We have the right to clean air. We have the right to safe neighborhoods. We have the right to stay in our homes.
West Oakland can make it happen. We can make our community healthy and safe for everyone and find ways to make it affordable for friends and family to stay. But not if we don’t Stop the Coal Trains from coming through Oakland, one more bad idea pushed on us by greedy developers. We need a livable West Oakland, not one polluted with toxic coal dust and diesel exhaust. And we need to fight for Renters Protections.
Join No Coal in Oakland, SEIU Local 1021, West Side Missionary Baptist Church, and the Bay Area chapter of the Sierra Club on Saturday, May 21, to meet neighbors, enjoy fun, music, and food and learn about solutions to these crises and how we can fight the powerful forces that threaten to make West Oakland less livable.
There will be a variety of activities:
- Kids are invited to draw a chalk mural of what a safe and clean Oakland would look like.
- Hear from members of the faith community, labor leaders, West Oakland residents, and elected officials including Sen. Loni Hancock, who is leading the fight against coal in Sacramento.
- Make video testimonials to let your elected officials know your feelings on coal and housing in West Oakland.
- Meet neighbors and make new friends.
Drop by the library across the street to see artwork and essays by West Oakland students on the topic Environmental Justice: Coal in West Oakland? Awards will be presented there by the John George Democratic Club at 12:00.
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DeFremery Park
Adeline between 16th and 18th St., Oakland
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Saturday, May 21, 1 to 4 p.m.