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10:30 am Honduras & Colombia: Models of US Control; violence, poverty and displacement @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Honduras & Colombia: Models of US Control; violence, poverty and displacement @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Feb 19 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Honduras and Colombia are centers for US Control in Latin America which has been in process over many years. The Colombian elite has welcomed Plan Colombia, extensive military training and 7 US military bases in exchange for “stability”, class security, money, business interests and help opposing the mass anti-government movements over the years. The US has centers for intelligence gathering, a new “School of the Americas”, bases with great military capacity, ready to invade any anti-US country, such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba and Bolivia. The US is not supporting the … Continued
12:30 pm Sunflower Alliance General Assembly @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center
Sunflower Alliance General Assembly @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center
Feb 19 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm
 Jan Kirsch of The Climate Mobilization will fill us in on climate-related politics in Sacramento this year. Plus updates on our campaigns. We need your participation and your voice. Climate change is an emergency; it’s time to treat it like one. Although our task seems even more daunting with the new administration, we are seeing more awareness and action than we have witnessed in decades. That is the silver lining to the orange cloud. This Sunflower Alliance General Assembly features a presentation by Dr. Janice Kirsch on learning how to … Continued
2:30 pm Shadow Puppet Show to benefit First They Came for the Homeless @ The Long Haul
Shadow Puppet Show to benefit First They Came for the Homeless @ The Long Haul
Feb 19 @ 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Shadow Puppet Show to benefit First They Came for the Homeless @ The Long Haul | Berkeley | California | United States
JOIN US to create magical shadow scenes in support of First They Come for the Homeless! Using donated tents, LED flashlights, and simple cut out shapes, we will create messages of love or inspiring scenes to promote awareness of homelessness in Berkeley. These tents will be donated to the homeless, and our shadow messages will be publicly on display on the streets of Berkeley. Now more than ever we must come together to show support and love for all. Snacks provided   62455
3:00 pm Alternatives to Calling the Police – Training @ Shelton Hall, Oakland Peace Center
Alternatives to Calling the Police – Training @ Shelton Hall, Oakland Peace Center
Feb 19 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Featuring the poor, unhoused, disabled, Black, Brown, indigenous, elder and youth leaders, artists, cultural workers of POOR Magazine who have practiced this concept for 20 years through their own collective traumas. This workshop will include an ongoing teaching of poor peoples/traumatized peoples accountability, how to redefine a western white supremacist notion of security, and how to hold each other through trauma into a true definition of inter-dependent safety.62447
3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Feb 19 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza | Oakland | California | United States
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.  (In prior years we have agreed … Continued
6:30 pm Community Democracy Project @ Omni Commons Basement
Community Democracy Project @ Omni Commons Basement
Feb 19 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the … Continued