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Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186 If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to: oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net 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 … Continued

THE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC BANK EAST BAY HOST GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6PM VIA ZOOM If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch. WE CAN MATCH YOUR INTERESTS AND SKILL SET TO OUR NEEDS Volunteer Organizing Committees ADVOCACY builds relationships with community groups, financial institutions and city governments. COMMUNICATIONS assists other committees with content creation and promotion. FUNDRAISING develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan. ACADEMY plans trainings for Board members and others. … Continued

I’m writing on behalf of the California Poor People’s Campaign and Western States Legal Foundation to invite and encourage you to join this year’s public participatory reading of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence [2].” Please let me know if you plan to join us Tuesday, April 4, if you’d like to read a section of the speech, and if your organization would like to endorse the event by completing this form [4]. This year’s readings are again part of the Poor … Continued

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Join the Haiti Action Committee for this unique opportunity to hear from leaders of Fanmi Lavalas, the people’s party of Haiti. As the crisis in Haiti continues to unfold, the popular movement, including Fanmi Lavalas and other grassroots organizations, strives to put in place a truly legitimate government to deal with the crisis that the US has created. Dr. Maryse Narcisse and Joel Edouard “Pacha” Vorbe will be joining us via zoom. The event will be held 1-3 p.m. at Eastside Arts Alliance, 2277 Internat’l Blvd in Oakland as well … Continued

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NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued

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THE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC BANK EAST BAY HOST GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6PM VIA ZOOM If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch. WE CAN MATCH YOUR INTERESTS AND SKILL SET TO OUR NEEDS Volunteer Organizing Committees ADVOCACY builds relationships with community groups, financial institutions and city governments. COMMUNICATIONS assists other committees with content creation and promotion. FUNDRAISING develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan. ACADEMY plans trainings for Board members and others. … Continued

Take action for social, economic, and racial justice in California  Do you believe housing should be a constitutional human right in California? So do we. Join us this week for a town hall to hear more about the efforts to realize housing as a human right in California with special guests: Former United Nations Rapporteur Leilani Farha California Assemblymember Matt Haney, author of ACA 10 Policylink’s Housing Director Rasheedah Phillips, and Professor Farah Hassen. Event co-hosts include UCLA’s Promise Institute on Human Rights, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), … Continued

In “sacrifice zones” around the country, communities — especially low-income communities and people of color — have been struggling against the effects of nearby oil, gas, and plastic production facilities. Five speakers from these frontline communities will gather to share their stories and describe ways they are organizing to defend themselves. Meg, an organizer with Speak Out Now and an environmental activist in Baltimore. She is actively organizing community and worker efforts to confront the fossil fuel industry and the capitalist system that drives it in areas like Curtis Bay, a neighborhood … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88083342274 A dual focus.  The first focus will be on the results of last month’s primary election, especially with respect to the positions we took in our Green Voter Guide (see: https://acgreens.wordpress.com/voter-guides/ ).  We’ll discuss election surprises (such as Nikki Bas’s substantial lead over John Bauters for County Supervisor, and Kathryn Lybarger’s 4th place finish behind Arreguin, Beckles, and Kalb, for State Senate); as well as disappointments (including Jennifer Esteen’s loss to Nate Miley for County Supervisor, Lupe Angulo’s loss to Janevette Cole for County School Board, … Continued

THE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC BANK EAST BAY HOST GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6PM VIA ZOOM If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch. WE CAN MATCH YOUR INTERESTS AND SKILL SET TO OUR NEEDS Volunteer Organizing Committees ADVOCACY builds relationships with community groups, financial institutions and city governments. COMMUNICATIONS assists other committees with content creation and promotion. FUNDRAISING develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan. ACADEMY plans trainings for Board members and others. … Continued

Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info. (THE JANUARY 17TH MEETING, 2024 WAS MOVED TO JANUARY 24TH) Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for privacy, surveillance regulation of both corporations and the state, and government transparency, around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” … Continued

Hear from grassroots community advocates Marisol Cantú (Reimagine Richmond) and Heidi Taylor (Healthy Martinez), the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and a Contra Costa County Health representative to learn about local environmental incidents and recent legislation proposed to keep communities safe and healthy. Sponsors include the League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley, the League of Women Voters of West Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa County Library and Contra Costa TV. The Library will provide closed captioning and simultaneous Spanish.  The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to … Continued

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Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our April meeting we will be reading  Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises, by Marjorie Kelly (Amazon, Penguin) “This bold manifesto exposes seven myths underlying wealth supremacy, the bias that institutionalizes infinite extraction of wealth by and for the wealthy, and is the hidden force behind economic injustice, the climate crisis, and so many other problems of our day: The Myth of Maximizing: No amount of wealth is ever enough. The … Continued

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NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

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THE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC BANK EAST BAY HOST GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6PM VIA ZOOM If you’d like to join us, send us an email and one of our members will be in touch. WE CAN MATCH YOUR INTERESTS AND SKILL SET TO OUR NEEDS Volunteer Organizing Committees ADVOCACY builds relationships with community groups, financial institutions and city governments. COMMUNICATIONS assists other committees with content creation and promotion. FUNDRAISING develops our organization’s budget and raises funds for our business plan. ACADEMY plans trainings for Board members and others. … Continued

Dear Climate Activists and Activists to Be, Have you been thinking about getting involved with climate action but not sure how to start? Or are you hoping to start or rebuild a local chapter and need some help? Register Here for the April 27 Open House! Celebrate the close of Earth Week with activists from across the US and learn about Extinction Rebellion, XRUS, and upcoming local actions and events. Representatives from active chapters will be there to welcome new activists from their area and share advice about starting or … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued