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Tiny House for Homeless Youth Community Project
Tiny House for Homeless Youth Community Project
Sep 8 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
Soil Not Oil Conference @ Grey Area Theater
Soil Not Oil Conference @ Grey Area Theater
Sep 9 all-day
Soil Not Oil Conference @ Grey Area Theater
Attend the fifth annual Soil Not Oil International Conference to learn about practical steps to achieve environmental justice and steward a path towards a thriving planet. The conference will cover topics such as carbon sequestration, regenerative agriculture, soil ecology, and biodiversity.  Students, educators, activists, farmers, scientists, investors, policy makers, healthcare providers, urban planners, and environmental changemakers are invited to participate. Keynote speakers: Bobby Kennedy Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance Jonathan Latham, executive director of the Bioscience Research Project Elizabeth Kaiser, owner of Singing Frogs Farm Anne Bilke, biologist and science communicator R … Continued
Soil Not Oil Conference @ Grey Area Theater
Soil Not Oil Conference @ Grey Area Theater
Sep 10 all-day
Soil Not Oil Conference @ Grey Area Theater
Attend the fifth annual Soil Not Oil International Conference to learn about practical steps to achieve environmental justice and steward a path towards a thriving planet. The conference will cover topics such as carbon sequestration, regenerative agriculture, soil ecology, and biodiversity.  Students, educators, activists, farmers, scientists, investors, policy makers, healthcare providers, urban planners, and environmental changemakers are invited to participate. Keynote speakers: Bobby Kennedy Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance Jonathan Latham, executive director of the Bioscience Research Project Elizabeth Kaiser, owner of Singing Frogs Farm Anne Bilke, biologist and science communicator R … Continued
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10:30 am Rising to the Climate Emergency: What Can we Count On? @ Unitarian Universalist Hall
Rising to the Climate Emergency: What Can we Count On? @ Unitarian Universalist Hall
Sep 8 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
When you think of the upcoming Global Climate Strike (Sept. 20-27), who is leading the demonstrations? Young people, right? They’re increasingly taking the lead for climate related actions through organizations such as Sunrise. “The dark hour in America cannot last,” proclaims this new youth-centered activist group. But marching beside the young people is spirit if not always in body will be revered elders in the ecology movement such as Joanna Macy, the author of 13 books and a veteran of six decades of political activism. In fact, Macy and Sunrise … Continued
12:00 pm 45th St commUNITY Meal, Clean-Up, Care Kits
45th St commUNITY Meal, Clean-Up, Care Kits
Sep 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Hosted by North Oakland Restorative Justice Council We invite you to our next edition of our 45th St Brunches & Brooms, a neighborhood cleanup, community meal, and hygiene/winter gear kit distribution centering at the highway underpass off of 45th Street and MLK. In partnership with our neighbors who live there, we would like to gather to share some food and help with cleaning up the dumping under the 45th overpass. Donate at Facebook Giving: https://www.facebook.com/donate/361009014828047/ GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/45th-st-community-cleanup-meal-care-kit Help us assembles hot meals and care kits for 250 unhoused neighbors, that … Continued
12:00 pm Free Oakland Up Fundraiser Plant Sale
Free Oakland Up Fundraiser Plant Sale
Sep 8 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Save the date for the next Plant Sale fundraiser! The official Ambassador Greeters, Lulu and Deuce, will be there to gladly accept your lovin’.   Free Oakland UP  An alternative retail space focused on the economy, the environment and building community by offering FREE art and everyday items. One free item per person per day. For a fair monetary donation you may choose more. More treasures!!  Gallery:offering monthly solo or group exhibitions featuring experimental, interactive projects focused on alternative economies, cultivating socially activated art, sustainability and building community through art … Continued
5:00 pm Green Sunday:  Dr. Jack Rasmus on “Trump’s Economy: Trade Wars, Tax Cuts, and Recession” @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Green Sunday:  Dr. Jack Rasmus on “Trump’s Economy: Trade Wars, Tax Cuts, and Recession” @ Niebyl Proctor Library
Sep 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Global recession is underway. Manufacturing is contracting worldwide. Trade is no longer growing. Germany and Europe are on the brink, Japan is stagnating, and China is slowing. On the financial side of the global economy, stock markets are becoming unstable, bonds and gold are in a bubble, oil, commodities and currencies are deflating, financial crises are erupting in Argentina, South America, and India, and German and Italian banks are becoming fragile. In the USA business investment and construction are contracting and manufacturing has stalled. Meanwhile, corporate, household and government debt … Continued
5:30 pm “Now What”: The State of Immigration Under Trump @ Yelp HQ
“Now What”: The State of Immigration Under Trump @ Yelp HQ
Sep 9 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/now-what-the-state-of-immigration-under-trump-tickets-70589357669 Border walls. Travel bans. ICE raids. Separation of families. Deaths of migrant children at the border. These immigration issues have been consistently pushed to the forefront since Trump took office. In the United States, immigration has been an integral part of our history. But why has it become such a contested topic today? What is actually happening at the U.S Mexico border? How are Trump’s policies affecting migrant communities? And most importantly, what can we do to make a difference? At this panel, we will hear from community … Continued
7:00 pm The Testaments by Margaret Atwood – community reading/release party @ Revolution Books
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood – community reading/release party @ Revolution Books
Sep 10 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood – community reading/release party Get your copy of THE TESTAMENTS. Find out what happened to Offred of THE HANDMAID’S TALE. “Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in.” -Margaret Atwood The author Margaret Atwood will not be present. Price: Free For more event information: https://www.revolutionbooks.org/67054
2:00 pm FILM SCREENING: THE POLLINATORS @ UA Berkeley 7
FILM SCREENING: THE POLLINATORS @ UA Berkeley 7
Sep 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
One Time Showing: The Pollinators Promoted by Pat Schwinn THE POLLINATORS Year: 2019 Genre: Documentary – Environmental Producers: Sally Roy, Peter Nelson and Michael Reuter Director: Peter Nelson Thousands of semi-trailers crisscross the country in the dead of night delivering goods through the darkness to stores, warehouses and factories nationwide. But some of them carry an unsuspected and highly unusual cargo. Honey bees. Tens of billions of them are transported back and forth from one end of the United States to the other in a unique annual migration that’s indispensable … Continued
6:30 pm AN EVENING WITH FEDERAL JUDGE AND AUTHOR WILLIAM ALSUP @ David Brower Center
AN EVENING WITH FEDERAL JUDGE AND AUTHOR WILLIAM ALSUP @ David Brower Center
Sep 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Judge Alsup has been in the news, having presided over some high-profile cases, including the case preserving DACA, cases preserving Berkeley’s historic post office, cases involving Berkeley’s homeless, the dispute over the Albany Hill Cross, Waymo v. Uber, Oracle v. Google, and the prosecution of the MS-13 gang. As a judge, he cannot discuss these or other cases, but they help show his depth of experience. Please join California Institute for Community, Art & Nature for a reception and conversation with William Alsup about his new book, Won Over: Reflections … Continued
3:00 pm Belonging in Practice: How to Be Antiracist @ UC Berkeley, 101 Zellerbach Hall
Belonging in Practice: How to Be Antiracist @ UC Berkeley, 101 Zellerbach Hall
Sep 12 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Belonging in Practice: How to Be Antiracist @ UC Berkeley, 101 Zellerbach Hall
This is a community event open to all. REGISTER   “We know how to be racist. We know how to pretend to be not racist. Now let’s know how to be antiracist.” – Ibram X. Kendi Borealis Philanthropy, the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Northern California Grantmakers are excited to invite you to a special afternoon with Ibram X. Kendi, one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist voices. In his new book, How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi holds up both a magnifying glass and a mirror to examine … Continued
6:00 pm Caring For The Community film screening
Caring For The Community film screening
Sep 12 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Caring For The Community film screening
Join Councilwoman Cheryl Davila for an evening of film screenings and a discussion panel on solutions to homelessness. Films: 24 hours by Yesica Prado Tent City by 393 Films https://www.tentcitythemovie.com/ Homeless First by Anka Karewicz & Travis Schirmer (Liberated Lens Film Collective) https://liberatedlens.org/our-work/first-they-came-for-the-homeless-homeless-first/ 67065
6:30 pm OAKLAND POLICE COMMISSION @ Oakland City Hall
OAKLAND POLICE COMMISSION @ Oakland City Hall
Sep 12 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Full Agenda VIII. OPD Plan for Working with the City’s Social Media Policy IX. OPD Towing Policy Regarding Victims of Crime X. Review of CPRA Pending Cases and Completed Investigations XI. Scheduling a Public Hearing on Use of Force67060
10:30 am Film Screening: Power to Heal @ Rialto Cinema
Film Screening: Power to Heal @ Rialto Cinema
Sep 14 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Join us on 9/14/19 for a showing of blbfilmproductions.com Health Care for All – Contra Costa and Alameda County Chapters will show The Power to Heal: Medicare And The Civil Rights Revolution, a 56-minutes long public television documentary that tells a poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. This film was shown in July at the NAACP National Convention in Detroit. After movie Q&A with: Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, Mayor of City of El Cerrito Myrtle Braxton, Chair, Richmond Commission on Aging … Continued
3:00 pm Spokescouncil for Sept 25 Global Climate Strike Action @ Omni Commons
Spokescouncil for Sept 25 Global Climate Strike Action @ Omni Commons
Sep 14 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Action Spokescouncil* called for by Idle No More SF Bay, The Society of Fearless Grandmothers, Extinction Rebellion SF Bay, Diablo Rising Tide and the 1000 Grandmothers Bay Area. *For Spokescouncils, we are encouraging groups, organizations and individuals to organize affinity groups (AG) and send spokespeople who represent affinity groups or clusters of affinity groups. These will be the ‘empowered’ representatives who represent and are responsible for consulting others in their AG or cluster for input and decisions. RSVP form:https://actionnetwork.org/forms/september-14th-1st-spokescouncil-meeting-for-sept-25-action/67057
6:30 pm Pedie Perez 5th Year Memorial @ Uncle Sam's Liquors
Pedie Perez 5th Year Memorial @ Uncle Sam's Liquors
Sep 14 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Pedie Perez 5th Year Memorial @ Uncle Sam's Liquors
PEDIE PEREZ‘ 5th Year Memorial Saturday, September 14th at Dusk (~6:30 PM) @ Uncle Sam’s Liquors 3322 Cutting Blvd, Richmond, CA 94804 REMEMBERING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PEDIE’S 30TH BIRTHDAY CANDLE-LIGHTING BALLOON RELEASE refreshments Pedie was an intoxicated young man who tried to walk away from a Richmond cop who was hassling him. The police officer, Wallace Jensen, claimed that when he tried to apprehend Pedie the unarmed young man tried to grab his gun, so he stepped back and fired 3 rounds into Pedie, killing him. The surveillance video … Continued