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-**Silicon Valley Courageous Resistance Monthly Meeting** \\  +**How to intervene** \\  
-Where: Palo Alto Friends Meeting Room \\  +Tips how to intervene in public instances of racistanti-Blackanti-Muslimanti-Trans and other forms of oppressiveinterpersonal violence and harassment while considering the safety of all parties. Clearlythis is only a start...
-Palo AltoCACA 94303 \\  +
-SaturdayMarch 114:00 PM \\  +
-[[http://​act.couragecampaign.org/​event/​CourageousResistanceCommunityMeeting/​549/​|HERE]] ​+
  
 +{{ :​anti_bully.pdf |HERE}}
  
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 +**Care Not Cages** \\ at the [[https://​uuoakland.org|First Unitarian Church of Oakland]]: ​ 685 14th St.
 +corner of Castro and 14th. \\ 
 +Friday May 20th,  7-9 PM *$5.00- $10.00 donation - no one turned away
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 +Documentary film and panel discussion on the use of Solitary Confinement
 +that looks at the mental health, racial justice and human rights
 +implications of the use of solitary confinement. Sponsored by the Ella Baker
 +Faith-in-Action Partnership of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland and
 +American Friends Service Committee.
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 +[[https://​www.facebook.com/​events/​768717253265356/​|Facebook]]
  
-**“13th” -- A movie and community discussiong:​** \\  
-13th is an Oscar-nominated documentary by Ava DuVernay (director of Selma) about how the prison system in the United States reveals our nation'​s history of racial inequality. It is extraordinary and galvanizing. 
-The movie will be shown on Sunday, March 26 at 12:45 in the Fireside Room, followed by discussion from 3:00 to 4:00.  Please feel free to join us at 3:00 for the discussion if you have already seen the movie. ​ It’s available on Netflix.\\ ​ 
-Snacks will be provided. 
  
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 +From email ** background on status of private prisons in California ** \\ 
 +[[privateprisons|See here]]
  
-**Next planing meeting:** \\  +----
-Wednesday 3/29 at 7pm in the Fireside Room.  We'll discuss possible projects and next steps, including ideas from the discussion after the movie. ​ In the meantime, send ideas to the list.+
  
 +**DMV steals identity:** \\ 
 +An article in the Guardian. ​ Not only the big things suck; the small things don't seem to work either.
  
 +//A woman apparently using my name meant a nightmare of unpaid traffic fines and a criminal record. But when I tracked her down, a different story emerged
 +//
 +
 +See [[https://​www.theguardian.com/​us-news/​2017/​apr/​03/​identity-theft-racial-justice|HERE]]
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 +Added by CJ
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 +Also, I(Susan) 'm forwarding an email from a family friend who has done considerable volunteer work at San Quentin. ​ I asked her if she had any **ideas for projects**, and she suggested several options.
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 +[[EMailVanessa]]
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 +**Magical thinking and white supremacy**
 +
 +An entry in Ami's Sermons in Stones blog [[https://​sermonsinstones.com/​2017/​04/​06/​magical-thinking-and-white-supremacy/​]]
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