I. Welcome II. Proposals 1. Proposal for Funding of Newsletter by Occupy Oakland Education Committee III. Agenda Overview IV. Open Forum V. Reports from Committees, Subcommittees, & Caucuses VI. Action Announcements VII. General Announcements
At the request of Occupy4Prisoners Day of Solidarity for Prisoners at San Quentin, the Nonviolent Caucus held a training for participants to support the organizers intentions of creating a day safe for all. Occupy4Prisoners called for participants in the San Quentin rally to express their solidarity with those who were currently or previously incarcerated. The action request was that the event be peaceful and safe, understanding the risk that arrest posed to these individuals. The Occupy4Prisoners planning group requested involvement of the Nonviolent Caucus and the Connection Action Project, to … Continued
Support the workers at the Castlewood Country Club in their contract fight. When: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 9:30 AM Where: Downtown Pleasanton, corner of Bernal Avenue and Main Street The two year anniversary of the lockout of the Castlewood Country Club workers is on February 25, 2012. We will be marching from downtown Pleasanton to the country club for a rally and protest. We are planning on bringing tents and occupying an unclaimed area adjacent to the country club in protest of the inhumane treatment of the workers who have … Continued
On Leap Day, use your extra day to attend a funeral for capitalism, which will include a eulogy, procession through the streets with a New Orleans style brass band, a burial, and dancing on the grave to follow. We invite you to join us at 6:00 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza (14th & Broadway in downtown Oakland) for a funeral procession through the streets to an undisclosed gravesite. Funeral attire suggested. Bid farewell to a system that brings us meaningless jobs, billionaires, shopping malls, structural poverty, and ecological collapse. May … Continued
We refuse to pay for the crisis created by the 1%. We refuse to accept the dismantling of our schools and universities, while the banks and corporations make record profits. We refuse to accept educational resegregation, massive tuition increases, outrageous student debt, and increasing privatization and corporatization. They got bailed out and we got sold out. But through nationally coordinated mass action we can and will turn back the tide of austerity. We call on all students, teachers, workers, and parents from all levels of education — pre-K-12 through higher … Continued