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10:00 am Bay Area Regional Jail Fight Meeting @ Sports Basement Community Room
Bay Area Regional Jail Fight Meeting @ Sports Basement Community Room
May 6 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Bay Area Regional Jail Fight Meeting – Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco Local sheriffs are currently attempting to expand and renovate jails in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco counties. These expansions are all coming out of similar statewide offensives to build more cages on a local level following orders to reduce state prison populations. Let’s work together to strengthen our efforts! Please join us to build strategy and share resources between the three campaigns to stop jail expansion. In the meeting we will share updates between the jailfights, determine … Continued
10:00 am East Bay DSA New Member Meeting @ Niebyl Proctor Library
East Bay DSA New Member Meeting @ Niebyl Proctor Library
May 6 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
DSA East Bay has experienced a huge surge in membership since the election and our local chapter is getting busy! People are coming together to build power locally and fight for everything from Single Payer healthcare in California to a living wage for all workers, homes for all, equal rights for people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ people and women and ultimately, a society run to satisfy human need, not corporate profit. Come out on the first Saturday of May to learn how DSA is organizing locally, what our plans are … Continued
1:00 pm Building Toward Crisis Alternatives in Berkeley: Potluck/Meeting @ Grassroots House
Building Toward Crisis Alternatives in Berkeley: Potluck/Meeting @ Grassroots House
May 6 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Join us May 6th to gather over food as we plan next steps towards building respectful, non-police crisis supports in Berkeley. This event is a follow up to Berkeley Copwatch/Justice 4 Kayla Moore’s 4/8 forum on Responding to Mental Health Crises without BPD:A Community Forum, but all are welcome whether or not you were at the forum. Details to come – save the date and share any ideas in the discussion for now!62817
2:00 pm Alameda Renters Coalition General Meeting
Alameda Renters Coalition General Meeting
May 6 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Come out to ARC’s monthly General Meeting! This month, we’re welcoming Councilmember Jim Oddie to our meeting to discuss improvements to the rent ordinance and answer questions. Cities across the Bay are passing greater tenant protections. Let’s make Alameda next!   TODAY: General Meeting from 2-4pm: @thealamedapoint 677 W Ranger Ave w/guest CM @jhoddie777 #Alameda #JustCause https://t.co/O7P5NxoIji pic.twitter.com/tF2cw1FhRU— Alameda Renters (@Alameda_Renters) May 6, 2017 62877
2:00 pm SURJ Bystander Intervention Workshop @ Location Suigetsukan Dojo
SURJ Bystander Intervention Workshop @ Location Suigetsukan Dojo
May 6 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Annie Danger, Mike Esmailzadeh and Heather will lead a two hour workshop on the basics of intervening in public as a bystander. They will cover the basics of stance, assertiveness, and situational awareness as well as go into depth about different potential scenarios, legality of bystander intervention, physical and social skills and tactics for successful intervention, de-escalation, police involvement, knowing your place, and aftercare. This workshop cannot cover all possibilities of intervention, but will provide a baseline for reducing harm and acting in effective solidarity with people being harassed or … Continued
4:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ Mudraker's Cafe
Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ Mudraker's Cafe
May 6 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 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! Tiny Homes for the homeless. Promoting single-payer / Medicare for All to end the plague of medical … Continued
6:00 pm Anti-Lab @ Anti-Lab
Anti-Lab @ Anti-Lab
May 6 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Anti Lab is a kind of clubhouse for creative resistance, a meeting place for people who want to transform their frustration with the current political climate into action. Anti Lab’s calendar features everything from a tenants’ rights workshop presented by the East Bay Community Law Center to weekly screen-printing hours and a trans photo booth. All for free. It will be open every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 11am-8pm (ish). With workshops/events on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, plus Saturday afternoons. ​ In the mood for resistance? Read our profile on Anti … Continued
7:00 pm Now Is The Time Healthcare for Everybody Movie Showing @ Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County, AFL-CIO
Now Is The Time Healthcare for Everybody Movie Showing @ Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County, AFL-CIO
May 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Health Care for All – Contra Costa County Chapter and Indivisible Central Contra Costa County will sponsor a showing of a powerful new documentary, Now Is The Time Healthcare for Everybody. With the future of the Affordable Care Act in serious doubt, millions may lose their health insurance. Medicare and Medi-Cal are under attack. This documentary explains what single payer healthcare is and how it saves money. It shows what behind-the-scenes heroes are doing to clear the fog of misperceptions that has kept us from moving forward. Q&A and Discussion … Continued