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Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. All Are Welcome.
1:30 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. All Are Welcome.
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Jul 1 @ 1:30 am – 2:30 am
 The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. We’ve began the “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the front of the postcard. The campaign has been adopted by Postal Unions, the San Francisco Labor Council and has been endorsed by the AFL-CIO, … Continued
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Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
1:00 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Jun 3 @ 1:00 am – 2:30 am
The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. We’ve started a “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the front of the postcard. All four Postal Unions have joined together to support maintaining full service, public Post Offices in every community, with expansion … Continued
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Haiti Action Committee Study Group Mtg
9:00 pm
Haiti Action Committee Study Group Mtg
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Jun 7 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
What does activism look like in Haiti & how can you be apart of it? How can it shape your work here? Join HAC as we explore Haiti’s history, current political situation, and the connections to parallel struggles throughout the U.S. and around the world. Come to our first meeting! Resistance & the Lavalas Movement: What is Lavalas? Do people in Haiti support the current government? Who is involved in Haiti’s fight for democracy? Why do the world’s superpowers fear the people’s movement? Who is really in power in Haiti? … Continued
Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting: Ideas Into Action.
10:00 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting: Ideas Into Action.
@ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater, next to City Hall
Jun 7 @ 10:00 pm – Jun 8 @ 12:30 am
 New to Strike Debt?? Don’t walk cold turkey into a bunch of radicals talking about debt! Show up a half hour early — at 2:30 PM — for an informal pre-meeting intro session. If you’d like to attend this pre-get-together please email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com and let us know you’re coming. Join Strike Debt Bay Area in working on some exciting projects locally and nationally to fight unjust debt. – The latest on our coalition efforts to Save the Berkeley Post Office and fight the privatization of our commons. – The latest on our efforts … Continued
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Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
1:00 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Jun 10 @ 1:00 am – 2:30 am
The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. We’ve started a “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the front of the postcard. The campaign has been adopted by Postal Unions, has been endorsed by the AFL-CIO, and has gone national! All four … Continued
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Politics of Debt Book Group of Strike Debt Bay Area.
2:30 am
Politics of Debt Book Group of Strike Debt Bay Area.
@ Public School Space (entrance on 22nd St, use buzzer)
Jun 12 @ 2:30 am – 4:30 am
We’re going to finish Richard Heinberg’s The End of Growth with a twist: everyone will read the last chapter (Ch.7) to get a picture of his prophesies and prescriptions while Spencer, Greg, and I will focus on a chapter each and give a short report-back. This way we can finish the book in just one more meeting. Heinberg-CH-7 Heinberg-CH-7-cont 55816
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City of Oakland Privacy Committee Meeting
1:00 am
City of Oakland Privacy Committee Meeting
@ Oakland City Hall Council Chambers
Jun 13 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
 Meeting of the City of Oakland’s “Privacy and Data Retention Ad Hoc Advisory Committee” – open to the public. When: 2nd & 4th Thursdays 6:00pm – 8:00pm Where: Council Chambers Oakland City Hall 14th & Broadway Read the announcement from the City of Oakland City Administrator’s Weekly Report (April 25, 2014): This committee was created by City Council action during the discussions earlier in the year about the Port Domain Awareness Center (DAC). The goal of the DAC is to improve readiness to prevent, respond to and recover from major emergencies … Continued
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Gill Tract Community Farm Meeting: COME ONE ! COME ALL !
5:00 pm
Gill Tract Community Farm Meeting: COME ONE ! COME ALL !
@ Gill Tract
Jun 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
 COME ONE ! COME ALL ! The Gill Tract Community Farm is having a meeting for ALL volunteers and community members. Enter through the gate at Jackson St. & Ohlone Ave. On the Agenda: how do we ensure sufficient staffing on a regular basis to keep the farm operating smoothly throughout the summer(year) people’s input on which crops to plant for the next season (around mid August) how different groups can work co-operatively and collectively on the farm. We hope to see you there! More info. 55979
The New Jim Crow Reading Group
7:00 pm
The New Jim Crow Reading Group
@ Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church (chapel)
Jun 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Legal scholar Michelle Alexander’s seminal work, “The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” outlines how the gains of the civil rights movement have been systematically turned back by the exponential rise in incarcerations of brown and black men. “Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began.” The Bay Area Public School is proud to co-present this class with Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church, … Continued
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Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
1:30 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Jun 17 @ 1:30 am – 2:30 am
The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. We’ve started a “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the front of the postcard. The campaign has been adopted by Postal Unions, has been endorsed by the AFL-CIO, and has gone national! All four … Continued
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San Francisco Living Wage Coalition Meeting
1:00 am
San Francisco Living Wage Coalition Meeting
@ Redstone Building, Room 301
Jun 19 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
San Francisco Living Wage Coalition Meeting (btw. Mission and South Van Ness #12, 14, 22 buses, or 16th St BART) San Francisco Living Wage Coalition Meeting. The Living Wage Coalition is building a grassroots movement of low-wage workers and their allies to win economic justice. Anyone who works full time should be able to survive on what they earn and support themselves and their children. Come to be a part of discussing next steps in pursuing an economic justice agenda. More information at http://www.livingwage-sf.org/ 55960
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Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. All Are Welcome.
1:30 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. All Are Welcome.
@ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Jun 24 @ 1:30 am – 2:30 am
The Postal Service has put the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! The Postal Service has started to outsource Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. And we’re fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. We’ve began the “Don’t Shop at Staples” campaign with some awesome… what else? … postcards to send to Staples management! Here’s the front of the postcard. The campaign has been adopted by Postal Unions, the San Francisco Labor Council and has been endorsed by the AFL-CIO, … Continued
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Plan a Bay Area action to coincide with the UN Climate Summit.
2:00 am
Plan a Bay Area action to coincide with the UN Climate Summit.
@ Niebyl-Proctor Library
Jun 25 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called a special UN Climate Summit on September 23 to “catalyze action by governments, business, finance, industry, and civil society”. It’s unlikely any more will come of this meeting than came of the gatherings in Copenhagen, Cancún, Kyoto, and elsewhere. But a large number of environmental and progressive organizations are planning actions in New York City right before and during the UN meeting to call the world’s attention to the failure of world “leaders” to deal with the crisis. One of these actions, the … Continued
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Politics of Debt: Taibbi’s Griftopia.
2:30 am
Politics of Debt: Taibbi’s Griftopia.
@ Not yet determined, check back,
Jun 26 @ 2:30 am – 4:30 am
The Politics of Debt Reading Group, a subgroup of Strike Debt Bay Area, meets every other week to discuss readings on debt and related issues agreed to from previous meetings. This meeting we will be discussing Chapter’s 2 & 4 of Taibbi’s Griftopia. Here is a PDF with the reading material (large!) taibbi-2&4 56042
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City of Oakland Privacy Committee Meeting
1:00 am
City of Oakland Privacy Committee Meeting
@ Oakland City Hall Council Chambers
Jun 27 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
Meeting of the City of Oakland’s “Privacy and Data Retention Ad Hoc Advisory Committee” – open to the public. When: 2nd & 4th Thursdays 6:00pm – 8:00pm Where: Council Chambers Oakland City Hall 14th & Broadway Read the announcement from the City of Oakland City Administrator’s Weekly Report (April 25, 2014): This committee was created by City Council action during the discussions earlier in the year about the Port Domain Awareness Center (DAC). The goal of the DAC is to improve readiness to prevent, respond to and recover from major … Continued
First Fridays Open Meeting.
2:00 am
First Fridays Open Meeting.
@ KONO Office, near 27th Street
Jun 27 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am
The KONO Community Benefit District invites you to an open meeting about Oakland First Fridays. The event will be hosted by KONO Board President Phil Porter, KONO Executive Director Shari Godinez and Oakland First Fridays Fundraiser/Coordinator Sarah Kidder. Come find out more about the event-ask questions, bring ideas, share concerns. We’re also actively seeking volunteers to get involved with the workings of the event before, during and after the first Friday of each month on either a short or long-term basis. The meeting is open to anyone with an interest … Continued
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Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting: Ideas Into Action!
10:00 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting: Ideas Into Action!
@ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater
Jun 28 @ 10:00 pm – Jun 29 @ 12:30 am
We are always looking for new people to join us, and work on our many projects, which include saving the Berkeley Post Office, organizing for public banking in Oakland, getting funding from the city of Vallejo for nonprofit check cashing (and public bank study initiatives), working with the City of Richmond and other municipalities for eminent domain seizure of underwater mortgages from the banksters, and much more. “Just as bosses are dependent on workers, so are lenders dependent on borrowers. If workers walk out, the enterprise stops. If borrowers refuse … Continued
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