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The police claim she hanged herself, but the Bland family and her friends do not believe a word of it. “…friend and mentor LaVaughn Mosley, 57 [[said]] “She was making plans for the future, so there’s no way she was in a suicidal state.” Join those who stand against police terror and the outrage of in-custody … Continued 6:00 pm OccupyForum: West Oakland: Stop Coal Trains @ Global Exchange, across from 16th St BART OccupyForum: West Oakland: Stop Coal Trains @ Global Exchange, across from 16th St BART Jul 20 @ 6:00 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 critically important issues! OccupyForum presents Environmental Justice for West Oakland: Stop Coal Trains with Natalie Berns and others from Oakland Fossil Fuel Resistance Fossil fuel industries are pushing hard to expand the export of oil and coal from Bay Area ports. Refineries are seeking new permits for terminals to import extremely dirty crude oil from Canadian tar sands and the Bakken fields in North Dakota. The crude oil will … Continued 6:30 pm Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office steps Berkeley Post Office Defenders General Assembly @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office steps Jul 20 @ 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. Federal Judge William Alsup decided to dismiss the lawsuit in April because the Postal Service says it … Continued	12:00 pm HONOR SANDRA BLAND She’d be Alive If that Racist Texas Ranger Hadn’t Stopped, Beat and Jailed Her @ Oscar Grant Plaza HONOR SANDRA BLAND She’d be Alive If that Racist Texas Ranger Hadn’t Stopped, Beat and Jailed Her @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jul 21 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Sandra Bland, a young black woman, was pulled over for failure to signal in a small town in Texas, and then arrested. Three days later, on July 13th, 2015 she was found dead in her cell. The police claim she hanged herself, but the Bland family and her friends do not believe a word of it. “…friend and mentor LaVaughn Mosley, 57 [[said]] “She was making plans for the future, so there’s no way she was in a suicidal state.” Join those who stand against police terror and the outrage of in-custody … Continued 3:00 pm STOP STATE FUNDING FOR NEW SF JAIL and DEMAND FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW @ SF City Hall STOP STATE FUNDING FOR NEW SF JAIL and DEMAND FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW @ SF City Hall Jul 21 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 3:00 PM — Board of Supervisors Meeting to approve Planning Commission’s Mitigated Negative Declaration to circumvent a full Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The BOS is rushing to apply for $80 million from the state to build new cages. We can’t allow more money to fund jails! On 6/25, the No New SF Jail Coalition rallied at the hearing on our appeal against the SF Planning Department’s decision to forgo a full EIR DESPITE many clear social and environmental impacts on housing, transportation, and outdoor space for the SOMA community, which … Continued 5:00 pm Rally for a coal-free Oakland @ Oscar Grant Plaza, outside City Hall Rally for a coal-free Oakland @ Oscar Grant Plaza, outside City Hall Jul 21 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us to help stop a dirty coal-export project in West Oakland!RALLY in front of Oakland’s City Hall, then join us as we speak out at the 6 pm City Council meeting to demand a coal-free Oakland. Want to volunteer? Email coalfreeoakland@gmail.com If you’d like to attend this event you can RSVP online. 59170 5:30 pm RESTAURANT WORKERS’ MARCH! @ Powell Cable Car Turnaround RESTAURANT WORKERS’ MARCH! @ Powell Cable Car Turnaround Jul 21 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets RSVP to the Facebook event! Worker-leaders at Chinese restaurant M.Y. Noodles in Sonoma County stood up together to call for an intimidation-free process to unionize in November 2014. Restaurant management refused to honor the workers’ voices and continues to refuse to this day. Despite the disregard and denial, M.Y. Noodles workers remain strong. On July 21, they’re going to march through San Francisco to show that they and all the restaurant workers organizing across the Bay Area stand together in their fights for respect. A groundswell of restaurant worker organization … Continued 6:30 pm Rent Control Comes Before the Richmond City Council @ Richmond City Council Chambers Rent Control Comes Before the Richmond City Council @ Richmond City Council Chambers Jul 21 @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Stand up for Rent Control & Just Cause for Eviction Tenant Protections Let’s speak up to get these important measures passed by Council in July. Tell the Council you want this ordinance on the books before the August recess! Staff will be bringing back draft versions. Let the Council know you want strong and effective protections. Last estimate was that Rent Control could apply to 9400 units here. Help promote Development without Displacement. 59151	12:00 pm HONOR SANDRA BLAND She’d be Alive If that Racist Texas Ranger Hadn’t Stopped, Beat and Jailed Her @ Oscar Grant Plaza HONOR SANDRA BLAND She’d be Alive If that Racist Texas Ranger Hadn’t Stopped, Beat and Jailed Her @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jul 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Sandra Bland, a young black woman, was pulled over for failure to signal in a small town in Texas, and then arrested. Three days later, on July 13th, 2015 she was found dead in her cell. The police claim she hanged herself, but the Bland family and her friends do not believe a word of it. “…friend and mentor LaVaughn Mosley, 57 [[said]] “She was making plans for the future, so there’s no way she was in a suicidal state.” Join those who stand against police terror and the outrage of in-custody … Continued 5:30 pm A Vigil to Honor Sandra Bland and Kindra Chapman @ Rockridge Bart A Vigil to Honor Sandra Bland and Kindra Chapman @ Rockridge Bart Jul 22 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets From Ferguson to Charleston, Hempstead to Oakland. In recent months, there has been a horrifying number of accounts of police and white supremacist vigilantes murdering Black people; from Charleston to Cleveland to Ferguson. Now, our attention is turned to Hempstead, TX and the suspicious death of Sandra Bland who was found hanged in a jail cell. Only 28-years old, this young woman had been detained and labeled “high risk” after failing to signal a lane change. And just as we begin to collect ourselves to respond, we find that another … Continued 7:00 pm #BlackLivesMatter, Surveillance, Berkeley Police and the FBI @ South Berkeley Senior Center #BlackLivesMatter, Surveillance, Berkeley Police and the FBI @ South Berkeley Senior Center Jul 22 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets his is a meeting to express concerns directly to the Berkeley police review commission. The public can demand a thorough investigation into policing strategy during the #BlackLivesMatter protests in Berkeley. Public comment is at the start of the meeting, and a second time for public comment is at the end of the meeting. The police review process doesn’t work if the public doesn’t speak. This a meeting for the general public, but there is a special interest into surveillance research, investigative journalism and police militarization. The review commission cannot make … Continued 7:00 pm Gaza Not Forgotten: A Jewish Ritual of Mourning and Solidarity @ Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park Gaza Not Forgotten: A Jewish Ritual of Mourning and Solidarity @ Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park Jul 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets On the one-year anniversary of the Israeli bombing of Gaza, Jewish Voice for Peace will hold an outdoor, public prayer service in Downtown Berkeley to mourn the deaths of more than 2000 of our Palestinian brothers and sisters, 500 of them children. Jewish tradition provides us with language and tools to cope with this unfathomable loss, as well as a framework to discuss accountability. We invite all Jews and allies to join us in the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead. Mourners are encouraged to bring candles and small … Continued	12:00 pm HONOR SANDRA BLAND She’d be Alive If that Racist Texas Ranger Hadn’t Stopped, Beat and Jailed Her @ Oscar Grant Plaza HONOR SANDRA BLAND She’d be Alive If that Racist Texas Ranger Hadn’t Stopped, Beat and Jailed Her @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jul 23 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Sandra Bland, a young black woman, was pulled over for failure to signal in a small town in Texas, and then arrested. Three days later, on July 13th, 2015 she was found dead in her cell. The police claim she hanged herself, but the Bland family and her friends do not believe a word of it. “…friend and mentor LaVaughn Mosley, 57 [[said]] “She was making plans for the future, so there’s no way she was in a suicidal state.” Join those who stand against police terror and the outrage of in-custody … Continued 3:30 pm Statewide Coordinated Actions To End Solitary Confinement – Oakland @ Lake Merritt, in back of Edoff Memorial Band Stand Statewide Coordinated Actions To End Solitary Confinement – Oakland @ Lake Merritt, in back of Edoff Memorial Band Stand Jul 23 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets OAKLAND, CA: Thursday evening, July 23rd, the San Francisco MIME TROUPE will perform at Oakland’s Lake Merritt in back of the bandstand. Please come volunteer to help set up the model SHU (mock solitary confinement cell) beginning at 3:30 PM. We will distribute information and people can get a feel for the small space that 10’s of thousands of people are confined to 23+ hours a day, often for years. Please call Penny to let us know if you can be with us for this important date. As the trial … Continued 6:00 pm Nuclear Affairs: What in the World is Happening? @ Cafe Valparaisio Nuclear Affairs: What in the World is Happening? @ Cafe Valparaisio Jul 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Report by Western States Legal Foundation Executive Director Jackie Cabasso on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference held at the United Nations in New York from April 27 – May 22, and the Peace & Planet Mobilization for a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World: an international conference, rally, march, festival and petition presentation to UN officials April 24 – 26. Enjoy reasonably priced, delicious Chilean and Latin American cuisine, find out about plans for the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Livermore Nuclear … Continued	12:00 pm HONOR SANDRA BLAND She’d be Alive If that Racist Texas Ranger Hadn’t Stopped, Beat and Jailed Her @ Oscar Grant Plaza HONOR SANDRA BLAND She’d be Alive If that Racist Texas Ranger Hadn’t Stopped, Beat and Jailed Her @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jul 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Sandra Bland, a young black woman, was pulled over for failure to signal in a small town in Texas, and then arrested. Three days later, on July 13th, 2015 she was found dead in her cell. The police claim she hanged herself, but the Bland family and her friends do not believe a word of it. “…friend and mentor LaVaughn Mosley, 57 [[said]] “She was making plans for the future, so there’s no way she was in a suicidal state.” Join those who stand against police terror and the outrage of in-custody … Continued 2:00 pm CryptoParty in SF @ Internet Archive CryptoParty in SF @ Internet Archive Jul 24 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets CryptoParty will be in the foyer, following open lunch at the Internet Archive. Bring your laptop and a USB drive (to be formatted). Ryan Taylor will be leading open discussions and workshops covering the importance and implementation of Free Software, Tails, Tor, PGP, Off-The-Record messaging and other anonymity, privacy, and security tools. Users of all ages, skill levels and backgrounds are welcome to attend and participate. Learn how to create and use a Tails USB boot drive, then we’ll go over the features and vulnerabilities that exist in contemporary encryption/anonymity software … Continued 5:00 pm SAY HER NAME: Vigil for the murder of Sandra Bland and countless others @ Oscar Grant Plaza SAY HER NAME: Vigil for the murder of Sandra Bland and countless others @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jul 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets SAY HER NAME: Vigil for the murder of Sandra Bland and countless others + Speak Out against state violence. #WhathappenedtoSandraBland ? #sayhername is about recognizing that police and state violence not only destroys black male lives, but has historically done the same to black women. This is a time for folks to come together to garner strength from the community, as we mourn many lives- many black women- who have been victimized by state violence. The “Speak Out” portion will be a time for black women to share their art, … Continued	12:00 pm LaborFest: Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk @ Latham Square LaborFest: Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk @ Latham Square Jul 25 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk – “We Called it a Work Holiday” With Gifford Hartman of the Flying Picket Historical Society. This walk will revisit the sites of Oakland’s “Work Holiday” that began spontaneously with rank-and-file solidarity with the striking – mostly women – retail clerks at Kahn’s and Hastings department stores whose picket line was being broken by scabs escorted by police. Within 24 hours, it involved over 100,000 workers and shut down nearly all commerce in the East Bay for 54 hours. In 1946 there were six general … Continued 12:00 pm Postal Heritage Day at the Berkeley Post Office @ The People's Downtown Berkeley Post Office Postal Heritage Day at the Berkeley Post Office @ The People's Downtown Berkeley Post Office Jul 25 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets The birthday of our public Post Office will be celebrated this year in Berkeley on Saturday, July 25th, from 12:00 noon till 2 pm, with music going on after that. The postal unions have written to President Obama, asking that the occasion be celebrated every year as Postal Heritage Day. In Berkeley, we’ve been celebrating it every year at 2000 Allston Way since our struggle to save the P.O. began in July of 2012. So we’ll be celebrating three years of so-far successful struggle to prevent a sale of the … Continued 3:00 pm Richmond Progressive Alliance Meeting Richmond Progressive Alliance Meeting Jul 25 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Hot topics with a Focus on Education Amply your voice: Unity, Democracy, Diversity! Updates from Steering Committee & Action Teams. Report on reorganization plans. New members can join at the door and current members can update their status. 59128 7:00 pm Race, Class and Police Violence @ Niebyl-Proctor Library Race, Class and Police Violence @ Niebyl-Proctor Library Jul 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 59194

Week of July 19

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.