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Exhibit on display from March 1 through April 30, 2020 Reception in the Morrison Library on Thursday, March 5 at 5 pm This exhibit showcases original silk screen political posters from the 1960s and 1970s on the 50th Anniversary of the Great Poster Workshop in Wurster Hall in May 1970, triggered by the killing of four students at Kent State University in Ohio. U.C. Berkeley, birthplace of the Free Speech Movement, paved the way for mass protests and prolonged student strikes across the country against the Vietnam War and the … Continued

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

Next Organizers’ Meeting! If you would like to come early and get an introduction to the concepts of public banking, or more locally to who we are and what we do, please email us and someone will come meet you at 5:30. Working Group Meetings: Some of our working groups meet between organizers’ meetings, and others just confer by phone and email. You can plug into any one of these: Outreach to Organizations Outreach to Individuals Digital Outreach Advocacy (working with politicians) Governance California Public Banking Alliance Fundraising Operations Just send us … Continued

Autonomous Organizing and State Repression From Kurdistan to Philadelphia presented by the Bay Area Mesopotamia Solidarity Committee, the Freedom Archives and the Anthropology and Social Change Department at CIIS The Kurdish freedom movement, currently active across many borders in the Middle East, has put forth the revolutionary project of democratic confederalism under the principles of localized governance, women’s liberation and ecological practices. On a smaller scale, but within the context of the massive Black liberation movement, the MOVE Organization of Philadelphia put its revolutionary ideas into practice in the 70s … Continued

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

  The Western Institute for Social Research invites you to a talk by author and activist, Reverend Richard Lawrence on Reflections of Battles with Racism. 67795

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Exhibit on display from March 1 through April 30, 2020 Reception in the Morrison Library on Thursday, March 5 at 5 pm This exhibit showcases original silk screen political posters from the 1960s and 1970s on the 50th Anniversary of the Great Poster Workshop in Wurster Hall in May 1970, triggered by the killing of four students at Kent State University in Ohio. U.C. Berkeley, birthplace of the Free Speech Movement, paved the way for mass protests and prolonged student strikes across the country against the Vietnam War and the … Continued

Join community and labor activists to keep Alameda County’s community choice energy program free from nuclear power! Alameda County’s own public electricity agency, East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is considering accepting PG&E’s dangerous nuclear energy into its power mix. Currently there is no nuclear in EBCE’s mix as shown here on EBCE’s website. The East Bay Clean Power Alliance is leading opposition to this proposal — the same community and labor organizations that led the fight to create EBCE and make sure its priorities are creating clean energy jobs, community wealth, affordability, less remote transmission, and fighting … Continued

Come by our open Delegates Meetings every Thursday evening at 7pm! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom This meeting usually happens in the Ballroom, but the the location may change depending on the access needs of people attending and other events taking place in the building.67526

GRACIAS! CHELSEA MANNING&JULIAN ASSANGE FOR PUBLISHING BUSH’S WAR CRIMES join our EVERY friday demo’s @ 4:30 to save them from torture or death @MacArthur&Fruitvale Oak Ca. Start your own VIGIL EMAIL ME ohohorion99@gmail.com . also CHECK OUT OUR WEB https://bayaction2freeassange.org LATEST NEWS JOIN 60,000&FREE CHELSEA FROM TORTURE https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-free-chelsea-manning-now The Main Stream Media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses confused!! There are only a few places we can get the truth.Chelsea and Julian were two of the most important WHISTLE BLOWERS to tell the truth about USA’s … Continued

OAKLAND MOVIE SCREENINGAction2020 is hosting a showing of Defies Measurement, a documentary about the wide-spread damage caused by the privatization movement in public education.https://t.co/mqs6UJctS4March 06, 2020 at 6pm – 8pmRed Bay Coffee (3098 E 10th Street) pic.twitter.com/KSiSmnP59x— Action 2020 Oakland (@Action2020Oak) February 19, 2020 67758

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Finish the Civil War! For Black Liberation Through Socialist Revolution! Speaker with discussion period. $2 donation. No one turned away for lack of funds. 67799

he Trump presidency has helped create a climate of disorientation and crisis here and around the world. The Democrats promise to fix the broken system, or they just assume that people who are sickened by Trump will put their hopes in a Democratic candidate — no matter who it is. Can the elections bring about the changes we need, beyond getting rid of Trump? How can we begin to organize our own forces to deal with the problems of our time? Come to a presentation and discussion about these important … Continued

Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to healing. The Bahá’í 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. Refreshments will be served. Doors open: 10:00 AM Prayers: 10:30-11:30 AM Refreshments and socializing: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM67610

Why don’t Marxists study the Soviet experience in order to learn what these pioneers of the communist movement did, and what we can learn from them? For Marx, as for all materialists, practice was – is — primary. Theory must be tested through practice. To base theory on the basis of a false understanding of reality is as fatal to knowledge as it would be to base theory, as idealists do, on ideas alone, without regard to material reality. The Stalin era was the heroic era of the worldwide communist movement. Indeed, the 20th … Continued

RALLY, MARCH, and CELEBRATION for International Working Women’s Day 2020! Join grassroots women’s organizations and allies from throughout the Bay Area for a Rally, March & Celebration on Sunday, March 8th to commemorate the 112th International Working Women’s Day anniversary in honor of the first women strikers in 1908. Join us as we Uphold the Legacy and Power of Women’s Resistance Here & Abroad! Together, we will be lifting up the internationalist struggles and stories of women, trans, and GNC communities around the world. Let us take the streets and … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 … Continued

Green Sunday The M arch Green Sunday will be a wide-ranging discussion of the March primary results — both locally, as well as the ‘Super Tuesday’ showings here in California and across the country.  We will be looking at these outcomes to tell us first about the state of national politics and how the Green Party might respond.  There are clearly a wide range of possibilities depending on who the Presidential nominees might be, and ‘Super Tuesday’ should give us a strong indication of where this situation may be heading.  … Continued

Slingshot turns 32 years old – 1988 – 2020 Meet authors from the last 32 years, learn how you can get involved in Slingshot for the next 32 years. Display of back issues. Vegan chocolate cake, zany free raffle for door prizes, get copies of issue #131 of the paper, maybe snacks, maybe music67800

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

The largest strike wave in the US in decades has been occurring for the last two years, and it is not over! Teachers and other public education workers have responded to austerity politics, poor working conditions, low pay, and the erosion of opportunity for their students with a newfound militancy. From West Virginia to Oakland and Los Angeles, this is a national phenomenon. What are its roots? Who are its leaders? What does it mean for the future of public education? For organized labor? These are the topics explored by … Continued

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Come join the Golden Gate Branch Library for an evening with Donte Clark from The North Pole web show. Enjoy the season one screening with popcorn and refreshments followed by a Q&A session. The North Pole is a dramatic comedy about three friends born and raised in North Oakland who fight dream and plot hilarious schemes to remain rooted as their neighborhood becomes a hostile environment. Facing both gentrification and global warming they combat evil landlords crazy geoengineering plots and ultimately each other. Directed by Yvan Iturriaga. Written and Produced … Continued

GRETCHEN SORIN GET TICKETS   advance tickets: $12: brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006  or Marcus Books, Books Inc (Berkeley), Pegasus Books (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, East Bay Books, Mrs. Dalloway’s Books  $15 door, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM info: kpfa.org/events   ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..  Driving While Black explains clearly how the automobile fundamentally changed  African American Life. This is the dramatic history behind the best picture-winning film.  “Gretchen Sorin has spent decades exploring this deeply researched, acutely felt, penetrating study of race, space, and mobility in America—and a lifetime thinking about the issues and experiences that underlie … Continued

Climate Justice SF Spokescouncil Where: MOVED Online; see event link below for updates. When: Thur, March 12, 6:00pm – 8:00pm We will discuss proposals for upcoming actions. All are welcome. RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/915419608889319/ ================================================================ We will discuss proposals for action made during last spokescouncil **Please send at least one or two spokespeople from your affinity groups. **All are welcome. Called for by Idle No More SF Bay, Extinction Rebellion SF Bay, Diablo Rising Tide, 350 Silicon Valley, Sunrise Bay Area and the 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations Bay Area.67787

Join the East Bay DSA’s Labor Committee for their regular Beer and Roses social. Hang out with other members who are interested in the labor movement, hear about what’s happening in EBDSA Labor Committee & learn how you can get involved.  67522

An informal discussion of Nick Estes’ book Our History is the Future about the history of indigenous resistance to capitalism and colonialism leading up to and including the Standing Rock #NoDAPL movement. This will be an ongoing reading series.67816

Join us as we call on MUFG/Union Bank to stop lending to Conflict Palm Oil, fossil fuel expansion. Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), has been bankrolling climate change with billions of dollars in financing for rainforest destruction, tar sands pipelines, and coal power around the world. MUFG and Union Bank’s headquarters are in downtown SF and we will be bringing the message to its doorstep. Join us!67807

Mike Zint, well known and appreciated homeless rights activist died on Feb.14th after a lengthy battle with emphysema. Mike was one of the founders of an organized, drug and alcohol free homeless camp, First They Came for the Homeless, was well known for his words and campaigns that sought to increase awareness about the issues that homeless individuals face in the city. He was instrumental in organizing the Poor Tour, a series of encampments throughout the city of Berkeley that were repeatedly disbanded in 2016. The tour eventually settled in … Continued

GRACIAS! CHELSEA MANNING&JULIAN ASSANGE FOR PUBLISHING BUSH’S WAR CRIMES join our EVERY friday demo’s @ 4:30 to save them from torture or death @MacArthur&Fruitvale Oak Ca. Start your own VIGIL EMAIL ME ohohorion99@gmail.com . also CHECK OUT OUR WEB https://bayaction2freeassange.org LATEST NEWS JOIN 60,000&FREE CHELSEA FROM TORTURE https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-free-chelsea-manning-now The Main Stream Media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses confused!! There are only a few places we can get the truth.Chelsea and Julian were two of the most important WHISTLE BLOWERS to tell the truth about USA’s … Continued

We‌ ‌are‌ ‌gathering‌ ‌to‌ ‌say:‌ ‌Stop‌ ‌Supporting‌ ‌Family‌ ‌Separation,‌ ‌Detention‌ ‌and‌ ‌Deportation!‌ ‌We‌ ‌won’t‌ ‌pay‌ ‌our‌ ‌grocery‌ ‌money‌ ‌into‌ ‌ICE‌ ‌(Immigration‌ ‌&‌ ‌Customs‌ ‌Enforcement)‌ ‌violence!‌ ‌We‌ ‌will‌ ‌not‌ ‌feed‌ ‌ourselves‌ ‌and‌ ‌our‌ ‌families‌ ‌on‌ ‌white‌ ‌supremacy!‌ ‌ Whole‌ ‌Foods‌ ‌is‌ ‌owned‌ ‌by‌ ‌Amazon‌ ‌and‌ ‌Amazon‌ ‌is‌ ‌profiting‌ ‌from‌ ‌major‌ ‌contracts‌ ‌with‌ ‌ICE‌ ‌and‌ ‌Custom‌ ‌Border‌ ‌Patrol.‌ ‌And‌ ‌ICE‌ ‌depends‌ ‌on‌ ‌Amazon‌ ‌to‌ ‌do‌ ‌its‌ ‌business.‌ ‌More info below* Furthermore,‌ ‌Amazon‌ ‌is‌ ‌helping‌ ‌accelerate‌ ‌the‌ ‌climate‌ ‌crisis‌ ‌with‌ ‌its‌ ‌support‌ ‌of‌ ‌oil‌ ‌extraction‌ ‌and‌ ‌has‌ ‌documented‌ ‌worker‌ ‌abuses.‌ ‌ We‌ ‌will‌ … Continued

Stop the US War on the World! Part of the International Days of Action against Sanctions and Economic War Learn more at Sanctionskill.org Sanctions Kill! Sanctions are War! End Sanctions Now! Join us for a Bay Area educational forum as part of the international days of protest against US-imposed sanctions and war on Saturday, March 14, 2:30 – 5:00 p.m. at Restore Oakland, 1419 34th Avenue (at International) in Oakland. Help us build a strong movement against US-imposed sanctions and war. Sponsored by the International Action Center – Bay Area. … Continued

We are sad to announce that this event has been postponed due to the plague. #COVID19. Stay tuned for a rescheduled date after the public health situation stabilizes. #OICC https://t.co/yxnwEgb6zW— Media Alliance (@twrling) March 11, 2020 Did you know that crooked landlords are making big money depriving renters in Oakland of the power to choose their Internet Service Provider (ISP)? Exclusive agreements between landlords and incumbent ISPs eliminate your ability to choose providers that charge less money or offer better service, like higher speeds or a commitment to net neutrality … Continued

For those interested in getting involved in the CA Poor People’s Campaign Supporters Bay Area Steering Committee, next meeting is Saturday March 14, 3:30 – 5:00 pm at BFUU, 1924 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA. Registration is open! The fact that there are 140 million poor and low-wealth people in a country this rich is morally indefensible, constitutionally inconsistent and economically insane. Join poor people and moral witnesses from across the country June 20, 2020 for the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington! On June 20, 2020, we … Continued

This workshop is part of a series of workshops in which we are developing the skills to reduce reliance on policing that is often harmful to our community members. In this workshop, we’ll work together to identify elements of white supremacy culture and police and law enforcement culture. Then we’ll engage with just transition culture. Finally, we’ll examine the cultures of our own organizations and map them toward a just transition, imagining together some steps in that journey. ABOUT THE PRESENTER Patricia St. Onge is the founder and a Partner … Continued

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 … Continued

Carbon Trading?  Carbon Offsets?  Net Zero?  In the prophetic words of Chief Seattle, “How can one sell the air?”  Join Idle No More and friends to find out why many Indigenous people and frontline communities say these are false solutions to the climate crisis. Speakers are: Casey Camp-Horinek Daniel Ilario Gary Graham Hughes Pennie Opal Plant Sponsored by Idle No More SF Bay and Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty. RSVP on Facebook.67801

Hey #Oakland the Town Hall on homelessness that was supposed to be at BeeBe Memorial is now an online one hosted by Mayor Schaaf on March 16th, 6-8 pm. Spread the word! #oakmtg https://t.co/kCw1gQ9BUh— TDL (@tdlove5) March 11, 2020 67812

New people should arrive at 6:30 for an orientation. Meeting will start at 7:00. We’ll be giving updates on other recent activities and we’ll be setting aside time for small group meetings. That will provide some working time for teams, but also offers an opportunity for newcomers to sample the range of projects and activities we’re involved in (letter writing, lobbying, and more). Sign up for notices at http://citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/CA_Alameda_County/67722

The Dimond Branch Library invites you to “She’s beautiful when she’s angry” a documentary about the birth of the Women’s Liberation Movement in the 1960’s. Snacks and a brief discussion will follow the film.  67813

Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” —  to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing. We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and … Continued

Want to get involved with SURJ Bay Area? Come learn about our current work and activities. SURJ moves white people to act for justice, with passion and accountability, as part of a multi-racial majority. You will hear about SURJ’s pathways for entering the work, including committee work, upcoming workshops, and events. We’ll answer your questions and share how you can get involved in the movement for racial justice.67804

Come by our open Delegates Meetings every Thursday evening at 7pm! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom This meeting usually happens in the Ballroom, but the the location may change depending on the access needs of people attending and other events taking place in the building.67526

Monthly reading and discussion series for those interested in a better understanding of a socialist perspective. Suggested readings for this topic (readings are recommended but optional): 1) The Future is Socialism by Speak Out now {link} https://speakoutsocialists.org/the-future-is-socialism-2/ 2) What it Will Take; Beyond Capitalism (Chapter 21) by Carol Dansereau {pdf download} https://speakoutsocialists.org/wp-content/uploads/what-it-will-take_dansereau_ch21.pdf 3)What Socialist America Will Look Like (1953) by James Cannon {link} https://www.marxists.org/archive/cannon/works/1953/socialistamer.htm 4) Introduction to Marxism; The Coming of the Classless Society (Chapter 15) by Ernest Mandel {pdf download} https://speakoutsocialists.org/wp-content/uploads/intro-to-marxism_mandel-ch15.pdf 5) Socialism on Trial (selections) by James Cannon … Continued

The Police Commission is considering changes to the Oakland Police Department’s use of force policy. This is an opportunity to let the Commissioners know your thoughts and experiences to help them make the right decisions!67755

Strike Debt Bay Area proudly hosts a non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut Economics, Limits, and Banking on the People. This month we will be reading the four essays in the 2nd section of the book Capital and Its Discontents. (Chapters 6,7,8 & 9). In an era of profound economic and ecological crisis, this collection unravels the dynamic contradictions at the heart of capitalism and points possible ways forward to a liberatory future. Through a series of incisive conversations with … Continued

Let’s get together and share prayers, quotes, and poems for spiritual nourishment. Everyone and all traditions are welcome. Information to connect via zoom is below. You can download the free app at: https://zoom.us “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.” ~ … Continued

Zach Norris, ED of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, has a new book titled We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just and Inclusive Communities. In this moment of heightened anxiety and growing white supremacy, Norris will talk about the need to distinguish between crime and harm and how each of us can take steps toward achieving real safety and prosperity67806

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 … Continued

A new video collage reflecting on the raw moments of the 2014 Ferguson riots… (110 minutes) “A film for the wild ones, the anarchists, and the dreamers…” with Q&A with the filmmakers. Free – donations accepted by the filmmakers. For more event information: https://touchthesky.noblogs.org/67820

Email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to obtain Zoom meeting access info. Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” —  to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing. We … Continued

EOC General Body Meeting Join us for our monthly general body meetings to learn more about us, pressing topics/issues in East Oakland and how you can take action! The East Oakland Collective (EOC) is a member-based community organizing group invested in serving the communities of deep East Oakland by working towards racial and economic equity. With programming in civic engagement and leadership, economic empowerment and homeless services and solutions, we help amplify underserved communities from the ground up.  We are committed to driving impact in the landscape, politics and economic climate … Continued

An informal discussion of Nick Estes’ book Our History is the Future about the history of indigenous resistance to capitalism and colonialism leading up to and including the Standing Rock #NoDAPL movement. This will be an ongoing reading series.67816

RUSSELL JACOBY ON DIVERSITY: The Eclipse of the Individual in a Global Era  With Steve Wasserman advance tickets: $12: brownpapertickets.com ::T: 800-838-3006  or Pegasus Books (3 sites), Books Inc (Berkeley), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, East Bay Books, Mrs.Dalloway’s Books $15 door, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. “Russell Jacoby is one of the most prescient and important writers in the United States. His prose is as lucid and penetrating as his intellect. His moral compass makes his observations prophetic.” — Chris Hedges Diversity is a word much repeated in the news, in universities, in … Continued

  Join a national day of action to demand that JP Morgan Chase Bank — the biggest funder of the fossil fuel industry — stop the money pipeline! The last Friday in March is the next in a series of “Stop the Money Pipeline events organized by a growing coalition of climate groups demanding that JP Morgan Chase immediately divest from fossil fuels. JPMorgan Chase is by far the biggest funder of the fossil fuel industry worldwide, and the only U.S. funder of the Jordan Cove Pipeline.  In the three years since … Continued

NEW TIME!!!! Join us for our regular Sunday meeting of the Sunflower Alliance. We welcome newcomers, old friends and regulars to hear updates on current campaigns and discuss future plans. We need your participation and your voice! And weigh in on the decision about our future meeting time and place! Should we continue to meet at the Bobby Bowens Center at the new time, 10:30 AM — 12:30 PM? Or change the time and/or place?   67699

NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net   The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 … Continued

Next Organizers’ Meeting: Monday, April 6, 2020, 6:00-7:30 pm We’ll meet by Zoom. If you’d like to join us, and aren’t on our organizers’ list, drop us an email and we’ll send you a Zoom invitation. If you would like to join the meeting early and get an introduction to the concepts of public banking, or more locally to who we are and what we do, please email us and we’ll see you online at 5:30. Working Group Meetings: Some of our working groups meet between organizers’ meetings, and others just confer by phone … Continued