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Film Screening: OCCUPATION OF THE AMERICAN MIND @ Omni Commons ballroom

Dec 8 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Film Screening, Followed by Moderated Discussion led by Dennis Bernstein of Flashpoints Radio, KPFA

Film synopsis: Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of Gaza have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world — except the US. Narrated by Roger Waters and featuring leading observers, the film explores the U.S.-based public relations campaigns that emerged in the 1980s to today, to provide a sweeping analysis of Israel’s decades-long battle for the hearts, minds, and tax dollars of the American people in the face of widening international condemnation. The effects and reverberations of this are felt not only in right wing media, but also in ‘liberal’ educational institutions media as well.

“I wish every American would watch this powerful documentary. Not only every person of conscience, but every taxpayer, must see it — and then ask themselves if the status quo is acceptable and can continue deep into the 21st century.”
– Gideon Levy | Columnist for Haaretz

“One of the most compelling and important documentaries in recent years, because it helps us make sense of the lies, mayhem, and injustice in the heart of the Middle East: Palestine. Never has propaganda, or ‘public relations’, been such a lethal weapon as it is in the hands of Israel, its apologists, and manipulators. To reach behind the facade that is ‘news’, watch this film.”
– John Pilger | Journalist and filmmaker

Sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County and Middle East Children’s Alliance.

Please share widely.

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California Solidarity Conference

Dec 9 – Dec 10 all-day

What is the California Solidarity Conference?

DECEMBER 9-10 | OAKLAND CONVENTION CENTER

Saturday 9AM-5:45PM | Sunday 10AM-5:30PM

The 2017 California Solidarity Conference is a resource for our movement.

This weekend-long “unconference” is an opportunity for movement organizers, legislative advocates, policy experts, and issue campaigners to build solidarity across issue areas and discuss how to lay the groundwork for long-term systemic change in California and beyond.

In the past year since the election, the progressive movement across the country has been engaged in all-out resistance – with California leading the charge. The Solidarity Conference is a chance for us to come together from across the state to share struggles, lessons, and victories so that we can move forward into 2018 united and ready to win.

This is an unconference – that means YOU set the agenda and choose how best to spend your time. We’ll come together every day for plenary sessions and panel discussions, and for the rest of the time you will choose from dozens of participant-led discussions and workshops – maybe you’ll lead one yourself!

Areas of Focus

Stopping the Trump agenda and defending targeted communities

Developing political power and organizing for long-term change

Working towards a bold progressive vision of the future

You set the agenda

This is an unconference. That means that when you arrive on Saturday morning, only the first block of sessions will be filled in. Participants (that’s you!) will be able to submit sessions online before the event and also on-site once you arrive.

Once you submit your sessions, our volunteer team of dedicated agenda-makers* will work to ensure that the highest level of diversity, variety, and impact is represented in the schedule. If multiple people submit similar sessions, we might encourage you to work together!

There will always be multiple sessions happening at every session block, and the evolving agenda will be located in an easy-to-find public space for when you are looking for your next session.

Any sessions that don’t make it into the schedule on Saturday can be re-submitted on Sunday, and it’s common for Sunday sessions to grow out of conversations that happen on Saturday.

All you need to submit a session is:

A title for your session

A very brief description

A list of session organizers (you and whoever is convening the session with you)

What kind of session is it (workshop, discussion, etc)

The biggest rule of an unconference: If you aren’t learning or contributing, go somewhere else. You are encouraged to vote with your feet and switch sessions whenever you want!

Conference Agenda

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Free admission for volunteers*

Submit Your Ideas For Conference Sessions,
view and vote on other submitted sessions

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SURJ Difficult Dialogues Workshop @ Sierra Club

Dec 9 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

How do we approach the challenging conversations in our lives, whether its about confederate flags, Donald Trump, cultural appropriation, Palestine/Israel, or even just racism and racial justice in general?

This workshop is an opportunity to dive in much deeper with structured time to practice a range of difficult conversations around highly-charged racial issues. We will be sharing some basic skill-building tools in how to approach conversations, and then explore scenarios relevant to the lives of participants. This will include examination of some of the ways that internalized sexism can impact our courageous speaking capacities.

Small group work, role-plays, and Theater of the Oppressed techniques will support seeing tough communication blocks in a new light. Well try out what feels challenging, in a relatively low-stakes and supportive environment, allowing ourselves time to debrief, reflect, and learn from each other.

ACCESS NEEDS: This event is wheelchair accessible. We ask that guests do their best to be as scent free as possible. Please refer to this resource from the EastBay Meditation Center for more information on what that means: https://eastbaymeditation.org/accessibility/PDF/How-to-Be-Fragrance-Free-.pdf

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East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest @ Omni Commons

Dec 9 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

From the sparkling zine community of The Bay Area, the 8th Annual East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest (EBABZ) invites you to immerse yourself within a ballroom of zine mania! EBABZ will feature over 60 vendors selling zines, comics, books, art, and workshops led by local artists and zinesters.

The East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest is an all-volunteer run and not-for-profit event dedicated to supporting, promoting, and educating the public about the zine, self-publishing, and DIY community of the Bay Area.

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IWOC Oakland’s Taco Pop-Up Benefit @ Enter on Hickory Street between Van Ness and Franklin

Dec 9 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Grab some tasty tacos from Chef Antonio Ramos, hang with us in the beautiful Cala Restaurant (which generally employs ~50% ex-incarcerated folks), and help fund our work to support California prisoner’s efforts to self-organize and fight back against the carceral state!

Tacos:
Duck ‘Carnitas’
Carne Asada
King-Trumpet Mushroom
Pumpkin Garlic

With choice of:
Salsa Verde
Salsa San Marzano
Pickled veggies

Add-ons:
Slow Poached Egg

Drinks:
Horchata (optionally boozy)
Persimmon agua fresca (optionally boozy)

Incarcerated Worker’s Organizing Committee is an organization which provides material support to inmates in California Prisons who are organizing together to end incarceration. We believe human beings don’t belong in cages.

IWOC is an all-volunteer organization, all proceed go toward covering costs associated with corresponding with inmates and providing material support.

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No Eviction Without Representation! Petition Drive Mobilization – SF

Dec 9 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Stop unfair evictions! Join us (the Democratic Socialists of America, San Francisco office) to join the movement and pick up your petition!

Tenants and activists are gathering signatures to put No Eviction without Representation on the San Francisco ballot for June 5, 2018!

This historic measure would make SF the first city in California, and the second in the nation, to provide a right to counsel to tenants facing eviction. We’re amped about the impact this will have for renters in SF, but we are gathering 17 thousand signatures to make sure we get on the ballot! If you want to help fight evictions in SF, join us!

Eviction is one of the main indicators of homelessness in our city, and responsible for the mass displacement of many of our neighbors and most vulnerable communities. No one should have to give up their home because they can’t afford a lawyer. Time to stomp out unfair evictions in San Francisco!

Please come at 11 for the festivities, but note that a staff person will be there until 4.

Check out www.SFRightToCounsel.com for the full initiative text
Call/text (415) 504-0666
write jencsnyder@gmail.com for more volunteer opportunities!

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WOHCC Donation Based Holistic Healing Clinic

Dec 9 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join us December 9th for the last community clinic in 2017!!! @ Grow Incubator for our Monthly (every second Saturday) Community Clinic.

NEW WINTER TIME: 12 Noon- 5PM

Enjoy a free hot meal and a wide array of healing modalities,
No-one-turned-away-for-lack-of-funds

Massage Therapy is always happening.
Energy work.
Cranialsacral.
Herbalist consults and remedies.
Doula and Birth-workers
More services TBA.

4 PM- Narcan Rescue kit and harm reduction training

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Danica Roem – First Transgender Person Elected to Virginia’s Legislature @ Venue 550

Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Excited to announce @EmergeVirginia alum & VA Delegate-elect @pwcDanica Roem will keynote @EmergeCA's Class of 2018 Kickoff on 12/9! Connect the Democratic wave from VA to Cali and buy your tickets: https://t.co/7yk0fyxsmt pic.twitter.com/jpVLbnYpLj

— Sandra Fluke (@SandraFluke) November 23, 2017

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Haiti Emergency Relief Fund: Benefit Concert @ Omni Commons

Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

In Memory of Lori Nairne, Bay Area Activist & Haiti Supporter.

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Monthly Interfaith Prayers for Victims and Survivors of Violence @ Bahai Center

Dec 10 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am

Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to survivors and victims of violence and police terror in Oakland.

“Remember the saying: ‘Of all pilgrimages the greatest is to relieve the sorrow-laden heart.'” ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

The Baha’i community of Oakland is organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing.

Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us. Simple breakfast will be served.

“Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” ~ Bahá’u’lláh

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North Korea: Land of the Soft-Spoken Woman @ Niebyl Proctor Library

Dec 10 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

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DSA: General Membership Meeting @ Omni Commons

Dec 10 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join your fellow East Bay DSA members for the first of our bi-monthly membership meetings! This is an opportunity to meet new comrades, learn about what’s happening in the chapter, and participate in our shared democratic process. These meetings, which include voting and debate on proposals for chapter projects, are the highest decision-making body within our chapter. Your participation is crucial for determining our shared political and organizational priorities.

A draft agenda of business to be voted on at the meeting will be posted to the East Bay DSA website on Tuesday, November 21, and the final agenda — including any amendments submitted to the proposals — will be posted by Sunday, December 3.

The agenda is crafted by the Local Council (LC) and by general membership. Agenda items are either developed by members in collaboration with the Local Council, or brought forward by LC committees. Members can also automatically put a proposal on the agenda by gathering the signatures of 10 percent of our chapter membership, which currently equals 90 members. Please see the full set of meeting deadlines and procedures here. Members will also be able to submit position papers in support of or opposed to proposals, to be published on our website, via a link that will be posted with the draft and final agendas.

Meetings like this take a lot of collective effort! Please volunteer to help with setup, sign-in, and other important tasks.

RSVP AND VOLUNTEER

The Omni Commons ballroom is wheelchair accessible, and the Omni Commons has a wheelchair-accessible restroom. Detailed accessibility information for the Omni is here.

If you would like to request accessibility accommodation, including supervised child activities, please fill out the RSVP form or email gm@eastbaydsa.org. We are continually trying to improve our democratic mechanisms, so please reach out via that email address if you have any other questions or feedback about the meetings process.

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Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza

Dec 10 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

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

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Green Party Holiday Party @ Niebyl Proctor Library

Dec 10 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Dear Greens and Supporters,

Celebrate the Holiday Season with old friends and new. We’ll have good fun, yummy food, drink, and open dialogue at the 2017 Annual Potluck Holiday Party

Bring your choice of food or drink for the potluck table to share.

(There will be no regular Green Sunday program or Green County Council meeting in December. We’ll party instead! The next regular Green Sunday program will be the second Sundayin January, 2018 (followed as usual by the County Council meeting). All members are welcome to participate).

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From Nobel to Nobel: Celebrating the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize @ Western Institute of Social Researc

Dec 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

On December 10, the Nobel Committee will present the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Nuclear disarmament advocates around the world will be celebrating. Please join Western States Legal Foundation to celebrate the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize and our 35th anniversary! Learn about the direct line from the 1967 Treaty of Tlatelolco to the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty!

The Nobel Committee awarded the 1982 Peace Prize to Alfonso García Robles of Mexico and Alva Myrdal of Sweden for their years of work in United Nations’ disarmament forums. Ambassador Garcia Robles was the driving force in negotiating the1967 Treaty of Tlatelolco, the first nuclear weapon free zone in a populated region.

The Nobel Committee awarded the 2017 Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons.

Western States Legal Foundation was founded in 1982 and has been working for a nuclear free world ever since.

Wine and light refreshments will be provided. Donations are welcome but not required. RSVP’s appreciated:

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Liberated Lens: This Is Where We Take Our Stand @ Omni Commons ballroom

Dec 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Four days of heartbreaking testimony that revealed why many veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars had concluded that their mission was unjust.

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Slingshot new volunteer meeting / article brainstorm for issue #126 @ LongHaul

Dec 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Kick-off meeting to create Slingshot issue #126. Slingshot is an independent radical newspaper published in Berkeley since 1988.

* Brainstorm articles for next issue
* Orientation on how you can submit articles, art, photographs
* Help us discuss our audience and themes for the next issue
* Discuss fundraising and distribution
* Your chance to comment on Slingshot

Everyone is welcome.
Issue #126 is due out on January 26, 2018
Deadline for Issue #126 is January 13, 2018

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Youth Climate Lawsuit – Ninth Circuit Arguments in SF @ James R. Browning United States Courthouse 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Dec 11 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Good news in the landmark youth climate lawsuit, Juliana v. U.S. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has granted Juliana v. US attorneys the opportunity to argue in support of the fundamental and constitutional right to a livable climate. Faced with a climate emergency, 21 youth plaintiffs will call on the Ninth Circuit to lift the temporary stay and allow the case to proceed to trial. Please show up in solidarity with the youth and stand for climate rights! You can also livestream the hearing.

Read the full press release here.

Kelsey Juliana, 21-year-old named Plaintiff from Eugene, Oregon, said: “Every week, or even every day that our trial is delayed is time I spend further worrying about the stability of our climate system and the security of my future. I’m excited for the Ninth Circuit judges to hear from my lawyers, and to have our case in front of them. Another step forward, onwards to climate and constitutional Justice!”

The youth are eager to explain in open court before the 9th Circuit judges why their case must go to trial under out nation’s laws and as a matter of urgency.

These 21 young Americans have won at every step of their lawsuit so far, and they need our help to do so again. Please make a donation today to help us bring these brave youth plaintiffs to court in San Francisco.

RSVP Facebook.

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The Welcome Home Project @ Albany Library

Dec 11 @ 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm

The Welcome Home Project is a collection of stories and photographs of formerly incarcerated Alameda County residents who turned their lives around after many years in prison. Their stories are testimony to the power of resilience and determination in the face of the barriers that most formerly incarcerated individuals face.

There is a mini-exhibit of the photography show and a panel event on Dec. 11th at the Albany Library.The panel with include a few of the Welcome Home participants.

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BART Police Citizen Review Board – Use of Force Policy @ 3rd floor, Kaiser Center, 20th St. Mall

Dec 11 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

BART Police Citizen Review Board (BPCRB)

8. Revised BART Police Department (BPD) Use of Force Policy. For Discussion and Action.

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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.