No Coal in Oakland

"From The Ashes" - Coal Documentary, Free Community Showing
2017-06-22 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | La Pena, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94705, United States
No Coal in Oakland is hosting a free screening of a new National Geographic documentary about coal, From the Ashes.
Join us on Thursday, June 22 at 7:00 at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, to watch this film together in community. We will also share updates about the coal campaign in Oakland and talk more generally about the struggle for environmental and climate justice as we resist the new administration in Washington.
You can see a trailer for the film on Vimeo. Here’s a description:
From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry and what its future should be under the Trump Administration.
From Appalachia to the West’s Powder River Basin, the film goes beyond the rhetoric of the “war on coal” to present compelling and often heartbreaking stories about what’s at stake for our economy, health, and climate. From the Ashes invites audiences to learn more about an industry on the edge and what it means for their lives. Learn more: https://www.fromtheashesfilm.com/
Please spread the word about this opportunity to see the film and discuss the issues (share and RSVP on Facebook). The screening is free; donations are welcome. And No Coal in Oakland tee shirts will be available for sale!

Interfaith Council of Alameda County
2017-06-17 13:00 - 17:00 | Taylor Memorial Church, 1188 12th Street, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
The Interfaith Council of Alameda County will hold an event on Saturday June 17th, 2017, 1pm – 5pm, at Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church, 1188 12th Street, Oakland with lunch, speakers, and performers. Faith support for the No Coal in Oakland campaign will be on the agenda.

Tell the Global Insurance Industry: Drop Coal Coverage
2017-06-16 17:15 - 19:00 | California & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, 655 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA, 94108, United States
We expect insurance companies to protect us from serious risks, but when it comes to climate change the insurance industry is doing the opposite: it is insuring and investing in new fossil fuel projects that directly contribute to climate catastrophe.
On June 16th, leaders of the world’s largest insurance companies will be in San Francisco for an industry conference. Join No Coal in Oakland and other local environmentalist organizations to tell these insurance industry CEO’s to “Unfriend Coal.” This will be a peaceful, public rally on public sidewalks at California & Stockton in San Francisco (map), so feel free to bring your friends and family.
The “Unfriend Coal” network is a global coalition of NGOs and social movements that is pressuring insurance companies to get out of the coal business and all fossil fuel projects, and to support the transition to clean energy. The coalition thus far includes 350.org, Rainforest Action Network, the Sierra Club, Avaaz, Waterkeeper Alliance, the Sunrise Project, DivestInvest Individual, Friends of the Earth France, Greenpeace Switzerland, Market Forces (Australia), Re:Common (Italy), ShareAction (UK), Urgewald (Germany). A letter signed by these groups calls upon insurance companies to divest from and stop their underwriting of fossil fuel technologies within the next six months. It exempts workers compensation policies, which “directly benefit workers in the coal industry.”
Insurance companies have invested more than $500 Billion in the fossil fuel sector. At a time when science tells us that we must leave fossil fuels in the ground and build no more coal plants, the industry is still insuring the mining and building of new coal facilities. The good news is that with people power, we are beginning to see cracks in this industry approach—some insurers have begun to exit the coal sector.
No Coal in Oakland is joined in co-sponsoring the San Francisco rally by Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club Bay Chapter, 350 Bay Area, Idle No More SF Bay, and the Sunflower Alliance.

Temescal Street Fair
2017-06-11 12:00 - 18:00 | Temescal District – Telegraph Avenue, 4600 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94609, United States
This year’s Temescal Street Fair — the 14th annual — will be held on Sunday June 11th, 12 noon – 6 pm, on Telegraph Avenue between 41st and 51st streets (map). Help staffing our table is welcome. Email NoCoalinOakland@gmail.com to volunteer.
NCIO tee shirts will be available!

Berkeley Adult School ECO Fair
2017-05-25 | Berkeley Adult School, 1701 San Pablo Ave, Berkeleyt, CA, 94702, United States
Berkeley Adult School will hold an ECO Fair on Thursday, May 25, 2017, in the Multi-Purpose Room at the BAS, 1701 San Pablo Ave. in Berkeley.
There are three shifts: 8:30-11:30 AM, 12:35–3:45 PM, and 6:20–9:00 PM. NCIO volunteers are welcome and invited to staff our table for any of these shifts. Please email NoCoalinOakland@gmail.com to volunteer.

League of Conservation Voters Environmental Champions Awards Celebration
2017-05-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Sole Space, 1714 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
The East Bay League of Conservation Voters will honor No Coal in Oakland alongside Save the Bay and State Senator Loni Hancock on Wednesday, May 24, 6:30-8:30 pm, at Sole Space, 1714 Telegraph Avenue. Misao Brown will receive the award for NCIO, others are welcome to attend (visit the LCV East Bay web site’s events page for ticket information).

Rally in Sacramento: Oil Money Out, People Power In
2017-05-20 12:00 - 15:00 | Governor’s Mansion, Sacramento, 1526 H Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
Join others from NCIO at noon rally at Governor Brown’s residence (map) to call out our Governor and legislators who have allowed the oil industry to continue to threaten our air, water, and food to say OIL MONEY OUT, PEOPLE POWER IN. Email NoCoalinOakland@gmail.com to coordinate meeting there. NCIO’s Michael Kaufman will be addressing Brown’s relationship with developer Phil Tagami, who has filed a lawsuit against the city of Oakland in response to the city’s ban on coal storage and transport.

NCIO Meeting
2017-05-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Westside Missionary Baptist Church, 732 Willow Street, Oakland
Our next No Coal in Oakland general meeting will be held on Monday, May 15.
NCIO will be meeting at a different time and place: at 7:00 pm at West Side Missionary Baptist Church, 732 Willow Street, in West Oakland. This location is a few blocks from our usual spot at the WOEIP office.
We will be discussing new directions for the campaign while the lawsuit proceeds (trial date January 16, 2018).

May 1st General Strike
2017-05-01 | CA
Shut It Down May 1st Poster
This May Day, a broad-based coalition–Bay Resistance–has called for a General Strike to manifest the unity of our many communities in resisting the right-wing extremism that threatens to bring autocracy, plutocracy, kleptocracy, and fascism for the benefit of the few.
No Coal in Oakland understands its fight for environmental justice and climate justice in opposition to the coal industry and its local collaborators is part of a larger struggle that has many fronts.
The same Trump Administration and its allies who are prepared to tear up environmental regulations to give the coal industry a greater opportunity to destroy living conditions on the planet is also launching many other attacks on our communities, our country, and our Constitution.
Bay Resistance’s call for a General Strike on May 1 states:
“It’s time to RESIST. It is time to defend all people, including workers, immigrants, Muslims, Women, LGBTQ people. It is time to defend our climate, our schools, and our unions.
“This is a call to all working people, to all communities: Join us in the streets in a general strike on May 1, 2017!
“Let us stand up together for a world where human rights and equality are respected. We are fighting for a world in which immigrant families are no longer torn apart, in which every child gets a good public education, every parent can access affordable childcare, every family has quality healthcare, every senior can retire in dignity, and where working hard is enough to live out of poverty.
“THE TIME HAS COME TO SHUT IT DOWN.”
To learn of specific actions planned for the East Bay, San Francisco, and the South Bay, the best way to keep in touch is by signing up on the General Strike Facebook page.

The Bay Resistance Network is a network of over 50 organizations and unions. Its Steering Committee includes:
Arab Resource and Organizing Center
Bay Rising (convenor)
Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Causa Justa / Just Cause
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (convenor)
GABRIELA USA
Jobs with Justice San Francisco (convenor)
San Francisco Rising (convenor)
SEIU United Service Workers West
SEIU Local 1021
Senior and Disability Action
United Educators of San Francisco
The Bay Resistance Network includes these organizations who have pledged to build a stronger response to the threats before us. Together we will use our collective power to fight for the world we deserve.
350 Bay Area
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment
American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees 3299
American Federation of Teachers 2121
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action
Arab Resource and Organizing Center
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Council on American-Islamic Relations – San Francisco Bay Area
California Faculty Association – SFSU
California Immigrant Policy Center
Causa Justa / Just Cause
Chinese for Affirmative Action
Chinese Progressive Association
Climate Workers
Congregation Kol Shofar
Diablo Rising Tide
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
East Bay Organizing Committee
El/La Para TransLatinas
Fight for $15 Bay Area
Forward Together
Greenlining Institute
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network
Hospitality House
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
Internationalist Socialist Organization
Jewish Voice for Peace — Bay Area Chapter
LYRIC
Marin Immigrant Community Safety Strategy Team
Marin Interfaith Council
Mission Graduates, Movement Strategy Center
National Lawyers Guild – SF Bay Area Chapter
National Union of Healthcare Workers
North Bay Jobs with Justice
Oakland Catholic Worker
Oakland Rising
Parent Voices Oakland
RYSE Center
Sacred Heart Community Service
SEIU 1021
SEIU 2015
SEIU United Service Workers West
Senior and Disability Action
SF United Against Trump
Showing Up for Racial Justice – Oakland/SF Bay Area
Sunflower Alliance
UNITE HERE Local 2
United Educators of San Francisco
Warrior Womyn Network
Young Workers United.
Bay Resistance is a project of San Francisco Rising Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization.

Peoples Climate Movement Day
2017-04-29 11:00 - 17:00 | Lake Merritt Amphitheatre, Lake Merritt Blvd at 12th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
April 29 Graphic
Fair and rally at Lake Merritt with a procession around the lake
Lake Merritt Amphitheatre | Oakland | near 12th Street BART

March for Science
2017-04-22 12:00 - 16:00 | CA
Location TBD
Public policy must be guided by evidence-based scientific research, local scientific knowledge, and mainstream scientific consensus, not by which oil baron gave the most to whose campaign.

Earth Day event at Brower Center in Berkeley
2017-04-21 18:30 - 21:30 | David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley
6:30-9:30 pm – free – Information about resources
7:00 – $5-10 – Showing of Leonardo DeCaprio’s film “Before the Flood“

Earth Day Action for Environmental & Climate Justice
2017-04-21 12:00 - 14:00 | US EPA Region IX Office, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco , CA, 94105, United States
Initiated by the California Environmental Justice Coalition
US EPA Region IX Office
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco
(near Montgomery BART/MUNI)

Court Hearing on Motions to Dismiss Tagami Lawsuit
2017-04-20 10:00 - 13:00 | United States Courthouse/Federal Building – SF, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
United States District Court Judge Vince Chhabria
On April 20, Judge Vince Chhabria will hold the first important hearing in the lawsuit Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal LLC v. City of Oakland, developer Phil Tagami’s attempt to overturn the City’s ban on coal storage and handling at the future West Gateway marine terminal.
The Court will hear several motions. Of great importance to No Coal in Oakland is a motion by Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper to be accepted as “intervenors” in the lawsuit. The environmental groups seek formal “intervenor” status so that they can participate as full parties in the courtroom effort to defeat Tagami’s lawsuit, thus helping the City defeat the lawsuit. Not surprisingly, Tagami’s lawyers have asked the Court to deny the motion.
Second, the Court has before it two motions to dismiss the lawsuit–one motion filed by the City of Oakland seeking dismissal of Tagami’s claim for breach of contract and a second motion filed by the Sierra Club and Baykeeper seeking dismissal of Tagami’s claim that his constitutional rights were violated by the City’s ban because it discriminated against out of state commercial interests and unduly burdened interstate commerce.
If the City’s and the environmental groups’ motions are granted, the case will be considerably narrowed, which makes it easier to defend.
No Coal in Oakland will be there! This is a great opportunity to observe the Court in action and get insight into how the Court views the first major motions to defend the City’s ban on coal. The hearing may also shed light on whether the Court will allow the wide open discovery (depositions, document requests, etc.) that Tagami’s lawyers seek.
Judge Chhabria usually comes to Court with an idea how he intends to rule the motions before him which he then invites the parties to debate.
Allow extra time for getting through security. Take an elevator to the 17th Floor, Courtroom 4. Judge Chhabria will expect silence in his courtroom.

NCIO Meeting
2017-04-17 17:30 - 19:00 | West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 349 Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA, United States
On December 7, Phil Tagami filed suit against the City of Oakland seeking to overturn the City of Oakland’s ban on storage and handling of coal at the new shipping terminal to be built on public land near the foot of the Bay Bridge.
No Coal in Oakland and our allies have vowed to support the City in its fight to keep coal out of Oakland.
We meet regularly to plan actions that will strengthen Oakland’s resistance to coal. Only through continued mobilization and a strong alliance with our neighbors in the labor, faith, environmental, social justice, climate justice, racial justice, public health, and business communities can we ensure defeat of the plan to build the coal terminal.
There will be a general meeting of No Coal in Oakland on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. at the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP).
WOEIP is at 349 Mandela Parkway, around the corner from the West Oakland BART station, 1/2 block south of Fifth St, behind the chain link fence and through the parking lot, on the west side of the street.
Come learn about the lawsuit and share ideas on the role community activists can play in defeating Phil Tagami in this new phase of the struggle.

Teaching Coal: A Curricula Hack-a-Thon
2017-04-15 11:00 - 12:30 | Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
Join union teachers and other educators this Saturday, April 15th from 11AM-12:30PM at the CA Emergency Education Conference at Dwinelle Hall at UC Berkeley for a workshop on Teaching Coal
TEACHING COAL: A Curricula Hack-a-Thon
Saturday, April 15th from 11-12:30PM
Dwinelle Hall, 2100 Berkeley Way, Berkeley CA (map)
https://www.facebook.com/events/102992446909841
Oakland developer Phil Tagami is planning to build the largest coal export facility on the West Coast right here in Oakland, despite the City of Oakland having banned coal storage and handling last year. Tagami is currently suing the city in an attempt to move forward with his plan to bring dirty coal to our communities.
Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel on Earth, greatly accelerates climate change, endangers workers, and poses severe public health risks (asthma and cancer, among others) to mostly working class neighborhoods and communities of color along the train tracks.
Join fellow teachers for a discussion on the potential impact of coal on teachers, students, and communities, followed by a “hack-a-thon” to begin to compile and develop curricula for all grade levels and subjects on coal, environmental justice, and climate change.
Workshop sponsored by Climate Workers and No Coal in Oakland, and part of the California Emergency Education Conference (https://www.facebook.com/events/1705553863069392).

Labor, Climate & Jobs Forum
2017-04-08 09:00 - 15:00 | Zero Net Energy Center, 14600 Catalina St, San Leandro, CA, 94577, United States
Sponsored by the Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Zero Net Energy Center | 14600 Catalina St., San Leandro
9:00 AM – Gathering & Tour of ZNE Center
10:00 AM – Open Plenary
Noon – Lunch & Break to Workshops
12:30-1:15 PM – Session 1
1:30-2:15 PM – Session 2
2:30 PM – Reconvene
Registration required: http://bit.ly/ALCForumReg

NCIO Meeting
2017-04-03 17:30 - 19:00 | West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 349 Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA, United States
On December 7, Phil Tagami filed suit against the City of Oakland seeking to overturn the City of Oakland’s ban on storage and handling of coal at the new shipping terminal to be built on public land near the foot of the Bay Bridge.
No Coal in Oakland and our allies have vowed to support the City in its fight to keep coal out of Oakland.
We meet regularly to plan actions that will strengthen Oakland’s resistance to coal. Only through continued mobilization and a strong alliance with our neighbors in the labor, faith, environmental, social justice, climate justice, racial justice, public health, and business communities can we ensure defeat of the plan to build the coal terminal.
There will be a general meeting of No Coal in Oakland on Monday, April 3, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. at the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP).
WOEIP is at 349 Mandela Parkway, around the corner from the West Oakland BART station, 1/2 block south of Fifth St, behind the chain link fence and through the parking lot, on the west side of the street.
Come learn about the lawsuit and share ideas on the role community activists can play in defeating Phil Tagami in this new phase of the struggle.

NCIO Meeting
2017-03-13 17:30 - 19:00 | West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 349 Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA, United States
On December 7, Phil Tagami filed suit against the City of Oakland seeking to overturn the City of Oakland’s ban on storage and handling of coal at the new shipping terminal to be built on public land near the foot of the Bay Bridge.
No Coal in Oakland and our allies have vowed to support the City in its fight to keep coal out of Oakland.
We meet regularly to plan actions that will strengthen Oakland’s resistance to coal. Only through continued mobilization and a strong alliance with our neighbors in the labor, faith, environmental, social justice, climate justice, racial justice, public health, and business communities can we ensure defeat of the plan to build the coal terminal.
There will be a general meeting of No Coal in Oakland on Monday, March 13, at 5:30 p.m. at the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP).
WOEIP is at 349 Mandela Parkway, around the corner from the West Oakland BART station, 1/2 block south of Fifth St, behind the chain link fence of the parking lot, on the west side of the street.
Come learn about the lawsuit and share ideas on the role community activists can play in defeating Phil Tagami in this new phase of the struggle.

Trump Resistance Tuesday - No DAPL, No Coal
2017-03-07 11:45 - 13:00 | 12th & Broadway, 12th & Broadway, Oakland, United States
NCIO is taking part in #ResistTrumpTuesday, on March 7, to protest attacks on climate and environmental justice — from the Dakota Access Pipeline to the ongoing push to export coal from Oakland.
WHEN: 11:45 am, Tuesday, March 7
WHERE: 12th St & Broadway
This march through downtown Oakland will visit Wells Fargo, Citibank, and Chase to tell them to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline AND target the office of developer Phil Tagami to demand that he drop his lawsuit against Oakland for banning coal exports.
Phil Tagami’s lawyers filed a suit in federal court on December 7 to try to overturn Oakland’s hard-won ban on coal. Taking a page out of the Trump Administration’s legal agenda, Tagami claims his Constitutional right to ship coal has been violated by Oakland’s ban. Click here to learn more about the fight back against Tagami’s suit.
Outside Tagami’s office in Oscar Grant Plaza, we will present our demand that Tagami find a better use for the West Gateway property and stop suing the City for protecting the health of people in West Oakland and averting climate disruption.
We’ll end up at City Hall to thank the City Council for its resolution asking the California Employee Retirement System to divest from the pipeline.
At each stop, there will be a boxing match between the Earth and the Corporate Investors to determine the future of the planet, as well as speakers representing indigenous people, labor, and youth. We need you to cheer loudly for a people’s planet and against the profiteers.
Join us in downtown Oakland for the Tuesday March 7 action.

NCIO Meeting (Again!)
2017-01-12 17:00 - 18:30 | West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 349 Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA, United States
On December 7, Phil Tagami filed suit against the City of Oakland seeking to overturn the City of Oakland’s ban on storage and handling of coal at the new shipping terminal to be built on public land near the foot of the Bay Bridge.
No Coal in Oakland and our allies have vowed to support the City in its fight to keep coal out of Oakland.
We need to show up. Only through continued mobilization and a strong alliance with our neighbors in the labor, faith, environmental, social justice, climate justice, racial justice, public health, and business communities can we ensure defeat of the plan to build the coal terminal.
There will be a general meeting of No Coal in Oakland on Thursday, January 12, at 5 p.m. at the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 349 Mandela Parkway.
Come learn about the lawsuit and share ideas on the role community activists can play in defeating Phil Tagami in this new phase of the struggle.

No Coal Victory Celebration
2016-07-30 16:00 - 19:00 | City Slicker Farm Park, 2847 Peralta St., Oakland, CA, United States
Celebrate!
Join Us for a Rousing
NO COAL VICTORY CELEBRATION

Saturday, July 30, 2016, 4 pm – 7 pm
West Oakland Farm Park – City Slicker Farms
2847 Peralta St., Oakland, CA
On July 19, the Oakland City Council cast its second and final vote to ban coal. The No Coal Ordinance is now law! Oakland is on record! No one can store or handle large quantities of coal anywhere in Oakland, including at the former Oakland Army Base.
It took 15 months of hard work by all of us to achieve this victory for the residents of Oakland, the Bay Area, and the planet. No Coal in Oakland invites you to join us in celebration on July 30 at the new West Oakland Farm Park. There will be food, music, dancing and Open Mic where you can share with us highlights of the campaign for you.
This is a community potluck. Please bring hors d’oevres, snacks, desserts, or non-alcoholic drinks to share.

Photo credit: MG_4072 via photopin (license)

City Council: 2nd Reading and Final Vote on Coal Ban
2016-07-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland , CA, 94612, United States
The Oakland City Council voted unanimously on June 27 for two measures to prohibit storage and handling of coal in Oakland. City of Oakland rules require that the measures approved at that meeting be given a second reading and vote before becoming final.
The second reading of both measures is scheduled for Tuesday, July 19, 2016. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m.
The coal measures are item 7.16 on the council’s agenda for July 19. The re-reading and vote is on the “consent calendar,” which means that the items are likely to come up early in the evening.

Rally and Council Vote on Coal
2016-06-27 16:00 - 22:00 | Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland , CA, 94612, United States
The Oakland City Council’s long-awaited vote on coal may finally be coming at a special meeting set by the Council for Monday, June 27.
The Oakland City Council has called the special session to “conclude and present information from the public hearing on the health and safety impacts of coal in Oakland and options for action, including whether to adopt a prohibition on the storage, loading, import and export of coal in Oakland.”
No Coal in Oakland supporters will be present in large numbers to demand that the City Council pass a ban on coal that night. We expect the Council to place no other items on the agenda. This is the night that we demand our elected leaders say “No” to developer Phil Tagami. They need to understand that the people of Oakland will not stand for anything less than a ban on coal.
No Coal will be holding a rally in Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza before the meeting. The special meeting will begin at 5 p.m.
SAVE THE DATE! DEMAND A BAN ON JUNE 27!
Print the flyer (PDF) and bring your neighbors.

Ban Coal Rally
2016-06-25 13:00 - 16:00 | Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland City Hall, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
On June 27, the Oakland City Council will finally decide what to do about coal. Will the City Council ban coal or will it sentence us to a 66-year-long compromise with the developer that would make Oakland the biggest coal exporting city on the West Coast?

Although public opposition is great, powerful forces are working behind the scenes to make the coal deal a reality. Gov. Jerry Brown has remained silent while his friend and business partner Phil Tagami plots to ship millions of tons of coal through Oakland to be burned overseas. It’s time for the greedy one percent to back off on this scheme that endangers the health and safety of Oaklanders and and would add to climate change throughout the world. We can stop them but only if we let the City Council know that we will stand for nothing less than a ban on coal.
Join No Coal in Oakland on Saturday, June 25, for a large rally at City Hall starting at 1 p.m.
Print the flyer (PDF) and bring your neighbors.

Weekly NCIO Meeting
2016-06-23 05:00 - 18:30, 2016-06-16 17:00 - 18:30 | West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 349 Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA, United States
Our weekly planning meetings are jam-packed with ideas and energy. Newcomers are welcome; come one-half hour early and we’ll be happy to give you a brief personal orientation on No Coal in Oakland and our various activities.

City Council Open Forum, June 21
2016-06-21 17:30 - 18:00 | Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland , CA, 94612, United States
Please come out for a half hour on Tuesday May 21, 2016 to remind the City Council that we want a ban on coal. New faces and new voices at this week’s Open Forum will go a long way to helping the council understand how broadly Oakland wants a ban on coal. You only have to speak for one minute, and it’s at the beginning of the agenda: you can arrive at 5:30 and leave by 6:00.
Sign up for Open Forum in advance at
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CityClerk/s/SpeakerCard/SpeakerCard/OAK032373
For Item, enter “Open Forum” (or either word if it doesn’t accept both). Bring the confirmation number with you to the meeting.
You may already have your own “elevator speech” about coal based on your own experience. Please consider that it’s important to keep making the point that there is no way to mitigate the impact of coal dust on the West Oakland community or the impact of burning coal anywhere on our climate crisis everywhere. We need a ban, not regulations. You can also advocate the proposed inclusion of crude oil, fuel oils and gasoline in the ordinance — but please tell the council that these additional inclusions must not delay a coal ordinance!

Celebrate People's Community Market coming to West Oakland
2016-06-18 13:00 - 17:00 | Site of future People’s Community Market, 3129 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA, United States
An event celebrating the forthcoming People’s Community Market will be held on Sat., 6/18, from 1-5 pm. The celebration will be at 3129 San Pablo Ave., where the market will be located. People’s Community Market believes that “grocery stores can be run as social enterprises that have explicit health, economic and social impact objectives,” including community building. There will be food, entertainment, speakers, and information tables. Input will be solicited on the groceries and services the community wants the market to offer.
The site for the People’s Community Market is directly downwind from the OBOT, where developers propose to ship coal through Oakland and on to Asia. No Coal in Oakland will be present at the event.
See the People’s Community Market flyer (PDF) for more information.

City Slicker Farm Park Grand Opening
2016-06-11 11:00 - 17:00 | City Slicker Farm Park, 2847 Peralta St., Oakland, CA, United States
The City Slicker Farm Park is a new 1.4 acre public park and urban farm in West Oakland. A full weekend of celebration on 6/11 and 6/12 (details here) will mark the Grand Opening of this rare new park and urban farm.
A free community meal, the formal dedication, and an afternoon of family-friendly activities will take place at the site on Sat. 6/11, from 11 am – 5 pm. No Coal in Oakland will be there to celebrate alongside the community. The Farm Park is located less than a mile directly down wind from the proposed coal terminal (OBOT).
The City Slicker Farm Park is located at 2847 Peralta St., between Helen St. and Hannah St.
