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Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted Peoples & Families Movement National Conference 2016 @ Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center
Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted Peoples & Families Movement National Conference 2016 @ Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center
Aug 9 all-day
We are at very unique moment in our struggle. The public discourse is filled with talk about ending mass incarceration by elected officials, academics, correctional officials, and funders. We are organizing this conference to specifically strengthen the voices of formerly incarcerated people and our families and to ensure that our ideas are included in the discourse. As the Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People & Families Movement, we have made real progress since our first meeting in Selma in 2011.  As a movement, we need the opportunity to collectively discuss the progress that we have made. We also need the opportunity … Continued
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8:00 am Nagasaki Day 2016: Gather at Livermore Lab @ Livermore Labs
Nagasaki Day 2016: Gather at Livermore Lab @ Livermore Labs
Aug 9 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am
Music, speakers, drummers, art and more, followed by a short procession to the Livermore Lab gates where those who choose will peacefully risk arrest On the 71st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we invite all who seek peace and justice to gather at the location where scientists are developing new nuclear weapons for the U.S. arsenal. Each new weapon involves “upgraded” features able to cause unimaginable devastation anywhere on Earth. Livermore Lab’s budget reveals that 86% of its funding is for nuclear weapons. Stand with … Continued
10:30 am Investigate and Prosecute Predatory Cops @ Rene Davidson Courthouse
Investigate and Prosecute Predatory Cops @ Rene Davidson Courthouse
Aug 9 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
The Take Back Oakland Coalition (which APTP has initiated) is challenging the tri-county DA’s to prosecute the cops involved in the Bay Area-wide predatory policing scandal of statutory rape, commercial sexual exploitation, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Letters were delivered yesterday to DA’s Nancy O’Malley (Alameda), Mark Peterson (Contra Costa), and George Gascon (San Francisco). The letters demanded a signed agreement by Tuesday am to a specific list of demands around investigating and prosecuting these cops. We are planning simultaneous actions at 10:30 am to pick up these signed agreements … Continued
6:00 pm Critical Resistance Oakland Happy Hour Fundraiser @ SomaR Bar
Critical Resistance Oakland Happy Hour Fundraiser @ SomaR Bar
Aug 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Come out and support the work of Critical Resistance Oakland! We are excited to talk with you about the work we are doing around the SF and Alameda Jail Fights, Stop Urban Shield, and the Oakland Power Projects, as well as: -Building alternatives to the cops in Oakland. -Abolishing solitary confinement in California. -Helping people on the inside organize for self-determination. -And slowly chipping away at the prison-industrial complex. Have a drink with us and learn more about what we do and how you can help us build our vision … Continued
7:30 pm Liberated Lens Film Night: Dogtown Redemption @ Omni Commons
Liberated Lens Film Night: Dogtown Redemption @ Omni Commons
Aug 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Story of the homeless recyclers in Dogtown, an Oakland neighborhood decimated by unemployment and gentrification. A Journey through a landscape of love and loss, devotion and addition, prejudice and poverty within the threat of a recycling center slated for closure. Free snacks and popcorn.61360