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Birthday celebration and Family March for Children’s Village!

October 7, 2012 at 4:00 pm.

On October 13, 2011 – History was made! Occupy Oakland became the only first encampment of the Occupy Movement to have a space designed for the needs and education of families and children. This space was the Children’s Village! Join us as we hold a ceremony to remember, celebrate and grieve, beginning at the amphitheater of Oscar Grant Plaza! ! We will then have a brief and happy family march to snow park and share a pot luck picnic together. Music will be provided by Children’s Village’s Trubadora, Stephanie Pepitone!!! … Continued

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Come play with Children’s Village on May 1st!!

April 30, 2012 at 11:35 pm.

Posted by Samsarah Morgan

Happy May Day! No work! No school! Lets take to the streets – march.. and play!!! Children’s village will be waiting to play with you at approx 4pm. we will be there to support the March for Dignity and Justice and the many community groups who will be marching with them!!! Look for us near the tennis courts in San Antonio Park! we will have: yoga for families art music leggos, and more!!! We will be there for family fun while all of the rallies and speak out are going … Continued

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Children’s Village/Parents and Allies Committee Supports Target Nurse In!

December 28, 2011 at 10:49 pm.

Posted by Samsarah Morgan

Today Occupy Oakland Parents and Allies Committee and Occupy (Decolonize )pregnancy and birth caucus stood in solidarity with an International Nurse In protesting the ill treatment of a Mom in Texas who was bullied when she attempted to nurse her baby in a Target Store. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8482933 14375

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How to come play with us!

December 17, 2011 at 5:33 pm.

Posted by Samsarah Morgan

Hello all, Children’s Village is a space where parents and children can play as well as be involved in Occupy Oakland. It is run by volunteers. These volunteers are NOT childcare providers – this means that parents cannot drop off their young ones and walk away! Our goal is to position ourselves close enough to the activities in the plaza – so that parents can hear the discussions and workshops – accommodation can be made to allow parents to participate more directly if needed. We also want to be far … Continued

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Upcoming Events

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.