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NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186 If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to: oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to … Continued

We are a group of Bay Area tenants who are fed up with rising rents, evictions, and harassment at the hands of landlords. We are fed up with our neighbors having no option but to live unsheltered and at constant risk of police harassment. We want to stop landlords, developers, and cops from looting our communities. Capitalism is what connects all of these housing issues. Profit has been prioritized over our quality of life. There is only one way to push against a system that exploits our need for housing: … Continued

The next No Coal in Richmond meeting offers many opportunities for community involvement.   Volunteers are needed for canvassing, meeting with public officials (including Richmond’s new city manager), and publicizing the Levin coal terminal issue during the upcoming elections.  A newly completed canvassing package contains documents that will be helpful both for canvassing and neighborhood meetings. The Planning and Policy Committee of the Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Commission has invited a representative of the Levin-Richmond Terminal (Jim Holland, Levin’s Director of Facilities and Equipment) to give a presentation on Best … Continued

“There is no other force, there is no other party, there is no other real ideology out there right now that is asserting the minimum elements necessary to lead a dignified American life.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DSA member and likely future congresswoman, on democratic socialism in Vogue Magazine It’s 2018 and socialism is ascendant. The political revolution that Bernie Sanders set in motion with his insurgent campaign in the 2016 presidential primary continues to build in intensity. More and more people are standing up to say that they’ve had enough with … Continued

Please join us for our regular biweekly meeting of the Sunflower Alliance. We’ll discuss ongoing campaigns and plans for the future. Newcomers and old friends welcome — we need your participation and your voice.64656

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! Presenting debt and inequality related topics at forums, workshops and in radio productions. Promoting single-payer / Medicare … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

Join us on August 12 for the next Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly! This month we will talk about our electoral strategy for the midterm elections and will spend some time contacting real-live voters to make sure they know about the upcoming election! Come on down and bring a friend to the best way to get involved in making our city and country a better place! Doors open at 7. We start promptly at 7:30. Please bring a laptop or tablet computer if you are able to. If you can’t, we would … Continued

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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’ll be getting updated on our local housing struggles, and we will take collective steps for tenant and neighborhood organizing. Let’s get organized against the Bay Area housing market! – – – – – – – – – – – – We are a group of Bay Area tenants who are fed up with rising rents, evictions, and harassment at the hands of landlords. We are fed up with our neighbors having no option but to live unsheltered and at constant risk of police harassment. We want to stop landlords, … Continued

Agenda will include presentations from families and discussion about Sheriff Ahern and Santa Rita Jail. APTP meets monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.​ The Anti Police-Terror Project began as a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee. We are a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. If you’re new to Anti Police-Terror Project, we began as a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee and are a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build … Continued

  Come by our open Delegates Meetings every First and Third Thursday of the month at 7pm! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues.64992

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

 Organized by Cheryl Davila Vice Mayor. Agenda: Closure of homeless shelter at 9th and University, which houses 95 people per evening. 65004

Surveillance Camera Plan Under Consideration The El Cerrito Police Department will be holding a public meeting for the expansion of the surveillance camera project. The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers (10890 San Pablo Ave.) If you would like to read more information about the surveillance camera project, please click on “additional info.” Additional Info…64978

Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay. We fight against “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” spy drones, facial recognition, police body cameras and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones, to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government. We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no … Continued

I scream, you scream, we all scream…to #StopKavanaugh! Come to Indivisible East Bay’s monthly All Member Meeting (yes, homemade ice cream will be provided–bring your favorite toppings!). This event is part of MoveOn’s Unite for Justice national day of action against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Linh Nguyen, co-lead of the IEB Judiciary Team(https://indivisibleeb.org/judiciary/) will give an updated version of her presentation made at a recent community meeting(https://bit.ly/2wffnuz) about Kavanaugh. She and other members of the Judiciary team can answer questions about Kavanaugh and how we can all fight his confirmation. Then we will take … Continued

Please join us for our regular biweekly meeting of the Sunflower Alliance. We’ll discuss ongoing campaigns and plans for the future. Newcomers and old friends welcome — we need your participation and your voice.64656

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

It’s finally here! The final mass meeting as we rapidly approach September 8 and the RISE for CLIMATE, JOBS & JUSTICE! Everyone is pumped up and excited to march together as we rise for real climate leadership that we need to lead us away from fossil fuels toward a healthy, vibrant future. The logistics are all set and the details will be shared at this meeting! The time to meet for the march, where groups will be in the march, and details about the 50+ street murals that everyone is … Continued