Faith in Action East Bay

Ceasefire Walk
2022-04-22 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Location: 73rd Avenue and MacArthur Blvd

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.

Chats for Changemakers
2022-04-21 12:30 - 13:30
a training by Bolder Advocacy
Have you wondered why there’s so much buzz around down-ballot races this election season?
Chats for Changemakers is a gathering for California nonprofit advocates to swap practical tips, tricks, words to the wise, and lessons learned about nonprofits engaging in the 2022 election. This isn’t a legal training from Bolder Advocacy — it is a cross-issue space for nonprofit advocates to learn from and connect with each other. Will you join us?
If you want to see changes in your community, pay attention to down-ballot races. “Down-ballot” refers to state or local races that appear further down on a voter’s ballot than a presidential race. While the outcomes of these down-ballot races are often influenced by the turnout for the top of the ballot, the consequences are more direct. For example, state and local governments control schools, policing, and public health policies.
501(c)(3)s cannot support or oppose anyone running for office on the ballot. However, they, along with other nonprofits can educate voters and their communities on the importance of these down-ballot positions (Secretary of State, District Attorney, school boards, elections administrators, and many more).
Come have a conversation with us about what your nonprofit is doing or can do from now until election day!
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District Attorney Candidate Forum
2022-04-18 18:00 - 19:00
Join the six Leagues of Women Voters representing Alameda County for this virtual candidate forum. The candidates for Alameda County District Attorney are: Pamela Price, Seth Steward, Terry Wiley, and Jimmie Wilson. The forum will be moderated by a League representative. Questions from the public may be submitted prior to the forum or during the forum using the Q&A feature. Questions submitted will be screened by a team from the League to ensure a range of topics and issues. Submit questions here: https://forms.gle/w8XdvZdrB8zFyK5Q8
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Bancroft Neighborhood Cleanup
2022-04-16 09:30 - 11:30

Ceasefire Walk
2022-04-15 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Corners of 73rd and Bancroft

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.

Housing Meeting
2022-04-14 17:00 - 18:00
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Guns to Gardens Press Conference
2022-04-14 14:30 - 15:30
Oakland Police Department will livestream the Guns to Gardens Press conference on their Facebook page.
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Let's Talk Real Talk
2022-04-12 19:00 - 20:30
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About the panel:
Linda Russell, M.A. LMFT (she/her) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for over twenty years, Linda is the Care Coordinator and one of the Integrated Behavioral Health providers at the John Muir Family Residency Program in Walnut Creek. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Fordham University (NY) and a Masters in Clinical Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA. Early training focused on working with emotionally disturbed children and their families – in San Francisco and in Marin City. She shifted to working with substance use and HIV with a community agency in the East Bay, then moved to Public Health, with the Contra Costa CountyAIDS Program. Eventually becoming a Medical Social Worker at CC Regional In Martinez, Linda worked both in the hospital and the PH clinics, first with HIV services, and later with Oncology and Palliative Care. She received the Ruth Pease Award, an annual recognition by medical staff to a non-physician for their dedication to patient care. Palliative Care is one of Linda’s passions, teaching patients and families to have the difficult conversations at sensitive times in their lives, centering the patient’s voice and widening the involvement and participation of their support network. She is faculty (non-core) at the residency program and Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Advocacy Committee at the residency. She recently began a small private practice.

Patricia E. Craven, LMFT, SEP, CFRC, has held myriad roles, in both her personal and professional life. She has provided psychotherapy, counseling, training and support to people in various communities. In the Bay Area since 1978. During this time, she has held a strong commitment to understanding and addressing issues in people’s lives through a social justice lens. How well she has done such has been informed and at times limited by her own identity as a white, cisgender queer female, raised in a multi-racial poor/working class home. She has been acutely aware of how one’s position in society impacts the experience of mental health and the receiving of mental health services. Patricia is the Co-Founder and recently retired Executive Director at Heart in Balance Counseling and Training Center in Oakland. She founded this agency in 2004, to provide affordable and sliding scale services from an Integrative approach to psychotherapy and to support and training up and coming psychotherapist to hold a integrative and social justice model in working with clients.

Cris Avila, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist serving the Bay Area since 2009. Cris Avila practices from a Transpersonal Somatic orientation and has worked in diverse settings and populations ranging from providing therapy in preschool setting, school day treatment program, in community based agencies, has worked with adults in crisis stabilization program and in outpatient-hospital mental health department setting. Cris Avila is currently in private practice and specializes in healing from trauma. Cris was born in the United States of Mexico and came to the United States of America as a teenager. Cris was raised Catholic but found profound spiritual connection with Andean cosmovision and ancestral practices both from Peru and Mesoamerica.

League of Women Voters Community Input Meeting
2022-04-12 15:30 - 16:30
INVITATION: COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING: Alameda County Registrar of Voters Plan for June 2022 Election
Via Zoom: Tuesday, April 12, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

(Public Comment Period ends April 18)
Voters will be affected by changes to election procedures starting with the June 7 election. All registered voters will automatically get a ballot in the mail and there will be voting centers instead of polling places. So up-to-date voter registration will be more important than ever.

June 7 Primary election competitive races District Attorney
County Sheriff
County Supervisor – District 3

The League of Women Voters Oakland invites you to an informational and community input meeting for community-based organizations about the new procedures affecting the June election. Public comment ends April 18th on the Amended Draft Election Administration Plan including the location of centers and community outreach.
Your voice can help the Registrar of Voters determine outreach and training needs in your community and the location of voting centers. Please join us by registering here.
Meeting Host: Viola Gonzales, President
More background information.

Oversight of Sheriff Public Comment Opportunity
2022-04-11 17:30 - 18:30
Monday, April 11, 5:30 – Meeting on Proposal for Oversight of Sheriff – Make your voice heard!
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors Public Protection Committee invites the community to provide feedback on the requirements that should be incorporated into the draft ordinance associated with the potential establishment of a Community Sheriff’s Oversight Board and/or an Office of the Inspector General, pursuant to the 2020 Assembly Bill 1185. Translation services will be available for this meeting. Los servicios de traducción estarán disponibles para esta reunión.
Zoom Webinar Information will be provided upon registration. To register please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-engagement-discussion-on-ab1185sheriffs-oversight-tickets-311463344247
Community Advocates have a plan: https://bit.ly/AB1185letter
Community Advocates Draft Ordinance: https://bit.ly/1185ORD

¡El condado de Alameda necesita la supervisión de nuestro alguacil!
Sesión de escucha de ordenanzas: lunes 11 de abril, 5:30 p.m.

Propuesta para la Supervisión del Alquacil

El Comité de Protección Pública de la Mesa Directiva de Supervisores del Condado de Alameda invita a la comunidad a brindar comentarios sobre los requisitos que deben incorporarse en el borrador de la ordenanza asociada con el posible establecimiento de una Mesa de Supervisión Comunitaria del Alguacil y/o una Oficina del Inspector General, de conformidad con el Proyecto de ley 1185 de la Asamblea de 2020. Se proveerá interpretación para esta reunión.

Los defensores comunitarios tienen un plan:

https://bit.ly/AB1185Espanol

La información del seminario web de Zoom se proporcionará al registrarse.
Para registrarse por favor visite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-engagement-discussion-on-ab1185sheriffs-oversight-tickets-311463344247

Ceasefire Walk
2022-04-08 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-11 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.

Illegal Dumping LOC Meeting
2022-03-31 18:00 - 19:00
Bilingue/Bilingual msg

Here is the link for our LOC on Thursday at 6pm. Thanks

Aquí está el enlace para la reunión del LOC del jueves. Gracias

Hi there,
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Mar 31, 2022 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qdemgrDgjGNFP4bk5PKaKDI_E41Tbcj6f
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

What's Up With Our Jail? Zoom Town Hall
2022-03-30 18:30 - 19:30

Ceasefire Walk
2022-03-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-25 18:00 - 20:00
Location: At Thy Word – 8915 International

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 Assembly
2022-03-24 18:00 - 20:00
Greetings everyone, we are inviting you to our Leadership Assembly Session on leadership assembly March 24, 6-8pm . We will be focusing on the Renewal Process, Civic Engagement Work and the relationship between FIAEB, PICO CA, FIA National and FIA International. We are looking forward to seeing each one of you to continue building our regional power. Please register at the link below. Thanks!
Saludos a cada una/o de ustedes, les invitamos a nuestra sesión de asamblea de liderazgo el 24 de marzo, de 6 a 8 p. m. Nos enfocaremos en el Proceso de Renovación, el trabajo de Compromiso Cívico y la relación entre FIAEB, PICO CA,FIA Nacional y FIA Internacional. Esperamos verlos a cada uno de ustedes para continuar construyendo nuestro poder regional. Por favor, regístrese en el siguiente enlace. Gracias!
REGISTER / REGISTRARSE

Forum for Safety and Justice Alameda District Attorney Candidate Forum
2022-03-23 18:00 - 19:00
Urban Peace Movement/Justice Reinvestment Coalition: Forum for Safety and Justice Alameda District Attorney Candidate Forum
Mar 23, 2022 06:00 PM
Join us in to learn more about the candidates in the upcoming candidacy of the District Attorney in Alameda County in discussing their plans in reimagining our communities.
Co-Sponsor Organizations For This Event Include:
Urban Peace Movement
Justice Reinvestment Coalition
Oakland Rising
ACLU NorthCal
Faith In Action – East Bay
Ella Baker Center
East Bay Community Law Center
Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails
Silicon Valley De-Bug
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Vote Your Power
2022-03-19 11:30 - 13:00
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Ceasefire Walk
2022-03-18 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Benedict’s – 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.

Speak Up for Housing! Meeting with AC Housing Leaders
2022-03-17 16:00 - 17:00

Public Comments on Oversight of Sheriff and Jail
2022-03-17 14:00 - 15:00
A crucial AC BOS Public Protection Committee meeting on Oversight of the Sheriff and the Jail, with subpoena power, via AB1185 implementation takes place this Thursday at 2pm. (zoom info below)
The county’s consultant on justice reform, former AC Probation Chief Wendy Still, is presenting a full report on community engagement results and her research, in preparation for an oversight proposal next month.
This is an opportunity to weigh in with public comments supporting our essential oversight principles of independence from county administration and BOS politics, adequate resources for investigative and administrative staff, diverse representation and full access to ACSO data and testimony.
To provide written comment on an item send an email to CBS@acgov.org. Please include your name, and agenda item number #1etc., that you are addressing. Suggested that you state your support of Faith In Action East Bay’s coalition letter on ACSO oversight to the Board of Supervisors: https://bit.ly/AB1185letter. Talking points to help inform your public comments here: https://bit.ly/SheriffOversight
ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ PUBLIC PROTECTiON COMMITTEE
Thursday, March 17, 2022, 2:00 p.m. Supervisor Richard Valle, Chair, Supervisor Nate Miley
Webinar: https://zoom.us/j/83246519903
Phone: (877) 853 – 5257
Webinar ID: 832 4651 9903
I. Presentation, Discussion, and Direction Regarding the Potential Establishment of a County Sheriff’s Oversight Board and/or Office of the Inspector General
Presenter: Wendy Still, Special Advisor to Public Protection Committee, Alameda County
Please come if you can!

Ceasefire Walks
2022-03-11 18:00 - 20:00

Justice Jam: Alternatives to Incarceration
2022-03-09 18:30 - 20:00
Justice Jam: Alternatives to Incarceration in Alameda County
6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 9
A hybrid event on Zoom and at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, 3534 Lakeshore Ave, Oakland
Join an educational session to gain awareness about alternatives to incarceration, conditions at Santa Rita Jail, and reentry strategies. Keynote speaker Wendy Still, advisor to the Board of Supervisors’ Public Protection Committee, will be in conversation with formerly incarcerated leaders and you. Learn about how we can decarcerate and ensure just treatment of incarcerated individuals. REGISTER

Youth March for Peace
2022-03-04 18:00 - 20:00
INFO: FIAEB Organizer Alba Hernandez, 510-755-5101, alba@fiaeastbay.org
#MarchForthOakland #SilencetheViolence #CeasefireOakland

Leadership Training Session
2022-03-03 18:00 - 20:00
We are very excited about 2022, a year full of hopes with new LOC’s & Clusters (many of you are part of) coming on board, and, a year with great challenges and opportunities.
One thing that we want to ensure is that our leaders, tables, clusters and congregations are proud to be a part of our organization and communicate that broadly.
So, we would like to explore how we help you connect a little deeper and truly own Faith in Action East Bay as your organization.
Join us to continue building your skills as leaders. Together let us learn new tools that will help us build a stronger regional organization and thereby overcome the systems of oppression so that we can build the communities our families need.
We are looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, March 3rd from 6-8pm, Help us spread the word, and as always, bring the best of you by being fully present with us.
We are excited to share this time with you!
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Illegal Dumping LOC Meeting
2022-02-24 18:00 - 19:00
Below is the link for our monthly Local Organizing Committee (LOC) meeting with OPW Director Mr. Harold Duffey and his leadership team. We know that we have a way to go to see our streets in the flatlands clean, we also know that we must continue working together to bring back the dignity to our families. Join us and invite your neighbors, friends and family members. We are looking forward to seeing each and all of you this coming Thursday.

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Feb 24, 2022 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lduCurTItHNbv2WCy94-VUHNF-iRZ0rJN

Living in Solidarity With Our Muslim Neighbors ~ A Becoming Event
2022-02-19 13:00 - 15:00
Racism and bigotry impact diverse communities across the US, including Muslim Americans. You are invited to join a virtual conversation with three Muslim women about their faith, Islamophobia or anti-Muslim racism, and what people of other faiths and perspectives can do to support their Muslim neighbors. This event is hosted by Faith in Action East Bay in partnership with Islamic Networks Group.
Featuring:

Personal Reflections with Moina Shaiq
Getting to Know Muslim Americans and Their Faith with Maha Elgenaidi
Structural Racism Impacting Muslim Americans with Tabassum Haleem

There will be breakout discussions and a Q&A session. Zoom. Spanish translation will be provided.
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Tabassum Haleem, Executive Director
Tabassum oversees operations and programs at ING. Tabassum holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Master of Public Policy and Master of Arts from the University of Chicago and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Tabassum serves on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Board of LGC’s Leadership Fellows Association. Tabassum is a recipient of the Minorities in Public Policy Studies Alumni Award from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, and a McCormick Tribune Urban Policy Leadership Fellow. She has served on the Board of Trustees for the Naperville Education Foundation (NEF) and as a co-Chair for DuPage United, a community organizing group, and on the Advisory Committee for the Naperville Chamber of Commerce-Green Leadership Council.
Maha Elgenaidi, Founder and Innovation Director
Maha is the founder of ING and oversees the organization’s development and content. She is the author of training handbooks on outreach for American Muslims as well as training seminars for public institutions on developing cultural competency with the American Muslim community. She received an M.A. in religious studies from Stanford University and B.A in political science and economics from the American University in Cairo. She has taught classes on Islam in the modern world in universities such as the University of California at Santa Cruz, and has been recognized with numerous awards, including the “Civil Rights Leadership Award” from the California Association of Human Relations Organizations, the “Citizen of the Year Award” from the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, and the “Dorothy Irene Height Community Award” from the NAACP-Silicon Valley. She’s currently an advisor for the CA Commission on Police Officers Standards and Training (POST), a member of the Council of Advisors for the Freedom Forum that helps shape American views on the First Amendment; the County of Santa Clara’s Hate Crimes Task Force; and, the Ethnic Studies Committee of ARUSD in San Jose, CA.
Moina Shaiq, Community Leader
Moina Shaiq, a 40 year resident of Fremont, mother of 4, has been involved in different ways in our city. She has served as a Human Relations Commissioner, Historic Architectural Review Board for the City. She is the founder of Muslim Support Network, serving Muslim seniors connect with resources. She also founded the Muslim Spiritual Care Program at Kaiser Fremont. More recently, she founded Meet a Muslim Conversations to dispel misunderstanding, misconceptions and stereotypes against Islam and Muslims. She is the recipient of several awards for her relentless work in the community.

Ceasefire Walk
2022-02-18 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Columba – 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.

Civic Engagement Strategy Meeting
2022-02-03 18:00 - 19:30
We are in a crucial election year. What do we do locally that will affect things nationally? We hope you can join us on Zoom tomorrow (Thursday) evening as we build our civic engagement strategy for 2022.
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