedown.

Here is a description from POOR Magazine/Homefulness:

“This workshop will include teaching on poor and traumatized peoples accountability, how to REdefine a western wite supremacist notion of security, and how to hold each other through trauma and into a true definition of interdependent safety.

Walking this walk among a poor and indigneous peoples-led movement means facing our demons ALL THE TIME because we all come out of collective trauma experiences of racism, wite supremacy, ablism, family violence, false borders, eviction, houselessness, criminalization, elder/child abuse, sexual violence, rape, incarceration, poLICE violence genderism, hate crimes and so much more.”

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

POOR Magazine is a poor people led/indigenous people led, grassroots non-profit,arts organization dedicated to providing revolutionary media access, art, education and advocacy to silenced youth, adults and elders in poverty across the globe.

HOMEFULNESS is a poor people led/indigenous people led revolution: a sweat equity, permanent co-housing, education, arts and social change project for houseless and formerly houseless families and individuals in deep East Oakland/Huichin

ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP SERIES

A growing coalition of organizations in the Bay Area is coming together to explore alternatives to calling the police to our campuses and into our neighborhoods. Over the coming year, we will be offering a series of workshops to explore alternatives to calling the police. Some of these workshops will provide deepening analysis and a grounding in alternative ways of thinking about community safety. Others will provide practical skills. All of them will lift up a transformative justice framework and emphasize the importance of self and community care.

The Coalition includes First Congregational Church of Oakland, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Qal’bu Maryam, Jewish Voice for Peace, Skyline Community Church, Oakland Peace Center, Oakland LBGTQ Community Center, SURJ-Bay Area, and the Omni Collective. We are eager to partner with additional organizations so please contact us if you are interested!

* If you have other questions or access needs, please contact us at alternatives-to-policing@googlegroups.com.

On Dr. Martin Luther King Day, come stand with members of the grassroots struggle for survival in the collapsing Bay Area Housing Market. Hear the poetry, the prayers and passionate testimonies of the struggle. No stars. No power brokers. No agendas. Just the people standing in the midst of struggle. A community lunch will follow. This event is FREE! Please bring family and friends. SHARE WITH THE UNHOUSED AND THOSE DEEP IN THE STRUGGLE!

Save the date! Gather your friends and family. Reach out to your schools, unions, churches and other organizations. We’re organizing for the 5th Annual Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy Rally and March. Check the Facebook page for updates as we firm up plans. Message or email us if you’d like to get involved in the planning: aptpinfo@gmail.com

Homes Not Jails is hosting a Locksmithing Lab. Learn how to pick. Learn about locks.

Every 1st and 3rd Monday
Omni commons Basement

It should be no surprise to say that the current state is one of crisis. Around the world we are seeing a rise in popular disapproval of the existing system from both the left and the right. And yet, it seems to be that right-wing authoritarians keep coming into power while left-wing movements can’t seem to take root in the halls of government.

In order to grasp why this is happening, it’s necessary to understand how the political State relates to society. We will be trying to tackle some big questions: What is the State? How does it function? Does the State have a role in the transition to Socialism? Where does Bernie fit into this?

Gray Panthers Berkeley East Bay hosts speakers from the ALAMEDA County Probate Reform Movement  to\ discuss the outsized role of the courts in forcing the sale of homes owned by Black families & seniors of all races through the hidden system of “legally” appointed Trustees, Guardians, and Receivers.  (Think Mr. Leonard Powell)

Learn more about the national and Berkeley context in Councilmember Ben Bartlett’s op-ed in Berkeleyside and actions for legal and policy change. All welcome, free, wheelchair accessible, refreshments and social time after.