Join women and allies across the country to stand for human rights, civil liberties, and social justice for all, on the day after the inauguration. Marches in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose and Walnut Creek will join the national Women’s March in … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2016
Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age, Jan 11
"Meaningful change can only happen with organizing that puts ordinary people at the center of their own struggle: there are no shortcuts to lasting social change." Join us at the UC Berkeley Labor Center for a conversation with Jane McAlevey … [Read more...]
Hold DAPL Investors Accountable! Dec 26 — 30
This Week of Divestment will target Citibank and Wells Fargo banks, the major investors financing the Dakota Access Pipeline. The water protectors at Standing Rock have asked us to keep up the pressure on the banks before January 1st. Last … [Read more...]
Sunflower Alliance General Assembly, Jan 8
Brooke Anderson of Climate Workers will talk about the crucial work of connecting the labor and climate movements. Climate Workers, a project of Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project, is dedicated to building a grassroots labor movement … [Read more...]
Pittsburg Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jan 16
Every year on the occasion of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, the people of Pittsburg come together with a spirited rally and march, followed by an outstanding program celebrating the community's multifold talents, resiliency, and hopes for … [Read more...]
MLK’s Radical Legacy March and Children’s Teach-in, Jan 16
The Black Lives Coalition and the Anti Police-Terror Project invite you to the third annual Oakland March to Reclaim Martin Luther King's Radical Legacy, #ReclaimMLK, which also launches #120Hours of direct actions of protest and resistance leading … [Read more...]
Earth2Trump Roadshow of Resistance, Jan 2
Join the Center for Biological Diversity to kick off its #Earth2Trump Roadshow of Resistance—a cross-country tour headed for Inauguration Day in Washington D.C., building a network of resistance along the way. This a movement-building event, the … [Read more...]
DAPL Divestment in SF, Dec 19
Join us for a winter solstice action to encourage divestment from banks financing the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty calls upon all of us, but especially women, to conduct a direct action … [Read more...]
Protect the Livermore Aquifer from Big Oil, Jan 11
The passage of a fracking ban in Alameda County was one of our greatest local wins in 2016. But we can't just rest on our laurels. E&B Natural Resources, the drilling company with ten active wells outside of Livermore, has applied to the state … [Read more...]
Sunflower Alliance General Assembly/Holiday Party, Dec 18
Please join us for a holiday party and celebration of the many victories of the past year. And find out about the campaigns we're working on now. If you're new to Sunflower, this is a good way to get to know us. If you've been around for a while, … [Read more...]
Hold Citibank Accountable for DAPL, Dec 17
Standing Rock water protectors still urgently need our help. Efforts continue in our own backyard to encourage divestment from Citibank, that perpetual bad actor and financial ringleader of the global investors bankrolling the Dakota Access … [Read more...]