Taina Vargas-Edmond, Executive Director of Initiate Justice, and Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children/All of Us or None, will be in conversation with Tim Wise at this live taping of his national podcast.
Taina Vargas-Edmond, Executive Director of Initiate Justice and Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children/All of Us or None, two leaders in the forefront of policy and advocacy work on behalf of incarcerated Californians, the formally-incarcerated, and their families, will be in conversation with anti-racism author and educator Tim Wise. They’ll look at recent victories and efforts currently underway.
Tickets are sliding scale. 100% of proceeds go to Legal Services for Prisoners with Children/All of Us or None and Initiate Justice.
THIS WEDNESDAY: FREE Name and Gender Change workshop at EBCLC’s Adeline office, right next to Ashby Bart! And because of funding from Trans Lifeline – Microgrants, we can provide fee waivers to folks who need them!
Please share widely- this will be our last Name and Gender Change Workshop until this summer.
Join Shareable for an interactive “World Cafe” style discussion to collaboratively dig into questions about the current state of Urban Villages here in the Bay Area, where we would like be, and what we need to do to get there together.
This event will also serve as the official Bay Area release of our new book, “Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons.” We’ll have plenty of copies on hand that will be available for 20% off!
Want to read more about urban villages to prepare for the discussion? Shareable has you covered. In February we published an in-depth article about their rise all over the world. Check it out by clicking here. We hope to see you there!
Event is free to attend and light food and drinks will be provided.
We are asking for a suggested $15 donation from those who can afford it to cover the cost of refreshments and the space rental. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
(1) To promote further distribution of this great film, including free showings to school children; and
(2) To raise funds for local People of Color-led racial justice organizations.
Following the film will be a Q and A with the filmmakers and a discussion of what we can do now to work for racial justice.
Tickets can be purchased at: http://www.Renaissancerialto.com.
Hard Work Is Not Enough: Gender and Racial Inequality in an Urban Workspace
Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
KATRINELL DAVIS
Associate Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
with CATHERINE FISK
Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law, UC Berkeley, asrespondent
Sponsored by Center for Research on Social Change, UC Berkeley
Co-sponsored by Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Center
for the Study of Law & Society, Division of Equity and Inclusion, and
Sociology Department, UC Berkeley
ABSTRACT
In this talk, I discuss African American women’s experiences as bus
operators in a San Francisco Bay Area transit firm from 1974-1989,
during the height of affirmative action hiring. Through a series of
interviews with these transit operators alongside correspondence between
management and union leaders, grievance and arbitration data, as well as
litigation against the firm, I trace the gradual demise of job security
within this SF Bay Area transit company that once led the nation in
offering its transit operators good wages and benefits. The findings
suggest that transit operating became increasingly stressful throughout
the period of study due to declining work conditions and the arbitrary
implementation of institutional strategies designed to discipline and
eliminate workers deemed undesirable.
The Commission will be considering amendments to the proposed enabling ordinance and will be reviewing the complaints of officer misconduct that are being investigated by CPRA (Community Police Review Agency). Commissioners will also review the staffing of CPRA and the new case management software that is being implemented.
American Masters/Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic champion of the rights of the poor working man, the disenfranchised, and people of color. His story is one of the great dramas of the 20th century–spanning an international canvas of social upheaval and ideological controversy. Directed by St. Clair Bourne, narrated by Ossie Davis. 117 minutes.
Sponsored by the BFUU SJC.
Along with being endorsed by the United Nations, this film showcases the true strain that we put on our planet’s oceans and native sea life through our production and use of plastic. After, we will discuss extending our compassion to the fullest extent possible and how not to arbitrarily decide where to draw the line when it comes to the suffering of our nonhuman friends.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/
Itinerary
6:00-6:15 Gather Zero Waste food and seats
6:15-7:45 A Plastic Ocean documentary
7:45- 8:15 Zero Waste presentation/discussion
Light food and snacks provided.
We hope to see you all there!
During World War II President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. 120,000 men, women and children, living on the West Coast were rounded up and sent to “relocation camps.” They had committed no crime other than being Japanese and Japanese American.
Tule Lake was the largest of these 10 concentration camps, a maximum security facility reserved for those the U.S. government considered disloyal. Resistance at Tule Lake tells the long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to protest the U.S. government’s program of mass incarceration. The “No No Boys” and others resisted in the face of militarized violence, courageously standing up to beatings, abuse, torture, and food shortages. This new film, and the history it reveals is especially important now.
Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/1767302819957302/
Whose Money? Our Money!Join millions of people around the world in the second annual March for Science! In 2017, more than one million people around the world gathered to defend science for the common good and its role in policy and society. Since then, science has continued to face increasing threats at the federal, state, and local levels.
A POETIC BENEFIT for the HAITI EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
with
RAFAEL JESUS GONZÁLEZ (Poet Laureate of Berkeley)
AVOTCJA with BILL CROSSMAN (Piano)
& CAROLYN SCARR
also
A Report back by
PIERRE LABOSSIERE & DELEGATION
(who just returned from Haiti)
Wheelchair Accessible
Come celebrate National Poetry month for a good cause!
A benefit for the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund featuring:
Avotcja with Bill Crossman,
Rafael Jesus Gonzalez (Poet Laureate of Berkeley),
and Carolyn Scarr followed by open Mic
Until we solve the problem, it’s that time again. Join us for #FeedTheHood 5 bag lunch and hygiene kit distribution to the homeless across Oakland in #DeepEastOakland . RSVP and donate today at http://bit.ly/feedthehood5 . #housingforall
Until we solve the problem, it’s that time again. Join us for #FeedTheHood 5 bag lunch and hygiene kit distribution to the homeless across Oakland on Sunday, April 15, 7 AM at Oakland SOL in #DeepEastOakland . RSVP and donate today at https://t.co/SfAMcRjW2q. #housingforall pic.twitter.com/iAcJeQ8USf
— EOakCollective (@EOakCollective) March 16, 2018
The following alternatives will be discussed:
Should the parcels be sold to developers at the highest price?
Should real estate developers who purchase city-owned property for private investment, such as market-rate housing and office buildings be required to pay community benefits?
Should all the property be kept permanently in the public domain and developed for community needs?
82-minute documentary focusing on food co-ops as a force for dynamic social and economic change in the US culture. The film examines the important historical role played by food co-ops, their pioneering quest for organic foods, and their current efforts to create regional food systems.
Film will be followed by a panel discussion with:
Adrionna Fike, Worker Owner of Mandela Foods Cooperative
Dennis Terry, Director of Seeds of Struggle
& more TBA
Here is a Liberated Lens TV interview with Adrionna:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmjOqMD5J2A&t=9s
doors open at 7pm, film starts at 7:30pm
free popcorn!
Ever After Series: Stories of Violence, Accountability, and Healing
We hope you can join us in growing a strong grassroots movement to end mass incarceration. Together, we can chart a new future for California by prioritizing positive, community-based, public health solutions rather than punishment.
A short video presentation featuring survivors and people who have committed violence telling their stories, followed by a one-hour panel discussion about the application of Restorative Justice for diversion in Alameda and San Francisco counties with restorative justice experts, survivors of violence, and key law enforcement officials.
Hosted by the Restore Oakland collective impact initiative: Ella Baker Center, Community Works West, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY), Restaurant Opportunities United, La Cocina, and Causa Justa/Just Cause.
Five years have passed since the death of disabled Black trans loved one Kayla Moore at the hands of Berkeley Police, so we are throwing a great big party to keep her memory alive! Expect food, music, art and updates from the family about the court case.
Accessibility: We will be setting up in a paved area, so the event will be wheelchair accessible. We will also provide chairs for those who wish to sit. Please email us at justice4kaylamoore@gmail.c
Check back here for updates about the after party!
When our movements make gains and win campaigns, it’s important to uplift these victories, assess how we accomplished them, and strategize on future wins.
We invite you to join us for a webinar. Come learn how the Stop Urban Shield Coalition won a resounding victory against the largest SWAT training in the world.
Featuring members of the Stop Urban Shield Coalition:
Lara Kiswani, Arab Resource and Organizing Center
Tash Nguyen, Ella Baker Center
Maisa Morrar, Oakland Power Projects and Palestinian Youth Movement
Charlene Khoo, Critical Resistance Oakland
Where: Click on this link to join the webinar (on Wednesday 4/18)
Or join by phone: (669) 900-6833 or (646) 558-8656; Meeting ID: 258 159 383
IN THE TRADITION OF CESAR CHAVEZ:
STANDING UP FOR THE VULNERABLE IN
THE AGE OF TRUMP
A Talk by MARIA ECHAVESTE, Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for Latin American Studies
Maria Echaveste is a long-time community leader, attorney and public policy expert who
specializes in Latin America. She has lectured at UC Berkeley’s School of Law and was
affiliated with the UC Berkeley Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy. She is currently a
senior visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for Latin American Studies. In 2009,
Echaveste was named Special Representative to Bolivia by then-Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton. From 1998 to 2001, Echaveste served as assistant to the president and deputy
chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.
When: April 18, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland
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KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents
Wednesday, April 18, 7:00 pm Single Screening Only
Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland
Tickets: $15 advance, $18 door, available at brownpapertickets.com ::
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TRUMP SWEPT INTO POWER BY DUSTING OFF THE VOTES OF 1.1 MILLION AFRICAN AMERICANS, LATINOS, AND ASIAN AMERICAN VOTERS- and we’re fighting mad.
Without a shadow of a doubt- Kris Kobach’s Crosscheck would – AND DID – steal the 2016 election. It’s the great untold story. Yes, there was collusion- for instance Michigan’s Secretary of State admitted they purged “aggressively” – about 50,000 voters in a state Trump won by 10,700. Same sad story in Pennsylvania, Illinois and elsewhere.
They’ll use it again in 2018. Talk about Russians all you want, but if we don’t stop the purge of 30,000-60,000 voters in each of 28 states, the 2018 mid-term will be lost – and democracy will become a distant memory. You can’t have a democracy with a government that has no integrity. Palast has put in four years of intensive, hard-core investigative reporting to uncover their game.
Here’s the problem:
Update. Greg Palast filed (along with the ACLU and Rev. Jesse Jackson) Freedom of Information requests in every Crosscheck state to get the names of the voter victims of Crosscheck – the purged… and in the lawsuits that are sure to follow the stone-wall refusal of the GOP Secretaries of State. Rev. Jackson commissioned a special 1hr 13min version which he’s been showing in churches nationwide. The NAACP is sponsoring showings in Georgia; ACLU in Kansas. Oklahoma has already revealed to us their lists. Greg Palast’s activist version of his film The Best Democracy Money Can Buy packs in the hardcore information, so everyone can see exactly how Trump stole it. Beyond the investigative shocks, this film is robustly entertaining, particularly in the cameos by Shailene Woodley, Willie Nelson, Rosario Dawson, and Ice-T). The film ends with an emotional kick that gets folks motivated. You can’t walk away from the film unaware of the continuing danger of racial voter suppression (which is still accelerating). You can’t walk away without feeling ethnic cleansing has come again to America.
KPFA benefit
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents
A FILM BY GREG PALAST
Featuring Rosario Dawson, Shailene Woodley, Willie Nelson, Ice T, Richard Belzer and Ed Asner
With live appearance by film maker Greg Palast to discuss the film
Wednesday, April 18, 7:00 pm
Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland
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When Donald Trump said, This election is rigged he should know.
His buddies rigged it.
Rolling Stone investigative reporter Greg Palast busted Jeb Bush for stealing the 2000 election by purging Black voters from Florida’s electoral rolls. Now Palast is back to take a deep dive into the Republicans dark operation, Crosscheck, the secret purge list that helped steal the 2016 Election.
Crosscheck is controlled by a Trump henchman, Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State who claims his computer program has identified 7.2 million people in 29 states who may have voted twice in the same electiona felony crime. The catch? Most of these suspects are minoritiesin other words, mainly Democratic voters. Yet the lists and the evidence remain confidential.
Palast and his investigative side-kick Badpenny do what it takes to get their hands on the data, analyze it and go find some of these 7.2 million Americans tagged suspects and potential duplicate voters.
They hunt down and confront Kobach with the evidence of his lynching by laptop. Then they are off to find the billionaires behind this voting scam. The search takes Palast from Kansas to the Arctic, the Congo, and to a swanky Hamptons dinner party held by Trumps sugar-daddy, John Paulson, a.k.a. JP The Foreclosure King.
Palast and Badpenny stake out top GOP donors, the billionaire known as The Vulture and the Koch brothers, whom Palast nails with a damning tape recording.
This real life detective story is told in a film noir style with cartoon animations, secret documents, hidden cameras, and a little help from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit detectives, Ice-T and Richard Belzer, Shailene Woodley, Rosario Dawson, Willie Nelson and Ed Asner, Palast and his associates expose the darkest plans of the uber-rich to steal Americas democracy.
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