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Every day in the United States the stakes of our work are getting clearer: We must push back against authoritarianism and oligarchy for democracy and a livable planet. Those who profit off of the destruction of people and the planet are attempting to further consolidate their power and are threatening so much that we hold dear.
Maybe you have been fighting back. And maybe you still want more skills and more friends in this fight.
You’ll hear from speakers from Freedom Trainers, who have trained hundreds of thousands in noncooperation strategies, and Americans for Financial Reform, who have been fighting for years for an economy that works for all of us. They will be joined by Public Citizen, who has been fighting, suing, and organizing against the Trump regime.
This will be the first of a four-part series of workshops the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) team is hosting over the next few months. These activists come from justice work all across the climate and financial reform movement.
Register here to join Organizing Under Authoritarianism: How Fossil Fuels and Finance Fuel the Regime
Each person wishing to speak on items must fill out a speaker’s card. Persons addressing the Privacy Advisory Commission shall state their names and the organization they are representing, if any. Members of the public can also raise their hand in Zoom if they have a question on an agenda item. The chair will determine the time allotted to speak on an agenda item.
1. Call to Order, determination of quorum
2. Open Forum/Public Comment on Non-Agenda matters
3. Action Items:
a. Annual Reports 1. CrimeTracer Forensic Logic 2024 (OPD) 2. Illegal Dumping Surveillance Camera Annual Report (OPW)
b. Use Policies 1. Surveillance Technology Use Policy for Illegal Dumping Cameras (OPW)
Members of the public can view the meeting live on KTOP or on the City’s website at https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/ktop-tv-10. Comment in advance. To send your comment directly to the Privacy Commission and staff BEFORE the meeting starts, please send your comment, along with your full name and agenda item number you are commenting on, to Felicia Verdin at fverdin@oaklandca.gov. Please note that eComment submissions close one (1) hour before posted meeting time. All submitted public comment will be provided to the Privacy Commission prior to the meeting.
To observe and participate in the meeting via Zoom, go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817209915 Or One tap mobile: 1 669 444 9171 To participate in the meeting virtually, you must log on via Zoom. If you have a question, please raise your hand in Zoom during open forum and public comment.
For those attending in person, you can complete a speaker card and submit to staff.
This coming Friday, November 7th, the California State Lands Commission will take historic action to fully decommission offshore oil and gas infrastructure before the end of its productive life!
This sets a bold and exciting example of how to effectively respond to the climate crisis and hold oil corporations responsible for paying to clean up their mess.
Before the State Lands hearing, all are invited to attend a “retirement party” for oil platform Esther. After over 60 years of oil spill risks, this decrepit and dangerous platform off Seal Beach in Orange County will finally be brought down. This leaves just two remaining offshore platforms. Let’s celebrate a new chapter! We’ll have cupcakes, karaoke, a “well wishes” guest book to share your message for Esther, and more!
RSVP HERE.
WHERE: We’ll be set up to the left of the main entrance near Mishka Dog Boutique (in the Ferry Building).
WHEN: Friday, November 7th
- 9am: Retirement party
- 10am: Hearing begins, stick around for testimony if you’d like!
WHAT TO BRING: Any marine-life themed materials, stop offshore drilling signs.
Hosted by the Center for Biological Diversity, Oil & Gas Action Network, 350 Bay Area, and Sunflower Alliance.
There will also be an informal evening celebration at 5pm at 7th West in Oakland. Let’s celebrate the great election results and some other big wins in our battle against Big Oil, including:
the cities of Richmond and Oakland passing resolutions supporting the Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund,
Santa Barbara county voting to phase out oil drilling, and denying the transfer of a pipeline permit from Exxon to Sable, which would restart 3 offshore rigs and a pipeline that have sat idle for ten years since the disastrous oil spill,
renewable energy outpacing fossil fuel development globally, and at lower cost,
and more!
Feel free to invite friends!
“Come join us for a medicinal day at Clinton park (655 International Blvd) in Oakland November 9th 9-5pm. Free ancestral medicine offerings from cafe collective students. No sign-up required. Options for masked providers, outdoor treatments, and masks provided. Vietnamese interpretation available.”
Speaker: Pierre Labossiere, with an introduction by Marilyn Langlois
To Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 873 8882 4824
Our guest, Pierre Labossiere, will provide an update on the current situation in Haiti. He will explain who the players are and debunk media narratives about the nature of so-called “gangs” in Haiti that have been covertly supported by imperialist and outside forces tied to the “Core Group” and their Haitian collaborators. The self-appointed “Core Group,” with representatives from the US, France, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Spain, EU and OAS, is de facto governing Haiti at present.
Pierre Labossiere is Co-Founder of the Haiti Action Committee (HAC) and the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund (HERF) established in the Bay Area in 1991 and 2004 respectively. Working with Haiti’s grassroots movement that is engaged in the struggle for justice and democracy, HAC and HERF provide information regarding conditions on the ground, assist refugees and support community-based initiatives and institutions working for the liberation and the rebuilding of Haiti.
Marilyn Langlois is a long time Haiti solidarity activist who has been with the Haiti Action Committee for over 20 years and has traveled to Haiti 4 times. She is also on the Board of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, and brings the voice of Haiti to the Board of Taskforce on the Americas.
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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:
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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 the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. 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. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)
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 six years, since October 2011! 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
Welcome & Introductions
Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
Announcements
(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
Meeting ID: 854 4920 3697
We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment and online tracking, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws, and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” — to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing.
