Month: December 2014
Michael Brown Sr. Tells SF: “Stand Strong and Fight.”
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety Mike Brown’s father speaks at Third Baptist Church and Mission High School…
Historic Meeting Brings Together Civil Rights Leaders with Execs of Verizon, Google, Facebook, Intel
Posted in Business, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Carla Thomas In an unprecedented move, Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Push Coalition brought together…
Churches in Berkeley March for “Black Lives Matter Sunday”
Posted in Berkeley, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Ashley Chambers A large group of community members, faith leaders marched…
Alameda County Public Defenders Rally for “Black Lives Matter”
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Ashley Chambers Attorneys in the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office held…
City Council Calls Public Hearing Jan. 24 to Seek Ways to Protect Black and Latino Lives in Oakland
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Post Staff The Oakland City Council is calling a meeting in…
Bay Area Hanukkah March in Solidarity with Rising Protests
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Josh Healey Over 300 Jews, joined by a few non-Jews, marked…
Families, Children and High School Students Hold Vigil at Lake Merritt
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter High school students and families with children held a vigil at Lake Merritt…
Berkeley City Council Hears Police Abuse Claims, Fails to Act
Posted in Berkeley, Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Judith Scherr More than 100 people came to a raucous Berkeley…
East Bay Town Hall Meeting Seeks Solutions to Police Impunity
Posted in Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein A town hall meeting seeking solutions to the “strained…
High School Students Walk Out, Saying: “Graduations Not Funerals”
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter By Ken Epstein Wanting their voices to be heard in the growing protests…