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Occupy Movement Spreads to Neighborhoods

We were on the streets Saturday, Dec. 3 as we marched from four neighborhoods to target banks, predatory landlords, notorious landlord lawyers and organizations contributing to the displacement of homeowners and tenants in San Francisco. (photo by Peg Hunter) OccupySF
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Social Justice Groups Engage Occupy Movement

By Ambika Kandasamy, New America Media Social justice organizations in the Bay Area are joining forces with the Occupy movements in Oakland and San Francisco. Local nonprofits that have been advocating for the eradication of economic inequities in various sectors
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We should do this more often

Yesterday, 50,000 people participated in the mobilizations throughout the day and night, shutting down every corporate bank in downtown Oakland as well as the 5th largest Port in the nation.  We called for taxation and accountability from big banks, and
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OPOA is not Confused and neither am I

The police violence against peaceful marchers last week was unconscionable. Someone has to be held responsible for the actions of officers who blatantly disregarded the rights of protestors to peacefully assemble, injured so many, and put Iraq Veteran and Community
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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

Occupy Oakland Transforms Ugliness In To Beauty :: Occupy San Francisco Thwarts Raid We are immeasurably inspired. The 99% have continued Occupy Oakland and protected Occupy San Francisco. After a devastating early morning raid and a night of police repression
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Demand Mayor Ed Lee Not Evict Occupy SF

{loadposition sf-petition} If your organization would like to sign-on, please email petition@cjjc.org and specify the SF petition. View full petition with signatures here. —————————- Dear Mayor Ed Lee and Chief Greg Suhr, We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with
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Wells Fargo: Foreclosed by the 99%!

Chants of “We are the 99%!” echoed through San Francisco’s Financial District on Wednesday, as Wells Fargo Bank found itself unable to operate for 5 hours, surrounded on all sides by protesters, it’s windows covered with huge “Foreclosure” notices. Our
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Help Us Fight Back

HELP US FIGHT BACK AGAINST LANDLORD HARASSMENT/ Make a Call for Justice!Espanol sigueSupport Causa Justa :: Just Cause member Robert Frison as he fights back against managers in his building who have been harassing him for over a
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Venegas Resigns From DHS S-Comm Task Force

Arturo Venegas’ resignation sets an example for a failed Dept. of Homeland Security Taskforce, as immigrant rights groups issue parallel report calling for an end to S-Comm. From California Immigrant Policy Center After a firestorm of controversy over the Secure
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CJJC Delegation Heads to GGJ

Progressive Congress in Raleigh:
Cut War Spending to Fund Jobs and Cool the Planet
Delayed but not deterred by Hurricane Irene,community organizers from all over the country gather to develop a grassroots action plan for a humane and sustainable global

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NOR CAL FORUM ON S-COMM

Raise your voice against the separation of immigrant families! WHEN: August 27th (Saturday) 12PM to 2PM WHERE:  Unity Council Senior Center 3301 E. 12th St., Suite 201 Oakland (Fruitvale Bart Plaza) *Public Transportation:  Fruitvale Bart  You are invited to a Northern Californian
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Wells Fargo: Divest from Prisons/Invest in Homes

Here’s a great video from one of our supporters Rebeccista who filmed out July 1 action in front of Wells Fargo.
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EMERGENCY PROTEST~ Stand Up Against S-Comm

Stand Up Against S-Comm The Obama Administration and  DHS/ICE Now Say: No State Agreement Needed Denounce Dept. of Homeland Security’s notice cancelling Memorandum of Agreements with 40 cities and counties and their plan to continue rolling out  S-COMM Program across
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Call for Corporate Accountability

While Washington was engaged in a manufactured crisis over the debt ceiling, some 40 million people are living in a real crisis, dealing with whether to buy groceries or pay the rent. The biggest players on Wall Street have foreclosed
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Stop the Ramirez Eviction! July 7 11AM

   Join us in a picket tomorrow, Thursday, July 7 to stop the illegal eviction of Margarita Ramirez.  When: Thursday, July 7, 11am Where: at offices of EB Fund I, LLC361 41st Street, Oakland, CA We need your help to
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Wells Fargo: Divest from prisons!

Photos by Melanie Cervantes   Community and labor groups here in the Bay Area and 13 major cities across the nation took to the streets on July 1 – the day new anti-immigrant law was set to be implemented in Georgia.
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California groups call for moratorium on S-Comm

All looks but no substance. That’s the consensus by immigrant rights groups, including Causa Justa :: Just Cause, on the recent reforms to the Secure Communities federal deportation program announced by the Obama administration June 17. The S-Comm reform announcement
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Meet our Interim Volunteer Coordinator!

Meet our Interim Volunteer Coordinator! 

Molly McClure, our current Volunteer Coordinator, will be out on parental leave (Molly’s having a baby!) from mid-June until December. In the meantime, we welcome Raven Willoughby to our CJJC family! Come say goodbye to
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One more step towards protecting immigrant rights

 On May 24th CJJC members along with allies from Filipinos Advocates for Justice, Street Level Health Clinic, and our growing coalition in Alameda County were successful in getting the County Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution in support of the Trust
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May Day: March for Immigrant Rights

May Day’s March for Immigrant & Worker Rights drew thousands of people to San Francisco streets. Five years ago, the massive crowds who turned out in support of immigrant rights and finding a path to citizenship and legalization surprised the
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