New Orleans-Style Funeral to Memorialize George Floyd
June 6, 2020, Berkeley, demonstration in response to the killing by police of George Floyd
Demonstrations
Global Climate Change Strike
Global Climate Change Strike Millions of people world wide took to the streets calling on world leaders to take action to stop climate change. The demonstrations were in response to a call by 15-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg to go on strike to stop climate change. Thunberg had been skipping school one day a week …
Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice
On September 8, 2018, approximately 30,000 people marched from San Francisco’s Embarcadero to the Civic Center. They were part of a global day of protest over climate change. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in an estimated 1000 demonstrations all over the globe.
Keeping Families Together-Berkeley
Keeping Families Together-Berkeley June 29, 2018, Berkeley. Over 1,500 people demonstrated against Trump’s anti-immigration policies. The Berkeley demonstration was one of an estimated 700 events nationwide, in all 50 states. Protestors called for an end to US immigration policies, including seizing the children of immigrant parents, part of the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy for …
Oakland Women’s March 1-20-2018
Oakland Women’s March 1-20-2018 Over a million people marched nationwide for the second year in a row to support women’s rights and protest Donald Trump and the Republican Congress in their attempt to turn the clock back to the repressive culture of the 1950s. This 2018 Women’s March in Oakland was inclusive and festive, with an …