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96 Hours: Rally to End State-Sanctioned Sexual Violence! 4:00 pm
96 Hours: Rally to End State-Sanctioned Sexual Violence! @ Latham Square
Jan 12 @ 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
96 Hours: Rally to End State-Sanctioned Sexual Violence! @ Latham Square | Oakland | California | United States
Rally to End State-Sanctioned Sexual Violence! In Affiliation with #96Hours of #Noncompliance to #ReclaimMLK **QTPOC & WOMXN MOST HONORED!** 64125
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Let Our People Go – Immigration Detention Protest 11:00 am
Let Our People Go – Immigration Detention Protest @ West County Detention Facility
Jan 14 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Sun, Jan 14, 11am–noonWest County Detention Facility – Jail & ICE det. center 5555 Giant Highway, Richmond CALet Our People Go is a multi-faith, multi-racial protest held every 2nd Sunday, 11am–noon, at Richmond Detention Facility Contact: letourpeoplego@kehillasynagogue.org. pic.twitter.com/tO1UjDj8wm— Indivisible Berkeley (@IndivisibleBerk) January 12, 2018 64148
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4th Annual March to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy 1:00 pm
4th Annual March to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jan 15 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Join us for the Fourth Annual March to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy….A mass mobilization. We ask everyone to come together for the Reclaiming King’s Radical Legacy March through the streets of Oakland. It’s the culmination of our #96Hours of Direct Action. This year’s theme is #NonCompliance with the Trump/Schaff regimes’ corporate agenda. Stay tuned for more info about the march, which will be a family friendly event. Please see our call to action below, including how you can get involved in planning the march and the preceding days of direct action. #WEWILLNOTCOMPLY 96 Hours … Continued
4th Annual March to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy 1:00 pm
4th Annual March to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jan 15 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Join us for the Fourth Annual March to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy….A mass mobilization. We ask everyone to come together for the Reclaiming King’s Radical Legacy March through the streets of Oakland. It’s the culmination of our #96Hours of Direct Action. This year’s theme is #NonCompliance with the Trump/Schaff regimes’ corporate agenda. Stay tuned for more info about the march, which will be a family friendly event. Please see our call to action below, including how you can get involved in planning the march and the preceding days of direct action. #WEWILLNOTCOMPLY 96 Hours … Continued
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ECONOMIC JUSTICE: REVERSING RUNAWAY INEQUALITY 10:00 am
ECONOMIC JUSTICE: REVERSING RUNAWAY INEQUALITY @ Western Institute for Social Research
Jan 20 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
John Borst, PhD, WISR Alumnus, Presenter Advocates of neoliberalism or market fundamentalism envision a world free of government intervention in which self-regulating markets replace political judgements in shaping and determining economic equity for people. As the guiding economic narrative/ideology in the United States since the election of President Reagan, seminar participants will increase their awareness of the dystopian consequences of neoliberal governance by our country’s ruling and financial elite (e.g., the “1%”), as well as be able to identify, explore, and/or take steps to build an alternative democratic future intended … Continued
Women’s March Oakland: “Hear our Vote!” March 10:00 am
Women’s March Oakland: “Hear our Vote!” March @ Lake Merrit Amphitheater
Jan 20 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
WOMEN’S MARCH OAKLAND 2018 On January 21, 2017, more than 100,000 women and their allies marched in Oakland, part of a global mobilization of 5 million people for women’s rights, human rights, social justice, and civil liberties. That day sparked a movement that has galvanized the nation, harnessing the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change. We have made our voices heard in town halls and state capitals, on Congressional phone lines and the news, down the street, and across the internet. On Saturday, … Continued
RIOTcon 11:00 am
RIOTcon @ East Bay Community Space
Jan 20 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Details RIOTcon (Radical Interactive Open Technology Conference) is a new conference seeking to highlight the intersections between radicalism, art, and technology. Hosted in Oakland, CA SCHEDULE 11 am Main Room: Advanced Tactics for Guerrilla Eco Street Art By Kasey Smith Telegraph Room: Hackerspace and The need for community By Mitch Altman 12 pm Main Room: Building a Better Opposition: The Pursuance System and the Second Wave of Online Resistance By Steve Phillips Telegraph Room: Free Crack Pipes For Better Public Health Outcomes By Maggie Mayhem 1pm: Main Room: Audience Choice … Continued
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Remembering and Honoring the Life of Angel Ramos – March 4 Justice 2:00 pm
Remembering and Honoring the Life of Angel Ramos – March 4 Justice
Jan 21 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
1) Justice 4 Angel Ramos In January of 2017, 21-year-old Angel Ramos was violently murdered by the Vallejo Police Department.  Since that time, the State has refused repeated requests from the family to retrieve the coroner’s report. And to add insult to injury, as a result of their public demands for justice, the family of Angel Ramos is continuously harrassed by the VPD.  Police show up to the family’s home at all hours of the day and night, follow them in the street and one of his sisters was approached … Continued
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12th Annual Social Justice Symposium 8:30 am
12th Annual Social Justice Symposium @ Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
Jan 27 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
12th Annual Social Justice Symposium @ Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School | Berkeley | California | United States
The 12th Annual Social Justice Symposium will be on Saturday, January 27, 2018, with the theme: Raising Voices, Driving Action. The Social Justice Symposium (SJS) is a student-organized event that serves as space for the community to meet and discuss social justice work in the Bay Area. Strike Debt Bay Area will be presenting one of the seminars, from 10:30 AM – 12:00 noon, entitled Financial Inequality: How We Got Here and How We Get Out The Social Justice Symposium is an annual FREE event organized by students in the School of … Continued
Grassroots Digital Security Training 9:00 am
Grassroots Digital Security Training
Jan 27 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Grassroots Digital Security Training @ Oakland | California | United States
  Register here Bay Area activists of color and allies: Learn how to protect yourself from surveillance at a digital security training! The vast system of U.S. surveillance is in the hands of a President who is violating our constitutional and human rights. As organizers, it’s vital that we protect our digital security so we can continue to work for social change. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and The Center for Media Justice – home of the Media Action Grassroots Network – in partnership with Wellstone Action and United We Dream, would like to … Continued
SF Bay Area Interfaith Drone Warfare Conference 10:00 am
SF Bay Area Interfaith Drone Warfare Conference @ Pacific School of Religion
Jan 27 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
This interfaith gathering includes presentations, three half-hour videos, and Q&A time to inform faith communities and others about the dangers and realities of drone warfare. Action suggestions for followup. Panel Presenters include: Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. The former president of the National Lawyers Guild and criminal defense attorney is a legal scholar, political analyst and social critic who is editor and contributor to Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues. Lisa Hajjar, is a professor of sociology at the University of California … Continued
Divest from Fossil Fuels/Invest in a Healthy Future 1:00 pm
Divest from Fossil Fuels/Invest in a Healthy Future @ North Berkeley Library
Jan 27 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Divest from Fossil Fuels/Invest in a Healthy Future @ North Berkeley Library | Berkeley | California | United States
Workshop: Divest from Fossil Fuels/Invest in a Healthy Future Join us for a workshop on the whys and hows of personal divestment from fossil fuels —  a powerful tool in the struggle for climate justice. This 90-minute workshop will explain why fossil fuel divestment matters, the role divestment has played in civil rights movements throughout history, and how you can do it! This workshop is for everyone even if you are thinking about opening your first bank account or have been investing for many years, according to a study published … Continued
Build Your Own Internet: discussion, demos, hands-on workshops 2:00 pm
Build Your Own Internet: discussion, demos, hands-on workshops @ Omni Commons
Jan 27 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Build Your Own Internet: discussion, demos, hands-on workshops @ Omni Commons | Oakland | California | United States
What if the internet wasn’t about connecting to Comcast, AT&T, Google, or Facebook? What if it meant connecting directly with your friends, neighbors, and community…?Let’s discuss how the internet works, how to build your own, and talk about existing community network projects like the Oakland-based People’s Open Network. 2:00pm Introduction 2:15pm Panel discussion: Net neutrality is dead — or is it? 3:00pm Hands-on workshops and demos 5:00pm End / clean up 64182
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Youth-led Rally Against Coal in Oakland 3:15 pm
Youth-led Rally Against Coal in Oakland @ Street Academy
Jan 31 @ 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Join a youth-led and youth -organized rally to show Phil Tagami and the City of Oakland that the youth will not stand for coal in their city. Youth will be there to make some noise and oppose coal in the Oakland Bulk and Over-sized Terminal. Tagami, developer of the Oakland Bulk and Oversize Terminal, is suing the city of Oakland for blocking his plan to export coal. The City Council unanimously voted to block the coal terminal to protect the health and safety of Oakland residents, especially the residents of West … Continued
Free Ahed Tamimi! 4:30 pm
Free Ahed Tamimi!
Jan 31 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
January 31st is Ahed Tamimi’s 17th Birthday. She is sitting in an Israeli military prison for slapping Israeli soldiers. Her cousin had been shot in the head by a rubber coated steel bullet! Release her now! Drop all charges!64245