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8:00 am Reclaiming King’s Legacy. @ All over the Bay Area.
Reclaiming King’s Legacy. @ All over the Bay Area.
Jan 17 @ 8:00 am – Jan 18 @ 8:00 am
Reclaiming King's Legacy. @ All over the Bay Area.
“You may well ask: ‘Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?’ You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. My citing the creation of tension as part of the work … Continued
5:00 pm Tell Berkeley City Council: End the War on Black Lives! Black Lives Matter! Black Disabled Lives Matter! @ Ed Roberts Campus
Tell Berkeley City Council: End the War on Black Lives! Black Lives Matter! Black Disabled Lives Matter! @ Ed Roberts Campus
Jan 17 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
On Saturday Jan 17 the Berkeley City Council will be holding a special meeting to discuss “Improving Police/Community Relations.” This meeting will be held at the Ed Roberts Campus, a community facility for disabled people. We demand an end to the war on black lives! Berkeley Police regularly profile black people with disabilities! Black disabled people have died in Berkeley Police custody! About the organizers: We are a group of mostly white, mostly fat, mostly disabled, mostly queer activists. We are responding to a call from the Anti Police-Terror Project … Continued
6:00 pm Berkeley City Council Workshop on Improving Police/Community Relations.
Berkeley City Council Workshop on Improving Police/Community Relations.
Jan 17 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
AGENDA Worksession: 1.    Improving Police and Community Relations: Discuss possible ways to improve community and police relations and addressing our response to what occurred in Ferguson, Missouri and beyond that will result in positive steps the City Council can pursue. A.   Public Comment B.   Facilitated Panel Discussion   C.   Legislative Panel Discussion (Invited: Congresswoman Lee, State Senator Hancock, Assemblymember Thurmond, and Supervisor Carson) D.   City Council Discussion E.   Public Comment Adjournment Reference: Berkeley City Council announcement57826
7:00 pm Anti Terrorist Police project ATPP BART Democracy event engage people about police accountabilty @ BART
Anti Terrorist Police project ATPP BART Democracy event engage people about police accountabilty @ BART
Jan 17 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Join Community Democracy Project to Dialogue with Public Sat, January 17, 11am – 2pm Where meet at Lake Merritt BART Station, Madison Street, Oakland, CA, United States map Calendar Anti-Police-Terror Calendar (SF Bay Area) Created by rootsrhizing@gmail.com Description *1/17 11am-2pm Join the Community Democracy Project to engage public in – “what kind of Oakland do you want to live in? What would it take to make police accountable to the people in Oakland?” Taking these questions directly to the people – meet at Lake Merritt BART; short training then break … Continued
7:00 pm Bay Area Spokescouncil Meeting for MLK Weekend @ OMNI Collective
Bay Area Spokescouncil Meeting for MLK Weekend @ OMNI Collective
Jan 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 Last SpokesCouncil meeting for MLK weekend.  See description of previous meeting. “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism” -Martin Luther King, Jr. 57873
8:00 pm For MLK’s birthday, take to the streets! – San Francisco @ 24th St. BART
For MLK’s birthday, take to the streets! – San Francisco @ 24th St. BART
Jan 17 @ 8:00 pm – Jan 18 @ 7:45 am
In our case, to the buses! In SF, we will be having a rally and speak out starting at 12pm at 24th and Mission Sts. At 1pm, we will split into groups and get on buses, BART and through the neighborhood in order to inform our community about the real legacy of MLK and why his struggle is still so important today. Please read the ANSWER Coalition’s “Call to Action” below for our orientation towards the commemoration of Dr. MLK: The political establishment, from the White House to City Halls … Continued
8:00 pm Help Start the Berkeley Post Office Community Garden! @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Help Start the Berkeley Post Office Community Garden! @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Jan 17 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Help us create a garden on the west side of the Berkeley Post Office.  Hummingbird flowers, winter vegetables, vertical gardening, heirloom seeds, organic non-GMO and medicinal plants are in the chat…  We also need good soil, garden tools, resources food and most of all people who want to garden! The pre-planting get together will have been held on January 10th. The Downtown Berkeley Post Office will have been Occupied 75 days on January 17th.57775
11:00 pm East Oakland March for Justice for Mike Brown @ Fruitvale Bart Station Plaza
East Oakland March for Justice for Mike Brown @ Fruitvale Bart Station Plaza
Jan 17 @ 11:00 pm – Jan 18 @ 4:00 am
March on the MLK Day weekend to demand:   Jail Darren Wilson Reject the Grand Jury Decision! Drop Charges Against All Protesters! Create More Jobs and Educational Opportunities! Down with the New Jim Crow Down with the Police State! The coming of winter has not cooled the anger of the black community of Ferguson, Missouri–it has only fanned the flames of the demand for justice that is spreading throughout the nation. Like Ferguson, East Oakland, CA is a community with a strong history of fighting for justice against racist police … Continued