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12:00 am RightsCon Silicon Valley in San Francisco
RightsCon Silicon Valley in San Francisco
Mar 31 @ 12:00 am – Apr 1 @ 12:00 am
Welcome to RightsCon Silicon Valley Preliminary session list. RightsCon is the world’s leading conference convened on the future of the internet. This year will see a bigger, brighter, and better RightsCon, more dynamic and outcome-oriented than ever before. Join us to shape the global conversation among human rights experts, business leaders, technologists, human rights experts, government representatives, investors, and advocates. Confirmed speakers Edward Snowden, David Kaye, Chris Riley, Nicole Wong, Salil Shetty, Nicole Karlebach, Uri Rosenthal, Eileen Donahoe, Esra’a Al Shafei, Yasmin Green, Cindy Cohn, Andrew McLaughlin, AND MORE. Up … Continued
12:00 pm Honoring Immigrant Workers: Cesar Chavez Day Action @ City Center Plaza
Honoring Immigrant Workers: Cesar Chavez Day Action @ City Center Plaza
Mar 31 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Honoring Immigrant Workers: Cesar Chavez Day Action @ City Center Plaza | Oakland | California | United States
The janitorial industry has gone off the rails with economic exploitation, wage theft, harassment, and abuse. 25 years ago, janitors broke the silence to clean up the industruct. In 2016, we’re breaking the silence again to stop the sexual assault of immigrant women. We fight in the streets and at the bargaining table to stand up against economic exploitation. On Cesar Chavez Day, immigrant women janitors are joining immigrant women farm workers to say !Ya Basta! and put a stop to the rampant exploitation and sexual assault of immigrant women … Continued
5:00 pm No Coal in Oakland Meeting @ West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
No Coal in Oakland Meeting @ West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
Mar 31 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
We encourage all Oakland residents to attend the weekly No Coal in Oakland meeting. Up until its February 16th meeting, the position of a majority of Oakland City Council members on permitting coal shipment from the city’s port may have been in doubt. Even now the proposal remains on the table. But at that meeting, council members took concrete steps toward banning coal exports once and for all. Thanks to the efforts of Mayor Libby Schaff, local clergy, State Senator Loni Hancock, and community activists, the Council has signaled its … Continued
6:30 pm Film Screening: Dear Governor Brown: Why is Fracking Still Allowed? @ Center for Biological Diversity, 8th Fl
Film Screening: Dear Governor Brown: Why is Fracking Still Allowed? @ Center for Biological Diversity, 8th Fl
Mar 31 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Film Screening: Dear Governor Brown: Why is Fracking Still Allowed? @ Center for Biological Diversity, 8th Fl | Oakland | California | United States
Why is fracking still allowed in our county? What can we do to ban it once and for all? Join Alameda County Against Fracking for a free film screening of Dear Governor Brown, a game-changing new film about Californians living with extreme oil. Learn how you can play a crucial role in banning fracking and extreme oil extraction in Alameda county, and how a victory here will turn the tide on California’s toxic past, present, and future. Film followed by discussion. RSVP   60699
7:00 pm Voices of the Undocumented @ Revolution Books
Voices of the Undocumented @ Revolution Books
Mar 31 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Val Rosenfeld and Flor Fortunati present their book: “Voices of the Undocumented” Voices of the Undocumented brings to life the lives of people who have been forced to live in the shadows of this society because they have no legal status. These stories give a glimpse into the reality of the lives of the 11 million people who work and struggle to live in the U.S. who are subjected to deportation and exploitation. Nine immigrants tell their stories about their lives in Mexico, Peru, and Guatemala before coming here and … Continued