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Come to this General Assembly to hear reports from the working groups and committees, to make decisions that will guide our work going forward, and to take part in building turnout for the events.
Three events are being planned. A working group has been established to work on each.
- On April 29th from 11am until late afternoon we will gather in the Amphitheater at Lake Merritt for music and spoken word performances, speakers, climate scientists, information booths and hands-on activities for all ages throughout the afternoon. A processional march around the lake will take place in the late afternoon.
- Sometime prior to April 29th, we will conduct a Community Environmental Justice Town Hall Forum in West Oakland so that public officials who have responsibility for addressing the effects of climate change can hear from members of the most impacted frontline communities. UPDATE: Barbara Lee was invited, but we learned she will not be available until sometime later in the Spring or Summer. We will need to decide whether to go forward with just local public officials or wait for a date when she can attend.
- On May 1st, we will organize an Environmental Justice Contingent in the Oakland May Day rally and march in solidarity with immigrants and victims of Islamophobia, racism, nativism, xenophobia, sexism and homophobia. There will be a rally at 3pm at Fruitvale Plaza and then a march at 4pm to San Antonio Park. We will designate an area where our contingent can assemble.
In addition we will support the March for Science on Earth Day (April 22) in San Francisco and the Tax Day March on April 15.
If you want to work on any of these working groups, or help with logistics, security, communications, outreach or other committees, please come to this important General Assembly. Bring your ideas, your enthusiasm and your friends.
Your involvement makes a difference!
Please share with others. Invite your Facebook Friends.
Help spread the word!!!
Ask them to RSVP for the April 29th event at
http://bit.ly/peoplesclimatebayareaRSVP
Volunteer Sign-up
NEW WEBSITE: http://peoplesclimatebayarea.org
Continue the momentum of the Women’s March in January and the Women’s Strike March 8th, planning towards a May 1st General Strike!
All welcome!
Join the Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against the surveillance state, against Urban Shield, and to advocate for privacy and surveillance regulation ordinances to be passed around the Bay Area, including the Alameda and San Francisco County Boards of Supervisors, the BART Board of Directors, and by the Oakland and Berkeley City Councils.
We are also engaged in the fight against Predictive Policing and other “pre-crime” and “thought-crime” abominations, drones, improper use of police body cameras, ALPRs, requirements for “backdoors” to your cellphone and against other invasions of privacy by our benighted City, County, State and Federal Governments.
OPWG originally came together to fight against the Domain Awareness Center (DAC), Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub. OPWG was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network; its members helped draft the Privacy Policy that puts further restrictions on the now Port-restricted DAC, and made Oakland’s new Privacy Advisory Commission to the City Council happen. We were also the lead in having Alameda County pass the most comprehensive privacy and usage policy in the country for deployment of “Stingray” technology (cell phone interceptors). Oakland and Fremont have followed suit. In conjunction with other groups we fight against Urban Shield and other killer-cop trainings.
We have presented our work at RightsCon in San Francisco and at Left Forum and HOPE in New York City.
If you would like to attend our meeting and would like a quick introduction to what we’re doing before we dive right into the thick of our agenda, send email to contact@oaklandprivacy.org and one of us will arange to meet you before the meeting.
Stop by and learn how you can help guard our right not to be spied on by the government. Look on the whiteboard inside near the entrance to the OMNI for our exact location within the OMNI.
If you are interested in joining the Oakland Privacy Working Group email listserv, send an email to:
oaklandprivacyworkinggroup-subscribe AT lists.riseup.net
or send a request to contact@oaklandprivacy.org
For more information on the DAC check out
Please join thousands of other Americans to protest and rally against the extreme agenda of President Donald Trump, including his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court. The People’s Filibuster will take place in cities across the US and feature everyday Americans speaking on why they object to the extreme agenda of the President and how the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court would advance that agenda for decades to come.
The City of Oakland is planning to sell and develop key parcels of publicly owned land. Come give your input on how our land should be used!
*we will be providing translation ( Cantonese and Spanish), childcare and food!*
Please RSVP by filling out this short form: https://goo.gl/9nqgFo.
You can also join DSA here at dsausa.org/join.
At our February canvassing kick-off, 160 of our volunteers signed up 600 East Bay residents to stay informed and support the fight, before the bill was even introduced. Learn more about our last big canvassing event here:
https://eastbaydsa.org/
Now that SB-562 is out in the world, in the news and fresh in everyone’s minds, we’re ready to build on that momentum with another day of canvassing on April 1st. There’s no better time to get the word out, and no more pressing moment to show everyone a real socialist alternative to the broken system of private insurance.
You can learn more about the bill here: http://
and here: healthyca.org
We want all hands on deck for this exciting day! No prior experience necessary!
Anyone who comes will receive education on single payer and be trained on how to talk to your neighbors and friends about the issue. First-time canvassers will be paired with experienced organizers and canvassers to go spread the word about single payer, sign people up to be supporters, and recruit new members to DSA.
This is not only EBDSA’s a big day of organizing, but it’s also an opportunity for new members and people new to organizing to learn the ropes and build confidence for the work of socialist organizing we will be doing for years to come.
East Bay DSA is a member of the Campaign for a Healthy California coalition – learn more here: https://
And check out these articles:
https://
Join us at the Rockridge Bart station in Oakland, rain or shine, to call attention to racial injustice and demonstrate solidarity.
Throughout the East Bay and nationally, folks have been gathering on prominent street corners and freeway overpasses, holding signs and making visible our support for the Movement for Black Lives and communities targeted by Trump. These gatherings – or “human billboards” – have been a simple yet effective way of channeling anger and sadness over injustice into collective action and solidarity.
For those of us who are white, it’s a way to express a unified voice in opposition to Trump and the white nationalist politics he represents, and to commit to ending white silence and visibly supporting racial justice.
For all of us, it’s a concrete way to put our heart and soul into action. It’s being in community with each other, to share with like-minded people a belief that a loving, humane, compassionate world is possible, and to take a small step towards making that happen.
If you’ve been wanting to get more involved, this event is a great way to take action, meet people and gain further connections in the community we’re building.
Bring a sign with the following messaging!:
Will you show up for racial justice?
Black Lives Matter!
No Deportations! No Border Walls!
End Displacement of Black and Brown communities!
Solidarity with Undocumented Migrants!
Solidarity with Queer and Trans People of Color!
We Support Black Womxn!
We Support Our Muslim Neighbors!
Will you fight against Islamophobia?
This event called and organized by SURJ Bay Area.
This workshop offers two basic knowledge skillsets.
The deescalation skillset is intended to:
– identify potentially dangerous situations, particularly those of hateful victimization
– ensure the safety of the person or persons being victimized
– deescalate the rise in aggression and/or potential physical violence
– offer resources for help with no police involvement
The grounding skills workshop is intended to:
– become familiar with what grounding skills are and how can they help
– learn how to identify triggers
– identify bodily measurements of severe discomfort or anxiety once triggered
– learn what grounding skill is best to use based on the level of our discomfort/anxiety
– offer resources for help when all else fails
** Donations will go to Indigenous People Organizing for Change (IPOC). **
There will be snacks people can munch on throughout the workshop.
There will also be a short break between workshops.
Feel free to bring a notepad and pen to take notes; however, the central points of the workshops will be condensed in a zine for folks to take home, review, and pass on the knowledge.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Citizens’ Climate Lobby was created in 2007 as a volunteer-driven organization to focus on one climate solution: enacting a way to price carbon, the “carbon fee and dividend.” Marti Roach, CCL Contra Costa Chapter leader, will provide details on the carbon fee and dividend policy, how it is predicted to work, and the role this solution plays in the transition to a clean energy economy. She will also address alternate views on market-based and revenue-neutral concerns. Suggested reading: “The Carbon Tax is Doomed” bit.ly/2ny4ZuW.
12 PM Orientation for newcomers
1 – 3 PM Meeting
1/2 mile from Richmond BART
The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 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 3:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (Note: we meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months, once Daylight Savings Time springs forward we tend to assemble at 4 PM).
On every ‘last Sunday’ we meet a little earlier at 2 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.
OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over five 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
- 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
A documentary about democratic schools in England, Germany and Israel, where students have complete control over their time. No curriculum, no classes, no tests, no grades – unless the students ask for it. Students and staff run the school as a democratic community, with equal voices.
In partnership with AERO http://educationrevolution.org/ and the
Alliance for Self-Directed Education http://self-directed.org/
Homepage of the documentary: https://doingnothingalldayengl.wordpress.com/
Doors open at 6:30pm, film stars at 7pm
A panel of students and staff from local self-directed environments will answer your questions after the film!
Free snacks and popcorn
This Sunday check out the great folksinger David Rovics, a long-time friend of Occupy. He even did a benefit concert for Occupy Oakland, grok some of his videos in the post about that show.
He will be playing in Berkeley at the Backroom at 1984 Bonita Ave. Admire his nifty new electric cello in this video that I sent to all of my tenants:
Words to live by, I hope they take it to heart, but I still check my boots every morning for snakes. Enjoy the rest of his 2016 album Letter To My Landlord here.
Tickets Sunday are $10-$20, sliding scale, but I doubt folks would be turned away at the door if they were too broke to pay. It is a BYOB event, no corkage fee, so bring some grog, if that rings your bell.
David’s music is all creative commons, you can freely download just about all of his stuff and share it with your friends.
Linked are some of his songs about the last election cycle like Lesser Evil, Bernie, Jill Stein, Donald Trump, and this song about The Donald, G-d’s Gift To The Caliphate.
So this Sunday come to General Assembly at 4 PM at the Plaza and maybe get a bite with a comrade, grab a bottle, and folk yourself.
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Check out the great folksinger David Rovics, a long-time friend of Occupy. He even did a benefit concert for Occupy Oakland. Groove on some of his videos in the post announcing that show.
He is giving a concert Sunday evening in Berkeley. Listen to his words to live by and admire his nifty new electric cello in this video that I sent to all of my tenants:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz83YEDjykY&t=53s
I hope they take it to heart, but I still check my boots every morning. Enjoy the rest of his 2016 album Letter To My Landlord here.
Tickets are $10-$20, sliding scale, but I doubt folks would be turned away at the door if they were too broke to pay. It is a BYOB event, no corkage fee, so bring some grog, if that rings your bell.
David’s music is all creative commons, you can freely download just about all of his stuff and share it with your friends.
Linked are some of his songs about the last election cycle like Lesser Evil, Bernie, Jill Stein, Donald Trump, and this song about The Donald, G-d’s Gift To The Caliphate.
So this Sunday come to General Assembly at 4 PM at the Plaza and maybe get a bite with a comrade, grab a bottle, and cruise over to Berkeley to folk yourself.
Also, Einstein’s 12th birthday in next Sunday, April 7th. We are throwing him a little party, there will lasagna & Dog only knows what else. Bring a treat and come by, but RSVP, if you please, our apartment is not wildly huge and we want to make sure we have a big enough shoehorn to wedge everyone in.
Big Red Ed
Tax the Rich Rallies every Monday from 5-6 pm on upper Solano in front of the Oaks Theater and the Chase Bank.
All are welcome!
Also We’ll be at SURJ (Stand Up for Racial Justice) event that starts at the Grand Lake Theater on Saturday April 1st from noon-1 :00 PM.
For our calendar of events, songs to download and more: www.occupella.org.
of the SFPD shooting of Luis Gongora Pat
OccupyForum presents…
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
The Inevitability of Systemic Corruption in our Regulatory Agencies in a Capitalist System
With Steve Zeltzer and George Wright
Our Bay Area Air Quality Under Threat and The Fired Whistleblowers at the
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
The recent revelations from two BAAQMD employees, (Michael Bachmann, who was the manager of records, and Sarah Steele, an employee who protected records and documents), are very serious: they expose the deliberate destruction of critical pollution records, settlements and fines. Destroying pollution records and the history of these polluters is not only inexcusable, but criminal.
These two BAAQMD employees put their careers and jobs on the line to protect the public, and the health and safety of our environment, and top executives of the BAAQD illegally conspired to thwart these employees by firing them from this public agency. Unfortunately workplace bullying and retaliation against whistleblowers is a systemic problem, not just at this agency but at other public agencies as well. There have been continuing ongoing dangerous gas and oil leaks by Chevron, Tesoro, Shell, Philips 66 and other polluters, as well as the deaths of the workers, and serious health problems, in many Bay Area communities where these refineries and toxic plants exist.
The epidemic of illegal retaliation of whistleblowers (like Quality Assurance Manager Michael Madry at Test America, and other whistleblowers at Tetra Tech — which the Navy had hired for tests at Hunters Point and Treasure Island), have all taken place without any accountability by government agencies like OSHA WPP, District Attorneys, or the State Attorney General.
The regional independent agency BAAQMD is responsible to protect the air quality of the over 12 million people in Northern California. This forum will discuss the continuing contamination issues facing people in the Bay Area and the role of the BAAQMD management in the bullying and discharge of workers. It will also address how people can defend these whistleblowers, and force the California Attorney General and District Attorneys to protect public workers criminally retaliated against for doing their job and protecting the interests of the public.
Steve Zeltzer and George Wright will lead discussion on the inevitability of systemic corruption in the Capitalist system.
Time will be allotted for Q&A, discussion and announcements.
The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to stopping police brutality.
Note: At our November meeting we changed our meeting date from the first Tuesday of the month to the first Monday, starting December 5th
Emergency Press Conference with Families who have received April 6th Deadline at Temporary Shelter and Need Housing and Reparations
West Oakland Fire Victim Families, Elders and Children Have Nowhere to go
“All fire victims will have to leave the “temporary shelter” with or without any money or housing on April 6th,” reported Audrey Candy Corn, POOR Magazine reporter, single mama of 3 and founder of TAZ clothing company who has been on the ground from Day 1 standing , advocating and caring for all the low-income families who lost everything they had in the West Oakland Fire of last week that displaced over 150 people and killed four.
Since the first day following the fire the low-income, disabled children and adults, all Black and Brown, who were already poor before the fire, have been neglected, forgotten, criminalized, poverty Gansta-Pimped and/ or lied to by a stream of Old- School Big Non-profit poverty industries. Some people have made the connection between the Ghost Ship fire and this fire, and the glaringly obvious ways that poor folks of color and disabled folks are consistently criminalized, predated on and lied to because of the very things we had going on before crisis hits us. In ghost ship there were vigils, investigations and endless media attention. In this fire, confusion, case-manglement, empty promises, lost money and jail-like conditions at the temporary shelter are the norm.
Folks are about to displaced on Thursday, april 6th with no real money or support or housing, just a lot of pamphlets and case-manglement.
Please come through to this press conference to hear the voices of the individual impacted families who have lost their lives and their actual need for housing and/or financial support
If folks want to help, victims are asking not for food or clothes or toiletries but for a direct donation of cash money or gift cards that can be distributed directly to the families.
YOU’RE INVITED!
TOWN HALL @THE CORNERS: OPPOSE GORSUCH!!!!!
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
With reports out that the FBI has evidence Trump associates coordinated directly with Russian officials to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, there can be no excuse for the Senate to hand the administration a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court. As of today, there are at least 41 Democrats opposed to Trump’s pick, the extreme right-wing judge Neil Gorsuch–enough to stop him from getting the 60 votes needed to confirm a Supreme Court justice – and we need to demand they stand strong. And we need to demand at least a handful of Republicans not to change the rules of the Senate to rush through Trump’s Supreme Court power grab.
Will you join the event as a part of #ResistTrumpTuesdays?
YES, I’LL BE THERE!
EFF Launches Community Security Training Series
EFF is pleased to announce a series of community security trainings in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library. High-profile data breaches and hard-fought battles against unlawful mass surveillance programs underscore that the public needs practical information about online security. We know more about potential threats each day, but we also know that encryption works and can help thwart digital spying. Lack of knowledge about best practices puts individuals at risk, so EFF will bring lessons from its comprehensive Surveillance Self-Defense guide to the SFPL.
EFF has tailored this series for technology beginners who may be unaware of potential privacy dangers, but already use smart phones or computers. Library patrons are invited to bring their devices to EFF’s introductory classes which include discussions of basic online security concepts and privacy tools. Lisa Wright and Willie Theaker, members of EFF’s TechOps Team, will facilitate Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop followed by Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop. There will be two opportunities to attend each class.
- Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Digital Privacy and Security: A Beginner-to-Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Encryption Apps for your Phone: An Intermediate Workshop
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Event details are included in each link to the EFF calendar above. Space is limited and attendance is on a first-come, first-served basis so attendees should prepare to arrive early. We encourage all EFF supporters to help people in their circles learn more about online rights issues and how to keep themselves—and each other— safer.
At the end of April, EFF’s spring Bay Area Members’ Speakeasy will feature a more advanced workshop on email encryption and key generation open to EFF members and their guests—we encourage you to bring a friend! Following the workshop, all EFF members will be invited to join our PGP keysigning party to help bring the community together and further expand the web of trust. If you are a current Bay Area member accepting email, you will receive a personal invitation including event details. Not a member yet? Join today!
With the Surveillance Self-Defense project and these local events, EFF strives to help make information about online security accessible to beginners as well as seasoned techno-activists and journalists. We hope you will consider our tips on how to protect your digital privacy, but we also hope you will encourage those around you to learn more and make better choices with technology. After all, privacy is a team sport and everyone wins.