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Subject: [peoples-park-news] Poetry Reading - People's Park and Connected Struggles // Schedule Change: Organizing Meeting // More

On behalf of the People's Park Council (PeoplesPark.org):


Please note that we're changing our meeting schedule to the 2nd Saturday
of every month. The next meeting will be MARCH 8, 2025 at 1PM (more
details below).

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

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Under the Walls: Poetry Reading
Grief & Resistance Against Land Seizure

Join us March 20th for poetry reading and reflections honoring the
struggle for People's Park and connected struggles around the world.

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025
Tamarack, 1501 Harrison St, Oakland (near 19th St BART)
​**​Masks required and provided.**

Doors @ 6:30, reading @ 7pm.

Featuring Oakland-based poet Joni Flint-Gonzales; poet stevie redwood
(author of the chapbook "Intifada"); Sylvia Santillanez (author of the
zine "Late Days at People's Park"); and Wendy Trevino (author of Cruel
Fiction, the 2016 Poetry Foundation Book of the Year).

An altar will be set up to honor lost comrades, spaces, and loved ones.
All are invited to bring items of significance to create a collective
grieving space for the duration of the event.

Prints and chapbooks will be for sale to benefit Palestine support.

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People's Park Council Meeting
2ND SATURDAYS 1PM (Next: MARCH 8, 2025)
Grassroots House
2022 Blake Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

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*** Please sign the petition to remove the wall around People's Park:
https://www.change.org/p/remove-the-border-wall-berkeley

*** The struggle is not over! Text SAVETHEPARK to 41372 to join the
bulldozer alarm text alert

*** Let 1000 Parks Bloom!