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Global Unity for a Sustainable Future.

Come dressed as your favorite pollinator (Bees, Butterflies, Etc)

Talking Richmond, Talking Politics!

Our focus this month: Talking Housing
The RPA Housing Action Team reports. Learn about the work the HAT’s doing on affordable housing, in lieu fees, city planning & neighborhoods.

And much more…

Participate and guide RPA Standing Committees and possible new Action Teams.

The Membership Committee wants your input
Health Action Team (HAT: DMC/Health related),
Education Action Team (EAT);
Police/Community Action Team (P-CAT: Pedie Perez/Justice/Community Safety) ,
Global Campus.

And we’ll revisit RPA’s mission statement: What’s our aim?

Facebook event.

BYP100: Bay Area , in collaboration with The BlackOut Collective , #BlackLivesMatter Bay Area, Anti Police-Terror Project, The Alan Blueford Center For Justice, and Onyx Organizing Committee are putting out a call to action on the behalf of all Black women and girls everywhere!

On the night of Thursday, May 21st, while marching and chanting, and standing up for the lives of all Black women everywhere, Oakland Police Department informed us that there was a new ordinance in place: not only were we told that we are not longer allowed to march at night, but we were not allowed to march in the streets. Who’s streets?! Our streets! They chose the national day of action for the rights of Black women against police violence to enforce aggressive policing of our right to peacefully convene and protest.

They want for us to go into the shadows. They want for us to be silent, to bow down, to forget the lives of so many Black women who have been stolen from us by police. They want us to give up, to ignore the trauma caused by the ways our Black women bodies have been violated, policed, harassed, exploited, demoralized, dehumanized, beaten, abused, raped, and murdered…but they are sadly mistaken. We will not back down; we will fight harder! We will wage war until our lives are valued. #BlackLivesMatter Black women’s lives matter. They always have and they always will. #sayhername #blackspring

We are sending out a call to action for all Black people and allies to come together TONIGHT at Oscar Grant Plaza/OGP. We will hold space as a declaration that the rights of Black women and girls WILL BE upheld.

We ask that you join us TONIGHT!

Please wear ALL BLACK.
Bring a white candle.
Bring a scarf.
Tell all of your family friends and comrades.

Please be advised that this is a peaceful protest but diversity of tactics is respected and honored.

See you in the streets!

San Francisco is hosting the 83rd Annual Conference of Mayors June 19th, 2015 – June 22nd.. Around 250 Mayors will be in attendance. This is an opportunity to raise issues locally and nationally that are of concern to us.

• Black Lives Matter
• Gentrification
• Homelessness
• Privatization
• Homophobia and Transphobia
• Immigration
• The Environment
• Corporate Greed
• Wars not People

All are welcome to help plan for actions.

People of faith and goodwill, come out Sunday night in solidarity with #blacklivesmatter #sayhername #justiceforrekia and all those fighting for black and brown liberation in the streets of Oakland. Together we will sing, pray, meditate, and drum for justice while claiming the streets of Oakland for the people of Oakland.

Last night, the Oakland Police Department, acting on orders from Mayor Libby Schaaf, used tear gas and flash bang grenades on protestors and then violently arrested a group that was seated, holding candles and singing in solidarity with #blacklivesmatter and #sayhername movements. The mayor has declared street protests illegal after sunset. We will resist this move with nonviolent direct action and militant love, defying the Mayor’s attempts to divide our movements into day and night, tolerated and repressed.

Bring candles and drums.

Facebook event.

Within the principles of deep econology and biocentrism, DefendKnowlandPark has formed to protest the autonomy of the largest remaining wild space in the East Bay through direction confrontation with the affront of civilization.

There is a 9 pm call to action at 14th & Bway for a protest in Oakland against the Oakland ban on nighttime protests. Who’s coming with me?

— \m/ Ⓐrmageddon \m/ (@OaklandElle) May 25, 2015

9 PM march, #Oakland in Oscar Grant Park #FTP Fuck The Police & #BreakTheCurfew

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) May 25, 2015

If you are going, be aware that OPD targets protester-looking people in the area with petty infractions. Red light violation is $480.

— Dave Id (@DaveId) May 25, 2015

The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds community and power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers.

We meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at the SEIU Local 1000 union hall in downtown Oakland at 6:30 PM.

Our work together encompasses: (1) the concerns of precarious, contingent, and care workers; (2) current 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.

We will be discussing the Social Credit movement…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit

and Basic Income and Non-Wage Money.

• Basic Income wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income#Funding
• Negative in come Tax wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_income_tax#Advocates
• Rutgers Bergman: https://decorrespondent.nl/541/Why-we-should-give-free-money-to-everyone/20798745-cb9fbb39
• Films for Action: http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/the-town-where-everyone-got-free-money/
• Vox: http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6003359/basic-income-negative-income-tax-questions-explain
• Ellen Brown:  http://ellenbrown.com/2014/09/01/even-the-council-on-foreign-relations-is-saying-it-time-to-rain-money-on-main-street/

The Politics of Debt Reading Group is affiliated with the Bay Area Public School and Strike Debt Bay Area.

Past curfew, but not enough people here to march. People are discussing plans for next #FTP march, Friday at 8PM. #Oakland #BreakTheCurfew

— Not Frantz Fanon (@violentfanon) May 26, 2015

Numbers too few to take #BreakTheCurfew to streets of #Oakland tonight, but bring ALL Y'ALL friends next Friday 5/29, #FTP @OGP 8 pm!!!

— Sophie M (@sofking1) May 26, 2015

There is no curfew for the First Amendment. We will continue to protest peacefully, and to say that #BlackLivesMatter. They cannot stop us.

— Mike Chase (@MikeChaseACLU) May 25, 2015

San Francisco is hosting the 83rd Annual Conference of Mayors June 19th, 2015 – June 22nd.. Around 250 Mayors will be in attendance. This is an opportunity to raise issues locally and nationally that are of concern to us.

• Black Lives Matter
• Gentrification
• Homelessness
• Privatization
• Homophobia and Transphobia
• Immigration
• The Environment
• Corporate Greed
• Wars not People

All are welcome to help plan for actions.

Open Circle, first and foremost, is an opportunity to build community with one another. Secondly, it is a space to reflect and collaborate on strategies and actions to bring an end to these egregious crimes.

Please join us for the Potluck at 3:00 pm followed by the Open Circle at 3:45 pm. Please bring a dish or snacks to share!

Open circle will begin with speakers who have lost their loved ones to police violence, followed by reflection and dialogue around the current state and thoughts or approaches on how to effect change. Then report backs and announcements for upcoming events.

We will end with working groups to organize and plan next steps in the struggle.

Solidarity is afoot so bring your ideas!

Come learn about continuing developments in the battle save the Berkeley Post Office and the Postal Service from privatization, support our Occupiers and help us plan our next steps in opposition to the theft of our public commons.

The postal service wanted to sell the post office to Hudson-Mcdonald, a local developer. The City of Berkeley sued the post office to stop the sale. Hudson-Mcdonald backed out of the deal in early December.

 There was a hearing in Federal Court on December 11th. There was another hearing in March 26th. Federal Judge William Alsup decided to dismiss the lawsuit because the Postal Service says it is not currently selling the building.  But we’re not fooled. The Postal Service could “find” a buyer at any moment. Fortunately, the Judge ordered the Postal Service to provide 42 days notice before any sale, so that the lawsuit could be refiled.

Check out our response to the Judge’s order.

Check out the Community Garden at the Post Office.

Also check out our website and the Save the Berkeley Post Office website, and First they Came for the Homeless Facebook for updates.

BPOD is an offshoot of Strike Debt Bay Area, which itself is an offshoot of Occupy Oakland and a chapter of the national Strike Debt movement, which is an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street.

OptikAllusions is a digital filmmaking collective dedicated to social change, based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to help each other tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We make films in a spirit of collaboration and solidarity, share a lending library of film equipment for creative projects, organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops.

If you’d like to make videos or want to become a member, join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop!

We usually, meet briefly and then work on projects. It’s open to all!

https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Optik_Allusions

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.

The Oscar Grant Committee meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month.

Every 1st Wed of the Month @ the Omni.

The Bay Area Community Exchange (BACE) Timebank promotes and facilitates the use of Time instead of money in the exchange of goods and services.

The foundation of the Timebank is a free, open source online directory, reputation and accounting system.

These exchanges help develop stronger, more resilient connections between individuals and community service organizations which participate in them, by improving communication and the distribution of skills and resources among our participants. We work to help people meet their needs regardless of economic status.

Please join our Meetup Group:

And our timebank at:
http://www.bace.org

Our streets have been stolen from us, our rights have been stolen from us, our PEOPLE have been stolen from us. It is time to take them back!

It is unconstitutional to repress our right to hold space in the very place that was built on the backs of our ancestors. We’ve been told too many times that we don’t belong here: through the over-policing and criminalization of our communities, through the militarization of the police force, through gentrification, through unlawful curfews and state sanctioned violence against our communities.

The new curfew imposed on our people IS NOT going to stop us from holding space in the streets that BELONG TO US!

Black people and allies, it is time to come together and take back what rightfully belongs to us.

This Friday (1st Friday) we plan to #BreakTheCurfew! We will be meeting at Oscar Grant Plaza and marching…

Please bring:

A scarf or handkerchief
Earplugs

More details to come…

Note: A recent callout suggests meeting at 19th & Telegraph. See below.

#Fuckthecurfew #Fuckyoursummit AKA We also revolt in the day! #SUNBLOC

The morning after the #fuckthecurfew march the city is hosting “The 2015 Oakland Summit” where “Mayor Libby Schaaf and Chief of police Sean Whent will share their vision of Oakland through “Community Policing”

We are strongly opposed to their “vision of Oakland” and seek to abolish the police as well as the state. As an alternative we hope to organize our hoods to build community and push out the police who have always brutalized us.

The People will gather 9 AM at Lake Merritt Amphitheater VS

The Pigs will Gather at 9 AM at Laney College 900 Fallon St.

Either march with us or go #shutitdown from the inside!

For some reason Libby Schaff thinks she can erase the black and brown radical tradition from Oakland. She thinks she can erase black and brown militants from the streets. LITTLE DID SHE KNOW SHE CAN’T! We will resist and revolt in the day as we always have.

ART PARTY & MEETING
Preparations for Conference of Mayors – Let’s make our presence visible with creative ART!