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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260914T180000
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SUMMARY:2nd Illegal Dumping Community Accountability Session
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n \nREGISTER
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/2nd-illegal-dumping-community-accountability-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T183000
DTSTAMP:20260529T220550Z
CREATED:20260529T220545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T220550Z
UID:5634-1789579800-1789583400@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Immigration ACILEP Enforcement Updates Series
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/immigration-acilep-enforcement-updates-series-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260918T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260918T200000
DTSTAMP:20260903T185651Z
CREATED:20260903T185650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T185651Z
UID:5797-1789750800-1789761600@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Union City Candidates Forum
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n \nREGISTER
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/union-city-candidates-forum/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260918T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260918T200000
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SUMMARY:Ceasefire Night Walk
DESCRIPTION:Location: Williams Chapel BC\, 1410 10th Ave.\, Oakland\, CA \n\nNight walks:\n6pm: Gathering for pre-walk/corners process\n6:30pm: walk or stand on corners\n7:30pm: returned back to starting location or completed from the corners\nBy 7:45pm\, walk process completed\nFor more information\, please contact alba@fiaeastbay.org
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/ceasefire-night-walk-157/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T153000
DTSTAMP:20260903T221049Z
CREATED:20260903T221048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T221049Z
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SUMMARY:Community Listening Session with District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson
DESCRIPTION:District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson is convening an in-person listening session with members of Alameda County’s Hispanic and Latino community on Tuesday\, September 22\, 2026\, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM in Oakland\, and would be honored to have you join us.\nThe purpose of this gathering is to hear directly from you about the public safety concerns\, challenges\, and needs you are seeing in the Hispanic and Latino community.\nThe District Attorney also looks forward to sharing some of the important work underway through the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office to support community well-being\, enhance public safety\, and strengthen partnerships across Alameda County.\nYour voice\, perspective\, and leadership are deeply valued\, and we hope you will join us for this meaningful conversation.\n\nListening Session Details\nDate: Tuesday\, September 22\, 2026\nTime: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\nLocation: Oakland\nNote: The address will be shared upon RSVP.\nPlease RSVP using the following link:\nhttps://forms.cloud.microsoft/g/XuhuiXByAu
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/community-listening-session-with-district-attorney-ursula-jones-dickson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T200000
DTSTAMP:20260724T193328Z
CREATED:20260724T193328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260724T193328Z
UID:5748-1790359200-1790366400@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Ceasefire Night Walk
DESCRIPTION:Location: At Thy Word\, 8915 International Blvd.\, Oakland\, CA \n\nNight walks:\n6pm: Gathering for pre-walk/corners process\n6:30pm: walk or stand on corners\n7:30pm: returned back to starting location or completed from the corners\nBy 7:45pm\, walk process completed\nFor more information\, please contact alba@fiaeastbay.org
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/ceasefire-night-walk-158/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260929T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260929T160000
DTSTAMP:20260903T223041Z
CREATED:20260903T223041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T223041Z
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SUMMARY:Walk for Life 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the California State Capitol on Tuesday\, September 29th for the 3rd Annual LWOP Walk for Life Walkathon: Walk for Healing and Hope – A Day of Remembrance. \nFrom September 26 to October 3\, 24+ incarcerated communities in prison yards throughout the state will participate in a powerful Week of Walks to bring awareness to the redemptive work people serving LWOP are doing inside\, helping heal themselves and the families and communities they may have harmed. \nThis week of walks was started and is led by people inside serving Life Without Parole sentences (aka death by incarceration). Many of the incarcerated people participating will be walking for healing\, hope and to raise funds for a variety of organizations dedicated to helping communities throughout California. \nThose of us outside will support in a powerful gathering at the State Capitol on Tuesday\, September 29\, where we come together to uplift hope\, healing\, and the call for change. Join us in building a movement to end Life Without Parole sentences in California! Please rsvp below to join us for the Walkathon! \nRSVP HERE 
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/walk-for-life-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260930T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260930T190000
DTSTAMP:20260922T233253Z
CREATED:20260922T232721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T233253Z
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SUMMARY:Voter Suppression Webinar: Understanding the 2026 Election Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Voter Suppression Webinar: Understanding the 2026 Election Landscape\nNational Council of Negro Women\nWednesday\, September 30\, 2026\nZoom opens at 5:30 p.m. | Program begins at 6:00 p.m. \nRegister:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/rrac51VjTDyqz74W-uzMXg \nAdditional event information is available on the NCNW Alameda County Section website under Upcoming Events:\nwww.ncnwalamedacounty.org
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/voter-suppression-webinar-understanding-the-2026-election-landscape/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261001T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261001T200000
DTSTAMP:20261001T024742Z
CREATED:20261001T024741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T024742Z
UID:5833-1790881200-1790884800@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:LWV Election Information for California and Oakland Ballots
DESCRIPTION:League of Women Voters: Election Information for California and Oakland Ballots/Liga de Mujeres Votantes: Informacion Electoral para las boletas de California y Oakland \n \nDescription/Descripcion: Former LWV president will go over the 14 statewide propositions\, 1 regional measure\, and 2 Oakland measures/La expresidenta de la Liga de Mujeres Votantes presentará las 14 propuestas estatales\, 1 medida regional\, y 2 medidas de Oakland. \n \nWhen/Cuando: Thursday\, October 1 at 7pm / Jueves\, 1 de Octubre a las 7pm \n \nZoom Link/Enlace de Zoom: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87881781047?pwd=tQmG2AhaS0A0mydILx4idT9eaB4PcG.1\nMeeting chat link\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/launch/jc/87881781047 \nMeeting ID: 878 8178 1047\nPasscode: 748999
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/lwv-election-information-for-california-and-oakland-ballots/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261005T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261005T170000
DTSTAMP:20261001T030005Z
CREATED:20261001T030005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T030005Z
UID:5835-1791216000-1791219600@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Voting is Sacred Poll Chaplain Training
DESCRIPTION:Voting is Sacred Poll Chaplain Training/Capacitación para capellanes electorales de el Voto es Sagrado\n \nDescription/Descripcion: Join PICO California faith leaders for a Poll Chaplain Training to put faith into action by helping protect every person’s sacred right to vote. You will be equipped to bring a peaceful\, prayerful presence to polling locations\, support voters\, de-escalate tense situations\, and respond to potential voter intimidation or suppression. This training will help us create a voting experience rooted in dignity\, safety\, hope\, and the belief that voting is sacred.//Únete a los líderes religiosos de PICO California en una formación para capellanes electorales con el fin de poner la fe en acción ayudando a proteger el derecho sagrado de cada persona a votar. Recibirás la formación necesaria para aportar una presencia pacífica y piadosa a los colegios electorales\, apoyar a los votantes\, calmar situaciones tensas y responder ante posibles casos de intimidación o supresión del voto. Esta formación nos ayudará a crear una experiencia electoral basada en la dignidad\, la seguridad\, la esperanza y la convicción de que el voto es sagrado.\n \nWhen/Cuando: Monday\, October 5 at 4pm / Lunes\, 5 de Octubre a las 4pm  \n \nZoom Link/Enlace de Zoom:\nhttps://picocalifornia.zoom.us/meeting/register/1l-8zKnOTNiedMN2yvtABA#/registration
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/voting-is-sacred-poll-chaplain-training/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261005T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261005T193000
DTSTAMP:20260925T175059Z
CREATED:20260925T175009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T175059Z
UID:5830-1791223200-1791228600@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Regional Assembly
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/regional-assembly-10/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261009T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261009T200000
DTSTAMP:20260724T193634Z
CREATED:20260724T193633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260724T193634Z
UID:5750-1791568800-1791576000@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Ceasefire Night Walk
DESCRIPTION:Location: St. Columba\, 6401 San Pablo Ave.\, Oakland\, CA \n\nNight walks:\n6pm: Gathering for pre-walk/corners process\n6:30pm: walk or stand on corners\n7:30pm: returned back to starting location or completed from the corners\nBy 7:45pm\, walk process completed\nFor more information\, please contact alba@fiaeastbay.org
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/ceasefire-night-walk-159/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261010T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261010T160000
DTSTAMP:20260922T235042Z
CREATED:20260922T234911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T235042Z
UID:5822-1791640800-1791648000@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Oakland Waterfront Resilience Plan Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Port of Oakland Waterfront Resilience Plan team will be hosting three community workshops this October —in East Oakland\, West Oakland\, and Jack London Square! We’ll be reporting out on the waterfront vulnerability assessment and working with residents on adaptation strategies for flooding and sea level rise.\nRegistration for the workshops is open! You can find all three workshops here\, and individual registration links are below. \nJack London Square\nSaturday\, October 10\nPort of Oakland | 530 Water Street\, Oakland\nEast Oakland \nSaturday\, October 17\n81st Avenue Library | 1021 81st Ave\, Oakland\nWest Oakland\nWednesday\, October 28\nBANDALOOP | 1601 18th St\, Oakland
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/oakland-waterfront-resilience-plan-workshop/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261011T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261011T150000
DTSTAMP:20261007T185730Z
CREATED:20261007T185729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T185730Z
UID:5841-1791727200-1791730800@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Poll Protectors Training
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/poll-protectors-training/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261013T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261013T174500
DTSTAMP:20261009T183048Z
CREATED:20261009T183046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261009T183048Z
UID:5871-1791910800-1791913500@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Conversation with Mayor Lee
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/conversation-with-mayor-lee/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261013T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261013T193000
DTSTAMP:20261008T201821Z
CREATED:20261008T201722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T201821Z
UID:5862-1791916200-1791919800@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Pros / Cons Alameda County Voter Education Training
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/5862/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261014T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261014T190000
DTSTAMP:20261007T194811Z
CREATED:20261007T194809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T194811Z
UID:5854-1791997200-1792004400@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Bay Get Ready Election Defense
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/bay-get-ready-election-defense/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261014T200000
DTSTAMP:20261009T010047Z
CREATED:20261007T192148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261009T010047Z
UID:5852-1792004400-1792008000@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:League of Women Voters: Alameda County Election Information Night
DESCRIPTION:The League of Women Voters\, in partnership with Faith in Action East Bay (FIAEB) leaders from across Alameda County\, will host an informational session to review the pros and cons of 14 statewide propositions\, 1 regional measure\, and 2 Oakland measures. \nThis session is an opportunity to learn more about the measures on the ballot and make informed decisions based on your values\, priorities\, and the needs of your community. \nZoom link for October 14: 7pm \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82157821588?pwd=Dc5SPtMapAifOiAebytDf7IdaZT19M.1 \nMeeting ID: 821 5782 1588 \nPasscode: 385541 \nEasy Voter Guide: \nhttps://cavotes.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/EVG-Nov26-Eng.pdf \nVote with the League: \nhttps://my.lwv.org/california/diablo-valley/article/vote-league-ca-ballot-measure-recommendations-2026 \n 
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/league-of-women-voters-contra-costa-county-election-information-night/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261015T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261015T120000
DTSTAMP:20261007T191924Z
CREATED:20261007T191813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T191924Z
UID:5850-1792058400-1792065600@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Clergy Non Cooperation Training
DESCRIPTION:When/Cuando: Thursday\, October 15 from 10am-12pm / Jueves\, 15 de Octubre de 10am-12pm \nRegistration Link/Enlace de Registro: https://forms.gle/J4P6ygxWsoZXMtdE8 
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/clergy-non-cooperation-training/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261016T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261016T200000
DTSTAMP:20260724T193756Z
CREATED:20260724T193756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260724T193756Z
UID:5752-1792173600-1792180800@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Ceasefire Night Walk
DESCRIPTION:Location: St. Benedict’s Church\, 2245 82nd Ave.\, Oakland\, CA \n\nNight walks:\n6pm: Gathering for pre-walk/corners process\n6:30pm: walk or stand on corners\n7:30pm: returned back to starting location or completed from the corners\nBy 7:45pm\, walk process completed\nFor more information\, please contact alba@fiaeastbay.org
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/ceasefire-night-walk-160/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261017T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261017T160000
DTSTAMP:20260922T235326Z
CREATED:20260922T235325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T235326Z
UID:5826-1792245600-1792252800@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Oakland Waterfront Resilience Plan
DESCRIPTION:The Port of Oakland Waterfront Resilience Plan team will be hosting community workshops this October. We’ll be reporting out on the waterfront vulnerability assessment and working with residents on adaptation strategies for flooding and sea level rise.\n\nRegistration for the workshops is open! You can find all workshops here\, and individual registration links are below. \n\nEast Oakland \nSaturday\, October 17\n81st Avenue Library | 1021 81st Ave\, Oakland \n\nWest Oakland\nWednesday\, October 28\nBANDALOOP | 1601 18th St\, Oakland
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/oakland-waterfront-resilience-plan/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261019T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261019T114500
DTSTAMP:20261016T013108Z
CREATED:20261016T013107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T013108Z
UID:5882-1792407600-1792410300@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Meeting With Senator Padilla
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nREGISTER
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/meeting-with-senator-padilla/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T190000
DTSTAMP:20261021T000756Z
CREATED:20261020T222035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T000756Z
UID:5913-1792605600-1792609200@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Poll Protectors Training (Alameda County)
DESCRIPTION:Please sign-up for this zoom link if you will be attending the Poll Protectors Training\, Wednesday October 21 at 6PM. During this training you will learn how to ensure that we have a safe and fair election where people will not be intimated from casting their vote. No matter who shows up at the polls\, we will be there to ensure that people are able to safely get their ballots deposited or vote in person. Learn the responsibilities and best practices to monitor and legally document potential ICE activity near the polling places. Build confidence in knowing your rights\, meeting your neighbors\, and providing peaceful accountability and care. Learn de-escalation practices. \nREGISTER\n \nREGISTER
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/poll-protectors-training-alameda-county/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T200000
DTSTAMP:20261010T001501Z
CREATED:20261010T001417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T001501Z
UID:5874-1792609200-1792612800@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:League of Women Voters: Contra Costa County Election Information Night
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/league-of-women-voters-contra-costa-county-election-information-night-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T113000
DTSTAMP:20261020T213859Z
CREATED:20261020T213850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T213859Z
UID:5897-1792661400-1792668600@fiaeastbay.org
SUMMARY:Oakland's Community Cafe
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://fiaeastbay.org/event/oaklands-community-cafe/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T120000
DTSTAMP:20261020T213141Z
CREATED:20261020T213139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T213141Z
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SUMMARY:SAVE THE PRETRIAL EXPANSION PROGRAM: SPEAK UP ON OCTOBER 22 
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE PRETRIAL EXPANSION PROGRAM: SPEAK UP ON OCTOBER 22  \nAlameda County appears poised to close a program that’s reducing re-arrests in the pretrial population by connecting participants to dedicated case managers\, emergency housing\, and needed treatments.  Care First\, Jails Last supporters and Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) are speaking up to save this important program. We need your help!    \nJoin us at the Board of Supervisors’ Public Protection Committee meeting    \nWhen:  Thursday\, October 22\, start time 10:30 AM    \nWhere:  Alameda Co. Administration Bldg\, 1221 Oak Street\, Oakland\, 5th floor \nTo attend remotely: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/237604917362156?p=XdzISyd3I13DDsb1OP \nYou can view the agenda here.  The Pretrial Program is not on the agenda\, but supporters will be showing up with signs (like this flyer) and speaking up during the open public comment period at the close of the meeting. Expect public comments to start 12pm or later. \n[Note: The second item on the agenda is the Sheriff’s annual military report. Please consider also speaking out against the Sheriff’s arsenal of dangerous scattershot munitions. Information and talking points can be found at the bottom of this email.] \nIf you’re attending remotely on a laptop\, you can give a public comment by clicking on the “raise your hand”  button when you’re ready to speak. When it’s your turn to speak\, you will be asked to unmute. \nYou don’t need to be an expert. Share why pretrial services matters to you\, to someone you know\, or to the safety of our community.   \nSample talking points – but try to use your own voice\, speaking your values and personal experience \n\n[State your name\, Supervisorial district\, your group/congregational affiliation]  I’m here to save our pretrial program. I want us to stop incarcerating people for the crime of being poor\, homeless\, Black\, addicted\, or mentally ill. So\, I applaud BOSS for what it’s doing to help people on pretrial release improve the conditions of their lives\, show up for scheduled court hearings\, and avoid further encounters with law enforcement.  I understand that the program has already helped hundreds of people find emergency housing and enter treatment programs; and participants arrest rates are lower than expected for this population. What I don’t understand is the battle playing out in the media over a threatened power grab by Probation.  I implore you\, Supervisors Marquez and Miley\, to act now to save our Pretrial Expansion Program and let it continue in the hands of the dedicated team at BOSS.\n[State your name\, Supervisorial district\, your group/congregational affiliation] I’m speaking in support of BOSS’s Pretrial Expansion Program. By all accounts\, its case management model is meeting every measure of success\, including lowering re-arrest rates and giving people real second chances.  This program should be a source of pride for our county. Your Board should be moving to renew and even expand its contract\, as the BHAB’s committee on Care First Jails Last urged back in July. To allow the contract to expire in two months\, or hand it over to the Probation Department really would be “bureaucratic insanity” (in Judge Markman’s words). Does anyone really think the Probation Department – an arm of law enforcement – could run a program like this\, that depends so critically on trust?  The testimony you’re hearing here\, in this compressed format\, deserves to be heard at a full Board meeting\, where all Supervisors are present and where the public has proper notice and can weigh in. If there’s a credible alternative program under consideration\, that\, too should be publically aired. This matter is too important to our communities to be decided by county politics and behind closed doors.\n[State your name\, Supervisorial district\, your group/congregational affiliation]The Pretrial Expansion Program\, operated by BOSS and supervised by the Court\, appears to be a resounding success. In its first 6 months of operation\, BOSS staff connected over 300 people on pretrial release to substance abuse treatment and 200 to housing.  The rearrest rate among moderate-risk participants dropped from 43% to 18%\, preliminary evidence of reduced recidivism. Despite these impressive results\, Chief Ford apparently believes a Probation-led program would do better. But advocates for Care First\, Jails Last who’ve studied the matter say that Probation’s plan will cost millions more while serving many fewer folks in need. And between when the current program ends and Probation staff are hired\, there will be discontinuity of care for hundreds of people now receiving services.  Your Board can stop this backslide from Care First\, Jails Last.  Please\, Supervisors Marquez and Miley\, take action now towards extending the BOSS contract for another year. This will avoid discontinuity of services and allow time for a proper evaluation of the current program against viable alternatives.\n\nMore content for talking points:  Merle Lustig’s LTE\, published in Mercury News Oct 6\, 2026 \n        Shockingly the Alameda County Board of supervisors is considering ending a cost effective\, humane\, highly successful program to support people released from Santa Rita Jail. The Alameda County Pretrial Extension Program (PEP) provides services and support to individuals who have been released from Santa Rita jail to prevent them from being rearrested for committing another crime before their trial date. So\, we at Faith in Action East Bay and our member congregations were extremely troubled to learn that County Supervisors are considering ending the program when the contract expires in December. \n        Since February of this year\, the non-profit Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) has been operating a Pretrial Expansion Program (PEP) in Alameda County serving people who’ve been arrested\, charged\, and released on “own recognizance.”  Alameda County Superior Court judges refer people to PEP who are deemed moderately likely to re-offend without needed support. The California’s Supreme Court has twice affirmed the constitutional right of pretrial release for anyone charged with a misdemeanor or a nonviolent or nonsexual felony. \n        BOSS program staff provide dedicated case-management and service connections aimed at improving lives; services like housing\, drug treatment\, and mental health services. According to the Alameda County Superior Court\, after just 6 months in operation\, PEP has connected nearly 800 people to services\, including 312 to outpatient SUD treatment and 208 to housing. And their efforts are reducing re-arrests and further system involvement. \n        Despite these encouraging outcomes\, several county agencies have withdrawn their support and intend to eliminate the program in December without explanation as to why\, and to replace it with a program that is hastily planned and potentially much more costly. This timing does not give the Court and BOSS time to complete the 1-year program evaluation and confirm the savings that the Board of Supervisors specified as a basis for future funding. \n        Why would the Board of Supervisors consider eliminating a program with excellent results and replacing it with a more costly\, hastily planned program? Why not give the existing PEP funding through 2027 to complete the evaluation and determine the most effective\, data driven ways to reduce rearrests and protect our community? \n\nLearn more:  \nICJJ Newsletter #18 September 2026 \nSan Francisco Chronicle (Opinion): Alameda County should learn from San Francisco’s pretrial services mistake\nSan Francisco Chronicle: Alameda County pretrial services cut \nDispute erupts between Alameda County judges and probation officers over assistance program [possible paywall] \nKTVU: Alameda County court links defendants with caseworkers to prevent recidivism\nThe Oaklandside: Pretrial service program results \n\nSpeak out against scattershot munitions \nAt the October 22 Public Protection meeting\, please consider also making a comment to reject the sheriff’s arsenal of dangerous scattershot munitions\, which shoot multiple projectiles indiscriminately. The sheriff has over 600 of these munitions\, up from 125 last year. The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture\, Physicians for Human Rights and Amnesty International have called for eliminating these from law enforcement. This will be the second item on the agenda. See the AFSC’s public comment toolkit: https://tinyurl.com/Oct22-scattershots-toolkit
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SUMMARY:Family Preparedness Training
DESCRIPTION:During this workshop\, you will be able to access detailed information on how to create a family plan to ensure your family is prepared for these times. Learn which documents you need to complete and how to prepare your family. \nREGISTER\n \n  \nREGISTER
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SUMMARY:Ceasefire Night Walk
DESCRIPTION:Location: At Thy Word\, 8915 International Blvd.\, Oakland\, CA \n\nNight walks:\n6pm: Gathering for pre-walk/corners process\n6:30pm: walk or stand on corners\n7:30pm: returned back to starting location or completed from the corners\nBy 7:45pm\, walk process completed\nFor more information\, please contact alba@fiaeastbay.org
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SUMMARY:Resist to Exist Voting Block Party
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SUMMARY:ICE Out of Eastmont
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