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All-day					Statewide No More Jails Mobilization @ State Capitol Statewide No More Jails Mobilization @ State Capitol Jun 26 all-day Tickets Pull the Plug on Jail Expansion Where: 1500 Capitol Avenue, First Floor Auditorium, Sacramento, CA 95814 Who: Board of State and Community Corrections Join community members from across California as we come together to stop the funding stream for new jails. Over 40 of California’s 58 counties have plans to build new jails. While some of them claim to be for treatment or to just replace existing jails, we know we won’t be able to continue to pass sentencing reform or bring our loved ones home unless we stop building … Continued
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Outside the Frame brings together filmmakers and performance artists opposed to Israeli policies in Palestine and in protest of the pinkwashing of the SF LGBT film festival through the Israeli Consulate’s cash donations.58840 11:00 am Berkeley Juneteenth Festival Berkeley Juneteenth Festival Jun 21 @ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm Tickets The festival theme is, ” Still Fighting the Good Fight for Equal Justice.” A wise man once said: “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.”-Benjamin Franklin, and another wise man said: “Can’t we all just get along?”-Rodney King. In this country, a privileged few have been under the illusion that justice is defined as “just us”, and the underprivileged have suffered as a result. But we are all in this society together and we share equal responsibility for ensuring equal … Continued 2:00 pm Prisoners Literature Project – Help Us Send Books to Prisoners Prisoners Literature Project – Help Us Send Books to Prisoners Jun 21 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Donations desperately needed as well. Send to Prison Literature Project P.O Box 1253 Berkeley, CA 9470158986 3:00 pm Open Circle – in Support of Families Who’ve Lost Someone to Police Violence @ Omni Commons basement Open Circle – in Support of Families Who’ve Lost Someone to Police Violence @ Omni Commons basement Jun 21 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Open Circle, first and foremost, is an opportunity to build community with one another. Secondly, it is a space to reflect and collaborate on strategies and actions to bring an end to these egregious crimes. Please join us for the Potluck at 3:00 pm followed by the Open Circle at 3:30 pm. Please bring a dish or snacks to share! ~ Open circle will begin at 3:30 with a speaker who has lost their loved one to police terror, followed by checkins and updates from other families present. ~ Reflection … Continued 6:00 pm Nationwide Call to Action #StandWithCharleston @ Lake Merritt Pergola Nationwide Call to Action #StandWithCharleston @ Lake Merritt Pergola Jun 21 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets 59076	9:00 am Community Democracy Project’s COURT DATE: Rally for Free Speech @ Wiley Manual Courthouse Community Democracy Project’s COURT DATE: Rally for Free Speech @ Wiley Manual Courthouse Jun 22 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Members, co-directors, and supporters of The Community Democracy Project (Oakland) (“CDP”) gather signatures every single day to get our initiative on the 2016 ballot. If our initiative passes, Oakland will have the strongest #PeoplesBudget in the United States! Co-Director Shawn McDougal is being charged with a misdemeanor: “Interfering with a Business” (California Penal Code Section 602.1) for engaging his neighbors shopping at the Oakland Grocery Outlet. The security guards at the Grocery Outlet demanded that Shawn stop gathering signatures near the entrance of the store. They wanted him to relocate … Continued 12:00 pm Fast Food Fight Hits SF! @ McDonald's at 2801 Mission St Fast Food Fight Hits SF! @ McDonald's at 2801 Mission St Jun 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Join fast food workers and community supporters next Monday for our second ever action in San Francisco. We’ve raised the wage in SF, now let’s lead the way for the rest of the country. June 22nd is the last hearing of the New York state wage board. The board is investigating wages in the fast food industry and poised to make a decision in late June – early July. With a combination of local and national pressure there is a real chance to get workers to $15 in the state … Continued 5:00 pm City Council: Creating the Dept. of Race of Equity @ Council Chambers, City Hall City Council: Creating the Dept. of Race of Equity @ Council Chambers, City Hall Jun 22 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Item #12 on the agenda. Subject: Creating The Department Of Race And Equity From: Councilmember Desley Brooks Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.29 Of The Oakland Municipal Code Entitled, “City Agencies, Departments And Offices”, Which Established The Organizational Structure Of The City Under The City Administrator’s Jurisdiction In Accordance With The Requirements Of The City Charter Section 600, To Create The Department Of Race And Equity By December 2015, That Will Report Directly To The City Administrator; Establishing Definitions And Implementation Steps Related To A Citywide Strategy Of A … Continued 6:30 pm Occupy Forum: Eva Donjacour on the Trans and/or Women’s Action Camp @ Global Exchange Occupy Forum: Eva Donjacour on the Trans and/or Women’s Action Camp @ Global Exchange Jun 22 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these important issues Eva Donjacour on the Trans and/or Women’s Action Camp: A discussion on why inclusive/safer spaces are crucial to successful direct action organizing TWAC is an action camp for folks who identify as female, transgender, transsexual, gender queer and gender variant. This is an intentional space to share campaign information and direct action skills in a conscientious, supportive, empowering and encouraging environment for voices often marginalized. At … Continued	12:00 pm Oakland–Statewide Coordinated Actions to End Solitary Confinement @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland–Statewide Coordinated Actions to End Solitary Confinement @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jun 23 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets We will be distributing literature and engaging members of the public in conversations about torturous conditions within California’s prisons. Please join us. END SOLITARY CONFINEMENT June is Torture Awareness Month. Torture Awareness Month is recognized around the world. On June 26, 1987, the Convention Against Torture (CAT) and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment was adopted. The UN declared June 26 “International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.” More than 80,000 people in U.S. are caged in tiny cells for 23 or more hours every day, often … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Livable Wage Assembly @ SEIU Local 1000, Suite 200 Oakland Livable Wage Assembly @ SEIU Local 1000, Suite 200 Jun 23 @ 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 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at the SEIU Local 1000 union hall in downtown Oakland at 6:30 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 wages and quality of work life. We share stories and information in … Continued 7:00 pm Optik Allusions: Community Media Project Mtg. @ Omni Commons Optik Allusions: Community Media Project Mtg. @ Omni Commons Jun 23 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets OptikAllusions is a digital filmmaking collective dedicated to social change, based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to help each other tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We make films in a spirit of collaboration and solidarity, share a lending library of film equipment for creative projects, organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops. If you’d like to make videos or want to become a member, join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop! We usually, meet briefly and then work on projects. It’s open … Continued	◢ 10:00 am US Social Forum @ Washington United Youth Center US Social Forum @ Washington United Youth Center Jun 24 @ 10:00 am – Jun 25 @ 12:00 am Tickets Wednesday June 24th, 2015 MORNING 11:00am-5:00pm General USSF San Jose/Bay Local Organizing Committee REGISTRATION Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 AFTERNOON 1:00pm-5:00pm General USSF San Jose/Bay Local Organizing Committee OPENING CEREMONY Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 – Whole Gym 2:00pm-3:30pm Plenary Affordable Housing Network, Legal Aid Society and CHAM Housing and Displacement Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 – Whole Gym 3:00pm-4:30pm Workshop Women’s Enviromental Climate Action Network Rights of Nature Workshop with … Continued 5:15 pm Protest Mass Expulsions from the Dominican Republic @ Civic Center / UN Plaza BART Protest Mass Expulsions from the Dominican Republic @ Civic Center / UN Plaza BART Jun 24 @ 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm Tickets Meet at the Simon Bolivar Statue in UN Plaza (Hyde Street between McAllister & Market) – a short walk from Civic Center BART in San Francisco A draconian and racist policy of ethnic cleansing in the Dominican Republic threatens a quarter of a million people with deportation to Haiti. Second and third generation Dominicans who are classified as Haitian have been stripped of citizenship and declared “migrants.” Vigilante mobs and legal authorities alike are pushing people out of their homes and taking their property. Anyone who is Black and under … Continued 6:00 pm Coalition for Police Accountabilty Meeting @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Coalition for Police Accountabilty Meeting @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Jun 24 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Updates on our progress, organizing strategies and developing work plan to get Public Safety Oversight measure on the Nov 2016 ballot59105 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy Working Group Meeting @ Omni Commons basement (check whiteboard) Oakland Privacy Working Group Meeting @ Omni Commons basement (check whiteboard) Jun 24 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against the Domain Awareness Center (DAC), Oakland’s citywide networked mass surveillance hub, and other invasions of privacy by our benighted City Government, to support privacy ordinances now being considered by the Oakland City Council emerging from the effort to fight the DAC, and help in other fights to preserve and restore our privacy around the Bay Area, in California and nationwide. OPWG was instrumental in stopping the DAC from becoming a city-wide spying network, and its members helped draft the Privacy Policy that puts … Continued 8:00 pm Fuck off, Google!: A film screening to benefit the Omni Commons @ Omni Commons Fuck off, Google!: A film screening to benefit the Omni Commons @ Omni Commons Jun 24 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets A film screening of Fuck Off, Google! (55min) A short film exploring the recent rebellion against Google and the desolation that is has brought to our communities. The film traces the path that the rebellion took on the streets of the Bay Area and points to a way out for all those who seek a life that is not built on slavery and exploitation. A variety of food, drinks, and literature will be provided for free. The event will take place in the Omni Ballroom. The event will be sliding … Continued	◤ ◢ 12:00 am US Social Forum @ Washington United Youth Center US Social Forum @ Washington United Youth Center Jun 25 @ 12:00 am – Jun 26 @ 12:00 am Tickets Wednesday June 24th, 2015 MORNING 11:00am-5:00pm General USSF San Jose/Bay Local Organizing Committee REGISTRATION Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 AFTERNOON 1:00pm-5:00pm General USSF San Jose/Bay Local Organizing Committee OPENING CEREMONY Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 – Whole Gym 2:00pm-3:30pm Plenary Affordable Housing Network, Legal Aid Society and CHAM Housing and Displacement Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 – Whole Gym 3:00pm-4:30pm Workshop Women’s Enviromental Climate Action Network Rights of Nature Workshop with … Continued 12:00 pm SF: We can stop this jail, and we will. @ SF City Hall, Room 400 SF: We can stop this jail, and we will. @ SF City Hall, Room 400 Jun 25 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets The SF City Planning Commission needs to hear your voice! The Planning Department is trying to short cut the process and force through plans for a new jail. They have tried to declare that there will be no significant impact to SF by filing a “mitigated negative declaration.” San Franciscans won’t stand for this! Join us as we demand a full Environmental Impact Report (EIR)! Because over 160 people submitted public comment in opposition, our appeal will be heard in a public hearing tomorrow. Now is the time to take … Continued 6:00 pm DAC Privacy committee on Thermal Imaging use @ Hearing Room 4, City Hall DAC Privacy committee on Thermal Imaging use @ Hearing Room 4, City Hall Jun 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets This Thursday an Oakland Police Department helicopter pilot will brief the public on OPD’s use of Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) camera systems. Stop by 25 June 2015, 6pm – 7pm, Room 4, Oakland City Hall.This may be your only chance to comment on the policy before it’s sent to the council. Meeting Agenda 6:00pm: Call to Order, determination of Quorum 6:05pm: Review and approval of minutes from May 28 meeting. 6:10pm: Discuss DAC related action at June 2 City Council meeting. 6:20pm: Presentation from OPD Helicopter pilot on FLIR … Continued	◤ ◢ 12:00 am US Social Forum @ Washington United Youth Center US Social Forum @ Washington United Youth Center Jun 26 @ 12:00 am – Jun 27 @ 12:00 am Tickets Wednesday June 24th, 2015 MORNING 11:00am-5:00pm General USSF San Jose/Bay Local Organizing Committee REGISTRATION Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 AFTERNOON 1:00pm-5:00pm General USSF San Jose/Bay Local Organizing Committee OPENING CEREMONY Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 – Whole Gym 2:00pm-3:30pm Plenary Affordable Housing Network, Legal Aid Society and CHAM Housing and Displacement Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 – Whole Gym 3:00pm-4:30pm Workshop Women’s Enviromental Climate Action Network Rights of Nature Workshop with … Continued 11:15 am JERRY BROWN ANTIFRACKING WELCOME PARTY! @ San Francisco City Hall JERRY BROWN ANTIFRACKING WELCOME PARTY! @ San Francisco City Hall Jun 26 @ 11:15 am – 12:15 pm Tickets Governor Brown, who continues to position himself as a climate leader while his own permissive dirty drilling and fracking policies undercut his efforts – and also while these policies poison untold quantities of water during an epic drought, will be speaking at a ceremony commemorating the signing of the UN Charter. We’re going to be outside to remind him that climate leaders don’t frack – and responsible leaders don’t poison our water! Join us in San Francisco as we put pressure the Governor for a fracking ban! Help us send a … Continued	◤ ◢ 12:00 am US Social Forum @ Washington United Youth Center US Social Forum @ Washington United Youth Center Jun 27 @ 12:00 am – Jun 28 @ 12:00 am Tickets Wednesday June 24th, 2015 MORNING 11:00am-5:00pm General USSF San Jose/Bay Local Organizing Committee REGISTRATION Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 AFTERNOON 1:00pm-5:00pm General USSF San Jose/Bay Local Organizing Committee OPENING CEREMONY Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 – Whole Gym 2:00pm-3:30pm Plenary Affordable Housing Network, Legal Aid Society and CHAM Housing and Displacement Washington United Youth Center 921 S. First St, SJ CA 95110 – Whole Gym 3:00pm-4:30pm Workshop Women’s Enviromental Climate Action Network Rights of Nature Workshop with … Continued 11:00 am Rally and March for Justice 4 Pedie Perez @ Meet at the Richmond Bart Rally and March for Justice 4 Pedie Perez @ Meet at the Richmond Bart Jun 27 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets On Jan 20, 2015, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office released a 3-page report completely exonerating Officer Wallace Jensen of any wrongdoing in the shooting of Pedie Perez: “We conclude that … the officer acted in lawful self- defense, Based on our review, we believe the officer’s actions constitute Justifiable Homicide.” The District Attorney’s report states that the office must be guided by the “law that states that the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Officer Jensen’s actions were not in self-defense” but the report in no … Continued 1:00 pm Freedom Barbeque! @ Lake Merritt Freedom Barbeque! @ Lake Merritt Jun 27 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Break the chains, and bring on the hot links! The Justice Collective will host a summer barbecue in celebration of our community’s ongoing efforts to achieve justice and freedom for all Black and Brown lives. It’s a chance both to honor the work of POC organizers and activists working toward racial and economic justice, and to publicly hold space together in protest against the ongoing gentrification of Oakland. The possibilities are endless, but we need YOU, your vision and enthusiasm to make this event a reality! We want to co-create … Continued 7:00 pm Screening of: Citizens United – the Movie @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall Screening of: Citizens United – the Movie @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall Jun 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets This is a special screening to the base of activists who have donated to make the film happen, or to anyone actively interested in remedies to the Supreme Court’s Orwellian-named “Citizens United” decision, which made corporations legal “persons” with the right to spend as much money as they like to, and try to buy US elections. Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Committee. Some Social Justice Committee members are in a protest scene as “extras”. For more info on the film and how to make a contribution to the filmmakers: http://www.peaceteam.net/citizens_united2.php59080

Week of June 21

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.