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Hardware hack night – each Tuesday, we welcome sudoers new and old to bring their hardware projects to the space, or simply come by to learn and tinker! All welcome, 7pm til… whomever’s left standing! You can also jump in virtually via https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles ! Some stuff people have been working on: Pimping out cool bicycles with lights for the East Bay Bike Party the dancing robot arm stable diffusion watercolor painting IRL 75083

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR JUST IMMIGRATION REFORM (EN ESPANOL AQUI ABAJO) June, 2023 Dear Friend & Supporter: We humbly write to invite you to endorse, participate, and make a contribution to the Northern California Coalition For Just Immigration Reform’s (NCCJIR) 40-mile Walk For Immigration Reform–Papers For All Through Registry, which will take place August 5-7, from Sonoma County to San Francisco! NCCJIR is a coalition of immigrant rights organizations in San Francisco, East Bay, Sonoma and Humboldt Counties, which includes Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA), East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, El … Continued

Join the Citizens Climate Lobby San Mateo Youth Chapter at our annual climate march rally in San Mateo’s Central Park on Saturday, August 5 at 1 – 3:30 PM. Our world is facing an unprecedented climate crisis, and it is up to the youth of today to stand up for our future and ensure we inherit a livable world. This event will include: –Student-led march around El Camino and Central Park –Policy updates from State Senator Josh Becker, Mayor Amorence Lee, and Congressman Kevin Mullin –Calls to action from Youth … Continued

  Just last month unarmed 20-year-old Juan Diego Yuriar was shot & killed after being pulled over by CHP as he was on his way home after watching fireworks for the 4th.   75311

As the world marks the 78th  anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Eugene E Ruyle, member of the ICSS Program Committee, reviews the history of nuclear weapons and their continuing threat to human existence. Our speaker is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies, CSU, Long Beach and President, Veterans for Peace, East Bay Chapter 162. LOGIN INFORMATION Our Zoom room will be opened up as usual at 10:15 am for anyone to join and discuss technical matters, catch up with each other, say Hi, etc.. The … Continued

This BENEFIT screening opens this SWFCenter film to the public and raises money for our post-production expenses. It’s a powerful documentary by filmmaker Cheryl Fabio, that updates the narrative about the potential avalanche of houselessness, as it demonstrates that the homeless crisis is solvable. Each of us can act toward the end of homelessness in Alameda County and across the nation. This event has sold out online This event is no longer available online.75320

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

One Payer States is taking us to Cyprus in its next virtual Office Hours session. An Oregon doctor and health administrator along with two interns from Physicians for a National Health Program will explain how this eastern Mediterranean island with a long and volatile political history created a new publicly funded healthcare system. OPS serves single payer advocates working to create state-based systems. Click here to register for the event. Click here for more information. Tere are many ways to get involved. Health Care for All (HCA) welcomes new members! If you have time to volunteer, … 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

Harmonizing Our Measure for Equality (HOME Act) AB 1306 would ensure that immigrant Californians who earn release from state prison under existing criminal justice laws can come home instead of being double punished and cruelly transferred to ICE where they experience indefinite detention and, often times, permanent separation from their families and communities. The bill is now in the Senate, and will be heard next in the Appropriations Committee. During this event we will be joined by incredible community members, impacted leaders, and advocates to learn more about how we … Continued

National Single Payer is bringing Dr. Margaret Flowers to our screens in this first of a series of educational sessions. We recall Dr. Flowers being escorted out of Senate talks on the Affordable Care Act after single payer advocates were excluded. Dr. Flowers will discuss the importance of ongoing M4A activism. NSP is organizing to stop Medicare privatization and achieve national single payer. Click here to register. Click here for more information on the event75338

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RSVP to  policy@ellabakercenter.org for the zoom link Join us for a virtual community gathering where we will be responding to letters we receive from people inside prisons and jails in California and across the country. We will be sending in our newsletter, legal resources, parole preparation packets, reentry help, and answers to people’s questions. There will be an “Intro” room for new folks, a problem-solving room, and a “Special Issue” room too! You can also plug into our  Calls to Action before/after Mail Night this month. Virtual Prison Mail Night … Continued

The climate movement is coming together to demonstrate that it is well past time for Biden to declare a Climate Emergency. At the XRUS Open House you can learn about the September 17 March to End Fossil Fuels. Please register for the Open House here. 144 activists from around the country are already registered, and one of the march organizers will give a presentation and answer questions, so we are expecting a lively and useful discussion. Here is a preview of what will be covered at the Open House. We … 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

  Please Join the Green Party of Alameda County for an Open Forum discussion of the Presidential Run by Dr. Cornel West. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88083342274 As Chris Hedges writes “The Republican and Democratic parties have no intention of allowing independents and third parties into their exclusive club. A series of arcane laws and rules governing elections make it extremely difficult for outsiders to get on the ballot, receive exposure, raise money, comply with regulations that are designed to advance the interests of Republicans and Democrats or participate in public … Continued

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

Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info. (THE JANUARY 17TH MEETING, 2024 WAS MOVED TO JANUARY 24TH) Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for privacy, surveillance regulation of both corporations and the state, and government transparency, around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” … Continued

Our general meetings are held virtually on the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm. This week we will be talking about commemorating Black August, CHP and automated license plate readers in Oakland, family campaigns for justice and more. Come to our general meeting to learn more about our work and how to support it! Where: Online � Register to join us Accessibility: ASL and Live Closed Captioning available. Register to Join 75377

Join the Alameda County DA Accountability Table on Thursday, August 17th, from 5pm-7pm at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center to hear what issue experts with lived experience have to say about mental health services as a crucial component of violence prevention and intervention.75354

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Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our August and September meetings we are reading End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin. For  our August meeting we’ll be reading the first two sections, which is about half of the book. For  the  September  meeting  we will finish the book. Back in 2010, when Nature magazine asked leading scientists to provide a ten-year forecast, Turchin used his models to predict that America was in a spiral of social disintegration that would lead to a … Continued

Non-violence: Should it be a Green Party value for the National, State, County, & City platforms? The Oakland Greens are on record saying that a large reason why we lose members is over the non-violence party platform idea. Is the idea of non-violence a turn-off to people that have been subject to institutional violence? You are invited to have this discussion with us; virtual doors open at 6 PM with the best pre-show music diversity, with the discussion beginning at 6:30 PM PDT on ZOOM Please register by Friday, August … Continued

Speaker: Mehmet Bayram.    Turkiye has come to the end of its rope, living the “good life” without producing but borrowing constantly and selling off its assets, pennies-to-the-dollar. Now the country is in a total collapse with the bills becoming due and nothing to show from all the years of endless wasting away of the national resources under capitalism. Neocolonialism was created to be like this. Imperialism holds the client states in constant disequilibrium, debt, and violence, yet nurtures the hope of sitting at the table with the big boys … 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

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There is a pathway to MediCal for All. The average California family faces $7,545 in out of pocket health care costs every year.(1) The costs are skyrocketing, and California now spends more on health care than any other state in the country.(2) Single payer health care has never been more needed! That’s why Courage California, CARA, and Health Care for All California are partnering to give you the latest updates on California’s progress toward MediCal for All. Join us for a virtual town hall, during which we’ll talk about the … Continued

The Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club is hosting a panel on “Progressive Prosecutors: The Future of Criminal Justice Reform.” Alameda County District Attorney PAMELA PRICE and former San Francisco District Attorney CHESA BOUDIN will join us in conversation with Cristine Soto DeBerry, Executive Director of the Prosecutors Alliance (a statewide progressive organization). As you may know, the attempt to overturn the election of DA Price is underway, and the collection of signatures on an official recall petition will be starting very soon. If enough signatures are collected within a mandated time period, there will be a recall … Continued

A healing portal is a co-created space for communal healing intended to interrupt the impacts of state violence. This month we especially invite our youth partners to join us  75409

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Mary Louise Patterson speaking on her book, Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond    Dr. MaryLouise Patterson is a retired general pediatrician from Weill-Cornell Medical College and New York Hospital in New York City. Born in Chicago to two labor and community activists who were longtime members of the Communist Party, Louise and William Patterson, she grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her medical degree from Patrice Lumumba Friendship University in Moscow, USSR and a Master’s of Public Health, from the … Continued

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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

Oakland Greens Movie discussion:   “What the Bleep Do We Know” Our monthly free community event is like a film book club –we will discuss all aspects of the movie and your input is welcomed. “What the Bleep Do We Know” (2004):  Amanda, a divorced photographer, has a fantastic experience when life begins to unravel around her, revealing the cellular, molecular and quantum worlds that lie beneath everything. Question everything with the regular cast and our host who has been in the business since 1989.  The Oakland Greens virtual events are designed … Continued

Our monthly free community event’ like a film book club. we will discuss all aspects of the movie and your input is welcomed — “What the Bleep Do We Know” (2004): Amanda, a divorced photographer, has a fantastic experience when life begins to unravel around her, revealing the cellular, molecular and quantum worlds that lie beneath everything — Question everything with the regular cast and our host who has been in the business since 1989 — The Oakland Greens Virtual events are designed to hear your ideas & thoughts. At … Continued

ALL OUT BAY AREA: @google workers and community will lead a rally at Google’s Cloud Next Conference on August 29th @ 5 PM to demand an end to Google’s contract with the Israeli military and government! Join us in demanding an end to this! RSVP: http://notechforapartheid.com/RSVPNext 75364

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RSVP here (registration closes at 4PM, 2 hours prior to event) Tonight from 6-8PM, join special guest speakers Tur-Ha Ak, Minister Cherri Murphy, and Dominique Walker, the co-founder of Moms 4 Housing, for an interactive virtual training and strategy session on Oakland’s role in the fight against the Right. This event will bring together a diverse group of organizations to unite against the corporate-funded astroturf movement seeking to scapegoat marginalized communities and progressive leadership for conditions that arose from an unprecedented global pandemic. Gather your comrades, your affinity group, your … Continued

The Battle of Seattle was a series of protests during the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in 1999. The event marked a growing movement against neo-liberal schemes to enrich multinational corporations on the backs of workers and resources around the world. Hear from the people who attended the WTO protests in 1999 and watch clips from the iconic struggle. Learn about the impact of the Asia Pacific Economic Coordination (APEC) on our planet today, and how to get involved when APEC gathers in SF in November. APEC is the … Continued

Join us this Thursday as we hold a press conference in regards to Jarrett Tonn’s overturned termination. Please amplify and share with your folks! Pull up! #justice4sean 75454