Get Angry! GOTV for No on Measure Y!

If you are an Oakland resident, like me, you have received phone calls and mailings from every direction in the last day stating how Measure Y will stop the cycle of violence, how Measure Y will fund after school programs and help youth in need. The reality is that 60% of Measure Y's money will go to hiring 63 new cops. We all know that Oakland will pass any ballot measure focussed on social programs, but not focussed on cops; so what are they trying to hide??! Let's beat Measure Y and introduce a measure where for the next 10 years, the $10 million currently slotted for police will go to recreation and youth programs in our community instead!! Join us as we Get Out the Vote this weekend and Monday and Tuesday!!! More info at http://www.noonmeasurey.org


GET OUT THE VOTE!

Saturday, October 30th, we will be walking precincts from 10AM-2PM with Californians for Justice, meet at the CFJ office 1611 Telegraph Ave, Suite 317 at 10AM, near the 19th Street BART Station. They will also be passing out -Yes on Prop 72 (Increased Healthcare Coverage), and Yes on Prop 66 (3 Strikes Amendment), and those of us who agree will do so as well.

2-6PM We will be phone-banking along with Californians for Justice office (address above)

Sunday, October 31st, we will meet at the ACORN office at 3616 Fruitvale Ave at 10AM and go pass out flyers and our cool newspapers at the Dia de los Muertos celebration on International Blvd in Fruitvale- 10s of thousands of people from Oakland go to this festival.
2-6PM we will be phone-banking along with Californians for Justice (address above)

Monday, November 1st, we will meet at ACORN's office at 3PM and disperse throughout the city to do rush hour publicity. We will hold up signs at busy intersections and pass out flyers at BARTs.
Phone Banking with Bay Area Local Organizing Committee of the National Hip Hop Congress,
6-9PM Place TBA.

Tuesday, November 2nd,we will meet at ACORN's office at 6:30AM and again 3PM and disperse throughout the city to do rush hour publicity. We will hold up signs at busy intersections and pass out flyers at BARTs.
Noon – Meet at 14th and Broadway for a rally, spoken word, hip hop and march to the Court House reminding people to vote and to take back our community, No on Y, Yes on 66 with Bay Area Local Organizing Committee of the National Hip Hop Congress.
Victory Party!! 8PM, Location TBA

JOIN US TO CELEBRATE!!!
Saturday, November 6th - Sunday, November 7th - We're taking a "get-away" at the Point Reyes Youth Hostel, if you want to come hang out with us, go hiking, chill at the beach, this will be FUN trip to celebrate our victories in changing the debate about the role of police in making us safer and hopefully in defeating Measure Y! If you want to go e-mail Jonah at jzern1 [at] yahoo.com ASAP, include your phone # in the e-mail!! It is $16 for the night at the hostel, so by confirming we're expecting you'll cover this expense even if you have to bail on the trip. Anyone is welcome!


"There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!"
Mario Savio, December 3, 1964