Come check out out latest Liberated Lens production: Homeless First, a documentary about First they came for the homeless, a self organized drug and alcohol free encampment in Berkeley that provides safe space for people on the streets to get out of homelessness.

Film by Anka Karewicz and Travis Schirmer

Juggling performance by Stacey, report from Houseless People Walking To Salem For Justice march and panel with camp members after the screening.

Free admission, donations for FTCFTH and Liberated Lens will be collected.

Last month, Libby Schaaf presented her budget for the 2019-2021 budget cycle. Despite a citywide survey that revealed Oakland’s two top priorities are homelessness and affordable housing, Libby’s budget increased spending for her office and the police department. And it decreased spending on everything else including public works, libraries, social services, parks & rec and race & equity. On Monday, June 10th, Council President Rebecca Kaplan will present her amended budget for community response.

The Refund Coalition has spent the last several months creating a budget that reflects our values as a city and ensures our most marginalized populations have what they need to thrive in Oakland.

Join us on Monday for a rally and then to speak at City Council in favor of Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan’s budget which most closely aligns with the People’s Platform by redirecting monies from the bloated police budget to social services, expanding our response to the homeless crisis, ensuring city services are funded at the levels we need and investing in permanently affordable housing stock.

Failure to act today ensures that tomorrow will be too late!

HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD

Alameda County-Oakland Community Action Partnership is
seeking comment from the community on its Community Action
Plan and input on the needs and gaps in services that exist for
Alameda County’s low-income residents.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (510) 238-2362 OR VISIT www.AC-OCAP.com
This meeting location is wheelchair accessible. To request disability-related accommodations or to request an ASL,
Cantonese, Mandarin, or Spanish interpreter, please email AC-OCAP@oaklandca.gov or call (510) 238-2362 at least
five working days before the meeting.

Venezuela is facing significant difficulties and one of its worst difficulties are the lies and misinformation spread by the government and the media. Laura Wells, longtime Green Party Activist recently returned from Venezuela as part of an “End Venezuela Sanctions” delegation and will report back on what she found. There will be a Q&A session after the reportback.

In 1990 members of the L.A. janitors union launched a strike that became a turning point for the labor movement. The “Justice for Janitors” campaign pit low wage, mostly immigrant women and men against powerful local business leaders and multinational corporations.

On June 13th, we will celebrate the brave women and men that sacrificed for the struggle. Century City showed us what organized labor can be and what our power can accomplish. On this day Janitors are launching a statewide campaign to continue the fight for immigrant rights calling on building owners to support sanctuary workplaces, end to rape on the night shift and provide good jobs for immigrant workers. Join us!

Movie Nights at Reem’s

The Arab Film and Media Institute and Reem’s are partnering to bring some of our favorite Arab films to Oakland. Screenings are free + the amazing team at Reem’s will be serving the full menu throughout the evening.  And that’s not all! There will be movie snacks (including za’atar popcorn!),

April 11: Refugee Stories
Far from a one-size-fits-all marking of “experience” so often depicted on Western media outlets when it comes to the plight of the refugee, this program of 5 powerful short documentaries spotlight the multitude of hues that should be considered when discussions of the refugee experience are had.

May 23: Shorts (Playful Pondering)
From dating drama in Bahrain and an abandoned Qatari cinemaplex, to wacky Lebanese nuns and land mine explosions, this eclectic mix of 6 whimsical, albeit socially-concerned short format narrative works will take viewers on a journey of humor, self-discovery, and provocation.

June 13: Seventeen
The Jordanian under-17 women’s soccer team prepares for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, hosted by Jordan in 2016. Coming from different backgrounds, each of the girls has faced a different set of challenges as a national team player. But now they come together to face their biggest challenge yet.

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Agenda Items of Interest:

• Pawlik Investigation Update
• Commission Subpoenas Related to CPRA/Pawlik Investigation Communications
• OPD Budget Update
• OPD’s Policy on the Deployment of the BearCat and Other Militarized Weapons
  Analysis and OPD presentation on the use of the BearCat and the deployment of
  militarized weapons and potential Commission action on OPD’s request for a purchase of a
  second BearCat. The Commission may vote to appoint an Ad Hoc Committee on
  Equipment Acquisition and Use Policy.

• Commission Letter to City Council Regarding CAHOOTS
  The program CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) seeks to remedy the
  skill mismatch and wasted expense when police officers and EMS personnel respond to
  non-emergency mental health and health related crisis calls. The Commission will review
  and may approve a letter to the City Council to support efforts within the City Council to
  fund exploration of whether Oakland can and should implement a similar program.

Meet comrades who want to stand up to PG&E’s corruption and criminal treatment of our communities and learn more about how to get involved in the fight for energy democracy!

The Battle for People’s Park, Berkeley 1969

Impeach Trump

Reading for June 15th Meeting: Introduction and First Chapter of ‘Take Back the Economy.’

Reading for July 13th Meeting: Fourth Chapter: Take Back the Market.

What can we, as individuals do, to seek a more just, sustainable and equitable world?

“Take Back the Economy dismantles the idea that the economy is separate from us and best comprehended by experts. Instead, the authors demonstrate that the economy is the outcome of the decisions and efforts we make every day. The economy is thus reframed as a space of ethical action – something we can shape and alter according to what is best for the well-being of people and the planet.

“The book explores what people are already doing to build ethical economies, presenting these deeds as mutual concerns: What is necessary for survival, and what do we do with the surplus produced beyond what will fulfill basic needs? What do we consume, and how do we preserve and replenish the common – those resources that can be shared to maintain all? And finally, how can we invest in a future worth living in?”

Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this economics-oriented, non-technical book discussion group, meeting approximately once a month. The first month’s discussion was about the introduction to and first chapter of ‘Take Back the Economy’ by J K Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron and Stephen Healy.   The second month’s discussion is about  Chapter 4 of the book: Take Back the Market. It’s easy to catch up, the Intro and First Chapter are easy reading.  All are welcome!

The book is available via online (e.g. Minnesota Press), the introduction is available via ‘Look Inside’, and a few copies exist in local libraries.

Bring your questions, comments and intellectual curiosity!

“Take Back the Economy is the single most farsighted and practical work enlightening us on the path to a steady transition toward a genuine postcapitalist world…” – Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina

Come join us for a storytelling and fundraising party! Listen to wonderful stories on the theme “Oops//Redemption” and build community.

We will also hear from the Ella Baker Center’s Executive Director Zachary Norris about their exciting new building, Restore Oakland, and ways for you to get involved.

7:00 pm Community Potluck
8:00 pm Storytelling (please contact willyrogers@gmail.com if you want to sign up in advance to be a story teller)

What is Restore Oakland?
A joint initiative between the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United), Restore Oakland is a community advocacy and training center that will mobilize Bay Area community members to transform our economic and justice systems and make a safe and secure future possible for themselves and for their families.

Learn more at http://www.restoreoakland.org/

Accessibility:
Event will take place in a grassy backyard, chairs provided. There are several steps leading up to the house.