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All-day			Karma Cinema at the New Parkway for Critical Resistance Karma Cinema at the New Parkway for Critical Resistance Aug 19 all-day Tickets #BayArea tomorrow go 2 @TheNewParkway Karma Cinema in Uptown Oakland. 20% proceeds will go 2 Critical Resistance! Every Wednesday in August.— Critical Resistance (@C_Resistance) August 11, 2015 Here’s what’s playing and at what times. Every Wednesday, you pay what you want for your movie ticket. At the end of the month, we donate 20% of all Karma Cinema ticket sales to our monthly Karma Cinema partner, a local organization that benefits Oakland communities. Karma Cinema is an example of our efforts to make going to the movies accessible for people … Continued
12:00 am 1:00 am 2:00 am 3:00 am 4:00 am 5:00 am 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm 4:00 pm Classroom Under the Clouds: An Introduction to Medicinal Herb Use @ Gill Tract Organic Farm Classroom Under the Clouds: An Introduction to Medicinal Herb Use @ Gill Tract Organic Farm Aug 16 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Come join us for our second Classroom Under the Clouds workshop! Using plants from the Gill Tract Community Farm’s medicinal herb garden, herbalist and horticultural botanist Richard Koenig will lead a workshop introducing us to medicinal plants and their uses in healing. Richard will also review problems associated with commercial medicinal plant material and discuss the use of pharmaceuticals versus plant medicines. All participants are invited to bring and share their own knowledge and experiences, and to engage in dialogue about these fabulous, friendly plants! As always, Classroom Under the … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining Aug 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway, often on the steps of City Hall. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. On second and fourth Sundays we meet at 2 PM at the Omni so we can also meet with the Open Circle folks at 3:45. There is a potluck at the Omni starting … Continued 6:00 pm The Marikana Massacre 3rd Anniversary Commemoration @ Omni Commons The Marikana Massacre 3rd Anniversary Commemoration @ Omni Commons Aug 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets On August 16th, 2012, 34 striking miners at Marikana were gunned down by South African security forces in the Marikana Massacre. It was the single most lethal use of force by the South African government since the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960. In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days into the strike, the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. Using the POV of the Marikana miners, Miners Shot … Continued	6:00 pm OccupyForum presents “On Company Business” : a Documentary @ Global Exchange OccupyForum presents “On Company Business” : a Documentary @ Global Exchange Aug 17 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets This is a 3 hour documentary! Please arrive on time! We will begin at 6 promptly! 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 “On Company Business” : a Documentary An award-winning documentary directed by the late Allan Francovich, On Company Business takes a long, penetrating look at one of the world’s most powerful secret organizations — the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Decades before WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, On Company Business … Continued 6:30 pm 15 Now Berkeley @ Au Coquelet 15 Now Berkeley @ Au Coquelet Aug 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets With minimum wage legislation going before the Berkeley City Council this fall, 15Now Berkeley is organizing a movement to support the $15 minimum wage. Come join us Monday August 17 at Au Coquelet restaurant to discuss strategy and plan events for pushing forward a new, better minimum wage for Berkeley. New members are welcome!!59348 6:30 pm No Coal in Oakland: District 1 meeting. @ Sky Room, Piedmont Gardens No Coal in Oakland: District 1 meeting. @ Sky Room, Piedmont Gardens Aug 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets No Coal in Oakland: District 1 meeting. Help block the proposal to transport coal by rail through Oakland for export overseas. Join an educational and planning meeting for residents of District 1 (Dan Kalb’s district). This meeting is particularly relevant to residents of that area (see map) but this project could affect all East Bay residents, and all are welcome. You will learn what the Coal Free Oakland campaign has been doing and how you can help convince the City Council to ban coal in our city. 59313	9:00 am Oppose Jail Expansion in Contra Costa County! Oppose Jail Expansion in Contra Costa County! Aug 18 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am Tickets FAME has joined the City of Richmond and a wide array of health, faith, labor, and civil rights groups, to protest the Contra Costa County sheriff’s plan to construct a new $89 million expansion, adding 418 beds. It’s a critical time to stand up against mass incarceration as the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors is on the verge of voting for a massive jail expansion at the West County Detention Facility. There are two things you can do this final week before the vote to STOP this tragic use … Continued 6:00 pm Community Forum on Racial Justice @ Brookins Ame Church Community Forum on Racial Justice @ Brookins Ame Church Aug 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets As we work to repair the fractured trust between law enforcement and communities of color, the input of East Bay residents has never been more critical. Please join me, Barbara Lee at a youth-led community forum on racial justice at Brookins AME Church in Oakland on Tuesday, August 18th. At the forum, we will screen President Obama’s powerful eulogy after the tragic shooting in Charleston, South Carolina and then discuss the work that still remains to achieve racial justice in our community and across the nation. Participants: Congresswoman Barbara Lee, … Continued 6:00 pm Hearing may be the last chance to stop the expansion of the Oakland Zoo into Knowland Park @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room No. 1 Hearing may be the last chance to stop the expansion of the Oakland Zoo into Knowland Park @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room No. 1 Aug 18 @ 6:00 pm – 11:45 pm Tickets City Approves Zoo Permit to Destroy Oaks Despite our letter of objections that we submitted 6-23-2015 during public comment period, plus over 600 emails from the community asking for permit denial, the Oakland Tree Services division has approved the Zoo’s application to cut down 55 protected Coast live oaks and risk damage to an additional 424 protected trees “within 10 feet of construction” to make way for its planned “California Trail” exhibit in the upper highlands of western Knowland Park. Environmental organizations and concerned individuals across Oakland and the East Bay have … Continued 7:00 pm Stop Urban Shield Coalition Meeting @ 3rd Floor Stop Urban Shield Coalition Meeting @ 3rd Floor Aug 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets No other information.59367	7:00 pm SF Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night + No New Animal Lab Tour Report! @ Long Haul SF Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night + No New Animal Lab Tour Report! @ Long Haul Aug 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join Animal Defense League – San Francisco and No New Animal Lab in an evening of support for political prisoners and hear from organizers about the global grassroots campaign to stop Skanska USA from building an underground animal laboratory at University of Washington. In addition to learning how to get involved locally with No New Animal Lab, we will be taking donations for Nicole and Joseph’s court support. Nicole and Joseph are local community members currently being indicted under alleged conspiracy to violate the AETA (Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act). For … Continued 7:30 pm Anti-Police-Terror Project Meeting @ Eastside Arts Alliance Anti-Police-Terror Project Meeting @ Eastside Arts Alliance Aug 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Anti-Police Terrorism Project is a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee that in coalition with other organizations like the Alan Blueford Center for Justice, Workers World and Healthy Hoodz is working to develop a replicable and sustainable model to end police terrorism in this country. We are led by the most impacted communities but are a multi-racial, mutil-generational coalition. We meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month at Eastside Arts Alliance at 7:30 pm.59332	11:00 am Stop oil industry effort to lift congressional ban on crude oil exports @ Federal Building Stop oil industry effort to lift congressional ban on crude oil exports @ Federal Building Aug 20 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets San Francisco, CA – In response to the oil industry effort to lobby Congress to lift the decades-old ban on shipping crude oil abroad, environmental justice, community, faith and environmental groups are uniting to launch a national campaign to uphold the congressional ban. The campaign will kick off Thursday, August 20, 2015 with protests in San Francisco, Houston and Chicago. The San Francisco event will take place at 11 am at the Federal Building, 7th and Mission Streets. An even larger protest is planned for September 8th at 12 noon … Continued 12:00 pm Press Conference for Richard Linyard, Killed During OPD Chase. @ City Hall Steps, Oscar Grant Plaza Press Conference for Richard Linyard, Killed During OPD Chase. @ City Hall Steps, Oscar Grant Plaza Aug 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets .@CatsCommentary announced press conference for #RichardLinyard who died during OPD chase. Noon, Aug 20th, City Hall. pic.twitter.com/Ybs256N7sy — Dave Id (@DaveId) August 15, 2015 59358 4:00 pm Urban Agroecology Basics at the UC Gill Tract Community Farm @ Gill Tract Urban Agroecology Basics at the UC Gill Tract Community Farm @ Gill Tract Aug 20 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join us Thursday August 20th from 4-7 pm at the UC Gill Tract Community Farm, for an afternoon of knowledge sharing with Professor Miguel Altieri. Learn about the key agroecological principles for the design and management of productive and resilient urban farms. Stick around after the work shop for healthy food, food wine, and better conversation. Come meet and learn with other urban farmers from the Bay Area! Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/urbanagroeco?fref=ts POSTS59375 7:00 pm NorCal Climate Mobilization Planning Meeting @ Humanist Hall NorCal Climate Mobilization Planning Meeting @ Humanist Hall Aug 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Attend a planning meeting for the NorCal Mass Climate Mobilization, November 21st, the biggest Bay Area Climate demonstration of the year. The Mobilization is a lead-up event for the the Paris COP21 UN climate talks. By joining one of our planning committees you will have the opportunity to network with climate justice groups in our region. Learn more about the goals of the Mobilization at the event’s website. Rides back to BART available. Ask about when you arrive. Invite your friends to help with this. 59362 7:30 pm Occupy the Farm Meeting @ Omni Commons library Occupy the Farm Meeting @ Omni Commons library Aug 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets No additional information available.59327	◢ 10:00 am Black August @ Qilombo Black August @ Qilombo Aug 21 @ 10:00 am – Aug 22 @ 12:00 am Tickets “Each year officially since 1979 we have used the month of August to focus on the oppressive treatment of our brothers and sisters disappeared inside the state run gulags and concentration camps America calls prisons. It is during this time that we concentrate our efforts to free our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts, and all other captive family and friends who have been held in isolation for decade after decade beyond their original sentence. Many of these individuals are held in the sensory deprivation and mind control units called … Continued ◢ 12:00 pm Knowland Park Defence Festial and Campout! – Bands – Workshops – Films – and more! @ Knowland Park Knowland Park Defence Festial and Campout! – Bands – Workshops – Films – and more! @ Knowland Park Aug 21 @ 12:00 pm – Aug 22 @ 12:00 am Tickets We are resisting a development that would cut down 400+ trees including a 600 year old Oak tree, put a fancy ass restaurant along with 60 other buildings on top of the most beautiful park in Oakland. Then they would cage a bunch of beautiful animals on it gentrifying the working class neighborhood. Please join us for a weekend of fun and Direct Action to stop the Oakland Zoo! For more info about the campaign go to: http://www.defendknowlandpark.org There will be a shuttle available stopping at Coliseum Bart and Foothill … Continued	◤ ◢ 12:00 am Black August @ Qilombo Black August @ Qilombo Aug 22 @ 12:00 am – Aug 23 @ 12:00 am Tickets “Each year officially since 1979 we have used the month of August to focus on the oppressive treatment of our brothers and sisters disappeared inside the state run gulags and concentration camps America calls prisons. It is during this time that we concentrate our efforts to free our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts, and all other captive family and friends who have been held in isolation for decade after decade beyond their original sentence. Many of these individuals are held in the sensory deprivation and mind control units called … Continued ◤ ◢ 12:00 am Knowland Park Defence Festial and Campout! – Bands – Workshops – Films – and more! @ Knowland Park Knowland Park Defence Festial and Campout! – Bands – Workshops – Films – and more! @ Knowland Park Aug 22 @ 12:00 am – Aug 23 @ 12:00 am Tickets We are resisting a development that would cut down 400+ trees including a 600 year old Oak tree, put a fancy ass restaurant along with 60 other buildings on top of the most beautiful park in Oakland. Then they would cage a bunch of beautiful animals on it gentrifying the working class neighborhood. Please join us for a weekend of fun and Direct Action to stop the Oakland Zoo! For more info about the campaign go to: http://www.defendknowlandpark.org There will be a shuttle available stopping at Coliseum Bart and Foothill … Continued 3:06 am Our Power Festival @ Entrance to the Richmond Greenway Our Power Festival @ Entrance to the Richmond Greenway Aug 22 @ 3:06 am – 4:06 am Tickets A festival dedicated to showcasing alternatives to our climate and economic crises. Activities include a bike-powered concert, urban farming demonstrations, preventive health screenings, farmer’s market, and more. Entrance to the Richmond Greenway at Ohio Avenue and 16th Street. Free and open to all.59210 3:30 pm No Coal in Oakland, District 4 meeting. @ Oakland Public Library: Dimond Branch No Coal in Oakland, District 4 meeting. @ Oakland Public Library: Dimond Branch Aug 22 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Help block the proposal to transport coal by rail through Oakland for export overseas. Join an educational and planning meeting for residents of District 4, but all Oakland residents are welcome. This meeting is particularly relevant to residents of that area but this project could affect all East Bay residents, and all are welcome. You will learn what the Coal Free Oakland campaign has been doing and how you can help convince the City Council to ban coal in our city. 59363 4:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting – Fighting Back Against Unjust Debt @ Oscar Grant Plaza Amphitheater Strike Debt Bay Area Meeting – Fighting Back Against Unjust Debt @ Oscar Grant Plaza Amphitheater Aug 22 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Come and help us draw awareness to and fight unjust debt! Come get connected with SDBA’s many projects! student debt resistance organizing for public banking. advocating for Postal banking. ongoing study group helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization and fighting against usurious for-profit pay-day lenders and their ilk our famous Strike Debt radio program staging Debtors’ Assemblies Restaging our recent presentation on money and debt at the US Social Forum Working on debarring US Banks that have been convicted of felonies from municipal contracts saving the Berkeley Post Office … 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.