Join us to discuss:
What role can elections play in the revolutionary movement?
What does it mean to vote in the streets?
What about Sanders’ new group “Our Revolution”?

Refreshments will be served. Wheelchair accessible.

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 it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally . Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.

At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.

General Assembly Standard Agenda

1. Welcome & Introductions
2. Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
3. Announcements
4. (Optional) Discussion Topic

Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.

Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area

San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv

Every Sunday The Community Democracy Project and our supporters gather to imagine a society that functions differently. We organize and strategize to make Participatory Budgeting a reality in Oakland through a voter initiative that uplifts and values the voices of the most marginalized.

Beginning August 28th every 4th Sunday will be dedicated to a work of Science Fiction that inspires us. We’re very excited to blast off with the short story, Bloodchild by Octavia Butler. Read (attached in the comments!) and join us to share your insight and inspiration.

Future works may include but are not limited to: novels, articles, episodes and films!

Berkeley Copwatch‘s Goals:
1) Reduce police violence by directly observing the police on the street, documenting incidents and keeping police accountable. We maintain principles of non-violence while asserting the rights of the detained person. We provide support to victims whenever possible. We also seek to educate the public about their rights, police conduct in the community and issues related to the role of police in our society.

2) Empower and unite the community to resist police abuse. We will do this by sharing information with the community, conducting “Know Your Rights” trainings, sponsoring rallies, supporting victims and other community based efforts to deal with the problem.

3) Encourage people to solve problems WITHOUT police intervention. We want to explore alternatives to calling the police.

4) Most importantly, we encourage people to exercise their right to observe the police and to advocate for one another.

Newcomers welcome!

We need your voice!

The Moore family’s fall 2016 court date is fast approaching! Sign up here to receive an announcement when the court date is officially assigned. In the meantime, the Justice 4 Kayla campaign has outlined four demands for the City of Berkeley, the BPD and the broader community:

• Justice for Kayla Moore! Honor her memory, tell her story, #SayHerName.
• Hold the City of Berkeley and Berkeley police accountable for killing Kayla Moore.
• Police must not be first responders to mental health crises.
• End the BPD’s violent attacks, criminalization and profiling of people who are Black, Brown, disabled and/or trans.

Please read, share and endorse the full text of the demands HERE. Are you part of a community group that wants to become an organizational endorser? Endorse the demands using the same online form and we’ll contact you with more info.

We won’t let Berkeley, the Bay Area and the world beyond forget Kayla!

The next APTP first responders training will be on Tuesday 8/30, 6-9 PM, at Siegel & Yee, 499 14th St, Suite 300, #Oakland

— APTP First Response (@aptpresponse) August 20, 2016

Criminal Justice Committee Agenda

12:00 pm              Call to order and roll call

12:05 pm              Discussion of “Preliminary Report on Reducing the Number of Mentally Ill Persons at Santa Rita Jail.”  — Where do we go from here?

Preliminary Report on Reducing the Number of Mentally Ill Persons as Santa Rita Jail (Duxbury, August 2016)

1:00                        Brainstorm questions for Lt. Arbuckle’s upcoming presentation to the MHAB regarding the construction of a mental health unit at Santa Rita Jail

1:55 pm                Public Comment

2:00 pm                Adjourn

Keith Carson
Alameda County Supervisor, District 5

Theme: Do we need a Black Panther Party today?

In today’s world, our community, in particular our youth, are facing grave
challenges, and many feel disempowered in being agents of change. Please
join us for an important community conversation based on the Ten Point
Program of the Black Panther Party. Our conversation next Wednesday, “Do we
need a Black Panther Party today?” is the first of a series of conversations
to discuss and find solutions for the issues that influence our daily lives.

See the flyer below with more details. RSVP your attendance at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/do-we-need-a-black-panther-party-today-tickets-
27356723697 and spread the word throughout your network!

We will provide a FREE DINNER on a first come first serve basis. We look
forward to you joining us!

Open as many homes as possible…
Hold them as long as possible…

Our weekly PARTY to get this hackerspace together, to provide a venue for those things that otherwise cannot be worked out through day-to-day practice.

Potluck! – bring your own tasty dish!

Sudo room, located in the southwast corner of the ground floor, is a creative community and hackerspace. We offer tools and project space for a wide range of activities: electronics, sewing/crafting, 3D and 2D manufacturing, coding, and good old-fashioned co-learning!

Hours: The space is open whenever a member is present. Come visit! Best times to drop in are evenings between 7 and 9pm. See the calendar for recurring meetups and upcoming events: https://sudoroom.org/calendar

Join us in supporting Colin Kaepernick!

San Francisco 49ers player Colin Kaepernick has recently garnered press attention for refusing to stand during the national anthem, in protest of the state violence enacted on people by this country on a daily basis, in the form of police brutality. He has specifically called out the disproportionate incidence of police brutality against people of color.

Unbelievably, the Police Officers’ Association (POA) of San Francisco, has sent a letter completely denying that SFPD has any racist violence problem — in spite of the record-breaking murder tally by SFPD in 2015, ending with the senseless shooting death of Mario Woods. Despite two more killings of people of color since then (Luis Gongora Pat and Jessica Nelson Williams), despite the DA and Public Defender acknowledging the problem, despite Chief Suhr recently stepping down in shame due to community outrage, despite the DA convening a panel to investigate – which has released 81 damning findings and recommendations, despite hundreds of protesters and worldwide press on violence by police against citizens in San Francisco. And despite the fact that San Francisco in 2015 made the top 10 worst list of ALL largest U.S. cities for per capita killings of citizens by police.
The POA is in total denial — and worse, it attacks those willing to state and stand for the truth.

Join us! – as we stand with Kaepernick and against POA’s inexplicable denials and attacks.

Film Screening, Panel, and Potluck

Join us for a screening of the eye-opening film: A Place at the Table. After the film, we’ll hear from a panel of people working in the realm of food waste, hunger awareness, and the issues around nourishing our communities with good quality food.

Presented by Transition Berkeley, Slow Food East Bay, BFUU, Social Justice Committee, and the Ecology Center.
We hope to see you there. Please bring a potluck dish to share. For more details, and to RSVP visit our website here.

Film screening & discussion hosted by notorious flag burner Joey Johnson
WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE

Filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late, great radical civil rights lawyer. Kunstler defended the Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, and was called on by prisoners to negotiate for them during the Attica uprising of 1971. In 1989 William Kunstler successfully argued the case of Texas v. Johnson before the US Supreme Court and in a landmark decision won the right to burn a flag in protest. Joey Johnson, a revolutionary, who was represented by Kunstler after burning the American flag at the 1984 RNC, and who is now, along with 16 others in the Revolution Club, facing trumped up charges for exercising this right (of burning the flag) at the 2016 Republican National Convention will host the screening and discussion after the film.

Stephanie Grant, wife of Jose Paulino, would like to have a balloon release to mark his 2 year Angelversary.

Jose was killed in 2014 in Tamaqua, PA by police who tazered him to death. Stephanie is newer to the Bay Area and would like Jose to be remembered by us here.

Purple was Jose’s favorite color, please bring a purple balloon, wear purple, or anything else to remember him by.

We’ve got the balloons..and cake too. Really hope you can make it.

Stephanie was also a witness to the police murder of Luis Gongora earlier this year. She’s has been through so much..

Please help us remember Jose and offer support and love to Stephanie this Friday ♥

Correct event posting is here.

In our of Labor Day, we will explore some labor struggles which are transforming out world. Confirmed speakers include Steve Early, Roger Wilkins, Vince Edwards, and Alborz Ghandehari.