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UC Berkeley Cops off Campus Rally @ MLK Park

Oct 1 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us on October 1st for the kick-off rally for a statewide campaign demanding the total abolition of the University of California Police Department (UCPD). This is a coordinated day of action which will occur on all ten UC campuses.

Tens of thousands of UC students and staff come from Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Muslim, immigrant communities that are constantly overpoliced through harassment and baseless arrest. The removal of UCPD and ICE from campus is not the endpoint, but the condition of possibility for imagining safety over security. Nearly all full-time UCPD employees make more than $100,000 per year—in the midst of public austerity measures, we demand the $24 million UCPD budget be transferred to the wellness programs and equity initiatives we desperately require.

The Cops Off Campus coalition has emerged amidst a global pandemic, relentless state and vigilante violence and national calls for the abolition of police, prisons, and the carceral state. The movement to abolish UCPD by Fall 2021 is led by BIPOC community members, undergraduates, graduates and other workers across UC and CSU campuses. Our goal is an end to all policing, beginning with questioning the University of California’s role in the militarized surveillance of higher education and beyond.

Community Guidelines—
Do not speak to UCPD, City of Berkeley police, or university administrators.
Follow all COVID-19 safety protocols: masks on, socially distance outside of your social bubble, stay home if you’ve had any flu-like symptoms in the last 14 days.
Bring pots, pans, noisemakers.
Bay Area National Lawyers Guild #: 415 285 5067
This event will be live-streamed and close-captioned from our Instagram @cal.ftp. ASL interpreters will be present on-site. If you have any additional access needs, please contact us at ucwideabolition [at] gmail.com.

twitter.com/ucftp
instagram.com/uc_ftp
instagram.com/cal.ftp

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Categories: Protest

Fridays for the Future – Climate Change Protest @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley

Oct 2 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Global Day of Climate Action.

Demonstrations and manifestations will take place all across the globe, adjusted according to Covid-19 circumstances.

Weekly protests to follow.

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Categories: Protest

Shield Trainings for Black Lives Matter @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater

Oct 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Image may contain: one or more people, text that says 'SHIELD TRAININGS FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER We will be at the Lake Merritt ampitheater every Sunday 1-3pm ALL OPS OUT OF UNIONS! Free raffle for protective gear! IG: @GearUpOakland @GearUp @OaklandBuildersCollective'

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Categories: Workshop

Sunflower Alliance Zoom Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'

Oct 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

We’re looking forward to getting together with you for a regular meeting. We’ll discuss the latest developments in our fight to keep new oil and gas wells out of eastern Contra Costa County and ban new fossil fuel development in the county. Plus we’ll catch up on campaigns against coal exports in Richmond and Oakland, just transition, regional climate planning, and more — and check in with each other. We need your participation and your voice!

RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org to get the link

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Categories: Meeting

SMC Tenants Council Car Rally – Oakland

Oct 4 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

🚨THIS SUNDAY🚨
October 4, 2pm
34th & Wood St

Our landlord SMC is serving illegal eviction notices, twisting CA’s new AB3088 to scare tenants into self-evicting or paying money they don’t have.

You better believe we’re responding to this! COME THRU, we need your support! pic.twitter.com/Iyn4gaDEzl

— SMC Tenants Council (@smc_tenants) October 1, 2020

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Categories: Protest

Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza

Oct 4 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:

occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! 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

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Categories: Meeting

Protest Against McConnell-led Senate w/ Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign @ please RSVP for meet-up location

Oct 5 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

San Francisco Protest Against McConnell-led Senate w/ Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign

HOST: Bay Area Steering Committee of CA Poor People’s Campaign

WHAT: Bay Area Car Caravan or On-Foot Socially Distanced Protest to Stop the Senate’s Sins

WHERE: San Francisco (exact address to be announced–RSVP)

RSVP to join the car caravan here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/california-poor-peoples-campaign-bay-area-car-caravan-to-end-the-senates-sins

FACEBOOK POST: https://www.facebook.com/events/747404996115817/
______________________________________________________________

During the COVID-19 pandemic which is the greatest public health crisis in a century, the Mitch McConnell-led US Senate has refused to take up a full and comprehensive relief package to aid struggling Americans. What’s more, McConnell is now hypocritically rushing through a Supreme Court nominee to fill the seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

We protest against the meanness, misery and mayhem of Mitch McMconnell and his Senate enablers, who have acted immorally by:

Stacking the Supreme Court, Suppressing the Vote, Sabotaging the USPS,
Stopping the Stimulus, Stealing Healthcare, Stifling Living Wages, Separating Families,
and their infection from the virus of greed, lust for power, and racism

Can you join us for a car caravan in San Francisco to demand a full and just relief package, a stop to the cynical hypocrisy of stacking the Supreme Court a few weeks from the election, and justice for Breonna Taylor?

Even if you don’t have a car, you’re still welcome to attend — we’ll have a contingent on the ground in front of a Senate office that you can join.

This action is part of a nationwide car caravan protest. The Poor People’s Campaign car caravans will be happening simultaneously in dozens of towns and cities across the country. By speaking out as one, we will send a message that our leaders cannot ignore.

Forward together — not one step back!
______________________________________________________________

SAFETY: Protocol for Risk/Harm Reduction While Protesting during COVID-19

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14aCsBMjlpFb7JwcF4kYo0oyFc3aXpN6jf0piDl6RtVA/edit

To control the spread of the novel coronavirus while in person protesting, PLEASE:

–Wear cloth face coverings/masks; they protect other people if the wearer is infected, even if they’re not showing symptoms.
–Practice physical distancing, staying more than six feet away from people who are not a part of your household, if possible.
–Use hand sanitizer often.
–Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
–Avoid touching surfaces.
–Minimize contact by multiple people with commonly used surfaces like water bottles, bullhorns, handrails, and barricades
–Minimize yelling and singing. Make noise with drums, tambourines.
–If you use a megaphone, it should be thoroughly sanitized between different speakers

If you have the following symptoms, please DO NOT participate in person. Even if you test negative for COVID-19 but have these symptoms, please refrain from in-person actions:
–Fever
–Shortness of breath
–Cough
–Headache
–Loss of smell or taste

CDC: Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing serious complications from COVID-19 illness.

CDC COVID-19 link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
______________________________________________________________

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Categories: Protest

Oakland Encampment Management Policy Teach-In @ Oscar Grant Plaza

Oct 5 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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Categories: Workshop

Green New Deal for Transit Campaign Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'

Oct 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join DSA members to win power for:
Free Public Transit
Greatly expanded service, accessibility, and schedule
Protection of union workers and expansion of union jobs
Social equity to overcome transportation discrimination
Conversion of Public Transit to Zero Emissions vehicles

RSVP for Zoom link

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Categories: Meeting

Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting

Oct 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09

Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186

If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to:

oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

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 1^st 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

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Categories: Meeting

Fridays for the Future – Climate Change Protest @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley

Oct 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Global Day of Climate Action.

Demonstrations and manifestations will take place all across the globe, adjusted according to Covid-19 circumstances.

Weekly protests to follow.

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Categories: Protest

Berkeley Copwatch Presents “Know Your Rights: Defend the Unhoused” @ Online

Oct 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Train with us online on 10/10- Show up in person on 10/13! Solidarity and Unity with unhoused residents of Berkeley!

About this Event

The City of Berkeley plans to evict over 100 people on Tuesday, Oct. 13th from the Seabreeze homeless encampment at University and the I-80. There is no plan for the welfare of these citizens, only a desire on behalf of some City Officials to appear “tough on homelessness” during election season. In the middle of a global health crisis and a civil rights uprising, our most vulnerable residents are putting out a plea for solidarity.

This interactive training is meant as an introduction to your constitutional rights as they pertain to the police and strategies for filming and documenting the police. This is also meant to give you tools so you can better advocate for your rights and the rights of others.

The information in this training is meant to empower you and offer you choices when confronted by the police. The way that you choose to interact with the police is a very personal choice, carrying different risks based on your race, gender, class and more.

THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FILM.

Brought to you by Berkeley Copwatch (founded 1990). For more information on our history as an abolitionist and community-centered, all-volunteer organization, please visit our website.

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Categories: Workshop

Direct Action Training Series @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'

Oct 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Register Here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSda2Tklr3_VSvoOPUIzVnMfRQy1vf19V80gw0Jnhw82z4uJVA/viewform

Hosted by East Bay DSA, DSA San Francisco, and Sunrise Bay Area

Do you want to learn how to plan and implement direct actions?

Do you want to develop direct action strategies in our organization?

Do you want to prepare for the November election results?

Comrades, we learn to organize through many means. Political education to sharpen our analysis, canvassing to practice skillful communication, art builds to creatively spread propaganda. We must also learn strategic direct action.

These past few months, we have seen a national uprising against racist police terror and fascist violence. We need to prepare not only for a continuation but an escalation.

It will take mass working-class action to combat fascism, police brutality and a capitalist class that will not hesitate to swiftly and violently crush any public demonstrations. As socialists, we must create coherent strategies, be equipped with reliable tactics, and confidently lead our own direct actions.

Join us for a two-day training led by Frailty Myths, an organization dedicated to building leadership skills for women, queers, and GNC folks. It is required that you sign up for both days, and strongly encouraged that you lead future training to share acquired skills.

When: Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, 10 am-12 pm

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Categories: Workshop

Trash this Policy! @ Oscar Grant Plaza Amphitheater

Oct 10 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

The United Front Against Displacement is calling for a protest against the city of Oakland’s encampment management policy.

The policy creates no new housing opportunities for homeless Oaklanders and only further propagates their criminalization and displacement. The city has done next to nothing to address the various sanitation issues that people have experienced long before the start of the pandemic. This policy only seeks to exasperate the dire conditions homeless people are experiencing on a daily basis.

We Demand
*An end to current encampment sweeps, deep cleanings, and closures without providing free longterm housing.
*Cancel all back rent and civil debt.
*An end to criminalization and police brutality.
*Adequate sanitation services for all.

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Categories: Protest

Direct Action Training Series @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'

Oct 11 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Register Here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSda2Tklr3_VSvoOPUIzVnMfRQy1vf19V80gw0Jnhw82z4uJVA/viewform

Hosted by East Bay DSA, DSA San Francisco, and Sunrise Bay Area

Do you want to learn how to plan and implement direct actions?

Do you want to develop direct action strategies in our organization?

Do you want to prepare for the November election results?

Comrades, we learn to organize through many means. Political education to sharpen our analysis, canvassing to practice skillful communication, art builds to creatively spread propaganda. We must also learn strategic direct action.

These past few months, we have seen a national uprising against racist police terror and fascist violence. We need to prepare not only for a continuation but an escalation.

It will take mass working-class action to combat fascism, police brutality and a capitalist class that will not hesitate to swiftly and violently crush any public demonstrations. As socialists, we must create coherent strategies, be equipped with reliable tactics, and confidently lead our own direct actions.

Join us for a two-day training led by Frailty Myths, an organization dedicated to building leadership skills for women, queers, and GNC folks. It is required that you sign up for both days, and strongly encouraged that you lead future training to share acquired skills.

When: Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, 10 am-12 pm

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Categories: Workshop

Shield Trainings for Black Lives Matter @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater

Oct 11 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Image may contain: one or more people, text that says 'SHIELD TRAININGS FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER We will be at the Lake Merritt ampitheater every Sunday 1-3pm ALL OPS OUT OF UNIONS! Free raffle for protective gear! IG: @GearUpOakland @GearUp @OaklandBuildersCollective'

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Categories: Workshop

Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza

Oct 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:

occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over six years, since October 2011! 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

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Categories: Meeting

Indivisible Berkeley @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'

Oct 11 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Date and time

October 11, 2020
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Zoom (see description for link)

The October GA will be a time to discuss self-care and resourcing for the days leading up to and following the November election.

We start promptly at 7:30!

“Doors open” at 7 for socializing and tech troubleshooting. If you have never used Zoom before, we recommend you try connecting at 7 so if there is an issue one of our tech gurus can help you out before the meeting begins.

We will be using the Zoom video conferencing system for this meeting. You can download the software to your computer, laptop, smartphone or tablet by visiting https://zoom.us/download. For very detailed instructions, visit the IB Zoom Tips & Tricks page.

The link to click on to join the General Assembly (doors open at 7 to give you a chance to try out your connection) is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87926315785?pwd=Wml5T0dFNjUxM2VGS2VNcGREbWtUZz09.

Questions? Email info@indivisibleberkeley.org.

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Categories: Meeting

Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room

Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

OTU’s Mission

The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf.

Monthly Meetings

The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 pm on the second Monday evening of each month. Our monthly meetings are held in the Community Room of the Madison Park Apartments, 100 – 9th Street (at Oak Street, across from the Lake Merritt BART Station). To enter, gently knock on the window of the room to the right of the main entrance to the building. At the meetings, first we focus on general issues affecting renters city-wide and then second we offer advice to renters regarding their individual concerns.

If you have an issue, a question, or need advice about a tenant/landlord issue, please call us at (510) 704-5276. Leave a message with your name and phone number and someone will get back to you.

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Categories: Meeting

NO COAL in Richmond Protest @ 450 Civic Center Plaza

Oct 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

=> NO COAL ON THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL!

The Levin-Richmond Terminal has joined developers, several local building trades unions, and the Richmond police union in trying to buy seats on the Richmond City Council.

Levin has donated $25,000 to candidates opposing the Richmond Progressive Alliance candidates endorsed by No Coal in Richmond partners Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Communities for A Better Environment, Sierra Club, and Sunflower Alliance. The terminal is hoping that the new council will overturn the hardwon legislation phasing out coal and petcoke operations at the terminal, which the council adopted after a successful 2-year campaign by No Coal in Richmond and currently in litigation.

WHERE: ~~Levin Richmond Terminal, S. 4th St. and Wright Ave., one block south of Cutting Blvd. (Harbour Way S. Exit from I-580 West).~~
~~Meet at the Burger King on the south side of Cutting Blvd. at Hoffman Blvd.~~

City Hall Plaza
.

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Categories: Protest

October 2020 Oct 2020

About OccupyOakland.org

This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.