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10:45 am Tell Alameda County Supervisors to Stop Funding Urban Shield @ 5th Floor
Tell Alameda County Supervisors to Stop Funding Urban Shield @ 5th Floor
Sep 29 @ 10:45 am – 1:00 pm
Tell Alameda County Supervisors to Stop Funding Urban Shield @ 5th Floor | Oakland | California | United States
It’s been two weeks since the Stop Urban Shield coalition rallied in Oakland, California against notorious SWAT-training and weapons expo, Urban Shield. Check out our successful #StopUrbanShield press round up here! But we’re just getting started.  Tomorrow, September 29th, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors is set to sign off on an amendment to Sheriff Ahern’s two-year agreement with the Urban Areas Security Initiative (a Department of Homeland Security grant program) that funds SWAT trainings, including Urban Shield. This year, one of the Urban Areas Security Initiative agreements is increasing to $6,289,697 for Fiscal year 2014-2016. We … Continued
11:00 am Press Conference: Berkeley PD Stop Data Reveals Stark Racial Disparities @ City Hall Steps and Cypress Room, 1st Floor
Press Conference: Berkeley PD Stop Data Reveals Stark Racial Disparities @ City Hall Steps and Cypress Room, 1st Floor
Sep 29 @ 11:00 am – 11:30 am
Sponsored by: Berkeley NAACP; UCB Black Student Union; Berkeley Copwatch: ACLU Berkeley/ NorthEastBay Chapter: National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Newly released data on police stops confirms local activists’ and communities’ of color charges of racial profiling in Berkeley. Data collected by the Berkeley Police Department reveals a pattern of discriminatory conduct against African American and Latino civilians. Stops: Though Black people constitute less than 8% of Berkeley’s population, they were 30.5% of those stopped by police; whites, comprising 60% of Berkeley, were 36.7% of those stopped. Disposition: … Continued
12:00 pm “We’re All Being Watched: Local Surveillance.” @ UC Davis, King Hall, Room 1301
“We’re All Being Watched: Local Surveillance.” @ UC Davis, King Hall, Room 1301
Sep 29 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Cyrus Farivar, author and senior business editor at Ars Technica, will deliver a talk titled “We’re All Being Watched: Local Surveillance.” This event is sponsored by the Mellon Sawyer Seminar  59552
4:00 pm BBQ in Support of Richard Linyard, killed after OPD stop in Suspicious Circumstances
BBQ in Support of Richard Linyard, killed after OPD stop in Suspicious Circumstances
Sep 29 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
COME SUPPORT A REAL ONE ! EAST OAKLAND 65TH & INTERNATIONAL #JUSTICE4RICH #fuckthepolice pic.twitter.com/o8YKVkIEuH— Baby Trubble (@TR1GG4H4PPY_) September 29, 2015 59591
5:30 pm Drum Circle Protest Outside City Hall @ Oscar Grant Plaza, City Hall steps
Drum Circle Protest Outside City Hall @ Oscar Grant Plaza, City Hall steps
Sep 29 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
A drum circle protest is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. tonight outside Oakland City Hall.  See background information here in this East Bay Express article  by San Levin.59594
6:30 pm Valero crude-by-rail project public hearing @ Benicia City Hall
Valero crude-by-rail project public hearing @ Benicia City Hall
Sep 29 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Valero crude-by-rail project public hearing @ Benicia City Hall | Benicia | California | United States
The City of Benicia Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the recirculated draft EIR (RDEIR) for a proposed crude-by-rail project. The proposed project would allow the Benicia Valero Refinery to receive up to 70,000 barrels per day of its crude by rail. It currently receives crude by ship and pipeline. The project involves installation of a new railcar unloading rack, rail track spurs, pumps, pipeline and other infrastructure at the refinery. The environmental analysis conducted to date indicates that there would be significant and unavoidable impacts on air … Continued
7:00 pm Optik Allusions Meeting and Workshop @ Omni Commons
Optik Allusions Meeting and Workshop @ Omni Commons
Sep 29 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
OptikAllusions is a digital filmmaking collective dedicated to social change, based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to help each other tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We make films in a spirit of collaboration and solidarity, share a lending library of film equipment for creative projects, organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops. Join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop! We usually, meet briefly and then work on projects. It’s open to all! https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Optik_Allusions 59574