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Tiny House for Homeless Youth Community Project
Tiny House for Homeless Youth Community Project
Aug 24 all-day
In January 2016, youth at YSA initiated a community organizing campaign to build a Youth Tiny House Village in the San Francisco East Bay. They are working in partnership with non-profit developer Housing Consortium of the East Bay and the local interfaith community to complete a multi-face, community-led Village that is designed by the young people it will benefit. The Village will feature: – 14 secure 8′ x 10′ Tiny Houses with lofted beds, windows, skylight, storage, electricity, furnishings – On-site, clean communal bathrooms and showers – A kitchen yurt … Continued
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10:30 am The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela  @ Niebyl Proctor Library
The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela  @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Aug 18 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Our planned speaker will be Daniel Kovalik who will update us on current developments in Venezuela. A frequent visitor to Venezuela, his most recent book is The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil. Dan currently teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.  He also served for over 25 years as Associate General Counsel of the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO (USW). While with the USW, he served as lead counsel on cutting-edge labor law litigation, including the landmark NLRB cases of Lamons Gasket and Specialty Health … Continued
12:00 pm 30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
Aug 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited. Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community… WHEN: Every day in … Continued
2:00 pm Extinction Rebellion @ South Berkeley Senior Center
Extinction Rebellion @ South Berkeley Senior Center
Aug 18 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
General Meeting We’re looking forward to seeing you at our General Meeting We’ll be organizing for all the activities and actions we’ve got planned for August, September, and October. Please come ready to brainstorm and begin work with your fellow rebels. New and returning members welcome! NVDA Trainings During the months of August and September, Diablo Rising Tide is hosting Nonviolent Direct Action Trainings every week around the Bay Area. These trainings will prepare you for participating in the many actions we have coming up in September and October and … Continued
2:00 pm Film Screening “Mixed Race Identities: Little White Lie” @ East Bay Community Space
Film Screening “Mixed Race Identities: Little White Lie” @ East Bay Community Space
Aug 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Film Screening “Mixed Race Identities: Little White Lie” @ East Bay Community Space
 – Exploring what defines our identity, our family of origin, or the family that raises us.  Tickets  RSVPs requested: re-presentmedia.org Lacey Schwartz grew up in a typical middle-class Jewish household with loving parents and a strong sense of her identity. She believes her family’s explanation of having a Sicilian grandfather until she discovers that her biological father is a black man with whom her mother had an affair. This film explores what defines our identity, our family of origin, or the family that raises us. Dialogue with Director Lacey Schwartz … Continued
4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Aug 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza | Oakland | California | United States
NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued
4:30 pm BLACK: 400 Years in America Film Series: Wilmington on Fire @ Omni Commons
BLACK: 400 Years in America Film Series: Wilmington on Fire @ Omni Commons
Aug 18 @ 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm
BLACK: 400 Years in America Film Series: Wilmington on Fire @ Omni Commons
Free public cultural film series centered on the historic commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the first Africans brought to British North America. The series will feature a monthly film screening over 7 months, from February 2019 for Black History Month, through August 2019. Food at 4:30pm Film at 5pm 66954
12:00 pm 30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
Aug 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited. Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community… WHEN: Every day in … Continued
5:00 pm Locksmithing Lab @ Omni Commons
Locksmithing Lab @ Omni Commons
Aug 19 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Homes Not Jails is hosting a Locksmithing Lab. Learn about locks. Even learn to Lockpick.66808
7:00 pm Bay Area Landless Peoples Alliance @ Omni Commons
Bay Area Landless Peoples Alliance @ Omni Commons
Aug 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance meeting to discuss plans, outreach, organizing regarding regional homeless communities and organizations. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/groups/541837129562482/66940
11:00 am Stop the Sweeps! @ Koret Auditorium, SF Library
Stop the Sweeps! @ Koret Auditorium, SF Library
Aug 20 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
The Local Homeless Coordinating Board will be holding a special hearing on the Healthy Streets Operation Center (HSOC). Join us to speak out against the police-led response to homelessness, HSOC. HSOC is a highly coordinated effort led SFPD, working in conjunction with the Dept. of Public Works, the Dept. of Homelessness, the Dept. of Emergency Management, and the Dept. of Public Health. 66961
12:00 pm 30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
Aug 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited. Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community… WHEN: Every day in … Continued
5:30 pm Generation Zapped film at Rockridge Library & pizza @ Rockridge Library
Generation Zapped film at Rockridge Library & pizza @ Rockridge Library
Aug 20 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Generation Zapped film at Rockridge Library & pizza @ Rockridge Library
The multi-billion dollar telecommunications industry goes to great lengths to lobby congress, influence policy makers, and dispute scientific data, which is reminiscent of the lead, asbestos and tobacco industries before them. Please join us for a special screening of Generation Zapped. The film discusses the potential health risks from radiation emitted by wireless devices as revealed by scientific research. A Q&A on 5G and cell phones will follow. Pizza & snacks. Hosted by the CA Brain Tumor Association and WIRED (Wireless Radiation Education and Defense). 66976
7:00 pm DSA Night School: Why ‘Progressive’ Isn’t Enough @ East Bay Community Space
DSA Night School: Why ‘Progressive’ Isn’t Enough @ East Bay Community Space
Aug 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
As we move deeper into the 2020 election cycle, democratic socialists will be increasingly asked why we support Bernie Sanders and not one of the other, younger candidates. After all, many of Sanders’ challengers have adopted large chunks of his 2016 platform, and are hoping to gain traction with voters by offering policies that, at least at face value, appear to be similar. Now, more than ever, we need to be able to be able to ask and answer: what makes Bernie different? Why must we advocate for explicitly socialist … Continued
12:00 pm 30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
Aug 21 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited. Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community… WHEN: Every day in … Continued
5:00 pm Impeach Trump Now @ International Hotel
Impeach Trump Now @ International Hotel
Aug 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Our country is falling further into a constitutional and moral crisis created by the racist and xenophobic autocrat sitting in the Oval Office. We need Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead, not play political games. Join us on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco (888 Howard St.) to demand that Speaker Pelosi use her power to impeach Trump now. Our communities and democracy cannot afford to wait. Click here to RSVP.66979
6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Omni Commons
Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Omni Commons
Aug 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Omni Commons
Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” spy drones, facial recognition, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones, to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing. We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate … Continued
7:00 pm APTP Monthly Membership Meeting @ EastSide Arts Alliance
APTP Monthly Membership Meeting @ EastSide Arts Alliance
Aug 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The Anti Police-Terror Project meets the third Wednesday of every month. August’s agenda will include an update on developments at Santa Rita jail and an active shooter response training. In September we’re giving updates on our Police Commission campaign and about a local campaign to audit Sheriff Ahern; showing a short film about Dujuan Armstrong, who died in police custody at Santa Rita Jail earlier this year; and giving a quick update about our newly formed Sacramento chapter. Let us know if you can join us! Join us to find out … Continued
12:00 pm 30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
Aug 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited. Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community… WHEN: Every day in … Continued
5:30 pm Oakland Police Commission Meeting @ Oakland City Hall
Oakland Police Commission Meeting @ Oakland City Hall
Aug 22 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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12:00 pm 30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
Aug 23 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited. Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community… WHEN: Every day in … Continued
12:00 pm From Warsaw to Palestine to the Rio Grande @ ICE San Francisco
From Warsaw to Palestine to the Rio Grande @ ICE San Francisco
Aug 23 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
As part of the Month of Momentum, 30 Days of Action to Close the Camps, JVP, SURJ and IJAN are jointly organizing an action on Friday, August 23rd. Join us in making the connection between the forced displacement of asylum seekers and refugees coming into the US and their confinement in US concentration camps with the on-going forced displacement of the Palestinian people, as a result of the founding and on-going colonization of Palestine by the state of Israel, and the confining of Palestinian people into walled ghettos, refugee camps … Continued
4:00 pm Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization #StopICETerror @ Palantir
Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization #StopICETerror @ Palantir
Aug 23 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
EMERGENCY MASS MOBILIZATION. THE COALITION TO CLOSE THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS BAY AREA IS CALLING ON ALL THOSE THAT DENOUNCE AND REBUKE PALANTIR’S SHAMELESS ESCALATION TO IMMEDIATELY MOBILIZE THIS FRIDAY AT PALANTIR HQ IN PALO ALTO AT 4 PM FOR AN EMERGENCY ACTION. Palantir has renewed its ICE Investigative Case Management contract that allows ICE, the CIA, and more to track individuals’ every move — even yours — until 2022. After activists have fought for months to #DROPICECONTRACTS, putting bodies on the line, this is a slap in the face of … Continued
5:30 pm Vigil for Chelsea and Julian
Vigil for Chelsea and Julian
Aug 23 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN hI aLL HOPE TO SEE YA oRION EVERY FRI 530PM TO 7PM “BASTA SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIEN ” VIGIL DEMO POTLUCK MUSIC (7PM AFTER PARTY/MEETING ) FRUITVALE &MACARTHUR OAKLAND WE HOPE TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO OUR ON-GOING CAMPAIGNS IN THE BAY. Here is a link to the bay area action for Julian which includes CHELSEA SUPPORT PLEASE SIGN UP https://bayaction2freeassange.org TELL EVERY ONE Thanks for your letters you can write a letter directly to Chelsea here’s her address tell her who you are and why you … Continued
11:00 am Toxics Tour of the Carquinez Strait @ Parking lot across from the Dead Fish Restaurant
Toxics Tour of the Carquinez Strait @ Parking lot across from the Dead Fish Restaurant
Aug 24 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Toxics Tour of the Carquinez Strait @ Parking lot across from the Dead Fish Restaurant
Thirty seats are available on an air-conditioned bus.  Lunch provided!  Please RSVP to info@protectthebay.org Join us on a two-hour tour of a dynamic segment of the refinery corridor along the Carquinez Strait.  The tour will provide a bird’s-eye view of existing and proposed oil projects with major impacts on the health and safety of Rodeo, South Vallejo, and the entire Bay. Viewing the Phillips 66 refinery from multiple panoramic angles will help explain its intensity and complexity.  From its blackened cokers, to its marine terminal, the adjacent CA Superfund fund … Continued
12:00 pm 30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
30 Days of Actions to Close the Camps. Every day in August at Noon. ICE. SF @ ICE Offices, San Francisco
Aug 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Protests, actions, poetry readings…to demand that immigration detention centers be closed and families reunited. Daily schedule: https://bit.ly/32MTXEs A month-long protest outside ICE in downtown San Francisco, organized through word of mouth, networking, and social media, will take place every day from Noon to 1pm during the month of August, by a different sector, group, or organization: librarians, lawyers, public health and health care workers, poets, drummers, journalists, tenants rights activists, educators and students, mothers and families, bar and restaurant workers, environmental activists, grandmothers, the interfaith community… WHEN: Every day in … Continued
12:00 pm Stand 4 Julian & Chelsea @ Cable Car Turnaround
Stand 4 Julian & Chelsea @ Cable Car Turnaround
Aug 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Join our protest against Julian Assange’s U.S. Extradition and Chelsea Manning’s imprisonment. We’ll chant for their freedom, distribute fliers and engage with the public over a two hour call to action, at the Powell & Market Cable Car turnaround. “The days when I could read and speak and organize to defend myself, my ideals, and my people are over until I am free! Everyone else must take my place.” – Julian Assange, from Belmarsh Prison 67002
2:00 pm The Berkeley Free Clinic’s 50th Anniversary Celebration @ Live Oak Park
The Berkeley Free Clinic’s 50th Anniversary Celebration @ Live Oak Park
Aug 24 @ 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm
We invite all friends of the Berkeley Free Clinic, old and new, to join us for a fun evening as we (re)connect and celebrate 50 years of healthcare for people, not profit! The event will include food & drinks, local performers, a silent auction and raffle giveaway. Tentative Event Lineup! 2pm – 4:30pm: Kay Serrurier – Chilean Harpist Blue Alley Cats- Blues Rock band Bátala – Brazilian drumming group Mongolian Contortionists – you may have seen them at the Warriors halftime show 4:30pm – 8:00pm: David Smith – Founder of Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic and the Free Clinic Movement Susan … Continued
3:00 pm Do The Right Thing 30th Anniversary Screening @ New Parkway
Do The Right Thing 30th Anniversary Screening @ New Parkway
Aug 24 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of one of the most iconic movies in US history! On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes. Director Spike Lee’s powerful portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise. The film features a stellar ensemble cast that includes Danny Aiello, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Rosie Perez, and John Turturro. We’re celebrating this iconic, provocative film so join us as we explore what … Continued