Limited post of upcoming events. Am NOT back posting
Please encourage groups you are involved in to post events on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
Thank you to all who are posting there!
Check Indybay for other events that might interest you. There are some important events coming up that are listed there
ARTICLES:
A. First airstrike by Air Force F-35s targets ISIS tunnels and weapons in Iraq – April 30, 2019
B. On 56th Friday in Gaza, Israeli forces wound 110 civilians, including 37 children and 4 paramedics – April 27, 2019
C. Appeals court rejects Chelsea Manning’s effort to leave jail – April 22, 2019
D. Judge determines Flint residents can sue US government for water crisis – April 22, 2019
E. What To Know About The New Mexico Militia That’s Targeting Migrant Families – April 19, 2019
F. Freedom Rider: The “Resistance” is Silent on Julian Assange – April 17, 2019
See announcement # 10
G. Spectacular Violence as a Weapon of War Against the Yellow Vests – March 22, 2019
5 ACTIONS:
1. Tell the Senate: Override Trump’s veto on Yemen war!
2. Tell the Senate: No War with Iran!
3. Governor Newsom, grant pardons to all Cambodian refugees in need
4. The Justice Department must publicly hold police accountable for the deaths of civilians in custody
5. Tell Bank of America: Not a penny more for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
SIGN: https://act.priceofoil.org/sign/BoA-Atlantic-Coast-Pipeline/?t=1&referring_akid=22821.197547.V5HAvg
SELECTED ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wednesday, May 1
May Day Actions:
1. Wednesday, 8:30am, MayDay
Meet at:
Oscar Grant Plaza
14th St. & Broadway
Oakland
8:30am Rally
Will be transporting people to Howard Terminal for Rally & March
Come march with Oakland IWOC, Bay Area IWW, and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists this MayDay 2019.
We will be showing up for the rally 830 at OGP an transporting people to Howard Terminal for the rally/march at 11.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/594940584335614/
2. Wednesday, 11:00am, Rally at Howard Terminal
1 Market & Embarcadero
Oakland
12 Noon – March to Noon Rally at Port of Oakland Headquarters
530 Water St., Oakland
March to 2:00pm Rally at Oscar Grant Plaza (Frank Ogawa Plz), Oakland
4:00pm, Oakland Sin Fronteras march to Lake Merritt
Info: https://www.facebook.com/DefendPublicEducationNOW/
3. Wednesday, 1:30pm. March for Immigrant Rights with CARCEN. No Wall, No Family Separation, Sanctuary for All, No Raids
Meet at CARACEN office:
3101 Mission St, Suite 101
SF
Together they will BART over to Oakland to join Oakland Sin Fronteras and other Bay Area progressive groups and demand justice, respect and dignity for all immigrants
4. Wednesday, 3:00pm – 6:30pm, Oakland May Day
Meet at Oscar Grant Plaza
14th Street & Broadway
Oakland
Rally starts at 3:30pm
March starts at 4pm
Closing Rally and Resource Fair at Lake Merritt Amphitheater
Oakland Sin Fronteras invites you to join us on May Day for an International Workers’ Day march and general strike. This is a family and community oriented march to build power and fight back against the attacks on our communities. We uplift the people’s call for a general national strike on May Day to show our power on this economic system. Get ready with your signs, organize your family, friends and neighbors and join our May Day March!
Accessibility:
There will be a designated section at the front of the March for youth and people with disabilities who wish to lead the March. Several accessibility cars will follow the March for folks who cannot or would prefer not to walk (contact Jenny to reserve a seat Jenny.tighe@gmail.com). Please show up to the event scent-free. We will have community security, medics, food and water distribution throughout the full program and public restrooms at the end of the March. We will have Spanish translation and ASL interpretation for the program. Please contact Jenny (Jenny.tighe@gmail.com) with any accessibility questions or concerns.
See site for list of endorsers & co-sponsors
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/314541869257386/ or https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/20/18822861.php
5. Wednesday, 4:00pm – 6:30pm, May Day SF 2019 – March & Speak Out!
Meet at:
Embarcadero Plaza
Market & Steuart St
SF
4:00-5:00pm: Opening Rally & March starts at Embarcadero Plaza (Market St. & Steuart St.)
4pm-4:25pm, a short opening program as people arrive at the Plaza.
4:30pm, we will begin our March to Civic Center Plaza.
The route is 35 minutes along Market St., we will turn at the U.N. Plaza after 7th St. to go towards Civic Center Plaza. Please be sure to bring water to stay hydrated.
5:00-6:30pm: Rally & Speak Out at Civic Center Plaza (across from City Hall Polk St. steps)
If you cannot march, meet us at the Civic Center Plaza. We will have speakers from different unions, sectors and industries. The audience is invited to participate in the speak out to share experiences regarding workplace conditions and ideas for change.
Bring your banners, signs, and proudly wear your colors.
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Want to endorse, volunteer, or donate to the event?
Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/3MLHu4qJQnKrnJg76
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Our demands:
– We demand accountability and an end to racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, hiring practices!
– We demand the end to the mistreatment of workers; unsafe working conditions, and at-will (temporary status) employment which is being used discriminatorily and exploitatively especially against women, people of color, and immigrants!
– We demand to keep our public utilities and services public; to have more permanent civil service positions and quotas for how they are filled!
– We demand to stop privatization of public resources and jobs!
Contact Information:
Nancy Kato
415-994-5785, MayFirstCommittee@gmail.com
Michael Chapman
628-202-6272, michaelchapman849@gmail.com
Sponsor: Freedom Socialist Party (See site for list of sponsors/supporters)
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1201147716726083/ or https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/21/18822898.php
Other Events on May 1
6. Wednesday, 1:00pm – 4:00pm, City Budget Hearing on Mental Health & Substance Use
Budget & Finance Committee
SF City Hall, Room 250
1 Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Place
SF
There will be presentations by the Budget & Legislative Analyst and the Dept. of Public Health.
A budget is a moral document which reflects where our city’s values lie — let’s keep our City officials accountable to serving the people!
Join us to advocate for services and housing for the most vulnerable communities of SF at the budget hearing with the Homeless Emergency Service Providers Association (HESPA), a coalition of 27 homeless service providers.
Sponsors: Coalition on Homelessness & 3 Other groups
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/335467110659393/
7. Wednesday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, May Day – Andy Zee reporting on the Actual Revolution Tour
Revolution Books Berkeley
2444 Durant Ave.
Berkeley
Andy Zee will be reporting on
The Get Organized for an ACTUAL Revolution Tour:
“You Think You’re Woke…
But You’re Sleepwalking Through A Nightmare —
This System Cannot Be Reformed, It Must Be Overthrown!”
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1266457823517592/
Thursday, May 2
8. Thursday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, When We Fight We Win: Building Community Power to Dismantle the Prison System
First Congregational Church – Oakland
2501 Harrison St.
Oakland
Recent years have seen important fights – and important wins – in the struggle to dismantle the prison system in California. From repealing sentence enhancements, to shutting down jail expansion plans, to working to restore voting rights to folks on parole.
Come hear from four incredible movement leaders at the frontline of these struggles about victories, strategies, and the importance of campaigns and coalitions in the continuing movement to dismantle the Prison Industrial Complex. Their stories will highlight the small and big ways you can also contribute to creating a more progressive vision of justice than mass incarceration.
Featuring:
Sandra Johnson, Senior Organizer, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC)/ All of Us or None (AOUON)
Eric Henderson, Policy Director, Initiate Justice
Ivette Alé & Amber-Rose Howard, Statewide Coordinators, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)
All proceeds from this event will go to LSPC/AOUON, Initiate Justice, and CURB, with specific focus on supporting this year’s Quest for Democracy Day, an annual advocacy and rally day led by formerly incarcerated people and families with incarcerated loved ones
Sponsor: SURJ Bay Area
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/08/18822624.php
9. Thursday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, A discussion with Alan Haber and Odile Hugonot-Haber – from SDS to the present
Long Haul Info Shop
3124 Shattuck Ave. (2 blocks from Ashby BART)
Berkeley
Odile Hugonot-Haber is the co-chair of the US Middle East Committee of the Women International League for Peace and Freedom and co-operated Long Haul from 1986-1993.
This event will be a wide-ranging discussion featuring Alan, Odile and the audience on:
1. The history of the Long Haul and the history Berkeley politics in general
2. Their current peace-related and community work now
3. Activism over the long haul – from SDS in 1960 to the present.
Sponsor: Slingshot Collective
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/25/18822963.php
Friday, May 3
10. Friday, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, SF Action at UK Consulate To Defend Assange, Manning and ALL Journalists & Whistleblowers
Meet at:
SF UK Consulate
1 Sansome St.
SF
March to SF Federal Building
90 7th St.
SF
World Press Freedom Day was established to call for the defense of journalists and publishers. As part of a global day of action on Friday, May 3, 2019, there will be a rally at the UK Consulate
Following the rally at the consulate, there will be a march to the San Francisco Federal Building
5:15 Rally at Fed. Bldg
Speakers will include
Peter B. Collins, Journalist, and Broadcaster
Graham Elwood, comedian, and filmmaker
Nozomi Hayase, Journalist and writer
Steve Zeltzer, Journalist KPFA WorkWeek Radio
Ann Garrison, Journalist Black Agenda Report
Daniel Borgstrom, Veterans For Peace
George Wright, Professor and United Public Workers for Action
John Holmes, Retired Member CWA Pacifica Media Workers Guild
Richard Becker, ANSWER
Sponsor: Bay Area Action to Free Julian Assange
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/29/18823022.php
11. Friday, 5:30pm – 7:00pm, No More Deaths
ICE
630 Sansome St. (between Jackson & Washington)
SF
Please join us.
Bring altar items if you want, a candle, a flower, a picture, a song, …
It will be great to have a presence in San Francisco
to honor the lives lost near the border. Thank you.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/no-more-deaths-vigil/
Info: https://actionnetwork.org/events/no-more-deaths-vigil/
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/25/18822966.php
12. Friday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, From L.A. to the Bay
Black & Brown Social Club
474 Valencia St.
SF
FREE
The Black and Brown for Justice, Peace and Equality is doing another Documentary Night to remember the anniversary of the 1992 L.A. Riots. We’ll be showing a documentary that explores the roots of civil unrest in California and the relationship between African Americans and LAPD.
We will have a Q&A session to connect the dots between events in L.A. to present day, and of course discuss what we can to make the Bay Area a better place for black and brown people.
Hope to see you there, so we can build!
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1323528331137215/
Saturday, May 4
13. Saturday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, STOP Starcity
Roxie Theater (outside)
3117 16th St.
SF
+++This action is NOT against the Roxie, who stands with the people and not Starcity+++
Starcity is a startup that “disrupts” housing by emptying out low-income SRO hotels and then flipps them into tech dorms for the ruling class.
They recently did this at 2072 Mission St, where rooms that were $400 a month were repainted and now go for $2000 each.
Because Starcity is so gross, they are hosting a number of artwashing events to rebrand their horrid company. Among these is the fake film fest they are holding at the Roxie.
We demand they turn all their property back to low income renters and close their wack business.
Join us outside the Roxie to STOP STARCITY
Sponsor: Gay Shame
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2346035265615953/
14. Saturday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, In the Land of My Ancestors Film and Discussion
Lakeview Branch Library
550 El Embarcadero
Oakland
In the Land of My Ancestors celebrates the resiliency and touching generosity of beloved Ohlone elder, Ann Marie Sayers. This documentary short is produced by South Asian photojournalist, Rucha Chitnis. The film shines light on the perilous impact of colonization and settler colonialism on Ohlone people in the San Francisco Bay Area and how Sayers created a refuge for many indigenous peoples in her ancestral land called the Indian Canyon to reclaim their culture, spirituality and roots.
The documentary short reveals the profound suffering of the Ohlone people during the California missions and later as the Gold Rush followed, when there were bounties on the heads of California Natives. Indian Canyon served as a refuge for Ohlone people, who wanted to escape the harsh restrictions of the Missions and were able to find the canyon after navigating through a swamp. And today, it continues to serve as a sanctuary for many Native people who are reclaiming their indigeneity.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/587500735057142/
Sunday, May 5
15. Sunday, 2:00pm – 5:00pm, Reclaiming cinco de mayo
SF Living Wage Coalition
2940 16th St., Suite 301
SF
$5 – suggest donation and $5 suggest donation for dinner plate:the famous mole of Mario Esteva (also available for take-out orders)
a benefit for the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition and Las Hormigas in Ciudad Juarez
The San Francisco Living Wage Coalition
invites you to our spring art and literature gala.
Art by Calixto Robles, Carina Lomeli, Txutxo Perez, Doug Minkler, Michael Roman, Romeo Osorio, Ana Colomo, Ramon Deanda, David Duckworth, Talleres Populares 28J, Sara Thustra, Rodger Scott, Nancy Reese, Ling Lu, Erica Andrews
Music & Poetry by Una Flor, Un Canto y Una Poesia – Mario, Elizabeth and Nancy Esteva; Enrique Ramirez; Diego Sardaneta; Walter “Hurican” Gomez; Danza Folklorica Grupo Maiz
For more info, contact the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, (415)863-1225, sflivingwage@riseup.net, www.livingwage-sf.org
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/315584796047885/
16. Sunday, 2:30p – 4:00pm, Stories of Resistance: Root Causes of Migration in Honduras
Buena Vista United Methodist Church
2311 Buena Vista Ave.
Alameda
On March 18-25, a delegation of nearly 75 faith leaders and immigrant justice advocates, mostly from the United States, and several joining from South America, traveled to Honduras to meet with grassroots and religious partners in order to more deeply understand the root causes of migration that have spurred thousands to flee Honduras.
The international, interfaith delegation met with organizations working and advocating for the rights of migrants and explore factors that are forcing migrants to flee, including: violence, environmental degradation, drug cartels, organized crime, corrupt security forces, and impunity for ongoing human rights violations.
Reverend Deborah Lee from Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity along with a panel of delegates will share inspiring images and stories of resistance from Honduran community partners in their defense of land and life, and discuss how we can support their resistance.
The program will be happening during Buena Vista United Methodist Church’s 60th Anniversary Spring Bazaar. Come early to enjoy food / music
Sponsors: Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity & Buena Vista UMC
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/832289573795717/?active_tab=about
Monday, May 6
17. Monday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm, Fernando’s ICE check in
ICE
630 Sansome St.
SF
Once again we are asking for your accompaniment to Fernando’s ICE check in. As with all other check-ins, there is a possibility that things may not go well, but we are hopeful and pray for a positive outcome and that things go as smoothly as other times. Fernando asks that if you are able, to please show up as you have during past check-ins.
Your support and solidarity gives us the much needed strength we need to deal with these dreadful appointments. If you are able to attend, please email me at lbarraza@im4humanintegrity.org .
Sponsor: Free Fernando
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/457375891697347/
Tuesday, May 7
18. Tuesday, 8:30am – 11:30am, Aida’s Continued Asylum Hearing
ICE
630 Sansome St.
SF
Aida suffered severe abuse and has a lot of evidence to present. Aida’s legal team will ensure that Aida due process rights are protected and that her case gets heard in its entirety. IJ Nelson continued Aida’s asylum hearing to May 7th
In response, her legal team is preparing to file a habeas petition in federal court, with the goal of allowing Aida to fight her case outside of those concrete walls, and next to her family and community where she belongs.
Sponsors: Free & Unite Aida & 2 Other Groups
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/574918672998796/
Wednesday, May 8
19. Wednesday, 12Noon – 3:00pm, Uber Shut Down – National Day of Action
1455 Market St.
SF
12pm: protest in front of Uber HQ
12pm – 12am: app shut off
Drivers are organizing a national day of action against Uber on May 8. There are driver-led actions planned in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Boston and DC.
Drivers in San Francisco are calling for a protest at Uber HQ and an app shut off.
Sponsor: Gig Workers Rising
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2338370199760843/
Saturday, May 11
20. Saturday, 3:00pm – 5:00pm, Haiti Report Back
The Eric Quezada Center for Culture & Politics
518 Valencia St.
SF
$10 – $20 – no one turned away
With Seth Donnelly – Haiti Action Committee; Pierre Labossiere – Haiti Action Committee; Judith Mirkinson – National Lawyers Guild; Margaret Prescod – Sojourner Truth Radio; Walter Riley – Haiti Emergency Relief Fund.
A delegation of Haiti solidarity and human rights activists recently returned from Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, will report on the grassroots uprising and the brutal repression trying to stop it. Their focus was on graduation ceremonies at the University of the Aristide Foundation and meetings with residents in the impoverished community of Lasalin. This insurgent community is a stronghold of grassroots Lavalas resistance and the scene of a state-sponsored massacre of hundreds of people last November. You will hear a first-hand report about this ongoing human rights crisis which has been completely ignored by the United States, UN, international community, diplomats and the mainstream media. Here is a brief interview with Judith Mirkinson and Seth Donnelly on Sojourner Truth Radio:
Sponsors: Haiti Action Committee & 2 Other Groups
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2323976324557969/
Monday, May 13
21. Monday, 10:00am – 12Noon, Speak Out: SB 1045 Conservatorship Vote at Rules Committee
SF City Hall, Room 263
1 Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Pl.
SF
Urge Supervisors to vote “NO” on the implementation of SB 1045 in San Francisco!
The Board of Supervisors will be voting on whether or not they would like to implement the state Senate Bill 1045 in San Francisco. It must first go through the Rules Committee (which Supervisors Mar, Ronen, and Walton sit on) before it can be passed onto the full board for a vote.
SB 1045 would allow the city to create a new form of conservatorship, which moves us away from long standing practice of only placing people in locked facilities when they present a harm to self and others and instead using 8 detentions under the 5150 code as the criteria. This is a new legal process through which an individual can lose the right to make decisions about their housing, finances, and medical care.The bill targets homeless people with severe mental illness and substance addictions. While claiming to be a solution to chronic homelessness, this bill provides no funding for housing or mental health treatment.
For more information, visit https://sdaction.org/conservatorship-sb-1045/.
See site for list of organizations oppose to SB 1045 and organizations that support it
Sponsors: Coalition on Homelessness and 9 Other Groups
