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activist training in nonviolence, organizing, & diversity @ Tortona Big Top
activist training in nonviolence, organizing, & diversity @ Tortona Big Top
May 21 all-day
Huge activist training 5/20-21 in nonviolence, organizing, & diversity @ former Alameda Naval Air Station. Register https://t.co/8mJ6hcPQb2 pic.twitter.com/3hYW7RIDbs— Indivisible Berkeley (@IndivisibleBerk) May 17, 2017 63026
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11:00 am Oakland Book Festival @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza
Oakland Book Festival @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza
May 21 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
    I was one of the curators for this year’s @oaklandbookfest and tbh it’s gonna be historic. May 21. Be there~ https://t.co/3DWn6i2DNI pic.twitter.com/2Rzp3Of8g2 — Sarah Burke (@sarahlubyburke) May 9, 2017 62502
11:00 am Omni Pay What You Can Sale Fundraiser @ Omni Commons ballroom
Omni Pay What You Can Sale Fundraiser @ Omni Commons ballroom
May 21 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
We are cleaning out the house and have lots of things available to enrich your space. Join us for the “Pay What You Can Sale”, located in the main ballroom we have lots of stuff up for grabs and all we ask is that you donate a little cash to our tip jar. And by the way, in addition to cash we can also take card payments and offer a tax receipt so you can write off the cash donation if you desire. See ya there!62963
11:00 am SURJ Human Billboard: Black Lives Matter! @ Temescal Farmers Market
SURJ Human Billboard: Black Lives Matter! @ Temescal Farmers Market
May 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Join us, rain or shine, to call attention to racial injustice and demonstrate solidarity! Throughout the East Bay and nationally, folks have been creating “Human Billboards” – holding signs and making visible our support for the Movement for Black Lives and communities targeted by Trump. These gatherings are a simple yet effective way of channeling anger and sadness over injustice into collective action and solidarity. For those of us who are white, it’s a way to express a unified voice in opposition to Trump and the white nationalist, transphobic, sexist … Continued
2:00 pm Town Hall with John Dean, Watergate Heavy @ Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Town Hall with John Dean, Watergate Heavy @ Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
May 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
John Dean, of Watergate fame, will appear with Congresswoman Barbara Lee at a town hall meeting. Dean, the White House counsel from 1970 to 1973, was a key witness during the Watergate scandal that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in August 1974. The purpose of the May 21 meeting, according to Lee, D-Oakland, is to discuss presidential accountability in the era of President Donald Trump, as well as the legal, ethical, and moral limitations of presidential authority, and its impact on her district. Also to appear is … Continued
3:00 pm HOW WAR ERODES AND DESTROYS DEMOCRACIES @ Ed Roberts Campus
HOW WAR ERODES AND DESTROYS DEMOCRACIES @ Ed Roberts Campus
May 21 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
The East Bay and San Francisco branches of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) present author Susan Griffin in this second of four Peace Talks presented by WILPF. She will talk on “How War Erodes and Destroys Democracies” and what concerned citizens in this country can do to turn the tide toward peace and justice. Griffin will be in conversation with Kate Raphael, author and producer of KPFA’s Women’s Magazine. All are welcome, wheelchair accessible, refreshments. Susan Griffin is a celebrated author and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a poet … Continued
3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
May 21 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
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
7:00 pm Liberated Lens General Meeting @ Omni Commons
Liberated Lens General Meeting @ Omni Commons
May 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
We document current events, make films together, steward an editing suite and share a film equipment library. We also host film screenings, often with local directors, and put on an annual short film festival for independent Bay Area filmmakers. Our goal is to make the digital filmmaking accessible – no overpriced college degree or certificate program required! We are also a good group to reach out to if you’d like to screen a film at the Omni. We can be reached at [ liberatedlens@lists.riseup.net ]. We usually meet in the … Continued