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Berkeley Book Festival
Berkeley Book Festival
May 4 all-day
Welcome to our 2019 schedule of literary conversations! These events take place on 10 indoor stages throughout Downtown Berkeley and on the San Francisco Chronicle Stage in the Outdoor Fair. Indoor events are accessed via a $10 Priority Ticket to guarantee your seat (link beside each event below) or with a $15 General Admission Wristband covering all events, all weekend, on a space-available basis. Since some events fill up, we recommend Priority Tickets for your top choices. A few of the more political talks (scan all the talks and get tickets here): Us vs. Them: … Continued
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Sunrise Bay Area Organizing Training
@ Laney Bistro
Sunrise Bay Area Organizing Training
@ Laney Bistro
May 4 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunrise is building a movement of young people to make climate change an urgent political priority and support the #GreenNewDeal to safeguard our generation’s future, create good jobs and transform our economy. Check out more at www.sunrisemovement.org. Register here: https://forms.gle/LC7Ho9JGugEvq8eh9. > WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE TRAINING < 1. A deep dive into the Sunrise strategy, story, and structure that make up the movement’s 4-year plan (This is a 9 hour training, with breakfast and lunch provided. We ask people to attend the whole training to get the full experience, … Continued
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Medicare for All Potluck Picnic
@ Adams Point Picnic Area at Lake Merritt
Medicare for All Potluck Picnic
@ Adams Point Picnic Area at Lake Merritt
May 4 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
East Bay DSA’s Medicare for All Committee is hosting a lakeside potluck picnic and you’re invited! Whether you have been active in our M4A work or are looking to get more involved, please bring a dish or drinks of your choice and join us! Accessibility: Parking lot off of Bellevue Ave. Closest AC Transit stop is on Grand Avenue at Perkins Street, served by the NL, 12, and 805. Public restrooms available. 66449
12:00 pm
Desperate Holdings Real Estate & LandMind Spa
Desperate Holdings Real Estate & LandMind Spa
May 4 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Opening Friday, April 5, please visit DESPERATE HOLDINGS REAL ESTATE & LandMind Spa, an immersive art installation organized by Cassie Thornton of the Feminist Economics Department (the FED). See our full website at http://www.desperateholdings.com. Installation available for viewing through May 11th. In 2015 Cassie Thornton, recently displaced from her San Francisco apartment, walked past the Salesforce Tower construction site in downtown San Francisco. Workers were digging 200 ft below, where they found Barbary Coast beams and thick clay-like soil. The foreman offered her and her friend a truckload of this clay, which would otherwise … Continued
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Build Your Own Internet! v6 – Spring 2019 – West Oakland Edition
@ West Oakland Library
Build Your Own Internet! v6 – Spring 2019 – West Oakland Edition
@ West Oakland Library
May 4 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
What if the internet wasn’t about connecting to Comcast, AT&T, Google, or Facebook? What if it meant connecting directly with your friends, neighbors, and community…? Come over to the Oakland Public Library West Branch’s auditorium for the Build Your Own Internet (BYOI) workshop. Let’s discuss how the internet works, and how you can be part of the People’s Open Network, an open, community-owned mesh network. * No technical expertise needed. Technical curiosity very necessary. *66417
2:00 pm
People’s Park at 50: a Suds, Snacks & Socialism forum
@ Starry Plough
People’s Park at 50: a Suds, Snacks & Socialism forum
@ Starry Plough
May 4 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
 Join the Peace and Freedom Party’s Alameda County chapter for the monthly Suds, Snacks and Socialism forum All are welcome to discuss the topic of People’s Park. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of People’s Park, the University is developing a new plan to destroy it. Michael Delacour, Carol Denney, Aidan Hill, and Eddie Monroe will discuss the history of the Park and the continuing struggle to preserve it as a community-run space. Doors open at 2pm. The program will start promptly at 2:30pm and will wrap up by 4:30pm, but folks can … Continued
3:00 pm
What is Democratic Socialism?
@ Bushrod Park
What is Democratic Socialism?
@ Bushrod Park
May 4 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Democratic socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez are calling for Medicare for All and a Green New Deal. Teachers across the country are striking for public education and winning, and tens of thousands of people across the country are getting involved in the project of building democratic socialism in the US. But what is democratic socialism? Let’s talk about it. Since the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign brought democratic socialism back into the mainstream, the Democratic Socialists of America went from about 6,000 members to 60,000 nationwide, … Continued
4:00 pm
Richmond housing challenges with Randy Shaw
@ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center
Richmond housing challenges with Randy Shaw
@ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center
May 4 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Did you see the New York Times article everyone is talking about (“When Uber and Airbnb go public, San Francisco will drown in millionaires,” March 7), on how the 2019 IPO boom in the Bay Area is going to make the housing affordability crisis even worse? Just another reason to join us for a discussion with local author and highly successful housing activist, Randy Shaw! We will discuss his new book: “Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America” and particularly how it relates to … Continued
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Green New Deal Town Hall
@ BFUU, Fellowship Hall
Green New Deal Town Hall
@ BFUU, Fellowship Hall
May 4 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Big Green Wave Headed West Headed Your Way! BFUU will share information on the Green New Deal, host a panel of local leaders, and provide time for discussion of local strategies for educating the public and getting politicians to endorse the Green New Deal. Sponsored by BFUU Social Justice Committee66402
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