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11:00 am Oakland Book Festival @ Oscar Grant Plaza / City Hall
Oakland Book Festival @ Oscar Grant Plaza / City Hall
May 22 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Oakland Book Festival Free and open to the public Read. Debate. Celebrate. One day – Seven Hours – 90 Writers – 40 Events60558
11:00 am Oakland Book Festival
Oakland Book Festival
May 22 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
One day – Seven Hours – 145 Writers – 70 Events Inside City Hall, more than 100 novelists, poets, historians, philosophers, journalists, and activists will engage event-goers in panels, interviews, and open debate. This year’s Festival will feature (among many others) Dave Eggers, Mary Roach, Frank Chin, Elaine Brown, Fred Moten, Ellen Pao, Emily Raboteau, Victor LaValle, Larissa MacFarquhar, Pico Iyer, Arlie Hochschild, and Greil Marcus. Join us for conversations about labor movements, immigration, drug trafficking, altruism, censorship, prisons, restorative justice, labors of love, the dignity of work, and the … Continued
12:30 pm Sunflower Alliance General Assembly @ Bobby Bowen Center
Sunflower Alliance General Assembly @ Bobby Bowen Center
May 22 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Sunflower Alliance General Assembly @ Bobby Bowen Center | Richmond | California | United States
Join us to learn about the fight to stop the development of a slag cement processing facility and deep water industrial port on Vallejo’s south waterfront. Vallejo residents will join us to discuss the local and global harm this project would cause and strategies for stopping it. We welcome your participation and your voice. The meeting will also include updates on other climate and environmental justice action around the Bay. Come early to join us for a potluck lunch. `  60960
2:00 pm Oakland Post Salon on Police Commission Ballot Initiative @ Geoffrey Pete's
Oakland Post Salon on Police Commission Ballot Initiative @ Geoffrey Pete's
May 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Oakland Post Salon on Police Commission Ballot Initiative: the Oakland City Council could put the measure directly onto the ballot – but some members have used procedural delays to block our efforts. Come out to the Post Salon this Sunday to continue the discussion and learn how you can get involved. 60990
3:30 pm Open Circle ~ Families Fighting for Justice @ Omni Commons
Open Circle ~ Families Fighting for Justice @ Omni Commons
May 22 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Open Circle ~ Families Fighting for Justice @ Omni Commons | Oakland | California | United States
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4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining
May 22 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining | Oakland | California | United States
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 it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … Continued
6:00 pm TEACH-IN: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HAITI @ Oakland Peace Center
TEACH-IN: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HAITI @ Oakland Peace Center
May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
For the past few months, 68 grassroots organization in Haiti have joined together and have taken to the streets in massive numbers. They have stopped fraudulent presidential and legislative elections from taking place and have forced President Michel Martelly out of office. The teach-in will give us the latest information about where this struggle stands, how the United States is subverting democracy, and how we can show our solidarity. This is the main event of “Black Love Beyond Borders: A Week of International Solidarity”, May 21-28, 2016. For more information … Continued