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IS URBAN
SHIELD?</strong></div>
<div
style="font-size:
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Shield is the
SWAT team
training and
weapons expo
that
brings together
local,
regional and
global
police-military
units
including the
Apartheid
State of
Israel. It
will be held
in Oakland September
4-8. And its
host? The
Oakland
Marriott
Convention
Center.</div>
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<div>Three
things you can
do to oppose
Urban Shield
& Police
Militarization
from Oakland
to Ferguson:</div>
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Call the
Oakland
Marriott
Convention
Center Now! </strong></div>
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30px;">Ask to
speak with
Lisa Kershner,
General Area
Manager of
Oakland
Marriott City
Center and
Oakland
Convention
Center. Her
direct
line: (510)
466- 6410</div>
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script: </div>
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<div
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30px;"><em>"<span
style="font-family:
Arial;"><i>My
name is _____
from _____,
_____ and I am
appalled that
Urban Shield
will be taking
place at the
Oakland
Marriott
Convention
Center this
September
4-8th. I am
asking you to
stand on the
side of
communities
that face
police
militarization
every day.
Don't enable
the City of
Oakland's
weapons expos
and SWAT
trainings.
Please make
the Oakland
Marriott
Convention
Center a safe
place for all
communities.
If you do host
Urban Shield,
I will not use
any Marriott
facilities
until you side
with
communities
over state
repression."</i></span></em></div>
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Sign and
spread our<a
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petition</a>,
and email
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for more info.
Help us reach
our goal of
5,000
signatures
this week.</span></div>
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<div>3. To
support on the
ground
organizing in
Ferguson against
police
violence and
militarization,
as well as to
sustain those
affected by
the current
police
occupation,
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0px;
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0px;"><em><strong>The
Stop Urban
Shield Oakland
campaign has 4
central
demands:</strong></em></p>
<ol>
<li>The City
of Oakland
must defund
all activities
related to
Urban Shield,
and all city
agencies must
withdraw their
participation
in Urban
Shield.</li>
<li>We demand
an end to all
City
collaborations
with the
Apartheid State
of Israel.</li>
<li>We demand
that the City
of Oakland
invest in
community-based programs
proven to
decrease
violence and
harm instead
of in
the increased
militarization
of its police
force and
emergency
services.</li>
<li>We call on
our
communities to
continue
fighting back
and resisting
state violence
and
repression.<span
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<p
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out this
Police
Militarization
Toolkit w/
information
you can use to
spread the
word </span><span
style="text-align:
center;">about
Urban Shield
and the
impacts of
militarized
policing in
our
communities: </span><a
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Resource &
Organizing
Center (AROC)
- Critical
Resistance- International
Jewish
Anti-Zionist
Network (IJAN)
- Alliance of
South Asians
Taking Action
(ASATA) - War
Resisters
League
- Xicana
Moratorium
Coalition
- Bay Area
Childcare
Collective
- Iraq
Veterans
Against the
War SF
- Civilian
Soldier
Alliance
SF- Catalyst
Project
- United Roots
- SF 99% Civil
Liberties
Coalition
- Code Pink
- Oakland
Privacy
Working Group
- Dignidad
Rebelde
- Causa Justa
:: Just Cause
- Iraq
Veterans
Against the
War - National
- Anakbayan
East Bay
- Queers
Undermining
Israeli
Terrorism
(QUIT) - All
of Us or None
- Jewish
Voices for
Peace - Bay
Area - Bay
Area Labor
Committee for
Peace &
Justice
(LC4PJ)
- Restore the
Fourth SF
- Environmentalists
Against War
- Media
Alliance
- Lake Merritt
Neighbors
Organized for
Peace </div>
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