Restore Oakland

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Ready for color! @67suenos @restoreoakland

Happening now at Restore Oakland parking lot. Come through!

Come to the People’s Budget Block Party, mini-mutual aid/ action, tomorrow at 5pm in our parking lot! We’re partnering with @defundopd @ellabakercenter to provide free diapers + food + music + school supplies + more! #defundthepolice #carenotcages #mutualaid

ACTION ALERT Tuesday, June 22, at 8:00 a.m., Decarcerate Alameda County and the families of Dujuan Armstrong, Augie Gonsalez, and others impacted by police violence and Santa Rita Jail, will hold a rally in front of the Board of Supervisors Office to call on the county to pass a budget that reflects significant investments in housing and community mental health services. Join us to make sure the county passes a budget that funds #carenotcages @freesrj

Celebrate our One Year Anniversary with poetry, music, and our movement partners! Happening now.

Restore Oakland is celebrating our One Year Anniversary on September 30th! We will highlight the resiliency of our Fruitvale community and celebrate our successes fighting for justice. Join us for an uplifting afternoon and bring friends! RSVP here: https://rb.gy/n6bd4w.

Thank you CeCe for blessing us with Emory Douglas’ wisdom and your masterful art. Swing by our building to check it out in person!

TODAY at 1:30 pm! Show up to the Oakland City Council meeting to Demand that City Council Defund OPD! Libby Schaaf is slashing budgets across the board EXCEPT for THE OPD. The police eat up 44% of our city budgets while terrorizing Black and Brown communities. We demand Oakland #DefundOPD by at least 50% ($150 million) and invest those millions in programs that actually keep us safe.

There are now 30 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 at San Quentin State Prison, since CDCR transferred folks from CIM - a known hotspot. We know these numbers are being underreported from a lack of adequate testing! The pandemic will continue to spread throughout San Quentin unless CDCR and Governor Newsom act now! There is no safe way to social distance while living behind bars in overcrowded prisons during a global pandemic! #StopSanQuentinOutbreak - grant mass releases to incarcerated people and reduce California’s prison population now! #FreeThemAll #ClemencyNow #LetThemGo #LeadWithMercy #CareNotCages #DeathByIncarceration

What's up JRC Fam! We are supporting CURYJ youth, Oakland Black Youth Organizers, and students from Arise High School for this youth led Black & Brown Solidarit...y March. The youth are requesting donations of spray can paint, canvases for the live art at Oscar Grant Plaza and markers and poster board for their sign making parties on Sunday and Tuesday. They need PPE, water, and snacks. Also they are requesting Pow wow dancers & drum, Mitotiani Mexica (Aztec Dancers) and African drummers. Also musicians and cultural performers rooted in African and Indigenous traditions e.g. bomba y plena, hip hop emcees, breakdancers, turf dancers etc. Black & Brown Artists that can also support with stencil art and graffiti pieces are also needed. Please holla if you're able to support the youth. Thank you in advance! #BlackBrownUnity #DefundThePolice #Justice4ErikSalgado #BrownLove4Blacklives #LetUsLive #GeorgeFloyd #CURYJ #APTP

After months of postponement, Alameda County Supervisors will vote tomorrow on Sheriff Ahern's $318 million to hire new deputies and jail staff. Tomorrow’s request is $60M more than Ahern’s original request. We are in a pandemic. Call today and tell them to vote NO on item 72 and invest in healthcare and housing, not jail. @ Alameda County Offices Board of Supervisors

Inspired by the @donoharmcoalition @doctorsforcampclosure and the public health justice collective lifting up DECARCERATION as the best public health intervention for folks behind bars. Encourage the health workers in yr life to join this week long action #HealthNotPunishment #FreeSRJ #shutthemdown #PublicHealthJusticeCollective @ Alameda County, California

UPDATE ON SHERIFF AHERN'S $85 MILLION BUDGET REQUEST--The vote is postponed to April 21st. This gives us time to continue to push for releasing people from Santa Rita Jail and build up more people power to defeat this budget proposal in its tracks. Stay tuned for updates

Today the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will vote on the Sheriff's proposal to allocate an additional $85 million toward staff at Santa Rita Jail. Link here: https://zoom.us/j/721543530 Livestream today's county meeting at 10:45am and make your voice heard by participating in public comment. The sheriff's $85 million budget proposal is Item #8. Sample public comment: My name is ___ and I live in ______. Please vote NO on the proposed annual allocation of $85 million f...or 370 new positions at Santa Rita Jail. Spending taxpayer dollars on incarceration instead of healthcare in the middle of a global pandemic unconscionable.This proposal is completely unsubstantiated as it is not based on any known documentation, official analysis, report, or court order. Do the right thing! Take measures to further reduce the jail population and dedicate the proposed $85 million to meeting the immediate needs of our frontline public health workers and unhoused neighbors. See more

Thanks to tremendous pressure and people power, 314 people have been released from Santa Rita Jail this week. There’s still at least 2400 in custody and we gotta fight to bring them home as the rona continues to spread. Please call DA O’Malley today and demand that she stop delaying the process! @ellabakercenter @ciyja @jrcofac @causa_justa @surjbayarea & human impact partners @ Alameda County District Attorney

Santa Rita Jail has been known as the most dangerous place in Alameda County long before the COVID-19 crisis. Over 40+ Alameda County public health organizations and allies demand the release of folks who are currently incarcerated. TUNE IN AT 1PM TO LEARN MORE: bit.ly/ACdemands