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#savemidtown #rentcontrol rally. MOH wants to codify rent increases designed to drive out long term Black community from the #Fillmore#blackhomesmatter61041

Calling the OAKLAND community to join as we let our voices be heard and demand affordable housing now. Be here!! Advocates from the #SupportMalonga coalition, the Black Arts District, Chinatown, and labor allies just finished a 2-hour meeting with Wood Partners, and they disrespected our community by coming with almost no tangible commitments and details on our very specific set of meaningful community requests below. Even though their investors, CBRE Global, earn $9 billion annually and Wood Partners as a national firm owns over $8 billion in developments across the … Continued

Today at 5:30pm, at @SFCity_Hall, let's show them how we feel about tasers.. #Frisco500 pic.twitter.com/KS3trB932Y— Equipto (@EQUIPTO) June 1, 2016 61049

Help Food and Water Watch stop fracking before it begins in Alameda County.  They are bringing legislation before the County Board of Supervisors to outlaw the practice before it begins (there is currently no fracking in Alameda County, but you never know when it could start…) Snacks.61038

Vigil for #AmilcarPerezLopez at Mission Police station 6 pm every Wed til @GeorgeGascon announces if #sfpd charged pic.twitter.com/TiyAAbsH6F— Steve Rhodes (@tigerbeat) May 19, 2016 60982

Meet with community advocates in the fight against homelessness, those without houses, Berkeley City Councils staffers and interested citizens to discuss progress on Tiny Homes solutions to homelessness, and starting a Tiny Homes village.60958

Open as MANY homes as possible… Hold them as long as possible… 61035

Justice 4 Jessica Williams Community Press Conference Thursday at 11 AMBayview Police Station201 Williams St. SF@MaryMad— LolaLolaLola (@Lola_Casanova) May 31, 2016 61042

The Sheriff wants to build a new $55 million jail expansion at Santa Rita for treating mentally ill inmate.  It needs to be stopped in its tracks and the money redirected to mental health treatment outside of jail. We’ve got some momentum to re-invigorate and have a lot to discuss with the decarceration plan. Here a tentative agenda for 7/28, feel free to add additional items by directly replying to me. Check in What’s happening, what’s coming up in the community LeeLoo Update Individual and org commitments Shared leadership structure … Continued

•COMMUNITY ALERT•The #Justice4MarioWoods Coalition Invites YOU to a Special Community •TOWN HALL MEETING• Details👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/Y97zgp84Dg— HipHop4Justice (@rezurxn) June 1, 2016 61046

Transition Berkeley & the Ecology Center Present: “Occupy the Farm” film & discussion 6:30 refreshments, 7 pm event Please join us to witness an incredible drama that took place in our own back yard in 2012 and that continues to unfold today. Occupy the Farm tells the story of 200 urban farmers who walk onto a publicly-owned farm in Albany, California and plant two acres of crops in order to save the land from becoming a real-estate development. This direct action set up a vibrant tent village on land destined to … Continued

This is the most important election in decades. The billionaire class, their media, and their two parties are trembling as the 99% rally around Bernie’s platform. Kshama Sawant, the Socialist Alternative Seattle city councilmember has launched a petition for Bernie to run independently through November and over 30,000 people have signed! We’re done playing their two-party game! Join us to discuss questions like: can the Democrats help win fundamental change? Should Sanders run as an independent? Why are millions of people interested in socialism? Do we need a party of … Continued

Berkeley Post Office Defenders presents Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for US President. In addition to Ms. Stein, there will be other speakers who will cover such topics as –       Preservation of Berkeley’s main post  office and other public resources in the face of privatization manipulations by high profit corporations –       Unified protection of union jobs as USPS  attempts to move postal services to Staples –       Eco-wise use of common space resiliance after  destruction of our community information, clothing, book, plant … Continued

Come join us this First Friday for a beer or two and connect with other Bay Area restaurant workers on our ongoing struggle for worker justice. Follow us on our bar hop! 5:00 – 5:30 = Meet at Soul Space & pick up banner 5:30 – 6:15 = Diving dog Brew House 6:15 – 7:00 = Beer Garden 7:30 – 8:00 = Hella Vegan Eats61045

The Communist Party USA (Oakland/Berkeley) invites you to a discussion of ‘An electoral process that goes beyond Bernie’. As background the following short articles are suggested reading. John Bachtell, ‘Left Strategy in 2016: Building Real Political Independence’ http://www.cpusa.org/article/left-strategy-in-2016-part-1-grasping-the-key-link-of-struggle/ C. Hass, ‘The Other Progressive Challengers Take on the Democratic Establishment’ http://inthesetimes.com/features/bernie_sanders_democrats_political_revolution_candidates.html Linda Burnham, ‘Notes on the Election’ http://portside.org/2016-04-25/notes-election Reese Ehrlich, ‘Why the Left Should Support Trump’ https://reeseerlich.com/2016/04/26/why-the-left-should-support-donald-trump/61023

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May 14, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, 1-5pm Using news photographs, memorabilia, reconstructed objects, documentary fragments, and original documents, contemporary artist Kate Haug re-tells the story of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last monumental social protest prior to his assassination. The exhibition features images and objects culled from Haug’s extensive research in the archives of the Associated Press, the popular press, and eBay, which have not been seen together before, bringing to life the complex ambition of King’s vision. … Continued

Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it. Come get connected with SDBA’s projects! organizing for public banking advocating for Postal banking helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization and fighting … Continued

June 2016 marks two years since the unjustly killing of our beloved Yanira at the hands of the Police in San Mateo County, pain and sorrow still present, but hope and love is even bigger. The death of my sister two years ago brought a community together, I met so many kind and generous people who were willing to give their time and energy to help my family. People who did not know me, or my family but they knew what happened to my sister was a tragedy and wanted … Continued

We’re very excited to start Planning meetings for Occupy’s 5 year anniversary. We’re planning an art and music celebration and we are looking forward to collaberating with the bay area activist community. Come on out and see what we have started and be part of planning the extravaganza.61058

Come hear from Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, speak about building a movement to put people, planet and peace over profit. Dr. Stein is committed to continuing the political revolution to Election Day and beyond, so no matter who you’re supporting in the primary, join us to hear Jill’s plan to win power for the people! As she says, “Unfortunately, our country has been concentrating wealth and losing democracy. And now it’s reaching its logical conclusions–it’s the inevitable final stages of predatory capitalism that’s creating an unlivable world. … Continued

  “COINTELPRO Then and Now” with Claude Marks and Nathaniel Moore of the Freedom Archives COINTELPRO is the FBI’s secret and illegal program to undermine and destroy popular movements for social justice that swept the US, beginning with the early civil rights movement and Puerto Rican independence movement in the 1950s, continuing to the 1960s/1970s. Orders to misdirect, discredit, disrupt, and neutralize progressive and radical organizations and leaders, up to and including outright assassination of leaders resulted. 9:00:    Coffee/socializing.  Breakfast is available for nominal fee. 9:30:    Program 10:30:    Questions, Comments, … Continued

Reem’s will be popping up at Linden Street Brewery every other Sunday, and will partner with local organizations to support their work. Critical Resistance Oakland is this Sunday’s partner, and will receive 10% of sales. Join us for freshly baked Arab street food while supporting the fight against he prison industrial complex.61048

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 it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … Continued

In less than a month rehearsals for The Box, Sarah Shourd’s play about solitary confinement, will commence. The show will run at Z Space for a total of 22 performances from July 8th to 30th. If we fill the house every night over 5,000 people see this play, elevating the brave and tragic stories of people fighting for justice on the front lines in this country. We’re almost there, but we still need your help. Cala, a new, seafood-centric Mexican restaurant in San Francisco that employs formerly incarcerated people is stepping … Continued

Midnight Matt is gone. Matt was there many nights at the Post Office protest, providing his quiet solid security presence, filming during raids and bringing loads of food in the big wooden box on his bike. I had a sorrowful surprise on Friday last…Matt Dodt died of a massive heart attack while working on a construction job in San Francisco. Except for some pains that might have been angina pectoralis last month, he had no prior history of cardiac trouble and was a strong, worker with a can do spirit. … Continued

This  is prime time folks. We have between now and early July to qualify our ballot initiative for an independent, empowered Police Commission for the November 2016 ballot. We need everyone to contribute if we are to succeed! 61025

JOIN CODEPINK, WORLD CAN’T WAIT, OCCUPYSF Action Council and others at the huge PEACE banner Feel free to bring your own signage, photos, flyers, …Additional signs and flyers provided. Stand (or sit) with us and the huge PEACE banner. On the steps facing Market Street, below Feinstein’s office, Directly above the Montgomery BART/Muni station.61071

Excavation has begun for a grocery store on part of the Gill Tract. But Occupy the Farm and its allies are still fighting to preserve the whole 20-acre plot for urban agriculture. Occupy the Farm has been growing food and advocating to maintain this UC-Berkeley-owned patch of historic farmland for four years. On Earth Day 2012 the group began occupying and gardening part of the site, located along San Pablo Ave on the border between Berkeley and Albany. The university has leased land on the southern half of the site to the Sprouts … Continued

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Our next Intro to SURJ Meeting. Come learn about our mission and goals and the work of our ongoing committees – Basebuilding, Communications, Fundraising, Mobilization, San Francisco, and Youth and Families.61090

TURN UP with us at the June 9th Public Protections Meeting to OPPOSE Alameda County’s $61 million Santa Rita Jail construction project that has been approved without the community’s consent. The jail expansion is being presented and folded into other projects as an “imporvement project” in order to gain supervisor votes. We need to flex our growing grassroots community power to our Board of Supervisors so they will prioritize spending on county care, not cages! Will you be there to help us change the tide right here in our community? … Continued

The Sheriff wants to build a new $55 million jail expansion at Santa Rita for treating mentally ill inmate.  It needs to be stopped in its tracks and the money redirected to mental health treatment outside of jail. We’ve got some momentum to re-invigorate and have a lot to discuss with the decarceration plan. Here a tentative agenda for 7/28, feel free to add additional items by directly replying to me. Check in What’s happening, what’s coming up in the community LeeLoo Update Individual and org commitments Shared leadership structure … Continued

Join us for a town hall- let’s win 1400 jobs. It’s time for Alameda County to act by employing people impacted by the criminal justice system and youth in the school-to-prison pipline. Pre-Registration form: http://bit.ly/jobs4freedom61093

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Breaking Through Concrete – An Arts & Activism celebration This is a celebration. This is a gathering of local organizations and artist from impacted communities on the front lines of oil refineries, coal and oil train fights, displacement and gentrification. We will showcase artist who are exploring the impact of interconnected social and environmental justice issues that threaten the health and safety of our communities and our future, and offering solutions. Come and celebrate our resilience, our creativity, and our power. This FREE, All ages, event features speakers, performance artists, … Continued

Islam today is the world’s second largest and fastest growing religion. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of this dynamic faith, discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. A Jihad for Love was filmed in 12 countries and 9 languages and comes from the heart of Islam. Looking beyond a hostile and war-torn present, it reclaims the Islamic concept of a greater Jihad, whose true meaning is akin to ‘an inner struggle’ or ‘to strive in the path of God’ – allowing … Continued

In December, The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to reject state funding for the construction of a new jail in San Francisco. This decision is due to years of community organizing demanding more community resources that are accessible outside of cages. Currently, the city is convening various community stakeholders, with SF Department of Public Health and the Sheriff’s Office, to re-envision replacing the current jail. This city work group is now meeting monthly to decide what kinds of alternatives to incarceration can be built in SF, such as more funding … Continued

2014 Rodeo to Richmond Healing Walk The Refinery Corridor Healing Walks, started in 2014 by Idle No More SF Bay, were inspired by the Alberta Tar Sands Healing Walks and many other similar Native American journeys.  The walks connect the dots between the Tesoro, Shell, Valero, Phillips 66 and Chevron refineries.  Walk with Idle No More and the Bay Area Refinery Corridor Coalition to bring attention to the health risks and climate dangers posed by the explosive crude, tar sands and fracked oil these refineries want to bring through our … Continued

Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to survivors and victims of violence and police terror in Oakland. The Baha’i community of Oakland is 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. Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us. Simple breakfast will be served.61094

May 14, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, 1-5pm Using news photographs, memorabilia, reconstructed objects, documentary fragments, and original documents, contemporary artist Kate Haug re-tells the story of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last monumental social protest prior to his assassination. The exhibition features images and objects culled from Haug’s extensive research in the archives of the Associated Press, the popular press, and eBay, which have not been seen together before, bringing to life the complex ambition of King’s vision. … Continued

The next general meeting of the Oakland Justice Coalition. Join us to talk politics in Oakland, endorsements, campaigns, elections, ballot initiatives, canvassing, the Renters’ crisis in Oakland and next steps. Come learn about the candidates we have or soon will be endorsing in races for school board and City Council.  Come learn what you can do to join the fight for a fair and just Oakland for workers, renters, homeowners and the homeless, school parents and school kids. Directions:  go directly across 14th St. from City Hall at the crosswalk, continue … Continued

Inspired by Naomi Klein’s bestseller, this uplifting documentary portrays communities throughout the world living on the edge of climate change. Communities like West Oakland, now threatened by coal. Please join the discussion at the end of the film.61007

Assistant City Administrator Claudia Cappio will speak at the Post Salon Community Assembly about the actions the city is taking on the Community Assembly’s 12 proposals as well as other actions of the city during Oakland’s 90-day Housing State of Emergency. URGENT – HELP KEEP GAINS OF OAKLAND EMERGENCY HOUSING MORATORIUM The Post Salon Community Assembly (with other local organizations) won a housing state of emergency that has lasted for the past two months. This ordinance has stopped hundreds and perhaps thousands of Oakland renters from having their rent raised … Continued

In March 2016, a delegation of 19 former prisoners, Black Panthers, activists and scholars convened by Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, professor at San Francisco State University, visited Palestine. This was the first U.S. delegation to focus specifically on political imprisonment and solidarity between Palestinian and U.S. prisoners. Join us for slides, stories, reflections and discussion. With: Emory Douglas, Minister of Culture, Black Panther Party, Rabab Abdulhadi, Professor, San Francisco State University, and other delegation members.61075

Oakland’s rents are rising faster than almost every city in the United States creating a displacement crisis that touches all of our communities.  The crisis has particular negative impacts on Black residents that manifest in lack of access to quality housing, jobs, and education, as well as increased racialized profiling. Meanwhile, the Oakland Police continue to be out of control. STOP the hemorrhaging of severely impacted populations. STAY – Retain current & long-time residents of Oakland. EXPAND opportunities for displaced persons to return to the City. and put the Oakland … Continued

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 it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … Continued

Candlelight Vigil for #Orlando in #Oakland tonight. 8-10pm #OGP 14th & Broadway. Please bring items for an altar. pic.twitter.com/CnruKCB6YH— Bri. (@zuchinno) June 12, 2016 61133

Beloved Ones, the times are urgent and we must remember to love and hold one another. With the recent pains of the Orlando Massacre, we are reminded of the dangers that LGBTQI family members face every day. I will be holding space at Henry J Kaiser Memorial Park for those who need a hug, a listening ear, a smudging, an energetic cleansing. Stop by to grieve, to ground for a moment of silence, to drum, to sing a mourning song. We will send metta and lovingkindness to our relations in … Continued

Join the E12th Coalition and friends for a week of: • Black & Brown liberation • Decolonization • People’s sovereignty • Hella good food • A right to housing • Art, short films, comedy, land, and more!! Free food and short films each evening, M–Thu. ==== MONDAY: 6:30pm – 9:00pm Honor This Land Food, discussion, mindfully being with the land, and themes of decolonization from Huichin (Oakland) to Palestine. Screening of the trailer of “Beyond Recognition,” on Ohlone organizing to reclaim stewardship over their sacred sites and traditional homeland, here … Continued

By ANDREA PRICHETT So it has been more than three years since Kayla was killed by Berkeley police. And yes, I believe that she was killed by the police. Perhaps unintentionally, but with an arrogance that should be considered criminal nonetheless: they killed her. Six cops participated in the killing of Kayla Moore. This transgender, African American woman who weighed almost 350 pounds, found herself underneath about 1,200 pounds of agitated police. By the time they got off of her enough to realize that she wasn’t breathing, it had also … 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

We need all hands on deck in Alameda County! Despite rapidly growing community opposition, the sheriff’s department is barrelling forward to seek county supervisor approval for the proposed mental health expansion at Santa Rita jail without the community’s consent. Mobilize with us tomorrow at the Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ meeting! Will you help us change the tide in Alameda County? The sheriff will be seeking approval for the expansion’s proposed architect and we are mobilizing to tell our Board of Supervisors that we need county money spent on care, … Continued

Press conference at 12:30 OM outside of City Hall. Committee meeting begins at 4:00 PM. Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee will be discussing and potentially voting on moving the Police Commission ballot measure being proposed by Dan Kalb & Noel Gallo and any of the Coalition’s proposed revisions to a full City Council vote. Attendance will be essential for ensuring community support is shown and heard, and that the measure moves forward. Mark your calendar and RSVP to optimize coordinated efforts. And check back here for more details about the meeting … Continued

Stand up for equitable development & community benefits for East Oakland Residents! ===== Oakland’s rents are rising faster than almost every city in the United States creating a displacement crisis that touches all of our communities.  The crisis has particular negative impacts on Black residents that manifest in lack of access to quality housing, jobs, and education, as well as increased racialized profiling. Meanwhile, the Oakland Police continue to be out of control. STOP the hemorrhaging of severely impacted populations. STAY – Retain current & long-time residents of Oakland. EXPAND … Continued

6/14 SF Solidarity Action With French Workers-Stop Union Busting, Privatization, Deregulation and Slave Labor Your Fight Is Our Fight-From France To San Francisco Bring Your Placards, Banners and Songs Tuesday June 14, 2016 5:00 PM San Francisco French Consulate 66 Kearny St. San Francisco Near The Montgomery BART station http://www.google.com/maps/dir/37.7923509,-122.4039229/66+Kearny+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94108/@37.7885525,-122.4384268,13z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x808580884e6635b5:0xd24ceeb04cda0dc9!2m2!1d-122.4034057!2d37.7885732   The French working class and their unions have called for a general strike on June 14, 2016 against the union busting attack on their labor and human rights by the Socialist Party President Francois Hollande government. They want to … Continued

TUESDAY: 6:30pm–9:00pm Black & Brown Unity Drumming & healing circle with Maestro Arturo Carrillo, Black & Brown communities sharing a meal, sharing space, and discussing how to get free together in the face of legacies of trauma, violence, evictions, policing, and systems that pit us against one another. Affirming one another’s beauty and indispensable value to liberation. And screening the trailer of comedian Sampson McCormick’s “A Tough Act To Follow.” ==== WEDNESDAY: 6:30pm–9:00pm Building Our Visions Highlighting visionary projects like Homefulness, POC Sustainable Housing Network, Sustainable Economies Law Center, La … Continued

The local filmmaker series continues! This time, we’ve paired two short documentary films that seemed to complement each other quite well. They depict stories about gentrification on both sides of the Bay: the Bulb in Albany, and the Western Addition neighborhood in San Francisco. All We Did Was Live: Voices of the Albany Bulb (20 mins) Directed by Andrew Schrader and Travis Schirmer This film follows several residents of the Albany Bulb community after they are forcibly removed from their encampments by the city, but the harassment doesn’t stop there… … Continued

Target one of Alameda County’s largest landlords and demand an end to rent increases and evictions. ======= Oakland’s rents are rising faster than almost every city in the United States creating a displacement crisis that touches all of our communities.  The crisis has particular negative impacts on Black residents that manifest in lack of access to quality housing, jobs, and education, as well as increased racialized profiling. Meanwhile, the Oakland Police continue to be out of control. STOP the hemorrhaging of severely impacted populations. STAY – Retain current & long-time … Continued

JOIN CODEPINK, WORLD CAN’T WAIT, OCCUPYSF Action Council and others at the huge PEACE banner Feel free to bring your own signage, photos, flyers, …Additional signs and flyers provided. Stand (or sit) with us and the huge PEACE banner. On the steps facing Market Street, below Feinstein’s office, Directly above the Montgomery BART/Muni station.61071

Even if we stopped extracting and burning fossil fuels today, the wheels of catastrophic climate change have been set in motion. While reducing emissions is essential, it’s half the battle – we must also sequester carbon out of the atmosphere. The world’s soils hold roughly three times more carbon than the amount stored in the atmosphere. Carbon farming uses intensive composting and innovative land management strategies to draw down even more carbon into our soil. The Bay Area is a hub for this exciting, potentially planet-changing research and practice. Join … Continued

A 16 year old Black girl was killed in #Oakland last night. Tonight, we'll gather to honor her. 6 pm at 13th & Franklin. Be there.— Nicole Deane (@sassmasterdeane) June 15, 2016 TODAY, 6pm, #Oakland: Vigil for 16-Year-Old Reggina Jefferies https://t.co/bD0dzsmmYP pic.twitter.com/NbV4ZFAiPp— Indybay (@Indybay) June 15, 2016 My Brother Tur-Ha Ak says this: If you have ever appreciated my work in this community, I need folks at 13th & Franklin at 6:00 p.m. this evening to let the world know we love us, we are unafraid, & we will address … Continued

WEDNESDAY: 6:30pm–9:00pm Building Our Visions Highlighting visionary projects like Homefulness, POC Sustainable Housing Network, Sustainable Economies Law Center, La Biblioteca, Afrikatown / Qilombo, and more. While the Planning Commission rubber-stamps a segregated luxury tower (with objection from our few yet wonderful allies on the commission), we stay steadfast on the People’s Visions. ==== THURSDAY: 6:30pm–9:00pm Healing Blessed with an abundance of local healing pracitioners in so many modalities, we assert the right of people and land to Heal. Herbal pain patches from Shift Acupuncture Collective; Danza Azteca with CuauhTonal; South … Continued

Join the Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against the surveillance state,  against Urban Shield, and to advocate for privacy and surveillance regulation ordinances to be passed around the Bay Area, especially by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, the BART Board of Directors, and by the Oakland City Council. We are also engaged in the fight against Predictive Policing and other “pre-crime” and “thought-crime” abominations, drones, improper use of police body cameras, requirements for “backdoors” to your cellphone and against other invasions of privacy by our benighted City, County, State … Continued

Meet with community advocates in the fight against homelessness, those without houses, Berkeley City Councils staffers and interested citizens to discuss progress on Tiny Homes solutions to homelessness, and starting a Tiny Homes village.61141

Join journalist Sarah Jeong for a conversation about online trolling, which she referred to as the “Internet of Garbage.” Jeong is a Poynter Fellow in Journalism at Yale and the author of the book The Internet of Garbage. She writes for Vice Motherboard, and other magazines and newspapers about the overlap between policy, tech, and the law. Filmed before a live audience in Oakland tiki bar Longitude (347 14th St., Oakland, CA), each episode is a speculative, informal conversation between Ars Technica hosts Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar and an … Continued

CAN THE POLICE IN SF REALLY BE REFORMED? With the growing movement for Black Lives, and the struggle against racist policing continuing, many people are asking questions about how we can be safe from police terror. The violence of modern day policing has its roots in the capitalist state. Come join us to discuss this history and what’s next for the movement to get killer cops charged, fired, and jailed. What should we be demanding to defend Black, Latino, homeless, and working people in San Francisco and beyond?  61144

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Monthly APTP meeting, held on every 3rd Wednesday of the month. Please join us for this important general meeting.  We will be working specifically on the four demands we put forth following the OPD Rape Scandal: 1) Nancy O’Malley must publicly state she intends to launch a full investigation into the police officers who raped and trafficked a 17 year old child and press charges against all officers involved. 2) Divest 50% of the Oakland Police Department’s budget and redirect those funds to career centers, job training programs, mental health … Continued

The Sheriff wants to build a new $55 million jail expansion at Santa Rita for treating mentally ill inmate.  It needs to be stopped in its tracks and the money redirected to mental health treatment outside of jail. We’ve got some momentum to re-invigorate and have a lot to discuss with the decarceration plan. Here a tentative agenda for 7/28, feel free to add additional items by directly replying to me. Check in What’s happening, what’s coming up in the community LeeLoo Update Individual and org commitments Shared leadership structure … Continued

East of Salinas: Film & Discussion for Immigrant Heritage Month, 6/16/16 East of Salinas takes us to the heart of California’s “Steinbeck Country,” the Salinas Valley, to meet a bright boy and his dedicated teacher – both sons of migrant farm workers. With parents who are busy working long hours in the fields, third grader Jose Ansaldo often turns to his teacher, Oscar Ramos, for guidance. But Jose is undocumented; he was born in Mexico. Like many other migrant children, he is beginning to understand the situation – and the … Continued

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THURSDAY: 6:30pm–9:00pm Healing Blessed with an abundance of local healing pracitioners in so many modalities, we assert the right of people and land to Heal. Herbal pain patches from Shift Acupuncture Collective; Danza Azteca with CuauhTonal; South African songs with the Vukani Mawethu choir; free food, and more. ==== FRIDAY: 3:00–4:00pm Rally & March Kickoff with #StopStayExpand “WE DEMAND immediate protections for renters, redirecting City money to protect low wage workers & public education around connection between police terror, displacement and the impact on our schools/young people!” More info on … Continued

Averi Sellassie Blackwell, 39, will lead a frank conversation with Bobby Seale, 79. Tickets are available for $20.61153

March to City Hall, Rally at OGP. Oakland’s rents are rising faster than almost every city in the United States creating a displacement crisis that touches all of our communities.  The crisis has particular negative impacts on Black residents that manifest in lack of access to quality housing, jobs, and education, as well as increased racialized profiling. Meanwhile, the Oakland Police continue to be out of control. STOP the hemorrhaging of severely impacted populations. STAY – Retain current & long-time residents of Oakland. EXPAND opportunities for displaced persons to return … Continued

              Forty-five years ago, before Watergate, Wikipedia Leaks and Eric Snowden, there was Media, Pennsylvania, 1971.   It was the town where eight brave souls broke into the FBI office and stole secret files and shared them with the public.   In doing so they uncovered the FBI’s illegal domestic spying program COINTELPRO.             The film was produced and directed by Johanna Hamilton bringing this crucial but little known episode to life.              This riveting heist story told through a combination of exclusive interviews, rare primary documents,  the investigation, and national … Continued

May 14, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, 1-5pm Using news photographs, memorabilia, reconstructed objects, documentary fragments, and original documents, contemporary artist Kate Haug re-tells the story of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last monumental social protest prior to his assassination. The exhibition features images and objects culled from Haug’s extensive research in the archives of the Associated Press, the popular press, and eBay, which have not been seen together before, bringing to life the complex ambition of King’s vision. … Continued

Join the Alameda Renters Coalition for a BBQ and launch party for our new website! All are welcome — long-time friends, family, kids, pets, and those just learning about us! We’ll have barbeque from a special member and Alameda resident, opportunities to get involved with the Coalition’s exciting summer work, and games for kids. Hope to see you there!61102

The first West Oakland screening of Dogtown Redemption is this Saturday Producer/co-director Amir Soltani will discuss the film after the screening.  Find out more at DogtownRedemption.   Shot over seven years, DOGTOWN REDEMPTION is not only the intimate story of recyclers in West Oakland but a journey through a landscape of love and loss, devotion and addiction, prejudice and poverty. A surprising number of Americans make their living off a vast river of trash. DOGTOWN REDEMPTION follows this river, and its inhabitants in a lively, bustling yet invisible corner of … Continued

Justice4Tyranny’s work is a visual exploration of the world’s social oppressions. He takes complex social ideas puts them into multifaceted layers of visual metaphors using symbolism and sattire. Among many themes, he highlights themes of heroinism, mass incarceration, subjugation of womyn, and gentrification. He is one of the premier emerging artists rising in the Bay Area and this work is a must see. Artist Talk 7pm Open reception with light refreshments following.61067

Tonight in #Oakland at 7pm, Building for National Prison Work Strike on Sept 9th. https://t.co/cAwaJJIJll pic.twitter.com/aG0BxOPO1A— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) June 18, 2016 61159

SJC Presents the Film “Power of the Weak” “The Power of the Weak” film, sponsored by BFUU’s SJC and the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity, is a documentary film by independent German filmmaker Tobias Kriele, which highlights being disabled does not have to mean weak. In this film, Jorgito, a young Cuban with severe cerebral palsy, shows how a society structured to support human development can make the disabled powerful. Refreshments available.61079

June 18th, El Rio, Frisco500 bail fundraiser & benefit for the family of Jessica Nelson.. ✊🏾https://t.co/96OA2ToeH2 pic.twitter.com/gokhnDiDWT — Equipto (@EQUIPTO) June 9, 2016 61120

Come hear clean energy mavin Carol Weed of the Contra Costa Clean Energy Alliance on the status of Community Choice Energy in CoCo County, the three options under consideration, and next steps.  61155

Come to the cryptoparty! We will have talks about electronic privacy, encryption technology, and why it matters. There will also be volunteers waiting to help you install encryption software on your computer and phone. Refreshments will also be present.  61143

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 it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … Continued

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 … Continued

RSVP: Signers of the Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty, Idle No More SF Bay and our allies from Diablo Rising Tide invite you to a Summer Solstice Action: With love in your hearts for all you hold dear, we invite you to join us on the Summer Solstice to protect and defend the sacred system of life on Mother Earth’s belly by joining us at the gates of Shell in Martinez, California. The Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth (more at www.IndigenousWomenRising.org) calls upon … Continued

On June 20, activists from 35+ countries will be demanding FREEDOM FOR OSCAR. Join us in Oakland. Oscar is a community organizer, a Vietnam veteran and a political prisoner for 35 years. Join this international day of solidarity following the UN Decolonization Committee Hearings to demand Oscar’s immediate relase. Let us add our voices demanding that President Obama commute Oscar’s sentence!61174

Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Occupy Forum Presents: Film Screening: Harry Bridges: A Man and his Union Film and Discussion with Ted Frazier Harry Bridges (July 28, 1901–March 30, 1990) was an Australian-born American union leader, first with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA). In 1937, he led several chapters in forming a new union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), adding warehouse workers to its membership, and led it for the next 40 years. Harry Bridges — A … Continued

@sanasaleem OPD is rotten to its core and Libby’s got to go. Press conference on Tuesday 6/21 at 10 am in front of OPD HQ #byelibby — APTP First Response (@aptpresponse) June 21, 2016 OPD is rotten to its core and Libby’s got to go On Tuesday, June 21st at 10:00 AM, the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP), in coalition with Oakland Rising ACTION, Black Lives Matter, Causa Justa, Just Cause, Black Power Network, Ella Baker Center, Asians 4 Black Lives and the Oakland Alliance will hold a press conference in … Continued

Speak up Oakland! Tell City Council how you feel. Ya’ll know that “rent is too damn high”. Community has been working hard this year to put into place measures to protect renters by asking the city to enact a ‪#‎HousingMoratorium‬ (which ends July 5th!) and additional ordinances on the November Ballot. Plus, given the recent upheaval with the policy, the Mayor and City Council are looking to reallocate funding from the police budget to other things. Key items are as follows: 1. Item 16 on the Agenda: The Renter’s Protection … Continued

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JOIN CODEPINK, WORLD CAN’T WAIT, OCCUPYSF Action Council and others at the huge PEACE banner Feel free to bring your own signage, photos, flyers, …Additional signs and flyers provided. Stand (or sit) with us and the huge PEACE banner. On the steps facing Market Street, below Feinstein’s office, Directly above the Montgomery BART/Muni station.61071

Come to the Ella Baker Center’s June member meeting to learn how to get involved with our local campaigns to win jobs not jails, books not bars, and healthcare not handcuffs in Oakland. The meeting will now be held on June 22nd; the June 14th meeting has been canceled. Free dinner will be provided and all are welcome. The event is hosted at La Cultura Cura Cultural Arts Cafe, a social enterprise of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice that aims to employ and empower systems impacted youth and young … Continued

Join us for free weekly meditation happy hour on Wednesdays, co-hosted by the Art of Living Eastbay Berkeley/Oakland. We will teach simple and easy guided meditation and breathing techniques to let go of stress and trauma, let your hair down, and celebrate! We believe that love is the universal language. We also believe that love is the universal cure to heal what ails societies worldwide. These meditation happy hours are our love offering to the community and are the result of a beautiful new & evolving partnership w/The Art of … Continued

A film about the search for truth & justice for human rights crimes committed by the Salvadoran military during the Civil War in the 1980s. The film follows the efforts by the families of the four U.S. churchwomen raped and murdered in El Salvador in 1980 to bring two leading Salvadoran Generals into a U.S. courtroom. Several Salvadoran survivors of torture are also featured who confront the same Generals in the same Florida courtroom using the same legal concept: command responsibility. 90 min. Peter Stern, one of the attorneys, will … Continued

Meet with community advocates in the fight against homelessness, those without houses, Berkeley City Councils staffers and interested citizens to discuss progress on Tiny Homes solutions to homelessness, and starting a Tiny Homes village.60958

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Oakland, CA: Statewide Coordinated Actions To End Solitary Confinement Please participate in an informational demonstration on Thursday, in conjunction with actions all over California and throughout the U.S. Connect with family members, formerly incarcerated people, activists, and attorneys who struggle for prisoner human rights. Unity inside, unity outside! Get involved in the movement to end solitary confinement. Pass out leaflets. Promote the Agreement to End Hostilities. Take action to Stop Sleep Deprivation torture in Pelican Bay SHU and women’s death row. Become a Human Rights Pen Pal.   61192

#Oakland! Take it 2 the streets!- Justice 4 #FreddieGray 4pm at 14th and Broadway. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/JKU9B19VNg— StopMassIncarceratio (@StopMassIncNet) June 23, 2016 61195

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Please come to the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club on Thursday, June 23rd, 7pm, at Humanist Hall for a discussion on forming independent police commissions in Oakland and Berkeley. Excerpts:  Full article here It’s not a surprise that Oakland finds itself in the middle of a new police scandal-we’re becoming a bit jaded to the police-chief-musical-chairs situation. But, even those of us who’ve been working on police accountability for years, are shocked and chagrined by what is being revealed about our costly department. We had thought they were on the road … Continued

MEDIA ADVISORY California Teachers Association June 23, 2016 Protest Violence Against Oaxaca Teachers ‪#‎Oaxaca‬ Contact: Lysa Sassman at 916-813-2319 or Toby Spencer at 530-867-0594 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local Educators Protest Slaughter of Teachers in Mexico Outraged At June 21 Killings in Oaxaca, Protest Educators, labor council members, Hispanic advocacy supporters will protest the June 21 killing of unarmed teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico NATOMAS – Outraged by the killing of nine teachers, educators say they will protest at the Mexican Consulate in Sacramento tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. Reports indicate nine teachers were … Continued

The Stop Urban Shield coalition and Berkeley Copwatch will be facilitating an interactive forum to understand what Urban Shield is, its tactics to repress our communities through increased militarization of emergency medical services, and its place within the global context of policing and imperialism. Join us and get plugged in to the fight! Come through on Friday, June 24 to learn how to support the state-wide mobilization against Urban Shield on Sept. 9 in Pleasanton, CA! This is the second of three Town Halls that Stop Urban Shield is holding, and we encourage all … Continued

Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it. Come get connected with SDBA’s projects! organizing for public banking advocating for Postal banking helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization and fighting … Continued

May 14, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, 1-5pm Using news photographs, memorabilia, reconstructed objects, documentary fragments, and original documents, contemporary artist Kate Haug re-tells the story of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last monumental social protest prior to his assassination. The exhibition features images and objects culled from Haug’s extensive research in the archives of the Associated Press, the popular press, and eBay, which have not been seen together before, bringing to life the complex ambition of King’s vision. … Continued

We need a massive demonstration so the Council clearly hears the voice of the people. Let them know we want NOTHING SHORT OF A BAN.61005

Meet UCR candidates for KPFA’s Local Station Board. Kris Stewart, LaTasha Warmsley, Jeremy Miller, TM Scruggs, Marilla Arguelles, Tom Voorhees. KPFA needs new people with new ideas and energy to bring more community news, public affairs,  cultural programming and new technology to the KPFA and the Pacifica network. United for Community Radio is seeking candidates to run on our free speech radio slate which represents individuals and organizations throughout KPFA’s signal range and beyond.  We particularly seek those with geographic, racial and cultural diversity to join in our campaign as … Continued

Don Pageler will give his first hand account of how the USS Liberty, a virtually unarmed American navy ship, was attacked by Israeli planes and torpedo boats on June 8, 1967. 34 American sailors were killed and 174 injured that day, a casualty rate of 70%. This is among the highest casualty rates ever inflicted upon a U.S. naval vessel. President Lyndon Johnson recalled the planes that responded to the distress call, saying he didn’t care if they all died, he did not want to embarrass an ally. Hear about … Continued

Rally for Housing! pic.twitter.com/WEzBx6hj8F— East Bay Forward (@EastBayForward) June 9, 2016 61202

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library We are inviting three Bay Area Puerto Rican activists to discuss the the history and current situation of the deepening crisis and the fight against colonialism, capitalism, and imperialism. Confirmed speakers include: Katherine Adames Rodríguez is  a pro-independence socialist from Puerto Rico who moved to the Bay Area last year. She has been a member of the Organización Socialista Internacional, the Puerto Rico Network of Solidarity with Palestine, and the Committee Against Homophobia and Discrimination. As a militant teacher, she was very active in the … Continued

Join The Climate Mobilization for an afternoon of activism, entertainment, education, refreshment and fellowship. Become a first responder to the greatest public health emergency that humankind has ever faced. Stop the lethal fossil fuel pollution now plaguing our communities. We demand a World War II scale peaceful mobilization to battle climate change and achieve full employment in transitioning to a renewable energy economy. Learn how we can all join in peaceful combat on behalf of life. PRESENTERS INCLUDE: ANDRES SOTO (Communities for a Better Environment) Reverend KEN CHAMBERS (Westside Baptist Church) MICHAEL … Continued

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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 it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … Continued

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 … Continued

Support the Oakland Justice Coalition, have a great soul food buffer dinner, and listen to Jazz. Putting people committed to economic, social, racial, and environmental justice into power in Oakland. Advocating for policy and legislation to implement an Oakland People’s Agenda. Putting people committed to economic, social, racial, and environmental justice into power in Oakland. The Oakland Justice Coalition is a coalition of organizations and individuals that came together around common goals for the 2016 Oakland elections. Our aim is to build people power and advance radical change through the … Continued

Join us for the final push to get the #Jobs4Freedom approved by the Alameda Board of Superviors at the next BOS meeting. We will be meeting at 9:30am for a press conference and then heading into the meeting to speak up and show support for the more than 1400 county jobs the #Jobs4Freedom re-reentry hiring program will bring to the area. If you have not already done so, please sign our Change.org petiton:http://chn.ge/25GcwZU \ The Jobs for Freedom Initiative provides needed solutions to the employment barriers formerly incarcerated residents face … Continued

First vote on a Coal Ordinance. Rally at 4:00 PM, Fill the Council Chambers at 4:30 PM. Come to the special City Council meeting and speak out for a complete ban! Will the Council vote to ban coal storage and export from Oakland? Or will they compromise and allow coal with some phony “mitigtions” that won’t protect Oakland from coal dust and won’t stop the global climate impact of the coal burned overseas?    61004

The Jack London Square Business Improvement District (JLID) is organizing through the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council to clear Oakland homeless encampments. They are having a meeting specifically about the encampments with Oakland police on Tuesday, June 28th at 5pm at 333 Broadway. JLID is aggressively gentrifying Oakland and relies on the lack of public accountability to continue operating as the shady entity it is. We will be meeting at Lobot Gallery on Monday, June 27th at 6pm to plan a community response and tell them that the ONLY acceptable way … Continued

By ANDREA PRICHETT So it has been more than three years since Kayla was killed by Berkeley police. And yes, I believe that she was killed by the police. Perhaps unintentionally, but with an arrogance that should be considered criminal nonetheless: they killed her. Six cops participated in the killing of Kayla Moore. This transgender, African American woman who weighed almost 350 pounds, found herself underneath about 1,200 pounds of agitated police. By the time they got off of her enough to realize that she wasn’t breathing, it had also … Continued

IN THE PAST YEAR, THE ANTIOCH POLICE HAVE KILLED TWO PEOPLE IN THEIR CUSTODY… THIS IS INEXCUSABLE!!.. IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO ON JUNE 25th 2015 A STILL NAMELESS MAN WAS KILLED IN THE APARTMENTS AT THE END OF CLAUDIA CT. THE OFFICERS INVOLVED, OFFICERS BROGDON AND KIDD. AND MOST RECENTLY, ON FEBRUARY 5TH THIS YEAR, WENDELL CELESTINE, JR. WHO WAS APPARENTLY SLEEPING IN A CAR WAS CONFRONTED BY CORPORAL MORTIMER AND OFFICER MORAGA. AFTER WHAT THE OFFICERS CLAIM WAS A “VIOLENT STRUGGLE” WENDELL CELESTINE, JR. WAS DEAD. THESE ARE … Continued

The Jack London Square Business Improvement District (JLID) is organizing through the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council to clear Oakland homeless encampments. They are having a meeting specifically about the encampments with Oakland police on Tuesday, June 28th at 5pm at 333 Broadway. JLID is aggressively gentrifying Oakland and relies on the lack of public accountability to continue operating as the shady entity it is. We will be meeting at Lobot Gallery on Monday, June 27th at 6pm to plan a community response and tell them that the ONLY acceptable way … Continued

As part of the new economic development plan for Telegraph Avenue, aka the “Telegraph Public Realm Plan”, the economic development manager for the city of Berkeley (Michael Caplan) is recommending that Berkeley city council support new student housing in People’s Park. Show up to the city council special session at 5:30PM (this is not the regular meeting which starts at 7PM) and speak during the public comment period. Show your support for keeping People’s Park as an open space. 2019 will be the 50th anniversary of People’s Park. In 2019, … Continued

Come to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Rate Design Forum and tell them our tax dollars should not subsidize natural gas, but support clean energy generation and storage. This forum, one of eight held throughout the state, is intended to explain CPUC’s new structure of electricity rates. The agency says the new rates will more closely reflect costs and promote cleaner electricity. Some of the changes modify the Self-Generation Incentive Program, which is intended to provide subsidies for “distributed” (decentralized) electricity generation and storage projects that help reduce greenhouse … Continued

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

Directed by Grace Lee What does it mean to be an American revolutionary today? Grace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915 – Oct. 5, 2015) was a Chinese American woman in Detroit whose vision of revolution will surprise you. A writer, activist, and philosopher rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she has devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompasses the contradictions of America’s past and its potentially radical future. The documentary film, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS, plunges us into Boggs’s … Continued

Protest the Deforestation and Poisoning of the East Bay Hills by UC Berkeley . Wednesday, June 29, 2016 – 12 Noon UC Berkeley (Southside Entrance) Bancroft Way and Telegraph Ave Berkeley, California (Black areas: Targeted East Bay forests –  From: FEMA EBH EIS) . STOP THE DEFORESTATION AND POISONING OF THE EAST BAY HILLS! . UC Berkeley, the East Bay Regional Park District, the City of Oakland, and others, with funding from FEMA and other public moneys, plan to kill over 450,000 healthy trees in the East Bay hills, some … Continued

JOIN CODEPINK, WORLD CAN’T WAIT, OCCUPYSF Action Council and others at the huge PEACE banner Feel free to bring your own signage, photos, flyers, …Additional signs and flyers provided. Stand (or sit) with us and the huge PEACE banner. On the steps facing Market Street, below Feinstein’s office, Directly above the Montgomery BART/Muni station.61071

 This should be a short meeting – we need to prepare for the Councilvote on the Kalb/Gallo measure. 61217

Join us for free weekly meditation happy hour on Wednesdays, co-hosted by the Art of Living Eastbay Berkeley/Oakland. We will teach simple and easy guided meditation and breathing techniques to let go of stress and trauma, let your hair down, and celebrate! We believe that love is the universal language. We also believe that love is the universal cure to heal what ails societies worldwide. These meditation happy hours are our love offering to the community and are the result of a beautiful new & evolving partnership w/The Art of … Continued

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Leeloo is an artist and musician living with mental illness. She is also a trans woman of color. Leeloo had a crisis situation that was mishandled by John George Hospital, resulting in an irresponsible discharge that left her on the streets of San Leandro without a phone, glasses, or money. As a result, she allegedly acted out of her own self preservation and as a result is jailed in ‘protective custody’ at Santa Rita. We are fighting for her to get her case seen in Behavioral Health Court. Please come … Continued

“WE HAVE NO PLACE ELSE TO GO.” Like thousands of other Oakland residents, our family was evicted by a slumlord after we reported him to the City. After 6 months of living out of our car, searching three counties for housing or even shelter services with no help in sight, we have decided to take our struggle directly to City Hall. Since we cannot find shelter, we will take shelter in this public building until our city officials provide relief for us and the thousands of other families who have been displaced. … Continued

The Sheriff wants to build a new $55 million jail expansion at Santa Rita for treating mentally ill inmate.  It needs to be stopped in its tracks and the money redirected to mental health treatment outside of jail. We’ve got some momentum to re-invigorate and have a lot to discuss with the decarceration plan. Here a tentative agenda for 7/28, feel free to add additional items by directly replying to me. Check in What’s happening, what’s coming up in the community LeeLoo Update Individual and org commitments Shared leadership structure … Continued

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A fundraiser for survivors of the fire that burned down the homes of 58 people on Mission and 29th. Door fee will be $10 USD (but no one turned away). We’ll also do a raffle (please message if you have suggestions for raffle prizes). El Rio are kindly donating all bar proceeds from 8-12 to the fund. All proceeds will go directly to the familes and will be matched 1-1 by a corporate sponsor. The Mission Economic Development Agency will process all donations and won’t be charging a fee.61189