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12:00 pm Tenant Power Now! A Renter’s Rights Workshop @ ACCE Oakland
Tenant Power Now! A Renter’s Rights Workshop @ ACCE Oakland
Jan 23 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Join us for food, music, and to learn your rights! 60327
1:00 pm Taking Power for the People: A New Electoral Strategy for the Oakland Left Part 3 @ First African Methodist Episcopal Church
Taking Power for the People: A New Electoral Strategy for the Oakland Left Part 3 @ First African Methodist Episcopal Church
Jan 23 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
For far too long, our political leaders have failed to represent Oakland’s true values. It is time for the Oakland Left to unite, recruit our own candidates and build political power to achieve meaningful change. At our last meeting we discussed: 1) A possible ballot initiative as an organizing strategy, 2) The process for selecting candidates, 3) Developing a progressive campaign platform 4) Which races to focus on. Oakland Alliance seeks to unite the progressive movement in Oakland behind a slate of candidates who will challenge the institutional power structure … Continued
3:00 pm The Role of Police & State Terror Under Capitalism …and BUILDING the MOVEMENT to FIGHT BACK! @ Workers World
The Role of Police & State Terror Under Capitalism …and BUILDING the MOVEMENT to FIGHT BACK! @ Workers World
Jan 23 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Can we end police terror under capitalism? Can police structure be dismantled? What about community defense guards? How can we organize in the movement against police terror to be more effective, and to involve more people? Looking to history: Robert F. Williams, Deacons for Defense, and the Black Panther Party. Meet John Parker, West Coast leader of Workers World Party, member of the National Committee of Workers World and its presidential candidate in 2004. He organizes in Los Angeles to build a unified movement against police terror, war, against racism … Continued
6:00 pm Spaghetti Dinner & Environmental Justice Program for Social Justice Action @ Unitarian Universalist Center
Spaghetti Dinner & Environmental Justice Program for Social Justice Action @ Unitarian Universalist Center
Jan 23 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Spaghetti Dinner & Program for Social Justice Action! You are invited to attend this year’s annual Spaghetti Dinner and Program at the Unitarian Universalist Center in San Francisco.  This year’s event will focus on environmental justice and feature climate activist Tim DeChristopher, founder of the Climate Disobedience Center, who will speak on “Where We Stand on Climate Justice.”  Three outstanding local activists will be honored and the event will include poetry, music and inspiring presentations. 6:00 pm:  No-host bar, Delicious Spaghetti Dinner, Caesar Salad, Dessert, Poetry and Music 7:00 pm: … Continued
7:00 pm Poetry for the People – Fundraiser for Police Accountability Ballot Initiative @ Eastside Arts Alliance
Poetry for the People – Fundraiser for Police Accountability Ballot Initiative @ Eastside Arts Alliance
Jan 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Poetry for the People - Fundraiser for Police Accountability Ballot Initiative @ Eastside Arts Alliance | Oakland | California | United States
This is the ‘kick off’ for the campaign to establish a police commission in Oakland that has ‘teeth’ and will oversee and monitor the Oakland Police Department. It’s time to come together for real, sustainable change and police accountability. 60175