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May
19
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Lobby Day for California Universal Health Care, SB 562
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May 19 all-day

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The Pedagogies of Social Movements in America. @ California Institute of Integral Studies
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May 19 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

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HEALTHY CALIFORNIA LOBBY DAY FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AT THE CAPITOL! @ Capitol Steps
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May 19 @ 1:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Join the Statewide Healthy CA Lobby Day & Rally!

In just a couple weeks your State Senator will have a chance to vote on SB 562 which guarantees healthcare for all. It’s critical your Senator hear from you! Healthy California is joining with California Nurses Association for a lobby day and then rally to let all of the Democrats at their Convention know what Ro Khanna and other progressive leaders already know…“Standing for Medicare for All is a no brainer for Democrats” because it saves billions and covers everyone.
LOBBY DAY & RALLY DETAILS (Event flyer)

1:00 pm Arrive at Capitol West steps for Lunch, and Legislative Visits

5:00 pm Rally at West Steps and march to Democratic Convention to have your voice heard!

6:30 pm Buses depart to return home

 

BUS PICK UP DETAILS:
Click here to RSVP for a seat!

 

BERKELEY: 3075 Adeline (across from Ed Roberts Campus); Leaves at 11:30AM

 

RICHMOND: 4500 Macdonald Ave. (at 42nd St.); leaves at 12:00PM

SAN FRANCISCO: Main Library (pick up near Civic Center BART between the Library and the Asian Art Museum at Fulton and Larkin); leaves at 11:30AM

SAN JOSE: 1871 The Alameda #300; leaves at 11:00AM

WALNUT CREEK: Kaiser Hospital at the Newell Ave; leaves at 11:45AM

 

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Reversing Runaway Inequality – An Interactive Workshop with Les Leopold @ Nextspace Coworking Space
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May 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Please join Indivisible Berkeley and The Incorruptibles as we host Les Leopold, director of the New York-based Labor Institute and author of Runaway Inequality: An Activist’s Guide to Economic Justice.

Les will run an interactive workshop on how to build a cross-movement alliance (labor, environment, Black Lives Matter, healthcare for all, immigration reform etc), showing how runaway inequality links us all together, and what we can do about it. This event is free, but registration is required.

Salon.com: “Runaway Inequality doesn’t just explain where the U.S. economy went wrong; it also explains how American citizens can organize to get it back on track.”

More information about Les’ work is at runawayinequality.org .

If the workshop gets you fired up to start making a difference, we hope you’ll stay after the event for a reception to launch The Incorruptibles – a new effort to change politics from the inside out! More information at theincorruptibles.us.; register for their launch event here .

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May
20
Sat
activist training in nonviolence, organizing, & diversity @ Tortona Big Top
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May 20 all-day

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Refinery Corridor Healing Walks
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May 20 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Walk #1:  Saturday, April 8
(Scroll down for the additional walks)
We will begin near the Pittsburg Marina at 3 Marina Blvd in the City of Pittsburg, California

8:00 a.m. Water Ceremony & Registration
9:30 a.m. Walk Begins
There are several places along the walk where folks can join the walk – please see the details of the route below.

The walk will end at Martinez Shoreline Park, end of Ferry Street in the City of Martinez, California

Please feel free to join us for the prayers for the water at 8:00 a.m.  We will walk to the shore and make our prayers.  Feel free to bring a small bottle of water from your area to join the waters in the Carquinez Straights  (where the Delta meets the Bay) in Pittsburg.

Registration for the walk will begin at 8:00 a.m.  Walkers will be asked to agree to the Nonviolent Principles.  For details on what to bring/not bring, please go to “What To Expect” in the tabs above.

This walk is approximately 13.5 miles from beginning to end.  There will be support vehicles available for people who wish to take breaks during the walk.  Medics will also be available.   Water will be provided – please bring your reusable water bottle.

Walk #2:  Saturday, May 20th

We will begin near the Martinez Shoreline Park at the end of Ferry Street

in the City of Martinez, California

8:00 a.m. Water Ceremony & Registration
9:30 a.m. Walk Begins
There are several places along the walk where folks can join the walk – please see the details of the route below.

The walk will end at the 9th Street Park in the City of Benicia, California

Please feel free to join us for the prayers for the water at 8:00 a.m.   Feel free to bring a small bottle of water from your watershed to join the waters in the Carquinez Straights  (where the Delta meets the Bay) in Martinez.

Registration for the walk will begin at 8:00 a.m.  Walkers will be asked to agree to the Nonviolent Principles.  For details on what to bring/not bring, please go to “What To Expect” in the tabs above.

This walk is approximately 9.5 miles from beginning to end.  There will be vehicles available for people who wish to take breaks during the walk.  Medics will also be available.   Water will be provided – please bring your reusable water bottle.

Everyone will be taken back to their vehicles at the end of the walk.  If you are coming to the walk with friends and have two vehicles, please consider leaving one vehicle at the end.

Please consider CARPOOLING – You can sign up to give rides or receive a ride here:
https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/8wh0vr

Make sure you keep this phone number with you on the walk:
(510)   619-8279

Scroll down to see the map of the walk.

We will begin in Martinez and walk through the Shell Refinery in Martinez on the public road.  It gets exciting when we walk across the Martinez Benicia Bridge over the Carquinez Straights!  Once we get to Benicia, we head over to the Valero Refinery where we stop to pray for clean air, water, soil and safe jobs in our communities.   We then walk through town to the 9th Street Park for the closing circle, a meal and the final prayers for the waters.

All walkers are encouraged to carry the water for at least five minutes in prayer for the life of the waters around the world.

Please go to the “What to Expect” page for more information:
http://www.refineryhealingwalks.com/what-to-expect.html

 

Walk #3 – Sunday, June 11th

We will begin at Ninth Street Park in Benicia

8:00 a.m. Water Ceremony
9:00 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. Walk Begins
There are two places along the walk where folks can join us – please see the details of the route below.

The walk will end at Lone Street Park in Rodeo

Please join us for prayers for the water at 8:00 a.m.   Feel free to bring a small bottle of water from your watershed to join the waters that we will be carrying in prayer along the walk and putting into the Bay at the end of the walk.

Registration for the walk will begin at 9:00 a.m.  Walkers will be asked to agree to the Nonviolent Principles.  For details on what to bring/not bring, please go to “What To Expect” in the tabs above.

We also request that walkers keep the Four Agreements in mind:
1) Be impeccable with your word
2) Don’t take anything personally
3) Don’t make assumptions
4) Always do your very best
For more information:  The Four Agreements

This walk is 10.8 miles from beginning to end.  There will be vehicles available for people who wish to take breaks during the walk.  Medics will also be available.   Water will be provided – Please bring your own refillable water bottle.

There will be three “return” points where people can be taken back to their cars at mile 4 and mile 6 (see map) and at the end.  If you are coming to the walk with friends and have two vehicles, please consider leaving one vehicle at the end. 

Sure you’re coming?  Please carpool to the walk by offering a ride or accepting a ride  as soon as possible by signing up here:
CARPOOL

Let us know you’re coming!  RSVP BELOW!

Make sure you keep this phone number with you on the walk:
(510)   619-8279

We will begin in Benicia, home to the Valero Refinery, and proceed through Vallejo.  Crossing the Carquinez Bridge is always a treat!  Then we head toward the Conoco Phillips 66 Refinery in Rodeo , ending at Lone Tree Park.

Walk #4 in July

Sunday, July 16th
Rodeo Conoco Phillips 66 Refinery to Richmond Chevron Refinery California

We encourage folks to walk with us the entire day.  It is truly a beautiful, profound and inspiring way to make a difference.

We will begin at Lone Tree Park in Rodeo

8:00 a.m. Water Ceremony – Feel free to bring water from your watershed!
9:00 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. Walk Begins
There are several places along the walk where folks can join the walk – please see the details of the route below.

The walk will end at Keller Beach in Richmond 

You can join us at any time during the day of the walks.
Call this number to find out where we are: (510) 619-8279

Make sure to keep the phone number on you if you are joining us on the walk!

Registration for the walk will begin at 8:00 a.m.  Walkers will be asked to agree to the Nonviolent Principles.  For details on what to bring/not bring, please go to “What To Expect” in the tabs above.

This walk is approximately 13 miles from beginning to end.  There will be vehicles available for people who wish to take breaks during the walk.  Medics will also be available.   Water will be provided – Please bring your own refillable water bottle.

Everyone will be taken back to their vehicles at the end of the walk.  If you are coming to the walk with friends and have two vehicles, please consider leaving one vehicle at the end.   Carpool:  Sign up to drive or be a passenger here: CARPOOL

There will be two points where folks can get rides back to the beginning in Rodeo, at the Hilltop stop in Richmond and at the end at Keller Beach.

We will begin at Lone Tree Park in Rodeo within sight of the Conoco Phillips 66 Refinery and walking to Richmond, stopping to pray at several places including the Kinder Morgan facility and the gates of the Chevron refinery.  We will end at Keller Beach in Richmond, the last natural beach left in the San Francisco Bay where we will all enjoy a delicious meal made by Mike Bear and his family and  youth from Urban Tilth in Richmond!

Can’t come but want to support?  Welcome us at Keller Beach in Point Richmond and feel free to bring a dish to share if you would like. 

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Oil Money Out of California @ Governor's Mansion
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May 20 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

The only way to disrupt the oil industry’s political influence is with people power.  Join us in Sacramento for a march and rally and send a clear message to our elected officials to swear off dirty oil money!

Last year, in lobbying alone, the oil industry spent $36 million to push our elected officials to do their bidding.  Over the past ten years, that number amounts to $266 million. Unsurprisingly, during this time there has been little to no headway in reining in the most toxic or damaging practices of the oil industry here in California.  This, despite the fact that our state scientists have found that many of these practices are demonstrably toxic and have laid out clear protections for public health.  This obscene spending has allowed the industry to prevent the passing of meaningful legislation that would limit their ability to drill and pollute.

After the state of California performed independent studies, found results on the toxicity of oil operations, and made strong recommendations to protect public health, our legislators instead protected the oil industries and left the public vulnerable to toxic exposure.

We need champions looking out for our communities, not for the profits of the oil industry.  Until the flow of money into our democracy and the control of lobbyists stops or is seriously curtailed, nothing is going to change.

Governor Brown and California’s elected officials: stop taking money from the oil industry and prioritize public health and safety over oil industry profits.

More info at the Oil Money Out website and Facebook page.

SIGN THE PETITION

Oil Money Out is sponsored by Rootskeeper, Food & Water Watch, Center for Biological Diversity, California for Progress, Courage Campaign, CREDO, The Other 98%, Californians Against Fracking, Progressive Democrats of America, and the Sunflower Alliance.

Organizations:  You can join Oil Money Out as a partner in erasing big oil’s influence from politics here in CA.  Sign on your organization here.

 

WHEN

May 20, 12 -3 PM

WHERE

Governor’s Mansion
16th and H Streets
Sacramento

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Stand with Refugees: A Benefit for 1951 Coffee Company @ David Brower Center
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May 20 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Join us to support and welcome newly arrived refugees and asylees to the Berkeley community. Connect with friends and community members, while supporting 1951 Coffee Company’s innovative vision to help local refugees and asylees settle into life and work in the Bay Area. Enjoy great wine, music, and delicious appetizers catered by a newly arrived Syrian family.

1951 Coffee Company is a nonprofit specialty coffee organization whose name derives from the 1951 Refugee Convention where the United Nations defined and set forth its first guidelines for the protection of refugees. 1951 Coffee Company was founded in 2015 in the spirit of these conventions to give refugees resettling in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area assistance in starting their new lives.

The United Nations estimates that a record 65 million people are fleeing war and persecution around the world. The newly opened coffee shop currently employees refugees and asylees from a variety of nations including Afghanistan, Bhutan, Eritrea, Iran, Kachin (Burma), Syria, and Uganda.

Let us come together and help 1951 grow and expand their model of job-training in the coffee industry for our new neighbors.

*$65.00 OF EACH TICKET PURCHASE IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAY WITH CASH OR CHECK, EMAIL AIDA@1951COFFEE.COM*

Read more about 1951 Coffee Company on their Website

Here’s a write up in LA Times about the Coffee Shop

Many thanks to our lovely hosts of the evening!

Fatima Angeles and Ray Colmenar
Ozlem Ayduk and Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton
Linda Berkowitz
Bliss Family
Cathy Cha and Dara O’Rourke
Kerry and Leila Gough
Asha Harikrishnan and Iswar Hariharan
Stacie Ma’a and Brad Battson
Sarah McWhirter and Russell Vance
Weekly Wanderers Hiking Group
Jaz Zaitlin & Mark Nienberg
Webster & Fredrickson, PLLC

Fundraising Committee Members:

Linda Berkowitz
Kat Bliss
Michele Brusseau
Kay Englund
Asha Harikrishnan
Colleen Neff
Anne Poirier
Abby Rutchick

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May
21
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activist training in nonviolence, organizing, & diversity @ Tortona Big Top
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May 21 all-day

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Oakland Book Festival @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza
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May 21 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

 

 

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Omni Pay What You Can Sale Fundraiser @ Omni Commons ballroom
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May 21 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

We are cleaning out the house and have lots of things available to enrich your space. Join us for the “Pay What You Can Sale”, located in the main ballroom we have lots of stuff up for grabs and all we ask is that you donate a little cash to our tip jar. And by the way, in addition to cash we can also take card payments and offer a tax receipt so you can write off the cash donation if you desire.
See ya there!

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SURJ Human Billboard: Black Lives Matter! @ Temescal Farmers Market
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May 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Join us, rain or shine, to call attention to racial injustice and demonstrate solidarity!

Throughout the East Bay and nationally, folks have been creating “Human Billboards” – holding signs and making visible our support for the Movement for Black Lives and communities targeted by Trump. These gatherings are a simple yet effective way of channeling anger and sadness over injustice into collective action and solidarity.

For those of us who are white, it’s a way to express a unified voice in opposition to Trump and the white nationalist, transphobic, sexist politics he represents, and to commit to ending white silence and visibly supporting racial justice.

For all of us, it’s a concrete way to put our heart and soul into action. It’s being in community with each other, to share with like-minded people a belief that a loving, humane, compassionate world is possible, and to take a small step towards making that happen.

If you’ve been wanting to get more involved, this event is a great way to take action, meet people and gain further connections in the community we’re building. Bring a sign – here are some ideas for messaging:

Will you show up for racial justice?
Black Lives Matter!
Solidarity with Black and POC Trans Women!
No Deportations! No Border Walls!
End Displacement of Black and Brown communities!
Solidarity with Undocumented Migrants!
Solidarity with Queer and Trans People of Color!
We Support Black Womxn!
We Support Our Muslim Neighbors!
Will you fight against Islamophobia?

RSVP here: http://www.surjbayarea.org/human_billboard_20170521

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Town Hall with John Dean, Watergate Heavy @ Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
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May 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

John Dean, of Watergate fame, will appear with Congresswoman Barbara Lee at a town hall meeting.

Dean, the White House counsel from 1970 to 1973, was a key witness during the Watergate scandal that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in August 1974.

The purpose of the May 21 meeting, according to Lee, D-Oakland, is to discuss presidential accountability in the era of President Donald Trump, as well as the legal, ethical, and moral limitations of presidential authority, and its impact on her district.

Also to appear is Malcolm Nance, a retired U.S. Navy Officer and an expert on national security policy anti-terrorism intelligence, according to Lee.

More information is available through Lee’s district office at 510-763-0370.

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HOW WAR ERODES AND DESTROYS DEMOCRACIES @ Ed Roberts Campus
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May 21 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The East Bay and San Francisco branches of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) present author Susan Griffin in this second of four Peace Talks presented by WILPF. She will talk on “How War Erodes and Destroys Democracies” and what concerned citizens in this country can do to turn the tide toward peace and justice. Griffin will be in conversation with Kate Raphael, author and producer of KPFA’s Women’s Magazine. All are welcome, wheelchair accessible, refreshments.

Susan Griffin is a celebrated author and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a poet and an Emmy award-winning playwright. Whether pairing ecology and gender in her foundational work Woman and Nature, or the private life with the targeting of civilians in A Chorus of Stones, she sheds a new light on many contemporary issues, including climate change, war, colonialism, the body, democracy, and terrorism. She has recently completed a novel about global warming and the creative process, called The Ice Dancer’s Tale, and is concluding a long poem about the Mississippi River.

See her web page at www.susangriffin.com

In the coming months, the WILPF Peace Talk series will feature other local women authors talking about their lives, their writing and their activism.

ROXANNE DUNBAR-ORTIZ, author and revolutionary historian, will speak Sunday, July 16th from 3-5pm at Eric Quesada Center for Culture and Politics, 518 Valencia St., San Francisco (16th St./Mission BART station)

MAXINE HONG KINGSTON, author and Professor emerita will speak Sunday, September 17th from 3-5pm at the Ed Roberts Campus, 3075 Adeline St., Berkeley (Ashby BART Station)

The Peace Talk series is presented by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, East Bay and San Francisco branches.

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May
22
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Caravan for Justice – State Lobby Day @ State Capitol steps
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May 22 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Caravan for Justice� #statelobbyday
hosted by Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community – Justice 4 Mario Woods

We start with a Press Conference and honoring victims and their families with words from mothers and families.  Then we lobby the state legislators around our demand for a Civil Rights Pattern and Practice Investigation of SFPD!

We have a carpool tool set up – if you would like to arrange to share rides from the Bay Area to Sacramento!  Sign up as a driver or as a passenger: http://www.groupcarpool.com/t/o9w2f3

Please sign and share our petition for the State Attorney General – to call for a Civil Rights Pattern and Practice Investigation of SFPD:  https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/demand-civil-rights-investigation-of-the-sfpd

Finally – please SHARE our GoFundMe for Mario Woods Remembrance Day with all of your friends and contacts!  https://www.gofundme.com/MarioWoodsRemembranceDay

Let’s support Mario’s mom, Gwen, and Mario’s family, by joining in these activities – as we seek #Justice4MarioWoods and Justice for all victims of police violence.

Thank you! –

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Occupy Forum: Why There is No Socialism In the United States @ The Black and Brown Social Club
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May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

OccupyForum presents
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!

Why There is No Socialism In the United States
with George Wright

 

The United States capitalist economy is at a historical conjuncture. The future, to borrow from revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg, will be either “Barbarism” or “Socialism.” This conjuncture is caused by the crisis of capital accumulation driven by the 40 year Neo-Liberal-Monopoly/Financial accumulation model, and intensified by the 2008 collapse of the financial system. Rather than reassess the contradiction wrought by that model, the ruling class and its political operatives and media propagandists have chosen to continue to follow the path of “Barbarism.” The obvious implications of that strategy is exponential wealth and income disparities; intensified ravaging and destruction of the public sector and its social safety net; and acceleration of military aggression aimed at directly confronting Russia and China.There are numerous forces in the United States that see this crisis and understand that Socialism is the only alternative to Capitalism.  These forces include progressive activists and environmentalists; academic and organic intellectuals; and members of the working class. Many young people who supported Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders espoused that they were Socialist. Nevertheless, those forces are in a quandary as to: How could Socialism be established in the United States? That question also implies an understanding of the obstacles to Socialism in the U.S., and what organizational form a Socialist movement would take. Other questions to be addressed include, “What is exactly Socialism?”; “What form would Socialism take in the United States?”; and “Can Socialism be established in only one country?”

We will survey the ideas of historians and sociologists; authors will include German Socialist Werner Sombart, who wrote the pioneering “Why there is no Socialism in the United States?” in 1906; Seymour Martin Lipset, and Eric Foner. We will assess the reasons a Socialist movement and parties have failed to succeed in establishing an alternative political force, in spite of the fact that there have been major radical political formations and movements throughout U.S. History.

George Wright taught Political Science at California State University, Chico between 1969 and 2003; and History at Skyline Community College between 2004 and 2013. His major research interests include: United States Politics, International Political Economy, and the Politics of International Sport. He has a Ph.D. from the Department of Politics at the University of Leeds (UK).

Time will be allotted for discussion and announcements.

Donations to Occupy Forum to cover costs are encouraged; no one turned away!

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Public Bank Lobbying at Budget Town Halls @ Various locations and slight time variations, see below
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May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

At the Finance Committee meeting on June 13th, fund allocation and approval of the feasibility study contract will be discussed. Because the funding for the study will impact the city budget, we are asking supporters to not just contact Finance Committee members directly, but to attend all budget meetings hosted by councilpersons and voice your support for funding the study as soon as possible. Upcoming meetings are:

Wednesday, May 17: 6:30-8:30 pm, District 7 and at-large, Councilpersons Larry Reid and Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland Zoo, Snow Building, 9777 Golf Links Road

Thursday, May 18: 6:00-8:00 pm, District 6, Councilperson Desley Brooks, Eastmont Police Department Substation, 2651 73rd Avenue, Oakland

Monday, May 22, 6:00-8:30 pm, District 3, Councilperson Lynette McElhaney, West Oakland Senior Center, 1724 Adeline Street, Oakland

Thursday, May 25, 6:30-8:30 pm, District 2, Councilperson Abel Guillen (member of the Finance Committee) [Cantonese interpretation available], Lincoln Recreation Center, 261 11th Street, Oakland

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May
23
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BART Twitter Town Hall @ Twitterverse
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May 23 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

BART to hold Twitter town hall on FY18 budget May 23

Bring all your questions about BART’s future to the upcoming Twitter town hall we’re hosting from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, where we’ll have experts and elected leaders on-hand to discuss next year’s budget (FY18 is July 1 2017-June 30 2018).

Hashtag   Bart Twitter: @SFBART

BART is facing funding challenges as ridership has dropped, but we look forward to discussing with the public the reasons for these shortfalls and our plan to move forward. In times of declining revenue, staff and directors are working hard to propose solutions that offer cost savings without cutting into service levels.

Other highlights from the upcoming budget include major Measure RR expenditures, which will go toward replacing track, developing power infrastructure, and other critical improvements to increase safety and reliability.

Fare evasion and security improvements are also at the top of our priority list, with $1.2 million slated to go toward stepping up public safety.

The next year will be full of new-service milestones, including the opening of the new 10 mile BART-to-Antioch extension past Pittsburg / Bay Point and potentially Berryessa and Milpitas stations. We’re ready to answer questions about how this will affect existing service, with new Fleet of the Future cars being delivered to help meet new demand.

Bring your questions, and we’ll be ready with answers!

Twitter Town Hall Tues May 23 Noon-1pm

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May
24
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Commemorate revolutionary resistance and Judi Bari Day
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May 24 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
sm_judi_fist_oakland_3mar95__x.jpg May 24 is Judi Bari Day*
Please join us to–

COMMEMORATE
the anniversary of the 1990 Oakland bombing of Judi Bari & Darryl Cherney & attack on Earth First!
CELEBRATE AND STRENGTHEN
Revolutionary resistance and movement solidarity

May 24, 2017 is the 27th anniversary of the attack on Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney by car bomb in Oakland in 1990 as Redwood Summer dawned.

At 11:30 am, people will gather to mark the moment of the bombing itself (12 noon), at the location the bomb blew up Judi’s car with Darryl and Judi in it. Bring signs, songs, drums for a SPEAK OUT and SING OUT.

There’s more to the FBI story than Trump firing James Comey and obstructing investigations. The long-standing FBI story is the squashing of dissident movements and that story is COINTELPRO.

background: Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were falsely arrested for car-bombing themselves on May 24, 1990 while on an Earth First! musical organizing tour for Redwood Summer. They sued the FBI for civil rights violations, claiming the FBI knew they were innocent but arrested them to silence them. We WON that lawsuit against the FBI and Oakland Police!
Viva Judi Bari!

*as proclaimed by the Oakland City Council in 2002, and as marked every year.

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May
25
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Public Bank Lobbying at Budget Town Halls @ Various locations and slight time variations, see below
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May 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

At the Finance Committee meeting on June 13th, fund allocation and approval of the feasibility study contract will be discussed. Because the funding for the study will impact the city budget, we are asking supporters to not just contact Finance Committee members directly, but to attend all budget meetings hosted by councilpersons and voice your support for funding the study as soon as possible. Upcoming meetings are:

Wednesday, May 17: 6:30-8:30 pm, District 7 and at-large, Councilpersons Larry Reid and Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland Zoo, Snow Building, 9777 Golf Links Road

Thursday, May 18: 6:00-8:00 pm, District 6, Councilperson Desley Brooks, Eastmont Police Department Substation, 2651 73rd Avenue, Oakland

Monday, May 22, 6:00-8:30 pm, District 3, Councilperson Lynette McElhaney, West Oakland Senior Center, 1724 Adeline Street, Oakland

Thursday, May 25, 6:30-8:30 pm, District 2, Councilperson Abel Guillen (member of the Finance Committee) [Cantonese interpretation available], Lincoln Recreation Center, 261 11th Street, Oakland

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