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Meeting for reps. from committees, caucuses and working groups from Occupy Oakland.
This meeting is a place for all the work groups, committees, and caucuses of Occupy Oakland to meet up, update each other on events, procedures, concerns etc. It is designed so that there is more transparency and solitary, and between the work groups. Please send two reps with an update from your work group.
Meeting at 4pm in front of city hall.
To plug your commitee into this group check out the Facebook Group Page.
Regular meeting times: Tuesdays & Thursday @ 6:30PM, Sundays @ 4:00PM.
This is a meeting for people who self-identify as people of color/ queer people of color. We meet with the goal of strengthening our participation in the Occupy movement here in Oakland and beyond, and to likewise strengthen the Occupy movement by situating it in the context of our local, living communities and the ongoing work being done by those communities.
Our meeting location sometimes changes based on the availability of spaces. Please contact us at peopleofcolor@occupyoakland.org for up-to-date information. Please also be patient (and persistent) if we don’t respond as quickly as we would like to. We’re growing and evolving our capacities!
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The research working group will have our second meeting this coming Sunday at 5pm, Urban Blend cafe (3rd and Broadway), after Occupy Oakland’s General Assembly.
On the agenda:
__Update on J28 fact sheet
__Skillshare on researching Oakland’s budget cuts
__Skillshare on creating surveys and conducting interviews
__Discussion on long-term goals
For more information: http://www.occupyresearch.net/oakland
We’ll organize a radical reading group that will be inclusive to folks of all reading levels: constant readers, infrequent readers, those with minimal literacy skills, people who wanna understand the book but kind of don’t think they can do it on their own. That group will kick off on Jan. 29, on our move-in weekend. This meeting is a planning event to pick some essential reads to start off and plan other details for the reading group.
On his birthday and in the spirit of Dr. King’s vision for racial and economic equality, peace, and non-violence, we are holding candlelight vigils to unite our world in a global movement for systemic change.
Wherever we may be, whether in our homes, in city squares, online, Occupies, or at work, we lift a beautiful message high above the political dialogue. We light the dream of a more equitable world in our hearts. We can overcome!
Dr. King said “A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and say: ‘This is not just.’ ”
Vigils are being organized around the world — from California to Cairo, New York to New Orleans, Germany to Nova Scotia. Pete Seeger, K’naan, Ramy Essam, Sol Guy, Joan Baez, Steve Earle, Russell Simmons and many more have committed their support.
We gather to empower a great and global dream, a dream we have all dreamt of for thousands of years. We will sing, because freedom songs are the soul of the movement.. Together, we will make the dream a reality.
The Local action:
We, the Womyn and GURRLS Caucus of Ocupy Oakland invite you to step into and mediate upon the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
You are welcome to bring your favorite reading from Dr, King to share!
There will be an opportunity for all to speak – all are welcome!
*Please bring tee lights, and open hearts!
To learn more about the Global Action:
http://www.j15global.com/
4:30, Brown Couch Cafe at 14th and Webster.
General Assemblies are held on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays at 6.00 pm and Sundays at 2pm
Join us for the Anti Repression Committee’s weekly meeting
we will be discussing things like legal updates, bail needs and strategies to support those that have been arrested or brutalized at Occupy Oakland.
Events Committee is responsible for the actions, workshops, shows, teach-ins, etc. Meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00 pm at Brown Couch Cafe at 14th above Webster.
Occupy City Council January 17 and let your voice be heard. Sign up to speak during public comments or speak against a specific agenda item. Fill the meeting chambers to let Oakland City Council know they are responsible for how Occupy Oakland protesters have been treated. Stand up, use your voice, Occupy City Council!
email: oakcitycouncil@gmail.com
Twitter: @OakCityCouncil
Website: www.occupyoakcitycouncil.w
Occupy the hood
Come plan Occupy Oakland’s Building Occupation on January 28th
This is a meeting for people who self-identify as people of color/ queer people of color. We meet with the goal of strengthening our participation in the Occupy movement here in Oakland and beyond, and to likewise strengthen the Occupy movement by situating it in the context of our local, living communities and the ongoing work being done by those communities.
Our meeting location sometimes changes based on the availability of spaces. Please contact us at peopleofcolor@occupyoakland.org for up-to-date information. Please also be patient (and persistent) if we don’t respond as quickly as we would like to. We’re growing and evolving our capacities!
Events Committee is responsible for the actions, workshops, shows, teach-ins, etc. Meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00 pm at Brown Couch Cafe at 14th above Webster.
We are still a group in progress so don’t be intimidated, its not too late to come check it out!
Email us at Oaklandoccupypatriarchy@gmail.com for the location!
Our beginning forum discussion will be:
Why do you think that we need a seperate organizing space for Women, Trans and Queer people only?
We will also be discussing “point of unity” number two:
Women, Trans people, Queers, Fags, Dykes, need a space that is OURS because we are marginalized, harassed, and attacked in other spaces all the time. We do not all have the same needs and desires, and our relationships with one another are structured by the intensified oppression of people of color, trans people and poor folks. However we think that we can sup- port and increase our power by working with each other.
Hope to see you there!
<3 Oakland Occupy Patriarchy
Supply is coordinating all our equipment and supply needs. Contact them if you have questions about donations. Meetings every Thursday t 5pm.
More info on http://www.occupyoakland.org/generalassembly/committees/supply-committee/
Finance is coordinating all official Occupy Oakland financial donations. Meetings every Thursdays at 6pm at SF Pizza on 15th and Broadway. New members welcome — please join us.
First edition of Occupy Oakland Book Club! This first meeting will include a meet and greet, discussion on book club format, and finally, we will discuss potential books and choose one for the next book club meeting.
#OccupyEducated has determined a list of 5 essential reads for the movement. We can consider reading these or hear other great book ideas.
http://occupyeducated.org/2011/11/15/hello-world/
Invite your smart friends and not-so-smart friends, anyone interested in educating themselves on the issues relating to the movement and the 99%!
Corporations are not people! Money is not speech! Come join us for a national day of action to end corporate personhood. There will be speakers and entertainment.
Protest, Street Theater… *All Day*
Friday, January 20, 2012, 8:00 AM
Oakland Federal Courthouse
Clay Street, between 13th and 14th Streets
Take BART to SF to join Occupy Wall Street West Actions
Friday, January 20, 2012, 11:00 AM
Pick the action you want to join:
* SF Occupy the Courts (11:45 AM: Meet at Civic Center BART and march to Federal Courthouse/9th Circuit Court of Appeals at 7th and Mission.)
* Occupy Oakland’s Reclaim the Streets (Embarcadero BART)
For more information, please see our website at: http://occupyoaklandcourts.org.
Events Committee is responsible for the actions, workshops, shows, teach-ins, etc. Meetings on Fridays at 4:30, Brown Couch Cafe at 14th and Webster.