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9:30 am Fight Santa Rita Jail Expansion @ Alameda County Bldg
Fight Santa Rita Jail Expansion @ Alameda County Bldg
Jun 9 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
TURN UP with us at the June 9th Public Protections Meeting to OPPOSE Alameda County’s $61 million Santa Rita Jail construction project that has been approved without the community’s consent. The jail expansion is being presented and folded into other projects as an “imporvement project” in order to gain supervisor votes. We need to flex our growing grassroots community power to our Board of Supervisors so they will prioritize spending on county care, not cages! Will you be there to help us change the tide right here in our community? … Continued
6:00 pm Jobs for Freedom Town Hall @ Imani Community Church
Jobs for Freedom Town Hall @ Imani Community Church
Jun 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join us for a town hall- let’s win 1400 jobs. It’s time for Alameda County to act by employing people impacted by the criminal justice system and youth in the school-to-prison pipline. Pre-Registration form: http://bit.ly/jobs4freedom61093
7:00 pm Breaking Through Concrete – An Arts & Activism Celebration @ Starline Social Club
Breaking Through Concrete – An Arts & Activism Celebration @ Starline Social Club
Jun 9 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Breaking Through Concrete – An Arts & Activism celebration This is a celebration. This is a gathering of local organizations and artist from impacted communities on the front lines of oil refineries, coal and oil train fights, displacement and gentrification. We will showcase artist who are exploring the impact of interconnected social and environmental justice issues that threaten the health and safety of our communities and our future, and offering solutions. Come and celebrate our resilience, our creativity, and our power. This FREE, All ages, event features speakers, performance artists, … Continued
7:00 pm Screening of: A Jihad for Love @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall
Screening of: A Jihad for Love @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall
Jun 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Screening of: A Jihad for Love @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall  | Berkeley | California | United States
Islam today is the world’s second largest and fastest growing religion. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of this dynamic faith, discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. A Jihad for Love was filmed in 12 countries and 9 languages and comes from the heart of Islam. Looking beyond a hostile and war-torn present, it reclaims the Islamic concept of a greater Jihad, whose true meaning is akin to ‘an inner struggle’ or ‘to strive in the path of God’ – allowing … Continued
7:30 pm “Raw Deal: How the ‘Uber Economy’ and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers” @ Hillside Club
“Raw Deal: How the ‘Uber Economy’ and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers” @ Hillside Club
Jun 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
“Raw Deal: How the ‘Uber Economy’ and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers” @ Hillside Club | Berkeley | California | United States
“Steven Hill’s groundbreaking book on the part-time, unstable Uber Economy shows how a sub-economy becomes a work of law-flouting regress undermining full-time work. Remote algorithms run riot!” — Ralph Nader, consumer advocate Advance tickets: $12 : brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006 or Books Inc, Pegasus (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s S.F. – Modern Times. $15 door “Raw Deal: How the ‘Uber Economy’ and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers” could not be more timely. With every jarring day our economy seems to be more seriously broken, … Continued