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	1 DSA Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville Branch Organizing Meeting 7:00 pm DSA Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville Branch Organizing Meeting @ Online Aug 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Any comrades who live, work, go to school, or otherwise spend a significant amount of time in Berkeley, Albany, or Emeryville, please join us for the first organizing meeting of the Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville Branch. We’ve been hard at work laying the groundwork for a branch for the area, and are happy to welcome you to our first organizing meeting! (For the avoidance of confusion, there is not yet a formal Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville branch. The purpose of this meeting is to help facilitate the creation of the Branch.) RSVP for info/link70159 Oscar Grant Committee Meeting 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Aug 1 @ 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	2	3 March to Defend People’s Park 5:00 pm March to Defend People’s Park @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley Aug 3 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/bunnabelle/status/155490361339412889770164	4 Stop Shotspotter Teach-In 4:00 pm Stop Shotspotter Teach-In @ Online Aug 4 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Join us for a teach-in session hosted by organizers across the country on how you can join the Stop Shotspotter campaign! Register 70163	5 Protest Chevron on 10th Anniversary of Massive Explosion 12:00 pm Protest Chevron on 10th Anniversary of Massive Explosion @ Richmond City Hall Aug 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Ten years later: what has changed? Join a coalition of Richmond community and environmental justice organizations to call out Chevron’s 120 years of harm and mark the tenth anniversary of the August 6, 2012 explosion and fire at the Chevron Richmond refinery. On that date ten years ago, Chevron’s willful negligence caused a fireball that spread a cloud of toxic smoke over Richmond, sending 15,000 residents to local hospitals with complaints of breathing problems. In 2015, the federal Chemical Safety Board issued a stinging indictment that blamed Chevron for the event. … Continued	6 Protest Chevron on 10th Anniversary of Massive Explosion 12:00 pm Protest Chevron on 10th Anniversary of Massive Explosion @ Richmond City Hall Aug 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Ten years later: what has changed? Join a coalition of Richmond community and environmental justice organizations to call out Chevron’s 120 years of harm and mark the tenth anniversary of the August 6, 2012 explosion and fire at the Chevron Richmond refinery. On that date ten years ago, Chevron’s willful negligence caused a fireball that spread a cloud of toxic smoke over Richmond, sending 15,000 residents to local hospitals with complaints of breathing problems. In 2015, the federal Chemical Safety Board issued a stinging indictment that blamed Chevron for the event. … Continued
7 Non-violent direct action preparations and training – Protect People’s Park Non-violent direct action preparations and training – Protect People’s Park @ People's Park Aug 7 all-day Tickets Non-violent direct action preparations and training Please plan to stay all day. Lunch provided by Food Not Bombs This will be a day of preparation for being in the streets and park with your friends and probably some strangers. It’s an interactive day with a background in the history of nonviolent philosophy and practical action, the legal process, jail solidarity, affinity group formation, and consensus process decision-making. contact: weddress777@gmail.com Donate: Support the legal actions to save People’s Park To ALL who believe in preserving and growing the legacy and natural beauty … Continued Health Care for All 3:00 pm Health Care for All @ Online Aug 7 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets HCA – Alameda & Contra Costa Chapters Zoom Meeting Links to the draft agenda, zoom link and the June meeting notes We will share an excellent new half-hour recorded presentation by Dr. Corinne Frugoni that lays out the problem of Medicare profiteering and steps we need to take to stop this practice. Discussion to follow the presentation.70154 Protest the FBI: A Government Against the People 3:00 pm Protest the FBI: A Government Against the People @ Phillip Burton Federal Building Aug 7 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Join us for a coalition rally at the SF Federal Building to protest the FBI’s repression of activists. We will have speakers from different organizations doing anti-oppression work, and they will share stories of government repression and how we can come together to support one another’s work. Speakers will include: – Susan Stryker, renowned professor, author, and theorist whose work focuses on gender – Jason Woody, Development Director at Rich City Rides, – Andrés Soto, Richmond community organizer, – Paul Paz y Miño, Associate Director at Amazon Watch – Doggtown … Continued Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Aug 7 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 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	8 Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Aug 8 @ 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	9	10 Rally and Board Meeting Against OUSD Firings and Violence 4:30 pm Rally and Board Meeting Against OUSD Firings and Violence Aug 10 @ 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us tonight for a rally before the board meeting, and send messages today! Community, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is retaliating against educators and community members protesting the district’s racist school closure policies, both through physical violence and firings. Last Thursday, August 4, untrained, unlicensed, third-party security providers contracted by OUSD violently assaulted parents and community members at Parker School, injuring at least 11 people and sending four to the ER. Meanwhile, the district has fired at least two educators—32-year veteran Oakland educator Craig Gordon and another teacher who … Continued	11 Stop Shotspotter Week of Action Stop Shotspotter Week of Action Aug 11 all-day Tickets https://twitter.com/twrling/status/155743087817901260870172	12 Stop Shotspotter Week of Action Stop Shotspotter Week of Action Aug 12 all-day Tickets https://twitter.com/twrling/status/155743087817901260870172	13 Stop Shotspotter Week of Action Stop Shotspotter Week of Action Aug 13 all-day Tickets https://twitter.com/twrling/status/155743087817901260870172 People’s Climate Protest 12:00 pm People’s Climate Protest @ West Steps, State Capitol Aug 13 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Advocates from all over Northern California will converge at the Capitol to demand this administration take REAL climate action and make a plan to phase out fossil fuels in our state. A recent Supreme Court decision is obstructing federal climate action, oil and gas wells are leaking, and the climate crisis keeps getting worse by the day. We need California to take real leadership now more than ever. We will demand real action from the Newsom administration to protect our communities by ending all new oil and gas drilling permits, … Continued People’s Climate Protest in Sacramento 12:00 pm People’s Climate Protest in Sacramento @ State Capitol West Steps Aug 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets As the climate crisis gets worse and worse — and the Supreme Court and the filibuster are blocking federal climate action — now more than ever, we need California to take the lead. Join a statewide coalition of climate action organizations in Sacramento August 13 to tell Governor Newsom to take real action: * end all new oil and gas drilling permits * phase out oil and gas production in the state * rolling out a safety buffer between fossil fuel operations and communities * stop all new permits. Details/RSVP70158
14 Stop Shotspotter Week of Action Stop Shotspotter Week of Action Aug 14 all-day Tickets https://twitter.com/twrling/status/155743087817901260870172 DSA East Bay General Membership Meeting 11:00 am DSA East Bay General Membership Meeting @ Online Aug 14 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets RSVP70160 Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Aug 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 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	15	16	17 Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ online Aug 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or 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, tracking equipment, 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 … Continued Public Bank of the East Bay 6:30 pm Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online Aug 17 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets WE NEED YOUR HELP! Friends of the Public Bank East Bay is a completely volunteer-run, nonprofit organizing to create and build community support for the first public bank in California’s history! If you’re committed to economic justice and interested in helping us build new financial systems by the people for the people, we look forward to having you join us! HOW WE OPERATE: We have five committees working together to create a Public Bank in the East Bay: Advocacy builds relationships with community groups and city governments. Communications assists other … Continued Anti Police-Terror Project Monthly Meeting 7:00 pm Anti Police-Terror Project Monthly Meeting @ Online Aug 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us tonight on Zoom & make a call to stop CARE Court today! Community, Newsom’s bad “CARE” Court legislation (SB 1338) has made it out of its last committee and is headed for a final vote on the Assembly Floor any day now. Join us tonight on Zoom for our monthly general meeting to get updates about our campaign to stop CARE Court and more. Where: Online: CC and ASL will be provided Register here! APTP is also in solidarity with fights across the state and world to … Continued	18	19	20
21 People’s Park: Nonviolent Direct Action preps/trainings 10:30 am People’s Park: Nonviolent Direct Action preps/trainings @ People's Park Aug 21 @ 10:30 am – 6:00 pm Tickets Please plan to stay all day. Bring hats, water, lunch, chair or blanket. There preps are an opportunity to lean into the long history of nonviolent direct action, working with affinity groups and Consensus Process decision-making, jail solidarity inside and outside of jail, with plenty of practice in role playing. Contact: weddress777@gmail.com70192 Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Aug 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 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 Sunflower Alliance: AT STAKE: OUR RIGHT TO BAN OIL AND GAS DRILLING 4:00 pm Sunflower Alliance: AT STAKE: OUR RIGHT TO BAN OIL AND GAS DRILLING @ Online Aug 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets JOIN US FOR AN EXCITING WEBINAR ON CHEVRON v MONTEREY COUNTY, the case pending before the California Supreme Court that will determine the right of our cities and counties to regulate fossil fuel production. Meet the Protect Monterey organizers whose successful ballot initiative to ban drilling and fracking in their county was challenged by Chevron and its army of oil industry bullies, and overturned by reactionary California Superior Court judges. Hear from the one of the attorneys who will arguing before the state Supreme Court to defend the century-old right … Continued Oakland Green Party Meeting 6:30 pm Oakland Green Party Meeting @ Online Aug 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet 3rd Sunday of each month. Unless otherwise noted. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/98037130102 Meeting ID: 980 3713 0102 One tap mobile +16694449171,,98037130102# US +17207072699,,98037130102# US (Denver) Dial by your location +1 669 444 9171 US Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdD3dhmhEq Agenda Intro (if needed) – 5 min Agenda Review – 5 min Computer update – 5 min County Green Sunday Proposal – 15 min The Oakland Greens Withdraw Proposal Virtual Town Hall update – 5 min Parker direct action report back – 10 min … Continued	22	23	24	25	26 ShutDown the Anti-Abortion Action by “ProLifeSF” at UC Berkeley 10:00 am ShutDown the Anti-Abortion Action by “ProLifeSF” at UC Berkeley @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley Aug 26 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Join Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights to oppose and nonviolently shut down “Pro-Life” SF’s action at UC Berkeley! We REFUSE to tolerate, normalize and legitimize any anti-abortion forces! The overturning of abortion rights is ILLEGITIMATE! The Federal Government Must Restore NATIONWIDE LEGAL ABORTION NOW! Let the anti-abortion forces and those in power know that we will sooner bring the gears of society to a grinding halt through mass nonviolent resistance than accept the horrors of forced motherhood! With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the lives of women, girls and … Continued	27 Want to join our amazing team of Mental Health First volunteers? 10:00 am Want to join our amazing team of Mental Health First volunteers? @ Via registration Aug 27 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Want to join our amazing team of MH First volunteers? APTP’s MH First (MH1) is Oakland’s first and only non 9-1-1 crisis response line for mental health, substance use and domestic violence and is available from 8 pm to 8 am, Fridays & Saturdays, covering the hours when traditional mental health hotlines are closed. Our MH First program is an assembly of doctors, nurses, systems-impacted people, and community members working together to build alternatives to police. The only way to decrease police terror is to decrease police presence in our … Continued Bay Bridge March: World Day for the End of Speciesism 1:00 pm Bay Bridge March: World Day for the End of Speciesism Aug 27 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Speciesism’s effect on the world is unfathomably destructive. Like other forms of oppression and prejudice, it ranges from interpersonal microaggressions, to downright bigotry, to entire societal institutions that thrive off direct or indirect exploitation and violence. It’s an issue that’s widely underrecognized so please WEAR BLACK CLOTHING and join us Saturday afternoon, August 27th to take part in the 8th annual World Day for the end of Speciesism where we’ll march a portion of the highly trafficked Bay Bridge in hopes of drawing attention to the issue along with other … Continued
28 Occupy Oakland General Assembly 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Aug 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 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	29	30	31 Public Bank of the East Bay 6:30 pm Public Bank of the East Bay @ Online Aug 31 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets WE NEED YOUR HELP! Friends of the Public Bank East Bay is a completely volunteer-run, nonprofit organizing to create and build community support for the first public bank in California’s history! If you’re committed to economic justice and interested in helping us build new financial systems by the people for the people, we look forward to having you join us! HOW WE OPERATE: We have five committees working together to create a Public Bank in the East Bay: Advocacy builds relationships with community groups and city governments. Communications assists other … 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.