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7:00 am Feed the Hood 9: Bag Lunch & Hygiene Kit Distribution @ Cristo Rey De La Salle High School
Feed the Hood 9: Bag Lunch & Hygiene Kit Distribution @ Cristo Rey De La Salle High School
Feb 10 @ 7:00 am – 12:00 pm
RSVP: bit.ly/feedthehood9 DONATE: bit.ly/feedthehood Join The East Oakland Collective for their large scale community service opportunity to prepare and distribute 3,000 lunches and hygiene kits to our unhoused brothers and sisters across Oakland. This Feed the Hood is paying respect and homage to the Black Panther Party, who fed, clothed and provided resources to the community without government assistance. << At-A-Glance Agenda for Feed the Hood >> 7 AM: Volunteers arrive. Volunteer breakfast. 7 AM – 9 AM: Prepare bag lunches and hygiene kits 9 AM – 9:30 AM: Program … Continued
10:00 am Interfaith Prayers for Healing @ Bahai Center
Interfaith Prayers for Healing @ Bahai Center
Feb 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to healing. The Bahá’í community of Oakland is organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing. Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us. Simple breakfast will be served. Doors open: 10:00 AM Refreshments served: 10:00-10:30 AM Prayers: 10:30-11:30 AM Discussion and socializing: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM “Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance … Continued
12:45 pm Artist Reception with Edythe Boone/Film Screening @ Fellowship Hall
Artist Reception with Edythe Boone/Film Screening @ Fellowship Hall
Feb 10 @ 12:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Meet living treasure Edythe Boone and enjoy the new installation of her works in Fellowship Hall. This bold muralist, activist, and educator tackles poverty, racism, and inequality—with a paintbrush. She makes murals with all who share her yearning for community. (Note that the reception takes place after the regular 2nd Sunday potluck, which starts around noon.) As a special treat, we’ll be screening the fascinating, award-winning documentary by Marlene “Mo” Morris, “A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe Boone.”65617
1:00 pm U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Rally @ Lake Merritt Columns
U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Rally @ Lake Merritt Columns
Feb 10 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Rally to demand U.S. Hands Off Venezuela in support of the elected Maduro Bolivarian government at The Lake Merritt Columns/Pergola/ThePillars, 599 El Embarcadero, Oakland We demand: No U.S. Coup! – No troops – No sanctions – Return Venezuelan money to the legitimate Maduro government – No proxy interventions (i.e. through Colombia or Brazil) Recognize the elected Maduro Bolivarian government No recognition of the self-imposed, rogue Guaidò “government”. We invite other organizations to endorse. Please message with your endorsement, and we’ll add you to the listed endorsers. Causes 65581
5:00 pm Green Sunday: The Teachers Strike and the Defense of Public Education in Oakland   @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Green Sunday: The Teachers Strike and the Defense of Public Education in Oakland   @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Feb 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Our forum this month will focus on the likely teachers strike in Oakland and the battle against school closures and charters linked to a privatization agenda locally and nationally. This comes on the wake of a very successful strike by teachers in Los Angeles and an educator upsurge spreading elsewhere. Our presenters will be Mike Hutchinson, long time education activist, school board candidate, and leader of OPEN (Oakland Public Education Network) and Becca Rozo-Marsh, a leader of the Oakland Education Association and co-chair of that union’s community outreach committee. Mike … Continued
5:00 pm Liberated Lens film night: free screening of Roma & discussion @ Omni Commons
Liberated Lens film night: free screening of Roma & discussion @ Omni Commons
Feb 10 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Liberated Lens film night: free screening of Roma & discussion @ Omni Commons
One of the biggest film awards contenders (including the upcoming Oscars) this year is likely to be Roma, the latest film from Gravity and Children of Men director Alfonso Cuarón, but it’s nothing like either of those two films. Instead, the filmmaker has crafted a family drama that many critics are calling a masterpiece. The film is inspired by Cuarón’s life and portrays a year in the life of a middle-class family’s maid in the political turmoil of Mexico City in 1970s. The film was praised by most critics and … Continued