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Useful.
https://www.lucyparsonsproject.com/aboutlucy/roxanne_dunbar-ortiz_lucy_parsons.html?

Lucy Parsons: Freedom, Equality and Solidarity: By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz This web site is an online tribute to Lucy Parsons: a Black, Native-American, Mexican anarchist labor organizer from the late nineteenth and 20th century America.

Good News! Thankful for the excellent work of cooperative and non-profit allies EBPREC and CAST in saving the community space and building from foreclosure.
We Omni Commons can look forward, I believe, to a visioning process about the future of the community space and building once the roof repairs are complete. 🙂

Interesting. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/moving-towards-life/?

Moving Towards Life | Los Angeles Review of Books Exploring the correspondence of June Jordan and Audre Lorde, Marina Magloire assembles an archive of a Black feminist falling-out over Zionism.

Right?

Yup.

Kamala Harris was born in Oakland and started her legal career in Alameda County and San Francisco. Our communities here need services, but instead the U.S. is sending weapons to commit genocide. This needs to stop now!

We’re joining in calling for her to commit to an arms embargo. Fund our communities, not genocide! 🌺

Rally at Lake Merritt Amphitheater on Sunday, August 18, from 11a-1p (about half a mile from Lake Merritt BART). We will have speakers, performances, and activities. This will be a family-friendly event. Masks required.

Possible march after; more details soon!

Accessibility:
Water and shade will be provided.
We will also have reserved viewing areas.
Care Bears (accessibility team) will have light pink armbands at the event

This even is part of a National Day of Action organized by .

Local event organized and

Image description:
Text on top of a dimmed sepia image of Lake Merritt. Text is in black, red, and green.

Kamala’s Home Town says: Not another bomb. National day of action. Sunday, 8/18 11a-1p at Lake Merritt Amphitheater. Masks required.

The phrase Not Another Bomb is in red with the “o” in bomb replaced with a Palestine poppy. The poppy has four red petals, and a black and green center, with a green stem w/ three leaves.

Event details in black: Sun 8/18, 11a-1p at Lake Merritt Amphitheater, and masks required (the last in red).

Interesting.

We Can Breathe! In​ 1963, June Croll and Eugene Gordon took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Gordon was African American, raised in New Orleans; Croll was Jewish, born in Odessa at the beginning of the 20th century. Both fled their home cities as children to escape racial violence: Gordon, th...

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Winter Campaign: Omni Commons needs your support! Please donate generously to preserve this amazing community space.

This Friday!

This Friday!

🌟 Unlock Your Funding Potential! Join us for the Democratize Funding Workshop Series, designed to empower QTBIPOC artists and activists with the skills to access vital funding.

📅 Part 1: June 15, 3-6 PM - Dive into grant writing essentials for individual artists.
📅 Part 2: June 22, 3-6 PM - Learn to secure funding for collectives, nonprofits, and grassroots movements.

💡 Led by Pallavi Kidambi, a seasoned grant writer and arts educator, these workshops embody our commitment to dismantling barriers in arts funding, promoting equity, and amplifying marginalized voices.

💰 Sliding Scale: $30-$60
Secure your spot!

🔗 Sign up link in bio!

Useful.
https://www.poormagazine.org/post/land-back-to-tents-back-palestine-to-turtle-island?

Land Back to Tents Back- Palestine to Turtle Island By tiny, formerly houseless daughter of Dee, mama of Tiburcio aka “You have five minutes to leave,” Before the words were out of the LA PoLice officers mouth the two men in fluorescent green vests flanking him were grabbing me and mama’s tent and all the tents set up next to us, s...

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New Fashion Decolonization sewing cohort opening for inquiries
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For 4 weeks in June

❤️‍🔥Monday 6pm to 9pm
Or
❤️‍🔥Saturdays 3pm to 6pm

🌙access to Sundays open studio 2pm to 5pm

🌙This cohort welcomes very beginners and intermediate to sewing!

🌙We will practice slow fashion throug repairing our clothes and upcycling the abundant fabric source at Omni.
We will also learn pattern making and go home with 2-3 projects !

🌙The cohort is limited seats per class and priories QTBIPOC folks~

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$150 - $300 sliding scale~
Please sign with the link in the bio to reserve a spot
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An opportunity to learn for some white comrades in Omni Commons. And useful on the conjuncture.
East Side Arts Alliance, Saturday, May 25, 3:00 pm.

John Torok

There are just a few more days left for individuals to sign up for the Screenprinting cohort where you can learn the entire printing process as well as participate in transformative justice conversations with other beautiful individuals!

Sign up at bit.ly/may-screenprinting or click the link in the bio!

Spread the Word! Turn Up!

This Thursday at Omni!

Next Liberated Lens screening at Omni. First episode of Javier Tavolari's "Ragko". Friday 7pm.

Roses r red, violets r blue, the Omni needs Love, how about you?!

Apply to Perform or Vend at the LOVE-A-FAIR DIY Art & Makers Event this Feb! This event will be fundraising to support Omni with much needed building maintenance and repairs.

This event is part of Omni’s efforts to activate artists and their communities in North Oakland so that we may have more equitable spaces of community care in the face of aggressive gentrification.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0xR9box9vzAQioa0mi_9EILwsZ8MRgTx8-TQFNJg6Cl-tlg/viewform

❄️ Join the Movement at WINTER REVIVAL: Omni Commons DIY Art & Maker Fair! 🌈🎨 Get ready for a day of artistic wonders, vibrant vendors, lively music, and community-led workshops at Omni Commons! 🏛️✨

https://partiful.com/e/48Uz7aF9hOxqqcxI3s4S

📅 Date: Saturday, January 20th
🕒 Time: 3:00 - 10:00 PM
📍 Location: 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland CA 94609

Explore the talents of local artists, discover unique creations from local vendors, enjoy musical performances, and participate in interactive workshops 🎭🎵❄️

Feat... ❄️ PERFORMERS: .lanea.official .el92 .kidambi .band

and ☃️ VENDORS: darcy.nicho .moon.studio .kulay.ng.paglaban

.Angelix urdistan__ AND MOOOOOORE!

If your interested in volunteering send us a DM!
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Respect the Space, Support the Community:
As we come together, let's actively embrace an anti-racist stance and uplift our BIPOC creators and community.. 🌍🤍

Let's make this Winter Maker Fair a unifying moment of creativity, diversity, and community spirit! 🚀🌟

This opening statement is destined to be a classic in its genre.

Statement at the Hague on Charges of Palestinian Genocide - Occupy Oakland Statement at the Hague on Charges of Palestinian Genocide January 13, 2024 at 2:33 pm.Posted by LaborSolidarityCommitteeCategories: Open Mic 77653 Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. You must be logged in to post a comment.

Comrades, listen up! Please share widely in Omni Commons channels.

The Politics of Black Liberation - Abbas Muntaqim Abbas speaks at the Black Student Union protest in Berkeley after the murder of Geroge Floyd.