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Matt Gonzalez, former SF supervisor and current attorney for Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez (immigrant accused of murder in the Pier 14 shooting) will join Mujeres Unidas y Activas to talk about contemporary immigration issues. What is at stake for immigrants rights in our community? What do we need to know about sactuary cities policies? What should we do in order to retain them? How the right-wing media is using this case for political revenge.
Please join Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant at a rally in Oakland for her re-election campaign! Mark your calendar now!
NEW! Richmond City Councillor and former Green Mayor, Gayle McLaughlin to speak alongside Kshama at this event!
From the streets of Baltimore to the growing movement for a $15 minimum wage, consistent protests are erupting against the endemic inequality and racism generated by Wall Street and their social system. With growing anger at the corporate policies of both main political parties, millions are looking for an alternative.
Since her election in 2013, Councilmember Sawant has led the opposition to the corporate agenda in the Pacific Northwest. An unapologetic fighter for working people, she refuses all corporate donations and accepts only the average worker’s wage, giving the rest of her salary back to social movements. Despite being a city councilmember, she has risked arrest in order to stand with workers fighting for a living wage in Sea-Tac and environmentalists blockading coal trains. Her re-election will inspire more oppressed people to fight for our rights, and it will prove again that it is completely possible to elect candidates who reject corporate cash.
Kshama Sawant has inspired movements across the country. That is why corporations across the country are funding her opponents’ campaigns. We in the Bay Area absolutely need to support her historic re-election. She cannot get re-elected without our active support. Mark your calendar, invite your friends, and join us at this rally and fundraiser!
(If you cannot join us on September 19th, please donate at http://www.kshamasawant.org/ )
Sponsored by All of Us or None, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children.
“From Civil Rights to Prisoners’ Rights. The Fight for our Human Rights Continues.:
Afrikatown Garden Workday
Come anytime, we will be out gardening with our community and neighbors! Bring plants, seeds, tools, etc if you have it!!
Special City Council #oakmtg on coal scheduled for Sep. 21, 2015, at 4:00 PM. Sponsored by @DanKalb @Kaplan4Oakland and CM Reid. #oakland
— Coal Free Oakland (@CoalFreeOakland) July 16, 2015
Special Council Hearing Re: Public Health and Coal scheduled for Sept 21st, 4PM- 6PM #OakMTg
— Abel Guillen (@Abel_Guillen) August 13, 2015
No further info.
Join us to fight for a livable wage for all Bay Area workers! We collaborate in principled reflection and action on what the Bay Area livable wage would be and where we are at on the right to a livable wage.
The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds Community and Power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers.
Our work together encompasses:
(1) The concerns of precarious, care and contingent workers,
(2) Campaigns to improve wages for low wage workers, and
(3) Efforts by unionized workers and unions to improve wages and quality of work life.
We share stories and information in an egalitarian and participatory way to build relationships and build the movement.
Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8:00 PM at the SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall, 436 14th Street #200, Oakland, CA
Please love and support one another ~ We have a duty to fight ~ We have a duty to win!
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The big banner and new placards will put attention on the horrendous noise at Pelican Bay SHU 24/7, caused by the ‘wellness checks’.
SLEEP DEPRIVATION = TORTURE
The architecture of the SHU at Pelican Bay amplifies the slamming of the pod doors, the guards clambering up and down the tiers as well as the beeper and wand action by guards. The interpretation of these wellness checks by Pelican Bay staffers is unacceptable. Turn out to hear the latest and sign up for our emergency response network.
Flying Over Walls will be hosting their Oakland LGBTQ+ Prisoner Letterwriting Night again in conjunction with Statewide Coordinated Actions To End Solitary Confinement – and discussing the recent Ashker v. Governor of California settlement, including what it means and what we are still fighting for.
As the SF Bay Area chapter of Black & Pink, our focus is to connect the non-incarcerated LGBTQ+ folks who participate in our events to B&P members in Northern California prisons.
Join Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against the Domain Awareness Center (DAC), Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub, and other invasions of privacy by our benighted City Government, to support privacy ordinances now being considered by the Oakland City Council emerging from the effort to fight the DAC, oppose Urban Shield, fight against Predictive Policing, Stingray and help in other fights to preserve and restore our privacy around the Bay Area, in California and nationwide.
OPWG was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network, and its members helped draft the Privacy Policy that puts further restrictions on the now Port-restricted DAC.
Stop by and learn how you can help guard Oakland’s right not to be spied on by the government & if you are interested in joining the Oakland Privacy Working Group email listserv, send an email to:
oaklandprivacyworkinggroup-subscribe AT lists.riseup.net
For more information on the DAC check out
Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments & social hour at 6:30 pm,
followed by the films at 7:30 pm, followed by optional discussion after the films.
WE THE TINY HOUSE PEOPLE By Kirsten Dirksen
For a detailed description of this film, see this website.
This is journey into the tiny homes of people searching for simplicity, self-sufficiency, minimalism and happiness by creating shelter in caves, converted garages, trailers, tool sheds, river boats and former pigeon coops.
Basically, Dirksen made a documentary on people living in tiny houses. For around five years she was traveling the world and filming these segments.
Humanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street
The BAPS General Meeting is where our core group of organizers come together to deal mostly with administrative issues, planning, fundraising, organizing the school, etc. We could use your help. Attending these meetings is how you become a member of the collective. For those looking to get involved with the school, this is a good place to start.
What happens at the General Meeting?
relevant announcements
collaborate and coalesce new visions of the school
distribute tasks and plan to take action
learn how to build collectivity, a commons
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch is quietly coming to Richmond City Hall this Friday.
Once again, despite evidence, witnesses, and a video of the shooting, the police killing of an unarmed man has been ruled a justifiable homicide and will not be investigated. This is unacceptable! We need police accountability now!
Lynch has tuned out the pleas of the people for police accountability. The parents of Pedie Perez, an unarmed man who was killed by Richmond PD last September, are asking for your help.
The Oscar Grant Committee in solidarity with the Perez family, is organizing a rally in front of the Richmond City Hall on Friday. Let us speak up loud and clear demanding justice for Pedie and all those whose lives have been stolen by police terror!
#Justice4Pedie #EndPoliceTerrorNow
New time!!! 12:15pm Today!
OGC Members and Supporters,
It appears the USAG will begin speaking with reporters at 12:45pm, a revised timeline, so it is probably best to arrive at the Civic Center Plaza no later than 12:15pm tomorrow (Friday, 9/25).
This info is from the RPA.
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Felix Hunziker: Protesting For Citizen’s Rights and Justice
POSTED BY FELIX HUNZIKER 13SC ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
This Friday, September 25, will be a remarkable day in Richmond. US Attorney General Loretta Lynch is visiting to observe and commend local officials on efforts to build bridges between the community and our police department. And rightfully so, since we have made much progress since the bad old days of the Richmond Cowboys
The truly remarkable part, however, is that these same officials will then return to their desks at City Hall and continue to ignore and unlawfully block pleas from the family of Richard “Pedie” Perez for an independent investigation into their son’s death at the hands of a Richmond police officer.
Real trust and transparency means putting the rights of the community first but all our Mayor, City Attorney, and others appear interested in is protecting the City from liability. A Police Commission investigation represents unwanted exposure for a city already dealing with a federal lawsuit. As a member of that Commission I couldn’t care less about the legal risk to our city, all I care about is that both police officers and citizens receive a fair, impartial investigation when breakdowns or mistakes happen.
I’m pro-citizen. I’m also pro-cop. A young man is dead. I have no idea if Pedie Perez’s death was justifiable or not but I do know our City has blocked his family’s right to an independent investigation. That’s what I’m going to protest at City Hall tomorrow at 12:15 PM. I hope you’ll join me.
http://www.radiofreerichmond.com/felix_hunziker_protesting_…
The Canadian government has threatened Montreal, Maine and Atlantic engineer Thomas Harding and traffic controller Richard Labrie with life in prison as scapegoats for the Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster. Jeff Powers of the SWP will lead a discussion about the real causes of the disaster on July 26, 2013 where a MMA train derailed, destroying the downtown and killing 47 people.
Crew size reduction, long hours with little time for rest, and poorly maintained track, bridges and rolling stock all play important roles in the Lac-Mégantic catastrophe, but the Canadian government is framing two individuals instead of investigating the real causes and vigorously prosecuting the corporations responsible.
Donation: $5 — $1 for unemployed. Traducción al español.
*Who*: You–at ANY level of skill (newbs encouraged to attend)!
*What*: Work Party (fun, learning, labor, love)! — Also see TASKS list below!!!
*When*: *Sat 9/5 @ 12 noon* (And Every Saturday, FOREVER)!
*How*: With our bare hands, feet, noses, etc — plus tools and stuff!
*Why*: Omni Commons needs some serious elbow grease to get ship-shape, for the safety, accessibility, and delight of all!
*TASKS*
* Doors (re-hanging and installing closers)
* Carpentry in the basement
* Plumbing, tile, and other water-related activities
* Drywall ’til you drop
* Felt the feet of our ballroom furniture
* Protect our building from confused critters like pigeons!
* General cleaning / tidying / arranging / creativity / expression / explosions / excitement / activity!!!!!!!
* much much much more!
Please join your fellow volunteers, especially the zany and rambunctious
Building and Maintenance Working Group (woooohooooooooooooooooooooo)!
The Flood Wall St. West Welcoming Committee will be hosting two non-violent direct action preps on Sept. 26 & 27 (both 1pm-4pm).
These preps will take participants through the philosophy and tools used in non-violent direct action. These preps will include discussions on the concept of affinity groups, give participants an opportunity to form one or more, a legal briefing and an overall plan for Sept. 28th.
These preps will be an important place to get plugged into for Flood Wall St. West.
WHAT’S FLOOD WALL STREET WEST?
One year ago, thousands of us flooded Wall Street in New York, taking mass direct action in the heart of a global financial system that’s fueling the climate crisis.
Now, a year later, people across the continent are preparing and organizing for #FloodTheSystem, a continental uprising against the economic and political systems threatening our survival.
To kick off #FloodTheSystem, we’re going to Flood Wall Street West: San Francisco’s financial district. Flood Wall Street West will consist of a tour of shame of some of the worst corporate and political bad actors in San Francisco’s financial district. We will take mass direct action to shut down business as usual and emphasize the connections between the climate crisis, capitalism, exploitation and oppression.
For more info on Flood Wall Street West, check out floodwallstwest.org
Sponsored by the Stop Urban Shield Coalition
Hundreds of people carried out powerful theater in the streets and a rally in downtown Oakland on September 11, protesting ‘Urban Shield’ – a regional police militarization exercise, war equipment expo, and SWAT team competition.
This is the third year that a broad community coalition has mobilized to resist this militarization that is part of the violence, oppression and trauma of communities of color and others impacted by state violence. Last year, the coalition successfully pressed Oakland to disinvite Urban Shield from having the expo in downtown Oakland; this year Pleasanton hosted the expo. More than ten thousand people signed a petition to the Alameda Board of Supervisors to stop Urban Shield, which is funded by the Department of Homeland Security and run by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department.
This Saturday, join us for a lively report on this year’s events and discussion of how to continue to resist and end these militarization exercises in our area. The discussion will be led off by Woods Ervin of the TGI Justice Project and John Lindsay-Poland of American Friends Service Committee.
This event will be held in a space with posters created by artists from around the country in response to militarization of police, borders, in wars, and on alternatives, called #HumanizeNotMilitarize, sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee.
Rummage Sale | Bake Sale | Lunch / Dinner | Live Music | Movie Night!
Wow, Part One was amazing, let’s do it again, but for longer this time 😉
Please come and donate to Omni Commons to help us cover our ongoing expenses and keep this common space thriving for positive social change!
Schedule:
We need you to bring your friends, your enemies, and your frenemies—as long as you come to support Omni Commons, and most important to HAVE FUN!