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10:30 am US foreign policy and struggles for self-determination in Africa     @ Online
US foreign policy and struggles for self-determination in Africa     @ Online
Apr 16 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Ann Garrison will discuss US foreign policy and struggles for self-determination in Africa, particularly in the Horn of Africa and the African Great Lakes Region. She spent the spring of 2022 in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Our sppeaker is Ann Garrison, a Contributing Editor to Black Agenda Report, and a contributor to The Grayzone, Counterpunch, the San Francisco Bay View Newspaper, LA Progressive, and Pacifica Radio.  In 2014 she received the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize for reporting on conflict in the African … Continued
11:00 am DSA East Bay General Meeting @ Omni Commons
DSA East Bay General Meeting @ Omni Commons
Apr 16 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
General Membership Meeting East Bay DSA has just *1* more general membership meeting before our annual chapter convention, and this is it! We’ll discuss how to run for Steering Committee, how to run for delegate to the national DSA Convention, and preview key topics that we will debate and discuss our chapter convention. This general membership meeting also falls at an important moment for teachers in Oakland Unified School District: the District has threatened to cut crucial school support staff while maintaining wasteful and bloated administration costs. OEA members are … Continued
2:00 pm Public Land for Public Good: Celebration! Picnic! Vision Together! @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater
Public Land for Public Good: Celebration! Picnic! Vision Together! @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater
Apr 16 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Since we won in City Council last year, we’ve been hard at work making sure the City of Oakland uses public land for public good. As a result of that hard work, we are currently in an exclusive negotiating agreement with the city to build a people’s proposal on the E. 12th remainder parcel. It’s been a long, hard-fought battle, and though the work isn’t over, there is a lot to celebrate. So we thought we’d invite you to come join us to do that. RSVP here for a reminder. … Continued
4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Apr 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza | Oakland | California | United States
NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued
4:00 pm Urgent! Save and Grow Public Transportation @ Online
Urgent! Save and Grow Public Transportation @ Online
Apr 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Urgent! Save and Grow Public Transportation @ Online
Online. Register here Are we about to lose even the inadequate public transportation we have? Could a just and sustainable public transportation system really meet our needs better than reliance on private cars? Public transit agencies experienced drastic financial losses as ridership plummeted during the pandemic. Ridership is going back up slowly, but not to its former levels — and soon the federal emergency funding that was keeping our transit agencies going will end. Public transportation advocates throughout California are fighting for increased state funding for local transit agencies to save … Continued