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Social Justice Symposium @ Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Social Justice Symposium @ Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Jan 26 all-day
Thirteenth Annual Social Justice Symposium The Social Justice Symposium (SJS) is a student-organized event that serves as space for the community to meet and discuss social justice work in the Bay Area.   Schedule This year, our keynote speaker is George Galvis. Galvis holds both a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies and a Master’s in City Planning from UC Berkeley where he was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellow. Galvis is the co-founder and executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ, pronounced … Continued
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9:30 am Free Screenings of ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ at Grand Lake @ Grand Lake Theater
Free Screenings of ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ at Grand Lake @ Grand Lake Theater
Jan 26 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am
The owner of the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland has added two free morning screenings of “The Manchurian Candidate” this weekend, citing escalating Russia collusion allegations against President Trump. Grand Lake owner Allen Michaan has been open about his left-leaning political stances in the past, often expressing them in giant letters on the theater’s marquee — on Thanksgiving he crafted an anti-Trump message that ended “JAIL TO THE CHIEF!!” Michaan said he set up the screenings, at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26-27, “in honor of the cascading revelations regarding our treasonous president.” … Continued
12:30 pm Oppose the “Walk for Life”: Stand Up for Women! Trump/Pence Must Go!
Oppose the “Walk for Life”: Stand Up for Women! Trump/Pence Must Go!
Jan 26 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Oppose the "Walk for Life": Stand Up for Women! Trump/Pence Must Go!
This Saturday he so-called “Walk for Life” – which should be called the March for Female Enslavement & Forced Motherhood – will organize tens of thousands to march down Market Street to demand the end of the right to abortion for women. We call for everyone to join with Refuse Fascism to oppose the “Walk for Life,” to stand up to the anti-abortionists, and to raise the demand that the Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! These people march every year – this year, the stakes are very high. We are two … Continued
7:00 pm Brazilian Socialist Leaders in Conversation @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Brazilian Socialist Leaders in Conversation @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Jan 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Brazilian Socialist Leaders in Conversation: Left Movement-Building and the Global Education Strike Wave Meet four visiting leaders and federal congresspeople from Brazil’s Party of Socialism and Liberation (PSOL) to discuss their experience building a mass working-class movement in Brazil. A rank-and-file teacher leader from the Oakland Education Association will join in conversation about movement-building lessons for the possible Oakland teachers’ strike. Recent elections in Brazil brought a far-right leader to the presidency, but at the same time the democratic socialist party PSOL won inspiring gains across the country. The party … Continued
9:00 pm Kevin Cooper Special Report @ CBS Television
Kevin Cooper Special Report @ CBS Television
Jan 26 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
CBS News will be airing a special two-hour episode of 48 Hours on Kevin Cooper’s innocence case this Saturday, January 26, from 9:00 to 11:00 PM ET/PT. In May of last year, Nicholas Kristof published an explosive column in the New York Times, reviewing the evidence and concluding that it points to people other than Kevin. You can still read it here if you missed it. The 48 Hours episode will include interviews with Kristof, Kevin’s attorney Norman Hile, and DPF Board Director Thomas R. Parker, a retired FBI agent … Continued