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All-day					Alan Blueford Birthday Celebration @ ABC4J Alan Blueford Birthday Celebration @ ABC4J Dec 18 all-day Tickets Alan’s Birthday Celebration🎂🎊🎁🎉 The Alan Blueford Foundation will be hosting Alan’s Holiday Birthday Gift giveaway. We will be giving gifts to family members that have lost loved ones in honor of Alan’s Birthday and the Holiday season. We can’t give Alan gifts, but we can give to those that struggle with lost and pain during this time of year. If you would like to donate toys, canned foods(non perishables),or monetary donations: Please contact Jeralynn Blueford at ABC4J , 2434 Telegraph Ave Donations will be collected on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s from 1-5pm at the center. … 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 32nd Monthly Interfaith Prayers for Victims and Survivors of Violence @ Baha'i Center 32nd Monthly Interfaith Prayers for Victims and Survivors of Violence @ Baha'i Center Dec 13 @ 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 breakfast.60052 1:00 pm Bill of Rights Day Celebration @ Impact Hub Bill of Rights Day Celebration @ Impact Hub Dec 13 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Oakland: Bill of Rights Day Celebration bill of rights day Tickets are limited. Please purchase yours below by Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. It’s been an amazing year, full of victories for all Californians! Come celebrate with us at our annual Bill of Rights Day. This year, we’ll be in Oakland at the Impact Hub, a coworking space for change-makers! After the program, enjoy appetizers and an open bar at the reception, honoring: Dorsey Nunn for his commitment to racial justice, especially in voting rights and for catalyzing the nation’s “ban … Continued 2:30 pm Emeryville Police with AR-15s: Are We Safer? – A Public Forum @ NUHW Hall Emeryville Police with AR-15s: Are We Safer? – A Public Forum @ NUHW Hall Dec 13 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets This public forum will examine the militarization of local police departments and the implications for public safety, inspired by the murder of Yuvette Henderson by the Emeryville Police Department. Yuvette was gunned down on February 2nd after being confronted by a security guard at Home Depot for alleged shoplifting. She died in a hail of gunfire by Emeryville police armed with AR-15 military-grade machine guns. Since that day, many in our community have asked – why does a small police department, patrolling a community of less than 11,000, need military-grade … Continued	9:00 am Court Support for Casey! @ Wiley Manuel Courthouse, Dept 104 Court Support for Casey! @ Wiley Manuel Courthouse, Dept 104 Dec 14 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Casey was arrested protesting at Old Berkeley City Hall on Monday, 12/7, for “lodging.” He had a hearing on Thursday at which the judge set bail at $2500, because he does not have a fixed place of residence and is therefore not “reliable enough” to be let out without bail. He has another hearing on Monday, 12/14, at 9:00 AM at Wiley Manuel, Rm 104. Casey’s attorney has written: Casey’s court date is Monday. Honestly, if there are folks willing to support him by coming to court, I know that … Continued 6:00 pm Occupy Forum: Movie Night: Where the Spirit Lives @ Global Exchange, 2nd Floor Occupy Forum: Movie Night: Where the Spirit Lives @ Global Exchange, 2nd Floor Dec 14 @ 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 Movie Night: “Where the Spirit Lives” A film about aboriginal life in Canadian residential schools Where the Spirit Lives (1989) is a drama about aboriginal children in Canada being taken from their tribes to attend residential schools for assimilation into majority culture. The Aboriginal Residential Schools were a network of “residential” (boarding) schools for Indigenous Canadians (First Nations or “Indians”; Métis and Inuit). … 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 Dec 14 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Come learn about continuing developments in the battle to 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. Since Federal Judge William Alsup’s ruling in April, 2015 after the Postal Service told the judge it is not currently selling the building, the Postal Service has remained silent and no further attempts at a sale have been attempted. But we’re not fooled. They could … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Dec 14 @ 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	2:00 pm No New Jail in SF! @ Room 250, San Francisco City Hall No New Jail in SF! @ Room 250, San Francisco City Hall Dec 15 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Our pressure is working — but we can’t let up now! Some factions are still pushing the jail. There are key events coming up for our fight in December. Will you join us in demanding that the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors halt their rush moves to push through the proposed jail? Mark your calendars and join us to speak out at the Board of Supervisors meeting against the new jail and for community care. Update 12/14 We are so close to stopping the new jail in San Francisco! … Continued 6:00 pm Anti-Displacement Allies Meeting @ ACCE Anti-Displacement Allies Meeting @ ACCE Dec 15 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets This is the third follow-up to the Anti-Displacement Forum that took place on Saturday, October 17. Join ACCE for an extended conversation on how to fight displacement and how YOU can be part of this important campaign to stop private speculation, fight for community land trusts, and enact strong rent control measures. Why an “allies” meeting? ACCE is grassroots multi-racial membership driven organization comprised of low-income residents in the flatlands of Oakland. Due to the size and scope of the displacement crisis right now, the purpose of the allies meeting … Continued 7:00 pm Berkeley City Council: Black Lives Matter Protest Report, Urban Shield, et al @ Old Berkeley City Hall Berkeley City Council: Black Lives Matter Protest Report, Urban Shield, et al @ Old Berkeley City Hall Dec 15 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets Next Tuesday’s Berkeley City Council meeting will be a critical one, on several fronts, for police accountability. Please make sure to attend and raise your voices for true change. * One year after the police assault on demonstrators proclaiming Black Lives Matter, the Council will finally hear recommendations from the Police Review Commission investigation. * Council will hold its annual vote on BPD agreements with law enforcement and military bodies. Community people are mobilizing to protest the relationships with NCRIC, the intelligence fusion center, and UASI, the funder of the … Continued 7:00 pm Panel on the TPP @ Humanist Hall Panel on the TPP @ Humanist Hall Dec 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club has scheduled an emergency meeting. The panel includes Xiomara Castro of Citizens Trade Campaign[www.citizenstrade.org] and Suzanne York of the Sierra Club. There will be time for questions and a discussion of effective responses. Refreshments will be provided, but there will be no potluck at this meeting. You do not have to be a member or a Democrat to attend. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the latest “free trade” deal that has just been finalized between the U.S. and 11 other countries that border the Pacific. It … Continued	9:30 am Showdown at the Air District. Fighting Climate Change Locally. Showdown at the Air District. Fighting Climate Change Locally. Dec 16 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Showdown at the Air District SAVE THE DATE! This is it, folks—the adoption hearing on Air District Staff’s deeply flawed refinery emission regulations. We are bitterly disappointed that voting members of the Board have been promised, and repeatedly denied, any real opportunity to consider a viable alternative that would actually cap greenhouse gases and their co-pollutants and keep tar sands out of the Bay Area. This is KXL 2.0. Climate activists, forget Paris. Our real struggle is here. Come prepared to deliver one- or two-minute testimony. And watch this space … Continued 6:00 pm Coalition for Police Accountability Meeting Coalition for Police Accountability Meeting Dec 16 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Agenda: 1. Re-cap of meetings w/Monitor, Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan 2. Strategic analysis for 2016: Council votes vs signature collection 3. Budget/infrastructure/501 c 4/fundraising: what must we do to succeed? 4. Voting procedures moving forward: how we will make decisions in 2016. 5. Political analysis (mapping): please read the attached poll that was conducted. Pay close attention to the differences from district to district on key issues. We will be doing an interactive mapping session that identifies our supporters, our opponents and those that are somewhere in between. We … Continued 7:00 pm SUDO Room Meeting @ Omni Commons SUDO Room Meeting @ Omni Commons Dec 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Our weekly meeting to get this hackerspace together, to provide a venue for those things that otherwise cannot be worked out through day-to-day practice. Potluck! (optional) – bring your own tasty dish! 60147 7:30 pm Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting @ Eastside Arts Alliance Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting @ Eastside Arts Alliance Dec 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Monthly APTP meeting, held on every 3rd Wednesday of the month. The Anti Police-Terror Project is a project of the ONYX ORGANIZING COMMITTEE that in coalition with other organizations like The Alan Blueford Center For Justice, Idriss Stelley Foundation, Community Ready Corps and Workers World 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.60041	10:00 am 17 2016 East Bay Anarchist Book & Conversation Event (EBAB) @ Humanist Hall 17 2016 East Bay Anarchist Book & Conversation Event (EBAB) @ Humanist Hall Dec 17 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets This year’s theme is Community: for good or ill. We willl be celebrating, defining, and exploring the concept and reality of community: the good and bad things about being part of a group of people who inspire, aggravate, and confound us. Recent Posts 62124 12:00 pm Sex Worker Rally and Press Conference @ Federal Bldg Sex Worker Rally and Press Conference @ Federal Bldg Dec 17 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Sex worker groups from around the Bay Area will convene for a press conference and rally outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif. They’ll be there to support a favorable decision in the lawsuit, ESPLERP v. Gascon. The suit, filed in February on behalf of several women and a man, seeks to topple California’s anti-prostitution statute, Section 647(b) of the Penal Code, on grounds that it is “fundamentally” unconstitutional. ESPLERP, formally known as the Erotic Service Providers Legal, Education and Research Project, hopes that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White will … Continued 6:00 pm Celebrate the Anniversary of the Return of the Cuban 5 @ BFUU Celebrate the Anniversary of the Return of the Cuban 5 @ BFUU Dec 17 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets (Potluck at 6:00, program starts at 7:00.) Join the SF Bay Area progressive community to commemorate the first anniversary of the historic return of the Cuban 5 and the announcement from both Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama of a new tage of relations between Cuba and the U.S. Also there will be an eyewitness report from the elections in Venezuela. Program will include: Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond City Council member; Teri Matsson, Task Force on the Americas; poetry by Nina Serrano; Vic Sadot will sing Phil Ochs’ “United Fruit”; and … Continued	11:00 am Press Conference: Fire Chief Suhr! @ Hall of (In)Justice Press Conference: Fire Chief Suhr! @ Hall of (In)Justice Dec 18 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Join us12/18 11 am, 850 Bryant press conference to fire Chief Suhr! Justice for #MarioWoods #BlackLivesMatter @Isa pic.twitter.com/oaiB6X26mb — Michelle Ann Schudel (@MichelleAnnSchu) December 17, 2015 60153 2:00 pm Stand with Arabs & Muslims: Rally & Press Conference @ San Francisco City Hall Stand with Arabs & Muslims: Rally & Press Conference @ San Francisco City Hall Dec 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets In recent weeks, we have witnessed a new wave of racist violence against Arabs, Muslims, and perceived Muslim communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Join us in challenging scapegoating and xenophobia, and demonstrating our commitment to upholding the dignity of communities in the Bay Area60136 6:00 pm Justice for Mario Woods! Shut it down! @ Chelsea Manning Plaza Justice for Mario Woods! Shut it down! @ Chelsea Manning Plaza Dec 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets 60138 7:00 pm Mass Copwatching Event with Berkeley Copwatch. @ Grassroots House Mass Copwatching Event with Berkeley Copwatch. @ Grassroots House Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets We observe and document all suspicious activities of our local law enforcement agencies. Come learn the art of copwatching and help out as we go out afterwards on our “neighborhood watch.” Pizza provided during debrief.59949	12:00 pm The Billion People March: Davis @ North End of Central Park The Billion People March: Davis @ North End of Central Park Dec 19 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets This is being organized in Davis as part of a nation-wide day of action: “On December 19th , let’s join a billion others around the globe in issuing a mandate: WE DEMAND A 1% TAX ON ALL STOCK TRADE TRANSACTIONS! Money in the capitalist casino needs to slooooowwww dooowwwn before it runs us off a cliff. One week following the Paris COP21 climate talks, one billion of us will flood the streets. We will no longer accept such a mockery of an effort to respect the earth! If you’re in … Continued

Week of December 13

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.