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				1	2	3 Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! 4:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ Omni Commons Feb 3 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it. Come get connected with SDBA’s projects! Presenting debt and inequality related topics at forums, workshops and in radio productions Promoting single-payer / Medicare … Continued
4 Occupy The Superbowl 3:00 pm Occupy The Superbowl @ Oscar Grant Plaza Feb 4 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Don’t want to watch millionaires bash each other’s heads in between billiionaires trying to convince you to buy their overpriced and tasteless beer? Want to discuss some of the local activist and political goings on in the East Bay instead? Come to the Occupy Oakland General Assembly instead! …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… The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & … Continued	5 Friends Of the Public Bank of Oakland 5:30 pm Friends Of the Public Bank of Oakland @ Xolo Restaurant Feb 5 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Come help make the Public Bank of Oakland a reality. The feasibility study, currently underway. is due to the City of Oakland by the end of March. agenda: Reportbacks (25 min) Feasibility study changes/role of governance committee FoPB Focus group Governance General news (10 min) 1. John Chiang California task force 2. Michigan developments Repeating items (25 min) Treasurer’s report/budgeting and meeting place issues introductions of new attendees overview of public banking for new attendees set next meeting time and place Upcoming (20 min) First Presbyterian Church Student debt … Continued Oscar Grant Committee Meeting 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Feb 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186 If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to: oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to … Continued	6	7 ELLA BAKER CENTER MEETING 6:00 pm ELLA BAKER CENTER MEETING @ Ella Baker Center office Feb 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Save the date and join us for the first member meeting of 2018! Not a member? Not a problem! This meeting is open to everyone so join us, bring a friend, make a friend, and learn more about the Ella Baker Center. See you there. we organize with Black, Brown, and low-income people to shift resources away from prisons and punishment, and towards opportunities that make our communities safe, healthy, and strong. 64280	8 Oakland IWOC Meeting 6:00 pm Oakland IWOC Meeting @ OneFam/Rev Cafe Feb 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Get involved with Oakland IWOC! New folks should come 15 min early for a brief orientation Can’t make the meeting but interested in getting involved? Wondering about joining our material support efforts at Santa Rita and in Oakland? Hit us up at iwoc.oakland@gmail.com. 64270	9	10
11 Medicare for All Open Strategy Meeting 2:00 pm Medicare for All Open Strategy Meeting @ Niebyl Proctor Library Feb 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets East Bay DSA has been a leading voice in the fight to guarantee healthcare as a human right. As we continue growing our Medicare-for-All campaign, we need your input! Our first Medicare for All open strategy meeting will be a forum for all members to participate as we decide how to expand our campaign. During the meeting, we will Learn about healthcare and why we’re fighting to change it Discuss our national and local goals for the campaign Debate and vote on political tactics that can help us win Our … Continued Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly 7:30 pm Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ Finnish Hall Feb 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join us for the next Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly, hosted by our Immigration Team and Racism & Criminal Justice Reform Team. Agenda details will be published when they are available. Doors open at 7. We start promptly at 7:30. Just prior to the meeting, join us for a training on how to bring more of your friends into the Indivisible Berkeley community. 6:15-7:15 at the Finnish Hall downstairs cafe. More info ADA Accessibility: The Finnish Hall has stairs leading up to the entrance so is not ADA accessible. Please email us … Continued	12 Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Feb 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued	13	14	15 Fight Potrification! Oppose the eviction of the Oakland Cannery artists’ collective 5:30 pm Fight Potrification! Oppose the eviction of the Oakland Cannery artists’ collective @ City Hall, Council Chambers, 3rd Floor Feb 15 @ 5:30 pm – 7:15 pm Tickets https://www.theoaklandcannery.com/why-we-fight Cannabis entrepreneurs capitalists bought the building currently occupied by an artists’ collective of 30 folks and intend to boot them and turn the building into a huge weed factory. Pot grows anywhere, but good, reasonable live/work spaces are few and far between. Where is Jeff Sessions when we need him? Show your opposition to this grab at the Oakland Cannabis Regulatory Commission Hearing at City Hall at 5:30 on Thursday, February 15th. Greetings friends and family, Could use a little push for this weeks hearing. Our call for help … Continued	16	17
18 Occupy Oakland General Assembly 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Feb 18 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets 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 … Continued	19	20	21 Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Omni Commons Feb 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay. We fight against “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” spy drones, facial recognition, police body cameras and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones, to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government. We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no … Continued SURJ Intro Meeting w/guest speaker Troy Williams 6:45 pm SURJ Intro Meeting w/guest speaker Troy Williams @ Sierra Club Feb 21 @ 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm Tickets Want to get involved with SURJ Bay Area? SURJ moves white people to act for justice, with passion and accountability, as part of a multi-racial majority. Featured Speaker: Troy Williams, former editor of the monthly San Francisco Bay View, National Black Newspaper which has been publishing since 1976. Come learn about our current work and activities! You’ll also hear about SURJ’s new pathways for entering the work, including Study and Action groups as well as committee work, upcoming workshops, and events. We’ll answer your questions and share how you can … Continued No Coal in Richmond Meeting 7:00 pm No Coal in Richmond Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets What exactly can be done about the Levin-Richmond coal terminal on the Richmond waterfront? Join the ongoing community discussion about how to remove this blight from our midst. Why do we have huge, uncovered piles of dirty, dusty coal sitting right next to our Bay—and contaminating several of our neighborhoods? Why is the Richmond terminal one of the last three ports left in the state to export this dirty fossil fuel when California doesn’t even use coal power? Why does the Bay Area, a region renowned for its environmental leadership, … Continued Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting 7:30 pm Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting @ EastSide Arts Alliance Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Special guest speaker for January: Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr. Don’t miss this! APTP meets monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. The Anti Police-Terror Project began as a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee. We are a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. Founding coalition members include the Black Power Network, Community Ready Corps, Workers World, and the Idriss Stelley Foundation.64171	22	23	24 Protect the Sacred: Divest Wells Fargo 10:00 am Protect the Sacred: Divest Wells Fargo @ Wells Fargo SF Feb 24 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Join Idle No More SF Bay and Indigenous Environmental Network at Wells Fargo headquarters in San Francisco to protest Wells Fargo’s crimes against Indigenous Peoples and the planet. We’ll paint a giant image (details coming) while we sing, pray and demand that Wells Fargo divest from fossil fuels, fossil fuel infrastructure, and projects that threaten the sacred system of life and violate the rights of Indigenous Peoples to free, prior and informed consent. We will also send a message that Wells Fargo’s grant of $50 million to Native American communities … Continued Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! 4:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ Omni Commons Feb 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it. Come get connected with SDBA’s projects! Presenting debt and inequality related topics at forums, workshops and in radio productions Promoting single-payer / Medicare … Continued
25 Sunflower Alliance 12:30 pm Sunflower Alliance @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Feb 25 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Please join us for our regular biweekly meeting of the Sunflower Alliance. We’ll discuss ongoing campaigns and plans for the future. Newcomers and old friends welcome — we need your participation and your voice. Come early to share a potluck lunch. 64313 DSA General Membership Meeting 1:00 pm DSA General Membership Meeting @ Omni Commons Ballroom Feb 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets General Membership Meeting The February general meeting is going to be a big one! For one, we’ll be voting on whether or not to join the campaign to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Act, which severely restricts local governments in California from implementing rent control. See the text of the resolution. We’ll also be voting on a major set of revisions to our Chapter’s bylaws! You can see the proposed revisions as well as a reader guide with some explanation for those proposed revisions. And if you’d like to propose an amendment to those proposed bylaws, … Continued Indvisible East Bay 1:00 pm Indvisible East Bay @ Sports Basement Feb 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets 64320 Occupy Oakland General Assembly 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Feb 25 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets 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 … Continued	26	27	28 Anti-War March Planning Meeting 7:00 pm Anti-War March Planning Meeting @ Niebyl Proctor Library Feb 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Groups are forming to stage the first nation-wide anti-war protests in years. Save the date – April 15 for a march and rally in Oakland. If you are interested in helping, you can attend the next organizing meeting. There are so many wars with US involvement that we become numb. “In 2013, the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) – one of thee nine organizational units that make up the Unified Combatant Command – had special operations forces (SOFs) in 134 countries, where they were either involved in combat, special missions, … Continued

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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.