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Apr

Sat

12:00 pm People’s Park 55th Anniversary

People’s Park 55th Anniversary

Apr 20 @ 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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5:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: We... @ Online

Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: We... @ Online

Apr 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our April meeting we will be reading Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises, by Marjorie Kelly (Amazon, Penguin) “This bold manifesto exposes seven myths underlying wealth supremacy, the bias that institutionalizes infinite extraction of wealth by and for the wealthy, and is the hidden force behind economic injustice, the climate crisis, and so many other problems of our day: The Myth of Maximizing: No amount of wealth is ever enough. The … Continued

6:30 pm Wild and Scenic Film Festival @ David Brower Center

Wild and Scenic Film Festival @ David Brower Center

Apr 20 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Come celebrate Earth Day with The Wild and Scenic Film Festival at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley! The Wild and Scenic Film Festival “combines stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography, and first-rate storytelling. These films explore nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture, and more.” The festival is held early every year in Nevada City and Grass Valley, then audience favorite films go on tour, with local fundraising events hosted by chapters of the Citizens Climate Lobby—in the Bay Area, at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. Films … Continued

Apr

Sun

10:30 am The Truth About the Rwandan Genocid... @ Online

The Truth About the Rwandan Genocid... @ Online

Apr 21 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

SPEAKER: Ann Garrison It is thirty years since the Rwandan Genocide. The presentation will explain this horrific but poorly understood crime and its aftermath. One consequence that will be discussed in greater detail is the tight-knit relationship between Rwanda and Israel. Both countries depend on their victimization narratives to justify what they do in Gaza and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our speaker, Ann Garrison, is a journalist who focuses on the countries of the Horn of Africa and the African Great Lakes Region. She is a Contributing Editor of the Black Agenda … Continued

1:00 pm DSA New Member Day @ DSA East Bay Offices

DSA New Member Day @ DSA East Bay Offices

Apr 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

https://twitter.com/DSAEastBay/status/177992033725970472277788

3:30 pm Drag Queen Story Time @ New Parkway Theater

Drag Queen Story Time @ New Parkway Theater

Apr 21 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza

Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza

Apr 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to … Continued

Apr

Mon

10:00 am Sweep The Court @ San Francisco Federal Building

Sweep The Court @ San Francisco Federal Building

Apr 22 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

In January 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of Johnson v. Grants Pass, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that barred municipalities across the western United States from punishing their unhoused residents for sleeping outside, even when there are no available shelter options. With its hard-right conservative majority, SCOTUS will likely overturn Grants Pass, creating a devastating ripple effect for homeless people across the country. Democratic leaders across local and state governments have submitted amicus briefs, or “Friends of the Court” briefs, in support of … Continued

Apr

Tue

6:00 pm Criminal Justice and the Law and Or... @ Clio's Books

Criminal Justice and the Law and Or... @ Clio's Books

Apr 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

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This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.