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All-day	Gill Tract ReOccupation of Indigenous Land @ Gill Tract Gill Tract ReOccupation of Indigenous Land @ Gill Tract Oct 12 all-day Tickets All have been invited to sit in ceremony w Ohlone and indigenous leaders on the Gill Tract tomorrow (Monday) and ongoing @San Pablo & Monroe — Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) October 12, 2015 Indigenous Land Access Committee reclaiming Ohlone land on the Southside of the Gill Tract Farm Sunday evening! ILAC will be holding ceremonial space with native folks and non-native supporters throughout the week and as long as possible until UC Berkeley meets their demands. PLEASE COME DOWN AND SUPPORT! Update: The Indigenous Land Action Committee – a group … 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 9:30 am Iinterfaith prayer meeting, for survivors and victims of violence and police terror in Oakland. @ Bahai Center Iinterfaith prayer meeting, for survivors and victims of violence and police terror in Oakland. @ Bahai Center Oct 11 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to survivors and victims of violence and police terror in Oakland. The Baha’i community of Oakland is organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing. In April, it was two years since we started holding these prayer meetings at the Baha’i Center. Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us. We will serve a simple breakfast59582 11:00 am Memorial: Remembering Eugene (Gino) Pepi Memorial: Remembering Eugene (Gino) Pepi Oct 11 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets Gino Pepi was a member of the Occupy Oakland Labor Solidarity Committee. Please join us celebrating the life of Eugene Pepi who passed on from a heart attack last week in his house in the Mission. Gino was born and raised in San Francisco. As a young man he became convinced of the need of an equal and just society, and dedicated his life to socialism and to the struggles of the working class internationally. He worked hard to enhance the living conditions of all Bay Area workers especially B.A.R.T … Continued 11:00 am Preserve the Soul of Oakland: Rally & Community Drum Call @ Lake Merritt Amphitheatre Preserve the Soul of Oakland: Rally & Community Drum Call @ Lake Merritt Amphitheatre Oct 11 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets 59661 12:30 pm Occupy Oakland 4th Anniversary Lunch and Party! @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland 4th Anniversary Lunch and Party! @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 11 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Sunday, October 11th, 12:30 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza. Come remember the raising of tents at Oscar Grant Plaza on October 10, 2011, the date Occupy Oakland manifested itself to the world. This is a pot-luck, no one turned away chance to visit old friends and make new ones. The Occupy Oakland General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for four years. Currently we meet at Oscar Grant Plaza at 4:00 PM on Sundays (or at the Omni, in rain or severe cold). We report back on meetings and … Continued 2:00 pm After Federal Oversight of Oakland Police ends, Then What? @ Allen Temple Baptist Church After Federal Oversight of Oakland Police ends, Then What? @ Allen Temple Baptist Church Oct 11 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Please register by going to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/after-federal-oversight-of-opd-ends-then-what-tickets-18705865748 A facilitated discussion of the challenges in ensuring that the hard-fought for police reforms mandated by the Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) are sustained after the Federal Order and monitoring have ended. There will be opportunities for Q & A after the formal presentations. Facilitator: Deacon Reggie Lyles, former Berkeley Police Captain and Novato Police Captain, former Public Safety Advisor to Mayor Jean Quan. Panelists: civil rights attorney Jim Chanin, Cat Brooks, co-founder of ONYX and APTP (Anti-Police Terror Project), Pastor Michael McBride, Director of … Continued 4:45 pm GREEN SUNDAYS: “The 2016 Presidential Campaign: Business as Usual or Revolt of the Masses?” @ Neibyl-Proctor Library GREEN SUNDAYS: “The 2016 Presidential Campaign: Business as Usual or Revolt of the Masses?” @ Neibyl-Proctor Library Oct 11 @ 4:45 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Dr. Larry Shoup will speak and lead a discussion on: “The 2016 Presidential Campaign: Business as Usual or Revolt of the Masses?” The normal pattern for presidential campaigns is that each of the two main political parties have at least one candidate backed by plutocratic wealth, as measured by their campaign funding, advisers from the Council on Foreign Relations and coverage from the most powerful media. Given their advantages, the plutocratic supported candidates usually soon outdistance their competition, then one of them wins the November election and implements policies which … Continued	5:00 pm LET’S GO OAKLAND! protest The New Lake Merritt rules And Columbus! @ Lake Merritt, near I580 LET’S GO OAKLAND! protest The New Lake Merritt rules And Columbus! @ Lake Merritt, near I580 Oct 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets This is bullshit and we know it! Gentrification is trying to take your cultural space, from churches to your beautiful lake oakland. It’s time to be heard. Come and discuss these new park laws created to keep POC people in the margins of society, while supporting white supremacy. Everything you’ve ever done with your people IS under attack. We must draw the line. Let’s meet at the steps closest to the freeway by where the farmers market is on Saturdays. Please invite anyone who is willing and please share this … 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 Oct 12 @ 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 6:30 pm Occupy Forum Field Trip: California Fracking and Health @ Schools of the Sacred Heart, Syufy Theater Occupy Forum Field Trip: California Fracking and Health @ Schools of the Sacred Heart, Syufy Theater Oct 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets OccupyForum Field Trip An Evening with Sandra Steingraber: California Fracking and Health SF Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility would like to invite our members and supporters to gather together for an important discussion about an issue of grave threat to our environment and health. Acclaimed ecologist, activist, and author Sandra Steingraber, PhD will be speaking about fracking, climate change, ecology, and the links between human health and the environment. Fracking and our Future SF Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibillity has worked on policies to reduce and eliminate fracking … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued	10:45 am End Mass Surveillance in Alameda County; Stop the Stingray Upgrade! @ Alameda County Building, 5th Floor End Mass Surveillance in Alameda County; Stop the Stingray Upgrade! @ Alameda County Building, 5th Floor Oct 13 @ 10:45 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Join the Stop Urban Shield Coalition as we demand the Alameda County Board of Supervisors VOTE NO on the Stingray Upgrade on Tuesday, October 13th at 10:45am. The Alameda County Sheriff wants authorization from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to execute an agreement on behalf of the District Attorney’s office for a telephone tracking technology upgrade in the amount of $113,419 for the period 8/31/15 – 12/31/15. The technology referred to is commonly known as the “Stingray” tracking device. “When cellphones within its range connect, it harvests the IMSI … Continued 5:30 pm Gill Tract: Sunset Ceremony @ Gill Tract Gill Tract: Sunset Ceremony @ Gill Tract Oct 13 @ 5:30 pm – 11:45 pm Tickets Come out today again at 5:30 for sunset ceremony (smile emoticon). And then stay sleeping under the stars in this warm weather to support and guard the Indigenous ceremony taking place on Gill Tract. Show Ohlone and other native folks that you stand up for their rights and sovereignty! Spread the word far and wide!! #OhloneLand #ILAC #RestoreNativeLand #NativeLifeway59702 7:00 pm Optik Allusions Meeting and Workshop @ Omni Commons Optik Allusions Meeting and Workshop @ Omni Commons Oct 13 @ 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	12:00 pm Rally against PG&E’s attack on solar in CA @ Outside PG&E Headquarters Rally against PG&E’s attack on solar in CA @ Outside PG&E Headquarters Oct 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Wednesday: Rally in SF against Pacific Gas & Electric’s attack on solar in CA Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is leading an attack on rooftop solar in California. Join a rally outside of PG&E’s headquarters in San Francisco and speak out against this dirty attack on clean energy. Rooftop solar is booming in California. So utilities are trying to kill it, with a brazen attack that would make it harder for Californians to generate their own clean solar power.1 By the end of this year, the California Public Utilities Commission … Continued 6:30 pm Film: Bitter Lake, Part II @ Humanist Hall Film: Bitter Lake, Part II @ Humanist Hall Oct 14 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets See description for Part I.59633 7:00 pm Stop Urban Shield @ South Berkeley Senior Center Stop Urban Shield @ South Berkeley Senior Center Oct 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The question of Berkeley police’s relationship with UASI has been moved from a Police Review Commission subcommittee to the full commission The question before the PRC is not whether to abrogate the BPD-UASI relationship, but whether to add a rider calling on the city council to halt BPD participation in UASI-funded Urban Shield. As several of the commissioners expressed that they did not know enough about Urban Shield to take a position on it, an extra week is being taken for them to familiarize themselves with the issue. You can … Continued	6:00 pm CALL TO ACTION: EMERGENCY PROTEST FOR PALESTINE! CALL TO ACTION: EMERGENCY PROTEST FOR PALESTINE! Oct 15 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets We, the General Union of Palestine Students, declare Palestine in a state of emergency and urge all of our community organizers and leaders to come forth as we rise with the uprisings, as we rise with Palestine in front of the Israeli Consulate. As you may have heard recently, the situation in Palestine has been deteriorating. Within the past few weeks, Zionist forces have shut down Al-Aqsa and Al-Aqsa compound, forbidding all Palestinian and Muslim worshippers from their homes of prayer and restricting their rights to practice their religion in … Continued	7:00 pm Rally to Save Mumia’s Life & Challenge U.S. Racist Wars at Home & Abroad @ Freedom Archives Hall Rally to Save Mumia’s Life & Challenge U.S. Racist Wars at Home & Abroad @ Freedom Archives Hall Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Stop the Medical Executionof Mumia Abu-Jamal! Free Mumia Now! Hear: Pam Africa International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal•• Ramona Africa The MOVE Organization Angela Davis* Author, scholar social justice leader & former political prisoner Jeff Mackler Dir. Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal & United National Antiwar Coalition Alice Walker, Lynne Stewart and Cuba Special messages from afar GREETING FROM: Diane Block, California Coalition for Women Prisoners • Claude Marks, Director, Freedom Archives & fformer political prisoner • Alicia Garcia, co-founder, #BlackLivesMaatter network • Gloria La Riva, ANSWER coalition organizer … Continued 7:00 pm Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir: The Earth Wants You! @ Palace Theater Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir: The Earth Wants You! @ Palace Theater Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets THE EARTH WANTS YOU! Prepare to be shaken, stirred and served neat on a bed of hot coals. A 90-minute show with 15 singers and a 3 piece band, on its surface the show resembles a church service but its brand of wild punk gospel will comfort even the staunchest secularist. Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm. Tickets are $10 at the door. RSVP by phone: 646-798-2713. Reverend Billy and The Choir open for Neil Young on 10/17 at The Greek in Berkeley. “The intensity of the Reverend’s … Continued 7:00 pm Susie Cagle and Sarah Jeong on the Internet and the Law @ Oakland Musuem Susie Cagle and Sarah Jeong on the Internet and the Law @ Oakland Musuem Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Susie Cagle and Sarah Jeong on the Internet and the Law Join artist-journalist Susie Cagle and legal journalist Sarah Jeong for a brief talk inspired by the Museum’s Gallery of California History. They will speak on current issues relating to privacy, copyright law, and the Internet. This pop-up talk, originally scheduled for June, is back—mark your calendars! Included with Museum admission. During Friday Nights @ OMCA, from 5 to 9 pm, admission is half-price for adults, free for ages 18 and under. Admission for Members is always free. 59605	9:00 am Speak Out to Stay Put! An Oakland-Wide Anti-Displacement Forum @ West Oakland Youth Center Speak Out to Stay Put! An Oakland-Wide Anti-Displacement Forum @ West Oakland Youth Center Oct 17 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets Facebook event RSVP Here: http://goo.gl/forms/iNszX5RDJt We’re at a pivotal moment in Oakland – the face of our city is changing before our very eyes. Rents have gone up city wide by 50% in the last 2 years, private speculator buy out is through the roof, City leaders and the Mayor have threatened to sell public land to luxury housing developers, and families and folks of color are being pushed out on a daily basis. The reality of it all is, fighting this crisis is going to require all hands on … Continued 2:00 pm Down With Geese! Protest Party at Lake Merritt @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Down With Geese! Protest Party at Lake Merritt @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Oct 17 @ 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets We’ve all seen the hordes of Canadian geese around the lake. They are an invasive, non-native species that have taken up residence, are shitting all over everything, and are depriving local wildlife of resources. The City has installed a bird sanctuary on the west side of the Lake, but it is not sufficient to make up for the displacement of the indigenous bird population by the relative newcomers, the Canadian geese, especially since several Canadian geese have taken up residence in and around the housing previously designated for native species. … Continued 7:00 pm Rallies to Save Mumia’s Life & Challenge U.S. Racist Wars at Home & Abroad @ Niebyl-Proctor Library Rallies to Save Mumia’s Life & Challenge U.S. Racist Wars at Home & Abroad @ Niebyl-Proctor Library Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Stop the Medical Executionof Mumia Abu-Jamal! Free Mumia Now! Hear: Pam Africa International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal•• Ramona Africa The MOVE Organization Angela Davis* Author, scholar social justice leader & former political prisoner Jeff Mackler Dir. Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal & United National Antiwar Coalition Alice Walker, Lynne Stewart and Cuba Special messages from afar GREETING FROM: Diane Block, California Coalition for Women Prisoners • Claude Marks, Director, Freedom Archives & fformer political prisoner • Alicia Garcia, co-founder, #BlackLivesMaatter network • Gloria La Riva, ANSWER coalition organizer … Continued 7:00 pm To Change Everything: The Promise of Anarchism @ Omni Commons To Change Everything: The Promise of Anarchism @ Omni Commons Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets An International Panel Discussion This panel brings together organizers from Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and North America to discuss the significance of anarchist ideas and tactics in the 21st century. The participants will compare experiences from the wave of protests and uprisings that has swept the world since 2010—exploring the role of demand-based politics in both catalyzing and limiting movements, examining a variety of forms of repression, and critically evaluating experiments with direct democracy. They will conclude by assessing the prospects of contemporary struggles for self-determination in an … 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.