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Stop Killing Us! An Action Against Police Violence
11:30 am
Eviction Moratoriums Survey
1:30 pm
Eviction Moratoriums Survey
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 1 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Join the Gray Panthers. Alex Werth from East Bay Housing Organizations will discuss “Eviction Moratoriums 101” – a presentation on the status of renter protections in Alameda County, Berkeley, and Oakland. Slides available with q and a. If you knew Margy Wilkinson, who died Saturday night, we will take a little time to remember her. As time permits, we will conclude with member concerns, and action opportunities, including Berkeley Tenants Convention Online candidates forum July 5 To join Gray Panthers Zoom Meeting Time: July 1, Wednesday 1:30 — This is a … Continued
Ella Baker Meeting
4:00 pm
Ella Baker Meeting
@ Online
Jul 1 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
We will be hosting our first virtual monthly member meeting on July 1st! More to come on this, follow our social media for updates. Register for the Member Meeting here. Email Monifa@ellabakercenter.org for more info! About the Membership: Anyone, anywhere can join our membership and become connected to campaigns to move money away from prisons and police, and towards what our communities need: jobs, education, healthcare, and housing. Through our membership, people come together to create more opportunity in our communities, and end injustice. We prioritize the needs and experiences of people who … Continued
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Planet to Win Reading Group – Chapter 4: Internationalism
6:00 pm
Planet to Win Reading Group – Chapter 4: Internationalism
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Members of the DSA Green New Deal Committee will discuss chapter 4 of “A Planet to Win”. Anyone who has read the chapter is encouraged to attend. Details Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88237561151?pwd=S0FocjZ3TjBzeU5vVE5ySHJDZVZTUT0967994
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Demilitarize Banner Drop
10:00 am
Demilitarize Banner Drop
@ Highland Avenue Bridge over the San Jose exit/entrance to Interstate 280
Jul 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
National CODEPINK is calling for us to organize car caravans and other peace actions on July 4th with the theme being “Independance from War.” For this banner drop action, we’ll have these messages on banners: DEMILITARIZE, and MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN. Thanks to our friend, Barbara for generously offering to make these banners while being totally “sheltered in place!” All are welcome to join, though we’d most like to be joined by those of you who could walk or ride your bike to the location. (Bernal/Mission/Noe/Glen Park) We already have … Continued
INDEPENDENCE from WAR! Banner Drops.
10:00 am
INDEPENDENCE from WAR! Banner Drops.
@ I80 Overpass Pedestrian Bridge
Jul 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Meet up in parking lot in southwest corner of I-80 & University Ave. at 9:50am. National CODEPINK is calling for July 4th mobilizing under this theme: “Independence from War.” Local chapters are organizing small group banner drops to Plaster the Bay with Peace & Justice. We invite you to organize your own banner drop or join one of ours. Bring your own banner, or use one of ours. Our main large banners: -DEFUND the POLICE, DEFUND the PENTAGON -DEMILITARIZE! -HEALTHCARE not WARFARE! All are welcome to join, though we’d prefer … Continued
Black Out
1:00 pm
DSA General Meeting
1:00 pm
DSA General Meeting
Jul 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Join us for a voting General Meeting of East Bay DSA! This month, we will hear from committees and hear several candidate endorsements. Virtual voting rules & procedures will be explained during the meeting. Please RSVP and invite other comrades to hear updates on our campaigns and events. The agenda is available here. The meeting will be conducted via ZOOM. RSVP here and we will confirm your membership and you’ll receive an email with the Zoom link. If you are not a member, the meeting will be available to stream via YouTube. 68021
San Francisco 4th of July Freedom Caravan: Defund Police, Defund War, Fund Life!
1:00 pm
San Francisco 4th of July Freedom Caravan: Defund Police, Defund War, Fund Life!
@ San Francisco City Hall
Jul 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
We’re making 4 stops to call for liberty, with a speaker and activity at each stop, and a cool video to be made of the event. We’ll have flags and posters for decorating your cars. We are partnering with SF Bay Extinction Rebellion, DSASF IRIS, and other groups. The stops will center on: defunding police, defunding the Pentagon, funding community, protecting the Earth. 1:00 pm: Meet up at SF City Hall to decorate cars, get instructions and route maps. 1 Carlton Goodlet Place, SF. 1:30 pm: First Caravan Stop, 762 Fulton St., … Continued
Fuck the 4th Rally and March
2:00 pm
Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library: What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?
8:03 pm
Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library: What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 4 @ 8:03 pm – 9:03 pm
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery in 1838 at age 20, gave one of his most famous speeches, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” to the Ladies Antislavery Society of Rochester, New York. We will begin by listening to actor and activist Danny Glover reading a six-minute selection from the speech during a performance of Howard Zinn’s “Voices of a People’s History of the United States“ on October 5, 2005, at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles. <https://vimeo.com/1275332> Following a brief introduction … Continued
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Sunflower Alliance Zoom Meeting,
1:00 pm
Sunflower Alliance Zoom Meeting,
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 5 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
We’re looking forward to getting together with you for a regular meeting. We’ll discuss the latest developments in our fight to keep new oil and gas wells out of eastern Contra Costa County! Plus we’ll catch up on other campaigns and check in with each other. We need your participation and your voice! RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org for link The Sunflower Alliance is committed to environmental justice and the health and safety of all Bay Area communities threatened by toxic pollution and climate change. We are fighting against the poisoning of … Continued
Ella Baker Meeting
4:00 pm
Ella Baker Meeting
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 5 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Join us for our monthly member meeting as we come together to build community and practice truth telling. Learn more about our work and get plugged into our campaigns. We will be meeting virtually this month and you must register to attend. This meeting is open to non-members so we encourage you to join and get to know us. REGISTER HERE We are named after Ella Baker, a brilliant, black hero of the civil rights movement. Following in her footsteps, we organize with Black, Brown, and low-income people to shift resources away from prisons … Continued
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
4:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
@ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jul 5 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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
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Oscar Grant Committee Meeting
7:00 pm
Oscar Grant Committee Meeting
@ Zoom Meeting
Jul 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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
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Community Meeting on Police Brutality
6:00 pm
Socialist Night School: The Police – What’re they Good for Anyway?
7:00 pm
Socialist Night School: The Police – What’re they Good for Anyway?
Jul 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every time protests erupt after yet another innocent black person is killed by police, “reform” is meekly offered as the solution. But what if drastically defunding the police – not reform – is the best way to stop unnecessary violence and death committed by law enforcement against communities of color? The alternative is not more money for police training programs, hardware or oversight. It is to dramatically shrink their function. We must demand that local politicians develop non-police solutions to the problems poor people face. Instead of giving them more money … Continued
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DSA Green New Deal Committee Monthly Meeting
6:45 pm
DSA Green New Deal Committee Monthly Meeting
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 8 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm
Our Green New Deal Committee meets on the second Wednesday each month. We will discuss eco-socialist issues, upcoming events and actions, committee priorities, and campaigns. All are welcome! Please RSVP to receive the URL to the meeting or email green-new-deal@eastbaydsa.org. Aug 12th RSVP page68023
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California State Public Bank AB 310 – Virtual Press Conference
10:00 am
California State Public Bank AB 310 – Virtual Press Conference
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Zoom Link Webinar ID: 979 4670 3278 Password: 611741 In 2019, with your support, we passed AB 857, the Public Banking Act, empowering cities and regions to create our own banks. In 2020, economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing local governments across the state to cut staff, services, and vital programs at a time when they are most needed. We must bring desperately needed funds into urban and rural communities ignored by Wall Street banks. AB 310 proposes emergency COVID-19 relief by transferring 10% of California’s Pooled Money … Continued
Defund OPD Teach-In
6:30 pm
Defund OPD Teach-In
@ Online
Jul 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Want to know more about OPD’s share of the Oakland budget? Want to learn about the history of APTP’s Defund OPD campaign? Register for our Defund OPD Teach-In at https://t.co/yGOmYamK7D#defundopd #defundpolice pic.twitter.com/IaMyT2XcUm — Defund OPD (@DefundOPD) July 3, 2020 68016
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Mutual Aid Donation Drive
10:00 am
Mutual Aid Donation Drive
@ Omni Commons
Jul 10 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
We are asking OUR HOUSED neighbors to contribute hygiene supplies, canned food, bottled water, rain gear, tarps, garbage bags, $$ et al on July 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 & 12 to be redistributed on July 19 to encampments in North Oakland dealing with the COVID 19. We will sanitize and package your donations add a hot packaged meal and fresh fruit to the care kits to be distributed to North Oakland Encampments and surrounding encampments. In order to properly sanitize and maintain social distancing we are collecting the materials … Continued
Extinction Rebellion: Welcome Call
5:30 pm
Extinction Rebellion: Welcome Call
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 10 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Been to a “Heading for Extinction” Talk or seen us in the media? Want to get more involved? Attend a Zoom (video) Orientation Call! Note that this call is phone friendly! If you want to call in by phone, you can call in using the zoom meeting number (disclosed once you sign up). Sign up here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkcuuhqzMoG9Gkaji1tKcqCT_J6bDAEEqc68025
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Mutual Aid Donation Drive
10:00 am
Mutual Aid Donation Drive
@ Omni Commons
Jul 11 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
We are asking OUR HOUSED neighbors to contribute hygiene supplies, canned food, bottled water, rain gear, tarps, garbage bags, $$ et al on July 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 & 12 to be redistributed on July 19 to encampments in North Oakland dealing with the COVID 19. We will sanitize and package your donations add a hot packaged meal and fresh fruit to the care kits to be distributed to North Oakland Encampments and surrounding encampments. In order to properly sanitize and maintain social distancing we are collecting the materials … Continued
Wood St. – Community Action Day
10:00 am
Justice 4 Sean Monterrosa
12:00 pm
F*ck Your Budget Assembly
1:00 pm
F*ck Your Budget Assembly
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 11 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
We’re hosting a F*ck Your Budget Assembly to respond to the Oakland City Council’s failure to listen to the demands of thousands of people and 100 community, faith, labor organizations, and small businesses who all agree that we need to Defund the Police and Defend Black Lives. Guest Speakers: – James Burch of Anti Police-Terror Project’s #DefundOPD Committee – Sharena Diamond Thomas of PEOPLE’S COMMUNITY MEDICS (Each One, Teach One) – Jesse Wiltey of the Melanated Social Work Podcast – Patricia Moran, Children’s Librarian, Oakland – Sandra Rodriguez, restorative justice … Continued
Town Hall: Mothers Talk Police Brutality
1:00 pm
Town Hall: Mothers Talk Police Brutality
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 11 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
For every victim and every death at the hands of police, there is a mother. Join the Mothers of the Movement as we discuss how to cope with grief, take care of mental health, and turn pain into purpose. The Town Hall will happen on Zoom: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/97524099924 Panelists to be announced. We’ll also stream to Facebook Live. We’ll take audience questions off Zoom and Facebook.68018
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group
4:30 pm
Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 11 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
***>> EMAIL STRIKE.DEBT.BAY.AREA@GMAIL.COM FOR ZOOM INFO A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING. <<*** Strike Debt Bay Area hosts a non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital and Its Discontents, and How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century. For our July, August and September discussions we will be reading ‘The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy’ by Stephanie Kelton. (Find it at your local bookstore or through this site.) For July, we … Continued
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Mutual Aid Donation Drive
10:00 am
Mutual Aid Donation Drive
@ Omni Commons
Jul 12 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
We are asking OUR HOUSED neighbors to contribute hygiene supplies, canned food, bottled water, rain gear, tarps, garbage bags, $$ et al on July 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 & 12 to be redistributed on July 19 to encampments in North Oakland dealing with the COVID 19. We will sanitize and package your donations add a hot packaged meal and fresh fruit to the care kits to be distributed to North Oakland Encampments and surrounding encampments. In order to properly sanitize and maintain social distancing we are collecting the materials … Continued
Interfaith Prayers for Healing
10:30 am
Interfaith Prayers for Healing
@ Online via Zoom
Jul 12 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to healing. The Bahá’í 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. “Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. … Continued
DSA General Meeting
1:00 pm
DSA General Meeting
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 12 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Join us for a voting General Meeting of East Bay DSA! This month, we will hear from committees and hear several candidate endorsements. Virtual voting rules & procedures will be explained during the meeting. Please RSVP and invite other comrades to hear updates on our campaigns and events. The agenda is available here. The meeting will be conducted via ZOOM. RSVP here and we will confirm your membership and you’ll receive an email with the Zoom link. If you are not a member, the meeting will be available to stream via YouTube. 68033
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
4:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
@ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jul 12 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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
Political Courage and Racial Justice
5:00 pm
Political Courage and Racial Justice
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Green Sunday: Political Courage and Racial Justice A conversation between Aidan Hill and Cheryl Davila, who are both running for political office in the Nov. 3rd, 2020 election. Both candidates have expressed a deep renewal of political affairs in the covid-19 world. They will discuss ways to combat climate change and military industrialism in cities as well as ending racism and xenophobia and other related intolerances in the Bay Area. Join us for this discussion regarding what it means to run for office, the impacts and the struggles of doing … Continued
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Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting
7:00 pm
Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting
@ Madison Park Apartments, community room
Jul 13 @ 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
Tax the Rich to Fund Schools and Services: Three Parts
7:00 pm
Tax the Rich to Fund Schools and Services: Three Parts
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Zoom connection link EBDSA members have the opportunity to help pass the largest tax increase in history on California’s wealthiest commercial property owners, raising $10-12 billion per year for public education and social services. With the Movement for Black Lives uprising deepening into the call for defunding the police, it will be necessary to expand revenues required to build alternative, sustainable public services, and practices. Progressive taxation—especially taxing the rich—is an essential path to accomplish that goal. “Schools and Communities First” (SCF), on the November 3 ballot, is backed … Continued
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They Deserve Justice – Breonna Taylor and Vanessa Guillen: Caravan from Concord to Oakland and March
11:00 am
They Deserve Justice – Breonna Taylor and Vanessa Guillen: Caravan from Concord to Oakland and March
@ Todos Santos Plaza
Jul 14 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
COME THRU AND SUPPORT! We need everyone to come and demand justice for Breonna Taylor and Vanessa Guillén. Keep in mind this will be a caravan to Oakland so make sure to eat and hydrate yourselves before you come. We will be marching in Oakland so bring any supplies you need! Stay 6ft apart and wear your masks at all times. As we all know there has been a lot of disagreements with the black and brown community but this is time to show people that WE can come together … Continued
Speakout against Racial Displacement & Defend the Portapotty
11:30 am
Speakout against Racial Displacement & Defend the Portapotty
@ Driver's Plaza
Jul 14 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
TOMORROW 7/14 there is a Speakout at Driver’s Plaza @ 11:30 am. This is organized by Auntie Frances Moore’s #SelfHelpHungerProgram and Phat Beets, who provide regular services like this food/PPE/sanitation supply drive by SHHP.SHOW UP to stand against racist displacement! pic.twitter.com/XvSLYgggAf— The Village, Oakland (@VillageOakland) July 13, 2020 68043
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DefundOPD Virtual Townhall for Community Input
6:00 pm
DefundOPD Virtual Townhall for Community Input
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Administration and City Council have committed to a 50% decrease in OPD’s budget next year. To get there, we need a transition plan that is informed and lead by community. Join APTP and the Defund the Police Coalition as we discuss: – What needs to be defunded from police – What needs to be refunded by community – What alternative response models look like – Who should be on the transition team and how they should be appointed Let’s dream together and make those dreams a reality for Oakland! … Continued
Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State
6:30 pm
Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' - SEE BELOW
Jul 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to obtain Zoom meeting access info. Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” — to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing. We … Continued
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“Capturing The Flag” Voter Suppression Film & Town Hall
5:00 pm
“Capturing The Flag” Voter Suppression Film & Town Hall
@ ONLINE
Jul 16 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Virtual Screening and Discussion of Documentary, ‘Capturing the Flag’ Register here: https://www.capturingtheflag.com/register-7-16 Join the Feminist Majority Foundation, Girls Learn International, The Civics Center, and Ms. Magazine for a special, virtual screening of ‘Capturing the Flag’, a documentary that shares the story of three activists who worked to combat voter suppression in Cumberland County, N.C. in 2016, and post-film town hall with voting rights experts. ABOUT: ‘Capturing the Flag’ In the fall of 2016, a tight-knit group of friends travel to Cumberland County, North Carolina – named a “posterchild” for voter suppression … Continued
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Webinar: Climate Justice in California and What You Can Do
11:00 am
Webinar: Climate Justice in California and What You Can Do
@ Online
Jul 17 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Join Katie Valenzuela, Policy and Political Director at the California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) and Destiny Rodriguez, Community Relations Manager at The Climate Center, for a conversation about climate justice with moderator, CEO Ellie Cohen. After brief presentations, you can participate in an interactive conversation about how climate justice is racial justice, and what you can do. Advanced registration required. Register here Our special guests will present on the health, economic and other consequences of our fossil fuel economy on lower-income communities and people of color, current legislative efforts, including AB 345, to reduce the disproportionate impacts … Continued
Extinction Rebellion: Welcome Call
5:30 pm
Extinction Rebellion: Welcome Call
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 17 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Been to a “Heading for Extinction” Talk or seen us in the media? Want to get more involved? Attend a Zoom (video) Orientation Call! Note that this call is phone friendly! If you want to call in by phone, you can call in using the zoom meeting number (disclosed once you sign up). Sign up here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkcuuhqzMoG9Gkaji1tKcqCT_J6bDAEEqc68025
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Mutual Aid Donation Drive
10:00 am
Mutual Aid Donation Drive
@ Omni Commons
Jul 18 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
We are asking OUR HOUSED neighbors to contribute hygiene supplies, canned food, bottled water, rain gear, tarps, garbage bags, $$ et al on July 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 & 12 to be redistributed on July 19 to encampments in North Oakland dealing with the COVID 19. We will sanitize and package your donations add a hot packaged meal and fresh fruit to the care kits to be distributed to North Oakland Encampments and surrounding encampments. In order to properly sanitize and maintain social distancing we are collecting the materials … Continued
Meet CA Environmental Justice Organizers on the Front Lines
4:00 pm
Meet CA Environmental Justice Organizers on the Front Lines
@ Online on Facebook
Jul 18 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/302544934127369/ The California Environmental Justice Coalition invites you to “Meet Us Live” to hear from grassroots environmental justice organizers in frontline communities throughout California: Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice The LEAP Institute (Latino Environmental Advancement Project) Fresnans Against Fracking Tri-Valley CAREs Sunflower Alliance Bayview Hunters Point Mothers and Fathers Committee El Pueblo Para el Aire y Agua Limpia de Kettleman City Fresh Air Vallejo Breakthrough Communities68047
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Community Action Day – Wood St. Homeless Community
10:00 am
Community Action Day – Wood St. Homeless Community
Jul 19 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
#Oakland !!! Join us for another community action day in the time of the #coronavirus We will be talking to residents, hauling out trash, gardening and building more handwashing stations! We will be out all day! 68052
Mutual Aid Donation Drive
10:00 am
Mutual Aid Donation Drive
@ Omni Commons
Jul 19 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
We are asking OUR HOUSED neighbors to contribute hygiene supplies, canned food, bottled water, rain gear, tarps, garbage bags, $$ et al on July 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 & 12 to be redistributed on July 19 to encampments in North Oakland dealing with the COVID 19. We will sanitize and package your donations add a hot packaged meal and fresh fruit to the care kits to be distributed to North Oakland Encampments and surrounding encampments. In order to properly sanitize and maintain social distancing we are collecting the materials … Continued
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
4:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
@ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jul 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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
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Climate Activists Show Up for Essential Workers
11:00 am
Climate Activists Show Up for Essential Workers
@ Mosswood Park
Jul 20 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Join Sunflower Alliance, the Sunrise Movement, and other climate activists to support workers at the Oakland Telegraph Ave. MacDonald’s, who have been on strike since May demanding PPE, sick pay, hazard pay and social distancing. The workers report that they were asked to wear dog diapers for PPE, that they got no sick pay when they were sick and thought they had COVID, and that the store was not enforcing social distancing. Of the 33 workers, 12 ended up getting COVID and 31 of them are now on strike. See news … Continued
Strike for Black Health and Vitality
12:00 pm
Strike for Black Health and Vitality
@ Highland Hospital
Jul 20 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Join workers walking out for Black Health and Vitality! Black healthcare workers, patients, and communities are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the pandemic, mismanagement of our public hospital system was depriving workers of access to vital resources and proper staffing. Unequal health outcomes for Black patients continue to pose a significant threat to public well being. With lives on the line, health professionals and patients alike are demanding action. Alameda Health System must become accountable to the public and put an end to its racist health … Continued
Fascism: What It Is and How To Fight It – A discussion
7:00 pm
Fascism: What It Is and How To Fight It – A discussion
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Register to attend here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvdOGhpz4uG9X4aoyOS3UAPQPLiQqSId3b Join us to talk about the relevance of this topic in the era of #45 and the upcoming elections. We will have a couple of presentations, and then open the floor for discussion. Among the readings we will refer to are: – Leon Trotsky’s “FASCISM: What It Is and How To Fight It” https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1944/1944-fas.htm – Alan Merson, Communist Resistance in Nazi Germany: https://www.scribd.com/doc/299197148/Communist-Resistance-in-Nazi-Germany-Allan-Merson-1985 – Leslie Feinberg, Lavender and Red: https://www.workers.org/book/lavender-red/ – “Pirate” gangs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss_Pirates – Sweezy on the Rise of Fascism – A synopsis by … Continued
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Hear Just Transition Alliance Founders
5:00 pm
Hear Just Transition Alliance Founders
@ ONLINE
Jul 22 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Register here Hear founders of the Just Transition Alliance, which brings together people of color in fenceline communities, Indigenous Peoples, workers, and unions in polluting industries in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. to address environmental and economic justice issues together. This is the third webinar in the Just Transition Listening Project, hosted by the Labor Network for Sustainability. SPEAKERS: Les Leopold, Author of “The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzochi,” and Director of the Labor Institute and the Public Health Institute. José Bravo, Executive Director, … Continued
Intro to DSA
6:30 pm
Intro to DSA
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Democratic Socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are raising the expectations of millions of people across the United States and bringing them into a political awakening. The membership of DSA, the largest socialist organization in the United States, is rapidly growing by the thousands. Millions of everyday people are calling for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, universal rent control, and more. But what is democratic socialism? What does it mean to be a member of DSA? Let’s talk about it. This event will be … Continued
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Extinction Rebellion: Welcome Call
5:30 pm
Extinction Rebellion: Welcome Call
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 24 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Been to a “Heading for Extinction” Talk or seen us in the media? Want to get more involved? Attend a Zoom (video) Orientation Call! Note that this call is phone friendly! If you want to call in by phone, you can call in using the zoom meeting number (disclosed once you sign up). Sign up here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkcuuhqzMoG9Gkaji1tKcqCT_J6bDAEEqc68025
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Join Berkeley Copwatch! – Training Session
11:00 am
Join Berkeley Copwatch! – Training Session
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 25 @ 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Join Berkeley Copwatch! Register today for our new Berkeley Copwatch Volunteer Training 2020! If you’ve been looking for a way to plug into the movement that is happening NOW, this could be what you’re looking for. Topics Include: 1. Know Your Rights 2. How to Film Police 3. Shift Procedures 4. Overview of Berkeley Municipal Codes 5. De-Escalation Techniques and much more! Think globally, ACT LOCALLY! Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuceysrj0uGNaFx1Bb7m9SXbOVALR6vFrl DONATE NOW! 68054
The 1946 Oakland General Strike – Presentation
12:00 pm
The 1946 Oakland General Strike – Presentation
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 25 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
In order to view or participate, a Zoom registration is required. Register here for this event: https://laborfest.net/event/oakland-general-strike-walk-1200-noon-free-meet-at-the-fountain-in-latham-square-telegraph-broadway/ After registration, participants will receive a Zoom invitation. This year is the 74th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike. This presentation will revisit the sites of Oakland’s “Work Holiday” that spontaneously began with rank-and-file solidarity with the striking, mostly women retail clerks at Kahn’s and Hastings department stores, where picket lines were broken by police-escorted scabs. Within 24 hours, it involved over 100,000 workers and shut down nearly all commerce in the East Bay for … Continued
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Sunflower Alliance
1:00 pm
Sunflower Alliance
@ Online
Jul 26 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
We’re looking forward to getting together with you for our next regular meeting. We’ll discuss the latest developments in our campaigns and check in with each other. We need your participation and your voice! RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org to get a link Sunflower Alliance is committed to environmental justice and the health and safety of all Bay Area communities threatened by toxic pollution and climate change. We are fighting against the poisoning of our communities and the destruction of our planet, and for an equitable and sustainable economy fueled by renewable energy sources—wind, … Continued
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
4:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
@ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jul 26 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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
What to do instead of calling the police
4:00 pm
What to do instead of calling the police
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 26 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Hosted by Alternatives to Policing-East Bay, First Congregational Church of Oakland (United Church of Christ) and 5 others Online Event We are thrilled to invite YOU and 2-3 of YOURS! Into a virtual (via zoom) open share creative sharing about how you are considering, dreaming, engaging, and employing alternatives to policing systems when you face threats to your security and safety. While we have been learning and building together in the Bay Area, a national Black–led movement and uprising for the abolition of white supremacist policing systems is forcing a national conversation and … Continued
Solidarity with Portland – @OGP
7:30 pm
Solidarity with Portland – @OGP
Jul 26 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Tonight, 7:30pm Oscar Grant plaza ✊🏼The Youth Liberation Front in Portland has called for solidarity actions against the federal occupation of their city. https://t.co/3hhfxmMJUD— Indybay (@Indybay) July 26, 2020 68064
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Speak Out Against Illegal Caltrans Evictions
3:00 pm
People’s Park and the Overreach of UC Berkeley
5:00 pm
Tax the Rich to Fund Schools and Services: Three Parts
7:00 pm
Tax the Rich to Fund Schools and Services: Three Parts
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Zoom connection link EBDSA members have the opportunity to help pass the largest tax increase in history on California’s wealthiest commercial property owners, raising $10-12 billion per year for public education and social services. With the Movement for Black Lives uprising deepening into the call for defunding the police, it will be necessary to expand revenues required to build alternative, sustainable public services, and practices. Progressive taxation—especially taxing the rich—is an essential path to accomplish that goal. “Schools and Communities First” (SCF), on the November 3 ballot, is backed … Continued
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Defund OPD – Speak Out!
12:00 pm
Defund OPD – Speak Out!
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 28 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
#DefundOPD It’s not over by a longshot! Speak up at Tuesday’s City Council.https://t.co/aMcVW2M6RB pic.twitter.com/oPMophggzt — Anti Police-Terror (@APTPaction) July 26, 2020 68070
Court Hearing on Tear Gas Use in Oakland
1:30 pm
Is Police Accountability Possible in Oakland?
7:00 pm
Is Police Accountability Possible in Oakland?
@ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM'
Jul 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Is Police Accountability Possible in Oakland? A national conversation is taking place about reforming, defunding, and re-imagining policing. Please join in the dialog! The Oakland Police Department has caused untold suffering to families of mostly black and brown residents and has cost taxpayers $74 million dollars in legal settlements over the last 10 years. Being under a consent decree has failed to resolve problems in spite of 17 years of court oversight. How could this happen? What can we do about it? Representatives from The Coalition for Police Accountability will … Continued
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