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Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library 5:00 pm
Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library @ The Niebyl-Proctor Library
Jul 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library @ The Niebyl-Proctor Library | Oakland | California | United States
Occupy Oakland Research Working Group weekly meeting Date: Sundays Time: 5:00-7:00 pm Location: The Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, in Oakland, California   Everyone who’s interested in doing research to empower Oakland’s 99% and target the city’s 1% is welcome. Bring an open mind and be prepared to learn together. For more information, email research@occupyoakland.org or visit our website: occupyoaklandresearch.org27125
1st of JULY GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2:00 pm
1st of JULY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Jul 1 @ 2:00 pm – Jul 1 @ 5:00 pm
The 1st General Assembly of Occupy Oakland in the month of July is this Sunday, and there are a number of interesting proposals that are being put forth, such as: 1. The proposal to endorse and help organize the Occupy Oakland Liberate Everything Conference this summer, geared towards providing a more radical tone and communicating the unique perspective of Occupy Oakland to others and the world, 2. A proposal to jointly plan an Occupy Oakland July 4th action of some sort or another 3. A proposal to deal with the … Continued
OOCON Meeting (Tuesdays) 12:00 am
OOCON Meeting (Tuesdays) @ Oscar Grant Plaza (14th and Broadway)
Aug 1 @ 12:00 am – 2:00 am
A meeting designed to address issues related to the organizing of the Occupy Oakland Liberate Everything Conference. If a question or idea comes up in discussion, that question or idea is immediately dealt with, be it through email, phone, or advice through discussion. Geared towards practical results, not necessarily debate over ideas or arguments. Not that that won’t occur, anyways. (this is Occupy Oakland!) OOCON Meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays at Oscar Grant Plaza (14th and Broadway) at 5pm – 7pm. OOCON Working Meetings: Sundays at Farley’s East, off of Grand … Continued
Rally for Justice 4 Alan Blueford 12:00 am
Rally for Justice 4 Alan Blueford @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Aug 1 @ 12:00 am – 1:30 am
Rally and Performances @ 5:00 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza before the now-cancelled Oakland City Council meeting on July 31st. Just after midnight on Saturday May 6th, Alan Blueford and two of his friends were waiting for some girls to pick them up on 90th Ave., in East Oakland, after the Floyd Mayweather fight. Not long after Alan had phoned his parents to check-in with them, a car slowly pulled up to them with its lights off. Alan ran. One officer gave chase. A few blocks later Alan was shot … Continued
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Dinner and a Movie at the Lakeview Sit-In 1:00 am
Dinner and a Movie at the Lakeview Sit-In @ Lakeview Elementary
Jul 2 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am
Dear friends, comrades, neighbors, and colleagues, Please join us to celebrate Day 16 of the Lakeview Sit-In and the People’s School with a community potluck and film screening this Sunday, July 1st, at 6 pm. For two weeks now we’ve been running a free summer program out of occupied Lakeview Elementary, serving over 30 children with programming in social justice, art, PE, and gardening. At the same time, we’ve been organizing to pressure Tony Smith and the school board to reopen all five closed elementary schools, repudiate the state debt, … Continued
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Medicare For All Town Hall 6:30 pm
Medicare For All Town Hall @ Alameda County Administration Building
Jul 3 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Now is the time to protect, improve, and expand Medicare — let’s build support now for Medicare for All! One of a series of rallies being held all over California by the California Nurses Association and other Health Care advocacy groups. Details. Tour Sponsored By THE CAMPAIGN FOR A HEALTHY CALIFORNIA: California Alliance for Retired Americans/ California Health Professional Student Alliance / California Nurses Association / The Progressive Caucus of California/ Health Care For All – California/ Communication Workers of America-District 9 / Physicians for a National Health Program – … Continued
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Outreach Committee Meeting 6:30 pm
Outreach Committee Meeting @ Awaken Cafe
Jul 5 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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Labor Solidarity Committee. 1:00 am
Labor Solidarity Committee. @ 1021 SEUI Hall
Jul 6 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
“From the folks who helped organize the West Coast Port Shutdown.” The OO Labor Solidarity Committee meets weekly, with every other meeting being held at Oscar Grant Plaza weather permitting. This week’s meeting will take place at the SEIU 1021 hall at 100 Oak St in Oakland. It will be Thursday, 7//5 at 6pm. Topics include coordination with labor groups (union and non-union) around the Bay Area, and this meeting may include discussion about the OOLSC’s next actions, organizing the unemployed (including the march on July 11th), support for the … Continued
Web Committee Meeting 1:00 am
Web Committee Meeting @ The Holdout
Jul 6 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
New schedule and additional location! Bi-Monthly meetings to organize and publish web content for occupyoakland.org. We meet the first Thursday of the month at The Holdout, 2313 San Pablo Ave Oakland,CA 94612 @ 6PM And the third Sunday of the month at 19th Street / Rashida Muhammad Street (one block away from 19th Street/Telegraph avenue) @ 2PM If interested on helping us out, please come and join us!   Web@occupyoakland.org  27484
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Sacramento March Against Excessive Force and for the Formation of a Citizens’ Review Board 7:00 pm
Sacramento March Against Excessive Force and for the Formation of a Citizens’ Review Board @ Cesar Chavez Park
Jul 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
On July 7th we will march to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s office and demand that a citizen’s review board be put in place. The Sacramento County Sheriff has no review board and deaths at the hands of the police continue to increase and the conditions at the jail continue to deteriorate. http://www.facebook.com/events/399209143456054/ via OccupyUCDavis ‏@OccupyUCDavis Action THIS SATURDAY AT NOON against police brutality in Sacramento. You should totally go. 35257
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Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library 5:00 pm
Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library @ The Niebyl-Proctor Library
Jul 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library @ The Niebyl-Proctor Library | Oakland | California | United States
Occupy Oakland Research Working Group weekly meeting Date: Sundays Time: 5:00-7:00 pm Location: The Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, in Oakland, California   Everyone who’s interested in doing research to empower Oakland’s 99% and target the city’s 1% is welcome. Bring an open mind and be prepared to learn together. For more information, email research@occupyoakland.org or visit our website: occupyoaklandresearch.org27125
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March of the Unemployed 7:00 pm
March of the Unemployed @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jul 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
March to demand a real jobs program! If you are — tired of being broke because you don’t have a job. — sick and tired of being a number they don’t count any more. Then it’s time to start fighting back. Join a movement to organize the ranks of the unemployed. We encourage our Sisters and Brothers who have jobs to march with us July 11th.34541
Occupy Marin Eviction Defense Rally 5:00 pm
Occupy Marin Eviction Defense Rally @ 4th Street Plaza
Jul 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Wells Fargo Bank taking home from 60-year old woman, help is needed! Come to the rally on Wed, July 11 at 5 PM at the 4th St Plaza in San Rafael. Show your support for Pat and John and for all of our neighbors who are victims of the banking system. If you are facing foreclosure yourself, please come and share your story. The way we can pressure the banks is to turn out in LARGE numbers!!! Occupy Marin35777
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Outreach Committee Meeting 6:30 pm
Outreach Committee Meeting @ Awaken Cafe
Jul 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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Nonviolent Caucus Meeting 12:00 am
Nonviolent Caucus Meeting @ Rising Loafer on OGP
Jul 13 @ 12:00 am – 1:30 am
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Labor Solidarity Committee Meeting 1:00 am
Labor Solidarity Committee Meeting @ Lakeview Elementary
Jul 13 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
“From the folks who helped organize the West Coast Port Shutdown.” The OO Labor Solidarity Committee meets weekly, with every other meeting being held at Oscar Grant Plaza weather permitting. This week’s meeting will take place on the steps of the Lakeview Elementary school on Thursday, July 12th at 6pm. It is located diagonally across from the Grand Lake Theater. Topics include coordination with labor groups (union and non-union) around the Bay Area, and this meeting may include discussion about the OOLSC’s next actions, support for organizing efforts by UNITE … Continued
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Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library 5:00 pm
Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library @ The Niebyl-Proctor Library
Jul 15 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library @ The Niebyl-Proctor Library | Oakland | California | United States
Occupy Oakland Research Working Group weekly meeting Date: Sundays Time: 5:00-7:00 pm Location: The Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, in Oakland, California   Everyone who’s interested in doing research to empower Oakland’s 99% and target the city’s 1% is welcome. Bring an open mind and be prepared to learn together. For more information, email research@occupyoakland.org or visit our website: occupyoaklandresearch.org27125
Web Committee Meeting 7:30 pm
Web Committee Meeting
Jul 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
New schedule and additional location! Bi-Monthly meetings to organize and publish web content for occupyoakland.org. We meet the first Thursday of the month at The Holdout, 2313 San Pablo Ave Oakland,CA 94612 @ 6PM And the third Sunday of the month at 19th Street / Rashida Muhammad Street (one block away from 19th Street/Telegraph avenue) @ 2PM If interested on helping us out, please come and join us!   Web@occupyoakland.org34357
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Kenneth Harding Memorial SF Transit Strike
Kenneth Harding Memorial SF Transit Strike @ San Francisco
Jul 16 – Jul 17 all-day
Kenneth Harding was murdered by SF police on July 16th, 2011 at the age of 19 for alledgedly failing to pay a $2.00 transit fare. Only July 16, we are asking for full support and cooperation from all unions especially transit. We don’t want anyone to have the option to travel by transit in the city of San Francisco that day. Shut down MUNI! We are all Kenneth Harding, Gary King, Oscar grant, Trayvon Martin, Rhamarley Graham, Raheim Brown, Idriss Stelley, James Rivera, Gus Rugley and so many more.35137
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Outreach Committee Meeting 6:30 pm
Outreach Committee Meeting @ Awaken Cafe
Jul 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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Labor Solidarity Committee Meeting 1:00 am
Labor Solidarity Committee Meeting @ SEIU
Jul 20 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
“From the folks who brought you the West Coast Port Shutdown.” The OO Labor Solidarity Committee meets weekly, with every other meeting being held at Oscar Grant Plaza weather permitting. This week’s meeting will take place at the 100 Oak St. location of SEIU 1021, between 1st & 2nd St. NOTE: THIS IS *** NOT *** THE SEIU HALL WHERE WE HAVE OFTEN MET BEFORE, IN WEST OAKLAND. THIS IS A DIFFERENT SEIU HALL. Topics include coordination with labor groups (union and non-union) around the Bay Area and nationally. This … Continued
IRREPRESSIBLE VOICES: A benefit for the Occupy Oakland Anti-Repression Committee on 7/19/12 @8pm 3:00 am
IRREPRESSIBLE VOICES: A benefit for the Occupy Oakland Anti-Repression Committee on 7/19/12 @8pm @ The Starry Plough Pub
Jul 20 @ 3:00 am – 6:45 am
IRREPRESSIBLE VOICES:  A benefit for the Occupy Oakland Anti-Repression Committee Featuring: Mad Noise, The 21st Century, Kent Decide Thursday July 19th.  8PM @ The Starry Plough Pub (21+) 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA Suggested donation 5-20 dollars. Larger donations gladly accepted. No one turned away for inability to pay. All proceeds will go directly towards prisoner support and bail funds for Occupy’s political prisoners.    35269
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Brooms Collective – 32nd and San Pablo 5:00 pm
Brooms Collective – 32nd and San Pablo @ St. Andrew's Park
Jul 21 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Please come join us for our on-going clean-up at St. Andrew’s Park in West Oakland, in collaboration with the San Pablo Corridor Coalition. We will have plenty of equipment and safety gear, and there will be free coffee, donuts, and maybe even a barbecue. We’re there from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and those who wish to will have the opportunity to move on to other clean-up sites once we’re done at St. Andrew’s. Lookin’ forward to it.22424
BBQ: Justice For Alan Blueford Speakout 8:00 pm
BBQ: Justice For Alan Blueford Speakout @ Arroyo Park
Jul 21 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Justice 4 Alan Blueford Free Food. Rally. Music. Workshops. Arts & Crafts. Children’s Village. Literature. “Just after midnight on Saturday May 6th, Alan Blueford and two of his friends were waiting for some girls to pick them up on 90th Ave., in East Oakland, after the Floyd Mayweather fight. Not long after Alan had phoned his parents to check-in with them, a car slowly pulled up to them with its lights off. Alan ran. One officer gave chase. A few blocks later Alan was shot by OPD officer Miguel Masso. … Continued
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Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library 5:00 pm
Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library @ The Niebyl-Proctor Library
Jul 22 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library @ The Niebyl-Proctor Library | Oakland | California | United States
Occupy Oakland Research Working Group weekly meeting Date: Sundays Time: 5:00-7:00 pm Location: The Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, in Oakland, California   Everyone who’s interested in doing research to empower Oakland’s 99% and target the city’s 1% is welcome. Bring an open mind and be prepared to learn together. For more information, email research@occupyoakland.org or visit our website: occupyoaklandresearch.org27125
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Free Melvin: Court and Jail Support 4:00 pm
Free Melvin: Court and Jail Support
Jul 25 @ 4:00 pm – Jul 26 @ 11:00 am
Free Melvin: Court and Jail Support
Melvin was arrested on 7/23/2012 and he’s got court tomorrow. We need a show of support for this comrade. The inmate locator says his arraignment is 7/25/2012, 9am in Dept 107, but since he’s in custody, it’ll probably be 2pm. We’re hoping to get him bailed tomorrow too, and we need carpools ready to head down to Santa Rita for another jail party. Who’s down?37099
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Outreach Committee Meeting 6:30 pm
Outreach Committee Meeting @ Awaken Cafe
Jul 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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Labor Solidarity Committee Meeting 1:00 am
Labor Solidarity Committee Meeting @ Lakeview Elementary
Jul 27 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
“From the folks who brought you the West Coast Port Shutdown.” The OO Labor Solidarity Committee meets weekly, with every other meeting being held at Oscar Grant Plaza weather permitting. This week’s meeting will take place on the steps of the Lakeview Elementary School in solidarity with the Lakeview School Closure Occupation group. Topics include coordination with labor groups (union and non-union) around the Bay Area and nationally. This meeting may include discussion about the OOLSC’s next actions, the OO Occupy Everywhere Conference, support for organizing efforts by UNITE HERE … Continued
Solidarity March with Anaheim 5:30 pm
Solidarity March with Anaheim @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jul 27 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Via IndyBay: On July 21 Anaheim Police Chased and shot Manuel Angel Diaz in the back of his head Killing him. Diaz was Unarmed. The Latino Community that the Killing had happened in had already been the victim of several other shootings in the Past done by Anaheim Police. confronted the police in Protest of Diaz killing. and were viciously attacked by Police the Extreamly Cruel repression that the Anaheim police unleashed on the community was horrible. you see the Police shot Rubber Bullets into the crowd including Woman and … Continued
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1946 Oakland General Strike Historical Walk 7:00 pm
1946 Oakland General Strike Historical Walk @ Oakland
Jul 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
LaborFest is giving a historical walking tour of Oakland’s 1946 General Strike, the last ‘real’ General Strike to occur in the United States. Meet at 12:00 noon where Telegraph and Broadway intersect just above 14th & Broadway. When the walking tour is over join the Occupy Oakland Labor Solidarity Committee in Oscar Grant Park for a presentation about the “2011 Oakland General Strike and the relationships between Occupy Oakland and Labor Struggles” More information about the walk.36804
2011 Oak. General Strike, OO & Its Relationship with Labor Struggles 9:00 pm
2011 Oak. General Strike, OO & Its Relationship with Labor Struggles @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Jul 28 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Oakland General Strike 2011 and the relationships between Occupy Oakland and Labor Struggles Join organizers and workers of some of the most notable actions to date of the Occupy movement, including the general strike and the coordinated West Coast port shutdown, as well as many actions with workers at American Licorice, Castlewood, Pacific Steel and other sites. Learn about how these events developed. What were the successes, failures, and difficulties? What have we learned? Discuss the ongoing efforts and how we see the fight continuing from here. This event takes … Continued
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Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library 5:00 pm
Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library @ The Niebyl-Proctor Library
Jul 29 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Research Working Group meets every Sundays, 5-7pm, at Niebyl-Proctor Library @ The Niebyl-Proctor Library | Oakland | California | United States
Occupy Oakland Research Working Group weekly meeting Date: Sundays Time: 5:00-7:00 pm Location: The Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, in Oakland, California   Everyone who’s interested in doing research to empower Oakland’s 99% and target the city’s 1% is welcome. Bring an open mind and be prepared to learn together. For more information, email research@occupyoakland.org or visit our website: occupyoaklandresearch.org27125
Re-Imagine the General Assembly 10:30 pm
Re-Imagine the General Assembly @ 19th and Telegraph
Jul 29 @ 10:30 pm – Jul 30 @ 1:00 am
The second gathering to Re-imagine the General Assembly will be held on Sunday, July 29, after the General Assembly, at 19th and Telegraph (approximately 3:30/4:00 to 6:00). The goal is to “get down to business” about concrete ways to improve the OOGA.36240
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Lessons From the ILWU Battle Against EGT in Longview And the Struggle Ahead 2:00 am
Lessons From the ILWU Battle Against EGT in Longview And the Struggle Ahead @ First Unitarian Universalist Church
Jul 30 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
An ongoing union-busting drive is being waged against the ILWU, one of the most militant unions in the United States, from Bush’s invoking of Taft-Hartley during the 2002 lockout by PMA to Obama’s sending an armed Coast Guard vessel to escort a scab ship to the EGT dock in Longview, Washington. The Occupy Wall Street movement was instrumental in building solidarity for port truckers and longshore workers during the Longview struggle. Shackled with a concessionary EGT grain contract, the ILWU now faces negotiations for a master grain agreement. The Northwest … Continued
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