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Get going today!/¡Póngase en Marcha Hacia la Salud!

JOIN CJJC’S TEAM AND RUN FOR JUSTICE IN THE OAKLAND RUNNING FESTIVAL, March 24-25, 2012 Anyone can Join! Click here to register! So…. Join CJJC’s 3rd Annual All-Star Team to have fun, get in shape, celebrate Oakland, and support CJJC’s
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Getting the Utilities Back On: Victory for Bayview Tenant

Last Friday Eleanor Duperroir came to our San Francisco office almost in tears. She was sick and tired of trying to deal with Fannie Mae and the property manager they hired by herself. Her electricity had been turned off and
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González: What would the Old Man do (as CIR/S.744 goes bad)?

Congressman Edward Roybal speaking to students gathered at Hazard Park, Los Angeles, in 1968. LOS ANGELES, June 23 – As S.744, the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill continues its tortured transformation from an ostensibly well-intentioned reform concept to a punitive,
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Gracias, Myriam

From top left to right: Myriam at 2013 CJJC holiday celebration; Counseling a tenant; inspiring another tenant; talking with staff member Jaron Browne. Photos CJJC archives. Myriam Begins New Adventure Myriam Zamora is fond of pulling on her revolutionary Nicaraguan
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Grandmother To Remain in Her Home After Bank of America Bows to Public Pressure

Organizing and persistence works. The auction of the Bottom family home of 50 years is cancelled and Bank of America has offered them a permanent loan modification at 2% for 40 years! Patricia Bottom Long advises other foreclosure fighters: “If
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Grassroots Global Justice Alliance to gather in NC

Community organizers across the country and the world will gather in in Raleigh, North Carolina to address the crisis of rights and equality, and to build an economy for the people and planet In the wake of the debt-ceiling debacle
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Groups Launch Week of Actions to Reinvest & Rebuild Oakland

Image courtesy OaklandLocal.com Refund Oakland is launching a week of actions to call attention to the crises facing working families and local residents, who struggle with cuts to jobs and benefits and health-threatening deterioration in housing and neighborhoods. Oakland’s budget
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Groups Stage “Obstacle Course” to Urge Legislators to Ease Roadblocks on Path to Citizenship

//swampland.time.com/2013/07/08/senate-plan-to-militarize-border-draws-backlash/Media advisory for: Thursday, July 11, 2013 As pressure grows on the House to pass immigration reform this month, unique “Living Infographic” will highlight calls for inclusive immigration process What: With Congress just back from recess and pressure mounting on
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Growing Epidemic of Tenant Harassment in SF

Housing and community groups join forces to push lawmakers to pass the Hassle-Free Housing OrdinanceWhat: Press conference and rally in front of SF City Hall When: Monday, Dec. 10 at noon Why: To push lawmakers to pass the proposed Hassle-Free
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Happy Holidays, Now Get the Hell Out

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more info: Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Housing Rights Committee, 415-703-8634/ 361-2940, avimecca@yahoo.com What: Protest against Ellis Act EvictionsWhen: Weds., Dec. 19 @ NoonWhere: 18th & Castro at the Xmas treeWho: Tenants facing evictions in 3 neighborhoods; Housing
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