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* Anti Police-Terror Project meets the Third Wednesday of the month - long-term planning for the end of police terror - https://www.facebook.com/events/1533794213573183/
* Anti Police-Terror Project meets the Third Wednesday of the month - long-term planning for the end of police terror - https://www.facebook.com/events/1533794213573183/
* Court Support tomorrow afternoon in Pleasanton
* Court Support tomorrow afternoon in Pleasanton
* Support for a victim, Feb. 24th, 5pm @ Stockton City Hall
* National Lawyer's Guild training for people in immigration detention on Saturday, February 28, 12-2pm @ 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland
* National Lawyer's Guild training for people in immigration detention on Saturday, February 28, 12-2pm @ 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland
* Strike Debt announcing a debt strike tomorrow. Follow https://twitter.com/0debtzone
* Strike Debt announcing a debt strike tomorrow. Follow https://twitter.com/0debtzone

Revision as of 06:39, 23 February 2015

March 22nd Open Circle

The next open circle will be Sunday, March 22nd from 3-6pm at the Omni Oakland Commons. Potluck from 3-3:45 - bring a dish to share!

February 22nd Open Circle

Reportbacks

  • March for Yvette Henderson yesterday, Feb 21st at Home Depot - shut down Home Depot for 5 hours w/ Third World Power - demands to release the tapes, remove military-style weapons.
  • No Love for Cops and Condos in the Mission last week
  • Support in Stockton - Dionne Smith and Carey Downs, whose son was murdered by police in 2010, support families of victims across the Bay Area and beyond.
  • Berkeley Post Office defenders - occupying for the past 4 months.
  • Sea of Red last week tying red ribbons from the OPD police station to Alan Blueford's house

Announcements

What is the goal?

  • To bring organizations together, bring people together
  • To provide the space for people to connect and collaborate

What can we do?

  • Grow the family to support each other in the face of systemic violence
  • Push for changes in police protocol, the protocols that protect the police
  • Abolish the police state
  • Tiny acts to continue inspiring and raising awareness
  • Go to the noise, go to the areas and communities directly affected
  • Developing alternatives to police

February 8th Open Circle

Opening Segment

  • Brian Hofer: The proposed Domain Awareness Center (DAC) privacy & data retention policy will be coming before Oakland City Council’s Public Safety Committee on February 10 from 7-9pm @ Oakland City Council, 1 Frank H Ogawa Plaza #2. Now is the time to contact the members of the Public Safety Committee to ask that they support the DAC Committee’s recommendations (via https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/ )
  • Daniel Arauz: SF Bay Media has been reaching out to families of victims of police brutality to help document and disseminate their stories. Volunteers with media experience (web design, photography, video editing, etc) - http://sfbaymedia.org/ or email sfbaymedia@riseup.net
  • Cyndi Mitchell: Justice for Mario Romero - http://justice4marioromero.com/ // https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForMarioRomero - Murdered by Vallejo police Officers Sean Kenney and Dustin Joseph. Looking for support and help in getting the word out.
  • Mollie Costello: Justice for Alan Blueford - http://justice4alanblueford.org/ - A space to help heal the community affected by police terror. Planning a trip to DC of family members of victims, looking for support - awareness raising, fundraising.

Announcements

  • Oakland Livable Wage Assembly - next meeting this Tuesday, 6:30pm @ 1433 Webster St (second floor, dial 100) - all welcome! - https://www.facebook.com/events/1586253711611667/
  • National strike of oil refinery workers
  • KPFA event Feb 22nd @ Berkeley Community Library 1:30-3:30pm - open for people to meet programmers!
  • Tuesday in SF City Hall @ 1:30pm: emergency response to the murder of a trans woman of color - Transliberation Tuesday - Trans Action for Justice -
  • San Leandro Tank Coalition against San Leandro's purchase of a Bearcat MedEvac armored vehicle
  • Universidad de la Tierra: Autonomous university in Chiapas - meet on the 4th Saturday of every month from 2-5pm in Fruitvale @ Obeli - looking at the ways militarization affects families
  • Edwin from Center for Building a Culture of Empathy - set up in downtown Berkeley, 'Occupy Empathy', providing empathic listening, conflict mediation, engaging empathetic conversations between police and community members.
  • Slingshot next deadline is Feb 14th, focus on protest and police brutality. Send submissions to slingshot@tao.ca
  • Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting, every Third Wednesday from 7:30-9:30 @ East Side Arts Alliance - https://www.facebook.com/events/1533794213573183/
  • Mobile Justice: App for recording police interactions - http://aclu-or.org/MobileJustice
  • BART 14: Feb 22nd next BART board meeting
  • Black Friday 14 court date was last week, the DA is continuing to press charges, demurrer pending. Next court date is March 18th.
  • It takes community power to end the war on Black communities. Join us Tues, Feb 10th @ 5:30pm to demand Berkeley City Council take legislative action to address police brutality and militarization of the Berkeley Police Department. We will meet at Oxford Ave and Center St. at 5:30PM. We will march to the city council and rally for black lives.
  • Urban Areas Strategies Initiative meeting - Thursday, Feb 12, 2015 @ Alameda County Sheriff's Office, 6289 Madigan Drive, Dublin, CA - UASI - Urban Area Strategies Initiative - represents 12 Bay Area counties - funding from Homeland Security to local communities. They meet every 2nd Thursday in Dublin @ the Sheriff's office - come out with us once a month
  • March Against The Police State - Fri, February 13, 6pm – Sat @ 14th & Broadway - **THIS IS A YOUTH-OF-COLOR-LED EVENT** SOLIDARITY WITH FERGUSON, AYOTZINAPA, GAZA, AND ALL STRUGGLES AGAINST CAPITALIST IMPERIALIST TYRANNY! Wear all black for Black lives. PLEASE NOTE: The policing of fellow activists' tactics of resistance is strongly discouraged. If you feel uncomfortable near a certain group, simply walk away.
  • March for Justice 4 Josiah - Saturday, Feb 21 in San Jose - https://www.facebook.com/Justice4Josiah
  • Black Martyrs:In Rememberance of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz aka (Malcolm X) - Sat, February 21, 8pm @ Qilombo
  • Reading Group on the Black Radical Tradition - Saturdays 3pm-5pm @ Omni Commons
  • Action-oriented Anti-policing Study Group - every Wednesday from 7-9:30pm @ Omni Commons - https://omnicommons.org/calendar/events/action-oriented-anti-policing-study-group-2015-02-25/

January 25th Open Circle

Our 4th open circle to connect and organize toward the end of police militarization, state violence and systemic racism will be Sunday, January 25th from 3-5pm at the Omni Oakland Commons @ 4799 Shattuck Ave in Oakland.

This open circle will continued the dialogue and planning around support, goals, and long-term strategy in addressing the long-standing issues of the extremely disproportionate degrees of police brutality and killings of black people and people of color, systematic racism, state violence, militarization of police, and more that have been brought to the forefront once again due to the recent surge of such atrocities.

Link to our previous meeting

Speakers

  • Daniel on SFBayMedia Group
  • Mike from Strike Debt
  • Mel on Ferguson
  • Ali on May Day organizing

Notes

  • SF Bay Media group: http://sfbaymedia.org //
  • Strike Debt: Racial profiling hotline // http://strikedebt.org
  • Mel on Ferguson: Reclaim Malcom X action being planned // #cmxd
    • Police target those with sound systems
    • Available to help planning marches and actions
  • Ali on May Day organizing: combining racism, police violence, immigration and labor
  • Anti-Repression Crew: Rounding up court support for those who've been arrested
    • Defend Black Friday 14 Feb 4th
    • March 24 - 850 Bryant St in San Francisco
  • Reclaiming King's Legacy spokescouncil debrief today at 5pm @ 5151 College Ave
  • BART Board of Directors report-back, filmed by Matt from SF Bay Media Group
  • Teach-in on the Domain Awareness Center, February 15, 6pm @ Omni
  • Berkeley City Council Meeting report-back
  • Living Wage Assembly, 6:30-9pm @ 1433 Webster St (SEIU Local Union Organizing Center)
  • March on January 28th
  • Statewide march on climate justice, movement to ban fracking in California @ 11am February 7th @ Oscar Grant Plaza
  • Pedi4Justice
  • Reportback from the 'wake up Libby Schaff' action
  • Occupy Empathy @ downtown BART Plaza in Berkeley: Conflict resolution, empathic listening, creating dialogue between community and the police
  • Support the #bartfriday arrestees: https://www.facebook.com/events/684891331631587/
  • Study group on creating strategy for building a peaceful society // email coordinator@the99percentsolution.org
  • Occupy Oakland GA downstairs @ 5pm
  • 1/27, 12pm meet at Oscar Grant Plaza: Stockton case, get details from Ali
  • Stockton march against police violence
  • APTP General Assembly, Feb 19 @ 6pm @ 2277 International Blvd
  • Court support for #BlackFriday arrestees in SF
  • Radical Women meetup 747 Polk St @ Jan 28th from 7-9pm
  • 1/30: Black Lives, Art and Justice Matter @ Women's Cancer Research Center
  • People's Movement Assembly
  • From NYC to Ferguson to Oakland @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice
  • Cornell West
  • Anti-Repression Committee benefit
  • Court support for #BlackFriday14 8:15am-12:15pm

Breakout Groups

Upcoming Actions and Events

  • 1/25 5-8pm Debrief and Reflections on Spokescouncil / MLK Weekend @ College Avenue Presbyterian Church - 5951 College Avenue, Oakland, CA Facebook event link
  • 1/26-1/28 Court Support for Black Friday Arrestees in SF Details on Facebook event page
  • 1/27 6:30-9pm Oakland Living Wage Assembly @ 1433 Webster St, Oakland, CA
  • 1/28 7-9pm Radical Women Meeting @ 747 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
  • 1/24 8pm Benefit show for the Anti-Repression Committee @ Purple House [facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/1042952019053417/]
  • 1/29 9-11:30am Court Support for NYE Kettle in Oakland - Wiley Manuel Courthouse, Department 107; 661 Washington Street, Oakland event page
  • 1/30 9-11:30am Court Support for NYE Kettle in Oakland - Wiley Manuel Courthouse, Department 107; 661 Washington Street, Oakland event page
  • 1/30 7-9pm Black Lives: Art and Justice Matter @ Women's Cancer Resource Center - 5741 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA facebook event page
  • 1/31 10am-4pm Whose Constitution is it? A People's Movement Assembly @ SEIU Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose facebook event page
  • 1/31 6:30-8:30pm From NYC to Ferguson to Oakland: Imani Henry Talks on Nationwide Fight Against Police Terror @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice 2434 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA Facebook Event Page
  • 1/31 7:30pm Cornell West at First Congregational Church of Oakland - 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA Facebook event page
  • 1/31 8pm Anti-Repression Committee Benefit Show @ LOBOT Facebook event page
  • 2/4 8:15am-12:15pm Court Support for Black Friday 14 @ Sixth floor of Wiley Emanuel Courthouse, 661 Washington Street, Oakland Ca - very important court date
  • 2/12 9am Support Black Friday 14 by showing up at the BART Board meeting and making sure the pass the resolution to drop the charges and restitution @ BART Board Room, Kaiser Center, 20th Street Mall, 3rd Fl, 344 20th St., Oakland event page
  • 2/19 6pm Anti-Police Terror Project meeting to plan next actions as well as specific campaigns is @ Eastside Arts Alliance
  • 2/21 March for Justice 4 Josiah; Antonio's one year anniversary of Josiah's father Antonio being shot and murdered by the SJSU Police (UPD)


Feb 4th: Support the BlackFriday14 at their next court date (details forthcoming) Feb 12th, 9am: Turn out to the next BART Board meeting to hold them accountable and make sure they pass the resolution they've promised to introduce!


January 10th Circle (Notes)

Scheduled Announcements and Report-backs

  • Mollie: Visit the Alan Blueford Center for Justice @ 24th & Telegraph
    • Alan's Law: Police Accountability - keep body cameras on; reparations to victims
    • Mothers Against Police Brutality: http://www.mothersagainstpolicebrutality.com/
    • Black Friday 14: Need legal support
    • Anti Police-Terrorism Committee planning actions starting from the 16th extending to a big march on the 19th
  • Brian Hofer: Oakland Privacy Working Group - http://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
    • Countering surveillance that particularly targets people of color
    • Jan 27th meeting before the full city council
  • Uncle Bobbie: Working with #BlackLivesMatter
    • Action on Feb. 1st: Phoenix Superbowl
    • jan 29 @ Cal Berkeley screening of 'The Throwaways' w/ discussion around police terrorism and related activism - screening here at Omni on Jan. 30th
    • Conference call at 7:30
  • Cindy from Station 40:
    • Coffee Not Cops every other Thursday @ 11am-1pm reclaiming public space from the police - next one Jan 22nd
    • Sleep-in @ Powell Station on Sunday the 18th #RIGHT2REST; 5pm Sun, Jan 18th to 5 pm Mon, Jan 19th @ Powell St Cable Car turnaround, SF. Coalition on Homelessness in coalition w/135 similar groups here & nationwide. Bring food, music, etc. to share, especially Sunday Facebook event link
  • Laura Valdez: Justice for Josiah actions in San Jose
  • Susan Harmon: Coordinating events against state terror
    • Meeting with the sheriff to discuss Urban Shield
    • Next Urban Shield is in September
    • UASI - Urban Area Strategies Initiative - represents 12 Bay Area counties - funding from Homeland Security to local communities. They meet every 2nd Thursday in Dublin @ the Sheriff's office - come out with us once a month
    • Protesting the tank in San Leandro, looking for support. Mid-February city council decision - show up to protest
  • Krystof: Anti Police-Terror Project initiated by Onyx
    • Next open meeting is Thursday
    • Ongoing Spokescouncil leading up to MLK weekend, call for direct actions to disrupt business as usual. Next meeting is tomorrow, Monday the 11th @ the First Presbyterian Church @ 27th & Broadway
    • Shut down plans on Friday during the day:
      • Convergence @ Montgomery BART, 7am - bring a spoon!
      • International Solidarity Action in the afternoon
      • Actions on Saturday against shopping centers
      • Mass march on Monday the 18th, meet @ Fruitvale BART @ 11am heading east.
  • Reportback from Ferguson:
    • Shutting down stores one by one, meeting in large groups much like this
    • Protesting daily in front of the police dept. Keep the solidarity! Send cards, letters. It's cold.

General Announcements

  • Event for radical women in San Francisco, discussion about the importance of women of color being involved and given voice - Jan 28th @ 7pm @ 747 Polk St
  • Disrupting the 'Walk for Life' - counter-demonstration in line w/ Roe v. Wade, tying into the movement against state terror
    • Jan 24th @ Market & Steuart @ 1pm along w/ SF State students Young Women of Color inspire a new upsurge event, January 28th T 7PM. 747 Polk Street, San Francisco, California. You can take 47, 49, 9.
  • Revolution Newspaper: rightwing fascist Christian protest in Oakland - Jan 23rd @ 14th & Broadway @ noon to protest anti-abortion protesters demonizing black women. 'Abortion on Demand and Without Apology!' - stop the genocide
  • Defend Knowland Park - organizing direct action to defend the park
  • Jason Anderson: Measure Z - $$ for community policing
  • John Torok - Oakland Living Wage group - Inaugural meeting Jan 27th, Tuesday, 1433 Webster St @ 6:30pm - find more info on the Occupy Oakland Facebook page.
  • Davida: Talk @ Impact HUB on getting diversity in tech, Jan 31st @ 5-10pm
  • Disrupting business as usual in affluent white neighborhoods - on bicycles - contact oaklandbikeaction@gmail.com
  • Nicole from Critical Resistance & Allies & Accomplices. Emphasizing political attack on the Black Friday 14. Organizing a campaign of support - sign the petition: http://iam.colorofchange.org/petitions/bart-directors-when-it-comes-to-ending-the-war-on-black-communities-which-side-are-you-on
    • BART Board Hearing is January 22nd @ 8am @ 20th & Webster - Keiser building
  • Carol from KPFA - event on Feb 22nd @ Oakland Public Library - orgs and individuals invited to come and have their voices represented
  • Occupy Oakland meeting every Sunday at 4pm @ Omni Commons in the basement
  • Daniel: Helps with creating media and amplifying voices of those affected by police brutality. Let's create a group!
  • Dragon: Suing the Richmond Police Dept - Callout for court support - 8:30am trial on the 26th of January in SF @ 450 Golden Gate Ave

Breakout Discussion Topics

  • Goals and Strategy
  • Urban Shield
  • Creating media and amplifying voices
  • Global supply chain
  • Financial recovery and reparations for families of victims
  • Community alternatives to policing


Groups and Projects


Web Resources


Past Actions

  • 1/15 7-9pm: Anti Police-Terrorism Project Meeting @ Eastside Arts Alliance, 2277 International Blvd, Oakland
  • 1/15 7-8:30pm: Community Meeting: Resist San Leandro Paramilitarization & Terror @ Zocalo Coffeehouse, 645 Bancroft Avenue, San Leandro
  • 1/15 7pm Get Up Street Theatre - come learn the dance - flash mob to They Don't Really Care About Us by Michael Jackson practice at Omni Oakland Commons 4799 Shattuck Ave. Thursday
  • 1/15 9-11pm: Black Lives Matter film series @ Long Haul Infoshop - 3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
  • 1/15 11am-1pm: Coffee Not Cops (every other Thursday) @ 16th St Mission BART, San Francisco
  • 1/16 7am BART Friday No Business As Usual - meet on the platform at Montgomery BART; Be on time! Bring a spoon! Drop all charges and fines against Black Friday 14! Disband BART Police! Low-income ticket discount! Facebook Event Page
  • 1/16-1/19 (Fri - Mon) MLK Weekend of Actions; lots planned, get involved at SpokesCouncil meetings
  • 1/16 8:45-9:30am: Bay Area Lawyer Die-In for Racial Justice @ CA Supreme Court - 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco
  • 1/16 11:30am: Anti-Gentrification Action; meet at 1520 Lakeshore Drive - Lake Chalet Restaurant; #ShutItDown Confronting Gentrification and Police Violence in Oakland
  • 1/16 8:30pm Valencia Night Life Outreach; Meet at Dolores Park, 18th and Dolores; wear black, marching
  • 1/17 9am-3pm: Berkeley City Council Workshop on Improving Police/Community Relations at Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley on Adeline across from Ashby BART; Show Up at Berkeley City Council special meeting on policing, also highlight disabled black lives who have been killed or harassed by police including Kayla Moore killed by Berkeley Police Department
  • 1/17 11am: Bay Area Spokescouncil for MLK Weekend @ Omni Commons 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland
    • 1/17 11am: YOUTH Banner Making Saturday during SpokesCouncil at Omni Commons 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland
  • 1/17 11am-2pm Join the Community Democracy Project to engage public in - "what kind of Oakland do you want to live in? What would it take to make police accountable to the people in Oakland?" Taking these questions directly to the people - meet at Lake Merritt BART; short training then break into small teams; after an hour and a half come back to debrief
  • 1/17 1-4pm: Holiday Appeal for Class-War Prisoners @ 303 Hudson St, lower level, Oakland
  • 1/17 3-8pm: East Oakland March for Justice for Mike Brown @ Fruitvale BART
  • 1/17 10am - 1/18 6pm Oakland Peace Center 3d Anniversary Community Celebration Facebook Event Page
  • 1/18 12-2pm WALMART Action Die-In @ East Oakland WalMART - 8400 Edgewater Drive, Oakland; meet up 12pm - Die In at 12:36pm to 2pm family friendly community event; bring signs to raise awareness about John Crawford's death and low-income jobs; Facebook Event Page
  • 1/18 2-3:30pm: Stop the Spy Center from Encroaching Into Oakland – A Workshop on the DAC, its Privacy Policy and Surveillance Equipment @ Omni Commons
  • 1/18 2-5pm: Cryptoparty: A Digital Security Workshop @ Omni Commons
  • 1/18 4-5:15pm: Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Omni Commons
  • 1/18 5pm - 1/19 5pm Sleep-in @ Powell Station #RIGHT2REST; 5pm Sun, Jan 18th to 5 pm Mon, Jan 19th @ Powell St Cable Car turnaround, SF. Coalition on Homelessness in coalition w/135 similar groups here & nationwide. Bring food, music, etc. to share, especially Sunday Facebook event link
  • 1/18 7-10pm: FTP March @ 14th and Broadway, Oakland Facebook Event Page
  • 1/18 7-11pm: Benefit Event: Justice for Our Comrade Shango!
  • 1/19 11am-4pm: Reclaiming King's Legacy: a Jobs and Economy March for the People @ Fruitvale BART
    • 1/19 9:30am Children's contingent of the march on Monday: Children's space and teach in starting at Fruitvale BART, and discussion and story telling for little kids who can't walk that far!
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