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April 2024

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	1	2	3	4 Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence: Public Participatory Reading 12:00 pm Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence: Public Participatory Reading @ Oscar Grant Plaza Apr 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets I’m writing on behalf of the California Poor People’s Campaign and Western States Legal Foundation to invite and encourage you to join this year’s public participatory reading of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence [2].” Please let me know if you plan to join us Tuesday, April 4, if you’d like to read a section of the speech, and if your organization would like to endorse the event by completing this form [4]. This year’s readings are again part of the Poor … Continued	5 The People’s Clinic 3:00 pm The People’s Clinic Apr 5 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/APTPaction/status/177091268665983810477761	6 Hear from the People’s Party of Haiti 1:00 pm Hear from the People’s Party of Haiti @ East Side Arts Alliance Apr 6 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Join the Haiti Action Committee for this unique opportunity to hear from leaders of Fanmi Lavalas, the people’s party of Haiti. As the crisis in Haiti continues to unfold, the popular movement, including Fanmi Lavalas and other grassroots organizations, strives to put in place a truly legitimate government to deal with the crisis that the US has created. Dr. Maryse Narcisse and Joel Edouard “Pacha” Vorbe will be joining us via zoom. The event will be held 1-3 p.m. at Eastside Arts Alliance, 2277 Internat’l Blvd in Oakland as well … Continued Immigration – Who’s Crisis Is It? 2:30 pm Immigration – Who’s Crisis Is It? @ Starry Plough Apr 6 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets 77773 KPFA’s 75th Anniversary Celebration with Amy Goodman 6:30 pm KPFA’s 75th Anniversary Celebration with Amy Goodman @ First Church of Christ Scientist Apr 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Saturday, April 6th Award-winning journalist, and host of Democracy Now! Amy Goodman will be in Berkeley to honor KPFA’s 75 years of building community trust. Amy has a long and valued relationship with KPFA and will offer her unique perspective on our 75-year history. Tickets are now on sale! Get yours early and support the Bay Area’s truly independent media outlet.77749
7 Drag Queen Story Time 3:30 pm Drag Queen Story Time @ New Parkway Theater Apr 7 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets 77732	8	9 Public Bank East Bay Town Hall 11:00 am Public Bank East Bay Town Hall @ Online Apr 9 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Welcome to the Public Bank East Bay (PBEB). We are creating the first regional public bank in the United States in over a hundred years, where our public money will be used for the public good. The PBEB will be capitalized by the municipalities of Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and the County of Alameda. The PBEB will also take deposits from these three cities and the County. The deposits will provide money to make partnership loans to community- based small businesses, Land Trusts, Co-ops, and other efforts to advance important projects … Continued	10 Wood Street Commons – Press Conference 12:00 pm Wood Street Commons – Press Conference Apr 10 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets 77778	11 Housing should be a constitutional human right in California 4:00 pm Housing should be a constitutional human right in California @ Online Apr 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Take action for social, economic, and racial justice in California Do you believe housing should be a constitutional human right in California? So do we. Join us this week for a town hall to hear more about the efforts to realize housing as a human right in California with special guests: Former United Nations Rapporteur Leilani Farha California Assemblymember Matt Haney, author of ACA 10 Policylink’s Housing Director Rasheedah Phillips, and Professor Farah Hassen. Event co-hosts include UCLA’s Promise Institute on Human Rights, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), … Continued	12	13 From the Frontlines: Communities Fighting Fossil Fuel Pollution 4:00 pm From the Frontlines: Communities Fighting Fossil Fuel Pollution @ or online Apr 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets In “sacrifice zones” around the country, communities — especially low-income communities and people of color — have been struggling against the effects of nearby oil, gas, and plastic production facilities. Five speakers from these frontline communities will gather to share their stories and describe ways they are organizing to defend themselves. Meg, an organizer with Speak Out Now and an environmental activist in Baltimore. She is actively organizing community and worker efforts to confront the fossil fuel industry and the capitalist system that drives it in areas like Curtis Bay, a neighborhood … Continued
14 Green Sunday: The March Primary Election Results and Moving Forward to November’s Election 5:00 pm Green Sunday: The March Primary Election Results and Moving Forward to November’s Election @ Online Apr 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88083342274 A dual focus. The first focus will be on the results of last month’s primary election, especially with respect to the positions we took in our Green Voter Guide (see: https://acgreens.wordpress.com/voter-guides/ ). We’ll discuss election surprises (such as Nikki Bas’s substantial lead over John Bauters for County Supervisor, and Kathryn Lybarger’s 4th place finish behind Arreguin, Beckles, and Kalb, for State Senate); as well as disappointments (including Jennifer Esteen’s loss to Nate Miley for County Supervisor, Lupe Angulo’s loss to Janevette Cole for County School Board, … Continued	15	16	17	18 The Fight For Clean Air: Industrial Incidents and Community Activism 4:00 pm The Fight For Clean Air: Industrial Incidents and Community Activism @ Online Apr 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Hear from grassroots community advocates Marisol Cantú (Reimagine Richmond) and Heidi Taylor (Healthy Martinez), the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and a Contra Costa County Health representative to learn about local environmental incidents and recent legislation proposed to keep communities safe and healthy. Sponsors include the League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley, the League of Women Voters of West Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa County Library and Contra Costa TV. The Library will provide closed captioning and simultaneous Spanish. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to … Continued	19 The People’s Clinic 3:00 pm The People’s Clinic Apr 19 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/APTPaction/status/177091268665983810477761	20 Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Wealth Supremacy 5:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Wealth Supremacy @ Online Apr 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets 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 Wild and Scenic Film Festival 6:30 pm Wild and Scenic Film Festival @ David Brower Center Apr 20 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 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
21 DSA New Member Day 1:00 pm DSA New Member Day @ DSA East Bay Offices Apr 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/DSAEastBay/status/177992033725970472277788 Drag Queen Story Time 3:30 pm Drag Queen Story Time @ New Parkway Theater Apr 21 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets 77732	22	23 Criminal Justice and the Law and Order Backlash 6:00 pm Criminal Justice and the Law and Order Backlash @ Clio's Books Apr 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/awinston/status/177638121668359791277774	24	25	26	27 Extinction Rebellion 11:00 am Extinction Rebellion @ Register for location Apr 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Dear Climate Activists and Activists to Be, Have you been thinking about getting involved with climate action but not sure how to start? Or are you hoping to start or rebuild a local chapter and need some help? Register Here for the April 27 Open House! Celebrate the close of Earth Week with activists from across the US and learn about Extinction Rebellion, XRUS, and upcoming local actions and events. Representatives from active chapters will be there to welcome new activists from their area and share advice about starting or … Continued
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About OccupyOakland.org

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.