Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’
Am NOT back posting!
Please post your actions on Indybay even if event is digital: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay also for other listing of events.
Listing of other Bay Area Protests & Rallies
ARTICLES
A. Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers calls to sanction Aliyev the aggressor and expel Turkey fro OSCE Minsk Group – October 7, 2020
B. Derek Chauvin released from Minnesota jail – October 7, 2020
https://www.fox9.com/news/derek-chauvin-released-from-minnesota-jail
See Action # 1 & Event # 10
C. The Unprecedented and Illegal Campaign to Eliminate Julian Assange – October 6, 2020
https://theintercept.com/2020/10/06/julian-assange-trial-extradition/
D. Amy Coney Barrett served as a ‘handmaid’ in Christian group People of Praise – October 6, 2020
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Judge-Barrett-served-as-Christian-handmaid-15626512.php
E. The Frisco Five Helped Oust A Police Chief. Now, They Want to Defund The Police – October 5, 2020
https://www.kalw.org/post/frisco-five-helped-oust-police-chief-now-they-want-defund-police#stream/0
F. Alameda DA to reopen Oscar Grant case – October 5, 2020
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Alameda-DA-to-reopen-Oscar-Grant-case-15623137.php
ACTIONS
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1. Urge Congress to Stop Azerbaijan’s Attack Against Artsakh
· SIGN: https://cqrcengage.com/aaainc/home?0&0+
Listed are several actions.
2. Tell Cantor Fitzgerald: Stop Raising Funds for the Pebble Mine Project
3. Keep the CBP and DHS Accountable!
4. Tell Mnuchin & Pompeo: No new sanctions on Iran!
5. Boycott AXA: the insurance company of Israeli apartheid
SIGN: https://bdsmovement.net/news/boycott-axa-insurance-company-israeli-apartheid
6. “no!” to Trump’s Supreme Court nominee!
SIGN: https://action.momsrising.org/sign/SCOTUS_COVID/?t=11&referring_akid=14402.8086.ltvhdx
EVENTS
Wednesday, October 7 – Saturday, October 10
Wednesday, October 7
1. Wednesday, 6:30am – Monday, Oct. 12, 6:30apm, On Strike! Picket Support for Public Healthcare Workers! (on going till Oct. 12th)
Picket every day from October 7 until October 12
Find a picket line near you → https://tinyurl.com/AHSstrikeMap
***Picket schedule***
6 a.m. – 10 p.m. at Highland Hospital
6:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. at Fairmont / John George and everyplace else except for
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the clinics
***Rally Schedule***
*10/7 10 a.m. Rally at Highland and 2 p.m. Car Caravan*
*10/8 11:30 a.m. Rally at County Building 1221 Oak St. in Oakland*
*10/9 2 p.m. Rally at AHS headquarters 7677 Oakport St. in Oakland*
*10/10 11 a.m. Rally at San Leandro Hospital*
*10/11 11 a.m. Rally at John George Psych Hospital*
Sign up now to stand with public healthcare workers fighting for quality care for all → https://tinyurl.com/AHSpicketSupport
Workers at Alameda Health System are going on strike for the public good from October 7th to October 12th. DSA will be on the picket lines supporting these courageous workers
With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging and a new surge expected in the coming months, public healthcare workers at Alameda Health System just voted 98% YES to strike for the fully funded, democratically accountable public healthcare system we all need and deserve. The workers at AHS have been understaffed, under-resourced, and disrespected by management for years
For more info about the fightback at AHS and how our community is standing with workers to take back our health check out → https://tinyurl.com/ASHcoalition
Info from East Bay Democratic Socialist of America
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/391138378560775
2. Wednesday, 11:00am (PT); 2:00pm (ET), The 2020 Edward Said Memorial Lecture with Daphne Muse!
Click here for Livestream Link
Daphne Muse will discuss the similarities and intersections between Palestinian and Black struggles for equality and justice, as well as their implications for the future.
Daphne Muse is a writer, poet, cultural broker, and Veteran of the Civil Rights Movement. When she was a teenager her parents seeded an enduring bond with the people of Palestine. She became an activist while a student at Fisk University working with the anti-war movement and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Her activism evolved during her time managing Drum and Spear Bookstore and while serving as a secretary to the Legal Defense Team for the Angela Davis Trial.
Host: The Jerusalem Fund
3. Wednesday, 1:30pm – 3:00pm (PT); 4:30pm – 6:00pm (ET), Centering Unequal Workplace Power
Zoom
Today for the launch of Unequal Power, featuring presentations and a discussion by leading thinkers, a brief overview of the project, and a dedication of the initiative to Justice Ginsburg, whose dissent in Epic Systems inspired the project.
Opening remarks and overview of the Unequal Power project:
Thea Lee, President, Economic Policy Institute
Larry Mishel, Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute
Jennifer Harris, Senior Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Dedication to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
Kate Andrias, former clerk to Justice Ginsburg and Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Presentation:
Samuel Bagenstos, former clerk to Justice Ginsburg and Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Panelists:
Cynthia Estlund, Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Suresh Naidu, Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Elizabeth Anderson, John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jenny R. Yang, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute
Host: Economic Policy Institute
4.Wednesday, 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PT); 7:00pm – 8:00pm (ET), Defund Militarism, Invest in Communities
Online / Livestream
Facebook live: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedWeDream/
Defund Militarism, Invest in Communities & Racial Justice Movements
Months of daily protests against police killings and systemic racism has made the Movement for Black Lives the largest movement in U.S. history. While the summer’s protests were sparked by acts of state-sponsored brutality, they speak to a broader vision for a country where people can be safe, valued, and held.
With these protests, we are closer to that now than we’ve ever been before. The vision replaces police force to protect the interests of the few with care and community that uplifts everyone. It stops border apprehensions and deportations and welcomes immigrants with open arms. And it opens the door to address root causes of crime and migration, including our own destructive policies at home and abroad.
To truly invest in security for our communities, we must defund militarism, reclaim our resources, and invest in the public services and institutions that keep strengthen our communities and keep us safe. We trace the intersections of policing, immigration enforcement, and U.S. militarism and identify entry-points to join the movements against these forces of violence.
Host: United We Dream & Partners
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/18837322.php
Thursday, October 8
5. Thursday, 10:30am (PT); 1:30pm (ET), World Says NO WAR on YEMEN
International Online discussion (90 min. webinar)
Register online here
Voices For Creative Nonviolence is co-hosting a 90-minute webinar on ending the naval blockade and aerial bombardment of drought-ravaged Yemen, devastatingly conducted for the past six years by a coalition of U.S. proxy nations led by Saudi Arabia.
October 8, marks the 4-year anniversary of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a funeral ceremony in Sana’a, Yemen, killing at least 100 people and wounding more than 500. Recently the bombing and blockade of Yemen — with western participation — has only gotten worse. As we all deal with the pandemic, which has exacerbated the suffering of people in Yemen, now is the time to connect and recommit ourselves to stopping participation in this disastrous war.
INVITED SPEAKERS
– Danièle Obono, Member of the French National Assembly
– Jehan Hakim, Chair of Yemeni Alliance Committee (US)
– Iesa Ali, Leader of MarchforYemen (UK)
– Somia Elrowmeim, Chair of the Board of Action Corps (US)
– Dr. Aisha Jumaan, President of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation (US)
– Marinella Liberazioni, Activist for Yemen Solidarity (Italy)
– Chris Nineham, National Officer and Deputy Chair of the Stop the War Coalition (UK)
Let’s build power to stop Western and US backing of the war on Yemen!
Organizational list in formation. Please email national@actioncorps.org if your organization is helping promote this event and would like to be listed as a co-host. Yemeni Alliance Committee (US), Stop the War (UK) and Action Corps (US), with the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, American Friends Service Committee, CODEPINK, Massachusetts Peace Action, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, political leaders and activists in France, Italy and beyond, invite you to this international online discussion
Friday, October 9
6. Friday, 11:00am – 12Noon (PT); 2:00pm – 3:00pm (ET), No Confirmation Before Inauguration: #WeDissent Digital Rally
Livestream here: https://www.facebook.com/peoplefor/
In the middle of a global pandemic and as the 2020 election has already begun, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell are trying to ram through the nomination of anti-health care, anti-reproductive rights, anti-voting rights judge Amy Coney Barrett for a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, we know that Barrett would end protections for people with preexisting conditions; overturn Roe v. Wade; and rubber-stamp Donald Trump’s attempts to hijack the 2020 election.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham has scheduled hearings to start on Barrett’s nomination on Monday, October 12th. Voting has already started in the 2020 election, and the American people have made themselves clear: they want the next president to fill this nomination *after* inauguration. But Senate Republicans are rushing to confirm Barrett before then.
Their reasons are clear: just days after the election, the Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could decide the future of protections for people with preexisting conditions and our access to health care. We’ve already seen Trump calling for Barrett’s swift confirmation, so that he has three justices in his pocket if he decides to challenge the results of the election.
On Friday, we’ll go live here in this event with activists, advocates, and senators to talk about why this nomination must not move forward. Post your message for senators in the comments, and we’ll read them live on air during the rally.
Hosts: PFAW & Partners
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/06/18837340.php
7. Friday, 12Noon – 1:00pm, Stop the Racist Attacks On City Workers & Prosecute & Jail the Crooks
CCSF Department of Human Resoruces DHR & MTA
1 South Van Ness / Market St
SF
Full Compensation & Justice For CCSF Black & Other Workers Facing Racist Bullying, Retaliation and Terminations
DHR Director Micki Callahan & Other Corrupt Managers Need To Be Criminally Prosecuted NOW
The systemic racism and corruption within the Department of Human Resources DHR continues with the exposure that managers were forging documents, destroying EEO complaints and promising workers to settle their cases if they did not continue court actions.
The director Micki Callahan and her staff have been directly involved in covering up racist discrimination, bullying and illegal terminations.
These are criminal state and Federal violations of the law yet these officials are still on the payroll and have not been prosecuted.
The covid pandemic is also exacerbating the racism facing frontline workers, the corruption and union busting by city bosses who are out of control.
Many city workers on the front lines have been unable to get proper PPE and health and safety education and the city continues to contract out hundreds of millions of dollars to consultants and cronies of the Mayor and her appointees.
Host: United Public Works for Action
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/18837264.php
8. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Demand The San Francisco Police Officers Association be SHUT DOWN!
SF Police Officers Association (outside)
800 Bryant St. (Corner of Bryant & Sixth St.)
SF
Every Friday!
Wear masks; practice social distancing
Stand with the Mothers on the March, Black and Brown for Justice, Peace and Equality:
– Demand the San Francisco Police Officers Association Be Shut Down!
– The SF Police Officers Association Be Declared a Non Grata Organization
– Demand the Police Officers Bill of Rights Be Abolished.
9. Friday, 7:00pm, Celebrating Ruth Bader Ginsburg (See Note if U are interested in being a “Handmaid”)
Meet at:
Castro & Market Sts.
SF
7:00pm The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be hosting an event celebrating Ruth Bader Ginsburg
You can join the event in two ways:
* If you’re in San Francisco, you can join us in person (wearing a mask and respecting the 6ft distance from each other) at the corner of Market st & Castro
* online, via a live feed on our page (
Join Sisters from all over the world coming together to celebrate Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
After many conversations with local rabbi and other Jewish community members, the Sisters have decided that we will Saint Justice Ginsburg on October 2, 2020, 7pm. There was a lot of deliberation about whether Sainting her was appropriate or not, and we feel it is. It’s our highest honor and how we as an Order canonize our (s)heros.
The Sisters are not a religious organization, and our organization is made up of people representing many religions, spiritual practices, and faiths. We do recognize and respect that RBG was proudly Jewish, and we do not feel by Sainting her that we are in any way disrespecting her faith.
We love, cherish and honor Justice Ginsburg for her countless contributions. We affectionately will Saint her as “Saint Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Mensch of Magistrates, Mamele of Justice, and Tzadik Notorious RBG of the Divine Striking Dissent.”
Host: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/329894368231230 or https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/30/18837202.php
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Additional info:
All genders welcomed.
Please contact afong@jps.net if you or anyone you know are interested in participating as a “Handmaid” so that enough costumes will be available.
Handmaid costumes will be on loan from Refuse Fascism Bay Area
Saturday, October 10
10. Saturday, 11:30am – 2:00pm, Armenians United – March Against Azeri Aggression
Meet at:
Strauss Plaza (next to Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center)
SF
Please join us to STOP a GENOCIDE – show support for Artsakh and Armenia!
Organized by the AYF, Signs no larger than 3×2. Masks are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED (and prob mandatory?) and Social Distance is also encouraged. Ending time – 2PM. More details ones avail.
The march will be held on the walkway, not on the actual road. We will NOT be shutting down the bridge or blocking traffic in any way. If people are hesitant to march across the bridge, but do not want to sit at home, they can join us at the plaza and show a presence there while we march across the bridge. We have confirmed the attendance of California Highway Patrol and are in close communication with them. We are also in close communication with SFPD, who will be providing extra security, as they are aware of the previous hate crimes that have taken place against our community over the past few months.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/347997429972084 or https://www.facebook.com/events/387157668979810
11. Saturday, 1:00pm, United Front Against Displacement
Oakland City Hall
Oscar Grant Plaza
1 Frank Ogawa Plz
Oakland
The United Front Against Displacement is calling for a protest against the city of Oakland’s encampment management policy.
The policy creates no new housing opportunities for homeless Oaklanders and only further propagates their criminalization and displacement. The city has done next to nothing to address the various sanitation issues that people have experienced long before the start of the pandemic. This policy only seeks to exasperate the dire conditions homeless people are experiencing on a daily basis.
We Demand
*An end to current encampment sweeps, deep cleanings, and closures without providing free longterm housing.
*Cancel all back rent and civil debt.
*An end to criminalization and police brutality.
*Adequate sanitation services for all.
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/18837262.php
12. Saturday, 4:30pm, Recognizing Prison Resistance : From George Jackson to Attica to the Agreement to End Hostilities
Meet
4:30pm at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal
101 E Sir Francis Drake Blvd,
Larkspur, CA, 94939
5pm – walk up to the West Gate of San Quentin, for demonstration.
Join us at San Quentin on the anniversary of the Agreement to End Hostilities! We will be recognizing prison resistance from George Jackson to the Attica Uprising, from the Pelican Bay Hunger Solidarity Strikes to the Agreement to End Hostilities, an agreement put together by progressive-minded incarcerated people bringing forth a new profound movement through a historical document which called and continues to call for an end to all racial hostilities both behind enemy lines and beyond in order to promote the unification required to dismantle the conquer and divide strategies of the carceral state system.
In observance of the 69 lives lost to Covid-19 at the hands of the state and the tens of thousands of lives put at risk – now is the time more than ever for continued resistance and to demand mass releases NOW! No State Execution by Covid-19!
There will be politically engaging speakers, performances by formerly incarcerated people, and a vigil to honor lives lost in both the struggle for liberation and the struggle to survive the pandemic on the inside.
Endorsed by All of Us Or None, Anti Police-Terror Project, Bay Resistance, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ), and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children.
Hosts: No Justice Under Capitalism, California Coalition for Women Prisoners + 3 Other groups
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/335946400961198
SAVE the DATE
Monday, October 12th,
First day of Senate confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett
For Supreme Court
Plans are being made for a demo with “Handmaids”
If you are interested please contact afong@jps.net
