Critical Resistance Oakland has been hard at work fighting imprisonment and policing in the Bay Area. As always, we strive to strengthen our movements and get as many people involved as possible to build toward abolition. Check out these exciting upcoming events, some organized by CR and others by our comrades, where you can learn and get involved in some of the ongoing struggles that we’ve been engaged in. Click on the images for more details about each event.
Stop Urban Shield Town Hall
Friday, April 22 // 6p-8p
Eastside Arts Alliance 2277 Int'l Blvd, Oakland
Urban Shield is a weapons expo and war-like police training that brings together law enforcement agencies from across the country and world to learn how to better repress, criminalize, and militarize our communities.
It is a key player in creating militarized emergency response systems that make police the first responders to everything from climate disasters to uprisings. But as we saw during Katrina, when “public safety” relies on armed emergency management, communities of color, and particularly Black communities, become an “emergency” that need to be controlled and managed with a military response. Join the Stop Urban Shield Coalition to learn about the fight and how to get involved. Space is wheelchair accessible.
Abolition of Policing Workshop
Saturday, April 23 // 11a-1p 1904 Franklin St, Oakland
3rd Floor Conference Room
Want to learn how to work toward abolishing the cops? Want to hear how we challenge the notion that policing keeps us safe? CR Oakland regularly offers this workshop that looks at the role and history of policing in the U.S., the way it has impacted various communities, and how people have resisted and challenged its inherent violence. This workshop also goes over how we can reduce our reliance on policing by highlighting the various ways that building up community strength and practices lead to true safety that does not depend on law enforcement.
The building is wheelchair accessible. Please email croakland@criticalresistance.org to RSVP.
Hugo "Yogi" Pinell Memorial
Saturday, April 23 // 1p-5p
African American Art & Culture Complex
762 Fulton St, SF
Members of The San Quentin 6 - Sundiata Tate, Bato T. and David Johnson - with Brother & Sister Comrades present a memorial for Hugo "Yogi" Pinell. Hugo Pinell and George Jackson organized for racial unity in prison, laying the foundation for the CA prisoners’ August 12, 2012 Agreement to End Hostilities between ethnic groups, which made possible the CA Prisoner Hunger Strike of 2013 by over 30,000 CA prisoners and 100's more nationwide. Hugo was killed on August 12, 2015, but his legacy of resistance will carry on as long as people are fighting for freedom.
All are welcome. Free. Food will be served.
Childcare will be provided. Wheelchair accessible event.
May Day 2016
International Workers' Day
March and Actions
Bay Area Regional March Sunday May 1
12pm Rally // 1pm March
Meet at Fruitvale Bart Plaza
March ends at San Antonio Park
Day Two of Action Monday, May 2 Rally Time and Location: TBD
In the Bay Area our communities face increased state and economic violence. Only by building a mass movement in the streets that unites all of our struggles can we win our fight for justice and dignity. Join CR Oakland and the Bay Area May Day Coalition in taking to the street in resistance and honor of International Worker's Day.
Expanding the Frame: Perspectives on Gentrification in Oakland
Saturday, May 7
12:30p-2:30p
Oakland Main Library
125 14th St, Oakland
Community organizers from Critical Resistance, Indian People Organizing for Change, People of Color Sustainable Housing Network, and Street Level Health Project will discuss gentrification in Oakland through the lenses of:
Policing and imprisonment
Settler colonialism and Indigeneity
Visionary housing alternatives
Immigration
Public health
This roundtable will highlight the role of activism in developing a dynamic understanding of how gentrification intersects across many political projects.
Refreshments will be provided. Please enter via the Madison Street courtyard (between 13th and 14th). The event is in the Auditorium, which is on the basement level. This event is presented by The “Oakland School” of Urban Studies graduate working group (http://oaklandschool.ucdavis.edu/), with support from University of California Humanities Research Institute. For more information, contact oaklandschool@ucdavis.edu.
