[news] Fwd: Oakland City Council Honors Wobbly: Judi Bari Day is official!

[Pat S]

I am sure you all know what May 24 is--the (now 13th) anniversary of the car 
bomb attack on Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. It falls this Saturday, and the 
difference this year is that the Oakland City Council just approved Judi 
Bari Day, so this is the 1st annual.

The bombing will be commemorated, not by a fiddle-down this year, but by a 
gathering at the site of the explosion, at Park and MacArthur in Oakland. 
The bomb exploded minutes after noon, so we will gather at 11:30 to be there 
at that moment.

Hope to see you there. Details below.
   -karen
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News Release:   Oakland City Council Honors Judi Bari with her Own Day; 
Gathering to Commemorate Anniversary of Bombing This Saturday in Oakland.
Contact: Darryl Cherney 707/923-4949; Karen Pickett 510/548 3113; 
judibari.org

The City of Oakland has gone from proclaiming Judi Bari to be a terrorist to 
honoring her with her own official city day.  This remarkable turnaround was 
proclaimed May 20 in the chambers of the Oakland City Council nearly a year 
after a jury awarded Bari's estate along with fellow activist Darryl Cherney 
$4.4 million for violations of their civil rights committed by Oakland 
Police and FBI agents thirteen years ago.  Bari and Cherney were falsely 
accused of bombing themselves while on a musical organizing tour for Redwood 
Summer 1990.   The First Annual Judi Bari Day of Oakland will take place 
this Sat., May 24 at 11:30 am and consist of a quiet anniversary gathering 
at the site of  the bombing at Park Blvd. and MacArthur in Oakland, in front 
of Oakland High School.   The public and media are invited to attend.  The 
resolution follows below this release.

Activist Darryl Cherney, who was riding with Judi Bari the day a car bomb 
almost killed her noted that in these days of the war on terror, "The 
government can not be trusted to decide who is a terrorist and who is not in 
many cases."  Cherney said, "There is a political agenda that the federal 
government follows in declaring peaceful activists  to be terrorists while 
anti-abortion groups and the Ku Klux Klan remain unscathed. Thankfully, the 
City of Oakland has righted a wrong.  They should do this more often, like 
in the case of the activists who were shot by police at the port of Oakland 
during a peaceful anti-war rally.  It's OK to admit you're wrong and make 
amends."

Cherney presented the Oakland City Council with a statue of "Gaia," the 
ancient Greek Goddess representation of the living, breathing Mother Earth.  
He said that she would be watching over them as they make their decisions 
about school closures and police brutality.  The statue is the work of 
Oberon Ravenheart of Mythic Images in Sonoma County.
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OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO.         C. M. S.

INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBERS         Nancy J. Nadel

Resolution to Declare May 24, 2003 as Judi Bari Day in the City of Oakland

WHEREAS, Judi Bari was a dedicated activist, who worked for many social and 
environmental causes, the most prominent being the protection and 
stewardship of Californiaís ancient redwood forests; and

WHEREAS, examples of Judi Bari's efforts include the preservation of the 
Headwaters Forest in Humboldt County, the protection of the Cahto Wilderness 
area and the Albion River Watershed in Mendocino County, and the formation 
of a timber worker-environmentalist alliance; and

WHEREAS, prominent environmental activist David Brower stated on the 
occasion of her untimely death from cancer at the age of 47, "Judi always 
projected an unwavering commitment to her values and her continued urgings 
to effect apathy into action. We will miss her commitment and compassion, 
her strength, courage and conviction. We can honor her by sharing it"; and

WHEREAS, on May 24, 1990, Judi Bari was the victim of a car bombing in 
Oakland that nearly took her life; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the City of Oakland shall designate May 24 as Judi Bari Day 
and celebrate and honor the work of Judi Bari in advancing the causes of 
forest protection, eco-feminism, labor organizing, bridge building between 
environmentalists and timber workers, and civil rights for political 
activists; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City shall encourage its schools, civic 
institutions and citizens to memorialize Judi Bari's work through art, 
media, festivals, school assignments and other creative means.


IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,     May 20 , 2003

PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES BROOKS, BRUNNER, CHANG, NADEL, QUAN, REID, WAN AND
PRESIDENT DE LA FUENTE,
NOs 0
ATTEST:
    CEDA FLOYD, City Clerk and Clerk of the Counci of the City of Oakland, 
California


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