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Occupy and Serve

November 5, 2011 at 10:59 am.

I have a challenge for the Occupy movement. So far we have been incredibly successful at bringing national and international attention to the inequitable distribution of wealth, economic opportunity, and political influence in America. Our elected officials might do something to address these pressing issues, but let’s not wait for them — let’s get started ourselves. From NYC to Oakland, tens of thousands of us are marching in the street demanding political reform to address the issues of middle and low-income communities. We should keep doing this, but … 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.