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Please encourage groups you are involved in to post their events on Indybay:https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
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ARTICLES:
A. Banned From Israel, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Hold Press Conference to ‘Humanize’ Palestinian Experience Under Occupation – August 19, 2019
B. Philippine police are executing people with Israeli weapons
C. Appeals court allows Trump asylum rules to take effect in New Mexico and Texas – August 16, 2019
D. Advocates: Mississippi plant fires workers left after raid– August 15, 2019
E. Native American tribe claims nuclear waste can’t be stored on its land – August 15, 2019
F. Why Kashmir Is Suddenly a Potential Global Point of Conflict– Aug. 14
https://portside.org/2019-08-14/why-kashmir-suddenly-potential-global-point-conflict
G. Colin Kaepernick Marks 3rd Anniversary Of Protesting Police Violence With Video – August 14, 2019
H. 5G Radiation Rebellion Grows
5 ACTIONS:
1. Tell Niraj Shah, CEO of Wayfair, to stop profiting off migrant children and concentration camps
SIGN: https://action.18mr.org/wayfairwalkout/?source=direct_link&referrer=group-credo-action
2. Take Action to Lower Drug Prices
3. Stop the SF Department of Public Health from displacing the mentally ill from the Behavior Health Center’s Adult Residential Facility and outsourcing healthcare worker jobs.
See event # 13
4. Stop Trump and Bolton dismantling of the entire global nuclear arms control regime
5. Don’t let Trump and Big Oil dredge the San Francisco Bay
EVENTS
Tuesday, August 20 – Thursday, August 22
August 20 – September 8, 12Noon – 2:00pm, Vigil for Democracy at Speaker Pelosi’s SF Office
SF Federal Building
90 7th St.
SF
Participants
are calling for a removal of corrupt criminals from all three
branches of our government, and immediate lawmaking to protect our
lives and liberty.
Join us at the following address every day
during lunch-time: bring snacks, water, sunscreen
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/985722828427772/?event_time_id=985722905094431
Tuesday, August 20
1. Tuesday, 11:00am, “LOWER DRUG PRICES NOW” San Francisco Rally
SF Federal Building
90 7th St.
SF
The rally will demand a comprehensive plan to hold drug makers accountable, end drug monopolies and guarantee all patients can get affordable medicines they need. It will also urge Congress to vote no on the revised NAFTA unless terms locking in high U.S. medicine prices are eliminated.
Thousands of us flooded Congress with calls last week demanding the elimination of Big Pharma giveaways from Trump’s renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement.
we’re joining more than 30 organizations under the banner of “Lower Drug Prices Now” for a coordinated Day of Action in over 50 cities and towns across the country, including San Francisco!
If you can’t attend, can please take a minute or two to make a phone call to Rep. Pelosi and demand “No Vote Until NAFTA 2.0 is Fixed!”
1-855-973-4213
Click here for a helpful call script, and don’t forget to let us know how the conversation goes!
Sponsor: Replace Nafta.org
2. Tuesday, 11:00am – 1:00pm, Stop the Sweeps: Hearing on HSOC
SF Main Library
Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St.
SF
The Local Homeless Coordinating Board will be holding a special hearing on the Healthy Streets Operation Center (HSOC).
Join
us to speak out against the police-led response to homelessness,
HSOC. HSOC is a highly coordinated effort led SFPD, working in
conjunction with the Dept. of Public Works, the Dept. of
Homelessness, the Dept. of Emergency Management, and the Dept. of
Public Health.
For more info, contact Sam Lew at
slew@cohsf.org
Sponsor: Coalition on Homelessness
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2510763269153178/
3. Tuesday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, SF Gray Panthers Meeting: Happy Birthday, Maggie Kuhn
SF Public Library – Park Branch
1833 Page St.
SF
Street floor – no stairs
celebrate the 114th birthday of Maggie Kuhn. Forty-nine years ago, Maggie and five friends founded the Gray Panthers. Their idea became an organization of thousands, demanding an end to ageism and racism, an end to war, promotion of civil and social rights, defense of Social Security and equal health care for all.
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/12/18825437.php
4. Tuesday, 5:30pm – 8:30pm, Non-Violent Action Training
180 Capp St.
SF
Please
RSVP here to guarantee a spot: http://bit.do/e39so
Green
Earth, Extinction Rebellion, and Diablo Rising Tide are hosting a
training in anticipation of September’s Climate Strike Week of
Action.
This FREE training will take participants through many
of the strategies, tools and considerations of non-violent direct
action, including power and privilege, de-escalation, blockades,
legal, direct action organizing models, and the opportunity to form
affinity groups.
While some snacks will be provided, we
encourage you to bring snacks and drinks to share.
Sponsors: Green Earth, DiRT, Extinction Rebellion – SF Bay Area
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2515804748477771/
5. Tuesday, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Next Organizers Meeting: ‘Never Again’ Events Coming Up
1590 Bryant @ 15th St.
SF
THIS
IS FASCISM
It Must be Stopped NOW. 2020 is too late.Join
Us! Step into the streets with Refuse Fascism!
Dates:
Sunday
8/25, 2:00pm — Disturb the Air! Call or write us for more info
about this event
NorCal@RefuseFascism.org
510.926.8144
Monday 8/26, 10:30am — San Francisco State
University first day of classes, meet outside the Main
Library
Wednesday 8/28, 11:00am — UC Berkeley first day of
classes, meet at Telegraph and Bancroft on the edge of
campus
Thursday 8/29, Mission College, Santa Clara, time and
place TBD
We
Demand: The Trump/Pence Regime Must GO! The appeals Holocaust
survivors have been making to us for decades — and the few left are
desperately sounding alarms about it now, by the way — is to stop
fascism BEFORE so-called “detainee centers” become outright
death camps, says contributing editor to RefuseFascism.org
Sarah Roark
In the Name of Humanity: We REFUSE To Accept a
Fascist America
Sponsor: Refuse Fascism
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2545811632137111/
6. Tuesday, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism – An informal class
Peoples Alliance Bay Area
1305 Franklin, #411
Oakland
Wheelchair accessible
A
four part informal review of a couple of chapters of Lenin’s
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (chapters 3 “Finance
Capital and the Financial Oligarchy”, 4 “Export of Capital”
and 8 “Parasitism and Decay of Capitalism”):
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/
And
Vince Copeland’s Expanding Empire: The global war drive of big
business and the forces that will stop
it
https://www.workers.org/cm/empire.html
We’ll do some summaries of above and then throw it open to group discussion
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/780752815655177/
Wednesday, August 21
7. Wednesday 5:00pm – 9:30pm, Speaker Pelosi: We can’t wait. Impeach Trump now.
InterContinental Hotel
888 Howard St.
SF
RSVP now: credo.cm/impeachTrumpSF
Calling
all Bay Area progressives: Join us in San Francisco on Wednesday,
Aug. 21 to demand Speaker Nancy Pelosi use her power to impeach
Donald Trump.
Speaker Pelosi is the most powerful Democrat in
the country, but when it comes to reining in Trump, she is failing
us. We are gathering in San Francisco to tell her in person that our
families, communities and democracy can’t wait any longer for her to
lead.
Hosts: CREDO Mobile, PDA, March for Truth, Yemeni Alliance Cmte
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2250497345261173/
8. Wednesday 5:15pm, Ask Nancy Pelosi to Join San Francisco & Support Single Payer Medicare for All HR 1384
Meet at:
888 Howard St
NE corner of 5th & Howard St
SF
Hope you can join Single Payer folks to hold banners asking Congress Member Nancy Pelosi to support HR 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019.
Pelosi will be at the InterContinental hotel at the corner of 5thSt and Howard. The event begins at 6pm. We want to be there at 5:15 with banners asking for her support.
Please let us know if you can help.We will make a banner for every 2 people who can help.
Contact: dbechler@earthlink.net
9. Wednesday, 5:30pm – 8:00pm, Bayview Hunters Point Environmental Justice Response Task Force Meeting
Southeast Community Facility
Five Keys Room
1800 Oakdale
SF
5:30pm Dinner
6:00pm – 8:00pm Meeting
Read here to view the minutes from the July EJ Taskforce meeting
Click here for the agenda for this
Info: Greenaction (415) 447-3904 – bvhp.ivan@gmail.com
10. Wednesday, 6:00pm – 7:00pm, Stand with Refugio and Elvira Nieto – Monthly gathering at Alex Nieto’s altar
Bernal Hill
SF
Public transportation # 67 MUNI. Catch it on 24th St. at Mission across from McDonalds
On the monthly anniversary of Alex’s murder, gather with the Nieto’s at Alex’s altar site on Bernal Hill.
All are welcomed
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.
11. Wednesday, 7:00pm – 8:30pm, APTP Monthly Membership Meeting
East Side Arts Alliance
2277 International Blvd.
Oakland
Wheelchair accessible. Please contact us for any additional accessibility questions or concerns.
This month we are featuring a Q&A session with Scott Morris on continuing deaths, abuse and more at Sheriff Ahern’s notorious Santa Rita jail. Scott is an “Independent journalist in Oakland and San Francisco covering police use of force, civil rights, protest and neighborhood news.” He was recently interviewed on UpFront about the latest in-custody death there, and what really happened to #DujuanArmstrong.
Additionally, there will be an active shooter response training presented by Community READY Corps.
Host: Anti Police – Terror Project
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/445891739346129/ or https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/17/18825530.php
Thursday, August 22
12. Thursday, 7:30am – 10:00am, Pack the House: DNC Vote on a Climate Debate
Hilton Hotel – at Union Square
333 O’Farrell St.
SF
RSVP:
Sunrise site: https://actionnetwork.org/events/pack-the-house-dnc-vote-on-a-climate-debate
Or
DNC Public Registration link: https://my.democrats.org/page/s/2019-dnc-summer-meeting-general-registration-form
Young people across the country have made it clear: after years of inadequate attention, we need a presidential primary debate focused 100% on the climate crisis. Despite resistance from DNC leadership, sustained public pressure has pushed the DNC to vote on this issue
On Thursday, August 22nd at 8 am, the DNC Resolutions committee will vote on a resolution to hold a climate-focused debate. Members of the public are allowed to attend the meeting, but not speak.
Join us as we pack the house with young people and allies of all ages to show how important it is that the DNC dedicate their sizable political microphone to the climate emergency!
Info: Climate Hawks Vote
13. Thursday, 12Noon – 12:30pm, SFGH Rally To Stop the DPH from displacing the mentally ill from Behavioral Health Center
SFGH Behavioral Health Center
887 Potrero (between 21st & Potrero)
SF
Stop
the DPH from displacing the mentally ill from the Behavioral Health
Center’s Adult Residential Facility and end outsourcing healthcare
worker jobs.
On Thursday August 22 at 12:30 there will be
protest rally against the displacing of the mentally ill and
outsourcing at SF General Hospital Assisted Residential Facility. The
DPH and London Breed are closing 37 permanent housing beds.
The SF Department of Public Health (SFDPH) is displacing severely mentally ill residents that are permanently housed at the Behavioral Health Center’s Adult Residential Facility (ARF) to make way for a Homeless Navigation Center with temporary shelter beds. The DPH administration sent a letter informing Behavior Health Care Workers that the adult population will be shrinking by 41 beds to only 14 permanent beds. In addition to residents being displaced, SFDPH administration is also displacing city workers by outsourcing their work to an outside non-profit.
Currently, the Adult Residentail Facility (ARF) houses SF’s most vulnerable clients who have serious and persistent mental illnesses, and cannot live independently. These clients cannot prepare their own food, do their ..
Hosts: IFPE Local 21, SEIU. 1021
Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/19/18825553.php
14. Thursday, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Discussion of “Life of George Washington” Mural
Revolution Books – Berkeley
2444 Durant Ave.
Berkeley
Art,
politics, the “founding fathers” and what it will take to
get beyond this world of oppression
with
Dewey Crumpler
– Associate Professor of Painting at the San Francisco Art Institute
and artist who created the “response murals” at George
Washington High School
Matt
Gonzalez -Chief Attorney of the San Francisco Public Defender’s
Office. He previously served as president of the SF Board of
Supervisors. He is the author of the article “Don’t whitewash
history: Historic murals depict uncomfortable truths about our
nation’s past”
Rafael Kadaris – Revolution Club &
author of the article “Identity Politics Hustlers Sanitize “Life
of George Washington”
Lope Yap Jr. – filmmaker and vice
president of the George Washington High School Alumni Association.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/902242653479131/ or https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/08/18825292.php
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Month of Momentum:
30 Days of Action to Close the Camps (ICE SF)
A month of daily actions every day in August from Noon to 1pm
(Unless otherwise specified)
ICE – San Francisco
630 Sansome St
SF
Info: https://www.facebook.com/Month-of-Momentum-GROUP-PAGE-106526597364095/
Calendar:
#ClosetheCamps
#AugustAction
#FamiliesBelongTogether
Each
daily action is conducted by a different sector or community group.
Actions are whatever a group would like, with their own specific
message — it’s up to each group.
There are some FB sites set up by each group.
See FB site for all listings / details. Listed are remaining events/actions at ICE for August. Descriptions are provided of groups that have made event pages on FB. A few have posted on Indbay.
Remaining EVENTS for August at ICE in San Francisco:
Tuesday, August 20, Comedians, Improvisers, Actors: Close the Camp
Check back for info!
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/860420027690936/
Wednesday, August 21, Lawyers, Legal Workers – End the Raids, Close the Camps No More Deportations
It is critical for members of the legal profession to stand up and demonstrate our resistance because we have witnessed the ways in which immigrants are traumatized (and re-
traumatized), devalued, and oppressed by the day-to-day workings of a legal system that is designed to reinforce this nation’s legacy of white supremacy, systemic violence, and
colonialism. This legacy not only manifests itself in the heinous conditions at detention camps or the unconscionable separation of families at the border, but also in the everyday
practices of legal systems like Immigration Court.
Thursday, August 22, San Mateo County Activists
Join San Mateo county groups and individuals at ICE SF to show our support for immigrants and to rally against the administration’s cruel and inhumane policies and actions. Bring
your signs, banners and let’s make noise
Organized by: Pacifica Social Justice
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/453264845271194/
Friday, August 23, From Warsaw to Palestine to the Rio Grande
Join us in making the connection between the forced displacement of asylum seekers and refugees coming into the US and their confinement in US concentration camps with the
on-going forced displacement of the Palestinian people, as a result of the founding and on-going colonization of Palestine by the state of Israel, and the confining of Palestinian
people into walled ghettos, refugee camps and the large concentration camp of Gaza.
As Jewish people, our collective histories and understanding of ethnic cleansing and genocide move us to stand with the people of Palestine and those seeking asylum at the US
border. We welcome all those who want to stand with us in solidarity.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/502080200600197/
Saturday, Noon – 3:00pm, August 24, Ocupella, The Thrive Street Choir & Idle No More
Sing the truth to ICE! Bring your voice, musical instruments, creative signs and be ready to paint!
Sunday, August 25, Health / Public Health Workers
Calling all Public Health & Healthcare Workers to be in solidarity with Migrant communities to demand an End to ICE Raids & Closing of the Camps.
Access needs will soon be available
Organized by Public Health Justice Collective (formerly Occupy Public Health), Public Health Awakened, Do No Harm Coalition, Medicine for Migration at UCSF, and
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/321141835253102/
Monday, August 26, Kehilla and Or Shalom Day
Immigrant children are dying in federal custody. Children in detention are being denied soap, showers, clean water, blankets, decent food, clean clothes. Our neighbors are afraid
to
take their kids to school, go shopping, attend church.
These
detention centers are not death camps – but our history as Jews
teaches us that this is how it starts: demonizing people, rounding
people up, separating families. It’s up to
US to STOP IT – Never Again means Now!
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/366373854035475/
Tuesday, August 27, Adoptees – Close the Camps
Calling all adoptees to be in solidarity with migrant communities.. Adoptees know the devastating consequences of family separation. And we see clearly that separation through
adoption and immigration, and other unjust government systems, are deeply linked. When adoptees stand with migrant communities, we expose those connections.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/685587698580749/
Wednesday, August 28, Fat & Disability Communities Unite to CLOSE the Camps!
No Body is Disposable! Calling all Fat people, all Disabled people, all our loved ones, allies and accomplices to unite in solidarity with migrants. Together we demand an end to the
brutal treatment of migrants, an end to concentration camps, and an end to ICE.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/935115990173369/
Thursday, August 29, A Day Without Immigrants
Friday, August 30, Journalists Against Detention Camps
Calling all reporters, writers, photojournalists, videographers, producers, investigators and media makers. As journalists we are expected to remain neutral, unbiased. But we can
no longer remain neutral in the face of atrocities committed against asylum seekers and undocumented Americans.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/328517764702891/
Saturday, August 31, Culmination of EVERYONE!
After
30 days of daily protests outside ICE to close the camps, we invite
EVERYONE to attend a culminating protest on Saturday, August 31 at
Noon.
Music by Emma’s Revolution, Diana Gameros, Betsy Rose
& Bonnie Lockhart, and others TBA, speakers, food …
More info to come.
