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What’s Happening in Venezuela?
@ Niebyl Proctor Library
What’s Happening in Venezuela?
@ Niebyl Proctor Library
Feb 17 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
On January 22nd Mike Pence made a phone call to opposition politician Juan Guaidó, essentially offering him the presidency of Venezuela. The next day, Guaidó swore an oath in which he appointed himself “Interim President of Venezuela.” Minutes later, Donald Trump officially recognized that self-appointment, in effect instigating a coup against the elected Bolivarian government of Nicholas Maduro. Since then, the mainstream corporate media has been supporting the coup, flooding the air waves and Internet with stories about chaos, poverty, corruption, and violence in Venezuela, exclusively covering anti-government marches, and … Continued
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Sunflower Alliance
@ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center
Sunflower Alliance
@ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center
Feb 17 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Please join us for our regular biweekly meeting of the Sunflower Alliance. We’ll discuss ongoing campaigns and future plans and identify upcoming actions we can take to fight fossil fuels and work for a just and sustainable world. Old friends and newcomers are equally welcome. We need your participation and your voice! Come early to hang out and share a potluck lunch. 12:30 potluck lunch Meeting 1-3 65614
1:30 pm
Morality, Christianity, and the History of Policing
@ First Congregational Church of Oakland
Morality, Christianity, and the History of Policing
@ First Congregational Church of Oakland
Feb 17 @ 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING WORKSHOP 2 Let’s talk about the “common sense” ideas about crime, morality, and safety that shape and limit how we think about policing and community safety. Many of these ideas are profoundly influenced by a particular brand of Christianity that has dominated in this country, a version of the faith that served to justify genocide and slavery and continues to uphold white supremacy in ways that are sometimes overt but more often subtle and even innocuous-seeming. How can we begin to call these “common sense” ideas into … Continued
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Occupy Oakland General Assembly
@ Oscar Grant Plaza
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
@ Oscar Grant Plaza
Feb 17 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
 The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 3:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we meet at 3:00 PM … Continued
4:30 pm
BLACK Film Series: Nightjohn + author of “Queen Sugar”
@ Omni Commons
BLACK Film Series: Nightjohn + author of “Queen Sugar”
@ Omni Commons
Feb 17 @ 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
 Liberated Lens will host a free film series commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the first Africans brought to present day America. The series will feature an event every third Sunday of the month starting February, for Black History Month, and ending in August, which marks the quadricentennial. For the first event of the series we will show “Nightjohn” and have a discussion with Natalie Baszile, author of a novel, “Queen Sugar”. NIGHTJOHN: Sarny, a 12-year-old slave girl in the South, faces a relatively hopeless life. Her chief duties at the … Continued
6:00 pm
CANCELLED: Black Women in the Movement w/Cat Brooks & Mama Akua Njeri
@ First Congregational Church of Oakland
CANCELLED: Black Women in the Movement w/Cat Brooks & Mama Akua Njeri
@ First Congregational Church of Oakland
Feb 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
CANCELLED. The birthplace of our Chicago-based comrade Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr. is being targeted for foreclosure. It’s time to turn out to preserve the home where Mama Akua Njeri, formerly known as Deborah Johnson, raised her son and from where they carry on the Panther legacy of organizing their community to bring an end to predatory smash and grab tactics that cause so many to suffer in their community. Join Community Ready Corps (Allies and Accomplices) for a conversation between community activist Cat Brooks and Mama Akua as they talk … Continued
6:30 pm
Preserving the Radical Legacy of the Black Panthers: Save Fred Hampton House
7:00 pm
Slingshot new volunteer meeting / article brainstorm for issue #129
@ Longhaul
Slingshot new volunteer meeting / article brainstorm for issue #129
@ Longhaul
Feb 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 Kick-off meeting to create Slingshot issue #129. Slingshot is an independent radical newspaper published in Berkeley since 1988. * Brainstorm articles for next issue * Discussion forum for your article ideas * Orientation on how you can submit articles, art, photographs * Help us discuss our audience and themes for the next issue * Discuss fundraising and distribution * Your chance to comment on Slingshot Everyone is welcome. Issue #129 is due out on April 20, 2019 Deadline for Issue #129 is April 6, 2019 65630
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