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Afrikatown Anti-Eviction Block Party
@ Qilombo
Afrikatown Anti-Eviction Block Party
@ Qilombo
May 28 all-day
Recently, the Qilombo Collective has been ordered to move the garden, and the people feel like there should be space in the city for people to learn, organize and work free of corporate pressure. So the fight is beginning to take shape, and on May 28, everyone is invited to the Anti-Eviction Block Party at the Afrikatown Garden. I hope to see you there.60981
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Oakland Book Festival
@ Oscar Grant Plaza / City Hall
Oakland Book Festival
@ Oscar Grant Plaza / City Hall
May 22 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Oakland Book Festival Free and open to the public Read. Debate. Celebrate. One day – Seven Hours – 90 Writers – 40 Events60558
11:00 am
Oakland Book Festival
Oakland Book Festival
May 22 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
One day – Seven Hours – 145 Writers – 70 Events Inside City Hall, more than 100 novelists, poets, historians, philosophers, journalists, and activists will engage event-goers in panels, interviews, and open debate. This year’s Festival will feature (among many others) Dave Eggers, Mary Roach, Frank Chin, Elaine Brown, Fred Moten, Ellen Pao, Emily Raboteau, Victor LaValle, Larissa MacFarquhar, Pico Iyer, Arlie Hochschild, and Greil Marcus. Join us for conversations about labor movements, immigration, drug trafficking, altruism, censorship, prisons, restorative justice, labors of love, the dignity of work, and the … Continued
12:30 pm
Sunflower Alliance General Assembly
@ Bobby Bowen Center
Sunflower Alliance General Assembly
@ Bobby Bowen Center
May 22 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm
 Join us to learn about the fight to stop the development of a slag cement processing facility and deep water industrial port on Vallejo’s south waterfront. Vallejo residents will join us to discuss the local and global harm this project would cause and strategies for stopping it. We welcome your participation and your voice. The meeting will also include updates on other climate and environmental justice action around the Bay. Come early to join us for a potluck lunch. ` 60960
2:00 pm
Oakland Post Salon on Police Commission Ballot Initiative
@ Geoffrey Pete's
Oakland Post Salon on Police Commission Ballot Initiative
@ Geoffrey Pete's
May 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Oakland Post Salon on Police Commission Ballot Initiative: the Oakland City Council could put the measure directly onto the ballot – but some members have used procedural delays to block our efforts. Come out to the Post Salon this Sunday to continue the discussion and learn how you can get involved. 60990
3:30 pm
Open Circle ~ Families Fighting for Justice
@ Omni Commons
4:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
@ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining
Occupy Oakland General Assembly
@ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining
May 22 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
 The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … Continued
6:00 pm
TEACH-IN: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HAITI
@ Oakland Peace Center
TEACH-IN: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HAITI
@ Oakland Peace Center
May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
For the past few months, 68 grassroots organization in Haiti have joined together and have taken to the streets in massive numbers. They have stopped fraudulent presidential and legislative elections from taking place and have forced President Michel Martelly out of office. The teach-in will give us the latest information about where this struggle stands, how the United States is subverting democracy, and how we can show our solidarity. This is the main event of “Black Love Beyond Borders: A Week of International Solidarity”, May 21-28, 2016. For more information … Continued
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5:00 pm
Occupella: Tax the Rich Weekly Rally
@ In front of the old Oaks Theater
Occupella: Tax the Rich Weekly Rally
@ In front of the old Oaks Theater
May 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Sing for an hour on Solano Avenue at the old Oaks Theater, Berkeley.60835
5:00 pm
Rally & Vigil: Justice for James “Nate” Greer!
@ Hayward City Hall
Rally & Vigil: Justice for James “Nate” Greer!
@ Hayward City Hall
May 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
May 23rd will be the 2 year anniversary of James “Nate” Greer’s death at the hands of Hayward rogue police. His grieving Family will be holding a rally with their attorneys, and have a candle light vigil immediately following. Other coalitions, families and activists will be there to support. as well as memorialize the loss of their loved ones, who were killed by police. For more info on the beating death of Nate Greer, please see : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1760883287473600/61009
5:00 pm
Rally to demilitarize the Emeryville Police Department
Rally to demilitarize the Emeryville Police Department
May 23 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
AR-15 assault rifles and other military equipment have no place in Emeryville, let alone in the hands of the police department that claims to protect and serve this community. On Monday, Chief Tejada will be meeting with our comrades at Residents United for a Livable Emeryville (R.U.L.E.) in an attempt to divide and conquer community organizations working together on this issue. APTP and SURJ will be outside holding a rally to oppose this tactic. An Emeryville police officer used an AR-15 in the killing of beloved community member Yuvette Henderson … Continued
5:00 pm
Reframing the Dialogue: Race, Police Violence and Public Health
@ Cole Hall Auditorium
Reframing the Dialogue: Race, Police Violence and Public Health
@ Cole Hall Auditorium
May 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Please join us for a student-led initiative to examine closely the need to address police violence and racism as public health issues directly affecting the safety of communities in the US and particularly here in San Francisco. This event is the initiative of the Do No Harm Coalition at UCSF, which is a group of students, faculty and staff spanning the entire campus who are interested in furthering the local and national dialogue around community policing and public safety for all. This event is open to UCSF community members and the public. … Continued
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1:30 pm
Protect Oakland Renters: Oakland City Council CED Cmte Considers Ballot Initiative
@ Oakland City Hall
Protect Oakland Renters: Oakland City Council CED Cmte Considers Ballot Initiative
@ Oakland City Hall
May 24 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
The committee will decide to either send the proposed ordinance to the full City Council to vote on putting it on the November, 2016 ballot (polls show that it would pass by more than 80%) or kill it altogether. With this much at stake, count on the real estate industry to be there in force with sharpened knives unsheathed. We need to be there to make sure our proposal moves forward. Agenda Item with Link to Proposed Ballot Initiative. Come and demand that the City Council put this initiative … Continued
2:00 pm
Alameda Renters Coalition – Time To Deliver the Ballot Initiative Signatures!
@ Alameda City Hall
Alameda Renters Coalition – Time To Deliver the Ballot Initiative Signatures!
@ Alameda City Hall
May 24 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Please join us to celebrate the delivery of more than 8,000 pre-screened petition signatures for the ballot measure we have been promoting. We needed only 6,240 verified signatures; so we are confident we will qualify for the November ballot! Please come and join the celebration. We can all be enormously proud of our role in making this historic moment possible. Celebrate loudly. Then let’s get busy getting voters to the polls in November! Catherine Pauling and the Steering Committee thank the 100 or more volunteer who spent countless hours gathering … Continued
6:00 pm
Jobs for Freedom campaign kickoff.
@ Imani Church
Jobs for Freedom campaign kickoff.
@ Imani Church
May 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join the Ella Baker Center and the Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County for the kickoff of the Jobs for Freedom campaign tonight! Together let’s win 1,400 jobs. We’re urging Alameda County leadership to provide good jobs for people affected by the criminal justice system and for youth to prevent their interaction with the criminal justice system. Locking people up and then locking them out of quality jobs hurts us all. Come out tonight to Imani Community Church and learn more about the campaign and how you can plug in! … Continued
6:30 pm
Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting
@ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall
Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting
@ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall
May 24 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
 Join us to fight for a livable wage for all Bay Area workers! We collaborate in principled reflection and action on what the Bay Area livable wage would be and where we are at on the right to a livable wage. The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds Community and Power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. Our work together encompasses: (1) The concerns of precarious, care and contingent workers, (2) Campaigns to improve wages for low wage workers, and (3) Efforts by … Continued
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7:00 am
Protest Chevron’s “reckless pursuit of profits”
@ Chevron HQ in San Ramon
Protest Chevron’s “reckless pursuit of profits”
@ Chevron HQ in San Ramon
May 25 @ 7:00 am – 11:00 am
Be there as the Annual General Meeting of Chevron shareholders gets underway, at a colorful and fun rally outside in support of human rights, environmental, economic and climate justice, and more! Organizers say: “Indigenous and campesino allies affected by Chevron in Ecuador will be accompanied by a First Nations representative from Canada to the meeting. Allies from affected communities in Richmond, California will join the event. They will all have two things in common: They all come from communities that have suffered the dire impacts of Chevron’s reckless pursuit of … Continued
4:45 pm
March to the OUSD board meeting
@ Kaiser Convention Center parking lot - Lot 10 on off 10th.
March to the OUSD board meeting
@ Kaiser Convention Center parking lot - Lot 10 on off 10th.
May 25 @ 4:45 pm – 6:30 pm
Join Oakland parents, students, educators and community members for a March to the OUSD board meeting * 4:45pm T-shirt & sign making * 5:30pm Kid zone & rally * 6:00pm Hands Off Tha Town March/Gentrification Tour Our communities know what we need: to transform – not dismantle Oakland public schools! Please RSVP: The Rally for the Schools Oakland Students Deserve The fight for local control of our public schools in the 90’s was disrupted by the state take over of 2003. Over the last decade school closures and private interests in … Continued
5:30 pm
Clean Power to the People
@ Oakstop (basement)
Clean Power to the People
@ Oakstop (basement)
May 25 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Alameda County’s Community Choice energy program is moving forward. Now is a crucial time to join the East Bay Clean Power Alliance in advocating for community representation on the board and development of local energy resources to benefit our community. Clean Power to the People is a happy-hour mixer with a campaign update and community organizing strategy session. We need to organize ourselves to take action at an upcoming late June or early July Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting. We must come together to demand an Alameda County Community Choice energy program that … Continued
6:00 pm
ELLA BAKER CENTER MEETING
@ La Cultura Cura Cultural Arts Cafe
ELLA BAKER CENTER MEETING
@ La Cultura Cura Cultural Arts Cafe
May 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Come to the Ella Baker Center’s May member meeting to learn how to get involved with our local campaigns to win jobs not jails, books not bars, and healthcare not handcuffs in Oakland. Free dinner will be provided and all are welcome. The event is hosted at La Cultura Cura Cultural Arts Cafe, a social enterprise of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice that aims to employ and empower systems impacted youth and young adults. Please contact our Local Advocate, Tash Nguyen, with questions: tash@ellabakercenter.org. 60965
6:00 pm
Vigil for Amilcar Perez-Lopez
@ Mission Police Station
Vigil for Amilcar Perez-Lopez
@ Mission Police Station
May 25 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Vigil for #AmilcarPerezLopez at Mission Police station 6 pm every Wed til @GeorgeGascon announces if #sfpd charged pic.twitter.com/TiyAAbsH6F— Steve Rhodes (@tigerbeat) May 19, 2016 60982
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11:30 am
Day of Action for Haiti
@ Dellums Federal Building
Day of Action for Haiti
@ Dellums Federal Building
May 26 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
 A call for free and fair elections. Hosted by Black Lives Matter, the Black Alliance for Just Immigration & the Haiti Action Committee. 60977
5:00 pm
No Coal in Oakland Meeting
@ West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
No Coal in Oakland Meeting
@ West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
May 26 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
This week’s meeting will focus on planning for a large rally on Saturday, June 25, two days before the City Council will be voting on whether to ban coal. We encourage allies to join us in this effort to demonstrate strong community support for a complete ban on coal. Our weekly planning meetings are jam-packed with ideas and energy. Newcomers are welcome; come one-half hour early and we’ll be happy to give you a brief personal orientation on the No Coal in Oakland campaign and our various activities. 61026
5:00 pm
Stop the New Alameda County Jail
@ Ella Baker Center Offices, suite 1125
Stop the New Alameda County Jail
@ Ella Baker Center Offices, suite 1125
May 26 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
The Sheriff wants to build a new $55 million jail expansion at Santa Rita for treating mentally ill inmate. It needs to be stopped in its tracks and the money redirected to mental health treatment outside of jail. We’ve got some momentum to re-invigorate and have a lot to discuss with the decarceration plan. Here a tentative agenda for 7/28, feel free to add additional items by directly replying to me. Check in What’s happening, what’s coming up in the community LeeLoo Update Individual and org commitments Shared leadership structure … Continued
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6:00 pm
Community Connect Oakland
@ Omni Commons
Community Connect Oakland
@ Omni Commons
May 27 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Calling all Social Change Agents Who Want to Get Support in Achieving Their Life Enhancing Goals Join us for an evening ofInteractive activities and intentional conversations during a potluck meal designed to help you connect in meaningful ways based on Open Space Technology. They include: • Revitalize your passion for creating a better world • Share your knowledge and gifts • Find co-collaborators and kindred spirits • Nourish established connections Workshop and Conversation Topics include: Mutual Aid Networks: Redesign your own work life and build a more equitable sustainable and enjoyable Transition Town: Making … Continued
8:00 pm
Neighborhood Copwatch in Berkeley
Neighborhood Copwatch in Berkeley
May 27 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
MAY COPWATCH DAYS AND TIMES – FRIDAY 5/6 – 8pm – FRIDAY 5/13 – 8pm – SATURDAY 5/21 – 8pm – FRIDAY 5/27 – 8pm You’re invited to join Berkeley Copwatch on one of our weekly copwatch shifts. We’ll be out in the streets witnessing and documenting police activity and doing outreach. No experience is required – we’ll train you in the essentials for documenting police activity and staying safe in the process. DETAILS: * Please RSVP (no deadline) by calling/texting 510-224-5950 or emailing CRivka@sonic.net to let us know which … Continued
8:30 pm
Honoring the life of Jessica Williams
Honoring the life of Jessica Williams
May 27 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Malcolm X said, “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman, the most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” On Thursday May 19, 2016 SFPD proved his statement right, when a Sergeant assassinated Jessica with a single shot. She was murdered on National Say Her Name Day, a day created to uplift the names of Black Women, Girls and Femmes who are murdered by State Sanctioned Violence. “It is apparent that the lives of ALL Black … Continued
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1:00 pm
A History of the Poor People’s Campaign in Real Time
A History of the Poor People’s Campaign in Real Time
May 28 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
May 14, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, 1-5pm Using news photographs, memorabilia, reconstructed objects, documentary fragments, and original documents, contemporary artist Kate Haug re-tells the story of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last monumental social protest prior to his assassination. The exhibition features images and objects culled from Haug’s extensive research in the archives of the Associated Press, the popular press, and eBay, which have not been seen together before, bringing to life the complex ambition of King’s vision. … Continued
2:00 pm
The History of Socialism in America
@ South Berkeley Library
The History of Socialism in America
@ South Berkeley Library
May 28 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Bernie Socialist Workshop The History of Socialism in America from Robert Owens’ utopian experiment in 1825 to Bernie’s political revolution of 2016. A slide presentation by Eugene Ruyle, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Cal State, Long Beach As a democratic socialist, Bernie Sanders is leading a political revolution to transform a political system run by the billionaire class into one that represents working and middle class Americans and creates more opportunity for everyone. This workshop will take a closer look at Bernie’s socialism by placing it within the global context of … Continued
3:00 pm
Justice 4 All – No More Cowboy Cops in Stockton!
@ Kentfield Park
Justice 4 All – No More Cowboy Cops in Stockton!
@ Kentfield Park
May 28 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Community Feed / BBQ and a First Amendment protest regarding police brutality. We are demanding an end to “Stop & Frisk” and other domestic terror tactics used by Stockton Police. OAKLAND SHUTTLE BUS TO STOCKTON AT 12:30 PM FROM OSCAR GRANT PLAZA, 14th AND BROADWAY.60971
5:00 pm
Dinner and a Movie: Pride
@ SEIU Local 1021
6:00 pm
An Evening in Support of Political Prisoners
An Evening in Support of Political Prisoners
May 28 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
 Join us on Saturday May 28th at 6pm for an evening of food, speakers and music to support long term Political Prisoner, Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald, and to build solidarity around US Political Prisoners. 60963
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