Beyond the Bay: Building Power for California’s Future

Come celebrate with us at the ACLU Foundation of Northern California’s annual Bill of Rights Day at the Impact Hub Oakland.

Recognize bold leaders and celebrate a year of legislative successes for civil rights and civil liberties in California. This year’s honorees include:

• Basim Elkarra for his unwavering commitment to expanding civil rights for Muslim Americans and all Americans, and for building respect and understanding between ethnic groups, faith communities and government agencies.
• Lisa Honig for her exceptional, decades-long commitment to civil liberties and service to the ACLU through board leadership in Northern California and nationally.

After the program, join us for a reception and enjoy appetizers and an open bar.

Doors open at 12:30 p.m. — program starts at 1 p.m.

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Calling all organizations, crews, congregations and affiliations around the Bay to join a People’s Assembly and formation of the Migrant Welcome Committee of the Bay Area.

On October 12, a caravan of refugees departed San Pedro Sula, Honduras fleeing rampant violence and grinding poverty, headed for the US border. Step by step, they called their trek an “exodus” as they gained steam and powered ahead 6,000-strong out of Mexico City toward Tijuana. With other caravans on the way, a crisis is building up on the US-Mexico border that will not be easily resolved.

The Bay Area Migrant Welcoming Committee invites you to join us for an evening of sharing and action as we make collective sense of the recent caravans and take action in solidarity with their participants.

We will engage with the following questions and themes:
1) What are the root causes of the mass migration of Hondurans and other Central Americans in this historic moment?
2) Hear from asylum seekers who have traveled on the recent migrant caravans about the realities, stories and power of their journey and collective action.
3) What are the many ways people and organizations right here in the Bay Area can do to support the material and political goals of the migrants who are seeking asylum in the US?

Confirmed presenters/performers:
Maya Chinchilla
Chhoti Maa
Rev. Deborah Lee
Roberto Alvarenga Lovato

Presentation will also include a person who has traveled on a previous caravan.

Financial Donations to support organizations in Tijuana supporting migrants and migrant legal defense will be collected at this event.

Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to healing.

The Bahá’í community of Oakland is organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing.

Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us. Simple breakfast will be served.

Doors open: 10:00 AM
Refreshments served: 10:00-10:30 AM
Prayers: 10:30-11:30 AM
Discussion and socializing: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

“Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” ~ Bahá’u’lláh

“Remember the saying: ‘Of all pilgrimages the greatest is to relieve the sorrow-laden heart.'” ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Ay!
Oakland Teachers are going on strike soon.

Learn about it and support them.

Go to the community discussion on 12/9 at 1pm st Geoffrey's.
410 14th St Oakland. pic.twitter.com/Dqvx754Yyn

— Boots Riley (@BootsRiley) December 6, 2018

ILWU Local 10 Pays Tribute to Howard Keylor, Longshore Veteran of Bay Area Labor Struggles

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Local 10 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in San Francisco is holding a public event to honor Howard Keylor. A veteran of the Battle of Okinawa, Howard opposed the atomic bombing of Japan, an experience that led him to become anti-militarist, anti-racist and anti-imperialist. He quit college to support Filipino farm workers in the 1948 asparagus strike and became a labor activist during the McCarthy period, joining the longshore union in Stockton in 1953.

During his decades on the waterfront, he initiated, organized and participated in many picket lines and demonstrations, including the longshore strike of 1971-1972, the ILWU’s 1974 KNC Warehouse strike of Mexican American workers in Union City, the historic 11-day 1984 boycott of South African cargo to protest Apartheid in 1984, the 1999 coastwide shutdown and march of 25,000 in San Francisco to demand freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal, the United States’ most prominent political prisoner, the May Day 2008 anti-imperialist war shutdown of all West Coast ports, the blockades of Israeli ships to protest the war on Gaza, the 2011 ILWU struggle against the grain monopolies in Longview, Occupy Oakland’s march of 40,000 to the port, Local 10’s actions against racist police murders and fascist terror last year, and countless other militant job actions and protests.

Howard Keylor is a veteran of the militant labor history of the Bay Area. Like the core founders of the ILWU, he seeks to replace capitalism with socialism, a commitment which he has maintained all his life. He continues to approach every issue from this perspective.

PLEASE JOIN ILWU LOCAL 10 IN HONORING HOWARD ON HIS 93RD BIRTHDAY:

Sunday, December 9th 2018, 2 – 4pm
ILWU Local 10, Henry Schmidt Room
400 North Point St, San Francisco (near Fisherman’s Wharf)

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A Brief Biography of Brother Howard Keylor

An army veteran of the Pacific Theater in World War Two, Brother Keylor became a longshore worker in Stockton in 1953 and later transferred to the San Francisco local. In 1971 he, along with Brothers Herb Mills and Leo Robinson, and a majority of the Local 10 membership opposed the proposed 1971 contract which codified the 9.43 steadyman system. This led to the longshore strike of 1971-1972, which shut down 56 West Coast ports and lasted 130 days. It was the longest strike in the ILWU’s history.

Like the founders of the ILWU, Brother Keylor seeks to replace capitalism with socialism, a commitment he has maintained all his life. He continues to approach every issue from this perspective. He served on the Local 10 Executive Board and was frequently an elected Caucus and Convention delegate. Brother Keylor was a member of the Militant Caucus, a class struggle rank-and-file ILWU group which published a regular newsletter, the “Longshore Militant”. He later split from the Militant Caucus and published a separate newsletter on his own, the “Militant Longshoreman”. Both called for breaking with the Democratic and Republican Parties, and building a Worker’s Party to Fight for a Worker’s Government.

Brother Keylor has always worked to extend Local 10’s solidarity to other unions and locals. In 1974, he supported the ILWU Local 6 strike at KNC Glass in Union City in which a mass picket line defeated the police and scabs, resulting in a contract for a workforce composed primarily of Mexican-American immigrants. Keylor advocates deliberate defiance of the “slave-labor” Taft-Hartley law through illegal secondary boycotts and pickets by workers.

He worked tirelessly to uphold the ILWU’s proud tradition of militant unionism by participating in protests and boycotts of military cargo bound for the military dictatorship in Chile in 1975 and 1978 and again in 1980 to the military dictatorship in El Salvador.

In 1984, Brother Keylor made the motion, amended by Brother Leo Robinson, which led to the eleven-day longshore boycott of South African cargo on the Nedlloyd Kimberley; and in 1986 he supported the Campaign Against Apartheid’s community picket line against the Nedlloyd Kemba. When Nelson Mandela spoke at the Oakland Coliseum in 1990 after his release from prison, he credited Local 10’s actions with re-igniting the anti-Apartheid movement here.

He also supported the 1974 and 2010 ILWU Boron miners’ strikes and the 1987 Inlandboatmen’s Union strike shutting down the Bay Area ports and mobilizing boatmen and longshoremen to march onto the Redwood City docks to drive out the scabs from other unions.

Even after he retired from active longshore work in 1988, Brother Keylor continued his activism on behalf of the working class and the oppressed. In 1999, he helped organize the coastwide shutdown in defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the United States’ foremost political prisoner. ILWU Local 10 workers and the drill team led 25,000 people on a march through the streets of San Francisco. Later in the year he marched with the Local 10 contingent in the Battle of Seattle, the mass protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Throughout his life, Brother Keylor extended solidarity where it was needed, including taking action against racist police murders and fascist terror, defending abortion clinics, and supporting survivors of psychiatric abuse. He witnessed psychiatric torture while working at the notorious Stockton State Hospital in 1949-51. He also witnessed members of his family become victims of electroshock and forced drugging. Having grown up in Appalachia, he has always been an environmentalist, and in recent years helped shut down a Monsanto facility in Davis in 2012, as well as fighting pesticide use and deforestation in the East Bay.

Brother Keylor used his experience and insights to help organize picketing and marches during the PMA lockout in 2002; and in 2010 and 2014, to protest Israel’s massacre of Palestinians in Gaza, he used his experience to help organize successful pickets against Israeli ZIM Lines container ships.

In 2015, as he was approaching 90, he took part in Local 10’s protest at the APL terminal and later in downtown Oakland to protest racist police killings; and in August 2017 he supported Local 10’s anti-fascist action in San Francisco. The following day he participated in the anti-fascist demonstration in Berkeley. Brother Keylor had done this before: in 1980, the Militant Caucus called for a mass mobilization to stop the American Nazi Party from holding a rally at San Francisco Civic Center. Like Local 10’s call in 2017, the mobilization in 1980 succeeded in stopping the fascists.

In light of his contributions to the international labor movement, Local 10 voted the following resolution to honor Brother Keylor for his years of service to the working class and the oppressed:

Celebrate the Holiday Season with old friends and new. We’ll have good fun, yummy food, drink, and open dialogue at the 2018 Annual Potluck Holiday Party

Bring your choice of food or drink for the potluck table to share.

** See you there — party on! **
(There will be no regular Green Sunday program or Green County Council meeting in December. We’ll party instead! The next regular Green Sunday program will be the second Sunday in January, 2018 (followed as usual by the County Council meeting). All members are welcome to participate).

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.

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

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.

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

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