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WHAT: Build Back Fossil Free Solidarity Action COVID safe event – please wear masks and practice social distancing. RSVP: https://bit.ly/3czwFct On April 1, frontline Indigenous youth and organizers from the Dakota Access and Line 3 pipeline fights will travel to Washington D.C. to demand Biden Build Back Fossil Free and stop these climate-destroying projects. On Thursday we will take to the streets of San Francisco in solidarity with their courage to demand that the Biden Adminstration use executive powers to immediately stop the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines, stop … Continued

Help show that our community demands full student debt cancellation. Join us on Thursday, 4/1 @ 4 PM PST at the U.S. Department of Education office in San Francisco (50 Beale Street) to demand student debt cancellation. Click here for more information & to RSVP! Help show our local representatives and President Joe Biden that our community demands full student debt cancellation. We request all attendees follow covid safety protocols (wearing masks & practicing physical distancing). Together, we will win full cancellation! **Feel free to bring offerings(waters, snacks) to share … Continued

Grandmothers for a Green New Deal, a small group of elder women (members of 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations), invite you to a 90-minute, interactive zoom workshop to examine the Green New Deal as a blueprint toward a sustainable future. Sign up for one of these workshops by clicking on the registration links below Register for Thursday, March 18, 4-5:30 PM Register for Friday, March 26; 4-5:30 PM Register for Thursday, April 1, 4 – 5:30 PM PLEASE NOTE: Each presentation is limited to 12 participants so everyone has a chance to share their ideas. Please register early! … Continued

The Global Just Recovery Gathering is a free interactive 3-day online event focusing on designing a new path toward a better future. There’ll be workshops, cultural sessions, artists and musicians from every corner of the world.  The event starts April 9, 2021. 350.org is hosting this event as a space for climate and social justice movements. Once you’ve entered the virtual conference website, you’ll be able to: choose which sessions you want to attend, join both plenary presentations and smaller interactive workshops, chat 1-1 or in groups with other conference participants from … Continued

The Global Just Recovery Gathering is a free interactive 3-day online event focusing on designing a new path toward a better future. There’ll be workshops, cultural sessions, artists and musicians from every corner of the world.  The event starts April 9, 2021. 350.org is hosting this event as a space for climate and social justice movements. Once you’ve entered the virtual conference website, you’ll be able to: choose which sessions you want to attend, join both plenary presentations and smaller interactive workshops, chat 1-1 or in groups with other conference participants from … Continued

Green Eco-Socialist Network – 3 part series with David Cobb, Meleiza Figueroa, David Bond, Chey Bell! Join us for a deep dive into Eco-Socialism, and learn how the capitalist status quo deprives us of our human rights and aspirations. The first presentation in this 3-part series is an introduction to Eco-Socialism vs. Capitalism including a discussion of what Eco-Socialism may mean to you. The world we need and deserve is not only possible, it is an imperative. We and our children will not survive the status quo. Event is FREE … Continued

The Global Just Recovery Gathering is a free interactive 3-day online event focusing on designing a new path toward a better future. There’ll be workshops, cultural sessions, artists and musicians from every corner of the world.  The event starts April 9, 2021. 350.org is hosting this event as a space for climate and social justice movements. Once you’ve entered the virtual conference website, you’ll be able to: choose which sessions you want to attend, join both plenary presentations and smaller interactive workshops, chat 1-1 or in groups with other conference participants from … Continued

Chevron is not only polluting the environment and politics in Richmond, South America,  and beyond, but is also propping up the murderous military dictatorship in Burma (Myanmar). Join a national day of action telling Chevron to suspend all payments to the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise until democracy is restored. The Myanmar labor movement has led the millions-strong street demonstrations from the beginning, as well as a general strike since March 8. The Myanmar military has responded with brutal, repression. They have used war-grade weaponry on the people’s protests for weeks, killing … Continued

Join us in celebrating the life of Kayla Moore, who died at the hands of the Berkeley Police in 2013. Kayla was a Black trans loved one who was living with a mental health condition. She was killed by the BPD during a mental health wellness check. Kayla would have been 50 years old this year. We believe that Kayla Moore would still be alive if there had been an appropriate response while she was experiencing mental health crisis. Join us in demanding CARE NOT COPS. This conversation is timely: … Continued

Online Event Location:  https://nlgsf.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=68  You’ve submitted your request for public records, now what? This training will cover what happens after you’ve drafted and submitted your California Public Records Act request. Topics include; Agency deadlines Agencies fees Practical tips for when an agency doesn’t produce what you’d like CPRA lawsuits basics Training conducted by Abenicio Cisneros (Follow on Twitter @CPRAlawyer). The NLG-SFBA is organizing this training with two main goals in mind: 1) Per the request of movement partners as well as NLG projects and committees, and 2) To train up law students, … Continued

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The current War on Yemen is starving millions of Yemenis as the country faces bombings, blockades, and partition. Foreign powers seek to divide the country in order get their slice of the pie. While some members of the U.S. establishment give lip service to ending the war, it is clear that they have no interest in doing so and do not care about the Yemeni people! We say no to this hypocrisy! We say no to the War on Yemen! We will be gathering to discuss the hunger strike and … Continued

End the UC’s displacement, gentrification, and violence! Protect community, protect history, protect People’s Park and 1921 Walnut Street! The University of California, Gov. Newsom and their billionaire cronies is trying to evict tenants of 1921 Walnut Street, a rent-controlled building, and destroy affordable housing in Berkeley, California to create student dorms. The UC is also trying to destroy People’s Park, an open space, center for arts and culture, mutual aid, and poor people in the East Bay. We say NO! Meet at 1921 Walnut Street on April 24th at 12PM. … Continued

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Spring is here and it’s EARTH WEEK! Dust off your stilts, put on an animal onesie, bring out your pots and pans, and come celebrate our hard work towards climate regeneration and environmental justice. Connect with community and a shared vision for change. Who: Activists, Concerned Citizens, Speakers, Families, Workers, Youth, Global Citizens: You! All people are welcome at this event. In association with Extinction Rebellion Bay Area, 350 Bay Area and many individuals and satellite supporters. Let us know if your organization is interested in co-sponsoring. Featured talk by: … Continued

Many people work at nonprofits for the same reason they become socialists – they see the ills of the world and want to have a hand in changing them. Join us for this EBDSA Night School exploring the relationship between the fight for socialism and nonprofits. We’ll look at the limits of philanthropy and enacting change through nonprofits, and explore what it means to build working-class power to fight capitalism. Readings https://midwestsocialist.com/2019/07/29/non-profits-in-the-coming-struggle/ https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/peter-singer-charity-effective-altruism/ Audio Not for Profit? The Nonprofit Industrial Complex   Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82065674829?pwd=Yjh4OFVveDNvRUFCSjFHNkVPRDlOdz09 Meeting ID: 820 6567 … Continued