Faith in Action East Bay

Townhall: Housing is a Human Right
2022-06-25 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
On Saturday, June 25 at 12 Noon, join the Allen Temple Public Ministry for their Housing is a Human Right: The Power of the Vote Virtual Town Hall!
Hear from these featured panelists:

Nate Miley, Alameda County Supervisor
Treva Reid, City of Oakland City Councilmember
Shola Olatoye, Director, Housing & Community Development, City of Oakland
Michelle Starratt, Housing Director, Alameda County
Loren Taylor, City of Oakland City Councilmember
Carroll Fife, City of Oakland City Councilmember
William Gilchrist, Director of Planning, City of Oakland

Click here to register!

Justice 4 Dujuan Armstrong
2022-06-25 11:00 - 16:30

Bulky Block Party
2022-06-25 09:00 - 13:00
Attend a Bulky Block Party event for free large-item disposal
Join us on the last Saturday of every month for a Bulky Block Party to dispose of your large unwanted items — the right way, and for free! Residents only. Please bring proof of residency, such as a utility bill.

Come join us at the next Bulky Block Party on Saturday, June 25, 2022!

Bulky Block Party events are held the last Saturday of every month (except during holiday weekends. See below.) from 9am to 1pm at 7101 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA. Oakland residents may drop off for free items that don’t fit in their trash cart at home!
This service is open to Oakland residents only – proof of residency such as a household bill will be required (no businesses please).
Curbside Bulky Pickup service is provided by Waste Management of Alameda County as a part of the City of Oakland’s Zero Waste program. Information about curbside Bulky Pickup service is online at www.oaklandrecycles.com/bulky-pickup-services. Homeowners and property managers may contact Waste Management directly to schedule a bulky pickup by calling (510) 613-8710.
UPCOMING 2022 BULKY BLOCK PARTY EVENT DATES:

Saturday, June 25th
Saturday, July 30th
Saturday, August 27th
Saturday, September 24th
Saturday, October 29th
Saturday, November 19th – 3rd Saturday of the month since the 4th Saturday falls on Thanksgiving weekend
Saturday, December 17th – 3rd Saturday of the month since the 4th Saturday falls on the New Year’s weekend

Ceasefire Walk
2022-06-24 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church – 1706 13th Street

Night walks:
6pm: Gathering for pre-walk/corners process
6:30pm: walk or stand on corners
7:30pm: returned back to starting location or completed from the corners
By 7:45pm, walk process completed
For more information, please contact Terri McWilliams at terrimcwilliams@att.net.

Another Jail Death Vigil
2022-06-22 16:00 - 17:00
Yet another in-custody death has taken place at the hands of Santa Rita Jail.

On May 17th, Jose “Nick” Piña was taken into Santa Rita Jail custody, that very same date shortly after arriving at the jail, deputies used force and restraints on Nick — within just hours of arriving at the jail Nick was transported to the hospital and later pronounced deceased on June 7th.

Nick’s mom, Lydia, was never told that her son was at the hospital and only learned 9 days after he had already been hospitalized. To date, she has received no information from ACSO regarding what happened to her son. We are also very concerned that the jail is not considering this an in-custody death.

This is now at least the 59th in custody death that we are aware of since 2014, and at least the 2nd one that has taken place since the controversial ‘consent decree’ went into effect.

Please join Lydia and other impacted families for a community vigil and action in front of the sheriff’s office tomorrow , Wed 6/22 @ 4p.m

Moms 4 Housing Mayoral Candidate Forum
2022-06-18 15:00 - 17:30
REGISTER/REGISTRARSE
** Please note the Forum has been extended to 3:00-5:30 PM! **
Hear from Oakland Mayoral Candidates on the issues impacting your family in a free, nonpartisan forum presented by Moms 4 Housing with support from Care 4 Community.
Candidates will give opening and closing statements. Local grassroots organizations will ask questions of importance and concern for the communities they serve, and each candidate will have the opportunity to make their position on these issues clear to the public. Community members can submit questions for the forum by emailing info@oaklandc4c.org.
This event requires advance registration and is expected to fill to capacity, so register today!
Check out the promo video for the event at https://twitter.com/moms4housing/status/1535311259150581760
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¡Habrá interpretación en español!
Escuche a los candidatos a la alcaldía de Oakland hablar sobre los problemas que afectan a su familia en un foro gratuito y no partidista, presentado por Moms 4 Housing con el apoyo de Care 4 Community.
Los candidatos darán declaraciones de la apertura y el cierre. Las organizaciones de base locales harán preguntas sobre los asuntos que les importan y preocupan a las comunidades a las que sirven, y cada candidato tendrá la oportunidad de dejar en claro su posición sobre estos temas. Los miembros de la comunidad pueden enviar preguntas al foro por email: info@oaklandc4c.org.
Este evento requiere inscripción en avance y se espera capacidad llena. Inscríbete hoy mismo!
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您將會在會議上聽到各個奧克蘭市長候選人，發表與您生活息息相關的各個議題。 這是一個由「母親關懷住房」與「關懷社區」組織所舉辦與協辦的非政黨性論壇。
市長候選人會做開場與閉場發言，還有當地草根性組織也會提問一些他們所關切的問題。社區成員們也可透過電郵，提出自己所關切的議題。 電郵如下：
info@oakland4c.org
如欲參加此次論壇，煩請大家預先註冊報名。我們希望大家踴躍參加，一同來關心我們的社區。

Alameda County Budget 101 Training
2022-06-18 11:00 - 12:30
You’re invited to the annual Alameda County Budget 101 Training presented by Restore Oakland, American Friends Service Committee & the Care First Community Coalition
When: Saturday June 18th, 11am-12:30pm PST
This will be a zoom webinar, registration is required.
In this training, we will provide you with fundamental tools to demystify the county budget process and who the decisionmakers are. You’ll also learn about Care First Community Coalition‘s budget demands that are being made by incarcerated folks, their loved ones, service providers, and advocates.
That is a budget which divests from incarceration, and invests in mental health and housing resources that truly make our community safe.
Our goal is to empower Alameda County residents to make a Care First budget a reality.
REGISTER

Ceasefire Walk
2022-06-17 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Columba Catholic Church – 6401 San Pablo Avenue

Night walks:
6pm: Gathering for pre-walk/corners process
6:30pm: walk or stand on corners
7:30pm: returned back to starting location or completed from the corners
By 7:45pm, walk process completed
For more information, please contact Terri McWilliams at terrimcwilliams@att.net.

Virtual Immigration Forum
2022-06-16 17:00 - 18:00
REGISTER

REGISTRARSE

Guns to Gardens ~ Gun Buyback
2022-06-11 08:00 - 17:00
Across the country guns are being forged into garden tools as in Isaiah 2:4: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares.” This movement is coming to Oakland on June 11, 2022.
Guns to Gardens is a gun buyback program in which guns are forged into garden tools. Inspired by Isaiah 2:4 — “And they shall beat their swords into plowshares” — the program takes inspiration from RAWTools and successful Guns to Gardens programs across the country.
Paula Hawthorn, an organizer of the program, first learned of Michael Martin and the Guns to Gardens initiative while listening to a podcast produced by her Episcopalian church. She had already been a regular walker in the Friday Ceasefire Night Walks and a volunteer with the Brady Campaign in gun-tracing work. She brought the idea of a Guns to Gardens program to OPD.
Hawthorn, a 78 year-old retired software engineer and grandmother of five, felt compelled to become involved after three children were killed by gun violence in Oakland in 2011. “I do this work because God tells me,” she said.
With the training from RAWtools leaders, local Oakland blacksmith John Rogers and assistants will take guns that the Oakland Police Department has determined should be destroyed and will forge them into garden tools. Then on June 11, with the assistance of OPD at the church At Thy Word in East Oakland, the first 50 people turning in their guns at this event will receive one of these garden tools in addition to gift cards. The guns collected at the event will also be forged into garden tools.
Event sponsors are: Faith in Action East Bay, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the Violence Prevention Coalition, At Thy Word Ministries Church of God in Christ, Make Oakland Better Now!, Brady United and the Oakland Police Department.
Donations are being accepted for the cost of forging the guns into tools, and purchasing gift cards.
To donate, please make the check out to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, with the notation that it is for the Guns to Gardens event, and please send it to the following address. St. Paul’s EIN is 94-1243684. If you want to donate electronically, rather than by check, please go to St. Paul’s Guns to Gardens click “add gift to another fund” and scroll down to Guns to Gardens. For checks, please send to:
Rev. Mauricio Wilson, Guns to Gardens
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Ave.
Oakland. CA 94610

Ceasefire Walk
2022-06-10 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-05-13 18:00 - 20:00
Location: First Mt. Sinai – 1970 86th Avenue

Night walks:
6pm: Gathering for pre-walk/corners process
6:30pm: walk or stand on corners
7:30pm: returned back to starting location or completed from the corners
By 7:45pm, walk process completed
For more information, please contact Terri McWilliams at terrimcwilliams@att.net.

Speak Up For Housing! Meeting
2022-06-08 17:00 - 18:00
Join our follow up meeting with Housing and Community Development Director Michelle Starratt and Deputy Director Jennifer Pearce. The meeting will be on Wednesday, June 8th from 5-6pm via zoom.
The purpose of the meeting is to get an update on any additional funding the Alameda County may be receiving in order to approve most, if not all Emergency Rental Assistance applications. We will also touch on some of the barriers folks have been experiencing.
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlceCurDwpGNHOmzmKMc1D1Htamg8alGgG
Unasé a nuestra junta de seguimiento con el departamento de vivienda y desarrollo comunitario del condado de Alameda nos reuniremos con la Directora Michelle Starratt y Sub directora Jennifer Pearce. La junta será el miércoles, 8 de junio de 5-6pm por zoom.
El propósito de la junta es para que nos den una actualización sobre fondos adicionales que recibirán para poder aprobar todas o casi todas las aplicaciones del alivio de la renta. También hablaremos sobre algunas barreras por las que han pasado muchas personas.
Enlace: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlceCurDwpGNHOmzmKMc1D1Htamg8alGgG

Stop the Deaths in Our County Jail! Vigil and Rally
2022-05-24 11:30 - 14:30

Bulky Block Party
2022-05-21 09:00 - 13:00
Attend a Bulky Block Party event for free large-item disposal
Join us on the last Saturday of every month for a Bulky Block Party to dispose of your large unwanted items — the right way, and for free! Residents only. Please bring proof of residency, such as a utility bill.

Come join us at the next Bulky Block Party on Saturday, May 21, 2022!

Bulky Block Party events are held the last Saturday of every month (except during holiday weekends. See below.) from 9am to 1pm at 7101 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA. Oakland residents may drop off for free items that don’t fit in their trash cart at home!
This service is open to Oakland residents only – proof of residency such as a household bill will be required (no businesses please).
Curbside Bulky Pickup service is provided by Waste Management of Alameda County as a part of the City of Oakland’s Zero Waste program. Information about curbside Bulky Pickup service is online at www.oaklandrecycles.com/bulky-pickup-services. Homeowners and property managers may contact Waste Management directly to schedule a bulky pickup by calling (510) 613-8710.

Bulky Block Party events are held the last Saturday of every month from 9am to 1pm at 7101 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA. Oakland residents may drop off for free items that don’t fit in their trash cart at home!

UPCOMING 2022 BULKY BLOCK PARTY EVENT DATES:

Saturday, May 21st – 3rd Saturday of the month since the 4th Saturday falls on the Memorial Day weekend
Saturday, June 25th
Saturday, July 30th
Saturday, August 27th
Saturday, September 24th
Saturday, October 29th
Saturday, November 19th – 3rd Saturday of the month since the 4th Saturday falls on Thanksgiving weekend
Saturday, December 17th – 3rd Saturday of the month since the 4th Saturday falls on the New Year’s weekend

Ceasefire Walk
2022-05-20 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Benedict Catholic Church – 2245 82nd Avenue

Night walks:
6pm: Gathering for pre-walk/corners process
6:30pm: walk or stand on corners
7:30pm: returned back to starting location or completed from the corners
By 7:45pm, walk process completed
For more information, please contact Terri McWilliams at terrimcwilliams@att.net.

AC BOS Meeting: Sheriff Oversight
2022-05-19 10:00 - 11:00
AB1185 Sheriff Oversight will be discussed at the AC BOS Public Protection meeting this Thursday, May 19 at 10am. It is the second agenda item. It’s a hybrid meeting so zoom participation is welcome, including for public comment.

Opponents of oversight – some clearly influenced by the Oathkeepers’ movement promoting the ultimate authority of sheriff’s over state and county laws – have started to show up. We need maximum participation in support of the principles of effective oversight identified by the coalition initiated by Faith In Action East Bay and the Coalition for Police with strong support from League of Women Voters.

FYI I’m attaching the recent op-ed in Oakland Post which lays out the key issues – with the biggest sticking points apparently still legal counsel for oversight completely independent of county counsel’s conflicts of interest and an open and transparent selection panel process to identify diverse and representative oversight nominees from throughout the county, rather than direct appointment by supervisors.

Information below – along with the Public Protection Committee members email addresses:

richard.valle@acgov.org

nate.miley@acgov.org

ALAMEDA COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Thursday, May 19, 2022
10:00 a.m.
Supervisor Richard Valle, Chair
Supervisor Nate Miley
Location: Board of Supervisors Chambers, 5 th floor
County Administration Building
1221 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Webinar: https://zoom.us/j/83246519903
Phone: (877) 853 – 5257
Webinar ID: 832 4651 9903

Public Protection
AGENDA

Contra Costa Supervisor Candidate Forum
2022-05-18 18:30 - 20:00

Let’s Talk Solutions: The Future of Bay Area Housing
2022-05-11 12:00 - 13:15
We must solve our housing crisis if we are going to build a Bay Area where people of all races and backgrounds can thrive in safe, affordable, and vibrant communities. From homelessness to innovative regional approaches and new zoning flexibilities, the Bay Area has a new set of housing tools that can help us accelerate our efforts. The current inequalities and issues are rooted in policies and practices that we collectively have the power to change.
Join The Commonwealth Club of California and the San Francisco Foundation to learn from a powerful panel of leaders. What makes them optimistic about the future and what will it take to build a better Bay Area? Speakers include: Fred Blackwell, San Francisco Foundation CEO, Tomiquia Moss, All Home, CEO & Founder, Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara County Supervisor, and Dan Sawislak, Executive Director of Resources for Community Development.
Register

Candidate Forum: AC BOS District 3
2022-05-09 18:00 - 19:00
REGISTER

Genesis DA Candidate Forum
2022-05-05 19:00 - 20:30

Regional Leadership Development Training Part 2
2022-05-05 18:00 - 20:00

Candidate Forum: AC School Superintendent
2022-05-02 18:00 - 19:00

Interfaith Yom HaShoah Service
2022-05-01 19:00 - 20:00

Candidate Forum: Superintendent and BOE
2022-04-29 19:00 - 20:00

Ceasefire Walk
2022-04-29 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Bendict’s Catholic Church – 2245 82nd Avenue

Night walks:
6pm: Gathering for pre-walk/corners process
6:30pm: walk or stand on corners
7:30pm: returned back to starting location or completed from the corners
By 7:45pm, walk process completed
For more information, please contact Terri McWilliams at terrimcwilliams@att.net.

Regional Leadership Development Training Part 1
2022-04-28 18:00 - 20:00

AC Sheriff Oversight Public Protection Committee
2022-04-28 10:00 - 11:00
Alameda County needs oversight of our Sheriff! AC BOS Public Protection Committee – Thursday, April 28, 10:00am
Another Death in the Jail – East Bay Times Article
“At least 58 People Have Died In Santa Rita Jail Since 2014!” Demand Investigations and Civilian Oversight of the Sheriff !

Those we trust to keep our community and all of its members safe must answer when they fail to do so. Ongoing oversight is good government.
The US Justice Department recently found conditions in the Alameda county jail violate constitutional rights and subject the 40% in custody who need mental health services to “unlawful harm.” Law suits are costing the county millions. Our county sheriff’s department needs a major transformation and ongoing oversight.
Assembly Bill 1185 provides for a community-based Oversight Board and an Inspector General with subpoena power to help supervise sheriff’s departments and jails. This is an opportunity for our community to gain accountability over an extremely problematic and costly county service.
Community Advocates have a plan.

We Need Strong Oversight of Sheriff With Investigative Staff & Subpoena Power
The AC Board of Supervisors Public Protection Committee Will Be Hearing the Consultant’s Report on an Ordinance For a Community Sheriff’s Oversight Board & Office of Inspector General With Supoena Power pursuant to the 2020 Assembly Bill 1185. Thurs.4/28 – 10am. Translation services will be available for this meeting.
Opponents of oversight who support the Sheriff are showing up – Make Your Voice Heard !!! Zoom information coming – Calendar this meeting 4/28,10am to comment. Email Board: cbs@acgov.org Community Advocates Draft Ordinance: https://bit.ly/1185ORD
Additional Information and a shareable link with meeting information & suggestions for supporting independent, strong & representative oversight: https://bit.ly/SheriffOversightInformation

Faith Forum: Disrupt the School to Prison Pipeline
2022-04-27 18:30 - 20:00

Annual Interfaith Ziftar
2022-04-26 18:00 - 20:00
