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Planning for Refinery Closures that Benefit Workers, Communities, and the Environment @ Online

Jul 31 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Valero Refinery, Benicia

In the Bay Area, the Valero refinery in Benecia has announced that it’s going to close in 2026 — and other refineries seem to be on the brink. Refineries pollute local communities and add to the climate crisis. But closing them suddenly leaves their workers without jobs, their communities without a major source of tax revenue — and their toxic legacy in the environment.

Join The Climate Center in a webinar on Planning for Refinery Closures that Benefit Workers, Communities, and the Environment.

Speakers
Connie Cho, Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Steve Young, Mayor of Benicia
Josh Anijar, executive director, Contra Costa Labor Councill;l
Theresa Keates, special advisor to the vice-chair of the California Energy Commission

More info and register here

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Categories: Event

Aug

Sat

Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: “Stellar: A world beyond limits, and how to get there.” @ Online

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Aug 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. All are welcome!

For our July, 2025 meeting we will be reading the first two sections (approximately 115 pages) of Stellar, A World Beyond Limits and How to Get There (Amazon), (Goodreads) For our August meeting, we will finish the book.

A bold re-examination of the past, present, and future of humanity, Stellar challenges conventional thinking and offers a vision of hope and optimism – a necessary antidote to the fear and despair that define our times.

Stellar uncovers the root causes of today’s biggest challenges, from war and economic instability to inequality and environmental collapse. It reveals why solutions to these issues are little more than band-aids, why our political and economic structures are failing, and how to unlock humanity’s full potential.

Stellar reimagines what’s possible – a world that gives rather than takes from both people and planet. A Stellar World where today’s pressing issues simply dissolve, where humanity can thrive, free from fear, scarcity, and despair.

This book will transform how you see the world, and your place in it.

Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included (in chronological order) Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital and Its Discontents, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century, The Deficit Myth, Revenge Cap italism, the Edge of Chaos blog symposium , Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons, The Optimist’s Telescope, Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, Exploring Degrowth, The Origin of Wealth, Mine!, The Dawn of Everything A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Beyond Money, Less is More, Cannibal Capitalism, Debt, the First 5000 Years , Poverty, By America, End Times, Jackson Rising Redux , The Feminist Subversion of the Economy, How Infrastructure Works, Inside the Systems that Shape our World, Wealth Supremacy, The Persuaders, The Path to a Livable Future, Solidarity, Mutual Aid, Breaking Together, Making Sense of Chaos and TechnoFeudalism.

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Categories: Event

Aug

Thu

Wood Street Documentary: Work-in-progress screening & panel discussion

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Aug 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Come out and support the Wood Street Community for a special work-in-progress screening and fundraiser for the documentary Wood Street — a gripping film that follows members of Oakland’s largest homeless encampment as they fight the city and state against eviction from their long-term community.

This intimate film centers on John and LaMonté—two unhoused men turned community leaders—who organize their neighbors in the face of displacement, addiction, and a failing social system. Their story is a powerful testament to resilience, solidarity, and the right to remain.

Directed by award-winning journalist Caron Creighton, Wood Street is currently in post-production and has received support from SFFILM, the Sundance Institute, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Black Public Media, Bay Area Video Coalition and the Berkeley Film Foundation.

We will show some scenes from the work-in-progress film, with the director and members of the Wood Street Commons present for a panel discussion after the screening.

Location: 1501 Harrison St., Oakland CA

Doors open: 6PM

Screening starts: 6:30PM

Price: The event is free with an RSVP — and you are welcome to donate what you want. Please make donations to our crowdfunding campaign.

Please note:

The event space is about 1/2 block from 12th St. BART, some street parking is available.
Ride-shares can drop off and pick up directly in front of the venue.
Limited space available. If you cannot attend, please return your ticket so someone else can take it.

Accessibility:

Masks required at all times in the space.
There are no steps to enter the space. More info on access needs can be found on Moments Co-op website.

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Categories: Event

Aug

Fri

Sing for Justice & Peace

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Aug 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Between Acton and Bonar, beside “The Way”, in front of the bike path.

(Please leave the left lane of bike path clear.)

We’re holding these on the 2nd and 4th Fridays, from 5 to 6 pm, for just an hour. This is our 4th “Sing for Justice and Peace.” The first 3 were great fun, and meaningful with many drivers honking support, giving thumbs up etc. If you don’t like to sing, beat a drum or just hold a protest sign and/or bring a poem about peace for the open mic.

The leafy location marks an entrance to a shady bike path, and there’s oodles of car traffic passing by.

Everyone Is welcome to join this fun-loving, rebellious, and collaborative event. There’s a sound system, and extra noisemakers if getting loud helps heal your spirit in these war-torn and troubled times. Join this Friday’s FUN protest, open mic, and sing-along for Justice & Peace!

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/07/20/18878153.php

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Categories: Action Event

Aug

Fri

Sing for Justice & Peace

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Aug 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Between Acton and Bonar, beside “The Way”, in front of the bike path.

(Please leave the left lane of bike path clear.)

The leafy location marks an entrance to a shady bike path, and there’s oodles of car traffic passing by.

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/07/20/18878153.php

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Categories: Action Event

July – August 2025 Jul – Aug 2025

About OccupyOakland.org

This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.