Faith in Action East Bay

Apache Stronghold: Defend Oak Flats
2025-09-07 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
A Call to Defend the Holy: Oak Flat
4-6 p.m. Sunday, September 7
Presbyterian Church of Oakland
2619 Broadway, Oakland
For the past 11 years, the San Carlos Apache have fought to protect and save their sacred land, Oak Flat, which is about 2 hours outside of Phoenix, Arizona. In 2014, Sen. McCain added a rider to a defense bill that began the possibility of the sale of Oak Flat to a multi-national copper mining company, Resolution Copper. This company would mine Oak Flat’s copper deposit resulting in a 1-mile crater where the sacred ground presently stands, as well as ground water contamination, air pollutants and destruction of the surrounding wildlife. Oak Flat would be destroyed entirely by copper mining. There are many aspects of religious significance of Oak Flat for the Apache, but one of the primary ones is it is the site for the sunrise ceremonies or coming of age ritual for young girls. It is considered the holiest site for the Apache people, having a similar significance to Jews and Christians of Mount Sinai.
The Apache Stronghold, founded by Wendsler Nosie, Sr., is the organizing body leading the fight to save Oak Flat through a spiritual battle that is also using legal means, and political education. The Apache Stronghold is in coalition with over 200 other Native American tribes, dozens of denominations and national faith bodies, and thousands of spiritual leaders across the United States (and world). At present there is a temporary injunction halting the land sale until the 9th Circuit Court can hear the case regarding religious freedom.
Concept:
Oak Flat represents many interconnected issues woven clearly into a battle against evil. It is about land occupation and environmental devastation. It is tied directly to the battles we see for our common humanity where companies and capital come first, and immigrants, unhoused people, indigenous communities, Black and brown communities and poor communities are disposable. It is also about the fight for a sacred place where women lead and come into a ritual affirming the divine feminine. This is why the communities fighting to save Oak Flat include religious people of all faiths, immigrants, survivors of Japanese internment camps and other communities facing displacement, environmentalists, and many others.
Oak Flat is a call to defend the holy. With the divisions and inaction present amongst religious progressives, the struggle to defend Oak Flat could be the path to a deeper spiritual education, seeding a vision and a network for interfaith movement committed to a radical multicultural pro-democracy movement, as well as a place of grief and lament for all that truly has been lost to us. It could help build movement and resurgence of energy for the many issues and places where people are occupied and isolated right now.
Come listen to Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Sr., founder of Apache Stronghold at 4-6 p.m., September 7, at First Presbyterian Church, 2619 Broadway, Oakland.
INFO: Rev. Leslie Takahashi leslie@mduuc.org

CoC Training: Serving Immigrants Experiencing Homelessness
2025-09-08 10:00 - 12:00
This session will provide information about how to best support individuals and families in accessing housing, immigration legal support, education and benefits.
Presented by Bay Area Legal Aid, Contra Costa Employment and Human Services Department, Contra Costa Health: Health Housing and Homeless Services, Contra Costa Office of Education and Hijas Del Campo,
Monday, September 8, 2025
10 am – Noon on Zoom
To register for the training, click here
Content questions may be directed to Contracostacoc@cchealth.org.
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Regional Assembly
2025-09-08 18:00 - 19:30
Come together with fellow leaders as we continue essential conversations about how the current political climate is affecting our communities—and how we can support one another through collective care and action.
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Reúnase con otros líderes para continuar las conversaciones esenciales sobre cómo el clima político actual está afectando a nuestras comunidades y cómo podemos apoyarnos mutuamente a través de la atención y la acción colectivas.
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The Time is Now: An Organizing & Spiritual Revival
2025-09-10 17:30 - 19:00
Across the country, we are witnessing a profound moral crisis. Millions face the loss of health care, food assistance, and social protections; not because we lack resources, but because our politics have abandoned care, community, and compassion.
At this critical juncture, we ask: What would it take to spark a mass-based democratic revival? One rooted not only in strategy, but in spirit. One where our faith traditions, moral convictions, and collective imagination can summon the power to resist and rebuild.
Join PICO California for an urgent conversation and call to moral action with three visionary leaders from across the movement and faith landscape.
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Marshall Ganz, Movement trainer, researcher and author
Marshall Ganz is a longtime organizer, Harvard lecturer, and author whose six decades of work—from the farmworker movement with César Chávez to the Obama campaign have shaped the field of grassroots leadership and social change. His new book, People, Power, Change, offers a practical framework for revitalizing democracy through collective action, narrative, and organizing.
Rabbi Susan Goldberg, Founding Rabbi of Nefesh and leader with LA Voice
Rabbi Susan Goldberg is the founder of Nefesh, a progressive spiritual community in East Los Angeles, and a longtime advocate for cross-cultural dialogue and social justice. A fourth-generation Angeleno and former choreographer, she has led efforts to revitalize Jewish life in LA while supporting interfaith partnerships and foster youth through community-based programs.
Bishop Dwayne Royster, Executive Director of Faith in Action
Bishop Dwayne D. Royster is the Executive Director of Faith in Action, the largest global faith-based grassroots organizing network, and a national leader in faith-rooted activism. With over 30 years in pastoral ministry and a history of leading transformative campaigns for racial and economic justice, he brings a deep spiritual commitment to equity, grace, and community renewal.
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En todo el país, estamos observando una crisis moral profunda. Millones de personas enfrentan la pérdida del cuidado de salud, ayuda alimentaria, y protecciones sociales; no porque carecemos de recursos, sino porque nuestras políticas han abandonado el cuidado, comunidad, y compasión.
En este punto de inflexión, preguntamos: ¿Qué tomaría provocar un renacimiento democrático basado en las masas? Uno arraigado no sólo en una estrategia, sino en espíritu. Uno donde nuestras tradiciones de fe, convicciones morales, e imaginación colectiva pueden reunir el poder para resistir y reconstruir.
Acompañe a PICO California para una conversación urgente y un llamado a la acción moral con tres líderes visionarios de todo el movimiento y panorama de fe
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Marshall Ganz, formador de movimientos, investigador y autor
Marshall Ganz es un organizador de larga trayectoria, profesor en Harvard y autor, cuya labor durante seis décadas, desde el movimiento campesino junto a César Chávez hasta la campaña de Obama, ha dado forma al campo del liderazgo comunitario y el cambio social. Su nuevo libro, Personas, Poder, Cambio, ofrece un marco práctico para revitalizar la democracia a través de la acción colectiva, la narrativa y la organización.
Rabiná Susan Goldberg, fundadora de Nefesh y lideresa con LA Voice
La rabiná Susan Goldberg es la fundadora de Nefesh, una comunidad espiritual progresista en el Este de Los Ángeles, y una defensora comprometida del diálogo intercultural y la justicia social. Angelina de cuarta generación y ex coreógrafa, ha liderado esfuerzos para revitalizar la vida judía en Los Ángeles, al mismo tiempo que apoya alianzas interreligiosas y a jóvenes en el sistema de crianza temporal a través de programas comunitarios. Durante muchos años, ha estado involucrada en la solidaridad con personas migrantes junto a CLUE y otras organizaciones. Nefesh se enorgullece de participar activamente con LA Voice.
Obispo Dwayne Royster, Director Ejecutivo de Faith in Action
El obispo Dwayne D. Royster es el Director Ejecutivo de Faith in Action, la red global más grande de organización comunitaria basada en la fe, y un líder nacional en el activismo con raíces espirituales. Con más de 30 años en el ministerio pastoral y una trayectoria liderando campañas transformadoras por la justicia racial y económica, aporta un profundo compromiso espiritual con la equidad, la gracia y la renovación comunitaria.

Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia Awareness Training
2025-09-10 18:00 - 19:30
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Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-09-12 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Tabernacle MBC, 10115 Edes 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 alba@fiaeastbay.org

Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-09-19 18:00 - 20:00
Location: New Hope MBC, 892 36th 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 alba@fiaeastbay.org

CityCamp Oakland
2025-09-20 08:30 - 17:30
CityCamp Oakland is a one-day unconference — a participant-driven gathering where anyone can propose, lead, or join sessions about the issues and opportunities shaping life in Oakland. Instead of a pre-set agenda, the day starts with an empty schedule (“The Wall”) and a room full of people ready to share ideas, skills, and solutions.
Whether you care about public transit, housing, parks, education, open data, community safety, climate resilience, or local arts — if it touches public life in Oakland, it belongs here. Sessions might be discussions, hands-on workshops, demos, or collaborative problem-solving labs.
Expect to connect with a diverse mix of neighbors, civic leaders, technologists, advocates, designers, policy wonks, educators, and curious residents. Bring your ideas, your expertise, or just your curiosity — everyone is welcome, and no experience is required.
CityCamp Oakland is more than a conference. It’s a space for real conversations, cross-community connections, and collective action. Come ready to listen, share, and shape Oakland’s future together.
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Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-09-26 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Emmanuel Greater Praise Church, 2025 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 alba@fiaeastbay.org

Oakland: Sanctuary City Meeting
2025-10-03 18:30 - 19:30

Exploring Clinical Trials and Health Outcomes for the Black Cancer Community
2025-10-04 14:00 - 16:00
Registration is required: https://na.eventscloud.com/website/88403/
Saturday, October 4, 2025
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
African American Museum and
Library at Oakland (AAMLO)
659 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Google Maps Link
A boxed meal will be provided.

Bay Get Ready Noncooperation Training
2025-10-05 09:00 - 15:30
Faith in Action East Bay has been working with the many organizations that make up the Bay Resistance network to strategize about how to defeat the growing threat of authoritarianism and the attacks on our communities. We are learning lessons from the history of liberation movements that have defeated authoritarian takeovers across the world. We all need to get trained up on noncooperation and develop movement strategy together.
We are also preparing for the threat of federal invasion to sanctuary cities in the Bay Area by scenario planning and organizing our neighborhoods to be ready. We know it is up to us to protect one another.
We are inviting people across the Bay to come together on Sunday October 5th for a mass meeting and training.

Develop noncooperation civil resistance strategies

Build on-the-ground skills for neighborhood solidarity

Know your rights and ways to stay safe during military deployment

Organize a mass movement against authoritarianism

Register in advance to save your spot and indicate if you need child care, interpretation, or support to access the space in any other way.

Regional Assembly
2025-10-06 18:00 - 19:30
Come together with fellow leaders as we continue essential conversations about how the current political climate is affecting our communities—and how we can support one another through collective care and action.
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Reúnase con otros líderes para continuar las conversaciones esenciales sobre cómo el clima político actual está afectando a nuestras comunidades y cómo podemos apoyarnos mutuamente a través de la atención y la acción colectivas.
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Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-10-10 18:00 - 20:00

Workshop: Changes in Medi-Cal
2025-10-12 13:30 - 14:30
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Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-10-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-14 18:00 - 20:00
Location: First Mt. Sinai, 1970 86th Avenue, Oakland

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 alba@fiaeastbay.org

Sacred Land, Shared Futures
2025-10-22 09:30 - 14:30
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Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-10-24 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-12 18:00 - 20:00
Location: New Hope MBC, 892 36th Street, Oakland

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 alba@fiaeastbay.org

980 Block Party
2025-10-25 10:00 - 16:00
Be part of the 980 Block Party on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at Preservation Park — a one-day gathering dedicated to healing, storytelling, and reimagining the future of the I-980 corridor.
The 980 freeway displaced hundreds of families and cut through the heart of West Oakland. Now, we have a chance to come together — honoring the past while building a collective vision for the future.
Participants will move through a “time portal” that connects history, current realities, and future possibilities, with a powerful mix of hands-on activities, storytelling, and visioning:

Large-Scale Site Mapping

Physical 3-D and Digital Modeling

Steamroller Art Block Printing

Oral History Circles & Storytelling

Mini Media Festival

Facilitated Discussions (Youth, Housing, Economic Development, Health, Cultural Arts, Transportation, Parks, Youth, Seniors, Policy/Legislation)

Institutional Harm Illustrations curated by Hodari Davis of Edutainment for Equity

Resident Profiles & Quotes Installation

Data Stations on the Quantification of Actual Harm (Goldman School grad students)

One of the most important parts of the Block Party will be our discussion circles, where community members will share stories, ideas, and visions on key topics such as:

Housing and displacement prevention

Jobs, small businesses, and economic opportunity

Parks, recreation, and transportation

Arts and cultural preservation

Power building and governance

Event Details:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Preservation Park, Oakland
We hope you’ll join us and help spread the word to family, friends, and neighbors who also have a story to share. Together, we can ensure the future of West Oakland is rooted in equity, justice, and community strength.
With appreciation,
Randolph Belle
randolph@evoak.org
(510) 333-9175
www.980BlockParty.org

Walking Our Faith: A Vigil of Prayer and Caring
2025-11-06 11:00 - 13:00

Congregational Land Initiative
2025-11-12 16:00 - 18:00

House Meeting
2025-11-14 17:00 - 19:00

Guns to Gardens Gun Buyback
2025-11-15 12:00 - 16:00
This year the innovative Guns to Gardens gun buyback will again be at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1203 Willow St., Oakland. It will be from noon til 4PM Saturday November 15. This innovative program, sponsored by Mt. Zion Baptist Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland, many other faith leaders, and supported by the Oakland Police Department, is centered in Isiah 2:4 “and they shall forge their swords into plowshares” so the guns that are turned in are forged into garden tools. Each person turning in a gun will receive a gift card (up to $300) and a garden tool forged from a gun that was turned in at last year’s Guns to Gardens event.
This year Guns to Gardens is not asking for contributions because we had funds left over from last year. Instead we are asking: Please help us get the word out! Having a gun in the home increases the risk of death from homicide, suicide, and unintentional shootings, affecting all members of the household, including children. Studies show a significantly higher rate of violent deaths, particularly suicides and homicides, for people living in homes with firearms compared to those in gun-free homes. Additionally, guns in the home are prime targets for thieves, who can then use them for crimes. Please help us encourage all to get any guns out of their homes and the homes of their neighbors and friends, and bring them to the Mt. Zion parking lot on Nov. 15 knowing that they will be forged into garden tools, and get a gift card and a garden tool that was forged from a gun. Please post the flyer on your social media, in newsletters, and also we can deliver copies to you for you to post everywhere!

Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-11-21 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Columba, 6401 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland

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 alba@fiaeastbay.org

Community Feed and Give-Back
2025-11-22 10:00 - 18:30

Impact Assembly ~ Antioch
2025-11-23 10:00 - 15:00

Rise Up for Justice
2025-12-06 19:00 - 21:30

Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-12-19 18:00 - 20:00
Location: At Thy Word, 8915 International Blvd., Oakland

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 alba@fiaeastbay.org
