All we want for Xmas: Community Health, Not Developer Wealth!
Rhythm Brigade! Picket Line! Holiday Treats! Elves Rising Up Against Coal!
On Thursday, December 14th, Building Owners and Management Association East Bay – an organization of commercial building owners and real estate brokers – is holding its annual holiday party at the Oakland Rotunda Building, which is currently under boycott. Youth and workers have had enough of landlords and developers threatening our city with gentrification, pollution, and exploitation. We interrupt BOMA’s celebration to demand our rights and celebrate resilience.
Earlier this month, youth, workers, and community members launched a boycott of the Rotunda Building in response to the building owner Phil Tagami’s lawsuit against the City of Oakland seeking to build a coal terminal which would accelerate already catastrophic ecological destruction and spread toxic coal dust in predominantly working class communities and communities of color in Oakland.
Join us on December 14th for a rocking youth performance and a lively picket of the BOMA party and Rotunda Building to tell Phil Tagami to get his dirty coal out of the Town. We’ll start at 5PM with a youth-led rhythm brigade and Elfin Uprising followed by a picket and delivery of stockings full of coal.
Phil Tagami once claimed he would never ship coal out of concern for the climate his children will inherit. This holiday season, let’s remind him of what really matters most: our families, our communities, and our planet. He can either deliver on his promise to the next generation – and to the city of Oakland – or he will face an ongoing boycott until he drops his lawsuit.
#DontBeAGrinchTagami #DeliverJobsNotCoal #KidsDontDeserveCoal #ElvesVsCoal
For more information, contact Brooke at Climate Workers at 510-846-0766 or at brooke@climateworkers.org.
If you can help with either a generator or rides for youth, please contact Carolyn Norr at 510-220-5707 or carolynclara@gmail.com.
For background about the campaign to keep coal out of Oakland, go to NoCoalInOakland.info.