Calendar
Please join us in Snow Park to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with the Occupy Oakland community.
Black Friday Protest at Emeryville Mall:
Stop the Desecration of Indigenous Land
Did you know that the Bay Street Mall is built upon a
Sacred Ohlone shellmound burial ground? It is the oldest and largest
burial ground in the bay area – older than the pyramids in Eygpt.
In 2000, it was desecrated to make way for the mall.
Join in the annual action to educate the public about this sacred site.
Bring snacks and signs as we ask holiday shoppers to boycott this mall
to respect the original (and still present!) inhabitants of the Bay Area.
Children and families are welcome.
Annual Emeryville Shellmound Protest
Marking the historic 10 year anniversary of this gathering
Where: *Bay St Mall in Emeryville, Corner of *Ohlone Way and Shellmound
Street
*When: *Friday November 25th 12-3pm
For More Information: ipocshellmoundwalk.intuitwebsites.com,
Shellmoundwalk@yahoo.com
Both Occupy Oakland and Occupy San Francisco stand in solidarity with this
action and will be there to support
All day teach in for reclaiming spaces, intro to squatter’s rights, guerilla gardening. 11am to 5 pm at OG Plaza
Self-defense class focused on concerns of people who are camping and occupying foreclosed homes, but all women/queer people welcome. We will probably be holding this class weekly on Sundays (time and location may vary).
Sunday 11/27 class is 1-2:30pm in North Plaza.
Class on Sunday 12/4 will also be 1-2:30pm, location to be announced.
To RSVP or inquire about future class dates: girlarmyoakland@gmail.com.
On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at noon, Occupy Oakland activists will retake Oscar Grant Plaza in downtown Oakland with a 24-hour, 7 day-a-week vigil. Occupiers hope to create a model for a new wave of “Occupation” protest throughout the United States.
More info on:http://www.occupyoakland.org/2011/11/re-occupying-oscar-grant-a-k-a-frank-ogawa-plaza/
At five pm on Wednesday, November 30th, activists and
community members of Oakland will rally at Fruitvale Plaza to say no to criminalization, incarceration, and corporate profiteering at the expense of our communities.
Occupy Oakland will host an informational session on ALEC
from noon to 4pm at the Oscar Grant Plaza. Occupy Oakland’s
General Assembly will proceed after the rally in Fruitvale.
More info on: http://www.occupyoakland.org/2011/11/occupy-oakland-rally-to-decolonize-criminalized-communities/
On Wednesday, November 30th, the General Assembly will be held at Fruitvale BART.
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In honor and remembrance of those who have lost their lives to HIV/AIDS, we are holding a candlelight vigil on Thursday Dec 1, 2011 at Oscar Grant Plaza. In honor of those still suffering with HIV/AIDS we hold a candlelight vigil and open (people’s) mic and ask that the governments and people of this world recognize the need for Universal Healthcare as one of our basic rights. We encourage people to come share their experience of how this virus has affected you or the people you are close to. We encourage a safe space, a comfortable space, and a compassionate space for people to talk amongst each other and possibly through the human mic if you so choose. Please reach out to your neighbors, support systems, and organizations that may be interested in participating.
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This year’s hoodstock will be a fundraiser for legal defense for people arrested at occupy oakland.It will be donation based with no one turned away for lack of funds…
Follow us on Twitter to be the first to know about any event changes: Bands:
Joey Casio
Bobby Joe Ebola Casey and Brian Mortar and Pestle Moderate excess bad coyotes Buttons Chump Change cycloptopus Bob Ross Band Pony Loco Burning Monk Rnb Millionaires Turbo Sonidero x MexTape Yacob traces hellllllla more…. Facebook Invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/231359070261660/
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You have the right to remain observant!
Learn how to protect that right!
Come and learn:
The History of Copwatching
National Attacks on Civilians Observers
Videos of Police Abuse Against People Filming Cops
Local Issues Concerning the Right to Observe
Know your Rights Training Information
Event hosted by Oscar Grant Committee and Berkeley Cop Watch
Suggested donation of $5-10
(No one will be turned away for lack of funds)
Self-defense class focused on concerns of people who are camping and occupying foreclosed homes, but all women/queer people welcome.
Class on Sunday 12/4 will be 1-2:30pm, Oscar Grant/Frank Ogawa Plaza, north plaza (near flower shop)
To RSVP or for information on future class dates: girlarmyoakland@gmail.com.
A workshop of simple practices for stress relief, trauma healing, and wellness that anyone can learn. It is based on Capacitar(Capacitar International) work and also on other trauma healing work. Please come out!
Hi everyone, we will be meeting up this coming monday the 5th from noon-4pm to help two garden friends with their plot on the corner of 37th and West, Oakland. We are linking up with community gardens and they are excited to receive support from us. We will mainly be filling in the planter beds with starts, basic upkeep, elaborating on the edges near the fence line, possibly planning a green house and bee hive for the space, enjoying company, and snacking. bring food or drinks if you’d like. We are hoping to get some bricks together to use as retainer walls. so if you have that resource shoot us a line before monday. see you then, with love
The Lobby for War and Apartheid in Oakland!
Join us to welcome AIPAC, the “Apartheid Israel Public Affairs Committee”, as they celebrate their occupation of Congress and misappropriation of $3 Billions each year to oppress Palestinians and constantly fan the flames of war and conflict. They are the 1%.
Rally at 5:30 pm @ Marriott Hotel
On Tuesday, December 6th ACCE, Occupy Oakland, Labor, Community Groups and families facing foreclosure are coming together once again to continue our call for stopping Foreclosures and Making Banks Pay! Please join us in this National Day of Action called by Occupy Wall St.
Here’s a partial list of the “Occupy Our Homes” events happening next Tuesday:
9:30am: ACCE & The Home Defender’s will be meeting @ Snow Park (20th & Harrison by the Lake) for a “Speak out on Foreclosures” to stop the sale of homes prior to the Holiday Season!
2pm: Causa Justa::Just Cause and Occupy the Hood will be rallying and marching from West Oakland BART to demand the Banks work with an Oakland Family to put them back in their home.
4pm: Occupy Oakland, ACCE and allies will be meeting @ Defremery Park on 16th & Adeline St. in West Oakland to support families who plan to Reclaim their Homes and fight back against the attack on working families across the country!
The national Occupy Our Homes campaign challenges a deliberate Wall Street strategy that has made billions for those at the top while devastating the 99%:
Banks created a housing bubble, deliberately designing predatory loans with balloon payments, variable rates, and other features that would yield short-term profits while preying on families least able to pay.
They knew that many of these loans could not be repaid, but they didn’t care because they planned to package and re-sell the mortgages to investors who then were left holding the bag.
The economy crashed as a result of this bank-created house of cards, putting tens of millions of Americans out of work. Unemployment is overwhelmingly the primary cause of foreclosures, not over-extended consumers.
If you have ANY questions, please feel free to email us or hadasalterman@gmail.com from the Occupy Oakland Housing Network.
“Record Occupy Oakland” will encourage all comers to write their personal experience and their personal observations. We’ll read and review essays, poems, stories, memoirs, plays, speeches, and help make them vivid and powerful. And we will be a connecting house to places where a record can be published. We can also entertain the idea of building a SLAM team. Bring paper and pens that work, or laptops, to the workshop.
North Side, Oscar Grant Plaza
This Thursday, December 8th, The Stork Club in Oakland is hosting a benefit show for Scott Olsen. Suggested donation is $6 (more if you can afford it) and there will be drink specials all night long.
Five great Bay Area bands will be playing: Surveyor, The Dangs, One Punch Machine Gun, Machine Zero, and Golda Supernova. Doors @ 8pm. All proceeds go to the Veterans for Peace Scott Olsen Support Fund. Come out to hear some great local bands and raise some money for Scott as he continues his recovery.
co-sponsored by Occupy the Hood, People of Color Caucus and Occupy Oakland’s West Coast Port Shutdown Committee BY the West Oakland community FOR the West Oakland community
10:00 am-11:00am: Activists and community members from across West Oakland and beyond will gather in DeFremery park for outreach training about the Port Blockade Action.
11:00 am-1:00 pm: Groups will disperse from the park to engage Oakland community members in real conversation around why the West Coast Port Blockade is crucial to achieving solidarity with the working class who live next to and work in the Port of Oakland.
1:00 pm-3:30 pm: BBQ handled by Oakland’s own Jabari Shaw @ DeFremery Park as everyone regroups, reflects and visualizes the co-creation of port blockades across the state and the nation to defeat Wall Street on the Waterfront!
As a mass action on Saturday, December 10th, we will take the movement to the people and do the “Kittens Action” (named so because kittens–unlike sheep–are not herd animals; they can’t be herded or corralled).
12:00 pm- 4:00 pm: We will converge at Oscar Grant Plaza at 12 pm, form teams or affinity groups of say 2-5 people, do mini-trainings and share materials–surveys, flyers, posters, chalk, scripts, etc.–choose neighborhoods, and then fan out around the city, to engage the community in thinking and talking together about the realities we share and the future we want and the movement we’re building.
4:00 pm- Evening: We will re-converge at the Plaza at 4 pm to share our stories and insights, and to hold a celebration rally.
Note: Affinity groups and teams are autonomous in what materials they want to use, but collectively we will especially focus on 2 things:
1) Getting the word out about the West Coast Port shutdown and
2) Getting feedback from the people of Oakland about how the Occupy movement can be stronger and more inclusive for them.
For the second purpose we will use a simple survey with the following questions:
• What do you think about the Occupy movement?
• Have you been involved in any Occupy-related events or activities?
• How can it be more effective or inclusive?
• What would you like to do to contribute to a stronger movement?