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Luo Xiaoping is an assistant professor at Zhejiang Ocean University and a visiting … Continued	6:00 pm Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Meeting @ 5th floor Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Meeting @ 5th floor Apr 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Get involved with the fight against solitary confinement. Become a human rights pen pal: Contact cws@igc.org58414 6:30 pm Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office Apr 6 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Come learn about continuing developments in the battle save the Berkeley Post Office and the Postal Service from privatization, support our Occupiers and help us plan our next steps in opposition to the theft of our public commons. The postal service wanted to sell the post office to Hudson-Mcdonald, a local developer. The City of Berkeley sued the post office to stop the sale. Hudson-mcdonald backed out of the deal in early december. Get an overview of the sale announcement here. Here’s a good more general overview piece. There was a … Continued 6:30 pm Occupy Forum: Black Lives Matter. @ Global Exchange, at 16th St BART Occupy Forum: Black Lives Matter. @ Global Exchange, at 16th St BART Apr 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! OccupyForum presents Black Lives Matter: Origins, the Present and the Future Monday’s OccupyForum will explore the Black Lives Matter movement: its origins, what is happening right now, and where it is headed. We hope to have a number of speakers who have been involved in the recent outpouring of involvement as well as Gerald Smith, a longtime scholar of Black History and Black Culture. If … Continued 7:00 pm Stop a New, Massive Oil Storage and Pipeline Facility in Pittsburg, CA @ Pittsburg City Hall Stop a New, Massive Oil Storage and Pipeline Facility in Pittsburg, CA @ Pittsburg City Hall Apr 6 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets WesPac is back. So are we. The proposal to develop a massive crude oil storage and transport facility in Pittsburg is back on the table. The new proposal would exclude the crude-by-rail component and instead rely on pipeline and marine transport. Residents are still opposed. We can support them by attending the next Pittsburg City Council meeting at which they finally stop the project in its tracks or approve a resolution to allocate funds for further environmental review. Our attendance is welcomed by project opponents. Wear your “Stop WesPac” buttons … Continued	3:00 pm A Speak Out and Call to Action: Stop Police Brutality and Murder! @ Multicultural Center A Speak Out and Call to Action: Stop Police Brutality and Murder! @ Multicultural Center Apr 7 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets A Speak Out and Call to Action: Stop Police Brutality and Murder! Speakers include… Dionne Smith Downs & Carey Downs, parents of James Rivera, murdered by Stockton police; Angela Naggie, mother of O’Shaine Evans, murdered by SFPD; Laurie Valdez, wife of Antonio Guzman Lopez, murdered by SJSU police; Stop Mass Incarceration Network, Revolution Club, Bay Area Additional Speakers TBA58516 6:30 pm Emeryville Living Wage Hearing / Workshop @ Emeryville City Hall Emeryville Living Wage Hearing / Workshop @ Emeryville City Hall Apr 7 @ 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm Tickets On April 7 the Emeryville City Council will hold a study session on hiking the minimum wage to $14.42, equal to the city’s living wage, effective July 1 2015.58426	12:30 am Save CCSF Coalition General Assembly Save CCSF Coalition General Assembly Apr 9 @ 12:30 am – 2:30 am Tickets Check calendar to verify and for location Help organize to defend public education! Remove the dictatorship and demand an end to downsizing, pushout policies, austerity, and attacks on diversity, and the cancellation of the construction of the Performing Arts Education Center. www.facebook.com/saveccsf info@saveccsf.org www.saveccsf.org58333 6:30 pm Film: All Wars Are Bankers Wars. @ Humanist Hall Film: All Wars Are Bankers Wars. @ Humanist Hall Apr 8 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets F ALL WARS ARE BANKERS’ WARS by Michael Avero & Zane Henry ilm evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments & social hour at 6:30 pm, followed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by optional discussion after the film. For a description of this film, see the website shown below. Humanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/all-wars-ar… 58493 ◢ 7:00 pm Let’s bring it to Dirks: Overnight Action & Breakfast for Divestment @ California Hall Lawn Let’s bring it to Dirks: Overnight Action & Breakfast for Divestment @ California Hall Lawn Apr 8 @ 7:00 pm – Apr 9 @ 12:00 am Tickets With the momentum of nationwide actions for divestment currently happening, we call on Chancellor Dirks to stand with students, not with fossil fuels. Join us for a climate sleepover and Breakfast for Divestment! Get trained on direct actions, media, and other skills and come support Fossil Free Cal as they fight for a livable future! We envision a future not overwhelmed by a global (and state-wide) water crisis, rising sea levels, ravaged by superstorms, and plagued with economic and racial injustice, ruled by the fossil fuel industry for the sake … Continued 7:30 pm Politics of Debt Reading Group: The Latest on Syriza, Greece, Its Debt, Austerity and the Troika. @ Omni Commons basement Politics of Debt Reading Group: The Latest on Syriza, Greece, Its Debt, Austerity and the Troika. @ Omni Commons basement Apr 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets We’ll be checking up on what’s happened in Greece 2 1/2 months after Syriza, the anti-austerity party, won the election. Here are links to various recent articles. Feel free to find your own as well! And you don’t need to feel like you need to read them all – choose perhaps five or six. This list will be updated and possibly culled as new information becomes available, so check back! Greece Raids Public Health Service Kitty as It Scrambles for a Short-Term Lifeline; ECB Refuses to Cut a Break. Updated: … Continued	◤ 12:00 am Let’s bring it to Dirks: Overnight Action & Breakfast for Divestment @ California Hall Lawn Let’s bring it to Dirks: Overnight Action & Breakfast for Divestment @ California Hall Lawn Apr 9 @ 12:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets With the momentum of nationwide actions for divestment currently happening, we call on Chancellor Dirks to stand with students, not with fossil fuels. Join us for a climate sleepover and Breakfast for Divestment! Get trained on direct actions, media, and other skills and come support Fossil Free Cal as they fight for a livable future! We envision a future not overwhelmed by a global (and state-wide) water crisis, rising sea levels, ravaged by superstorms, and plagued with economic and racial injustice, ruled by the fossil fuel industry for the sake … Continued ◢ 5:00 pm Oppose Berkeley’s New “Tidy Homeless” Laws: Rally/Meal/Sleepout @ Downtown Berkeley BART Oppose Berkeley’s New “Tidy Homeless” Laws: Rally/Meal/Sleepout @ Downtown Berkeley BART Apr 9 @ 5:00 pm – Apr 10 @ 12:00 am Tickets From the Berkeley Daily Planet An interfaith coalition representing over 40 Berkeley religious congregations is organizing “Interfaith Actions in Solidarity with Homeless” people Thursday April 9 5pm to 6:15am Friday–at Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza, Center and Shattuck Street, Berkeley. Events will start with blessing of a meal at 5pm to 5:30pm by Rev. Michael McBride, long time pastor of The Way Christian Center; followed by An Interfaith Service 5:30pm to 6:15pm involving more than 20 local clergy 5:30pm to 6:15pm; followed by a “Night Out Sleeping Vigil” 6:15pm to 8pm … Continued 6:00 pm Community Conversation on Police Terror with Eric Garner’s Daughter @ Bettiono's Community Conversation on Police Terror with Eric Garner’s Daughter @ Bettiono's Apr 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Bay Area: Join a community conversation on police terrorism featuring @es_snipes. Eric Garner's daughter. This Thursday at @bettiono. 6pm.— BlackOUT Collective (@blackoutcollect) April 7, 2015 58539 6:30 pm Livable Wage Assembly Planning Meeting for April 15th @ SEIU Local 1000 union hall, 2nd floor Livable Wage Assembly Planning Meeting for April 15th @ SEIU Local 1000 union hall, 2nd floor Apr 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds community and power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. We meet every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the SEIU Local 1000 union hall, 1433 Webster Street, 2nd Floor in downtown Oakland. These assembly meetings occur from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Our work together encompasses: (1) the concerns of precarious, contingent and care workers; (2) current campaigns to improve wages for low-wage workers; and (3) efforts by unionized workers and unions to improve … Continued 7:00 pm Black Community Control of the Police: Featuring Omali Yeshitela @ Uhuru House Black Community Control of the Police: Featuring Omali Yeshitela @ Uhuru House Apr 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Demand the power to hire, fire and discipline the police be in the hands of a community-selected committee. Culture. Speakers. Food. Keynote by Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African Socialist International and leader of the Uhuru Movement.58433	◤ 12:00 am Oppose Berkeley’s New “Tidy Homeless” Laws: Rally/Meal/Sleepout @ Downtown Berkeley BART Oppose Berkeley’s New “Tidy Homeless” Laws: Rally/Meal/Sleepout @ Downtown Berkeley BART Apr 10 @ 12:00 am – 6:15 am Tickets From the Berkeley Daily Planet An interfaith coalition representing over 40 Berkeley religious congregations is organizing “Interfaith Actions in Solidarity with Homeless” people Thursday April 9 5pm to 6:15am Friday–at Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza, Center and Shattuck Street, Berkeley. Events will start with blessing of a meal at 5pm to 5:30pm by Rev. Michael McBride, long time pastor of The Way Christian Center; followed by An Interfaith Service 5:30pm to 6:15pm involving more than 20 local clergy 5:30pm to 6:15pm; followed by a “Night Out Sleeping Vigil” 6:15pm to 8pm … Continued 9:00 am National Call to Action to Save Mumia’s Life National Call to Action to Save Mumia’s Life Apr 10 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am Tickets Friday, April 10th is a “National Call to Action to Save Mumia’s Life.” SIGN THIS PETITION: sign the petition at https://www.change.org/p/john-e-wetzel-pa-secretary-of-corrections-tom-wolf-pa-governor-stop-the-medical-execution-of-mumia-abu-jamal-by-neglect-and-malpractice-3 For three months U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal showed signs of diabetes. He was examined by prison doctors multiple times with blood drawn three times in February alone, yet the diabetes was not diagnosed until he was taken to an outside hospital after fainting in the prison with blood sugar near diabetic coma levels. After a couple of days, he was sent back to the care in the … Continued 3:00 pm Free screening of THE PIPELINE NEXT DOOR. @ Pacific Film Archive Theater Free screening of THE PIPELINE NEXT DOOR. @ Pacific Film Archive Theater Apr 10 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Special free screening of THE PIPELINE NEXT DOOR. David faces Goliath when a village of Georgian farmers takes on the BP oil corporation in this character-driven documentary. The filmmaker’s verite approach captures the negotiations, breakdowns, heartbreak, and anger surrounding BP’s purchase of Georgian countryside to construct a 1700-kilometer pipeline from Kazaskstan to the Black Sea. A wrenching expose of the exploitation of common people. Filmmaker Nino Kirtadze in person. 58533 4:00 pm #MumiaMustLive – National Day to Stand Up for Mumia @ Oakland Federal Building #MumiaMustLive – National Day to Stand Up for Mumia @ Oakland Federal Building Apr 10 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets SAVE THE LIFE OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL! STOP HIS EXECUTION BY MEDICAL NEGLECT! DON’T LET THE STATE MURDER ANOTHER BLACK LEADER! SHUT IT DOWN FOR MUMIA! Stopped from carrying out the death penalty against Mumia Abu-Jamal by a worldwide movement that spanned three decades, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has been attempting over the past three months to execute him by medical neglect. On March 30, Abu-Jamal was rushed, unconscious, to the Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa., suffering from diabetic shock, with a dangerously high blood sugar level of 779. … Continued 7:00 pm The Burden Carried by African American Men with Dr. Cornel West @ Nourse Theater The Burden Carried by African American Men with Dr. Cornel West @ Nourse Theater Apr 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets One of America’s most provocative public intellectuals, Dr. Cornel West has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the Black Baptist Church, progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his “ferocious moral vision.” Currently the Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton, West burst onto the national scene in 1993 with his best-selling book, Race Matters, a searing analysis of racism in American democracy. Race Matters has become a … Continued 7:00 pm Womyn’s Creative Collective: Open Mic @ Qilombo Womyn’s Creative Collective: Open Mic @ Qilombo Apr 10 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets THIS FRIDAY! Join us at @oaklandqilombo as we celebrate #MotherEarth and @afrikatown with our #OpenMic and #SisterCypher! Bringing you poetry, songs, beats, raps, rhymes, and rhythm from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm!!! See you there! 58546	12:00 pm Mumia’s Life in Danger! All Out! @ Oakland Federal Building Mumia’s Life in Danger! All Out! @ Oakland Federal Building Apr 11 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Mumia’s Life in Danger! No Execution by Medical Default! Free Mumia Now! Dear Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Thanks for your efforts to flood the Mahoney Prison Superintendent John Kerestes with calls (570-773-2158 Ext. 8102). You should continue to do so! But now is the time to mobilize across the country to unleash the power that has prevented Pennsylvania officials from executing Mumia in the past. The refusal of prison officials to allow expert medical doctors in the field of diabetes amounts to criminal neglect. Just last week this neglect came … Continued 1:00 pm Free Soltan. @ Booth Auditorium, Bolt Hall Free Soltan. @ Booth Auditorium, Bolt Hall Apr 11 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets 58495 2:00 pm Sustainable Agriculture: Let’s Learn From Cuba @ Dimond Library Sustainable Agriculture: Let’s Learn From Cuba @ Dimond Library Apr 11 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Dimond Library to Show uplifting film on Cuba’s urban gardens. Can small-scale organic farming, localized community-based agriculture, actually feed large numbers of people? The answer is no further than a tropical island in the azure sea off the coast of Florida. According Dale Allen Pfeiffer, author of “Eating Fossil Fuels,” “Cuba has disproved the myth that organic agriculture cannot maintain a modern nation.” Cuba is world-renowned for its urban gardens, its health and resiliency. For environmentalists and food policy activists in the East Bay, the normalization of relations with Cuba … Continued 3:00 pm May Day #ShutItDown Planning Meeting @ Omni Commons May Day #ShutItDown Planning Meeting @ Omni Commons Apr 11 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets A meeting to come up with a collective proposal for Direct Actions on MayDay.58550 6:30 pm Justice for Guadalupe Manzo Ochoa Justice for Guadalupe Manzo Ochoa Apr 11 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets 58496 9:30 pm Open mic & cypher at The Alan Blueford Center For Justice @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Open mic & cypher at The Alan Blueford Center For Justice @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Apr 11 @ 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm Tickets open mic & cypher at The Alan Blueford Center For Justice. Sign up at 7pm, show at 7:30, ALL AGES WELCOME. 58567

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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.