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

Volunteer Rapid Responder Training
2025-09-07 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-08-10 16:00 - 17:30
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Listening Session With Members of Mexican Congress
2025-09-06 10:00 - 12:00

Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-08-29 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 alba@fiaeastbay.org

AB 1231 Press Conference and Lobby Day
2025-08-25 10:00 - 15:00
Join us on Monday, August 25 at 10:00 AM on the West Steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento as we rally in support of AB 1231: The Safer Communities through Opportunities Act.
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This bill is nearing the finish line in the Senate, and we need your voice now more than ever. AB 1231 gives judges the discretion to divert people charged with low-level felonies into community-based programs like job training and outpatient treatment instead of prison. It’s a smart, compassionate step toward safer, more stable communities. Let’s show lawmakers the strength of our coalition and demand meaningful alternatives to incarceration.
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Agenda
10am – 11:15am – Press Conference
11:30am – Lunch
12:30pm – Lobby Visits
3:00pm – Closing
For any additional questions, please contact Eddie Carmona eddie@picocalifornia.org.

Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-08-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-27 18:00 - 20:00
Location: At Thy Word, 8915 International 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 alba@fiaeastbay.org

Emergency Regional Assembly
2025-08-21 18:00 - 19:30
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Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-08-15 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Mt Zion MBC, 1203 Willow 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

Black Worker Summit
2025-08-15 12:00 - 19:00

Regional Assembly
2025-08-11 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-07-21 18:30 - 20:00

Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-08-08 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 alba@fiaeastbay.org

Ceasefire Teach-In With Mayor Barbara Lee
2025-07-31 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-07-24 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-07-19 14:30 - 16:00

Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-07-25 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Sacred Heart, 4025 Martin Luther King Jr. Way

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
2025-07-18 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Benedict’s Church, 2245 82nd Ave.

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
2025-07-11 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Patrick’s, 1023 Peralta 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

Renters Know Your Rights Workshop
2025-06-21 10:00 - 11:00

Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-06-20 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

Silence Our Violence Leadership Summit
2025-06-20 16:00 - 21:00
Join us this Juneteenth in Richmond, CA for the free Juneteenth Silence Our Violence Summit — an urgent and powerful gathering to explore the U.S. history of harm and honor those we have lost to death, deportation, and systemic injustice. In the spirit of Juneteenth, we stand in remembrance and resistance, calling our communities together to chart a new way forward — one rooted in unity, justice, and healing.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
✨ Panel Discussions with thought leaders, survivors, and elected officials
🎤 Live Music & Spoken Word performances from local artists
🖼️ Community Art Installations centered on remembrance and resilience
🍽️ Food & Fellowship to nourish body and soul
🕯️ Honoring Ceremony for lives lost and futures stolen — from gun violence to immigration policies
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End the Violence March
2025-06-19 17:30 - 19:30

No Kings Oakland March
2025-06-14 12:30 - 15:00

Ceasefire Night Walk
2025-06-13 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

Volunteer Rapid Response Training
2025-06-11 18:00 - 20:00

Interfaith Immigration Vigil
2025-06-10 18:00 - 19:00

Social Justice Ministry at OLR
2025-06-09 18:00 - 19:30

Right of Return Pilgrimage
2025-06-08 08:00 - 17:00
On Sunday, June 8, 2025, we will journey 22 miles from Alameda to Berkeley, retracing in reverse last year’s pilgrimage route. This distance mirrors the path from Rafah to Gaza City, taken in prayerful solidarity with those displaced by violence and war. Our pilgrimage is part of the global Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages movement, which continues to grow in power and spirit.
We will gather as people of diverse faiths, cultures, and communities who believe in the sacredness of life, dignity, and shared well-being.
We are organizing this pilgrimage because the violence funded by U.S. tax dollars in Gaza is not separate from the violence our communities experience here — through systems of incarceration, family separation, displacement, and criminalization that target immigrants, Indigenous people, unsheltered neighbors, trans and BIPOC communities.
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