June:  I also seem to have lost the date.  Will try to find same tonight
(Wednesday).  Evie

junespero@... wrote:

> I seem to have lost the date.  When will it be?  june Spero
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June,

Next meeting is at Sheelah Weaver's house.
     - 2731 26th Avenue (off East 27th Street)
     - 532-0994
     - sheelahw@...
     - meeting will be held on Monday July 30th at 7:00pm
     - house accessible by Fruitvale BART
We agreed to meet last Monday of each month because Oakland City Council
meets Tuesday and we should attend their meetings to observe and speak out


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>


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--- In oaklandgreens@y..., junespero@a... wrote:
> I seem to have lost the date.  When will it be?  june Spero

Next OG meeting:
  30 July 2001 7pm, at 2731 26th Avenue (off East 27th Street)

This is also available on the website:
http://oaklandgreens.org
or
There is a message archive for the OG listserv at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oaklandgreens/messages

On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:09:11 "Robert Leedy" <rleedy@...> writes:
> What tha?
>
> Amazing, but true: Larry Bensky had an hour of discussion on the
> Green Party
> this morning on KFLAP. There were Green reps from PA, CO and San
> Mateo Cty,
> but no one from Alameda Cty, the largest county in CA and the home
> county of
> KFLAP itself!
>
> Can anyone come up with an explanation for this?

Why didn't Bensky call us and invite us as guests?? He must be aware of us.
Was anyone aware of the topic ahead of time?  Did he invite the others? Or
did they swarm the station and take over?? Does anyone know Larry or want to
call him and ask? I don't necessarily think this is a visibility issue, but
Larry's bias.

Why is this posted to the Oakland Greens?
Oh yeah. Yes, I will coordinate an Oakland Tabling WG. But not till after
August 6.
Leslie Bonett, Oakland
County Councilor
>

On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:09:11 "Robert Leedy" <rleedy@...> writes:
> What tha?
>
> Amazing, but true: Larry Bensky had an hour of discussion on the
> Green Party
> this morning on KFLAP. There were Green reps from PA, CO and San
> Mateo Cty,
> but no one from Alameda Cty, the largest county in CA and the home
> county of
> KFLAP itself!
>
> Can anyone come up with an explanation for this?
>
> Robert Leedy
>
>

It's sad to say, but, as was said on the show, he rarely sees Greens in
this county actively out here doing things except occasionally getting on
the radio. I would suggest that is the responsibility, first of the
County Council that hasn't done much since the election, and secondly all
of us who haven't volunteered or insisted that more happen. If we were an
active and vital force, the radio coverage would follow. Hopefully the
Oakland Greens will become just the kind of active force that's needed.
To that end I'd like to know if there is anyone interested in forming an
Oakland Greens "Tabling Working Group" to occasionally do some outreach
for the Green Party in Oakland.
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What tha?

Amazing, but true: Larry Bensky had an hour of discussion on the Green Party
this morning on KFLAP. There were Green reps from PA, CO and San Mateo Cty,
but no one from Alameda Cty, the largest county in CA and the home county of
KFLAP itself!

Can anyone come up with an explanation for this?

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             Minutes to the first meeting of the Oakland Greens
                        June 26, 2001 7:00pm
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            Minutes to the first meeting of the Oakland Greens
                       June 26, 2001 7:00pm

Energy Crisis

Background

* Greens against deregulation since the beginning
* Not an energy shortage, but a democracy shortage
* Public power will be on ballot in San Francisco's next election
* East Bay also moving toward a vote for municipal power
* Quiet talks have begun to convince EAST Bay MUD (now just water)
to become a public power district as well

To Do

* An Energy Committee sign-up sheet was passed
* Berkeley is helping low income people with conservation (not just rebates)
     - Who is sponsoring this?  The city, PG&E?
     - How can we help/get involved/implement the program in Oakland
     - Global Exchange has made a Rebate Info Sheet (so have we.  Merge
efforts?)
* Greens should get involved in growing anti-nuclear debate

Oakland Election

* Greens need a Jerry Brown alternative
* support Green issues like JUST CAUSE
* Wilson Riles for mayor (Greens not yet official endorser)
* ran in 1990 (outspent 4 to 1)
* nominated Jerry but has since been disappointed
* founder of Oakland CAN (Community Action Network)
* wants to implement neighborhood organizers
(side note: someone brought up John Russo's Lawyers here)
     - Wilson is a progressive democrat
     -one person expressed a need for a Green candidate in mayoral race
     - another asked why Wilson is a Democrat if he has Green-like platform
     - the need for coalitions of all kinds expressed  (Democrats included)
     - many other elections (Spring 2002) have no progressive or Green
candidate challenging the two party system

Emeryville Elections

* school district in debt, super intendent facing felony charges
* school board recall election August 28th
* need Green questionnaires sent to candidates
* could run somebody in official election (November 2001)
* sign up sheet passed around

Branch in Oakland?
* Alameda branch has been very successful (two years now)
* when asked, most were excited about prospect of Oakland Greens
* There was an attempt a few years back; to avoid repeating its failure the
following suggestions were made:
     - Electoral Involvement (year-round)
     - Direct Action
     - Social/Cultural relevance
     - Administrative structure
     - Outreach
* How do we get new people involved and keep them active?
     - BIG "Coming Out" party for Oakland Greens
        ~ celebrity speaker, press release
        ~ announce our name and major Oakland issues
        ~ invite local progressive groups
     - real issues that will broaden the member base
     - general meetings with all candidates running in all elections. "Put
them on the spot" and ask them, "How Green are you?"
     - newsletter and Treasury (dues and/or newsletter subscription)
     - email/mail minutes to all present (also 5,000 registered Greens in
Oakland, but we don't have all their email addresses.  Call to get them?)
* Consensus reached: "Oakland Greens" is an appropriate name, but it could
be changed at a later date if the group agrees.

Organizational Committee

* Headed by Sheelah Weaver.  Next meeting at her house.
     - 2731 26th Avenue (off East 27th Street)
     - 532-0994
     - sheelahw@...
     - meeting will be held on Monday July 30th at 7:00pm
     - house accessible by Fruitvale BART
* to meet last Monday of each month because Oakland City Council meets
Tuesday and we should attend their meetings to observe and speak out
* Volunteers to organize next meeting
     - Llyana
     - Sylvia Levy, 655-6533
     - Brent (also volunteered as webmaster for branch)
     - Karen Engel, 465-5887 (can just make phone calls)
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Saturday, July 7
12:00PM Oakland Protest
Corporate Colonization of Downtown Oakland!  The new Gap flagship
store in
downtown Oakland-the cornerstone of Mayor Jerry Brown's "10K" plan to
revitalize the inner city-opened to protests on June 1, 2001. Those
protests
are escalating as activists from around the Bay Area join Oakland
residents
in greater numbers to protest in front of the beleaguered Gap store
at 1333
Broadway once again. The Gap, Broadway and 14th Street, Oakland

...Just to remind us it's all about identity and only peripherally, if at all,
about the real world -
its theft by the rulers, their sycophants -
who are most usually, at the street level, us - vari-colored, sexed, monied.

When we don't talk to us about why we take those jobs that abet the oppressors ,
including being school teachers!!!
- when we turn to the mind control artists who want us looking inward instead of
at the system, which only uses racism as part of
its attack on us all -
when we succumb to agreeing that we're all racists, denouncing ourselves, folks
don't join with us.  "Middle America' does not want
to be told it's bad.
Offer real salvation by looking with people at their daily lives and agreeing
that The Rich live well and we don't and it's not
because some people are browner and some are whiter.

You're gettin' jerked around and trying to jerk us all with you.  Stand strong
against this insidious invasion.  N.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Bonett" <lesliebe@...>
To: "Lavender Inclined" <Lavenderinclined@egroups.com>; "Oakland greens"
<oaklandgreens@yahoogroups.com>; "Oaklandcan"
<oaklandcan@...>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 11:48 PM
Subject: Just Cause general meeting/training 7/16


Come to the next Just Cause Oakland general meeting.
>Monday July 16, from 7:00-9:00.
>Humanist Hall on 390-27th Street/just west of Broadway.
>
>This meeting will be devoted to a two hour training to help us build a
>multicultural community for Just Cause. The meeting will be
>interactive, inspiring, and educational. We will do some exercises to
>get to know each other better, and to understand how power dynamics
>around race, class, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental
>ability, and age impact the work we do. By looking at our selves and
>our relations with one another we will develop a deeper basis for
>working together as we move into our campaign for a more just and
>equitable Oakland.
>
>This training will be facilitated by Just Cause members Phil
>Hutchings and Cynthia Kaufman. Phil is a Senior Project Associate at
>California Tomorrow, where he administors a national project on
>neighborhood relationships in racially changing communities. He
>worked for many years as a consultant on multiracial isues. Cynthia
>teaches at De Anza College, where she has facilitated workshops on
>building bridges across racial lines for Women of Color and White
>Women. She also teaches a class called "Whiteness and
>Racism."

COMMUNITY DIALOGUE on WELFARE "REFORM" & VALUING CARING WORK

Welfare "reform" is being discussed in Congress again and decisions will be
made that affect all women.  But every mother's right to welfare and decent
wages, and our children's right to our care, are not being considered,
either by Congress or by organizations claiming to represent us. Welfare
"reform" promotes uncaring, racism, homophobia and criminalization of women.

*Oppose welfare "reform" which forces us to leave our children for any
low-waged work. Oppose forced labor, increased poverty and homeless.

*Speak out for welfare as a woman's right and for welfare benefits to
reflect the full value of caring work.

*Results of the dialogue will be submitted to Congress as testimony.

*****************************
* THURSDAY, JULY 19, 6:30PM *
* Crossroads Women's Center *
* 333 Valencia St. Room 350 *
*     San Francisco         *
*****************************

Wheelchair accessible * Refreshments * Childcare * Translation

Money for Life and Welfare, Not War and Prisons!

Called by the Every Mother is a Working Mother Network

For more info, contact
EMWM at the Crossroads Women's Center
PO Box 14512, Phone/fax: 415/626-4114
Email: 70742.3012@...


                 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

CARERS' RIGHT TO PAYMENT, CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO CARE


Welfare 'reform', now up for reauthorization (review and renewal) in

Congress, has destroyed welfare as a right and entitlement.  It puts

forward that caring for your own children has no value, and forces
women  into a killing workday.  It is forced labor and low-waged work
recruitment, and has widened the pay gap between women's and men's
wages.  It results in more women and children living in poverty, which
means more of us will end up in prison.


Mothers and their children will be left with nothing when the clock
stops on their 60-month lifetime limit to receiving benefits.  Money
is cut for women and children, but more is spent for Star Wars and
weapons for military action around the world. Caregivers are the heart
of the economy but along with our children always come last.


Welfare 'reform' is a racist attack; the majority of those on welfare
are women and children of color.  It denies the work older women and
women with disabilities do caring for themselves and others, forces
lesbian women to name the father of their kids, forces marriage, puts
women at risk of violent relationships, discourages breastfeeding and
cuts benefits to immigrant women.  It has destroyed what was every
woman's insurance policy against complete dependence and starvation.


Reauthorization is a chance to change welfare 'reform' but the voices
and demands of mothers who are suffering the most and who want the
right to care for their own children are not being heard.  We want to
choose, not be forced, whether or not to work outside the home. It's
time for a change!


MOTHERING IS REAL WORK -- WE WANT REAL WAGES!



                *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *


Every Mother is a Working Mother Network campaigns to establish that
raising children and caring work is work, and that the time mothers
spend raising children, and the economic value of their work be
included in our right to welfare and other resources. We campaign for
resources to enable a mother to raise her own children full-time or to
also work outside the home.  We are a national multiracial grassroots
network from different situations.  EMWM is coordinated by the Wages
for Housework Campaign


EVERY MOTHER IS A WORKING MOTHER!

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And you wondered why the court reporter got paid more
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Greens,

This may be of interest to you, a training on building a muticultural
community sponsored by Just Cause Oakland.  I have been involved with this
campaign to stop unfair evictions for quite a while and feel that we can
learn a lot from each other as we look for new ways to build coalitions
adressing all types of issues.  The meetings are always open to new
participants.

Leslie Dinkin
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--- hfincke@... wrote:
> To: jco-general@yahoogroups.com
> From: hfincke@...
> Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 16:13:43 -0000
> Subject: [jco-general] Just Cause general meeting/training
>
> Come to the next Just Cause Oakland general meeting.
> Monday July 16, from 7:00-9:00.
> Humanist Hall on 390-27th Street/just west of Broadway.
>
> This meeting will be devoted to a two hour training to help us build a
> multicultural community for Just Cause. The meeting will be
> interactive, inspiring, and educational. We will do some exercises to
> get to know each other better, and to understand how power dynamics
> around race, class, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental
> ability, and age impact the work we do. By looking at our selves and
> our relations with one another we will develop a deeper basis for
> working together as we move into our campaign for a more just and
> equitable Oakland.
>
> This training will be facilitated by Just Cause members Phil
> Hutchings and Cynthia Kaufman. Phil is a Senior Project Associate at
> California Tomorrow, where he administors a national project on
> neighborhood relationships in racially changing communities. He
> worked for many years as a consultant on multiracial isues. Cynthia
> teaches at De Anza College, where she has facilitated workshops on
> building bridges across racial lines for Women of Color and White
> Women. She also teaches a class called "Whiteness and
> Racism."
>
>
>
>


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Oakland Greens:

Here's something worth knowing about, perhaps getting involved with enough
to call your City Councilmember about...

--Leslie Dinkin
forwarded from Brian Kettenring <caacornsaro@...>
=======================================================================
Dear Friend of ACORN and Oakland Communities,

     We are writing to ask your support for a critical piece of legislation
coming before the Oakland City Council.  If you do not live in Oakland or
represent people who do, please forward this email to all Oakland or
Oakland-interested contacts.

     On Tuesday, July 10th, at 10 am there will be a rally in support of
the proposed Oakland Anti-Predatory Lending Ordinance that will be heard
at the 10:30 am meeting of the Community and Economic Development
Committee (CEDA Committee).  The rally will be on the front steps of
Oakland City Hall.  This vote, we believe, will be the decisive vote in
that it will set the tone for further discussion on the ordinance, which
is scheduled for a first and second vote before the full City Council July
17th and July 24th.

     If you can do nothing else please do two things:

1. Call the four members of the CEDA Committee before July 4th, ask them
to support the proposed Anti-Predatory Lending Ordinance.  Feel free to
leave a voicemail if offices are closed:

     Jane Brunner, District 1, Committee Chair, (510) 238-7001
     Ignacio De la Fuente, District 5, Council President, (510) 238-7005
     Nancy Nadel, District 3, (510) 238-7003
     Dick Spees, District 4, (510) 238-7004

2. Submit a copy of the attached letter of support.  Fax it to Councilman
De la Fuente and to ACORN (510) 436-6395.  We will forward the letter to
other Councilmembers.

We invite you also to join us for the:

Rally and Committee Vote Against Predatory Lending
Tuesday, July 10
10:00 am
Oakland City Hall

     In California, there were 170,000 subprime loans made in California in
1999.  Fannie Mae estimates that as many as 50% of subprime borrowers were
actually eligible for a prime loan.  In Oakland, hundreds of families are
coming forward who have been victimized by predatory lenders like
Household Finance or the Associates.  They often have outrageous interest
rates over 12%, 15%, 20%, 25% or more, often have substandard credit
insurance financed into their loans without their full knowledge, often
have been flipped [a process of continuous refinancing without benefit to
the borrower], or have simply been ripped off in any number of ways.  You
will find attached to this email the story of two victims of predatory
lending in Oakland.  Also attached to this email is a fact sheet on the
Oakland ordinance.

     Should the predatory lending ordinance pass, Oakland will join cities
like Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, and the State of North Carolina in
passing consumer protections.  But it will not be easy.  Predatory lenders
and banks opposed to strong regulation have fought tooth and nail against
such laws.  As an example of the difficulty we face, industry recently
succeeded in getting the Republican state legislature in PA to negate the
Philadelphia law.  ACORN is fighting for passage of similar legislation to
that proposed in Oakland, or is preparing to, throughout California and
across the nation.  For two years, the California Legislature has failed
to adopt adequate protections of California citizens, despite the best
efforts of Senators Solis and Dunn, and ACORN, AARP, the California Labor
Federation, CRC, Greenlining Institute, Consumers Union, Congress of
California Seniors, and many, many others.  Please help us win relief for
Oakland's communities.

Thank you.

Fannie Brown, Oakland ACORN Board
Tara Polansky, Oakland ACORN Head Organizer
Brian Kettenring, Northern California Regional Organizer


PS. Should anyone want a copy of the ordinance language itself, please
email us.  Thanks.



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Thanks for your help Evelyn,

   I don't think that it is going to go under - early
   signs look good.  It's only been a few months since
   we cleared the place of the tons of garbage
   that people dumped here, but the rental schedule
   is getting pretty busy.  We've had quite a few
   major parties, banquets, a funeral, and a memorial,
   however, we still have a long way to go.  And the
   building, though basically sound, needs major
   repairs.  Anyway, we are working hard to have
   something to pass on to our ancesters so that
   they can continue to use this hall to support the
   left.

   thanks again,
   Dave Oertel - Caretaker Fellowship of Humanity Hall


--- Evelyn Velson <evelson@...> wrote:
> Sent your request to our Women for Peace group.  In
> the 70's we held
> annual fund-raising dinners there.  Also, a very
> successful breakfast
> gathering for trade unionists - amongst other
> gatherings held there.
>
> Would hate to see the Hall go under.  It's easy to
> get to by public
> transportation and there is easy street parking.
>
> Hope your email has gone out to all political and
> social justice groups
> in this area.
>
> Evelyn Velson
>
>


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June,

   You don't have to do anything heroic.  Just try to
   make progressives aware of this hall.  We want to
   support the left and are trying to do it by making
   this hall available for meetings.  Maybe it's the
   wrong thing to do?  I dunno.  But it's worth a try.
   If nobody out there cares then that is ok, we will
   simply move on and try something else.  However,
   the early signs are that there is quite a bit of
   interest from the left.

   thanks!
   Dave Oertel
   Caretaker Fellowship of Humanity Hall

--- junespero@... wrote:
> How can I help?  I can not give you the funds you
> will need  and am not super
> strong but there may  be someway I can help.  Keep
> me in mind.  June Spero
>


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Sent your request to our Women for Peace group.  In the 70's we held
annual fund-raising dinners there.  Also, a very successful breakfast
gathering for trade unionists - amongst other gatherings held there.

Would hate to see the Hall go under.  It's easy to get to by public
transportation and there is easy street parking.

Hope your email has gone out to all political and social justice groups
in this area.

Evelyn Velson

Hello Oakland Greens from the Fellowship of
Humanity!

   Some of you may know that our hall used to be a
major
   hangout for the Green Party back in the eighties.
   But about ten years ago, this greedy lawyer guy
   kicked everybody out of the hall, tried to get it
   into his name somehow, and then sell it off for his
   own profit.  What a fate for a hall built by
   Communists!  Anyway, he was stopped recently and
   the hall was reopened to outside groups.  This was
   not easy, some wanted to keep the hall private and
   quiet - kind of a geriatric men's club.  But some
   of the commies here wanted the hall to return to
   being a resource for the left, something along the
   lines of La Pena.  This strategy has worked
somewhat,
   there are some great groups meeting here
   (Committees of Correspondence, Workers Democracy
   Network, Just Cause, and Uhuru).  But we need more
   support to keep this place from becoming another
   auto dealership.  And we also need help making this
   place as Green as possible.  We've done the
   compact florescent thing but we've got a huge
   South-facing roof so we should be able to get off
   of the grid at some point.  Some part of our lawns
   should be converted back to native vegetation, etc.
   Anyway, enough babbling!  Is there any interest in
   helping us?

   Dave Oertel
   Caretaker and proud Green Party member


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FWD:

>SAVE THE DATE - YFC/BNB EVENT----- Original Message -----
>From: Youth Force Coalition
>To: YFC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP CONTACTS
>Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 4:21 PM
>Subject: SAVE THE DATE - YFC/BNB EVENT
>
>
>SAVE THE DATE
>saturday, july 28
>noon
>frank ogawa plaza
>oakland
>
>youth force & books not bars throw down against the new
>superjail for kids
>_______
>
>
>also, don't forget the next Youth Force General Meeting:
>TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 5:30pm
>1357 5th Street
>West Oakland
>
>call 510-451-5466x301 for more information
>
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>Dear friends,
>
>I will be participating in this meeting, Thursday night, to build
>progressive unity.  The people involved include Democrats, Greens, Peace &
>Freedom, & Independents, and this should be an interesting opportunity to
>work together to stop right-wing and corporate power. Feel free to forward
>to people you think would be interested.
>
>Hope to see you there,
>-Rebecca
>
>FWD:
> >
> >
> >The first organizing meeting for a Progressive Electoral Conference to be
> >held next October is this Thursday, June 28 at 7:00 p.m. at 560 20th St.
> >Oakland (1½ blocks from 19th St. BART - SEIU Local 250 union hall,
>disabled
> >accessible).
> >
> >The following draft call for the October conference was authored by East
> >Bay
> >Democratic Socialists of America with input from both Greens and
> >progressive
> >Democrats and is subject to revision at the meeting on the 28th. To
>endorse
> >this process, get updated information, or volunteer to help, call our
> >message line at (415) 789-8497, email us at electprog@..., or
>mail
> >us at 1256 Monterey Ave., Berkeley, CA 94707.
> >
> >***********
> >
> >A CALL to the PROGRESSIVE PEOPLES of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
> >All organizations and individuals that share these concerns are invited
>to
> >act in unity!
> >
> >We declare an emergency in our electoral system.
> >*  An illegitimate president selected by less than 50% of voters is
> >perpetrating outrage after outrage at home and abroad;
> >*  People of color are being systematically denied their voting rights;
> >*  The right-wing machine, covering greed in religious rhetoric, controls
> >congress and garners shameful bipartisan support;
> >*  Corporations and wealthy donors are wielding unprecedented political
> >power; and
> >*  We are denied the information to make informed electoral choices by
> >biased, corporate media.
> >
> >It is crucial for progressives to play a decisive role in the 2002
> >elections.
> >*  Working people, people of color, women, labor unions, lesbians and
>gays,
> >and youth are demanding viable electoral alternatives;
> >*  If the Republicans are not defeated in 2002, the ultra-right will
>become
> >even more entrenched and a second term for George W. will become a
>distinct
> >possibility; and
> >*  The Republicans are exploiting the power crisis, attempting to divide
> >our
> >diverse and vibrant communities, and torpedoing our economy in an attempt
> >to
> >retake the California statehouse.
> >
> >Progressives need to work together to forge positive options for
>electoral
> >participation.
> >*  While the ultra-right has gained enormous political influence, the
>left
> >has engaged in endless debates over whether and how to intervene in
> >elections;
> >*  Progressives need to figure out how to BOTH maintain a critique of
> >corporate domination of elections, respect for third parties, and our
> >commitments to the specific issues that inspire our activism; AND ALSO
> >unite
> >around common themes and strategic electoral efforts; and
> >*  We must reverse our history of defeats opposing anti-gay Knight and
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Oakland Greens,

Here's more info on the protest of the medical waste incinerator that's
happening today.  Hope to see you out there--look for me and the Green
Party banner!

Leslie Dinkin
=======================================================================
From: Bradley Angel <bradley@...>
Subject: PROTEST THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 4:30-6:30 P.M.




HELLO! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THURSDAY'S BIG PROTEST AT IES!!
WE EXPECT A LARGE TURNOUT, BUT NEED EVERYONE TO HELP MAKE THAT A REALITY.

Also, call Ellen Garvey at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to
demand they deny IES' Title V permit in light of the recent massive
violations at the plant, including IES' defiance of a cease and desist
order issued by the State.  (415) 749-4970

We encourage Oakland and Alameda residents to be contacting your city
council and county supervisors about this issue!


COALITION FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Media Advisory
Contact:
Bradley Angel, Susan Chiang, Greenaction (415) 252-0822
Michael Green, Center for Environmental Health (510) 594-9864
Jackie Carrasco, resident  (510) 532-1909

  In Response to Many New Violations and Permit Suspension
	         at IES Incinerators in East Oakland:

  Youth, Seniors, Cancer Survivors, Teachers & Soccer Moms
  to Join Community, Health and Environmental Justice Groups
	   in Big Rally for Worker and Community Health

	    "We are Fed Up With Breathing Toxic Air!"

PROTEST TO DEMAND AN END TO MEDICAL WASTE BURNING
AT INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2001 AT 5 P.M.
IN FRONT OF IES INCINERATORS, 499 HIGH STREET, OAKLAND

Oakland, CA -- Oakland and Alameda youth, senior citizens and soccer moms
will join community, health and environmental justice groups in a major
protest in front of the Integrated Environmental Systems medical waste
incinerators, Thursday, June 28, 2001, 5 p.m. at 499 High Street, Oakland.
The protest will be large, multiracial and very spirited.

Fed up with toxic emissions and ongoing serious violations of IES' permit
and the law, the community will rally to demand IES become a good neighbor
by replacing their medical waste incinerators with safer non-incineration
treatment technologies to protect workers' jobs and worker and community
health.  The IES incinerators emit dioxin, mercury and other toxic
chemicals and metals into the air of surrounding neighborhoods.

Adding fuel to the fire of community concern, IES recently was found in
serious violation of their permit and California law for large scale
illegal storage of medical waste as well as other violations.  In response
to these violations, the State Department of Health Services issued a
Cease
and Desist Order to IES.  IES then violated the Cease and Desist Order and
compliance agreement, prompting state officials to suspend the company's
permit for 30 days.

At Thursday's protest, the Coalition will announce if IES has responded to
our request to immediately begin good faith negotiations to address
community concerns regarding the incinerators and other safety issues.  If
IES fails to agree to negotiate in good faith, Coalition members will
begin
a nonviolent and direct escalation of the campaign.

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Congratulations to Leslie and Brent for getting us both a web site and a
group e-mail loop set up overnight!  What a great start!

Helene Knox

the new oakland greens website is now online at

http://oaklandgreens.org

as structure begins to form, it will appear here.


brent emerson

Off to a less than perfect start I named the Group "oaklandgreend" by
mistake.  My mind had it correct the but the fingers... It has been
corrected to "oaklandgreens"