Author archives: Wendy Kenin @greendoula

291 days ago

Free Ankah!

We are calling for the immediate release of our friend Anna Karewicz (often called Ankah), a much beloved member of the SF Bay Area activist community and beyond. She is currently being held with an ICE (immigration) hold and is fighting imminent deportation. Anna was contacted by police Thursday August 3rd, after her bicycle tour group mistakenly turned, riding their bikes on the wrong side of a one way street [...]

312 days ago

Philanthropic Photography celebrates SF’s warrior mothers #Women #Poverty #Homeless #Prenatal

There is citizen journalism and then there is photographic philanthropy, and they each serve a purpose. I have been covering Occupy events in my area by shooting photos and making them available on flickr, as well as tweeting them around. A few publications have asked me to post to their sites as a citizen journalist, but I haven’t taken that step yet. April 26, though, I shot an event that wasn’t about [...]

326 days ago

Israel #Protest Agst #Police #Brutality Deserves #Solidarity Action #J14 #J14Eng #FTP

This video interview with Israel social movement organizers Stav Shaffir and Yonatan Levi in March covers the issues and main happenings of last year’s uprising. Among the 2011 spring and occupy movements, Israel’s uprising had the highest participation per capita of any country. The Israel social justice revolution underscores the universality of class and power abuses globally. As in the US’ young and corrupt democracy, Israel’s diverse society is plagued [...]

455 days ago

Occupy the Prisons Bay Area Day of Action #Occupy4Prisoners

By Eric Louie with Beth Seligman, J.D. Occupy Oakland led a national day of support for prisoners at one of the most notorious incarceration complexes, San Quentin. The Monday rally, falling on the President’s Day holiday, drew some 700 people throughout the afternoon to the residential Marin County neighborhood of older homes outside the entrance. Banners and information tables were set up including one where attendees wrote messages on pink [...]

496 days ago

Police hiding name badges widespread at Occupy Oakland raids - Press Release

January 13, 2012, Oakland – Occupy Oakland’s Media Committee has uncovered images and videos that reveal many police hiding their name badges while on duty during Occupy Oakland raids. Officers covering name badges was not an isolated incident, but widespread. In some cases, departmental affiliations were also not visible (video and image links below). State law requires on-duty, uniformed police officers to display name badges. On January 9, Judge Thelton [...]

506 days ago

Why you should #decolonize & support #Occupy

The messages we take from the stories of homeless people, veterans, women, indigenous peoples and volunteers involved with Occupy Wall Street demonstrate keen effectiveness and high spiritual status of the international movement. These points of hope are proof of the positive impact the Occupy movement is having. Homeless Occupants Oakland Mayor Jean Quan estimated November 10 that over half of the Oscar Grant Plaza campers were homeless, and she even handed [...]

508 days ago

Happy New Year!

525 days ago

#D12 Moonrise over Oakland by Wendy Kenin

Why and How I set up the Flickr Group #OOMedia for Occupy Oakland

By Wendy Kenin @greendoula Occupy Oakland Media Committee: Transparency and Organic Democracy In just a few months, Occupy Oakland Media Committee has evolved into a pretty functional group of incredible volunteers. Formed at an Occupy Oakland GA in October, the Media Committee has provided press releases, organized press conferences and fielded press inquiries through communications systems routed from the Occupy Oakland website. The Media Committee has managed local livestreams, produced [...]