{"id":14395,"date":"2020-04-23T19:24:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T02:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=14395"},"modified":"2020-04-23T19:24:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T02:24:41","slug":"articles-actions-events-thurs-ap-23-sun-ap-26-from-adrienne-fong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/04\/23\/articles-actions-events-thurs-ap-23-sun-ap-26-from-adrienne-fong\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles ~ Actions ~ Events, Thurs. Ap. 23 &#8211; Sun. Ap. 26 (from Adrienne Fong)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Many people&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>DO NOT&nbsp;have internet access during this time; since libraries and other public places are closed they are unable to do \u2018ZOOM\u2019 actions!!&nbsp;Some are able to do phone actions! Many people are not on facebook either!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013&nbsp;<strong>Please<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>post events on Indybay even if event is digital<\/strong>:<em>&nbsp;<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/calendar\/?page_id=12\">https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/calendar\/?page_id=12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><em>Thank you to all who are \u2013 See Indybay for other events.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x2665;&nbsp;Hold in your thoughts all parents and children \u2013 especially single parent households that are \u201cSheltering in Place\u201d&nbsp;&#x2665;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOT back posting on a regular basis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ARTICLES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A. U.S. Airstrikes Hit All-Time High as Coronavirus Spreads in Somalia&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>&#8211; April 22, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/04\/22\/coronavirus-somalia-airstrikes\/?fbclid=IwAR0ISAkXAVeyWU4DR14Ak2M2yzxjmIH-x6zCrVTWjZb_z_bTqGbUgx_dLS0\">https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/04\/22\/coronavirus-somalia-airstrikes\/?fbclid=IwAR0ISAkXAVeyWU4DR14Ak2M2yzxjmIH-x6zCrVTWjZb_z_bTqGbUgx_dLS0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B. Trump tweets that he\u2019s instructed the Navy to \u2018destroy\u2019 any Iranian gunboats that harass US warships&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u2013 April 22, 2020<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/04\/22\/trump-tweets-that-hes-instructed-the-navy-to-destroy-any-iranian-gunboats-that-harass-us-warships\/\">https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/04\/22\/trump-tweets-that-hes-instructed-the-navy-to-destroy-any-iranian-gunboats-that-harass-us-warships\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C. U.S. Citizens Married To Immigrants Are Blocked From Getting Stimulus Checks&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>&#8211; April 22, 2020<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/u-citizens-married-immigrants-blocked-145343198.html\">https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/u-citizens-married-immigrants-blocked-145343198.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D. Updated: SFPD in hours-long standoff with Tenderloin suspect after officer-involved shooting<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoodline.com\/2020\/04\/sfpd-continues-hours-long-standoff-with-tenderloin-suspect-after-officer-involved-shooting?fbclid=IwAR0qVyj3c0IJiFXCB40t4tWy-ieSE4lRNm2E8PLlT-bKa6iqut80J_WMqN4\">https:\/\/hoodline.com\/2020\/04\/sfpd-continues-hours-long-standoff-with-tenderloin-suspect-after-officer-involved-shooting?fbclid=IwAR0qVyj3c0IJiFXCB40t4tWy-ieSE4lRNm2E8PLlT-bKa6iqut80J_WMqN4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Update:<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;April 22, 2020, 7 p.m.:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Medical evaluations have indicated that the suspect was not struck by gunfire during the officer-involved shooting. He remains hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries. SFPD will hold a town meeting within the next 10 days to discuss the incident in more detail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>E. Body Bags Delivered to Trump Properties and Government Offices&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u2013 April 21, 2020<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2020\/04\/21\/18832544.php?fbclid=IwAR2wzohSarJx77N-H8l1g5R3OhRZOX5ekmxvu1eanzo253pvPJzFRxS4tpI\">https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2020\/04\/21\/18832544.php?fbclid=IwAR2wzohSarJx77N-H8l1g5R3OhRZOX5ekmxvu1eanzo253pvPJzFRxS4tpI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>F. New map of coronavirus cases show low-income people of color most impacted (in SF)<\/strong><em>\u2013 April 20, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-san-francisco-examiner\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VuOUmzXCLN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/new-map-of-coronavirus-cases-shows-low-income-people-of-color-most-impacted\/\">New map of coronavirus cases shows low-income, people of color most impacted<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/new-map-of-coronavirus-cases-shows-low-income-people-of-color-most-impacted\/embed\/#?secret=VuOUmzXCLN\" data-secret=\"VuOUmzXCLN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;New map of coronavirus cases shows low-income, people of color most impacted&#8221; &#8212; The San Francisco Examiner\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>G. &#8216;Don&#8217;t shoot him no more!&#8217; California police face backlash over killing of man in Walmart&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>&#8211; April 20, 2020<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/dont-shoot-him-no-more-212738692.html\">https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/dont-shoot-him-no-more-212738692.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rest in Peace and Power<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#x2665;&nbsp;Steven Taylor&nbsp;&#x2665;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp; See Article I<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp; See Action # 1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp; See Event # 8<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>H. US and Russia blocking UN plans for a global ceasefire amid crisis&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>\u2013&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>April 19, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/apr\/19\/us-and-russia-blocking-un-plans-for-a-global-ceasefire-amid-crisis\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/apr\/19\/us-and-russia-blocking-un-plans-for-a-global-ceasefire-amid-crisis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I. Video: Police shoot and kill bat-wielding man in San Leandro Walmart&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>&#8211; April 18, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-mercury-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HgMXEpQd6X\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2020\/04\/18\/video-police-shoot-and-kill-bat-wielding-man-in-san-leandro-walmart\/\">Video: Police shoot and kill bat-wielding man in San Leandro Walmart<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2020\/04\/18\/video-police-shoot-and-kill-bat-wielding-man-in-san-leandro-walmart\/embed\/#?secret=HgMXEpQd6X\" data-secret=\"HgMXEpQd6X\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Video: Police shoot and kill bat-wielding man in San Leandro Walmart&#8221; &#8212; The Mercury News\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rest in Peace and Power<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#x2665;&nbsp;Steven Taylor&nbsp;&#x2665;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>J. Pandemic Is a Portal: Arundhati Roy on&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>COVID<\/strong><strong>-19 in India, Imagining Another World &amp; Fighting for It&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u2013 April 16, 2020<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2020\/4\/16\/arundhati_roy_coronavirus_india\">https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2020\/4\/16\/arundhati_roy_coronavirus_india<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ACTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Demand a special prosecutor to get justice for Steve Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.theactionpac.com\/sign\/special-prosecutor-for-steve\/?akid=172.1460114.O8emob&amp;rd=1&amp;source=ema20200422-172&amp;t=3\">https:\/\/go.theactionpac.com\/sign\/special-prosecutor-for-steve\/?akid=172.1460114.O8emob&amp;rd=1&amp;source=ema20200422-172&amp;t=3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. TPS for Venezuela now!<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/act.winwithoutwar.org\/act\/write-your-senators-venezuela-tps?source=em20200419&amp;t=6&amp;referring_akid=6206.294094.DhZiPR\">https:\/\/act.winwithoutwar.org\/act\/write-your-senators-venezuela-tps?source=em20200419&amp;t=6&amp;referring_akid=6206.294094.DhZiPR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Mayor London Breed: Sign the Emergency Hotel Ordinance Now<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/mayor-london-breed-mayor-london-breed-sign-the-emergency-hotel-ordinance-now?recruiter=5780129&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&amp;recruited_by_id=284e22a0-c0f0-012f-a73a-404046835f95&amp;utm_content=fht-21609934-en-us%3Av12\">https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/mayor-london-breed-mayor-london-breed-sign-the-emergency-hotel-ordinance-now?recruiter=5780129&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&amp;recruited_by_id=284e22a0-c0f0-012f-a73a-404046835f95&amp;utm_content=fht-21609934-en-us%3Av12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Kids can\u2019t socially distance in refugee camps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/savethechildrenactionnetwork.salsalabs.org\/helpalleviatetheimpactofcoronavirusonthemostvulnerable\/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=1ee359aa-17dc-4545-9930-aa53a9d297be\">https:\/\/savethechildrenactionnetwork.salsalabs.org\/helpalleviatetheimpactofcoronavirusonthemostvulnerable\/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=1ee359aa-17dc-4545-9930-aa53a9d297be<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Demand Healthcare Access for COFA Residents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www-wand-org.filesusr.com\/html\/86749e_b6c96d106675824ec2ae2eae4158a016.html?emci=5f139c53-b284-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&amp;emdi=2bbaa857-b484-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&amp;ceid=3117119#\/171\">https:\/\/www-wand-org.filesusr.com\/html\/86749e_b6c96d106675824ec2ae2eae4158a016.html?emci=5f139c53-b284-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&amp;emdi=2bbaa857-b484-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&amp;ceid=3117119#\/171<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><em>Residents in the United States that come from the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Micronesia\u2014areas in which the United States tested nuclear weapons\u2014are eligible to work and live in the US because of the injustice of their homelands being ravaged.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>But they are ineligible for government healthcare\u2014meaning that the most vulnerable cannot get tested or treated for COVID-19. This injustice hurts ALL Americans.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Pass Medicare for All and the Essential Workers Bill of Rights now!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/advocacy.organicconsumers.org\/page\/18622\/action\/1\">https:\/\/advocacy.organicconsumers.org\/page\/18622\/action\/1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. &nbsp;Tell Zoom to stop putting people in danger during the COVID-19 crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/petitions\/tell-zoom-to-stop-putting-people-in-danger-during-the-covid-19-crisis?clear_id=true&#038;referrer=group-fight-for-the-future&#038;source=direct_link\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thursday, April 23 \u2013 Sunday, April 26<\/em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Thursday, All Day \u2013 Shut Down KKR \u2013 #WetsuwetenStrong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>we&#8217;re flooding the US-based investment firm KKR &amp;Co with calls, emails, and tweets to stop the company from buying the Coastal GasLink pipeline.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Coastal GasLink pipeline threatens Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en land, water, air, and people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KKR has plans to purchase 65% of the Coastal GasLink pipeline with Alberta Investment Management Corp (AIMCo). KKR is a US-based private equity firm with an atrocious record of putting profits over people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news? The sale won&#8217;t close til June. Which means&nbsp;<strong>we still have time to stop it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>join the KKR communications blockade TODAY and #ShutDownKKR:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net\/mps2\/c\/DAE\/ni0YAA\/t.316\/LsCA_2MqSI2Zzp4Fvm14sg\/h0\/CA0gLXQEKb6jqGkD7RqZiZ68-2FuJEwwKRNY3KQnepVolmjjQWlozf8MGQXbhCX-2FRmzXiu2MIJ5pNXGBfYH2-2BT8HNGI9Yg0gbfwDnAkswgOiqko2skIFlpj2ulNOk6t5F76tGefu0aDbyMqc-2F9pTT0X2QzeCa4d-2BK4CfN-2B9hxfReY1ZVAsj4rL3343W0cd53fF5xA1c4Fw97NvEWNH5DaBP-2BkSQRLebbrXZ2xXcCzMOdEPf1uIx9fKvygkujPbSkPNkS17dikkCSCcN0S7J-2FzOQg5r2o5qlCu339B6HLC0Kw-2Bj28icXgOhB2Db6Y5R-2Fn8s\/g1Nw\"><strong>Email KKR today by using our easy messaging tool by clicking here.<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Call KKR by dialing 1-888-593-5407<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;and following the instructions you hear from us<\/strong><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong>Need some talking points for your call? No problem. See below.<\/li><li><strong>Tweet at @KKR_Co and tell them just how awful they are<\/strong>&nbsp;for ignoring Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en concerns about their rights, the climate, land air and water. Need some tweet inspiration? See below!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the COVID-19 crisis, TC Energy is still going ahead with Coastal GasLink pipeline construction and sending more workers and federal police officers onto Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en territories, putting communities at even more risk. Billionaire oil and gas CEOs see the COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity to push through whatever they can when the world is looking the other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KKR must be held accountable for ignoring the Wet&#8217;suwet&#8217;en hereditary chiefs, putting Indigenous land and people at risk, endangering Indigenous women by building man camps along the route, and fueling the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net\/mps2\/c\/DAE\/ni0YAA\/t.316\/LsCA_2MqSI2Zzp4Fvm14sg\/h1\/Nejq3qQQ6Jn1R8HM5bnp8LuTy-2Bwqi23tDCLge9VhpInqN6rC2sAFqpAtUXGl5jqObYkuq27VFc0crMvFJkqtUO3T4UY-2BywwRxxNWpJ-2FjaZvEEPEd9-2Fwp9-2BXbj8dGiYLBp8dh90ELHxEBAEzKxb-2FiuzGN6RKvrNwWvulp4g1dlQVTtCwmZQOpz87Zg6bCpPWalHRZJVYWMd7HxLB-2Fzrf9aEcDnBPb9uOggdD6njk3AyATLALWKjHudfXIQuiXfrUkyyGR9z6mgXj12i3dR3GsciEZhcCOZ6vPyE4MoU67wdq9LHtfvzj6owif3VXqfHpvhIpHpO-2F-2Br-2BWl3QtpwTM-2F9A-3D-3D\/TaQZ\">Here&#8217;s a facebook event link<\/a>&nbsp;for today&#8217;s communication blockade, if you&#8217;d like to share with your friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info from: Rising Tide North America<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Thursday, 12Noon \u2013 1:00pm,&nbsp;Demand that Governor Newsom #FreeThemAll: COVID-safe Car Rally!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPioneer Monument\u201d &#8211;\u00a0roundabout between the museum and the library.<br>147 Fulton St.<br>SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This is a COVID-safe, car-only rally<\/strong>! We will be driving to the San Francisco Office of the State of California to demand that Governor Newsom take immediate action to protect immigrants from this virus, for their own safety and for public health.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 38,000 undocumented immigrants in detention right now across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now in California, well over 6,000 immigrants are being held in detention centers without adequate health and sanitation measures in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Most of these centers are run by private corporations, and some are county and municipal jails. In the past weeks we&#8217;ve seen as the immigrants inside have taken to sit-ins and hunger strikes to sound the alarm as public health and safety concerns have been confirmed: dozens of people inside ICE detention centers have tested positive for COVID-19, and it&#8217;s clear that many more cases are being covered up or not tested. Yet conditions remain unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make signs, art and banners to attach to your cars! Post to social media @CAGovernor and @GavinNewsom using the hashtags&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/freethemall\">#FreeThemAll<\/a>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/detentionisdeadly\">#DetentionIsDeadly<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/releasethemnow\">#ReleaseThemNow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/901264940295775\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/901264940295775\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Thursday, 1:00pm,(PDT), &nbsp;Public Health, Inequality and COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More info at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeaftercovid.weebly.com\/public-health-inequality-and-covid-19.html\">https:\/\/socialjusticeaftercovid.weebly.com\/public-health-inequality-and-covid-19.html&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join the live stream on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 4 pm ET, 1 pm PT&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YorkUFES\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YorkUFES\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to deepen public understanding of the health dimensions of the current crisis, the panel will address public access to healthcare and social justice issues associated with COVID-19, as well as the insecurity of the broader system that this pandemic makes more visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presenters, including analysts and activists of the health care system and physicians from Canada and the US, will discuss how they see COVID affecting their community and\/or area\/region of research, including how health care cuts or insufficient access to publicly funded medicine and employment insecurity influence our healthcare systems\u2019 ability to respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Presenters<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Natalie Mehra<\/strong>, Ontario Health Coalition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Ritika Goel<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;Toronto Family Physician and Activist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Heather Hastings<\/strong>, Health Manager, Tsartlip First Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Tish Lopez<\/strong>, Assistant Professor, Geography, Dartmouth College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Rupa Marya<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;Associate Professor, Medicine, University of California<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Abigail Neely<\/strong>, Assistant Professor, Geography, Dartmouth College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facilitated by Prof. Tracey&nbsp;\u200bOsborne, University of California Merced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info from Do No Harm Coalition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Thursday, 5:00pm (PDT), The Fascist Threat: A Working Class Response<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Register to&nbsp;participate&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/solidaritycenter.ourpowerbase.net\/sites\/all\/modules\/civicrm\/extern\/url.php?u=2512&amp;qid=3620250\"><strong>Zoom Video conference<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speakers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chris Smalls<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/solidaritycenter.ourpowerbase.net\/sites\/all\/modules\/civicrm\/extern\/url.php?u=2513&amp;qid=3620250\">Amazon worker fired for organizing for safe working conditions<\/a><\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Trent Willis<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>President, Local 10 International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)<strong>Monica Moorehead<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>Editor, Marxism, Reparations and the Black Freedom Struggle. Managing Editor of Workers World newspaper<strong><\/strong><strong>Makasi Motema&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>&#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>People&#8217;s Power Assemblies NYC<strong><\/strong><strong>Lyn Neeley<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>Portland May Day organizer, Workers World Party, Portland, OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past week, demonstrations by openly white supremacist, fascist forces have been held across the U.S. demanding an end to COVID-19 quarantine measures, and that workers be sent back to work immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How can working and oppressed people respond to these reactionary demonstrations, advocate for policies that would result in mass death and suffering in the name of ruling class profits?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host: Workers World Party<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, April 24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Friday, 9:00am (PDT),&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>ADC&#8217;s Housing &amp; Tenants&nbsp;Rights&nbsp;Webinar!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/default.salsalabs.org\/Tdc1ed4ef-2a1f-4eb8-a9c0-86e8f418887b\/f9ca43c5-d1a3-4b35-bfce-6ceed223572c\"><strong>Click here to register<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 As part of a continued effort to update the community with important information during the COVID-19 crisis, ADC will be hosting a webinar to discuss tenant and housing rights. ADC is proud to host Mr. Morgan Williams, General Counsel of the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), a proud partner of ADC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Morgan directs NFHA\u2019s efforts to pursue pioneering litigation under the federal Fair Housing Act. Morgan coordinates NFHA\u2019s actions to file amicus briefs. He also provides technical support to local fair housing centers across the country on investigation and enforcement strategies, across a range of complicated and emerging topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Have a topic you think ADC should cover?&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/default.salsalabs.org\/T78df077c-d6f9-4348-99cf-5ba2ff6b70df\/f9ca43c5-d1a3-4b35-bfce-6ceed223572c\">Feel free to let us know<\/a>&nbsp;what you would like us to discuss.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Host: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Friday, 5:00pm \u2013 6:00pm, (PDT)&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Friday Night Forums: COVID-19 in Indian Country<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Register:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_C74K6LBFRX6J_W9fIHI6uA?fbclid=IwAR12dxMlsZh7lqRCPft7g69rE74mEKyPCVCYu6aKFbSM12aCjBITQFd2EXE\">https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_C74K6LBFRX6J_W9fIHI6uA?fbclid=IwAR12dxMlsZh7lqRCPft7g69rE74mEKyPCVCYu6aKFbSM12aCjBITQFd2EXE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday Night Forums are one-hour panels with two presenters and a moderator live streamed on Zoom. Each panelist will present for 20 minutes followed by a 10-15 minute Q &amp; A with the moderator and the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Red Nation in partnership with the Arab Resource &amp; Organizing Center (AROC) and the Center for Political Education is hosting a series of critical conversations on settler colonialism, US imperialism, and decolonization. The COVID-19 pandemic is global, and so our response to it must also be global. Friday Night Forums feature anti-imperialist perspectives and lessons on organizing from around the world, with an eye toward decolonizing Turtle Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1553642318117753\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1553642318117753\/<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, April 25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. Saturday, 10:30am \u2013 1:30pm (SF), East Bay 9:30am, All out to demand Cancel the Rents! Housing for all!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet ups<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO:<br>1875 Marin St., on the street, 10:30 AM for a press conference.<br><br>EAST BAY:<br>West Oakland, 900 Market parking lot, 9:30 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill out form to participate:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canceltherents.org\/\">https:\/\/www.canceltherents.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us &nbsp;in your car to demand the cancellation of rents and mortgages statewide, immediate housing for all, and full aid and rights for the undocumented!<br>Let\u2019s make some noise, plaster \u201cCancel the Rents\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/canceltherents.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CancelTheRents.org<\/a>\u201d on our cars and windows, and make our voices heard! It\u2019s time to send the signal that the working class is fighting back!<br><br>While we and society recognize the First Amendment and the exercise of First Amendment rights as essential, our April 25, 2020 \u201cCancel the Rents\u201d car caravan will practice the socially responsible regulations outlined in the statewide &#8220;shelter-in-place&#8221; executive order, including physical distancing and mask-wearing. We believe that we must act now to defend the essential right of all people to housing during and after the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demands:<br><br>&#8211; Cancel all rents and mortgages for homeowners, small landlords, and small businesses, for the duration of the pandemic &#8211; no debt accumulation!<br><br>&#8211; No shutoffs of any utilities.<br><br>&#8211; Eminent domain over vacant buildings, homes, hotels, to house the homeless or people in precarious housing, such as victims of domestic violence.<br><br>&#8211; Give full access to housing, income-assistance to all undocumented and informal workers.<br><br>&#8211; Housing must be a human right, regardless of employment or citizenship status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government measures taken so far do not protect tenants for the long term. There is a &#8220;moratorium on evictions,&#8221; but what will happen when the COVID-19 crisis starts to fade out and we are months late on our rents? There is nothing protecting us from being evicted then. The one time $1200 emergency relief for working class and poor Americans is not enough &#8211; and millions of undocumented workers won\u2019t receive any aid at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the capitalist crisis worsens, millions are in danger of being displaced out of their homes. Even after the pandemic eases, workers will be forced to pay thousands of dollars in debt to their landlords making their already unstable housing situation even more precarious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Host: PSL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2020\/04\/22\/18832578.php\">https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2020\/04\/22\/18832578.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8. Saturday,&nbsp;<\/strong>2:30pm \u2013 4:30pm,&nbsp;Ride for Justice for Steven Taylor! \u2013 (Car Caravan Action)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">24 Hour Fitness \u2013 San Leandro<br>304 Bay Fair Mall<br>San Leandro<br><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">(Exact meeting location TBA<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On Saturday, April 18, 2020, Steven Taylor was shot and killed unnecessarily by a San Leandro Police Department Officer. On this Saturday, April 25th &#8211; one week after his brutal murder &#8211; at 2:30pm, the Anti Police-Terror Project will convene a car caravan to demand justice for him and his family.<br><br>Up to 50% of the people killed by law enforcement are in the middle of a mental health crisis. Law enforcement agencies are not equipped to handle these calls, they don\u2019t have adequate training and many of them don\u2019t want the job. These result in unnecessary deaths, trauma and pain. And those that are killed disproportionately Black.<br><br>\u201cWe are past the time for a shift in how we respond to mental health crises,\u2019 said James Burch of APTP. \u201cThat\u2019s why APTP Sacramento launched MH First to create a community-lead response to mental health that responds with compassion and care, not a badge and a gun.\u201d<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the last six years, APTP has been on the Bay Area frontlines in responding to state violence. In the time of COVID-19, organizers have had to shift strategies and tactics. To that end, we will do everything to keep people safe, using social distancing and keeping people in their cars.<br><br>We are asking folks to respect the following:<br><br>This will be a car caravan to avoid transmission of COVID-19 among participants and the public. We apologize to those who are denied access because of this, and we are looking for ways to make our actions more inclusive during this time.<br>&#8211; We ask everyone to bring masks. We ask folks who want to have their windows down to wear their masks.<br>&#8211; We ask everyone to only ride with folks with whom they are sheltering in place.<br>&#8211; We ask everyone to stay in their cars.<br>&#8211; We ask everyone to follow the lead of our identified security<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Host: APTP<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/592418494955053\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/592418494955053\/<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2020\/04\/23\/18832586.php\">https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2020\/04\/23\/18832586.php<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, April 26<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Sunday, 1:00pm \u2013 2:30pm, Tsuru for Solidarity Virtual Fold-In, Hosted by Berkeley JACL<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event over Zoom!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Email&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:berkeleyjacl@gmail.com\">berkeleyjacl@gmail.com<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;or message us in order to get the link to join the meeting. Write &#8220;Tsuru&#8221; in the subject line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cranes will be contributed to the Tsuru for Solidarity goal of gathering 125,000 cranes to take to a march in Washington DC in 2021 to protest the detention of migrant children and families in U.S. detention camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Host: Berkeley JACL &amp; Tsuru for Solidarity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/238395044154736\/?active_tab=about\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/238395044154736\/?active_tab=about<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EVENTS for NEXT WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, April 29<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 4:00pm \u2013 5:00pm (PT),&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Colonialism &amp; Contamination: Mapping U.S. Military Injustices on the Chamorro People of Guam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Register \u2013 free webinar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/events\/free-webinar-colonialism-contamination-mapping-us-military-injustices-on-the-chamorro-people-of-guam?clear_id=true&#038;source=email-wbw-news-action-the-weapon-that-kills-the-most\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join World BEYOND War for a free webinar on April 29 at 7pm Eastern as part of our \u201cClose Bases\u201d campaign!<\/strong>&nbsp;We\u2019ll be joined by speakers Dr. Sasha Davis &amp; Leilani Rania Ganser to talk about the negative impact of U.S. military bases in Guam. We\u2019ll explore how the military presence threatens the indigenous Chamorro culture and people, as well as the environmental impacts of the weapons stored on the bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panelist:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Sasha Davis<\/strong>&nbsp;has a PhD from Penn State University, completing his dissertation on the effects on nuclear contamination on the Bikini Atoll, on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. He has done extensive research on matters of militarization in the Pacific and contamination caused by military bases. He is a professor at Keene State College in New Hampshire, where he teaches courses in Human Geography, Tourism, and Recreation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leilani Rania Ganser<\/strong>&nbsp;is the Grants and Impact Coordinator at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Her experiences as a person who identifies as Chamorro and Kanaka Maoli have encouraged and inspired her to include indigenous methods of storytelling in her writing and in public conversation. Her activism spans multiple social issues, and she studies colonial violence and gendered violence as well as interactions between indigenous communities and the military. Prior to working with the Pulitzer Center, she served as an advocacy intern for the Gateway Center for Domestic Violence Services, and a climate justice intern for the Institute for Policy Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 4:00pm (PT),&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Popular Resistance May Day General Strike Call<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeEF2NNPQ2iHhHqO0ySqsMAUG6CErvU9zS52TFi3aD984Svvg\/viewform\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeEF2NNPQ2iHhHqO0ySqsMAUG6CErvU9zS52TFi3aD984Svvg\/viewform<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;learn how to participate in the general strike from home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Host \/ Info: Popular Resistance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 6:00pm \u2013 7:30pm,&nbsp;TLM Online Presents: Sex Workers and the COVID-19 Crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom link will be sent on the day of the event to those who register.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/tlm-online-presents-sex-workers-and-the-covid-19-crisis-tickets-102931502896\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/tlm-online-presents-sex-workers-and-the-covid-19-crisis-tickets-102931502896<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suggested donation: $0 &#8211; $10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to lack of support from the government, workers face the difficult choice of sheltering-in-place and losing income or having to work and risk exposure to COVID-19. Beyond the impacts on other industries, sex workers are further marginalized by stigma, explicit exclusion from federal relief efforts, and criminalization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For sex workers and other workers in informal economies, governmental relief has been insufficient to meet need\u2014but as with all workers, sex workers need economic relief so they can shelter in place and help all of San Francisco stay home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join the Tenderloin Museum for a digital panel in which sex workers and community organizers from the Rad Mission Neighbors, US PROStitutes Collective, and St. James Infirmary speak out on the urgent need for the decriminalization of sex work and how organizing around sex workers\u2019 needs makes the city safer for all its residents. Moderated by local historian and activist Ivy Anderson, participants will learn about local legislative measures aimed at ensuring the support and safety of sex workers\u2014and how to join the mutual aid effort to provide emergency aid to sex workers now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info: US PROStitutes Collective<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people&nbsp;DO NOT&nbsp;have internet access during this time; since libraries and other public places are closed they are unable to do \u2018ZOOM\u2019 actions!!&nbsp;Some are able to do phone actions! 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