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Coastal Voices Guest Opinion: Native sovereignty and the MLPA I encourage everybody who supports environmental justice to read this excellent article in the Daily Triplicate about the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative and Native American sovereignty by Kenson Hensel at http://www.triplicate.com/20100113107931/Opinion/Editorials/Coastal-Voices-Guest-Opinion-Native-sovereignty-and-the-MLPA. Environmentalists and fishermen must support tribal seaweed and gathering rights to traditional areas on the North Coast - and not let the state of Californ...
Posted: Thu, Jan 14, 2010 9:27am PST
Economic Impact of the word 'Negro' and a little worse... 
The U.S. Government changed the name of Historic Negro Hill to an even far worse word than ‘Negro’ in Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery in El Dorado Hills, CA. Today, no public process to correct the mistake has been considered by regional Sacramento Area Council of Governments those continue to benefit economically. Black, African American and Negro community leaders seem not to care much about the earliest Black California pioneers....
Posted: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 11:00pm PST
Locke High School Students in Watts Rally for Justice for Oscar Grant: photos 
Shortly after the first hearing in downtown Los Angeles in the trial of BART police officer Johannes Mehserle for the murder of Oscar Grant, students at Locke High School in Watts held an on-campus rally for justice for Oscar Grant and other victims of police violence....
Posted: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 10:03pm PST
Ohlone supporters hold PRESS RELEASE at SF City Hall and put SF Planning on notice. 
Ohlone supporters held a Press Release on the steps of San Francisco City Hall and put the SF Planning Department on notice. It is simply wrong to release a 400,400 page document better known as a Draft, Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and not notify the Ohlone the First People of San Francisco - better known as the Muwekma Ohlone. Others on the list that uphold First People cultural resources. This is clearly mentioned in California Senate 18 and basic planning processes....
Posted: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 5:18pm PST
Oscar Grant Family Press Conference After Mehserle Hearing in Los Angeles, 1/8/10: photos 
After the first hearing of Johannes Mehserle's trial for the murder of Oscar Grant III in Los Angeles, family members and their private attorney gathered for a short press conference in front of cameras and microphones assembled earlier in the morning for the LA Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant press conference....
Posted: Mon, Jan 11, 2010 9:13am PST
Governor Can Really Help North Coast by Suspending MLPA Process On January 10, Melissa Miller-Henson from the MLPA Initiative sent a message to the "north coast community" regarding the earthquake that struck the Eureka area over the weekend....
Posted: Mon, Jan 11, 2010 8:34am PST
LA Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant Press Conference, 1/8/10: photos and full audio 
The newly formed Los Angeles Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant held a press conference in front of the LA court house just before the first Southern California hearing in the murder trial of Johannes Mehserle was set to begin. The LA Coalition, along with several Oakland community activists who traveled south for the hearing, spoke about their determination to end the wanton killing and abuse of people of color by police. Full audio of the press conference is below....
Posted: Mon, Jan 11, 2010 12:10am PST
LA Coalition for Justice Rises Up at First LA Mehserle Hearing, 1/8/10: photos and video 
Because the murder trial of Johannes Merserle was moved out of Alameda County to Los Angeles County, many of those who had already been working for police accountability in Los Angeles have stepped up in solidarity with Oakland activists who demonstrated throughout 2009. Community activists in LA have now come together as the Los Angeles Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant. On January 8th, 2010, at Mehserle's first court hearing in Southern California, the LA Coalition joined with a Oakl...
Posted: Sun, Jan 10, 2010 6:47pm PST
ROSA PARKS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ~ California State Capitol Rosa Parks Day in California is Black History. Today we can share the legal foundation to Native American and Black Land Loss throughout the United States of America. Spirit in Water... A Tribute to Rosa Parks connects the heritage of the Black Warrior River Valley of Alabama to the Sacramento River Valley of California....
Posted: Sun, Jan 10, 2010 1:08pm PST
MLPA Initiative: Genocidal Attack on North Coast Tribal Culture and Sovereignty It is unconscionable for true environmentalists to participate in the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (MLPAI) process of cultural genocide. May we Californians put a stop to the genocidal MLPAI, support Tribal Sovereignty, and emulate the sense of personal and cultural sovereignty of the tribal peoples of Northern California....
Posted: Sun, Jan 10, 2010 8:24am PST
Kiilu Nyasha: Still Strong, Still True, and Still a Revolutionary (video/mp4 92.3MB) San Francisco's own Black Panther Party veteran, determined political activist, radio programmer, and published writer / journalist extraordinaire, Kiilu Nyasha (aka Pat Gallyot), is a sterling example of a woman who, since the late 1960s to the present, has served the people ‘body and soul.’...
Posted: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 8:13pm PST
Sacramento Peace & Justice Calendar: Dave Lippman 1/9, Cynthia McKinney 1/10 Don't miss all of these great and interesting events coming up, including Dave Lippman's performance in Davis on January 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Cynthia McKinney on Sunday at 6 pm in Sacramento....
Posted: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 6:08pm PST
California Governor Schwartzenegger Press Conference at Rosa Parks Middle School Preparations for Rosa Parks Day in California will spread the spirit of Rosa Parks throughout the State of California and continue to make change. The broader historical legacy of Civil Rights in the State of California remains an open secret. We must understand the past clearly to have a greater appreciation of the present. Margret Fortune summed up the crisis best, "Right now, 80 percent of African American students who graduate from our public schools here in California are not even eli...
Posted: Thu, Jan 7, 2010 8:57pm PST
Gone But Not Forgotten - Justice for Oscar Grant! Community Gathering: audio & photos (audio/mpeg 67.8MB) On January 1st, 2010, the first anniversary of the murder of Oscar Grant III by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, family members organized a vigil at the Fruitvale BART station where Oscar was shot and killed. Community activists, organized as the General Assembly for Justice for Oscar Grant, planned for a rally at the Fruitvale station to commence at the conclusion of the vigil and a cultural gathering for the evening at the Humanist Hall in Oakland. This is the third of three posts on ...
Posted: Thu, Jan 7, 2010 2:27pm PST
Anniversary of Mehserle's Arrest Fundraiser for O100 Holly Works and JR 
Black Dot Café
1195 Pine St.
West Oakland...
Event Date: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 7:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Jan 7, 2010 1:05pm PST
Report Back: Successful Organizing Meeting for Los Angeles Oscar Grant Justice Coalition 
There was a very successful meeting this evening in L.A. to plan an action for Friday, Jan 8, when proceedings begin against Johannes Mehserle in Los Angeles...
Posted: Tue, Jan 5, 2010 2:25pm PST
New Anti-Nazi Posters 
Due to the rise of neo-nazi graffiti in our area - and idiotic class traitors bringing that class decomposition, we're unleashing some new anti-nazi posters. Get up, stay up....
Posted: Mon, Jan 4, 2010 11:33pm PST
Gone But Not Forgotten - Justice for Oscar Grant! Community Rally, Fruitvale BART: audio & photos 
On the first anniversary of the murder of Oscar Grant III by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, family members organized a vigil at the Fruitvale BART station where Oscar was shot and killed. Community activists, organized as the General Assembly for Justice for Oscar Grant, planned for a rally at the Fruitvale station to commence at the conclusion of the vigil and a cultural gathering for the evening at the Humanist Hall in Oakland. This is the second of three posts on anniversary events...
Posted: Sun, Jan 3, 2010 11:51pm PST
Community Questions 'Operation Bulldog' 
We will meet 12pm at 1100 Van Ness Avenue Fresno, CA 93721 in front of the FRESNO COUNTY COURTHOUSE....
Event Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 12:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Jan 3, 2010 10:37pm PST
Gone But Not Forgotten - Justice for Oscar Grant! Family Vigil, Fruitvale BART: photos 
On the first anniversary of the murder of Oscar Grant III by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, family members organized a vigil at the Fruitvale BART station where Oscar was shot and killed. Community activists, organized as the General Assembly for Justice for Oscar Grant, planned for a rally at the Fruitvale station to commence at the conclusion of the vigil and a cultural gathering for the evening at the Humanist Hall in Oakland. This is the first of three posts on anniversary event...
Posted: Sun, Jan 3, 2010 6:28pm PST
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