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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM STARTS AT 6:00 sharp!
on all sides of these critically important issues!
OccupyForum Presents
The Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP)
“Housekeys Not Handcuffs”
The HBR campaign is more than an effort to pass state legislation. It is a way of working collectively with groups possessing different talentsto address the injustices that we face in our communities. Even if there isn’t an immediate victory, we are building the power to create a social justice movement that will eventually enable a more decent society.
Laws that segregate, that make criminals of people based on their status rather than their behavior, or that prohibit certain people’s right to be in public spaces are not just sad relics from the past: Today, numerous laws infringe on poor people’s ability to exist in public space, to acquire housing, employment, and basic services, and to equal protection under the law.
Our Homeless Bill of Rights Campaign (HBR) stands on the shoulders of social justice campaigns of the past to alleviate poverty and homelessness while protecting homeless and poor people from unjust laws and ensuring all people’s right to exist in public spaces. — WRAP
Donations to OccupyForum gratefully accepted. No one turned away.
Q&A and Announcements will follow.
| Join ACS for an illuminating brown bag panel discussion on the First Amendment and the criminal laws that threaten it. Attorneys Nancy Hollander and Vincent Ward (civilian counsel for Chelsea Manning) join Trevor Timm (Exec. Dir., Freedom of the Press Foundation) to discuss the expansion of the Espionage Act to prosecute journalists under the Obama Administration, the threat to journalists during the Ferguson protests, the selective prosecution of individuals for government leaks, and more. Professor Ghappour to moderate. Sponsored by ACS. |
new Authorization for Use of Military Force
& support for non-military responses to ISIL
Speakers include Stephen McNeil of AFSC, Jackie Cabasso of Western States Legal Foundation, Paul Cox of Veterans for Peace, Janet Weil of CODEPINK, and others.
Indybay Reporter Arrested for Making Photos of John Crawford Stickers at Oakland Walmart
David Id of IndyBay was detained (twice), handcuffed, searched & charged with California PC602.1, misdemeanor interfering w/ a business, for making photographs of stickers that had been placed on product packaging inside Walmart during the #BlackLivesMatter protests. His court date is Wed, Feb 18, 9am at Wiley Manuel courthouse on 7th Street.
BAAQMD meeting to oppose crude-by-rail in Richmond
The Air Board staff has refused to rescind the permit of the Kinder Morgan crude-by-rail operations in Richmond. It has flatly denied appeals by the City of Richmond and numerous community groups, asking that this process be conducted through an open CEQA process, not through a closed-door ministerial action. Attend the next BAAQMD meeting and let the directors and staff know that the refusal to rescind the permit is unacceptable.
A car pool is leaving from the Bobby Bowens Center in RIchmond at 8:00 AM. If you wish to join the car pool, please email Andrés Soto.
Tom Steyer, Business Leader & Investor
Governor Jennifer Granholm, Distinguished Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley School of Law & Goldman School of Public Policy
Goldman School of Public Policy
Join Tom Steyer, advanced energy advocate, investor and philanthropist, for the 6th Annual Michael Nacht Distinguished Lecture in Politics & Public Policy. Moderated by Governor Jennifer Granholm.
All Audiences
All Audiences
Seating is first come first serve. RSVP online.
System Change not Climate Change hosts a screening of the documentary “Who Bombed Judi Bari?”. That question immediately leads to a more important one: Why? Judi Bari and Daryl Cherney were targeted because they represented a viable populist challenge to the corporate control of environmental resources; in this case, the redwood forests of California’s North Coast.
For background information, see the Judi Bari website. You may also want to read chapters from Steve Ongarth’s book, Redwood Uprising: The Story of Judi Bari and Earth First!, available on the book’s website.
Join AROC on February 19th with a live discussion with Rasmea Odeh. Get updates on her case and find out ways to get involved.
#justice4rasmea
A conversation with Rasmea Odeh on political repression, Palestine, and the targeting of her by the US Federal government. Find out ways to plug into the local defense committee.
FORMAT
The first hour will be a presentation by Rasmea followed by questions and answers. We will then transition into a facilitated discussion about next steps for the Bay Area Rasmea Defense Committee.
Presentations will be given by Attorneys Tony Rossmann (lawyer for the City of Berkeley’s lawsuit against the Post Office) and Brian Turner (lawyer for the National Trust’s similar lawsuit against the Post Office).
Others will also be there to share information about the Community Garden, the Occupation, and anything else relevant to the fight to Save the Berkeley Post Office.
The Media Action Grassroots Network is leading a march for Net Neutrality in Berkeley outside of AT&T, Verizon
and Comcast stores. This is a critical opportunity to stand up to Big Telecom: can we count on you to be there
The FCC will vote on Chairman Wheeler’s proposed rules on February 26. Between now and then, telecom lobbyists are going to do everything in their power to pressure the FCC to water down the rules.
If we remain silent, we run the risk that the FCC commissioners will cave to pressure and insert dangerous loopholes into the rules at the last minute. We need to make it clear to the FCC commissioners that we’ll have their backs if they follow through and pass strong rules by holding Big Telecom accountable on Friday in Berkeley . I hope you’ll be there.
Click here to RSVP for the march.
Thank you for fighting for the open Internet.
(Darrell Whitman was a member of the Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition)
Defend OSHA Whistleblowers-Rehire Federal Attorney Darrell Whitman
Who Is Defending Workers Fighting For Our Health And Safety
EVENT: SF Press Conference And Rally
OSHA Federal Attorney Darrell Whitman is one of only 3 attorneys in the 9th Region of
OSHA protecting health and safety for whistleblowers. This region covers nearly 40 million
workers. Whitman has been fighting the systemic violation of the rights of OSHA
whistleblowers. He has challenged the systemic corruption in at OSHA and the DOL top
management which not only refuses to enforce the law but has allowed some managers to
falsify federal documents and illegally suppress the rights of whistleblowers.
This is not only a worker issue but the right of the public and communities to be protected
on the highways with trucks, on the railways, airlines, at oil refineries, nuclear plants and
even our health and safety in buildings and other work and industrial sites.
As a result of fighting for whistleblowers, Whitman himself has come under attack
being bullied and threatened for following the law. This press conference will report on this
case and also the connection to the workers and communities in the bay area and the
nation.
Sponsored by
Injured Workers National Network IWNN.org
United Public Workers For Action http://www.upwa.info
The planting was a few weeks ago. The gardening work continues. Join us!
More information on the Berkeley Post Office Defense against the sale and privatization here.
Pictures and videos of the soil preparation and planting here.
Come to a solution-oriented forum presented by
Berkeley Citizens Action with Berkeley NAACP.
The 2011 report from the African American/Black
Business, Professional and Community Network
(AABPCN) and the report from the 2013 Berkeley
NAACP Town Hall Meeting addressed inequities
and disparities for African Americans, low-income
populations and other marginalized groups in
Berkeley. They outlined numerous recommendations
for housing, education, employment,
criminal justice and health/mental health.
Also, CopWatch, the Peace and Justice Commission and
Police Review Commission all have solution-based
reports and/or council items that address some of
the same problems. Councilmember Jesse Arreguin
has several measures ready to present to council
and other council members are preparing items.
The purpose of our #BlackLivesMatter Forum is to
identify recommendations for action, first with
panelists, and then in breakout groups; to develop
an Action Plan which BCA and allied groups will
advocate for with politicians and political
candidates in the coming year.
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Google Maps directions, click on map:
PRIMER ANIVERSARIO DE…
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VEN Y COMPARTE CON NOSOTROS….
SABADO – FEBRERO 21, 2015
RAYMOND BERNAL PARK EN SAN JOSE
SOBRE LA 7TH Y HEDDING STREET.
2PM – 5PM
COMIDA, PINTADA DE ROSTROS, ARTESANIAS, Y VENTA DE CAMISETAS
TENEMOS UNA PRESENTACION ESPECIAL PARA JOSIAH Y ANGELIQUE
COMPARTA ACERCA DE COMO FUE ANTONIO Y ESCUCHE DE OTRAS FAMILIAS , EL IMPACTO DE NO TENER JUSTICIA EN NUESTAS COMUNIDADES.
TAMBIEN PONDREMOS AL DIA ACERCA DE JUSTICIA PARA JOSIAH
LEVANTANDO CONCIENSA PARA PROTEGER NUESTROS NIÑOS Y JOVENES!
UNIENDO FAMILIAS PARA QUE NUESTRAS VOCES SEAN ESCUCHADAS!
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Oaks Corner workers are paying $533 a month for family medical insurance and have not received a raise in several years. Come support your union brothers and sisters as they picket for respect and a fair contract on the restaurant’s busiest day of the year – their annual Chinese New Year Party! Bring your family and friends!
“I’m standing up because as a single mom, I struggle to take care of my daughter and pay my rent with the wages I make at the Oaks and the rising cost of healthcare.”
-Juana Tapia Cruz, Cashier
Questions or need a ride? Contact Nicole Zapata at nzapata@unitehere.org
This Black History Month community meeting is a call to action to strategize around race and resistance, and how to sustain and broaden the movement against police violence. Speakers who will kick-off the open conversation are: Duciana Thomas, co-convener of “Sisterhood and Solidarity”, a discussion group on multi-racial organizing, and Steena Wright with the Black Woman Coalition at Mills College. Door donation $2.00 (work exchanges and sliding scale available).
A home-cooked Southern supper is served at 8:00pm for an $8 donation. Wheelchair accessible, on-site childcare provided. Sponsored by Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party. To arrange childcare or work exchanges, call two days ahead.
A benefit for collective printing equipment at the Loose Dogs print shop. Mimosas, food, bottomless coffee and the pleasant company of friends & comrades.
The print shop, located in West Oakland, holds a duplicator, off-set printing, t-shirt making equipment, and full on color/black and white copy machine. Our printing devices have helped to print and distribute tens of thousands of revolutionary communist and anarchist zines, periodicals, event flyers, and posters.
Please show your support for this project and come have a good time with great food and drinks!
