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Voices in Wartime opens April 15th
Voices in Wartime is a feature-length documentary that delves into the experience of war through powerful images and the words of poets – unknown and world-famous....
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 1:51pm PDT
Oakland Council votes for herbicide ordinance
Last night's City Council meeting voted unanimously
for doing an Environmental Impact Report to determine
the safety of the proposed herbicide use in the
Oakland Hills for fire prevention....
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 12:53am PDT
Action Alert: Oakland City Council Mtg, Tues, April 12th
The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee will be holding
hearings on a report by the City Administrator concerning the first
seven months of Oakland's medical cannabis dispensary ordinance next
Tues, April 12th, at 7:30 PM at City Hall....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 4:52pm PDT
Measure Y Coalition Mobilzation Dates and Core Demands
Below are our 6 core demands we will be
making to the City at our mobilization to hold the
City accountable to invest Measure Y money into real
violence prevention solutions. As many of us still
recognize the rediculous nature of a "violence
prevention" measure that prioritizes spending on
police, we will be laying out our vision for police
acountability and effective violence prevention
programs....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 9:22am PDT
Tuesday 6+7pm, Pesticide Alert - Oakland City Council
Please come out to Oakland City Hall, tomorrow, Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at
6pm (public forum) 7pm (voting), when the proposed ordinance to use
herbicide as a method of wildfire prevention is going before the full City
Council....
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 11:21pm PDT
4/9: Social Security Townhall!
WHEN: Saturday, April 9, 2005
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
WHERE: United Healthcare Workers West, 560 Thomas Berkeley Way (20th Street), Oakland
(Service Employees International Union – SEIU 250) – 3rd Floor...
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 11:00pm PDT
Fighting Children and Family Services
The exploitation of our children for monetary gain by our government is devouring families from all socio-economic classes of our society. Ignorance to the devious agenda of this sordid social slavery ring could ultimately cost you your children (if it hasn't already)....
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 7:58pm PDT
PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY (more pictures)
RALLY TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY...
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2005 11:00pm PDT
Rwanda People with Disabilities KPFA 94.1 FM Sunday 6:30PM
Sunday
April 3 at 6:30 PM on 94.1 FM or on the internet at
http://www.kpfa.org....
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2005 1:15pm PDT
East Bay Free Skool
The Barrington Collective is starting a free school, which will include peer to peer skillsharing aswell as address the current crisis in the OUSD by holding neighborhood meetings, offering free a afterschool/summerschool program for the children and youth of Oakland, and provide adult education classes in things like ESL...
Posted: Sat, Apr 2, 2005 10:19pm PST
Spring into Elderflower Benefit - April 3 in Oakland
When:
Sunday, April 3, 2005
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
$40 - $25 Sliding scale
Where:
Humanist Hall of the Fellowship of Humanity
390 27th Street, Oakland CA
between Telegraph & Broadway
Off Street Parking
Wheelchair Accessible entrance at 411 28th Street
i guess women's spirituality is expensive...
Posted: Sat, Apr 2, 2005 12:14am PST
Pictures From Coalition Of University Employees Protest Against Bad-Faith Bargaining by UC
UC diverts funds from executive salaries to raise worker wages.... April Fools!
UC says it values its work force but while UC has plenty of money for its "priorities," it does not have a dime for unionized workers?! How much longer can UC get away with this bad joke?...
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2005 7:28pm PST
Update on Riders Trial Going Into Friday 4/1
Please attend if you can.
Main courthouse, Dept. 13, 7th floor, morning session starts at 9:00
a.m....
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2005 12:09am PST
Reporting On Religious Liberty And Public Schools
date? must be 4/1
The seminar will explore a variety of issues related to religious liberty in public schools and provide ideas for stories in the local community. The program is open to all reporters and editors who cover public education, religion, and public policy issues in their local communities....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 4:15pm PST
'Riders' attorney stays on offensive
Defense attorney Mike Rains grinned as he told jurors at the "Riders" police corruption retrial Wednesday that he fulfilled his promise to catch the prosecution's star witness lying in court....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 10:43am PST
April Fools Day Education Action in Oakland
Oakland ACORN Alert
ACORN LEADERS ARE ISSUING A CHALLENGE TO ARNOLD AND SENATOR PERATA:
BE BOLD ENOUGH TO PUT CHILDREN BEFORE POLITICS!
Friday, April 1st, 4PM at the State Building, 1515 Clay Steet in Downtown Oakland...
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 9:53am PST
UC Berkeley Student Senate Bars Military Recruiters!
On March 30, 2005 the UC Berkeley ASUC Senate unanimously passed a resolution denying military recruiters use of facilities and assets because of their discriminatory policies....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 12:02am PST
Union Bricklayers to Picket Criterion Chemical Plant in Pittsburgh, CA
Oakland, CA March 30, 2005 - Union bricklayers representing the northern 46
counties in California will be picketing Recon Refractory Services at the
Criterion Catalyst Technologies Plant in Pittsburgh, CA on April 1, 2005 at
7:00 am, and again for the week of April 4, 2005, to express their concerns
that Recon Refractory Services does not meet safety, area wage, and benefit
standards....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 6:46pm PST