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Facebook event. We all know there will never be justice on stolen land… until we take a stand for justice. We encourage everyone to join Vanja Mawusi Abena’s yearly Boycott of BART. This individual 2 day solidarity action honors the victims of BART police. This is an individual action. This is not affiliated with any other protest or march plan by Oscar Grant’s family or other organizations. We encourage you to participate in the Grant Family’s annual vigil and other events held for Oscar Grant in his memory on January … Continued

On New Year’s Eve, as the clock winds down on 2014, the powers that be will hope to be ringing in a new year that carries forward business as usual. That must not be allowed to go down because business as usual in Amerikkka includes wanton police murder of Black people. The refusal of grand juries in Ferguson and Staten Island to indict the cops who murdered Michael Brown and Eric Garner made this clear. So the powerful, beautiful and necessary outpourings that have disrupted this society’s normal routine must … Continued

Rock In the New Year with Resistance to Police Murder! No New Year Under this Old System! We Can’t Breathe! On New Year’s Eve, as the clock winds down on 2014, the powers that be will hope to be ringing in a new year that carries forward business as usual. That must not be allowed to go down because business as usual in Amerikkka includes wanton police murder of Black people. The refusal of grand juries in Ferguson and Staten Island to indict the cops who murdered Michael Brown and … Continued

All Families of Love one killed by Gun Violence, Please bring an 8×10 photo and Love one favorite color balloon to be release. Come meet us at the Grant Station for the 5th annual vigil/celebration for Oscar Grant to be held on New Year’s Day at the Grant Station (Fruitvale BART Station). Join the Oscar Grant family on this Day of Remembrance! WE ARE ALL STILL OSCAR GRANT SPEAK OUT: • Family of murdered victims • Artist • Community Activist LIVE Performances: • Libation • African-Native-Latino Ceremony • Poetry, music, … Continued

Join us for our upcoming action to demand worker justice at HS Lordships! As workers all across the U.S. and Bay Area are standing up to demand living wages and fair working conditions, restaurant workers in Berkeley are also defending their right to respectful treatment and healthcare in order to live dignified lives. At HS Lordships, workers have been without a contract for more than four years. At the restaurant, servers make $10 an hour and pay more than $500 per month for family insurance. The company is now proposing … Continued

Imani Keith Henry is a longtime activist in the anti-police brutality, anti-war and LGBTQ movements in the US. He is an organizer with The Peoples Power Assembly, which helped to coordinate emergency day of/day after actions in NYC and nationally in response to the Ferguson grand jury decision. Imani has travelled to Ferguson, MO twice and most recently took part in a 36-person civil disobedience action on December 4th in response to the Garner grand jury decision. He is also the founder of The Equality for Flatbush Project (E4F), which does … Continued

Please come to Wiley Manuel Dept 112 at 2pm on Friday (tmrw!) to do court support for comrades, TJ and DT,arrested at march New Years Eve. — Russell Bates (@crustyrustyMAD) January 2, 2015  Facebook event & RSVP.57761

Folks have marched hundreds of miles all over the East Bay from East Oakland to West Oakland and out past North Oakland. Folks feet gotta be aching by now! Folks gotta be gettin tired of all the kettling! so let’s do a night ride and show some love for all our people’s, let’s show how deep the solidarity runs between our communities. How about creating a critical mass bike ride for #BlackLivesMatter for #NativeLivesMatter! We’ll be riding around Oakland! Why? Cause these are our streets!! this is open to all … Continued

Some of us will get together this Saturday at noon to help plan for the garden. I would like to invite people from Transition, Berkeley and Albany and the farmers market master gardeners and see if anyone shows up and get more advise. Members of First They Came for the Homeless and Berkeley Post Office Defenders are asking people to participate in the creation of a community garden on the west side of the Berkeley Post Office. Please come to a planning meeting on Saturday January 3rd at noon. Honey … Continued

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We want the unheard voices to be present so we can begin to rebuild and protect our communities. Facebook event. This event is to bring together disengaged youth and community members from Hunterspoint, Potrero Hill, Sunnydale, Mission, Fillmore, Tenderloin, and Lakeview who are not currently active in this movement happening across the nation. Engaging youth requires innovative strategies. Black and Brown intellectuals can analyze the system and organize all day everyday, but “what good do your words do if they can’t understand you”, we need the youth who aren’t plugged … Continued

Gear up to get MARISSA ALEXANDER out of jail! Free Marissa NOW East Bay is holding an exciting fundraising event to fund our cross-country caravan to spread the word about Marissa. We will have a potluck, music, spoken word, theater, and testimonials from the womyn who are going on the caravan! Come out, support, and REPRESENT the Bay! Marissa, a Black woman who defended herself from abuse & threatened death, by firing a warning shot into the ceiling – injuring NO ONE – is still being persecuted, is back in … Continued

Facebook event. Pack the courts! Come out to Department 9 to support James as he begins his fight against serious charges from Black Friday in San Francisco. CHECK THE FACEBOOK EVENT FOR ANY LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION, POSTPONEMENT OR TIME CHANGE.57757

Come support the Ferguson 3 facing serious charges and going forward to trial. Check the Antirepression website and facebook for last minute updates. Court dates and times change frequently!57709

“Let Oakland’s New Mayor know, “THERE WILL BE NO BUSINESS AS USUAL” UNTIL OPD STOPS THE WAR ON BLACK LIVES On Monday, January 5th, Ms. Schaff will be inaugurated as Oakland’s mayor. We will convene outside the Paramount Theater as a silent wall along the sidewalk from BART to the entrance of the theater so that every guest of the Mayoral Inauguration knows that Oakland expects the new Mayor to have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to police terror in Oakland. We ask attendees to join this SILENT … Continued

Bring the Bay to Department 701 at 9am! Let’s pack the courts to support Marsha, who was arrested doing jail support at Santa Rita. Use this event page to coordinate rides with one another to the Dublin Courthouse. There is also a call for folks to step up and do childcare outside during the appearance. Support the support workers! Check the event page before going as court times and dates change!57756

100,000 Tweets for Oscar! Social Media Campaign on Oscar López Rivera’s Birthday January 6th La Respuesta Magazine & National Boricua Human Rights Network On January 6, 2015 La Respuesta magazine and National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) call on you to act on behalf of the Puerto Rican people’s longest-held political prisoner. In honor of the man who has withstood thirty-three years in prison the campaign is called “Birth of a Patriot, Star of a Nation”. The worldwide campaign calls for 100,000 messages to the twitter accounts of the President, … Continued

  Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogueon all sides of these critically important issues! “Reckoning with Torture” Dramatic Reading of related documents in a film produced by CodePink, ACLU, The National Lawyers Guild & World Can’t Wait In 2010 CodePink, ACLU, National Lawyers Guild, and World Cant Wait organized a week of“Berkeley Says No to Torture.”  The culminating event of the week was a dramatic reading of various documents relating to torture by activists from around the world. We will … Continued

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 DEVELOPMENT GROUP. HUDSON-MCDONALD BACKED OUT OF THE DEAL IN EARLY DECEMBER. THE CITY OF BERKELEY SUED THE POST OFFICE TO STOP THE SALE. A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS IN PLACE UNTIL DECEMBER 17th, BUT WAS LIFTED BY THE JUDGE WHEN HUDSON WITHDREW.  Get an overview … Continued

Facebook event.   : : : : : : Reclaiming King’s Legacy : : : : : : “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. There is a state-sponsored war on Black lives in the United States and people across the country are demanding it comes to an end. As long as it remains business as usual to gun down Black women, men and children in the streets of this country, there will … Continued

 Emeryville Kettle Arraignments.  Always check the AntiRepression Facebook and Website for last minute changes! 57753

 Donation website. On New Year’s Eve, our comrade and friend Eric Garcia was brutally and arbitrarily arrested by police and held on false charges. This campaign seeks to reimburse Eric’s bond cosigner for bailing him out of jail. A more detailed description of the incident can be found below.  Donation website. Eric and his friends attended an NYE noise demo in downtown Oakland, which they left after the demonstration was attacked by the police. Eric was standing with his friends on the sidewalk outside Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe on Telegraph … Continued

If you care about women, children and the planet, come see this revealing and inspiring film. Free goodies available after the screening. This event is not sponsored by, provided by, or affiliated with the Berkeley Public Library. http://www.howmany.org  Original IndyBay notice.57734

If you have been protesting, know people who have or just want to know your rights, you should definitely join us. There will be civil rights attorneys from John Burris’ law firm who will be giving a presentation and fielding questions mostly about protesting and knowing your rights pertaining to it, as well as knowing what police can and can’t do, legally. They have also agreed to stay in contact with protesters for any ongoing situations that may arise. There will also be women from Free Marissa Alexander Now east … Continued

The Strike Debt Bay Area / Public School reading group meets regularly to discuss readings on the broad subject of the Politics of Debt. We’re starting a new topic/book for the new year. We’re reading chapter 4 of the first section, and  chapters 1 & 2 of the fourth section, of ‘Small is Beautiful’ by E. F. Schumacher. Join us!57712

 On January 8th, the city of San Leandro will have a public meeting.   There will be a presentation displaying the “tank” (armored personel carrier – a Lenco Bearcat) at 5:00 pm. The City Council meeting runs from 6:00pm to whenever. The San Leandro Police Department will receive $200,000 towards the purchase of a Lenco Bearcat Medevac Tactical Armored Vehicle. The funds come from a $1.6 million “Homeland Security Grant for disaster assistance and overall management of regional emergency response activities.” Military equipment in urban and suburban police departments have introduced … Continued

: : : : : : Reclaiming King’s Legacy : : : : : : “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Facebook event & RSVP There is a state-sponsored war on Black lives in the United States and people across the country are demanding that it comes to an end. As long as it remains business as usual to gun down Black women, men and children in the streets of this country, … Continued

Every Thursday in January is the Black Lives Matter Film Series: “People Under the Stairs” (1990) Horror in a ghetto narrative57735

Election spending nearly reached $4 billion in 2014. No wonder 72% of Americans want anti-corruption laws and money out of politics. California Common Cause is committed to getting big money out of our democracy by overturning Citizens United and calling upon the 114th Congress to take action. We have our work cut out for us: much to do, much to learn. Tha’ts why we are delighted to invite you to see the new documentary Pay 2 Play: Democracy’s High Stakes, on January 8 in Berkeley. PAY 2 PLAY follows filmmaker … Continued

 Arraignments for Berkeley Arrestees Check the AntiRepression website and facebook for last minute changes!   57782

CityCamp is an unconference focused on innovation and collaboration for municipal governments, community organizations and citizens. CityCamp Oakland aims to: Bring together local government officials, municipal employees, experts, developers, designers, citizens and journalists to share perspectives and insights about their cities Create outcomes that participants will act upon CityCamp is a national movement that brings together local citizens to build stronger communities where they live. 57663

MEDIC TRAINING: People’s Community Medics will be hosting a training.  57809

: : : : : : Reclaiming King’s Legacy : : : : : : “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Facebook event & RSVP There is a state-sponsored war on Black lives in the United States and people across the country are demanding that it comes to an end. As long as it remains business as usual to gun down Black women, men and children in the streets of this country, … Continued

This meeting will be for soil preparation and more general discussion.  Also: please start seedlings and cuttings to bring for planting on January 17th!57773

The Material Basis for  Revolutionary Optimism Today The Political Affairs Readers Group of the Communist Party, USA (Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Club) invites you to a talk by: Wadi’h Halabi, a member of the Economics Commission of the Communist Party, U.S.A.  He is a long-time participant/observer with various organizations in the People’s Republic of China57723

Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to survivors and victims of violence and police terror in Oakland. We are organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing. Please feel free to bring quotes or passages to share All are welcome We will serve simple breakfast. Facebook event & RSVP. 57805

Facebook event. This is the third in a series of meetings described below. This meeting will continue the reflection and conversation around support and long-term strategy and goals of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Report backs are encouraged which can help inform as well as provide networking opportunities. This might also provide opportunity to form affinity groups as people find others interested in similar pursuits. *Meeting logistics: 1. This is an inclusive event. Please spread the word, create flyers, or any other means you wish. 2. We want everyone to be heard … Continued

Come gather at Omni Commons for a night of feast, performances and fellowship! This monthly gathering and potluck brings together the Omni Commons community as well as anyone else in the surrounding Oakland/Bay Area. Strictly positive vibes all night! Please bring a food dish between 6pm and 7pm. We will break bread by 7! Come with a friend, an instrument, or just a smile! Facebook event & RSVP57793

OccupyForum presents Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! President of the Board of Trustees, San Francisco City College, John Rizzo   The City College of San Francisco board of trustees met for the first time since losing power a year and a half ago after the state’s accrediting body threatened to strip CCSF of its accreditation. “This is the first opportunity in a year and half that the board will be together officially … Continued

Arraignments for Remaining Emeryville Arrestees. Come out to show your solidarity in court on Monday 9am at Wiley Manuel Courthouse Dept 107 for people kettled in Emeryville! Out of your beds and into the courts! Check the AntiRepression website and facebook for last minute changes!   57789

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 DEVELOPMENT GROUP. HUDSON-MCDONALD BACKED OUT OF THE DEAL IN EARLY DECEMBER. THE CITY OF BERKELEY SUED THE POST OFFICE TO STOP THE SALE. A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS IN PLACE UNTIL DECEMBER 17th, BUT WAS LIFTED BY THE JUDGE WHEN HUDSON WITHDREW.  Get an overview … Continued

: : : : : : Reclaiming King’s Legacy : : : : : : “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Facebook event & RSVP There is a state-sponsored war on Black lives in the United States and people across the country are demanding that it comes to an end. As long as it remains business as usual to gun down Black women, men and children in the streets of this country, … Continued

On Monday the 12th, the Peace & Justice Commission will create specific proposals for the Berkeley City Council to review at its upcoming meetings.  The draft attached above is a starting point.  It needs your input and participation in Monday’s discussion to shape it into a truly transformational platform.  We look forward to hearing your ideas about changes to Berkeley’s policies on policing and accountability, along with an investigation of police practices. There will be time for extensive public comment on specific proposals for changes in city policy and practice.  Please prepare … Continued

DIRECT ACTION TRAINING:  The Ruckus Society will be hosting a training Monday eve (1/12) immediately following the spokescouncil meeting (~8:30pm-10pm), at the First Presbyterian Church at 27th and Broadway.  This training is for any and all participants in MLK weekend actions!  57810

Tomorrow @ @ucdavislaw I'm talking about the things NSA does in the name of surveillance that make us *less* secure. pic.twitter.com/RMCM2bbVfj— Jennifer Granick (@granick) January 13, 2015 57852

President Obama is on the brink of making his final decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Last Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court validated the pipeline’s risky route through the state, moving the pipeline decision onto the President’s desk. That makes the coming weeks a critical period — this campaign has been sustained by action in the streets and now we need to show that we still stand strong against this climate disaster. Tomorrow the climate movement is mobilizing coast-to-coast to tell the President to reject Keystone XL now, … Continued

: : : : : : Reclaiming King’s Legacy : : : : : : “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Facebook event & RSVP There is a state-sponsored war on Black lives in the United States and people across the country are demanding that it comes to an end. As long as it remains business as usual to gun down Black women, men and children in the streets of this country, … Continued

On the agenda is the use of a residential street as a staging area for the cops during the protests against killer cops beginning December 6, as well as discussion about policies regarding the use of teargas and mutual aid. Agenda and related documents here: http://www.cityofberkeley.info/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=1296257862

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING: the MLK spokescouncil’s legal working group will be hosting a training Wednesday eve (1/14) immediately following the spokescouncil meeting (~8:15pm-10pm) 57813

Come support folks arrested in a kettle outside the Commonwealth club at their arraignment. Check the AntiRepression website and facebook for last minute changes!57790

“You may well ask: ‘Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?’ You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. My citing the creation of tension as part of the work … Continued

BAY AREA CIVIL LIBERTIES COALITION GENERAL MEETING The Bay Area Civil Liberties Coalition works actively to empower individual efforts and support collective initiatives within the San Francisco Bay Area to support human rights, defeat illegal spying and surveillance and end abuse and militarization by local, regional, statewide and national government agencies and criminal justice/homeland security programs. Individuals and organizations that support this work are encouraged to join us. Voting memberships for new organizations are subject to approval by the founding organizations. BACLC also engages in project-based collaborative work with a … Continued

The Anti-Police Terrorism Project is a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee that in coalition with other organizations like the Alan Blueford Center for Justice, Workers World and Healthy Hoodz is working to develop a replicable and sustainable model to end police terrorism in this country. We are led by the most impacted communities but are a multi-racial, mutil-generational coalition. We meet the 3rd Thursday of every month at Eastside Arts Alliance at 7:30 pm.57648

Come organize to challenge: SLPD profiling/harassment of POC SLPD shootings and killings of POC militarization, including the BearCat and military-grade weapons Increased surveillance SLPD School Resource Officers creating “dossiers” on “at risk” elementary school students more 57820

Every Thursday in January is the Black Lives Matter Film Series. This week: “War Witch” (2010) civil war in Africa narrative Facebook event & RSVP57822

Mass convergence at the Montgomery BART platform, demanding: Drop the Charges and the Ransom on the Black Friday 14 Disband the BART Police Department Institute a low income discount ticket program Be on time and bring a spoon! Part of the Anti Police-Terror Project-initiated MLK weekend of action. Reference event notice. Facebook page & RSVP. “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.” — Martin Luther King   There is a state-sponsored war on Black lives in the United States … Continued

BAY AREA LAWYER DIE-IN FOR RACIAL JUSTICE Facebook page & RSVP. The Bay Area legal community (attorneys, legal staff, law students, professors, and allies) are invited to participate in a “Die-In” calling for an end to the use of excessive force, police brutality, and racial profiling in communities of color. This direct action is in response to recent grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the killing of unarmed civilians, Mr. Eric Garner, Mr. Michael Brown, and Mr. John Crawford. Their deaths and the subsequent grand jury decisions … Continued

Facebook page & RSVP Cesar was originally arrested Nov 2, 2011 and falsely convicted of a vandalism charge August 13, 2012 after the jury deliberated the evidence for only 15 minutes, without even looking at photographic evidence collected by Aguirre’s defense attorneys. Since then Cesar has been appealing his case. There is a possibility that Cesar will be remanded into custody for another 2 months. It is crucial that we show our support for Cesar and stand against this wrongful conviction. Check out his support page for more info: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Cesar/352661321480603?fref=photo … Continued

Come support folks who were arrested shutting down OPD at their arraignment. Check the AntiRepression website and facebook for last minute changes!57845

Join us for a night of performances to benefit the kickoff the direct action campaign to Defend Knowland Park – Huchiun Territory of the Ohlone Tribe. Facebook page & RSVP. We will have performances by: RedStar (Indigenous Hip Hop) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQA0EfdWO-8 Jabari Shaw (Political Hip Hop) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IR-tB24teQ Grupo Puyakan (Colombian Cumbia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTcU9dRb3N0 Rosanonymous (Folk Punk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP8lvyqXgIg We would like to raise a couple thousand dollars for gear and bail funds… Knowland Park (Ohlone Territory called Huchiun) is a 500-acre wildland open space in the Oakland hills, deeded to the City by the State in … Continued

  Guerrilla Theater, meet @ Dolores Park. Wear Black! (PartyPatrol) 57890

ALL OUT! Wear Black! Rally at 16th BART Station. (PartyPatrol)   57891

On Saturday Jan 17 the Berkeley City Council will be holding a special meeting to discuss “Improving Police/Community Relations.” This meeting will be held at the Ed Roberts Campus, a community facility for disabled people. We demand an end to the war on black lives! Berkeley Police regularly profile black people with disabilities! Black disabled people have died in Berkeley Police custody! About the organizers: We are a group of mostly white, mostly fat, mostly disabled, mostly queer activists. We are responding to a call from the Anti Police-Terror Project … Continued

AGENDA Worksession: 1.    Improving Police and Community Relations: Discuss possible ways to improve community and police relations and addressing our response to what occurred in Ferguson, Missouri and beyond that will result in positive steps the City Council can pursue. A.   Public Comment B.   Facilitated Panel Discussion   C.   Legislative Panel Discussion (Invited: Congresswoman Lee, State Senator Hancock, Assemblymember Thurmond, and Supervisor Carson) D.   City Council Discussion E.   Public Comment Adjournment Reference: Berkeley City Council announcement57826

Join Community Democracy Project to Dialogue with Public Sat, January 17, 11am – 2pm Where meet at Lake Merritt BART Station, Madison Street, Oakland, CA, United States map Calendar Anti-Police-Terror Calendar (SF Bay Area) Created by rootsrhizing@gmail.com Description *1/17 11am-2pm Join the Community Democracy Project to engage public in – “what kind of Oakland do you want to live in? What would it take to make police accountable to the people in Oakland?” Taking these questions directly to the people – meet at Lake Merritt BART; short training then break … Continued

 Last SpokesCouncil meeting for MLK weekend.  See description of previous meeting. “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. 57873

In our case, to the buses! In SF, we will be having a rally and speak out starting at 12pm at 24th and Mission Sts. At 1pm, we will split into groups and get on buses, BART and through the neighborhood in order to inform our community about the real legacy of MLK and why his struggle is still so important today. Please read the ANSWER Coalition’s “Call to Action” below for our orientation towards the commemoration of Dr. MLK: The political establishment, from the White House to City Halls … Continued

Help us create a garden on the west side of the Berkeley Post Office.  Hummingbird flowers, winter vegetables, vertical gardening, heirloom seeds, organic non-GMO and medicinal plants are in the chat…  We also need good soil, garden tools, resources food and most of all people who want to garden! The pre-planting get together will have been held on January 10th. The Downtown Berkeley Post Office will have been Occupied 75 days on January 17th.57775

March on the MLK Day weekend to demand:   Jail Darren Wilson Reject the Grand Jury Decision! Drop Charges Against All Protesters! Create More Jobs and Educational Opportunities! Down with the New Jim Crow Down with the Police State! The coming of winter has not cooled the anger of the black community of Ferguson, Missouri–it has only fanned the flames of the demand for justice that is spreading throughout the nation. Like Ferguson, East Oakland, CA is a community with a strong history of fighting for justice against racist police … Continued

#MLKshutitdown Bay Love at N. Oakland Farmers Market. No other information available. 57898

Facebook page & RSVP This action is being held by WAS – Workers Against the System; an affinity group of Anti-Police Terrorism Spokescouncil as part of the weekend reclamation of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy weekend. Join us in our action to interrupt business as usual at the Oakland Walmart. We will raise awareness of John Crawford’s murder that happened August 5, 2014 inside of a southern Ohio Walmart store. We stand in solidarity and remembrance with his family against the injustice the system has served them; by murdering their … Continued

The Domain Awareness Center was constrained last year to the Port of Oakland, and not allowed to come online until a privacy policy was put in place. The privacy policy has been written, and will come before the City Council beginning on February 10th. The Privacy Policy Committee and the Oakland Privacy Working Group have been working hard to make sure the privacy policy is very strong and it has become a national model. Now support is needed so that it won’t be watered down by the Council! The Privacy … Continued

The first portion of the CrytoParty will be the DAC Workshop: Stop the Spy Center from Encroaching Into Oakland – A Workshop on the DAC, its Privacy Policy and Surveillance Equipment which begins at 2:00 PM.  The usual cryptoparty will begin at 3:30 PM. 57855

Join us for dinner ,outdoor entertainment and a sleep-in. Everyone deserves a #Right2Rest.    57821

Description (Drama 1984) Directed by Spike Lee – a community responds to the killing of a black man57858

Facebook event & RSVP Greetings citizens of the world, we are Anonymous. FUCK THE POLICE: Time to take our pigs for a walk. They need the exercise. And it only costs the city $50K a week! *** This event is being called by the Oakland Fuck the police committee.The Fuck the police Committee was approved by Oakland to perform autonomous actions at their discretion. IMPORTANT NOTE All folks are welcome, this is a peaceful protest — whatever that means. FTP March, Iteration 3.0 Jan,18, 2015 – Fuck the police Parameters … Continued

On Sunday, January 18, the run-up to the historicMarch for Real Climate Leadership begins with an Oakland forum on “Organizing at the Crossroads: What Real Climate Leadership Looks Like,” one of seven forums to be held throughout the state on the community impacts of the gas and oil industry. California is standing at the crossroads between deadly fossil fuel-dependency and the promise of an emerging social and economic renewal. And only an equitable, green energy transition rooted in environmental justice can take us there. Come hear an inspiring panel of real … Continued

What: An inspiring organizing meeting to get ready for the March for Real Climate Leadership Why: To meet local activists near you, learn about the local organizing that’s happening in the Bay, and build momentum towards the March for Real Climate Leadership Facebook event & RSVP Next month’s march is one of our best chances to demand real action to combat the climate crisis here in California — and the next step towards making Oakland part of that is coming to the community organizing meeting on Sunday. We have an … Continued

#MLKshutitdown Unspecified Action @ West Oakland BART 57900

“Equality demands dignity. And dignity demands a job and a paycheck that lasts through the week.” “When you have mass unemployment in the Negro community it’s called a social problem. When you have mass unemployment in the white community it’s called a depression” “We refuse to believe the bank of justice is bankrupt” — Martin Luther King, Jr—– Join the Anti Police-Terrorism Project (APTP) for a MLK day march that reclaims the spirit of King and celebrates his legacy of resistance! Facebook page & RSVP. There will be performances, speakers, … Continued

#BlackLivesMatter. Join us as we discuss the national epidemic of police brutality, misconduct and associasted laws and legal procedures, as well as your rights when facing law enforcement and the state of our modern civil rights movement. Panelists: John Burris, Adante Pointer, Paul Henderson, Cephus Johnson Performance: Prentice Powell, spoken word artist.    57763

CANCELLED For this week. Back next Monday.57853

Please come at 9am and 2pm to support folks arrested at a march during MLK weekend. Let’s come out and support each other! Facebook event. Always check the event page and Antirepression for last minute changes.57915

 Demands to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors 1. Set aside 50% of the County Realignment budget for reentry programs and services. 2. Support the #BlackFriday14 and tell BART and the District Attorney to drop charges and restitution. 3. Follow Supervisor Keith Carson’s call for 2015 as the year to attack issues of racial inequality. Protect and invest in Black and Brown lives because they are among the most criminalized, incarcerated, and subjected to violence by law enforcement. 85-8242. Facebook event.   57925

Special meeting of the Berkeley City Council: Continue the Council’s discussion on the issues raised at the January 17, 2015 City Council meeting regarding possible ways to improve community and police relations and addressing our response to what occurred in Ferguson, Missouri and beyond that will result in positive steps the City Council can pursue and, b) identify items for Council consideration at the February 10, 2015 Council meeting.  Special meeting agenda. A regular Berkeley City Council meeting begins at 7:00 PM.57924

Surveillance technologies such as automated license plate readers, body cameras and drones, to name a few, have the potential to give law enforcement an edge in fighting crime and bringing wrongdoers to justice. Yet the same technologies also raise serious concerns about privacy and civil liberties. Throughout California, elected representatives and law enforcement leaders are faced with the task of finding a balance that serves their community. At this Forum, speakers from California and elsewhere will discuss how law enforcement is procuring and using these technologies, how local communities are addressing the … Continued

Join us on the 5th anniversary of the infamous Citizens United decision for the “Mourning in America” March and Rally. The 3.1 mile march will be kicked off by well known hip-hop artist for change, Khafre Joy. Marchers will be led by effigies of five of the Supreme Court Justices, and followed by a spirited band and a coffin with Uncle Sam inside. The rally will begin at 4:30 at at the Federal Building, the end-site of the march. Speakers will include Gayle McLaughlin, former mayor of Richmond who stood … Continued

Join a march and rally—in fact, a memorial service— to mark the 5th anniversary  of the death of democracy. On this day in 2010, the US Supreme Court issued its “Citizens United” ruling, which allows corporations and their billionaire masters to strangle democracy. Statement of the event organizers, Money Out! People In!: On this the anniversary of the Citizen United we: • Mourn the Supreme Court decisions granting corporations unlimited campaign spending rights. • Mourn our lost American democracy, • Mourn the loss of government that no longer works for us. … Continued

Organizing meeting of City College of San Francisco students, faculty and classified staff to fight against the downsizing of public education. Unfortunately we have lots to talk about with the latest outrage of our administration closing Civic Center Campus. On December 9th, Judge Curtis Karnow heard oral closing arguments in the matter of the People of California vs. the ACCJC. He will issue a tentative ruling any day now. The attorneys will then have 15 days to submit written objections. Sometime after that Judge Karnow will issue his final ruling. … Continued

We are reading up on Syriza (the Greek leftist party that could win the Jan 25th election) and the (current) Greek debt crisis for the next meeting. Here are some recent articles..  They are all pretty short.   People should pick and choose the ones that seem interesting to them, at least four of them. If we can find an in-depth analysis of the current Greek fiscal/monetary situation, the reading list may get updated/augmented. The last is an in-depth analysis of austerity in Europe.  However, it is by the Heritage … Continued

San Leandro, like other cities in the Bay Area, wants to acquire a tank.  Well, not a tank exactly; more like (actually, exactly like) an armored personnel carrier. The kind you see in war movies and Iraq footage. On January 8th a rally against the tank, followed by a San Leandro City Council meeting in which much opposition  to the acquisition of this vehicle was voiced, was held.  (The City Council plans to hold a vote sometime in February).  Most of the voices opposed were San Leandro Citizens, and a few … Continued

On September 1, 2014 Anwar was falsely arrested during our 2nd Annual Community Appreciation BBQ, On this day we marched in solidarity with Ferguson and the family of Michael Brown, murdered by Ferguson Police , At the end of our march while returning back to our destination Ali Oakbaba was arrested falsely arrested by Vallejo Police , came from behind to capture and silence him for exercising his right to protest. Those of you who are active in the movement against police brutality know how dedicated he is to the … Continued

Come support Marsha at her next hearing.She was arrested while doing jail support for comrades. Check the Antirepression website and/or Facebook for last minute updates!57871

PACK the BART Board Meeting for #blackfriday14! Come to the BART Board meeting to demand justice! Free the Black Friday 14! No charges or fines! #notonedime. Facebook event. 1. Turn out to the BART Board of Directors meeting tomorrow, Thursday, January 22nd, at 4:45pm: The Bay Area Black Lives Matter chapter will be there, at 344 20th St, 3rd Flr, Oakland, CA, along with our Bay Area allies, to demand that the BART Board of Directors show the necessary leadership to put an end to this outrageous criminalization. And here … Continued

On Thursday, January 22nd the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club will host a wide ranging discussion on the status of local police agencies, their records in our East Bay communities and the invigorated social movement that is demanding these agencies respect the communities they were hired to serve. The panel will include Cat Brooks of ONYX and the Blackout Collective,  Attorney Jim Chanin, who along with John Burris brought the suit resulting in the federal oversight of OPD, Jesse Douglas Allen-Taylor, local journalist, author and political commentator, and Rasheed Shabazz, photojournalist … Continued

Join the International Socialist Organization for a discussion about the origins and function of the police and their relationship to racism, class and capitalism.57910

Osha is a long time stalwart civil rights attorney, advocate for the disenfranchised, artist and renaissance activist. Thursday he will be a MECA on 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, signing his latest book, Doodling On The Titanic: The Making Of Art In A World On The Brink.  Faceplant 57927

Every Thursday in January is Black Lives Film Night This week: “Watermellon Man” (1971) narrative of a white guy who wakes up as a black man  57824

Please come to court in San Francisco to support our 2 comrades who were arrested by the during #BARTFriday. BART police and SF Sheriffs retaliated against these two brave individuals while they were in custody. Particularly severe pain and trauma was caused to one of our arrestees, whose cane was stolen by BART PD, and despite repeated requests for mobility assistance, she was denied any help and police mocked her as they forced her to move about the BART station and jail without assistance. Facebook event & RSVP Check the … Continued

 Always check Antirepression website and facebook for last minute changes.57931

Carl Dix, co-founder of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network will be speaking on: POLICE MURDER BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE ALL THE DAMN TIME! Why does this happen? Why are they almost never punished for their crimes? And what will it take to end this? During the last few months, powerful, beautiful and determined protests have been dragging some of the reality of what it means to be Black or Latino in Amerikkka out into the open for all to see. People in Ferguson first stood up to say NO MORE … Continued

@BellaEiko discusses why #BlackLivesMatter based upon her Oakland activism, KDVS Davis 90.3 FM, 5:30pm today, 1/23, http://t.co/5NTBGNjnXw— KDVS (@KDVS903fm) January 24, 2015 57965

Bay Area tweeps: Check out this event on Friday>>#BlackPanthers, #Oakland 1968, Henry Raulston Photographs pic.twitter.com/U2ek7j7U6T— Sonny Lê (@sonnylebythebay) January 22, 2015 57966

“Groundswell Rising”– a new film about fracking Learn more about how fracking is poisoning our water and air, causing cancer and asthma, and how ordinary people are successfully fighting to stop the oil and gas industry from fracking in their communities.  This provocative and hopeful film documents a people’s movement, a groundswell rising, challenging a system that promotes profit over health. The film will be followed by a discussion with the director Renard Cohen and a representative of Bay Area 350 who will talk about the movement to ban fracking … Continued

Cages Kill! Freedom Rally! At least 6 people have died in the county jail while in the hands of the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Department and California Forensics Medical Group (CFMG) since August 2012. In April 2013, we organized a historic march and speakout, highlighting sheriff violence faced by people inside the County Jail that inspired the Santa Cruz County Grand Jury to investigate the jail’s deadly conditions. The grand jury report named the April 6th demonstration as a primary catalyst for the investigation. In September 2014, the Grand Jury released … Continued

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. 57902

You are invited to join a citywide discussion about the relationship between Black & Brown communities and Law Enforcement. On Saturday January 24, the Oakland City Council will convene a special meeting to hear from community groups and individuals about concerns raised in recent protest activities and to discuss what the City can do to improve police/community relations. If you would like to speak at the meeting, you can fill out a speaker’s card in advance or on the day of the meeting. #Oakland City Council #BlackLivesMatter forum flyer AND … Continued

Sponsored by Radical Women and SFSU Rebel Voices. The Walk for Life is a pro-life event that opposes reproductive rights, taking place two days after the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Stand with us as we defend the right to a safe and legal abortion!57874

Come and help us draw awareness to and fight unjust debt! Come get connected with SDBA’s many projects! organizing for public banking in Oakland and elsewhere. advocating for Postal banking. saving the Berkeley Post Office and stopping the Staples non-union takeover of good Post Office jobs working with the City of Richmond and other municipalities for eminent domain seizure of underwater mortgages from the banksters ongoing study group student debt resistance helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization and fighting against usurious for-profit pay-day lenders and their ilk our famous … Continued

Celebrate resilience to inspire resistance! Celebrations of Gill Tract Community * Photography * Paintings * Prints * * Videos * Songs * Poetry * Stories * We are calling in the Gill Tract family for a celebration of resilience and hope in the local, grassroots struggle for food sovereignty. Join us as we come together to share the art, community, and inspiration that has been sown, grown, and tended over the twenty year struggle for the piece of land that occupies our hearts. Please get in touch with us to … Continued

A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice is an anthology of stories, analysis, and reflections from global movements fighting the tar sands and oil extraction using a wide variety of strategies and approaches. It features writing by Indigenous organizers from across the continent, analysts, and campaigners, as well as 350.org staff and board members, including a forward by Naomi Klein and Bill Mckibben. What: The multimedia book launch will include a discussion on solidarity, extraction, and Indigenous sovereignty and climate change, with panel of frontline activists fighting … Continued

Our 4th open circle to connect and organize toward the end of police militarization, state violence and systemic racism. RSVP and invite folks to the Facebook event This open circle will continue the dialogue and planning around support, goals, and long-term strategy in addressing the long-standing issues of the extremely disproportionate degrees of police brutality and killings of black people and people of color, systematic racism, state violence, militarization of police, and more that have been brought to the forefront once again due to the recent surge of such atrocities. Let’s … Continued

 We Need a Revolution and a Revolution is Possible!  Come hear Carl Dix & Sunsara Taylor speak on why.  They will take questions. Sunsara Taylor is a writer for Revolution Newspaper, an initiator of Stop Patriarchy, and sits on the Advisory Board of World Can’t Wait. She has written on the rise of theocracy, wars and repression in the U.S., police murder and mass incarceration, and more. She has led in building resistance to these crimes as part of building the movement for revolution to put an end to all … Continued

Free Movie: Fruitvale Station  (Drama 2013) explores the killing of Oscar Grant by a white BART policeman   57901

Always check Antirepression website and facebook for last minute changes. Good news! As of today, word is out that the SF court appearances are not scheduled. No need to come out for court support in SF 01/26 – 01/28!57932

a special presentation on climate change with author and environmentalist Mark Hertsgaard Surviving Climate Chaos: Reframing the Climate Question ​“Over the next 50 years, climate change will transform our world in ways we have only begun to imagine. Humans have changed the weather on the planet, and the battle to prevent climate chaos has become the race to survive it. Climate change worsens already existing conflicts over water supplies, energy sources, weather-induced migration — and it undermines the very ecosystems that make life possible. Besides striving to lower the global … Continued

Over the next 50 years, climate change will transform our world in ways we have only begun to imagine. Herstgaard will address how these changing conditions especially affect peoples living around the equator and in low-lying countries as the oceans rise. What does this mean for them? What will it mean for us? How can we begin to prepare for these inevitable mass migrations? Mark Hertsgaard has spoken and written about global warming for more than 20 years. An environmental correspondent for NPR, The Nation, the New Yorker and other media organizations, Hertsgaard travels … Continued

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 DEVELOPMENT GROUP. HUDSON-MCDONALD BACKED OUT OF THE DEAL IN EARLY DECEMBER. THE CITY OF BERKELEY SUED THE POST OFFICE TO STOP THE SALE. A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS IN PLACE UNTIL DECEMBER 17th, BUT WAS LIFTED BY THE JUDGE WHEN HUDSON WITHDREW.  Get an overview … Continued

As communities around the nation have taken to the streets in the ongoing movement against police brutality the question of the police and their role in society has taken on new importance. With the police killing a Black person every 28 hours a movement is emerging that challenges the idea of who they protect and who they serve. The very origins of their institution is saturated in racism and violence. From their beginning as a force to quell strikes, urban riots, and the threat of slave insurrection they have always … Continued

TANKS, NO THANKS GIVE BACK THE BEARCAT ARMORED MILITARY VEHICLE (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck) Let city council know how you feel SAY NO TO THE MILITARIZATION OF THE POLICE Organized by SCRAM ! ( Santa Cruz Resistance Against Militarization !)   57952

Extra Occupy Forum OccupyForum hosts Harvey “No Nukes” Wasserman and allies SHUT DOWN DIABLO CANYON JOIN US in the accelerating campaign to shut California’s last nukes: the two reactors at Diablo Canyon, near San Luis Obispo. Citizen activism has closed the reactors at Humboldt, Rancho Seco and San Onofre, and stopped proposed projects at Bakersfield, Bodega and elsewhere. We believe we can force this deadly, dangerous and disastrous plant shut if you will join with us. PG&E’s Diablo is two 1200+ megawatt monsters surrounded by earthquake faults, in a tsunami zone, out of compliance with clean … Continued

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 second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the SEIU Local 1000 union hall, 1433 Webster Street, 2nd Floor in downtown Oakland. These assembly meetings occur from 6:30 pm to 8:00 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 … Continued

Register here. This is a meeting for privacy minded people in San Francisco. January 28th is International Data Privacy Day, a fitting time to host the first in what we hope will be an ongoing series of Privacy Lab Meetups in the Bay Area. At this meeting our speaker will be Cooper Quintin from the EFF, who will present “A State of the Union for Privacy and Consumer Protection and Wishlist for 2015”. His presentation will be preceded by 30 minutes of socializing as people arrive, and then followed by about an hour for … Continued

On Wednesday OUSD will be discussing proposals to privatize Fremont HS, Castlemont HS, McClymonds HS, Frick MS and Brookfield Elementary and make it easier for charter schools to recruit public school families. This is tied to changes the district is pushing to the teacher union contract that will make these turnarounds easier to implement. OEA is fighting for the resources needed to create stable schools and bottom-up school transformation! Let’s show up unified as teachers, students, parents and community members to shut down the Superintendent Wilson’s proposals to continue the … Continued

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) will convene a public meeting on January 28, 2015, starting a 6:00 p.m. at the 450 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA, 94804. Next Wednesday, January 28, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) will hold a public meeting, to present the third and final investigation report and safety recommendations from the August 6, 2012, crude unit fire that occurred at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, CA. That fire endangered 19 workers and sent more than 15,000 residents to the hospital for medical attention. … Continued

FTP march J28 7pm OGP 14th and Broadway. 400 got arrested so 400 turn up.— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) January 20, 2015 #OaklandProtest #FTP #J28 march 1/28/15 #OGP 407 people for arrested that night.. 400 and 7… So that's how many… http://t.co/pE1G3dXbcF— FilmingInFerguson (@BellaEiko) January 20, 2015 57917

The first of eight meetings is January 28th. This seminar will study the corporate structure, its historical development, and its modes of political control.  57909

Event for radical women in San Francisco,: discussion about the importance of women of color being involved and given a voice. 57863

The folks in this kettle rang in the New Year with arrests. Let’s show them 2015 will be full of solidarity! Come out to Wiley Manuel on both Thursday, 01/29 and Friday, 01/30 at 9am in Department 107 for their arraignments! Always check Antirepression website and facebook for last minute changes. 57968

Deliver a message to Boston’s Mayor and the District Attorney on January 30 to: “DROP THE OUTRAGEOUS ANTI-UNION FRAME-UP CHARGES AGAINST BOSTON SCHOOL BUS DRIVER STEVE KIRSCHBAUM and REHIRE THE 4 FIRED UNION LEADERS!” Facebook event. This Friday is National Call-in day to Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and District Attorney Daniel Conley. Team Solidarity – the voice of Boston’s school bus drivers – is asking supporters to call Suffolk County DA Daniel Conley at 617-619-4000 or fax him at 617-619-4210. Tell him to drop the frame-up felony charges against USW … Continued

6:00 pm and 8:00 pm screenings KPFA Radio 94.1FM and International House, UC Berkeley, present: THE THROWAWAYS An award winning documentary film With Bhawin Suchak (Director/Producer) & Ira McKinley (ex-felon & homeless filmmaker) Tickets: 800-838-3006 or at independent bookstores, student discount at door, KPFA benefit The Throwaways is a timely and provocative look at the impact of mass incarceration and police brutality on black men in America. Told through the eyes of homeless ex-felon Ira McKinley, the film documents his struggle to bring positive changes to his community in inner-city … Continued

Come hear about the struggles of many people and organizations to fight the huge corporations and governments behind the tar sands projects as Joshua Kahn Russell, editor of A Line in The Tar Sands: Struggles For Environmental Justice, reads from the book and discusses the latest progress in the effort to stop this giant carbon bomb. More details below….. it’s happening at The Green Arcade (maybe San Francisco’s coolest book store and one that supports critical thinking about, well, everything) at 1680 Market Street @ Gough – 7pm, this Thursday … Continued

The folks in this kettle rang in the New Year with arrests. Let’s show them 2015 will be full of solidarity! Come out to Wiley Manuel on both Thursday, 01/29 and Friday, 01/30 at 9am in Department 107 for their arraignments! Always check Antirepression website and facebook for last minute changes. 57968

Screening of ‘The Throwaways’ w/ discussion around police terrorism and related activism. Note: Time is uncertain. Not listed in the original posting on the #BlackLivesMatter calendar, and not currently on the Omni calendar.   57864

Long time occupier Kyle is having benefit show to raise funds for cancer treatment tomorrow night https://t.co/EbXGK41c2c Amnesia, SF 7:30pm— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) January 30, 2015 ALL $ FROM THE DOOR & some proceeds from the bar as well will be donated to Kyle to help him fight cancer. 58016

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. 57902

LOL will be hosting a free Security and Privacy Workshop which will include practical sessions on phone security apps, operational security, risk assessment, and other tools you can use to enhance your safety and privacy across your devices.   Facebook event & RSVP.57991

Come protest landlord/speculator Ann Kihagi-Swain to get her to stop pushing out tenants in over 10 buildings, with harassment, fake notices, and multiple Owner Move Ins. Lease violations evictions for minor things are way up in SF, especially from new building owners. Landlord Ann Kihagi-Swain is one of the worst; using multiple names she bought up over 10 buildings this last summer and fall. Soon after buying the buildings she has giving most tenants 3 day notices: for everything from shoes in the hallway, to illegal roommates for partners who … Continued

Facebook page. In late November the Senate Report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s use of Torture was released. This report has since been swept under the rug and nearly forgotten. The Mainstream media, the government and a complicit American public are prepared to forget about the Senate Report on CIA torture AND WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN! Join organizations and individuals from across the political spectrum for protests, rallies, and gatherings on Saturday January 31st to make sure America and the US government do not go unchallenged. WAKE UP THE … Continued

A careful & close analysis of the Haitian Revolution (the world’s first nation of Africans to overthrow slavery)! How does it connect to today? ********************************* HAITI ACTION COMMITTEE STUDY GROUP We invite you to be apart of our monthly study group. We use films, texts, and speakers to explore Haiti’s history, current political situation, and make connections to parallel struggles throughout the U.S. and around the world. Come to this month’s meeting! Facebook event. The (Ongoing) Haitian Revolution January 1st marked the 211th anniversary of Haiti’s independence. Join us as … Continued

Learn how to visit people incarcerated in California prisons. Participants will leave knowing how to request and conduct legal visits and social/family visits, and access support that exists for people traveling to prisons. Please RSVP & complete this poll so we can customize the training: http://tinyurl.com/Walls-Pre-Training-Survey For upcoming trainings in the series, and Materials from previous training, click here http://caitlinkellyhenry.com/support/ This training series will focus on practical skills development for loved ones, activists, legal workers, and lawyers to understand the nitty gritty methods and best practices for supporting people on the inside. Facebook … Continued