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Want to get involved with SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) Bay Area? Come learn about our current work and activities. You’ll also hear about SURJ committees, as well as upcoming workshops and events. We’ll answer your questions, and share how you can get involved in the movement for racial justice.
Intro to SURJ Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of each month.
Presentations by John Crew and Pastor McBride.
Discussions of ALPR, CAIR and participation in the JTTF.
Partial Agenda:
1. “Stop Trumpintelpro” ordinance requiring OPD to follow higher state, county, local standards, not weaker federal/FBI guidelines, when participating in JTTF. Guest speakers from ALC, ACLU, CAIR. Would be nice to have a few public comments in favor, but the need is greater at Public Safety than PAC.
2. Surveillance equipment ordinance returns to address City Attorney comments on Sec 8 (enforcement, same as it ever was), Sec 9 (prohibition on NDA or conflicting provisions in MOUs – not a challenge by city attorney, wants clarification), Sec 10 (whistleblower) – the proposed amendments look good. The ordinance should hit PSC on April 11.
3. Misc. federal partnerships (ICE, DEA, FBI Safe Streets Task Force) and data sharing (ARIES, NCRIC) discussion – no action. We only have 1hr 45min, so we likely won’t reach this item. I’ll bring it back for the April meeting.
Join the ACLU of Northern CA and sf.citi for an informational panel with legal scholars and San Francisco’s tech sector to discuss the issues surrounding recent immigration restrictions and ways in which our communities can move forward together. The event will be held at the LinkedIn Corporation.
Enjoy drinks on us and discuss how tech can stand together to support immigrants. Featured will be Helena Price’s latest project Banned, a photo and video series of tech workers who have been affected by the immigration ban. The photos include employees from Facebook, Google, Pinterest and other companies.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the panel will begin at 6 p.m.
The words of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution were supposed to guarantee that slavery and involuntary servitude effectively were outlawed. The exception of punishment for a crime where the “party shall have been convicted” is the loophole. As detailed in Ava DuVernay’s “The 13th”, the injustice system in America has not changed all that much since the earliest days of slavery. The statistics DuVernay puts onscreen say it all: African-Americans make up 6.5% of the U.S. population but a whopping 40% of the prison population — in a country with the highest level of incarceration in the world; up more than tenfold since 1970 and existing mostly to put away black and Latino men.
Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Committee.
We’re ramping up for SB562, universal health care for all Californians! Come to the meeting to learn about the bill and the campaign to get it passed and how you can get involved.
The Alameda County chapter of Health Care for All – California will hold an organizing meeting in Oakland. Everyone is cordially invited! We’ll be discussing the new bill, the campaign to pass the bill, and how you and we can work to get this bill passed. So bring your friends and neighbors, and your passion and your energy.
Idle No More SF Bay and Tribal Nations in the west are in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Indigenous grassroots leaders who are calling on our allies across the United States and around the world to peacefully March for Native American rights on March 10th. We ask that you rise in solidarity with the Indigenous peoples of the world whose rights protect Mother Earth for the future generations of all.
The march will begin at 5:00 p.m. at the Federal Building at 7th & Mission. There will be a short rally there before the march to the Civic Center. The rally at the Civic Center will include a traditional California Indigenous opening with Corrina Gould, speakers on the history of Native Americans and the Federal Government, Native American leaders, and others.
This event is co-sponsored by Idle No More SF Bay and the International Indian Treaty Council.
Our Demands:
#TakeTheMeeting // President Trump must meet with tribal leaders to hear why it’s critical that the US government respect tribal rights. This administration must work with us.
#ConsentNotConsultation // Tribal interests cannot continue to be marginalized in favor of the interests of corporations and other governments. Consultation is not enough– we must require consent.
#NativeNationsRise // The Standing Rock movement is bigger than one tribe. It has evolved into a powerful global phenomenon highlighting the necessity to respect Indigenous Nations and their right to protect their homelands, environment and future generations. We are asking our Native relatives from across Turtle Island to rise with us.
[This list of demands will grow, stay tuned]
Anti-Racist Action, that will be held on Ohlone Territory.
ROAR WILL BE HELD
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ON SATURDAY at the OMNI Commons in Oakland and
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ON SUNDAY at California Institute for Integral Studies, 1453 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
ROAR will be a space to gather, build, and learn from each other’s struggles and continue to build an anti-racist front in the Bay Area and beyond. During these times more and more attention is being paid to those of us who use direct action and hold liberatory and revolutionary politics. We can use this moment not only to inspire others through our actions, but to also inspire with our ideas. To draw a line not just against this or that politician, or this or that alt-right figure, but to construct revolutionary positions such as returning land to the indigenous, centering black folks and their perspectives, community self defense, taking care of one another, putting women and gender non conforming people to the front, obliterating borders, opening prison doors, and gaining our freedom from the state, capitalism, and all the other damning institutions.
Indigenous Struggles
Police Brutality
Community self-defense
Political Prisoners
Intersections of racism and disability
Muslim struggles
Black + Brown unity
Anti-Patriarchy, Transphobia + Homophobia
Anti-Racism for White people
History Lessons from Movements past
IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES: THIS IS HOME
Alameda County continues to stand strong in our commitment to uphold the rights of all members of
our community no matter your immigration status
PLEASE RSVP HERE :
http://bit.ly/2lEKBG1
*To accommodate attendees’ schedules, the important topics covered will be the same for both
workshops. Pick the time that works best for you, 10-12 or 1-3.
HOSTED BY THE FOLLOWING:
ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE EAST BAY
WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD
HON. BARBARA LEE, US REPRESENTATIVE
HON. NANCY SKINNER, CA STATE SENATOR
HON TONY THURMOND, CA ASSEMBLY, DIST 15
HON ROB BONTA, CA ASSEMBLY, DIST 18
HON. WILMA CHAN, ALAMEDA COUNTY BOS, D3
HON. SCOTT HAGGERTY, ALAMEDA COUNTY BOS, D1
HON. NATE MILEY, ALAMEDA COUNTY BOS, D4
HON. RICHARD VALLE , ALAMEDA COUNTY BOS, D2
HON. NOEL GALLO, OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL, D5
HON. REBECCA KAPLAN, OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
HON. DAN KALB, OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL, D1
HON. ABEL GUILLEN, OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL, D2
HON. MALIA VELLA, ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL
ALAMEDA LABOR COUNCIL, AFL CIO
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LABOR ALLIANCE
ATU 192
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION
IBT LOCAL 70
IBT LOCAL 856
NEW HAVEN TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
SEIU 1021
SEIU 2015
SEIU-UHW
SEIU-USWW
UAW 5810
UFCW 5
UNITE HERE 2850
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
COST: FREE
LIGHT BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROVIDED
Join GABRIELA USA and the International Women’s Alliance on Saturday, March 11th in commemorating the 108th International Working Women’s Day anniversary in honor of the first women strikers in 1909. Join us as we RISE, RESIST, and UNITE to build our collective Resistance here and abroad!
So far within the first month of Trump’s administration, Trump has issued 12 Executive orders attacking everything from immigrant communities, our Muslim brothers and sisters, to the millions of us who depend on the government for subsidized health care. He’s pushed forward the Dakota Access and Keystone Pipelines against the self-determination of the indigenous peoples of this land, nominated white supremacists, climate deniers, and the super wealthy into his cabinet, and he has exposed the fascist, racist, xenophobic, and misogynist truths of this country.
But people are resisting. From the moment Trump was announced the winner, the people of the US responded immediately with demonstrations on the streets. Students are walking out of the classrooms almost daily, and mass gatherings of people are being convened by different groups to discuss how to resist a Trump presidency.
Let us continue to build our collective resistance and people power and RISE againt Fear, RESIST attacks on our communities, and UNITE for Self-Determination!
*Note* This will be a family friendly march and celebration that will be accessible for children, elders, and people with disability. We will also be organizing our own safety/security team.
Co-Organizers:
Alay Sf
Anakbayan East Bay
BAYAN USA
Causa Justa Just Cause
Filipino Community Center
Gabriela SF
ieumsae
Marcha Patriótica
Migrante NorCal
Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA)
Palestinian Youth Movement – حركة الشباب الفلسطيني
PAWIS EAST BAY CA.USA
La Colectiva de Mujeres
League of Filipino Students – SFSU-Women’s Committee
Xicana Moratorium Coalition
Workers World Party – Bay Area
Co-Sponsers:
Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)
ASATA – Alliance of South Asians Taking Action
API Equality – Northern California
APIQWTC – Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Community
Bay Area Rising
Bay Resistance
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
The Center for Political Education
CUAV
El/La Para Trans Latinas
Forward Together
Migrante SoMa/TL- San Francisco
National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns – North California Chapter
SURJ – Oakland/SF Bay Area
Endorsers:
Chinese Progressive Association
Interested in getting involved? Volunteering? Be an endorsing organization? E-mail gabsanfrancisco@gmail.com
Offerings:
- Massage therapy
- Energy work
- Acupuncture
- Birth Doula Practitioners
- Herbal Medicine
- Resource library
- Free Hot Meal
- Free Store
- Cafe Space to hang out, eat, make art and discuss what healing means to us by us and for us.
Tomorrow afternoon, the Alameda Jail Fight Coalition will be joining our friends and allies from AF3IRM SF Bay Area at a noise demonstration they are organizing outside the West County Detention Facility in Contra Costa County. Organized in honor of International Women’s Day, the noise demo is in solidarity with all immigrants, especially those who have been separated from their families and loved ones by imprisonment and deportation.
The West County Detention Facility is the largest I.C.E. detention facility in the Bay Area, big enough to cage over 1,100 people. Even so, Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston recently applied for state funds to pay for a jail expansion plan that would add 400 beds to the already bloated jail system. Despite mass opposition from community members, the Richmond Board of Supervisors decided to greenlight the Sheriff’s plan. As a coalition committed to stopping the violent expansion of the criminal punishment system, we look forward to joining with our neighbors in Contra Costa, both inside and out, and breaking the isolation and alienation of imprisonment with our voices, with our chants, with our songs. Join us tomorrow, and make some noise. No borders, no nations, no cages!
We are organizing carpools to the demonstration that will be leaving from Oakland and Berkeley. Send us an email at acjailfightcoalition@gmail.com to connect with us for transporation support! For more information about the event, check out AF3RIM’s facebook event.
In community,
Alameda County Jail Fight Coalition
#carenotcages #nomorejails
The Rockin’ Solidarity Labor Chorus presents:
Paul Robeson:
A Portrait in Story & Song
A musical biography of the great African American artist, athlete, and activist based on material gathered from primary sources by Alex Bagwell.
Saturday, March 11
SF Main Library
(Koret Auditorium, lower level)
100 Larkin St, Civic Center, SF
(Enter at 30 Grove St)
3pm
Sunday, March 12
Piedmont Gardens
110 41st St, Oakland
(Use entrance on Linda St)
3pm
(415) 648-3457
To carry out its raids on undocumented immigrant families, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will soon get a helping hand from one of President Donald Trump’s rare allies in the tech industry, Palantir Technologies Inc. co-founder and chairman Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel’s surveillance company Palantir is reportedly finalizing the digital framework for a potential mass deportation operation, should President Donald Trump decide to go that route.
Come protest this terrifying expansion of the surveillance state. Come protest this threat to undocumented people.
Come rally at a rich dudes house!
http://mashable.com/2017/
Anti-Racist Action, that will be held on Ohlone Territory.
ROAR WILL BE HELD
-
ON SATURDAY at the OMNI Commons in Oakland and
-
ON SUNDAY at California Institute for Integral Studies, 1453 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
ROAR will be a space to gather, build, and learn from each other’s struggles and continue to build an anti-racist front in the Bay Area and beyond. During these times more and more attention is being paid to those of us who use direct action and hold liberatory and revolutionary politics. We can use this moment not only to inspire others through our actions, but to also inspire with our ideas. To draw a line not just against this or that politician, or this or that alt-right figure, but to construct revolutionary positions such as returning land to the indigenous, centering black folks and their perspectives, community self defense, taking care of one another, putting women and gender non conforming people to the front, obliterating borders, opening prison doors, and gaining our freedom from the state, capitalism, and all the other damning institutions.
Indigenous Struggles
Police Brutality
Community self-defense
Political Prisoners
Intersections of racism and disability
Muslim struggles
Black + Brown unity
Anti-Patriarchy, Transphobia + Homophobia
Anti-Racism for White people
History Lessons from Movements past
Stand Up & Speak Out for Life Saving Affordable Health Care March 12th, 1-3 PM.
Join Fight4OurHealth and Representative Barbara Lee at the Ed Roberts Campus on Sunday, March 12th to learn and speak out against the reckless plan to repeal healthcare coverage and protections with no serious replacement.
– Will you or someone you love lose your healthcare?
– How will the plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act affect your current healthcare coverage?
– How will seniors, small businesspeople, and people with pre-existing conditions be affected?
– What can you do to STOP the plan to take away healthcare from millions of Americans?
Childcare Will be Provided
Event Partners: Health Access, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN), Children’s Defense Fund-California, Organizing for Action, California Labor Federation, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, LifeLong Medical Care, Project Inform, SEIU California, SEIU Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), Senior Services Coalition of Alameda County, Greenlining Institute
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. (In prior years we have agreed to meet at 4:00 PM during summer hours, that is, once Daylight Savings Time goes back into effect).
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
The Rockin’ Solidarity Labor Chorus presents:
Paul Robeson:
A Portrait in Story & Song
A musical biography of the great African American artist, athlete, and activist based on material gathered from primary sources by Alex Bagwell.
Saturday, March 11
SF Main Library
(Koret Auditorium, lower level)
100 Larkin St, Civic Center, SF
(Enter at 30 Grove St)
3pm
Sunday, March 12
Piedmont Gardens
110 41st St, Oakland
(Use entrance on Linda St)
3pm
(415) 648-3457
The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting.
Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly
held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city should run. They decide the city budget.
Democratic, community budgeting is a powerful step toward building strong communities, real democracy, and economic justice–and it’s being done all over the world.
The budget of the City Oakland totals more than $1 billion per year. Although part of the budget must be used for specific purposes, still over half of the budget–over $500 billion per year–consists of general purpose funds paid by the taxes, fees, and fines of the people of Oakland. The Mayor and the City Council decide the city budget, with minimal input from the community.
Working together, we will not only get a seat at the table–we will REBUILD the table itself. Participatory democracy is real democracy–join us to say: Local People, Local Resources, Local Power!
Come organize with us! Doors open at 7, and the meeting starts at 7:30. Please bring healthy snacks and drinks to share.
We are progressives in Berkeley, CA working hard to resist the Trump agenda.