Calendar
The next Nonviolent Caucus meeting will be brief and take place at Berkeley Fellowship Hall, Thursday, March 29th, at 5:30 pm.
This will precede the Strategic Dimensions of Resistance conference with Erica Chenoweth, Ph.D. that is being sponsored by the Nonviolent Caucus, and being held on Thursday, March 29th 7:30 PM
The OO Labor Solidarity Committee meets weekly, with every other meeting being held at Oscar Grant Plaza weather permitting. This week’s meeting will be at the California Nurses Association, at 20th & Franklin, a block off Broadway towards Lake Merritt.
Topics generally include coordination with labor groups (union and non-union) around the Bay Area, and we will be focused on planning events leading up to and for May Day, May 1st, International Workers’ Day and Immigrants’ Rights Day.
Protest the US massacre of Afghans and end the US war and militarism. No more killings. No more apologies.
Friday, March 30th, 2012
2:30pm – Meet at the Fremont BART.
3:00pm – March to the Army Recruiting Center (39194 Paseo Padre Parkway).
Why:
1) Protest the US massacre of Afghans in Panjwai, Kandahar, as well as all other atrocities related to this war.
2) Protest the US military recruitment of poor people in this country.
3) Raise awareness about and rally support against the “US/Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement.”
We’d like to clearly state that this is a NONVIOLENT direct action.
Organized by: Afghans for Peace, Autonomous Afghans, and SF Bay Area Iraq Veterans Against the War.
Endorsed by: Courage to Resist, Decolonize Oakland, Education Not Incarceration, Idriss Stelley Foundation, Occupy Oakland, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, and World Can’t Wait SF Bay.
For more info: www.AfghansForPeace.org, www.facebook.com/AfghansforPeace,https://www.facebook.com/events/372239879462997.
Email environmentaljustice@occupyoakland.org for address of meeting to coordinate plans for Chevron action, community gardens, Earth Day literature, EJ collaborations
Occupy Oakland is hosting its third Neighborhood BBQ this coming Saturday at 52nd and MLK in North Oakland. The BBQ will last from 2pm to 6pm and is in support of the North Oakland Neighborhood Assembly & the fight to save Santa Fe Elementary. HEPAC will be providing free HIV tests on site and passing out condoms and safe sex kits! + Workshops from the People’s Community Medics, Foreclosure Defense Committee and more.
FOLLOWING THE BBQ AT 6PM:
MARCH to TAKE BACK the TOWN
one month countdown to May 1…
• From 52nd & MLK
• To Santa Fe Elementary
one of five Oakland schools set to close in 2012
• To Oscar Grant Plaza
no more stay away orders!
free all occupy political prisoners!
part of the Spring Offensive 2012
STRIKE! OCCUPY! DECOLONIZE!
in conjunction with FTP 14a & 14b
Organized by the Occupy Oakland BBQ Assembly
Come support the Occupy Oakland Press Conference on the DA’s targeted prosecutions and stayaway orders and help spread resistance! Hear statements from the Attorney for the IceCream 3; the attorney for victims of hate crimes frustrated at city’s indifference in non politicized cases; a ‘stayaway’ activist from UCB, and much much more!
We need your support, as does everyone facing repression from the OPD and the ACDA!
For members to get a grip on the basics of the foreclosure process and the tactics of fighting back. Organizers from several groups already fighting foreclosures will meet up with us to share their knowledge and experience.
Calling a Decolonize & (UN)Occupy Oakland Anti-War Working Group Organizing Meeting
Inviting all folks deeply concerned about wars the U.S. continues to engage in, against mostly peoples of color around the world and at home, to come to our first Anti-War Working Group meeting this Wednesday before the G.A., 5:15pm, at Oscar Grant Plaza.
We want to form a working group because we realize that war is not an “issue,” but the integral foundation of our nation: in addition to the millions of people we are killing and the immutable damage to Mother Earth, we are spending $2 billion a DAY for these atrocities, making some extremely rich, while severely hurting others.
Also, Occupy Oakland has adopted the resolution to participate in the NO WAR ON IRAN April 17th Tax Day of Global Action Against Military Spending, at the Oakland Federal Building on 1301 Clay Street.
We want to have a vibrant and meaningful action & presence, so PLEASE come to this organizing and planning action meeting!
THANKS!
In solidarity and action,
Xan Sam Joi
DISARM DISARM DISARM
work for peace; hold all life sacred; eliminate violence
www.codepinkjournals.blogspot.com
Weekly meeting to organize and publish web content for occupyoakland.org.
The OO Labor Solidarity Committee meets weekly, with every other meeting being held at Oscar Grant Plaza weather permitting. This week’s meeting will be at Oscar Grant Plaza. We usually congregate on the steps to the north of the amphitheater.
Topics generally include coordination with labor groups (union and non-union) around the Bay Area, and we will be focused on planning events leading up to and for May Day, May 1st, International Workers’ Day and Immigrants’ Rights Day.
3rd floor conference room
www.occupy4prisoners.org
A Day of Action to protest Alameda County District Attorney O’Malley’s stay-away orders, specifically those against UC Berkeley students but also all those who have been given stay-aways in relation to Occupy events.
A press conference and march are tentatively planned.
Updates:
From 9 am there will be cellphone stations on Sproul Steps with lists of phone numbers to call and request that the DA drop the charges against the “Sproul 13” Occupy Cal protesters.
A press conference will be held at 11:00 am. Afterwards, the absurdity of the 100 yards stay away orders will be put on display via maps that carve out that region.
Celebrate James and Portest Police violence!
Join family and friends in remembrance of James Rivera, Jr., the 16 year old boy murdered by Stockton Police and County Sherrifs on July 22nd, 2010.
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012. Meet at Stockton Court house, 222 E Weber Ave, with a march to city hall at 5pm.
Buses will be leaving from oakland, at 19 th andTelegraph at 11:30 am and will be returning form Stockton at 6pm, jsut in tiome to make the 6 month Birthday Party of Occupy Oakland at Oscar Grant Plaza that evening!
Donations are requested for a headstone on James’ Grave.
Sponsored by Mothers Cry for Justice, a group of family members, friends, and concerned community members seeking justice for James Tivera, Jr. and all victims of police abuse and violence! We are all Oscar Grant!
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, Occupy Oakland is having its Six Month Anniversary Party at Oscar Grant Plaza!
Come down to Oscar Grant Plaza and enjoy the atmosphere of the camp and the amazing experiences we have all been through together, with a concert, speak-out, feast, and picture and movie slideshows of Occupy Oakland!
The evening will end with a dance party, as we re-occupy for one night to honor the space we have all fought so hard for.
Get in touch with the Events Committee for more information, and if you have pictures/performers/food to donate, please email:
events@occupyoakland.org
BANK ACTION THIS WEDNESDAY!
We have been meeting with Richard Harris, a homeowner in the Fruitvale who is facing foreclosure and who has just been denied a loan modification. An ex-state police officer and an ex-SF firefighter, he has been in his home for 25 years and the bank thinks he is just another entry on their balance sheets. They think they are going to sell his home from out from underneath him in a month. The system is rigged, his old unions are absent, and the banks are giving him the same old paperwork runaround while the clock ticks. Time for Occupy to step in and take this fight public.
WHAT: SAVE RICHARD HARRIS’ HOME!! Bank Action and Street Canvass
WHEN: Wednesday, April 11, 2:30-4:00 pm
WHERE: Fruitvale BART to gather and hold a pre-action briefing before we leave for the bank.
WHAT: We will be delivering a demand letter to the branch manager, seeking to initate good faith negotiation and escalation of Mr Harris’ case as well as holding an informational picket outside the bank and street canvassing on foreclosures in the neighborhood. This isn’t a bank closure although the banks often try to close rather than deal with their own customers. Livestreamers will respect our media parameters or will be deemed “hostile” and be dealt with accordingly. This is a disciplined action with a set of agreements that will be discussed at the pre-action briefing.
See you there!!
This is a public fight now!!
A follow-up meeting to Mayday Monday’s, now on Wednesdays as well as Mondays!
Starting at 5pm at 19th and Telegraph, the Mayday planning will have a second meeting to get more work done for the Day Without the 99%!
Weekly meeting to organize and publish web content for occupyoakland.org.