PICO California Home is Sacred Action Day
2023-04-20 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
State Capitol Park – West Steps, 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

We will gather with hundreds of people from the PICO California Network on Thursday, April 20th, 2023 in Sacramento, as we act on our collective vision for a California that prioritizes people, creating a moral economy where everyone can thrive.

Together we will:

Inspire and learn from one another about the work we are doing across the state
Hold a public action with key state officials
Flood the State Capitol with research actions on our Home is Sacred legislative platform
Build and deepen our relationships with our legislators and their staff
Deepen our power credential as a statewide network committed to transforming systems to improve the lives of our families.

Together to act with our collective voice.

Ceasefire Night Walk
2023-04-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-19 18:00 - 20:00
Location: At Thy Word Church ~ 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 Chris Moreno at chris@fiaeastbay.org

Richmond Peace Walk
2023-04-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-05-19 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-06-16 18:30 - 19:30

Ceasefire Night Walk
2023-04-28 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Patrick’s Church ~ 1023 Peralta 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 Chris Moreno at chris@fiaeastbay.org

St. Augustine's Earth Month Celebration
2023-04-29 10:00 - 14:00

Community Townhall on MACRO
2023-04-29 11:00 - 12:00
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Housing Meeting with Senator Aisha Wahab
2023-05-03 13:00 - 14:00
Join us as we meet with Senator Aisha Wahab who represents CA Sen District 10 in a discussion around the housing crisis and the legislation coming from Sacramento that concerns all of our communities.

Date: May 3rd
Time: 1pm

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Ceasefire Night Walk
2023-05-12 18:00 - 20:00
Location: First Mount 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 Chris Moreno at chris@fiaeastbay.org

Reimagining Beloved Community
2023-05-20 10:30 - 12:00 | Faith in Action East Bay, 8400 Enterprise Way, Oakland, CA, 94621, United States
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The recent years have been charged with political, racial, socio-economic tensions. Now with the 2024 presidential campaign ahead and our democracy under assault, we must be proactive in nurturing the shared values and bonds of our communities. Join a conversation on what it means to reimagine the Beloved Community for the nation in this new era. Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, president of Sojourners and author of A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community, will lead a panel of local faith leaders: Rev. Leslie Takahashi, Pastor Michael Wallace, Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller.
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Rev. Adam Russell Taylor is president of Sojourners and author of A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community. Taylor previously led the Faith Initiative at the World Bank Group, served as the vice president in charge of Advocacy at World Vision U.S., and co-founded Global Justice. He was selected for the 2009/2010 class of White House Fellows. Taylor is a graduate of Emory University, the Harvard U. Kennedy School of Government, and the Proctor School of Theology. Taylor is on the Independent Sector Board and serves in ministry at the Alfred Street Baptist Church.
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Leslie Takahashi serves as lead minister at the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church in Walnut Creek, CA and has served as faculty at both the Unitarian Unviersalist theological schools. She has led within Unitarian Universalism in the areas of anti-oppression, justice and trauma integration. Prior to entering the ministry, she worked professionally in the area of leadership development, sustainable economic development and education policy and was the Assistant Vice President for Policy for the North Carolina Community College System. She is the co-author, with Chip Roush and Leon Spencer, of The Arc of The Universe is Long: Anti-racism and the Unitarian Universalist Association (Skinner House 2008)and a contributor to a number of professional publications and meditation collections. Her children, Garner and Liam–and now grandson, OT, offer on-going inspiration.

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Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller is the Lead Organizer for the California Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC-CA), where she builds the network of congregations who are harnessing their statewide voice for justice as Jews. Previously, she served Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco from 2004 to 2017. Rabbi Saxe-Taller is passionate about bringing the spiritual, creative and justice-seeking elements of Judaism together, as they are meant to be.
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Pastor Michael Wallace is the Board Co-Chair and Faith in Action East Bay and Senior Pastor-Teacher at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

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Meeting with the Mayor on Illegal Dumping
2023-05-22 13:00 - 13:30
Join us on Monday, May 22nd at 1 pm to meet with Oakland’s Mayor, Sheng Thao, to speak and discuss the ongoing Illegal Dumping crisis negatively affecting communities in the City of Oakland. This meeting will be held on Zoom
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItfu-oqj4uHNQ-ZvWaRXtfeKCMRSyGB8dU
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Únase a nosotros el lunes 22 de mayo a la 1 pm para reunirse con la alcaldeza de Oakland, Sheng Thao, para hablar y analizar la crisis actual de vertidos ilegales que afecta negativamente a las comunidades de la ciudad de Oakland. La reunion sera por zoom.

Regístrese con anticipación para esta reunión:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItfu-oqj4uHNQ-ZvWaRXtfeKCMRSyGB8dUDespués de registrarse, recibirá un correo electrónico de confirmación con información sobre cómo unirse a la reunión.

Ceasefire Night Walk
2023-05-26 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Columba Church ~ 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 Chris Moreno at chris@fiaeastbay.org

Leadership Development Training
2023-05-31 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-06-20 18:30 - 19:30

Housing Research Meeting
2023-06-08 14:30 - 15:30

Ceasefire Night Walk
2023-06-09 18:00 - 20:00
Location: First Mount 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 Chris Moreno at chris@fiaeastbay.org

Guns to Gardens
2023-06-10 10:00 - 14:00
Guns to Gardens is happening again in Oakland on June 10th! A movement between various faith-based and peacemaking organizations, alongside the Oakland Police Department, individuals in Oakland and beyond can turn in a gun and get a garden tool forged from guns, as well as A’s tickets and up to $300 in gift cards, depending on gun value.

If you’re interested in helping get the word out about the event, please connect with us on Instagram (@gunstogardensOAK) or email Cara Meredith (caramac54@gmail.com). If you want to volunteer the day of or help distribute flyers, sign up here or email Vanessa Smart (Vanessa.smart@gmail.com). And if you want to give a financial donation to see more Guns to Gardens events happens so we can get more guns off our streets, give generously today. For any other questions, email Paula Hawthorn (paula.hawthorn@gmail.com).

Let’s disarm hearts, forge peace, and cultivate justice together!

Ceasefire Night Walk
2023-06-16 18:00 - 20:00
Location: At Thy Word Church ~ 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 Chris Moreno at chris@fiaeastbay.org

Zoom Training
2023-06-17 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-07-15 10:00 - 12:00

Juneteenth Faith and Liberation Podcast
2023-06-19 12:00 - 13:00
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Ceasefire Night Walk
2023-06-23 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Anthony’s Church ~ 1535 16th Avenue, Oakland

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

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 Chris Moreno at chris@fiaeastbay.org

Bulky Block Party
2023-06-24 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.

Bulky Block Party events are typically held the last Saturday of every month (except during holiday weekends) from 9am to 1pm at 7101 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA. Oakland residents may drop off items that don’t fit in their trash cart at home for free!
Location: 7101 Edgewater Drive
Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Learn more at the City of Oakland website.

Upcoming 2023 Bulky Block Party Dates

Saturday June 24th
Saturday July 29th
Saturday August 26th
Saturday September 30th
Saturday October 28th

Interfaith in the Park
2023-06-24 12:00 - 15:00

Diaper Giveaway
2023-06-25 13:00 - 16:00

PICO Virtual Leadership Assembly
2023-06-26 18:00 - 19:30
PICO California is hosting a virtual Home is Sacred Leadership Assembly on Monday, June 26th from 6-7:30 pm. Please invite your federation leadership and members of your larger federation teams that are doing local work on the Home is Sacred platform.
If we win our Home Is Sacred campaign (SB 567, SB 4, SB 225, AB 1418, ACA 10) this year, we will help hundreds of thousands of families (nearly 50% of families are seriously burdened by the cost of housing) stay in their homes and help produce deeply affordable housing for families who need it most.
The purpose of our time together will be to:

Provide an update and an analysis about our Home is Sacred platform and where it stands in the State Legislature;
Build a coordinated strategy to move our platform through the Assembly and Senate;
Prepare to make commitments to each other for a season of Home is Sacred local actions across our state to push our legislation through to the Governor’s desk!

Please click here to register for the event.
Contact Eddie Carmona or Stephanie Gut with any questions.
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Ceasefire Night Walk
2023-06-30 18:00 - 20:00
Location: St. Benedict’s 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 Chris Moreno at chris@fiaeastbay.org

Ceasefire Night Walk
2023-07-14 18:00 - 20:00
Location: First Mount Sinai, 1970 86th Ave, 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 Chris Moreno at chris@fiaeastbay.org
