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Alameda Renters Coalition
2:30 pm
Alameda Renters Coalition
Jan 2 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
ARC General Meeting, Sat, Jan 2 City Council will be holding their January 5th meeting in Kofman Auditorium to accommodate what is sure to be a huge crowd to discuss their ordinances to address the rent crisis. Renters need to make a strong showing, and we also need to be well informed on what will be presented and how we can make the strongest case for rent control. Therefore, this will be the primary focus of Alameda Renters Coalition’s General Meeting, this Saturday, Jan 2nd, 2:30pm at 2027 Clement St. … Continued
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Sunflower Alliance General Meeting
1:00 pm
Sunflower Alliance General Meeting
@ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center
Jan 3 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
 Save the date! On January 3 we’ll hear a report from Paris by Pennie Opal Plant, who attended COP21 as a representative of the Indigenous Environmental Network. Sunflower Alliance general meetings offer a great opportunity to learn more about fossil fuel resistance and climate justice efforts in our region. Your voice matters, your participation makes a difference. We welcome newcomers. 60141
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Planning Meeting: Interfaith Action for MLK Weekend
10:00 am
Planning Meeting: Interfaith Action for MLK Weekend
@ First Congregational Church Oakland
Jan 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Planning Meeting: Interfaith Action for MLK Weekend For the second year in a row, the Bay area will mark Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday with a 96-hour period of direct action demanding thorough transformation of the social structures that contribute to the war on Black lives. If you would like to help plan a faith-based action for that weekend, please come to this planning meeting. We are open to planning a single interfaith action, multiple actions representing multiple faith traditions, or an action that consists of waves of people, with each wave representing one faith tradition. … Continued
Occupy Forum: Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition
6:00 pm
Occupy Forum: Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition
@ SEIU Local 1021
Jan 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
O C C U P Y F O R U M O F F – S I T E M E E T I N G Enter on Rhode Island, turn to left up the stairs, conference room is to the right. Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition Meeting: National Emergency Everywhere across this nation, people gather in shock, despair, rage as another black person is murdered by police without accountability. This is a national emergency. For the third Monday, OccupyForum will be taking place at the Justice 4 Mario Woods … Continued
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SpokesCouncil Meetings to Plan 96 Hours of Action Over MLK Weekend
7:00 pm
SpokesCouncil Meetings to Plan 96 Hours of Action Over MLK Weekend
@ Omni Commons
Jan 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Spokescouncil Meetings are scheduled to take place: January 5th @ 7pm at the OMNI January 9th @ 7 pm @ the OMNI January 12th @ 7pm (San Francisco Location TBD) January 14th @ 7pm (Location TBD) The MLK weekend will once again culminate in a King Day march that embodies the true spirit of King’s resistance to capitalism, imperialism and racism. Over the last year, in … Continued
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Gill Tract Direct Action Defense Training
6:30 pm
Gill Tract Direct Action Defense Training
Jan 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
We're holding a DIRECT ACTION TRAINING to DEFEND the Gill Tract FARM on Wednesday, the 6th between 6:30 and… https://t.co/Mzw30jeLZW— Occupy the Farm (@occupyfarm) January 5, 2016 60230
East Bay Homes Not Jails Meeting
7:00 pm
East Bay Homes Not Jails Meeting
@ Omni Collective
Jan 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Homes Not Jails is a consensus-based collective of squatters and squat supporters who believe housing is a human right. Our goal is to open as much vacant housing as possible and to keep it open as long as possible. HNJ is a place to organize mutual aid among squatters and squat supporters and housing rights advocates in the bay. We actively fight to make our space inclusive and safe for everybody and combat oppression in all forms.60220
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Ella Baker Center Member Meeting
6:00 pm
Ella Baker Center Member Meeting
@ CompassPoint
Jan 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Join us at our next monthly membership meeting where we’ll discuss upcoming campaigns and how you can organize with us in 2016! 60244
Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition Meeting
6:00 pm
Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition Meeting
@ SEIU Local 1020
Jan 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Our next meeting will be on Thursday at SEIU local 1020 at 6 pm. Enter at 350 Rhode Island . Enter on Kansas Street side between 16 th and 17th street side.60232
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Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! Strike Debt Bay Area.
4:00 pm
Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! Strike Debt Bay Area.
@ Omni Commons
Jan 9 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Come and help us draw awareness to and fight unjust debt! Come get connected with SDBA’s many projects! student debt resistance organizing for public banking. advocating for Postal banking. fighting modern day debtors’ prisons and exploitive ticketing and fining schemes ongoing study group helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization and fighting against usurious for-profit pay-day lenders and their ilk our famous Strike Debt radio program staging Debtors’ Assemblies Working on debarring US Banks that have been convicted of felonies from municipal contracts saving the Berkeley Post Office, fighting Post … Continued
SpokesCouncil Meetings to Plan 96 Hours of Action Over MLK Weekend
7:00 pm
SpokesCouncil Meetings to Plan 96 Hours of Action Over MLK Weekend
@ Omni Commons
Jan 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Spokescouncil Meetings are scheduled to take place: January 5th @ 7pm at the OMNI January 9th @ 7 pm @ the OMNI January 12th @ 7pm (San Francisco Location TBD) January 14th @ 7pm (Location TBD) The MLK weekend will once again culminate in a King Day march that embodies the true spirit of King’s resistance to capitalism, imperialism and racism. Over the last year, in … Continued
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CANCELLED: Open Circle: Now Meeting Once a Month on the 4th Sunday.
3:00 pm
CANCELLED: Open Circle: Now Meeting Once a Month on the 4th Sunday.
@ Omni Commons
Jan 10 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 Now meeting once a month, on the fourth Sunday, instead of twice a month. 59204
Community Democracy Project
6:30 pm
Community Democracy Project
@ Omni Commons
Jan 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city … Continued
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MLK Day March Committee Meeting
7:00 pm
MLK Day March Committee Meeting
@ Suite 411
Jan 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Description: MLK Day (1/18/16) March planning committee meeting. 60235
Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting
7:00 pm
Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting
@ Madison Park Apartments, community room
Jan 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 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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SpokesCouncil Meetings to Plan 96 Hours of Action Over MLK Weekend
7:00 pm
SpokesCouncil Meetings to Plan 96 Hours of Action Over MLK Weekend
@ Omni Commons
Jan 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Spokescouncil Meetings are scheduled to take place: January 5th @ 7pm at the OMNI January 9th @ 7 pm @ the OMNI January 12th @ 7pm @ the OMNI January 14th @ 7pm @ the OMNI The MLK weekend will once again culminate in a King Day march that embodies the true spirit of King’s resistance to capitalism, imperialism and racism. Over the last year, in … Continued
Berkeley Progressive Alliance Meeting
7:30 pm
Berkeley Progressive Alliance Meeting
@ Live Oak Park
Jan 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Sustainable Berkeley Coalition is working for open, transparent governance that supports our diverse community with appropriate development, housing and protected environment. Meetings are planned for the second Wednesdays of the month at 7:30 pm Our Berkeley Progressive Alliance will join other civic groups and communities to help create a united voice and vision to elect 2016 Berkeley leadership. We need a city council and mayor that will represent the true vision of our city’s people. We need affordable housing and community-oriented development projects, green developers, innovations to help the … Continued
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Coalition for Police Accountability Meeting
6:00 pm
Coalition for Police Accountability Meeting
Jan 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
The CPA is creating a charter amendment ballot initiative to create an accountable, civilian-controlled, police commission. The ONLY agenda item will be a discussion of whether or not we should file a petition with the City Clerk’s Office to declare our intention to collect signatures to independently place our item on the Nov 2016 ballot. We will discuss the pros and cons, including logistic challenges but also organizing opportunities. In the interim, we will try to assemble as much information about what signature initiatives involve, what the needed capacity looks … Continued
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Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition Meeting
6:00 pm
Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition Meeting
@ SEIU Local 1020
Jan 14 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Our next meeting will be on Thursday at SEIU local 1020 at 6 pm. Enter at 350 Rhode Island . Enter on Kansas Street side between 16 th and 17th street side.60232
SpokesCouncil Meetings to Plan 96 Hours of Action Over MLK Weekend
7:00 pm
SpokesCouncil Meetings to Plan 96 Hours of Action Over MLK Weekend
@ Omni Commons
Jan 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Spokescouncil Meetings are scheduled to take place: January 5th @ 7pm at the OMNI January 9th @ 7 pm @ the OMNI January 12th @ 7pm @ the OMNI January 14th @ 7pm @ the OMNI The MLK weekend will once again culminate in a King Day march that embodies the true spirit of King’s resistance to capitalism, imperialism and racism. Over the last year, in … Continued
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Sunflower Alliance General Meeting
1:00 pm
Sunflower Alliance General Meeting
@ Bobby Bowens Center
Jan 17 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Join us for reports of activities aimed at resisting the multiple fossil fuel expansion projects in our area. At this meeting we will also take up an extended discussion on strategies for movement building. Newcomers always welcome. 60272
Community Democracy Project
6:30 pm
Community Democracy Project
@ Omni Commons
Jan 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city … Continued
Liberated Lens Weekly Meetup
7:00 pm
Liberated Lens Weekly Meetup
@ Omni Commons
Jan 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Liberated Lens 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, and organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops. Join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop! We usually meet in our editing suite (2nd floor in the ballroom, to the left of the stage) and then work … Continued
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Anti Police-Terror Coalition
7:30 pm
Anti Police-Terror Coalition
@ Eastside Arts Alliance
Jan 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Monthly APTP meeting, held on every 3rd Wednesday of the month. The Anti Police-Terror Project is a project of the ONYX ORGANIZING COMMITTEE that in coalition with other organizations like The Alan Blueford Center For Justice, Idriss Stelley Foundation, Community Ready Corps and Workers World 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.60216
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Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition Meeting
6:00 pm
Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition Meeting
@ SEIU Local 1020
Jan 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Our next meeting will be on Thursday at SEIU local 1020 at 6 pm. Enter at 350 Rhode Island . Enter on Kansas Street side between 16 th and 17th street side.60232
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Community Democracy Project
6:30 pm
Community Democracy Project
@ Omni Commons
Jan 24 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city … Continued
Liberated Lens Weekly Meetup
7:00 pm
Liberated Lens Weekly Meetup
@ Omni Commons
Jan 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Liberated Lens 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, and organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops. Join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop! We usually meet in our editing suite (2nd floor in the ballroom, to the left of the stage) and then work … Continued
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Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting
6:30 pm
Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting
@ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall
Jan 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
 Join us to fight for a livable wage for all Bay Area workers! We collaborate in principled reflection and action on what the Bay Area livable wage would be and where we are at on the right to a livable wage. The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds Community and Power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. Our work together encompasses: (1) The concerns of precarious, care and contingent workers, (2) Campaigns to improve wages for low wage workers, and (3) Efforts by … Continued
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Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition Meeting
6:00 pm
Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition Meeting
@ SEIU Local 1020
Jan 28 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Our next meeting will be on Thursday at SEIU local 1020 at 6 pm. Enter at 350 Rhode Island . Enter on Kansas Street side between 16 th and 17th street side.60232
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Community Democracy Project
6:30 pm
Community Democracy Project
@ Omni Commons
Jan 31 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city … Continued
Liberated Lens Weekly Meetup
7:00 pm
Liberated Lens Weekly Meetup
@ Omni Commons
Jan 31 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Liberated Lens 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, and organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops. Join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop! We usually meet in our editing suite (2nd floor in the ballroom, to the left of the stage) and then work … Continued
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