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Atlas of the Albany Bulb: A Participatory Oral History @ SomaArts Cultural Center
Atlas of the Albany Bulb: A Participatory Oral History @ SomaArts Cultural Center
Feb 14 – Feb 15 all-day
The Atlas of the Albany Bulb is a participatory oral history and mapping project that aims to capture the natural and cultural history of this unique spot on San Francisco Bay.  The collection of narratives about this former landfill will grown into a quilt of diverse stories and imagines over time as more people contribute. (The exhibit actually runs from February 12th – March 14th) albanybulbatlas.org58169
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11:00 pm 5th Open Circle. @ Omni Commons ballroom
5th Open Circle. @ Omni Commons ballroom
Feb 8 @ 11:00 pm – Feb 9 @ 1:00 am
Facebook event. This open circle will continue the dialogue and planning around support, goals, and long-term strategy in addressing the issues of disproportionate degrees of police brutality and killings of black people and people of color, systemic racism, state violence, militarization of police, and more that have been brought to the forefront once again due to the recent surge of such atrocities. Let’s kick this meeting off with a potluck at 3:00 pm followed by the Open Circle at 3:45 pm. Please bring a dish or snacks to share! Open … Continued
1:00 am Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Omni Collective
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Omni Collective
Feb 9 @ 1:00 am – 2:15 am
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Omni Collective | Oakland | California | United States
Until the end of February (22nd) 2015 GA will meet at the Omni Collective basement, mostly at its regular time, 4PM Sunday. But on February 8th we will meet at 5 PM so folks can also attend the Open Circle meeting at the Omni Ballroom at 3 PM. The Occupy Oakland General Assembly generally meets Sundays, at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway, often on the steps of City Hall. “If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we … Continued
3:00 am Free Movie: Inequality for All. @ Longhaul
Free Movie: Inequality for All. @ Longhaul
Feb 9 @ 3:00 am – 5:00 am
(Documentary – 2013) 90 minutes – UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich discusses economic inequality in the United States. Discussion can follow if folks at the movie like. http://www.thelonghaul.org58053
5:00 pm Court Support: Intervening Pretrial Ferguson 3 @ Dep 11 Alameda County Superior Court
Court Support: Intervening Pretrial Ferguson 3 @ Dep 11 Alameda County Superior Court
Feb 9 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Intervening Pretrial Ferguson 3 Always check AntiRep website and Facebook for last minute changes. 58029
5:00 pm Court Support: Pretrial for Oakland Arrestee @ Dep 104 Alameda County Superior Court
Court Support: Pretrial for Oakland Arrestee @ Dep 104 Alameda County Superior Court
Feb 9 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Pretrial Oakland Arrestee Always check AntiRep website and Facebook for last minute changes 58028
2:00 am Occupy Forum Film Showing: The Square @ Global Exchange
Occupy Forum Film Showing: The Square @ Global Exchange
Feb 10 @ 2:00 am – 5:00 am
OccupyForum Presents… The Square Tahrir Square film with Ahmed Salah We have all heard of and even followed news of the Egyptian revolution when it kicked back in 2011. On this event we shall be watching The Square together, with commentary of Ahmed Salah, the Egyptian revolutionary living in SF. We will see the journey of the revolution in Egypt, and learn what happened to the revolution, and whether it is over or is it still an ongoing matter. The Square is an intimate observational documentary that tells the real … Continued
2:30 am Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Feb 10 @ 2:30 am – 3:30 am
Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office | Berkeley | California | United States
Come learn about continuing developments in the battle save the Berkeley Post Office and the Postal Service from privatization, support our Occupiers and help us plan our next steps in opposition to the theft of our public commons. THE POSTAL SERVICE WANTED TO SELL THE POST OFFICE TO HUDSON-MCDONALD DEVELOPMENT GROUP. HUDSON-MCDONALD BACKED OUT OF THE DEAL IN EARLY DECEMBER. THE CITY OF BERKELEY SUED THE POST OFFICE TO STOP THE SALE. A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS IN PLACE UNTIL DECEMBER 17th, BUT WAS LIFTED BY THE JUDGE WHEN HUDSON WITHDREW.  ` Get an … Continued
3:00 am Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room
Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room
Feb 10 @ 3:00 am – 5:00 am
The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 pm on … Continued
5:00 pm anti-Police Terror Project Emeryville Action
anti-Police Terror Project Emeryville Action
Feb 10 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Tue 2/10 at 9:00 am, Anti Police-Terror Project is gathering at 34th & Hollis, to carry on the struggle for justice for #YvetteHenderson— هدهد (@thehoopoe) February 10, 2015 From that point, we will disperse to deliver demands to Home Depot, Sports Authority, Extra Storage and the Police Department. Pls join us— هدهد (@thehoopoe) February 10, 2015 58072
9:30 pm Turn Up For Taja @ San Francisco City Hall
Turn Up For Taja @ San Francisco City Hall
Feb 10 @ 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Turn Up for Taja Taja was stabbed to death on the streets of San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood on February 1, 2015. Taja is the fourth known trans* woman of color to be violently murdered in California in the last four months and the fifth in the United States in 2015. We recognize this epidemic of violence as being deeply rooted in systemic racism, trans* misogyny, class inequity, and lack of access to affordable housing for trans* communities. This is a national crisis in which the most vulnerable members of our community … Continued
1:30 am Protest: Stop Police Brutality and Militarization in Berkeley
Protest: Stop Police Brutality and Militarization in Berkeley
Feb 11 @ 1:30 am – 2:30 am
Facebook event. It takes community power to end the war on Black communities. Join us Tues, Feb 10th @ 5:30pm to demand Berkeley City Council take legislative action to address police brutality and militarization of the Berkeley Police Department. We will meet at Oxford Ave and Center St. at 5:30PM. We will march to the city council and rally for black lives. We need the city of Berkeley to act RIGHT NOW and be in solidarity with the growing movement for Black Lives. Background: There is a growing movement for … Continued
2:00 am Public Safety Committee Considers DAC Privacy Policy, etc. @ City Hall, Sgt. Mark Dunakin Room - 1st Floor
Public Safety Committee Considers DAC Privacy Policy, etc. @ City Hall, Sgt. Mark Dunakin Room - 1st Floor
Feb 11 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
The City Council’s Public Safety Committee will consider proposals from the Ad Hoc Privacy Committee (agenda item #5) on the DAC privacy policy the Ad Hoc Committee was constituted to create a standing committee to create and monitor a city-wide privacy policy a surveillance equipment acquisition ordinance. The Oakland Privacy Working Group invites you to come and support these recommendations IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM, WITH NO WATERING DOWN.58051
2:30 am Oakland Livable Wage Assembly. @ SEIU Local 1000, 2nd floor, Dial 100 on keypad
Oakland Livable Wage Assembly. @ SEIU Local 1000, 2nd floor, Dial 100 on keypad
Feb 11 @ 2:30 am – 4:00 am
Oakland Livable Wage Assembly. @ SEIU Local 1000, 2nd floor, Dial 100 on keypad | Oakland | California | United States
The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds community and power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. We meet every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the SEIU Local 1000 union hall, 1433 Webster Street, 2nd Floor in downtown Oakland. These assembly meetings occur from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Our work together encompasses: (1) the concerns of precarious, contingent and care workers; (2) current campaigns to improve wages for low-wage workers; and (3) efforts by unionized workers and unions to improve … Continued
3:00 am Berkeley City Council to Consider Policing Ordinances @ Old Berkeley City Hall
Berkeley City Council to Consider Policing Ordinances @ Old Berkeley City Hall
Feb 11 @ 3:00 am – 7:00 am
The following items, postponed twice, are scheduled for early consideration. D. Berkeley Police Department Use of Police Vehicle In-Vehicle and Body-Worn Cameras Recommendation: Refer to the City Manager to develop a plan to implement the use of dash cameras and body-worn cameras for the Berkeley Police Department. The report should be presented to the City Council within 3 months. Contact: Darryl Moore, Councilmember, District 2, 981-7120 E. Support the National Demands by Ferguson Action  Recommendation: 1. Adopt a motion endorsing the National Demands from Ferguson. 2. Advocate for changes to … Continued
7:00 pm Corporate Coloniality and the Demotion of Capitalism @ OMNI Collective
Corporate Coloniality and the Demotion of Capitalism @ OMNI Collective
Feb 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The first of eight meetings is January 28th. This seminar will study the corporate structure, its historical development, and its modes of political control.  57909
1:30 am Save CCSF Coalition General Assembly @ Mission Campus, room 162 Bartlett building
Save CCSF Coalition General Assembly @ Mission Campus, room 162 Bartlett building
Feb 12 @ 1:30 am – 3:30 am
Save CCSF Coalition meeting to discuss current situation at CCSF including the shut down of Civic Center Campus, the failure to go forward with the Performing Arts Education Center, reorganization, pushout policies and the attack on noncredit and the diversity departments. Help plan actions and organize for this semester.  58054
3:30 am Politics of Debt Reading Group @ OMNI Collective in the basement
Politics of Debt Reading Group @ OMNI Collective in the basement
Feb 12 @ 3:30 am – 5:30 am
For our next meeting we’ll cover Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of PART FOUR (which is the “Organisation and Ownership” section) of E.F. Schumacher’s book, “Small is Beautiful” (which is here:  http://www.ditext.com/schumacher/small/small.html ). These are the chapters about “Socialism” and “Ownership” (which Gar Alperovitz recommended)!  In addition, people might also find this article by David Graeber, entitled “Hope in Common”, worthwhile: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-hope-in-common. We’ll also have a brief discussion of the recent Greek elections if Syriza, the anti-austerity party, wins, and the global ramifications thereof. The Politics of Debt Reading Group … Continued
4:30 pm Black Friday 14: BART Board Directors Consideration of a Resolution Against Prosecution and Restitution @ BART Board Room, Kaiser Center, 20th St. Mall - 3rd Floor
Black Friday 14: BART Board Directors Consideration of a Resolution Against Prosecution and Restitution @ BART Board Room, Kaiser Center, 20th St. Mall - 3rd Floor
Feb 12 @ 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Black Friday 14: BART Board Directors Consideration of a Resolution Against Prosecution and Restitution @ BART Board Room, Kaiser Center, 20th St. Mall - 3rd Floor | Oakland | California | United States
The BART Board will consider the following resolution proposed by BART Board member Rebecca Salztman: The General Manager is directed to notify the Alameda County District Attorney that the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District urges her office to forgo the prosecution (including seeking restitution and/or community service) of the Black Friday 14 for their November 28th actions at the West Oakland BART Station. BART meeting agenda. The BART Board of Directors are meeting again – time to turn up and show them that we haven’t forgotten: it’s time … Continued
10:00 pm Oral Arguments in Ashker v. Brown (Constitutionality of Long-Term Solitary Confinement) @ U.S. District Court, Courtroom Dept. #2, 4th Floor, before Hon. Claudia Wilken.
Oral Arguments in Ashker v. Brown (Constitutionality of Long-Term Solitary Confinement) @ U.S. District Court, Courtroom Dept. #2, 4th Floor, before Hon. Claudia Wilken.
Feb 12 @ 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Please join us on Thursday, February 12th for oral arguments in Ashker v. Brown, a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison who have spent between 10 and 28 years in solitary confinement. CCR President Jules Lobel will be in court urging the court to expand the case to cover prisoners recently transferred from solitary confinement at Pelican Bay to another California solitary confinement unit, under the new step down program. California must not be allowed to continue its torturous solitary confinement practices merely by changing … Continued
2:00 am Chapel Hill Shooting vigil @ UC Berkeley @ sproul Plaza
Chapel Hill Shooting vigil @ UC Berkeley @ sproul Plaza
Feb 13 @ 2:00 am – 3:00 am
Facebook event. Yesterday, three Muslim college students have been executed in their home at UNC Chapel Hill. Deah Shaddy Barakat (23 years old), Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha (21 years old), and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha (19 years old). We at the Political Action Committee at Cal wish to express our utmost condolences to the grieving families of these three martyrs. We also strongly condemn the brutal execution of our fellow Muslims in what appears to be a blatant hate crime. Please join us for an emergency vigil. Due to the large number … Continued
3:00 am RESISTANCE TO San Leandro Police Paramilitarization & Terror @ Zocalo Coffeehouse
RESISTANCE TO San Leandro Police Paramilitarization & Terror @ Zocalo Coffeehouse
Feb 13 @ 3:00 am – 5:00 am
AFFIRMATIVE RESISTANCE TO San Leandro Paramilitarization & Terro Join San Leandro SAFE in Organizing an Affirmative Strategy to Demand the Changes We Need in Our City Bring your solutions to this meeting and/or get involved.  Some ideas might be: DEMAND THE CHANGE WE NEED: Wasting money on paramilitarization means we don’t have resources our community needs to thrive.  What do do want instead?  Living wages, education, housing, roads, innovation? Let’s set a positive agenda for San Leandro. SHADOW REPORT ON SAN LEANDRO POLICING:  The San Leandro Police Department presents its … Continued
3:30 am Bay Area Memorial Event for Chapel Hill Shooting Victims: San Francisco
Bay Area Memorial Event for Chapel Hill Shooting Victims: San Francisco
Feb 13 @ 3:30 am – 5:00 am
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5:00 pm Court Support: Ferguson 3 @ p Rene C.Davidson Courthose Oakland, California
Court Support: Ferguson 3 @ p Rene C.Davidson Courthose Oakland, California
Feb 13 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Facebook event. Come show your solidarity in court for the Ferguson 3 on Friday Feb 13th, 9am Dept 11 at Rene C. Davidson Courthouse. This is an important hearing so please come out rain or shine! Come out and support the Ferguson 3!!! 2 of these guys have been in since late November and are facing some serious jail time.This is their last pretrial hearing and is a super crucial court date to show up for. 9amRené C. Davidson Courthouse (the one by the lake, 12th/Oak St, not the one … Continued
2:00 am Bay Area Memorial Event for Chapel Hill Shooting Victims: Fremont
Bay Area Memorial Event for Chapel Hill Shooting Victims: Fremont
Feb 14 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am
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2:00 am March Against the Police State. @ Oscar Grant Plaza
March Against the Police State. @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Feb 14 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
March Against the Police State #Oakland Friday, February 13th; 14th and Broadway 6pm for all lives stolen by #police pic.twitter.com/UtAS3WJADv — Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) February 2, 2015 58047
12:00 pm Continue Work on the Berkeley Post Office Community Garden. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Continue Work on the Berkeley Post Office Community Garden. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office
Feb 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Continue Work on the Berkeley Post Office Community Garden. @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office | Berkeley | California | United States
The planting was a few weeks ago.  The gardening work continues. Join us! More information on  the Berkeley Post Office Defense against the sale and privatization here. Pictures and videos of the soil preparation and planting here. 57902
7:00 pm Dare to Divest! Global Divestment Day. @ San Rafael Corporate Center
Dare to Divest! Global Divestment Day. @ San Rafael Corporate Center
Feb 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Dare To Divest! We’ll show you the exact address once you RSVP Join 350Marin on Valentine’s Day:  Do you have the courage to break up with oil/gas/coal and meet some renewables?  Hear Jody Timms, Chair, Divest~Invest, “Stranded Assets-Stranded Ethics,” and J. Patrick Costello, “Green Investing:  More Than Being Socially Responsible.” 350marin.org 58037
12:00 am Strike Debt Bay Area. Fighting Unjust Debt. @ OMNI Collective in the basement
Strike Debt Bay Area. Fighting Unjust Debt. @ OMNI Collective in the basement
Feb 15 @ 12:00 am – 2:00 am
Strike Debt Bay Area. Fighting Unjust Debt. @ OMNI Collective in the basement | Oakland | California | United States
Come and help us draw awareness to and fight unjust debt! Come get connected with SDBA’s many projects! organizing for public banking in Oakland and elsewhere. advocating for Postal banking. saving the Berkeley Post Office and stopping the Staples non-union takeover of good Post Office jobs working with the City of Richmond and other municipalities for eminent domain seizure of underwater mortgages from the banksters ongoing study group student debt resistance helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization and fighting against usurious for-profit pay-day lenders and their ilk our famous … Continued
1:30 am Sea of Red – Remembering the Stolen Lives: Revolutionary March to, and Love Dance Party at, Alan’s House! @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Sea of Red – Remembering the Stolen Lives: Revolutionary March to, and Love Dance Party at, Alan’s House! @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Feb 15 @ 1:30 am – 7:45 am
PROTEST, MARCH, DANCE!!! On Saturday Feb 14th there will be a Sea of Red – Remembering the Stolen Lives march gathering at the Oscar Grant Plaza 14th & Broadway at 5:30pm. The event organizers are asking folks to wear red for the march to create a sea of red as we march to symbolize the blood OPD has shed in our streets. The march will go from the plaza to OPD HQ at 7th & Broadway where names of stolen lives will be read, from there the sea of red … Continued
2:30 am AROC Benefit Party: REVOLUTION IS LOVE @ Show Map Uptown Body and Fender
AROC Benefit Party: REVOLUTION IS LOVE @ Show Map Uptown Body and Fender
Feb 15 @ 2:30 am – 7:30 am
Facebook event. “At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.” – Che Guevara OAKLAND PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MURAL / off the wall series; Art Forces, the Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC) and Nor Cal Friends of Sabeel invite you to join us for an evening of dance, refreshments, and activism: REVOLUTION IS LOVE a benefit for AROC’s Boycott, Divestment, Sanction organizing at the Oakland Palestine Solidarity … Continued
3:00 am No Love for Police Valentine’s Day March
No Love for Police Valentine’s Day March
Feb 15 @ 3:00 am – 5:00 am
Another march tomorrow in #Emeryville #YuvetteHenderson @GonzOakland pic.twitter.com/ySjfeukzh5— David DeBolt (@daviddebolt) February 14, 2015 58099