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March from People’s Park 1:00 pm
March from People’s Park @ People's Park
Feb 9 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
On January 22nd, supporters of People’s Park marched down Telegraph Avenue to Sproul Plaza to protest the University’s overwhelming police response to the protest defending the trees. This peaceful protest was interrupted by a reckless driver who pushed up on the protesters and struck a sleeping homeless man as he fled the scene. Police have refused to release the identity of the driver or respond to this blatant attack on the poor people of Berkeley.65598
People’s Park Rally and Protest 1:00 pm
People’s Park Rally and Protest @ People's Park
Feb 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
People's Park Rally and Protest @ People's Park
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Protect Refugees: Cambodian Deportation Defense Rally 8:00 am
Protect Refugees: Cambodian Deportation Defense Rally @ ICE San Francisco
Feb 13 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
We need your help! The Cambodian American community is under attack by ICE. ICE is scheduling check-ins for Cambodian Americans with deportation orders on March 13th at the San Francisco ICE building. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM DEPORTATION. We are hosting a rally in support of impacted folks and their families who have check-ins that day. We need folks to: – Support folks with check-ins by showing up and letting them know there is a community that supports, loves, and will fight for them – Support impacted folks’ … Continued
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Big Banks: Break up with Private Prisons or we’ll Break up with You 12:00 pm
Big Banks: Break up with Private Prisons or we’ll Break up with You
Feb 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
This Valentine’s Day, we’re turning up the pressure on Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase in San Francisco. Will you join us? Click here to RSVP. What: Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase: Break up with private prisons or we’ll break up with you (Rally and petition delivery) Sixty percent of the immigrants the Trump administration locked up are being held in private prisons built by companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group. Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase finance billions of dollars of their debt. All these banks need to do is stop … Continued
Dear Wells & CHASE, Show Your Love! Muestra Tu Amor! 12:00 pm
Dear Wells & CHASE, Show Your Love! Muestra Tu Amor!
Feb 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
On Valentine’s Day, join Mujeres Unidas y Activas, La Colectiva de Mujeres, MomsRising, Bay Resistance, Candide Group, Hand in Hand, the national FamiliesBelongTogether Coalition and others to ask WellsFargo and JPMorgan Chase To Break Up with Private Prisons and Immigration Detention Centers! While professing respect for human rights, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase continue to fund GEO Group and CoreCivic; the biggest operators of private prisons and immigrant detention centers. Let’s tell Jamie Dimon (Chase) and Timothy Sloan (Wells) that we’re not afraid to align our money with our values. … Continued
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Human Banner: “NO WALL!” 12:00 pm
Human Banner: “NO WALL!” @ The Pergola at Lake Merritt
Feb 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Oakland’s First** Human Banner: “NO WALL!” (**Believed to be) OAKLAND’S FIRST “human banner.” We will spell out NO WALL! with our bodies, and give the news helicopters a visual to go with their stories on the day’s nationwide rallies and their ongoing coverage of this saga. The event will be very short and, we hope, very sweet. No speeches, just aerial art. We will unfurl an actual USA flag (30 x 50 feet, held taut by some of the participants), and on the adjacent lawn area we will arrange our … Continued
Protest the Unconstitutional State of Emergency 12:00 pm
Protest the Unconstitutional State of Emergency @ Ohlone Way
Feb 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
This protest is planned in response to President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency. Join in to protect the rule of law and our Constitution. On this Presidents Day holiday, stand to demand that our president respect the separation of powers. RSVP.65685
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Oakland Teachers Strike – Rally and Picket Line Support
Oakland Teachers Strike – Rally and Picket Line Support
Feb 21 all-day
City-wide rally at 11:30 a.m at Oscar Grant Plaza. Oakland teachers are the lowest paid teachers in Alameda County. Every year, 1-in-5 teachers leave the district, and on top of high teacher turnover, students are already under resourced with only one academic counselor per 600 students, and only 21 nurses for all 37,000 students. Oakland teachers and our students deserve better! Sign up for a shift at the picket line! What: Join a picket line near you! When: Thursday, February 21 — Morning shift: 6:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Afternoon shift: 2:30 p.m. … Continued
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Hands Off Venezuela Rally 12:00 pm
Hands Off Venezuela Rally @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Feb 23 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Join the International Action Center and Spring Action Coalition for a day of action against US intervention in Venezuela. We will hold a rally at 14th and Broadway in Oakland to protest the Trump administration’s support for the coup against the Maduro government, and the long history of sanctions and threats against the Venezuelan people. We demand an end to hostile actions against Venezuela!65616
Rally to Demand Justice for Willie McCoy 3:00 pm
Rally to Demand Justice for Willie McCoy @ Taco Bell
Feb 23 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Rally to Demand Justice for Willie McCoy @ Taco Bell
Join us at a rally to demand justice for Willie McCoy, murdered by Vallejo PD. We’ll gather at the Taco Bell where he was murdered. Bring posters, candles, and your voices to support Willie’s family. If you’re coming from Oakland and either need a ride or have space in your car, please meet us at 12:15 at the APTP office at 1201 Martin Luther King Jr Way. 65741
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