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DESCRIPTION:There is a big demand for Tickets.\nWe found a bigger place!\n\n\nWelcome 
 Oscar Lopez Rivera, Puerto Rican freedom fighter and former political 
 prisoner, to the Bay Area \n\nDate: Wednesday, May 31, 2017\n\nTime: 
 5:30-7:00 pm reception; 7:00-9:30 pm program\n\nLocation: First 
 Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana Ave, Berkeley\n\nEvent to welcome Oscar 
 Lopez Rivera to the Bay Area. This courageous freedom fighter, whose 
 sentence was recently commuted by President Obama, spent 36 years in US 
 prisons because he struggled for the independence and sovereignty of Puerto 
 Rico. Sponsors: Bay Area Committee to Welcome Oscar Lopez Rivera, National 
 Borincua Human Rights Network, and The National Lawyers Guild. \nFor more 
 info: FreeOscarNow@gmail.com.\n\n--\n\nOscar's only Bay Area 
 Appearance!\nPLEASE SHARE WIDELY!\n\nFollow updates of May 31st event at: 
 \nhttps://www.facebook.com/WelcomeOscartotheBayArea \nIncluding live 
 streaming of Oscar events in Puerto Rico and the US \n\nWelcome Oscar 
 López Rivera to the Bay Area\n\nWednesday, May 31st\nFirst Presbyterian 
 Church\n2407 Dana Ave, Berkeley CA\nWheelchair Accessible\n\nBuy tickets 
 on-line!\nLimited tickets at the door 
 \nwelcomeoscar.brownpapertickets.com\nTickets are sliding scale as shown 
 below\nAll proceeds go directly to 
 Oscar!\n\n________________________________________________\n\n5:30 
 Reception $75-250\nSponsored by the National Lawyers Guild nlgsf.org\n(Cost 
 includes program ticket.)\n\nA unique opportunity to meet and talk to 
 Oscar!\n\nFood and drinks will be provided\n\nPosters by local artist Doug 
 Minkler and signed by Oscar will be for sale.\n\n7:00 Program $20-50\nJosé 
 López, Oscar López Rivera, John Santos, Rico Pabón, Quenepas\n\nArrive 
 early, limited seating available.\nNo one will be turned away for lack of 
 funds.\n\nChildcare Provided\n\nParking Limited - Please 
 Carpool\n\nWheelchair Access on side streets: Forest and Garber\n\nMake a 
 donation to help Oscar set up his new life in Puerto Rico: 
 \nhttps://gofundme.com/welcomeoscar\n\nFor more information: 
 freeoscarnow@gmail.com\n\nPartial List of Endorsers: AIM-West, All of Us Or 
 None, Altruvistas, ANSWER, Anti Police-Terror Project, Arab Resource & 
 Organizing Center, Ascendant Reflections, Bay Area Anti-Repression 
 Committee, Bay Area Boricuas, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, 
 Catalyst Project, Code Pink/Golden Gate, Committees of Correspondence, 
 Critical Resistance of Oakland, El/La Para Trans Latinas, Emory Douglas, 
 Freedom Archives, Global Exchange, Global Women's Strike, Haiti Action 
 Committee, Int'l Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity, International 
 Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Kendra Alexander Foundation, LAGAI Queer 
 Insurrection, La Tertulia Boricua, Legal Services for Prisoners with 
 Children, Liga Argentina por los Derechos del Hombre, Lynne Stewart 
 Organization, Making Contact, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Mobilization 
 to Free Mumia Abu Jamal, National Network on Cuba, Network of 
 Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity,  PM 
 Press, Prison Activist Resource Center, Prison Radio/Redwood Justice Fund, 
 Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism, Resumen Latinoamericano, Richmond 
 Regla Friendship Committee, Socialist Action, Socialist Workers Party, Task 
 Force on the Americas, Veterans for Peace #69 (San Francisco), Women for 
 Genuine Security, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 
 Workers World Party\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/29/18798955.php
SUMMARY:Welcome Oscar Lopez Rivera to the Bay Area (venue change)
LOCATION:NEW VENUE\nFirst Presbyterian Church\n2407 Dana Ave, \nBerkeley 
 CA\nWheelchair Accessible\n\n(originally, St. John's Presbyterian Church, 
 2727 College Ave)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/29/18798955.php
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