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January 2019

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		1	2	3 One Year Later…We Still Want Justice 4 Sahleem Tindle 4:00 pm One Year Later…We Still Want Justice 4 Sahleem Tindle @ West Oakland BART Jan 3 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets We don’t celebrate the death or the day Sahleem was murdered, but we want to let them know on the same day that he was tragically taking from us,Jan 3rd 2018,that we still want JUSTICE, We STILL WANT ACCOUNTABILITY, and REMEMBRANCE of the life that is no longer here with ourselves. We love Sahleem,we miss Sahleem and we want to remind them that we will never forget the day Joseph Mateu took him away! Join us for a protest in Sahleem’s Honor followed by a Candlelight Vigil… (Please Wear All … Continued	4	5
6	7	8 Stop Chase, Bank of Doom 12:00 pm Stop Chase, Bank of Doom @ The Westin, Union Square Jan 8 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Join the Rainforest Action Network and allies to tell JPMorgan Chase to stop funding climate destruction! Chase Bank is the biggest Wall Street funder of fossil fuels. They finance the Keystone XL pipeline, toxic tar sands oil expansion, and abuses of indigenous rights, profiting from worsening climate chaos. Demand that they stop funding fossil fuel expansion, starting with tar sands Info/RSVP 65451	9	10	11 Call for closing Gitmo and prosecution of John Yoo for torture 12:30 pm Call for closing Gitmo and prosecution of John Yoo for torture @ UC Berkeley Law School Jan 11 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Prisoners started arriving at Guantanamo on Friday, Jan. 11 2002. This Friday, on the 17th Anniversary of Guantanamo Prison, DRAD will join Codepink and allies at a rally and press conference at UC Law School to call for closing Gitmo and prosecution of John Yoo for torture. Join us to speak out against the injustice! Meet up in front of the law school, rain or shine. Gitmo now holds 40 men, including 5 who have long been cleared for release, and it continues to be a moral stain on our … Continued Speak Out At Japan Consulate Against Restarting Of Japan NUKES 3:00 pm Speak Out At Japan Consulate Against Restarting Of Japan NUKES @ Japanese Consulate Jan 11 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets The Japanese Abe government continues to restart nuclear plants throughout the country. At the same time they have accumulated over 1 million tons of radioactive water at the Fukushima plant which they want to release into the Pacifica ocean. It contains tritium which the government is saying is safe in “small amounts”. The government has also covered up the statistics of thyroid cancer in children in order to continue the cover-up of the dangers of Fukushima. 3.11 Fund for Children With Thyroid Cancer has said that children who have cancer … Continued	12
13 SURJ: Supporting the M4BL Platform Part 1: Legislative Workshop 1:00 pm SURJ: Supporting the M4BL Platform Part 1: Legislative Workshop Jan 13 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Join us for a legislative strategy session and workshop that will demystify the legislative process, build our legislative capacity, and highlight the legislative priorities and strategies of our people of color (POC) led partners! More Info: This workshop is the first of a two-part series for anyone who is passionate, curious, or wants to learn more about the ways that policy combined with grassroots organizing can be used as a tool in the movement for racial justice and collective liberation. This workshop will provide opportunities for participants to: – Learn … Continued	14	15	16	17	18 Solidarity Action Against Destruction of the Amazon 10:00 am Solidarity Action Against Destruction of the Amazon @ Brazilian Consulate Jan 18 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Join this solidarity rally against the attacks by Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, on the environment, human rights, and social justice, including closing the Environmental Ministry ending indigenous people’s rights removing protections against deforestation of the Amazon labeling activists as terrorists and more. This rally at the Brazilian consulate will emphasize our solidarity with people and all living beings in Brazil and around the world fighting to stop these devastating policies. Info/RSVP 65469	19
20	21	22 Hands Off Our Park: Defend People’s Park From Cops And Chainsaws 11:30 am Hands Off Our Park: Defend People’s Park From Cops And Chainsaws @ People's Park Jan 22 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Tickets Last week, over 150 heavily armed police officers came with guns and chainsaws to cut down our trees and trash our homes. Six people – community members and students – were violently awoken and handcuffed at 5 am, on charges of “illegal camping” – because they had put up tents and tarps as shelter from the rain. All of their belongings were seized or trashed. We reject the UC’s claim that this is about sick trees. This is about razing one of Berkeley’s few public spaces to turn it into … Continued	23	24 Rally Against The Attack On The Poor 12:00 pm Rally Against The Attack On The Poor @ San Francisco City Hall Jan 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets As DPW continually confiscates property at the behest of the city govt, the BOS appears poised to enact SB-1045, a dangerous bill meant to conserve homeless folks with a prior history of 5150 holds in mental institutions without their consent. The city puts these efforts into attacking the poor while the Bayview is still without even a full service shelter after decades of broken promises. The people of SF demand housing and appropriate services. Join the Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance in exposing these actions of the city of SF, … Continued	25 Say NO to the U.S.-orchestrated Coup in Venezuela 5:00 pm Say NO to the U.S.-orchestrated Coup in Venezuela Jan 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Join us 5pm Friday Jan. 25 at 24th & Mission to say NO to the U.S.-orchestrated coup in Venezuela #HandsOffVenezuelaEvent page: https://t.co/KOWQOM5kmZ@answercoalition @MLNow @SFGate @Indybay @elteco @CubaVenezCte pic.twitter.com/KMo3aVV0MS— ANSWER Coalition-SF (@sfANSWER) January 24, 2019 65538	26 Social Justice Symposium Social Justice Symposium @ Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Jan 26 all-day Tickets Thirteenth Annual Social Justice Symposium The Social Justice Symposium (SJS) is a student-organized event that serves as space for the community to meet and discuss social justice work in the Bay Area. Schedule This year, our keynote speaker is George Galvis. Galvis holds both a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies and a Master’s in City Planning from UC Berkeley where he was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellow. Galvis is the co-founder and executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ, pronounced … Continued Oppose the “Walk for Life”: Stand Up for Women! Trump/Pence Must Go! 12:30 pm Oppose the “Walk for Life”: Stand Up for Women! Trump/Pence Must Go! Jan 26 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets This Saturday he so-called “Walk for Life” – which should be called the March for Female Enslavement & Forced Motherhood – will organize tens of thousands to march down Market Street to demand the end of the right to abortion for women. We call for everyone to join with Refuse Fascism to oppose the “Walk for Life,” to stand up to the anti-abortionists, and to raise the demand that the Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! These people march every year – this year, the stakes are very high. We are two … Continued
27 Oakland: Protest Against Kamala Harris for President Campaign Launch Rally 12:00 pm Oakland: Protest Against Kamala Harris for President Campaign Launch Rally @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jan 27 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Kamala Harris for President has chosen Oakland for her initial Campaign Launch Rally on January 27, 12:00pm. What are you going to do, Oakland, when Kamala Harris sets up shop in our town to push her phony “progressive prosecutor” schtick? Her campaign slogan at this point is “Kamala Harris for the People,” but we know she is anything but a candidate for the people, all of the people, those who lost their homes to predatory banks, for instance. She claims to be “tough, principled, fearless,” but we know none of that is true. … Continued	28 CPUC Emergency Hearing re PG&E 2:30 pm CPUC Emergency Hearing re PG&E Jan 28 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets Say NO to the CPUC! The California Public Utilities Commission has scheduled a surprise emergency hearing to allow PG&E to pursue debtor-in-possession financing. Please come to the CPUC Auditorium at 505 Van Ness to speak against giving PG&E a $6 billion bailout and allowing it to duck its debts from last year’s Camp Fire. The first item is to determine an emergency situation under which the normal 10-day agenda notice can be waived according to Gov’t Code 11125.5(b). The second and third items grant exemptions from PUC Code sections to … Continued Stop OUSD from voting to close “Roots” Middle School! 6:00 pm Stop OUSD from voting to close “Roots” Middle School! @ La Escuelita Jan 28 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The Oakland School Board has just scheduled a special meeting (less than 72 hours notice) for 6pm on Monday with only one item on the agenda, a final vote in the closure of ROOTS Middle School. The school board can not be allowed to displace our students and families from their neighborhood school. We are asking everyone to help, even if you don’t live in Oakland. 1. Please email the Oakland School Board and ask them to keep ROOTS open and demand that any “redesign” of the school can not … Continued	29 DSA Socialist Night School: Understanding Capitalism 7:00 pm DSA Socialist Night School: Understanding Capitalism @ East Bay Community Space Jan 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Required Readings See the readings that we’ll be discussing after a brief introduction from our members. 65512	30	31

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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.