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Schedule: 10am – Open Rummage Sale + Bake Sale 12pm – Open Meal Service (Lunch / Dinner) All day until 8pm – Live Music / Performances 8pm – Movie Night http://backchan.nl/meetings/view/4106 We need you to bring your … Continued 1:00 pm Flood Wall Street West Non-Violent Direct Action Prep @ Greenpeace Warehouse Flood Wall Street West Non-Violent Direct Action Prep @ Greenpeace Warehouse Sep 27 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets The Flood Wall St. West Welcoming Committee will be hosting two non-violent direct action preps on Sept. 26 & 27 (both 1pm-4pm). These preps will take participants through the philosophy and tools used in non-violent direct action. These preps will include discussions on the concept of affinity groups, give participants an opportunity to form one or more, a legal briefing and an overall plan for Sept. 28th. These preps will be an important place to get plugged into for Flood Wall St. West. WHAT’S FLOOD WALL STREET WEST? One year … Continued 3:30 pm Open Circle ~ Families Fighting for Justice @ Omni Commons Open Circle ~ Families Fighting for Justice @ Omni Commons Sep 27 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets 59100 5:00 pm Film and Discussion about White Privilege @ Omni basement Film and Discussion about White Privilege @ Omni basement Sep 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Come watch some short films on White Privilege and then engage in a discussion about the films and the issue in general. Supported by members of Open Circle, which will have met from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM just previously (all are welcome to either or both events!) The film choices are still being finalized. Stay tuned. 59402 6:30 pm Community Democracy Project @ Omni Commons, Basement Hall Community Democracy Project @ Omni Commons, Basement Hall Sep 27 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city … Continued	8:00 am Flood Wall Street West– Mass March & Action to Shut Down Climate Profiteers @ Chelsea Manning Plaza Flood Wall Street West– Mass March & Action to Shut Down Climate Profiteers @ Chelsea Manning Plaza Sep 28 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am Tickets Flood the institutions that are profiting from the climate crisis. Wear Blue. More Info: FloodWallStWest.org #FloodTheSystem One year ago, thousands of us flooded Wall Street in New York, taking mass direct action in the heart of a global financial system that’s fueling the climate crisis. Now, a year later, people across the continent are preparing and organizing for #FloodTheSystem, a continental uprising against the economic and political systems threatening our survival. To kick off #FloodTheSystem, we’re going to Flood Wall Street West: San Francisco’s financial district. Flood Wall Street West will … Continued 12:00 pm Picketing SF Hotels with Unite Here, Mayoral Candidate @ Le Méridien Picketing SF Hotels with Unite Here, Mayoral Candidate @ Le Méridien Sep 28 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets The Le Méridien and Hyatt on Fisherman’s Wharf are not respecting the right of workers to choose a union. UNITE HERE Local 2 has called for actions on those days. Join the Francisco for Mayor Campaign on the picket line on Monday, Sept. 28, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. and from 4 – 6 p.m. at Le Méridien, 333 Battery Street, between Clay and Sacramento. If you are willing to engage in a civil disobedience action, call 415-863-1225 or email sflivingwage@riseup.net59580 6:00 pm Occupy Forum: Green Party Candidates @ United Here Local 2 Union Hall Occupy Forum: Green Party Candidates @ United Here Local 2 Union Hall Sep 28 @ 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 Francisco Herrera and Ross Mirkarimi: Addressing the Needs of the People F R A N C I S C O H E R R E R A Francisco Herrera is a musician, a long-time Green Party member, and an activist with the Living Wage Coalition. He is running for Mayor in order to “bring the wisdom of the neighborhoods to City Hall.” Francisco … 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 Sep 28 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Come learn about continuing developments in the battle save the Berkeley Post Office, other Post Offices in the area, 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 … Continued	10:45 am Tell Alameda County Supervisors to Stop Funding Urban Shield @ 5th Floor Tell Alameda County Supervisors to Stop Funding Urban Shield @ 5th Floor Sep 29 @ 10:45 am – 1:00 pm Tickets It’s been two weeks since the Stop Urban Shield coalition rallied in Oakland, California against notorious SWAT-training and weapons expo, Urban Shield. Check out our successful #StopUrbanShield press round up here! But we’re just getting started. Tomorrow, September 29th, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors is set to sign off on an amendment to Sheriff Ahern’s two-year agreement with the Urban Areas Security Initiative (a Department of Homeland Security grant program) that funds SWAT trainings, including Urban Shield. This year, one of the Urban Areas Security Initiative agreements is increasing to $6,289,697 for Fiscal year 2014-2016. We … Continued 11:00 am Press Conference: Berkeley PD Stop Data Reveals Stark Racial Disparities @ City Hall Steps and Cypress Room, 1st Floor Press Conference: Berkeley PD Stop Data Reveals Stark Racial Disparities @ City Hall Steps and Cypress Room, 1st Floor Sep 29 @ 11:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Sponsored by: Berkeley NAACP; UCB Black Student Union; Berkeley Copwatch: ACLU Berkeley/ NorthEastBay Chapter: National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Newly released data on police stops confirms local activists’ and communities’ of color charges of racial profiling in Berkeley. Data collected by the Berkeley Police Department reveals a pattern of discriminatory conduct against African American and Latino civilians. Stops: Though Black people constitute less than 8% of Berkeley’s population, they were 30.5% of those stopped by police; whites, comprising 60% of Berkeley, were 36.7% of those stopped. Disposition: … Continued 12:00 pm “We’re All Being Watched: Local Surveillance.” @ UC Davis, King Hall, Room 1301 “We’re All Being Watched: Local Surveillance.” @ UC Davis, King Hall, Room 1301 Sep 29 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Cyrus Farivar, author and senior business editor at Ars Technica, will deliver a talk titled “We’re All Being Watched: Local Surveillance.” This event is sponsored by the Mellon Sawyer Seminar 59552 4:00 pm BBQ in Support of Richard Linyard, killed after OPD stop in Suspicious Circumstances BBQ in Support of Richard Linyard, killed after OPD stop in Suspicious Circumstances Sep 29 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets COME SUPPORT A REAL ONE ! EAST OAKLAND 65TH & INTERNATIONAL #JUSTICE4RICH #fuckthepolice pic.twitter.com/o8YKVkIEuH— Baby Trubble (@TR1GG4H4PPY_) September 29, 2015 59591 5:30 pm Drum Circle Protest Outside City Hall @ Oscar Grant Plaza, City Hall steps Drum Circle Protest Outside City Hall @ Oscar Grant Plaza, City Hall steps Sep 29 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets A drum circle protest is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. tonight outside Oakland City Hall. See background information here in this East Bay Express article by San Levin.59594 6:30 pm Valero crude-by-rail project public hearing @ Benicia City Hall Valero crude-by-rail project public hearing @ Benicia City Hall Sep 29 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets The City of Benicia Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the recirculated draft EIR (RDEIR) for a proposed crude-by-rail project. The proposed project would allow the Benicia Valero Refinery to receive up to 70,000 barrels per day of its crude by rail. It currently receives crude by ship and pipeline. The project involves installation of a new railcar unloading rack, rail track spurs, pumps, pipeline and other infrastructure at the refinery. The environmental analysis conducted to date indicates that there would be significant and unavoidable impacts on air … Continued 7:00 pm Optik Allusions Meeting and Workshop @ Omni Commons Optik Allusions Meeting and Workshop @ Omni Commons Sep 29 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 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. Join us for our weekly meeting and a workshop! We usually, meet briefly and then work on projects. It’s open to all! https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Optik_Allusions 59574	9:30 am Vigil for Antonio Ramos Vigil for Antonio Ramos Sep 30 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets There will be a vigil for Antonio Ramos, the muralist who was killed in West #Oakland today. Corner of 35th & West St, 9:30 am tmrw. #oakmtg— David Colburn (@davidcolburn) September 30, 2015 59597 5:30 pm City Council Special Hearing on Affordable Housing Crisis @ City Hall, Council Chambers City Council Special Hearing on Affordable Housing Crisis @ City Hall, Council Chambers Sep 30 @ 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets The City of Oakland is facing a serious affordable housing crisis, with numerous residents being displaced from their homes. A hearing is scheduled on the housing crisis at Oakland City Hall (click this link for agenda calendar: https://oakland.legistar.com/calendar.aspx).59568	5:30 pm Together We Rise: Join With the Ella Baker Center, Fundraiser et al @ Lake Chalet Together We Rise: Join With the Ella Baker Center, Fundraiser et al @ Lake Chalet Oct 1 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets At Together We Rise, we will celebrate those who have sustained the Ella Baker Center’s work over the years and invite attendees to join our team. Come and learn about our recent wins, and what’s coming up next for us. More details about Together We Rise. There will be light appetizers, a photobooth, and entertainment from a soon-to-be-announced special guest. One drink ticket comes with admission. If you become a sustaining donor of the Ella Baker Center today with a donation of $10 a month or more, you will receive complimentary admission to Together … Continued 6:30 pm Film Screening: TAPPED @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall Film Screening: TAPPED @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall Oct 1 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets TAPPED is a beautifully filmed, compelling documentary in which Stephanie Soechtig and Sara Olsen explore the environmental consequences of bottled water. TAPPED does to bottled water what Food, INC and Super Size Me did to the food monopolies. The film begins with: By 2030, two thirds of the world will not have access to clean drinking water. The film also covers chemical pollution, plastic pollution, mile wide plastic soups in the ocean, water privatization and community water rights. This event is a result of our partnering with Food and Water … Continued	1:00 pm CANCELLED: Demand Alameda County Release Yuvette’s Henderson’s Autopsy Report! @ Alameda County Forensic Sciences Complex CANCELLED: Demand Alameda County Release Yuvette’s Henderson’s Autopsy Report! @ Alameda County Forensic Sciences Complex Oct 2 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets “We have cancelled the event at the Alameda Coroner’s office this Friday because they have released the autopsy report. This is a victory and couldn’t of happened without your support! More details to follow.” — APTP https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=647064612099995&id=513658562107268 Nearly nine months have passed since Yuvette Henderson was gunned down by Emeryville Police on the Oakland Emeryville border and the Alameda County Coroner has yet to release her autopsy report. The family and community of Yuvette Henderson have been seeking justice and closure only to be met with with a wall of … Continued 5:00 pm Great Wall: Eyes on Oakland: Attitudes Towards Surveillance. @ Great Wall of Oakland Great Wall: Eyes on Oakland: Attitudes Towards Surveillance. @ Great Wall of Oakland Oct 2 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets THIS EXHIBIT CONTINUES THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST. Join us for our opening screening of the 2015/2016 season on October 2nd at 5:00pm! Eyes on Oakland is a community-powered, art-meets-journalism initiative that seeks to inform and engage residents across Oakland about the different types of surveillance technology used by local police. A collaboration between the Mobile Arts Platform and The Center for Investigative Reporting, Eyes on Oakland featured two key venues: a participatory installation in the “Who Is Oakland?” exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California, and pop-up outings around Oakland with … Continued 7:00 pm Wombyn Divine @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Wombyn Divine @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Oct 2 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets This First Friday come see young bay area women express their divinity. 59612	2:00 pm Bernie and Beyond. Socialist Perspectives on the Sanders Campaign. @ Starry Plough Bernie and Beyond. Socialist Perspectives on the Sanders Campaign. @ Starry Plough Oct 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Is it enough to “Feel the Bern?” Or do we need to build a movement that will last beyond 2016 and transform America and Mother Earth? Our Suds, Snacks and Socialism forum is inviting speakers from different political perspectives to join us discussing these are other important questions.59583 2:00 pm Caravan For Justice Kickoff @ Oscar Grant Plaza Caravan For Justice Kickoff @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets We are in a state of emergency. Law enforcement violence against black and brown communities is increasing at an alarming rate, and we need to be ready to respond. At an early age we learn how to prepare for emergencies and natural disasters. We learn how to put out fires, how to board up our homes, or how to drop under a desk. Communities of color now need training on how to respond to more frequent incidents of violence both on the streets and inside of jails and prisons. So … Continued 3:00 pm Arts & Abolishing Prisons Arts & Abolishing Prisons Oct 3 @ 3:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets 59598 4:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area – Fighting Back Against Unjust Debt @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Strike Debt Bay Area – Fighting Back Against Unjust Debt @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Oct 3 @ 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 6:00 pm Should Socialists Support Bernie Sanders? @ The Woman's Building Should Socialists Support Bernie Sanders? @ The Woman's Building Oct 3 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The Democratic primary campaign of Bernie Sanders has ignited a new enthusiasm among many who are fed up with the status-quo of politics in the United States. Tens of thousands have joined rallies to hear Sanders decry the billionaire class and call for an end to inequality. Many on the socialist left have embraced the campaign. Others have argued against support for Sanders, calling instead for socialists to organize independently of the Democratic Party. Join the International Socialist Organization in a panel discussion on the question of support for the … Continued

Week of September 27

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.