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Help Occupy Oakland Legal Committee and the NLG

The NLG is going to need some help doing data entry for all the arrests — probably this weekend. If you’re interested in helping out, contact Daniela Urban  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Forum on Police Response to Occupy Oakland

Thursday, Feb. 9th @ 6:15 p.m

A symposium sponsored by the Oakland Citizens’ Police Review Board

The forum will focus on issues of planning and strategy, OPD’s response to issues of misconduct, OPD’s policies on mutual aid, and changes in department practice going forward.

Oakland City Hall, City Council Chambers, 1 Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza

*The Oscar Grant Committee meets the 1st Tuesday of every month at the Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph (near Alcatraz) in Oakland at 7:00 p.m.  Call us at 510-239-3570 and visit us at www.oscargrantcommittee.weebly.com. * Read the rest of this entry »

After five years of hard work and true dedication, our Program Director, Lily Haskell, will be leaving AROC in the late Summer (Sept 2012).  No words can truly express our appreciation for Lily’s dedication to the work, which has left a lasting impact on our lives. Lily has been more than just a co-worker, she is family. We have grown together experiencing ups and downs in our organizing and personal lives. We wish her new found success wherever life takes her. Read the rest of this entry »

Please help AROC find qualified candidates for this position. Spread the word to your networks! AROC is a membership based organization led by a Collective comprised of paid staff and volunteer members. Volunteer members of the Collective and AROC General Members contribute much of the programmatic work and political direction of the organization. The Executive Director will be responsible for providing organizational leadership, fundraising, program supervision, and operational management within the context of this Collective structure. While many of the duties involve operations and fundraising, we are looking for a dynamic person who is interested and able to contribute to all aspects of the organization, including our programmatic work.

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A letter of solidarity from Palestine to Wall Street Protesters

Join community members participating in the decolonize “occupy” Oakland movement in passing a local proposal to support the 2005 Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions statement regarding the global 99% and the liberation of Palestine.

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(San Francisco, CA, 01/25/12) – Supervisor Jane Kim introduced legislation before the Board of
Supervisors today that would prohibit members of the San Francisco Police Department working with the
FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) from collecting intelligence on San Franciscans unless there is
reasonable suspicion that they are involved in significant criminal activity.     Read the rest of this entry »

Article posted by Mina Kim to KQED News Blog January 24, 2012, 5:30 pm

San Francisco supervisors are considering legislation that will require local control and civilian oversight of terrorism investigations the San Francisco Police Department undertakes with the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Read the rest of this entry »

(Photo from SafeSF.org) The Coalition for a Safe San Francisco has been working with Supervisor Jane Kim on a local Ordinance addressing the relationship between the SF Police Department and the FBI, through the Joint Terrorism Task Force.  The Ordinance will be introduced soon!  Please check back for updates.

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Aswat Youth introduces Arab and non-Arab children to Arab music and culture, helps bridge the gap between Arab cultural heritage and life in America, provides Arab musical training, and improves students’ aural skills. Read the rest of this entry »

AROC members are involved in many things. In order to account for and support all the different projects, coalitions, and ongoing work folks have their hands in, we have created Committees. The monthly membership meeting will now focus on a different Committee each time—that way we can really highlight the political education around that work in addition to practical workshops that move that work forward. We wrote up a Committee list and translated it. The English version is below. For the Arabic version, click the link.

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Please click on blog post to see about current volunteer and internship opportunities, and fill out a form to get in contact. Read the rest of this entry »