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Ceremony, rally and march at Opening of Alex Nieto trial Federal Court: 450 Golden Gate Ave. (one block from Civic Center)...
Event Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2016 8:00am PST
Posted: Sun, Feb 21, 2016 11:41am PST
New California Legislation Increases Transparency in Law Enforcement Records 
The California Police Bill of Rights as it is known today could be on its way out if California SB1286 becomes law, shining increased light on police misconduct in the state. Police "unions" and lobbyists like the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC) are expected to fight vociferously to maintain the secrecy that currently shields their bad behavior — and legislators historically tend to kowtow to their wishes. The public, however, clearly wants greater access to police...
Posted: Fri, Feb 19, 2016 12:11pm PST
Under Increasing Threat Of Legal Action, Beach Flats Gardeners Sign City Letters 
Under imminent threat of legal proceedings against them, the gardeners of Beach Flats have decided to sign a city letter acquiescing to temporarily leaving the garden plots they have tended so carefully over the past two decades....
Posted: Wed, Feb 17, 2016 2:08pm PST
Hundreds March for Beach Flats Community Garden 
Gardeners seek a creative solution to preserve twenty five years of cultivating food and culture in the heart of the Santa Cruz Beach Flats....
Posted: Thu, Feb 11, 2016 8:47am PST
Save Midtown-Black Homes Matter Residents of Midtown Apartments in San Francisco's Western Addition rallied today in support of their 6 month old rent strike, and to honor the life of a longtime elder resident whose life was cut short by the harassment of property manager Mercy Housing. The Midtown Apartments are near Dividasero and Geary in SF....
Posted: Thu, Feb 11, 2016 12:37am PST
March For The Beach Flats Garden 
Beach Flats Community Garden - on third between Raymond and Uhden
Santa Cruz, California 95062...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2016 5:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Feb 7, 2016 1:21pm PST
2016 Folsom Black History Month ~ Roots, Wine and Reggae 
The past, present and future of the Great State of California are connected in a wonderful way. Honorable Mervyn M. Dymally offered AB 59 an amazing legislative opportunity to showcase the contributions by people of African ancestry throughout the State of California, his legacy is alive. Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. continues to demonstrate the amazing potential of equity and equal opportunity. In the spirit of our mixed Caribbean extended family, 2016 Folsom Black History...
Posted: Sun, Feb 7, 2016 5:07am PST
California Rosa Parks Day keynote speaker is Alice Huffman, California NAACP 
On Friday, February 4, 2000, California Rosa Parks Day was established by the California State Legislature and today the celebration of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks is expanding throughout the Pan African Diaspora. Expanding Equity and Equal Opportunity throughout Global Intermodal Transportation Systems remains the objective....
Posted: Sat, Feb 6, 2016 7:03am PST
UCSC Report Investigates Levels of Support for Queer Students of Color on Campus 
A report detailing the levels of support available for queer students of color at UC Santa Cruz has been released based on research data collected in 2013 (see PDF). There will be a briefing on the report on Thursday, February 4, from 3:00-4:30pm, at Kresge College, Town Hall, on the UC Santa Cruz campus. At UC Santa Cruz, 1 in 8 students (13%) identify as LGBQ and 3 in 5 students (62%) identify as people of color. "There is a recurring theme of concern with lack of queer people of color visi...
Posted: Wed, Feb 3, 2016 2:43pm PST
Let's not squander movement energy with respectability politics So.......
Posted: Sun, Jan 31, 2016 4:54pm PST
Miwok Elder Participates in his Fifth Longest Walk 
Norman "Wounded Knee" DeOcampo (Miwok), a long-time resident of Vallejo, will be taking part in the Longest Walk 5. Wounded Knee is the only person who will have participated in all five Longest Walks....
Posted: Sun, Jan 31, 2016 2:14pm PST
Super Bowl Protest For Mario Woods (video/mp4 147.4MB) On January 30, 2016, hundreds of people marched to the grand opening of Super Bowl City in San Francisco, CA to protest the police killing of Mario Woods....
Posted: Sun, Jan 31, 2016 1:54pm PST
Justice for Mario Woods protesters taking their message to SuperBowl City (video/quicktime 174.0MB) Justice for Mario Woods protesters are now taking their message to SuperBowl City. Pics and video from the protest....
Posted: Sat, Jan 30, 2016 4:58pm PST
Community Forum for Testimony on Oakland Police — Federal Monitor Wants Your Feedback 
First AME Church
530 37th Street (on Telegraph)...
Event Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2016 7:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Jan 25, 2016 2:04pm PST
Hard Knock Radio on MLK and 2016 Reclaim MLK 96 Hours of Action (audio/mpeg 10.3MB) Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1FM @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson. This is their series of broadcasts around Martin Luther King Jr Day 2016....
Posted: Wed, Jan 20, 2016 10:56pm PST
Reclaim MLK March 2016: Oakland, California (video/mp4 63.1MB) A short video report from Global Uprisings...
Posted: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 10:37pm PST
16th Annual, California Rosa Parks Day Celebration 
On Friday, February 4, 2000 Rosa Parks Day was proclaimed in the State of California. Over the years the growing understand of the profound contribution by a quiet spiritual warrior continues to grow... Many United States Citizens and global students of the profound changes throughout America will pause this special year of Sesquicentennial Celebration of Freedom. The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution is 150 years old, marking the beginning of the end of legal chattel slavery and invol...
Posted: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 10:12pm PST
Workers and Community Activists Rally On 2016 Oakland MLK Day 
Trade unionists and community activists rallied and marched in Oakland on MLK day on January 18, 2016. Participants talked about the systemic racism and attacks on not only Black and Latino people but the entire working class....
Posted: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 10:46am PST
Support Black.Seed collective's bail fund for #BlackHealthMatters #BayBridge action! 
on january 18th, 24 courageous organizers were arrested after shutting down the bay bridge. celebrating and honoring the radical legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. these freedom fighters took to the bridge in order to speak out against a system that continues to oppress black, queer, brown, indigenous and other marginalized people throughout the bay area. this is not a game to us....
Posted: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 11:38pm PST
A View of Salinas Chinatown 
Salinas Chinatown, a six block, twenty-nine acre neighborhood, is a refuge for members of our society who have been marginalized and discriminated against. Taylor Farms, the world’s largest producer of cut vegetables and salads, built their new five-story headquarters in Oldtown Salinas, with a view of Chinatown....
Posted: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 7:43pm PST
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