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10:00 am Bay Resistance: Power Together in 2018: Mass Training @ Oakland Technical High School
Bay Resistance: Power Together in 2018: Mass Training @ Oakland Technical High School
Mar 17 @ 10:00 am – 2:30 pm
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/baypower (it’s FREE!) 2018 is going to be a big year. Let’s get ready to win big for our communities! Join us to build power together in our second annual mass training on March 17th. Trainings will include how to build a sanctuary neighborhood, participate in direct action, win electoral campaigns, and get started in organizing. We have new trainings, a new campaign section, and caucus time including for youth, labor folks, and seniors and people with disabilities. Whether you’re a new or experienced activist, join us to skill up … Continued
10:00 am Medicare For All Open Strategy Meeting @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Medicare For All Open Strategy Meeting @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Mar 17 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
  East Bay DSA hosted its first ever Medicare-for-All strategy meeting in February, where we generated ideas for tactics to expand our healthcare campaign. Now we’re hosting a follow up meeting to continue developing these ideas into actionable plans that can make us an even stronger force in the struggle to decommodify healthcare! Please join us on March 17 to keep the momentum going as we develop specific tactical plans around four areas of interest that emerged at the first meeting. Labor Outreach (e.g. presenting at union meetings, joint town … Continued
12:00 pm East Bay DSA Potluck Picnic @ Bushrod Park
East Bay DSA Potluck Picnic @ Bushrod Park
Mar 17 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The South Berkeley canvass team cordially invites you to a friendly neighborhood potluck. After The Big Canvass on March 10, get together with your comrades for some tasty treats and socialist cheer. All are welcome! It’s a potluck, so bring something tasty to eat or drink! 64382
12:00 pm Join the campaign for effective police oversight in Berkeley! @ Grassroots House
Join the campaign for effective police oversight in Berkeley! @ Grassroots House
Mar 17 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Join the campaign for effective police oversight this weekend! WHAT:  Fan out across Berkeley to gather signatures to put police oversight on the local November ballot! All out for a fun day!  We’ll supply the petitions and will orient you on how to get the most signatures possible. You just bring your walking shoes. We’ll be going out to talk to Berkeley voters for the next eight weekends.  Please reply to this email, or call 510.517-8379, to let us know you can join us Saturday at noon. Outreach Committee P.S. … Continued
1:00 pm Stop the War Machine – SAVE the Planet! @ Orinda Community Church
Stop the War Machine – SAVE the Planet! @ Orinda Community Church
Mar 17 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Stop the War Machine - SAVE the Planet! @ Orinda Community Church | Orinda | California | United States
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4:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ Omni Commons
Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ Omni Commons
Mar 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it. Come get connected with SDBA’s projects! Presenting debt and inequality related topics at forums, workshops and in radio productions Promoting single-payer / Medicare … Continued
7:00 pm The Watsonville Canning Strike – Peter Shapiro @ South Berkeley Senior Center
The Watsonville Canning Strike – Peter Shapiro @ South Berkeley Senior Center
Mar 17 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
he Watsonville Canning Strike – Lessons for Us All A presentation by Peter Shapiro, labor activist and author of the book “Song of the Stubborn One Thousand.” Followed by a discussion. Thirty years ago, Watsonville, California was the “frozen food capital of the world.” In September 1985, 1000 mostly Mexican women workers at the town’s largest plant were forced out on strike when the owner tried to bust their union. Few, if any, of the women had any strike experience. Their local union was barely functioning. But they organized themselves, … Continued