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We will be digging a swale to capture rainwater and … Continued 12:00 pm Every Month is Black History Month Celebration: Fighting for Black Futures in the Ohlone Bay Area @ Driver Plaza Every Month is Black History Month Celebration: Fighting for Black Futures in the Ohlone Bay Area @ Driver Plaza Mar 20 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets VISIT THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE Hosted by: Aunti Frances and the Self-Help Hunger Program, a self-determined food justice group “We are here, we ain’t leavin’, so let’s break bread together!” We will be celebrating Black History by celebrating it all year ’round: from the revolutionary events of Black August to the current struggles and organizing of people at Driver Plaza to resist gentrification. Let’s fight for Black Futures in the Ohlone Bay Area by celebrating through food, culture, story-telling, history and community! *Come through and enjoy BBQ, speakers from different … 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 Mar 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Tickets The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near 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 every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … Continued 5:00 pm Gill Tract Vigil: Join Us in a Moment of Mourning @ Gill Tract Gill Tract Vigil: Join Us in a Moment of Mourning @ Gill Tract Mar 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets On the heels of continuing development on the Southernmost portion of the Gill Tract, we invite you to join us for a VIGIL (at the end of the Permaculture Action Day on the Farm). Let’s MOURN together the destruction that UC Berkeley insists on carrying on, the loss of arable soil & its accompanying beneficial biology, and the many attacks on Mother Nature all over the globe. Let’s take this moment to express our SORROW while watching over the land in PROTECTION, knowing that this community gathering will STRENGTHEN us … Continued	6:00 pm Occupy Forum: Indigenous and Tribal Issues. @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor Occupy Forum: Indigenous and Tribal Issues. @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor Mar 21 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OccupyForum presents… Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Indigenous and Tribal Issues in the United States and around the world: Regarding Sovereignty and Self-Government with Deni Leonard The issues of Indigenous Sovereignty relate directly to the colonization of all Indigenous peoples around the world. The pathology of the predatory hegemonic imperialism of Western consciousness has been the experience of all contacts with Indigenous people, based on the assimilation to Bankrupt … Continued 7:00 pm Berkeley Copwatch Meeting @ Grassroots House Berkeley Copwatch Meeting @ Grassroots House Mar 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Meetings held Mondays at 7:00 PM Excepting Monday March 7, when we will meet at 8:15 PM. Come one, come all! VOLUNTEER NOW!!! If you would like to go out on Copwatch shifts, work in our office, create art, become a Know Your Rights Trainer or help us out in other ways, WE NEED YOU! Send us an e-mail, subscribe to our email list, call our office or just come to our weekly meetings on Mondays, 2022 Blake Street, Berkeley or our weekly office hours on Wednesdays from 6:00pm – … Continued	1:00 pm Tell Oakland: STOP Gutting Affordable Housing Funding! @ City Hall steps, Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Tell Oakland: STOP Gutting Affordable Housing Funding! @ City Hall steps, Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Mar 22 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets On Friday, March 11, the City Staff published two reports for the Community and Economic Development Committee. One dealt with the proposed Impact Fee ordinance and another dealt with the reprogramming of funds originally budgeted for new affordable housing. The changes proposed in these reports threaten to gut much-needed funding for affordable housing for low-income Oakland workers and residents and disproportionately impact communities of color. Will you contact Mayor Schaaf, Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan, and your council member? (sample email). Will you attend the Prayer Vigil and Committee meeting next Tuesday? … Continued 6:00 pm Teach In on Employee Handbook Basics for Worker Coops & Social Enterprises @ Alchemy Collective Cafe Teach In on Employee Handbook Basics for Worker Coops & Social Enterprises @ Alchemy Collective Cafe Mar 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Please join SELC, the East Bay Community Law Center, and NoBAWC on Tuesday, March 22 in Berkeley for a participatory training and Q&A with legal experts on employee handbook basics for democratically run, worker-centered businesses. In this teach-in on employee handbook basics for worker cooperatives, nonprofits, and other social enterprises, we will discuss a short list of essential policies for employee handbooks and why your organization should have them, especially from a legal and risk management perspective. After a short training, we will have an open discussion about novel employee … Continued 6:30 pm Liberated Lens Film Night: The Story of Ella Baker @ Omni Commons Liberated Lens Film Night: The Story of Ella Baker @ Omni Commons Mar 22 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 60677 6:30 pm Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting @ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting @ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall Mar 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us to fight for a livable wage for all Bay Area workers! We collaborate in principled reflection and action on what the Bay Area livable wage would be and where we are at on the right to a livable wage. The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds Community and Power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. Our work together encompasses: (1) The concerns of precarious, care and contingent workers, (2) Campaigns to improve wages for low wage workers, and (3) Efforts by … Continued	9:00 am Court Support for Nailah @ Wiley Manuel Court House, Dept 108 Court Support for Nailah @ Wiley Manuel Court House, Dept 108 Mar 23 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am Tickets Come out to Wiley Manuel Dept 108 on Wednesday March 23rd at 9am to support Nailah who is currently facing charges after the wave of resistance in solidarity with ferguson. 60567 6:00 pm Participatory Budgeting Workshop @ Oakland City Hall Participatory Budgeting Workshop @ Oakland City Hall Mar 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Participatory Budgeting Workshop at Oakland City Hall, March 23rd, 6-8pm.— CDP-Oakland (@OAKCDP) March 16, 2016 60667 6:00 pm Solidarity with CA Prisoners: An Evening of Spoken Word and Discussion @ Niebyl Proctor Library Solidarity with CA Prisoners: An Evening of Spoken Word and Discussion @ Niebyl Proctor Library Mar 23 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets March 23: HIP HOP FOR CHANGE and PHSS Event Please join Hip Hop for Change and Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition (PHSS) for an evening of powerful Spoken Word and discussion from 6pm to 9pm at the Niebyl-Proctor Library in Oakland, CA. This event is in solidarity with the CA prisoners who challenged the torture of solitary confinement and created the historic Agreement to End Hostilities. We hope to help cultivate strong community connections inside and outside prisons and grow community support in the prisoner class struggle. The work to … Continued 7:00 pm Double Feature: Two Social Action Documentaries. @ Humanist Hall Double Feature: Two Social Action Documentaries. @ Humanist Hall Mar 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments & social half hour at 7:00 pm, followed by the films at 7:30 pm, followed by optional discussion after the films. DOUBLE FEATURE First Film LOOK UP! A SOCIAL ACTION DOCUMENTARY By George Barnes Second Film GEOENGINEERING DANGERS DICUSSED BY OFFICIALS, AGENCY SCIENTISTS, AND OTHER EXPERTS. by Dane Wigington For a description of this film, see the website at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daGuPLXVunQ Humanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street60678	9:00 am Court Support for Janye! @ Superior Court of California County of Alameda, Dept 209 Court Support for Janye! @ Superior Court of California County of Alameda, Dept 209 Mar 24 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Come out and support Janye in court! Rene C. Davidson courthouse, department 11. Urgent Support Needed for what MIGHT be Janye’s final court date this thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is facing almost certain jail time on a case with no solid evidence, please come show the DA that Janye has a COMMUNITY who CARES for him and will FIGHT for him! Your presence could make the difference between a multi-year sentence and a multi-month sentence with probation!!! COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR COMRADE! Background. More background.60566 11:00 am Press Conference: Oakland Justice Coalition and 3 Ballot Initiatives @ City Hall Steps, Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Press Conference: Oakland Justice Coalition and 3 Ballot Initiatives @ City Hall Steps, Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Mar 24 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Unions and Grassroots Groups to Unite for 2016 Oakland Elections Oakland Justice Coalition to Support Three Key Ballot Measures on Housing, Police and Workers’ Rights Oakland — This Thursday the Oakland Justice Coalition will launch their effort to support progressive ballot initiatives and candidates in 2016, uniting a diverse coalition of groups around shared priorities. The Coalition will outline their plan to achieve huge wins for three key 2016 ballot measures through collaboration and solidarity across struggles. WHO: The Oakland Justice Coalition includes the National Union of Healthcare Workers, the … Continued 12:00 pm Boycott Driscoll’s Tour – Oakland @ Place For Sustainable Living Boycott Driscoll’s Tour – Oakland @ Place For Sustainable Living Mar 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Farm workers and allies from Familias Unidas por la Justicia union in the state of Washington have launched a west coast tour to share their stories about Injustice in the Sakuma Berry’s strawberry fields, and the important role we can all play in advancing the struggle by boycotting Driscolls. Join them at PLACE for Sustainable Living this Thursday at 12 to learn how to support the boycott of Driscolls berries. * Join the Boycott * Here are some resources from Familias Unidas por la Justicia: http://boycottsakumaberries.com/take-action/boycott-tool-kit/ * Other tour stops … Continued 5:00 pm No Coal in Oakland Meeting @ West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project No Coal in Oakland Meeting @ West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project Mar 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets We encourage all Oakland residents to attend the weekly No Coal in Oakland meeting. Up until its February 16th meeting, the position of a majority of Oakland City Council members on permitting coal shipment from the city’s port may have been in doubt. Even now the proposal remains on the table. But at that meeting, council members took concrete steps toward banning coal exports once and for all. Thanks to the efforts of Mayor Libby Schaff, local clergy, State Senator Loni Hancock, and community activists, the Council has signaled its … Continued 6:00 pm JOIN JUSTICE 4 MARIO WOODS IN THE BAYVIEW @ Joseph Lee Gym JOIN JUSTICE 4 MARIO WOODS IN THE BAYVIEW @ Joseph Lee Gym Mar 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets On December 2nd, 26-year-old Mario Woods was murdered execution style by 5 police officers who discharged 40 rounds, hitting Mario 20+ times. Chief Suhr stnds by this racist murder and refuses to hold his officers accountable. Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition will be holding a Townhall meeting at Joseph Lee Gym in the Bayview. Our purpose is to show the community the original footage of the murder of Our Brother Our Son Mario Woods. We will share with the community our demands: Fire Chief Suhr or he resigns The cops … Continued 7:30 pm Film Premier: Can You Dig This? @ California Theater Film Premier: Can You Dig This? @ California Theater Mar 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Local Premier: One Night Only! Reserve tickets before March 13th to make this screening happen. Calling for people to put down their guns and pick up shovels, these “gangster gardeners” are creating an oasis in one of the most notorious places in America. Online only, no tickets available at the theater. Facebook.com/CanYouDigThisFilm @CanYouDigThisFilm #plantsomeshit60601	12:00 pm “The Crucifixion Continues” Good Friday Action @ Oakland City Hall steps, Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater “The Crucifixion Continues” Good Friday Action @ Oakland City Hall steps, Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Mar 25 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets We recognize that crucifixion is not a thing of the past–that God’s children all over the world are still being brutalized and killed because they draw attention to an unjust status quo, sometimes by their actions and often simply because of who they are. From Oakland to Ferguson to Honduras, the crucifixion continues. (And Christianity has been complicit in much of it.) The cross is not first and foremost a religious symbol; it is a symbol of state-sponsored and state-sanctioned terror. In the New Jim Crow America, the Body of … Continued 7:00 pm Selma James speaking on Caregiving: An Anti-Capitalist Perspective @ Omni Commons Selma James speaking on Caregiving: An Anti-Capitalist Perspective @ Omni Commons Mar 25 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets … making caregiving central redirects economic and social policies towards survival, health and well-being – for every individual and for the planet which sustains us all. It puts caregiving at the center so that the economy is at the service of human beings, not human beings at the service of the economy. This would transform all social and political decisions – economic growth, the length of the working day, technology, war…. London-based Selma James is an internationally known speaker, author & organizer. Founder of the Wages for Housework Campaign, … Continued ◢ 11:00 pm 8th Annual Feed The People international weekend – SF 8th Annual Feed The People international weekend – SF Mar 25 @ 11:00 pm – Mar 26 @ 12:00 am Tickets For the fourth year Kenneth Harding Jr Foundation will represent San Francisco for FTP weekend, this year Kiss My Black Arts collective will be co-hosting. More details to come please check the event website. KHJF will donate coats and is asking for community help to provide lunches, other food and hygiene products.60620	◤ ◢ 12:00 am 8th Annual Feed The People international weekend – SF 8th Annual Feed The People international weekend – SF Mar 26 @ 12:00 am – Mar 27 @ 12:00 am Tickets For the fourth year Kenneth Harding Jr Foundation will represent San Francisco for FTP weekend, this year Kiss My Black Arts collective will be co-hosting. More details to come please check the event website. KHJF will donate coats and is asking for community help to provide lunches, other food and hygiene products.60620 2:00 pm KPFA Community Input Meeting @ Tarea Hall Pittman South Berkeley Public Library KPFA Community Input Meeting @ Tarea Hall Pittman South Berkeley Public Library Mar 26 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets KPFA Community Input Meeting Join the KPFA Community Advisory Board for a lively exchange among KPFA programmers, staff, activists, writers, artists, musicians and listeners from throughout the KPFA signal range. This is an opportunity to share conversations and proposals about how KPFA 94.1 FM and kpfa.org can address the issues that you and your organizations care about. Topics from past meetings have included coverage of escalating political, social, housing and racial injustice, economic and environmental issues, and representation of alternative culture. The Community Advisory Board wants to hear your ideas … Continued 2:30 pm Alameda Rent Control Ballot Initiative Signature Gathering @ FIREFIGHTERS' UNION HALL Alameda Rent Control Ballot Initiative Signature Gathering @ FIREFIGHTERS' UNION HALL Mar 26 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets BE THERE THIS SATURDAY — TEAM ASSIGNMENTS, TRAINING! WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS! Thousands of qualified voter signatures are required to put our Charter Amendment on the NOVEMBER BALLOT! BRING A FRIEND. TIME IS SHORT! We have only four weeks to gather thousands of VALID SIGNATURES. PETITIONS are being printed. We have petitions! Come to the Firemans Hall, 2027 Clement at 2:30 for training and start collecting signatures! #Stabilize Alameda!— Alameda Renters (@Alameda_Renters) March 25, 2016 60711 8:00 pm Berkeley Copwatch: JOIN US FOR A SHIFT: MASS COPWATCHING Berkeley Copwatch: JOIN US FOR A SHIFT: MASS COPWATCHING Mar 26 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets JOIN US FOR A SHIFT: MASS COPWATCHING · Friday March 11, 8 PM – 11 PM · Thursday March 17, 5 PM – 7 PM · Saturday March 26, 8 PM – 11 PM Since October 2015, Berkeley Copwatch has been holding “mass copwatch” events that invite folks to join us for a shift. It’s been fun and very empowering to have a group of copwatchers patrolling our city and on the scene when police stop people. This month we have three shifts scheduled. The Thursday shift will likely be … Continued

Week of March 20

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.