Please hold ♥ Clark Sullivan ♥ in your thoughts. No visitors are allowed at the facility at this time Info below if you would like to send him a note
Clark remains hospitalized at:
Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area
2800 Benedict Dr., Room 415-2
San Leandro
NOT back posting on a regular basis
– Please post events on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
Thank you to all who are – See Indybay for other events.
ACCESSIBILITY: Please include Accessibility Information on events
At this time I’m not posting events that are being held indoors, unless the event is made available on the internet.
Some events are being held via the internet – I know this puts a divide with those that “have” and the “have nots”
Am posting some articles and there is a section that has Coronavirus related articles onlyand a resource section
ARTICLES:
A. Citing coronavirus, homeless families seize 12 vacant homes in L.A.: ‘We have to do this’ – March 18, 2020
https://news.yahoo.com/citing-coronavirus-homeless-families-seize-020851585.html
B. Why is the U.S. bombing Iraq During a Pandemic? March 18, 2020
C. Israeli MP presents bills to annex Jordan Valley, impose death penalty on Palestinians – March 18, 2020
D. Chelsea Manning is Free and Quarter Million in Fines Paid! – March 14, 2020
E. Unhoused Mothers in L.A. Take Over Vacant House, Demand Local Gov’t Use Vacant Properties to House People Immediately
F. US keeping two carriers in Mideast, moving Patriot missile batteries into Iraq as Iran tensions mount – March 13, 2020
G. Space Force: The tragic weaponization of space – March 11, 2020
Coronavirus Related Articles
A. Coronavirus: California prepared to enact martial law if its a ‘necessity’, governor says – March 18, 2020
https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-california-prepared-enact-martial-215237009.html
B. Italy reports 475 coronavirus deaths in one day, cases top 35,000 – March 18, 2020
C. Coronavirus: San Francisco, Contra Costa prosecutors join national call for jail releases – March 17, 2020
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Coronavirus-San-Francisco-Contra-Costa-15137291.php
D. Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Bolsonaro’s Brazil Begs for Cuban Doctors – After Expelling Them – March 17, 2020
E. Pentagon Preparing Navy Hospital Ships Mercy, Comfort for Coronavirus Response – March 17, 2020
F. Cuba gives permission for cruise ship carrying COVID-19 patients to dock citing solidarity and health as a human right – March 16, 2020
G. Equating coronavirus with terror, Netanyahu turns surveillance powers on Israelis – March 15, 2020
H. Coronavirus Updates: Cuba Sends Doctors to Italy – March 13, 2020
I. Federal judge cites coronavirus in decision blocking Trump admin cut to food stamps – March 13, 2020
J. Coronavirus fears prompt call for SF police to halt arrests in non-violent cases – March 12, 2020
K. Under US sanctions, Google removes Iran’s coronavirus app – March 11, 2020
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/03/11/620625/Google-Iran-coronavirus-US-sanctions-Trump-medicine
L. Meet the FREE, Public Hand-Washing Stations Popping Up Around SF – March 10, 2020
M. How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S
RESOURCES during this crisis:
LIST: Financial resources to help if you are impacted by coronavirus
Info on Free Student Meals in SF & OAKLAND during Covid19 school closures:
SAN FRANCISCO: Where Families Can Get Free Breakfast and Lunch in San Francisco During School Closures
OAKLAND: Free Student Meals During COVID-19 Closure
Local volunteers offer delivery service to elderly, at-risk-population in San Francisco – March 18, 2020
From APTP -some resources that could be of use to you during this crisis:
- Community Ready Corps is a Black grassroots organization that works to build community safety and resilience, and they have strategies in place for addressing COVID-19.
- Disability Justice Culture Club has developed the East Bay Disabled Folks COVID19 Support Request Form.
- Oakland at Risk is a local organization that delivers free groceries to low-income seniors.
- California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance (CIYJA) put together COVID-19 resources for undocumented people.
- If you otherwise need support or can provide it, check out the SF Bay Area Mutual Aid Form.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after you have been in public or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
- Cover your mouth with your elbow when coughing and sneezing.
- Avoid close contact with others who are sick.
- Adhere to your state and local guidelines for movement about your community.
- Clean and disinfect commonly used surfaces using EPA-registered household disinfectants like Clorox or Lysol.
Most importantly, please consult your health care provider if you feel sick.
ACTIONS
Urgent action needed: Armed police attack Indigenous people and lands:
1. Protect Indigenous Sovereignty: Demand fossil fuel profiteers JPMorgan Chase and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. defund the Coastal GasLink pipeline
2. Demand the House pass the Ban Fracking Act!
3. Stop Wall Street from using the coronavirus to weaken regulations
SIGN: https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/coronavirus-wall-street-mo/
4. Add your name now to ensure all people, regardless of immigration status, have access to care and support to face the COVID-19 pandemic!
5. Tell Congress: We demand nurses are protected during COVID-19.
6. Put Workers First in any Airline & Airport Bailout
7. Pay laid off arena and stadium workers
8. President Trump: Halt Humanitarian Sanctions on Iran to Combat Coronavirus
9. Pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
10. Tell the FCC: Stop the Spread of Misinformation About Coronavirus
SIGN: https://act.freepress.net/sign/journ_misinfo_fcc/?akid=14283.9502321.e-WRGG&rd=1&t=4
EVENTS
Thursday, March 19
1. Thursday, 5:00pm – 6:30pm, SFMTA Budget Online Open House
You are invited to an online SFMTA Budget Open House on Thursday, March 19 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. to gather your input and answer your questions about the key transportation decisions to be made for Fiscal Years 2021-2022. Details on how to participate will be posted on this site.
To provide your input or ask a question ahead of time, please e-mail sfmtabudget@sfmta.com, leave a voice mail at 415.646.2222, or tweet @sfmta_muni #SFMTAbudget
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) invites you to share your ideas and let us know your priorities for the fiscal year 2021-2022 budget.
This Open House is one of several opportunities to hear and discuss the budget outlook, including proposals related to Muni fares and service, bike projects, pedestrian infrastructure, taxis, parking, street improvements and more.
Friday, March 20
2. Friday, 11:00am – 12:30pm (EDT); 8:00am – 9:30am (PDT) Webinar: Caregiving, the Unwaged Work Protecting People & Planet
*** RSVP here to receive Zoom link within 24 hours. ****
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-valuing-caregiving-the-unwaged-work-that-protects-people-and-the-environment-tickets-100185379166
The workshop we planned for the 64th UN Commission on the Status of Women has even more urgency now as the global pandemic has exposed how central caregiving is to life and survival, and how much caregivers are relied on for services governments are not providing. But where is the relief package for caregivers? We hope you can join in the webinar and follow us at: #CAREINCOMENOW
Unpaid work contributes $16 trillion to the world economy.
With
SELMA JAMES – founder of the Intl Wages for Housework Campaign and coordinator of the Global Women’s Strike from London;
LIZ HILTON, Empower (Thailand);
LEDDY MOZOMBITE, Domestic Workers Federation and Global Women’s Strike (Peru);
PEGGY O’MARA, former editor of Mothering Magazine;
MARGARET PRESCOD, Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike and Intl Black Women for Wages for Housework; host of “Sojourner Truth” on Pacifica Radio;
REV. LIZ THEOHARIS, Poor People’s Campaign – A National Call for Moral Revival;
Chaired by PHOEBE JONES, Women in Dialogue. Q&A to follow the presentations.
The Webinar aims to discuss and gather support for ● global implementation of measuring & valuing unwaged caregiving work ● the impact of COVID-19 on caregivers’ work ● accessing resources for survival and beyond – free healthcare, paid maternity leave, benefits, piped water & more for this work which is central to combating poverty & climate change ● campaigning for a Care Income for all caring for people, communities & the environment (Green New Deal for Europe, 2019).
Hosts: Global Women’s Strike Philadelphia, Women of Colour Global Womens Strike, Global Women’s Strike
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/566505370874824/
Saturday, March 21
3. Saturday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm, Alex Nieto’s Sixth Angelversary (Light a candle in remembrance of Alex)
Six years ago today,
On March 21, 2014, Alejandro “Alex” Nieto, 28 years old, was killed when he was struck by 14 to 15 bullets (of a total of 59 shots) fired by four San Francisco Police Department officers, on Bernal Hill Park, without justification. The officers who killed Alex Nieto are: Sgt. Jason Sawyer (then lieutenant. He is also the killer of John Smart in 1998!), Officer Roger Morse, Officer Richard Schiff, and Officer Nathan Chew.
Please hold Refugio and Elvira Nieto and their family and friends in your thoughts today. If you feel moved, light a candle in remembrance of Alex.
4. Saturday, 10:00pm, ’48 Hours’ Visits death row inmate Kevin Cooper in San Quentin
10pm time is for SF.
Check your local CBS station for time where you reside.
A CBS News producer shares her eye-opening experience meeting a death row inmate for the first time.
Sneak Peek of program
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-cooper-san-quentin-state-prison-48-hours/
