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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 3:00 pm CANCELLED: Open Circle: Now Meeting Once a Month on the 4th Sunday. @ Omni Commons CANCELLED: Open Circle: Now Meeting Once a Month on the 4th Sunday. @ Omni Commons May 8 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Now meeting once a month, on the fourth Sunday, instead of twice a month. 59204 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 May 8 @ 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	8:00 am General Strike SF: in Honor of the Frisco Five @ San Francisco City Hall General Strike SF: in Honor of the Frisco Five @ San Francisco City Hall May 9 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets With all your love, share and share far and wide: General Strike, San Francisco, Monday, May 9, 2016 We, the people, invite you to join us for an unprecedented historical moment: a general strike of San Francisco this Monday, May 9, 2016. In honor of the Frisco Five Hunger Strikers and against SFPD killings of our brothers, we urge you to strike from work and school and to boycott any corporate restaurant eating and purchasing. The time is ripe, and your action is needed now. Because of the Mayor’s unwillingness … Continued 5:00 pm Occupella: Tax the Rich Weekly Rally @ In front of the old Oaks Theater Occupella: Tax the Rich Weekly Rally @ In front of the old Oaks Theater May 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Sing for an hour on Solano Avenue at the old Oaks Theater, Berkeley.60835 5:00 pm Will Oakland Ban Petroleum Exports? @ Oakland City Hall Will Oakland Ban Petroleum Exports? @ Oakland City Hall May 9 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Come tell the City Council to ban exports of crude oil, fuel oils, and gasoline — as well as coal — from the new Oakland Bulk and Oversize Terminal (OBOT). The City Council has announced it will hold a hearing May 9 to consider this expanded fossil-fuel ban at OBOT, the marine terminal that is the focus of the campaign to keep coal out of Oakland. We don’t yet know who will be providing expert testimony. But certainly everyone who cares about local health and safety and global climate change –- … Continued 5:30 pm Final Hearing on Transparency, Accountability and Fairness in Law Enforcement in SF @ Buriel Clay Theater Final Hearing on Transparency, Accountability and Fairness in Law Enforcement in SF @ Buriel Clay Theater May 9 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets @MLNow @48hills @sfexaminer @sfchronicle @sjmercnews @EastBayTimes #SFPD pic.twitter.com/TY0lC1STEd— Mary Kelly Persyn (@mkpersyn) May 7, 2016 60929 6:00 pm OccupyForum: “You’re Under Arrest for Masterminding the Egyptian Revolution” @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor OccupyForum: “You’re Under Arrest for Masterminding the Egyptian Revolution” @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor May 9 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Ahmed Salah was imprisoned, tortured and nearly killed by the Egyptian authorities. After making it out of the country he was born in, by sheer luck, Salah’s memoir of co-designing and implementing the Egyptian revolution during the “Arab Spring” was published on April 4th, 2016. Salah will discuss his newly released book, and field questions and dialogue. For more event information: https://www.facebook.com/events/115739705491611/60931 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room May 9 @ 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 7:30 pm The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program @ First Congregational Church The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program @ First Congregational Church May 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets The Assassination Complex reveals stunning details of the government’s secretive and horrific drone warfare program, based on documents supplied by a confidential source in the intelligence community. Drones are a tool, not a policy. The policy is assassination. Proponents of drone warfare, however, prefer the term “targeted killings.” But drone strikes Frequently kill people who are not the intended target. Unless it can be proven otherwise, the government refers to these unintended victims as “enemies killed in action.” These deaths – all too often of women and children – dwarf … Continued		11:00 am SFPD: Abuse of Power Emergency Press Conference @ Hall of (In)Justice SFPD: Abuse of Power Emergency Press Conference @ Hall of (In)Justice May 11 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition With John Burris Law Office, Jeff Adachi, Alex Nieto Coalition Frisco 5, Amilcar Perez Lopez Coalition, SEIU 1021… Facebook event.60952 5:30 pm San Francisco Police Commission Meeting – Fire Chief Suhr! @ San Francisco City Hall, Rm 400 San Francisco Police Commission Meeting – Fire Chief Suhr! @ San Francisco City Hall, Rm 400 May 11 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Wed at 5:30 police commission meeting. Everyone come out. #FireChiefSuhr #BlueRibbon pic.twitter.com/GJEUSDWunP— mary mad (@marymad) May 10, 2016 60945 5:30 pm SF Police Commission Meeting @ SF City Hall SF Police Commission Meeting @ SF City Hall May 11 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets SF POLICE COMMISSION MEETINGTonight, 5:30pm, SF City Hall#frisco5 #frisco500 #firechiefsuhr— Equipto (@EQUIPTO) May 11, 2016 Personally let Chief Greg Suhr and the Police Commission know you proudly and courageously stand in solidarity with and support the FRISCO 5’s demand. Calling all FRISCO 500. This is a public meeting to hear and speak to Police Chief Greg Suhr and the SF Police Commission. Come get informed and involved. Support your community and let your voices be heard loud and clear. Spread the word. 60955 6:30 pm Coalition for Police Accountability Meeting @ Pueblo Office Coalition for Police Accountability Meeting @ Pueblo Office May 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets This might turn out to be our last meeting EVER due to recent developments. Please make attending a priority. Agenda: 1. Council process for placing our measure on the ballot and OPOA/City Attorney push back 2. Signature gathering 3. Coalition effectiveness: how are we doing? What needs to change moving forward? Can we unite with the Black Lives Matters folks to mobilize large numbers? 60954 7:00 pm Discussion: Two Sides of Sanders’ Campaign and Capitalist Elections @ Workers Discussion: Two Sides of Sanders’ Campaign and Capitalist Elections @ Workers May 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join a discussion on the Sanders campaign, capitalist elections, socialism and the mass movement. We will start by reviewing an article published in the Workers World Newspaper entitled “Two sides of the Sanders Campaign” by Fred Goldstein: http://www.workers.org/2016/03/21/two-sides-of-the-sanders-campaign/60915 7:00 pm Liberty City – Berkeley Police Review Commission @ South Berkeley Senior Center Liberty City – Berkeley Police Review Commission @ South Berkeley Senior Center May 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Liberty City, the protest organized by First They Came for the Homeless against anti-homeless ordinances considered and ultimately passed by the Berkeley City Council, was swept away by the Berkeley Police in late December. The Police Review Commission will take up the matter. Details to follow.60910	10:30 am #Frisco5 Press Conference @ Mission Station #Frisco5 Press Conference @ Mission Station May 12 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am Tickets THURSDAY: #FRISCO5 PRESS CONFERENCE at Mission Station 630 Valencia St, SF, CA. 10:30 AM @ShaunKing #FIRECHIEFSUHR #RECALLEDLEE— OccupythePort (@occupytheport) May 11, 2016 60956 6:30 pm Free Screening: “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change,” @ La Pena Free Screening: “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change,” @ La Pena May 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change,” by Josh Fox, documents the effects of climate change and the fossil fuel industry in the Amazon and around the world. Our ally Amazon Watch supported Josh by accompanying him and his crew to produce this firsthand account. Stay after the film for a Q&A with filmmaker Josh Fox, environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, and Leila Salazar-López of Amazon Watch. Gabriel Mayers, a musician featured in the film, will also perform. ` 60959 7:00 pm FILM SCREENING: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall FILM SCREENING: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall May 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets “This Changes Everything” is the great critically acclaimed film inspired by Naomi Klein’s book and directed by Avi Lewis about how the challenges of climate change can lead us to a post-fossil fuel, post-capitalist future. This is an ultimately encouraging film, which everyone must as most if not all people do care about justice. The film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Interwoven with these stories … Continued	8:00 pm Neighborhood Copwatch in Berkeley Neighborhood Copwatch in Berkeley May 13 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets MAY COPWATCH DAYS AND TIMES – FRIDAY 5/6 – 8pm – FRIDAY 5/13 – 8pm – SATURDAY 5/21 – 8pm – FRIDAY 5/27 – 8pm You’re invited to join Berkeley Copwatch on one of our weekly copwatch shifts. We’ll be out in the streets witnessing and documenting police activity and doing outreach. No experience is required – we’ll train you in the essentials for documenting police activity and staying safe in the process. DETAILS: * Please RSVP (no deadline) by calling/texting 510-224-5950 or emailing CRivka@sonic.net to let us know which … Continued	1:00 pm A History of the Poor People’s Campaign in Real Time A History of the Poor People’s Campaign in Real Time May 14 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets May 14, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, 1-5pm Using news photographs, memorabilia, reconstructed objects, documentary fragments, and original documents, contemporary artist Kate Haug re-tells the story of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last monumental social protest prior to his assassination. The exhibition features images and objects culled from Haug’s extensive research in the archives of the Associated Press, the popular press, and eBay, which have not been seen together before, bringing to life the complex ambition of King’s vision. … Continued 1:00 pm Film Screening: El Canto del Colibrí @ Eastside Arts Alliance Film Screening: El Canto del Colibrí @ Eastside Arts Alliance May 14 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Film Screening: El Canto del Colibrí El Canto del Colibrí es un nuevo documental que explora las relaciones entre padres Latinos inmigrantes y sus hijxs y familia LGBTQ. Ven a disfrutar comida deliciosa, ver el documental, conectarte con organizaciones LGBTQ en Oakland, y platicar sobre temas importantes en nuestras comunidades. The film El Canto del Colibrí is a new documentary exploring the relationships between Latino immigrant fathers and their LGBTQ family members. Come enjoy delicious food, watch the documentary, meet LGBTQ Latinx organizations in Oakland, and talk about important topics … Continued 1:00 pm Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting @ First African Methodist Episcopal Church Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting @ First African Methodist Episcopal Church May 14 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Facebook event. The next general meeting of the Oakland Justice Coalition. Join us to talk politics in Oakland, endorsements, campaigns, elections, ballot initiatives, canvassing, the Renters’ crisis in Oakland and next steps.60949 1:30 pm Film: Traces of the Trade @ Niles Discovery Church Film: Traces of the Trade @ Niles Discovery Church May 14 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets 60891 2:30 pm Alameda Renters Coalition Ballot Initiative Drive @ Firefighters Union Hall Alameda Renters Coalition Ballot Initiative Drive @ Firefighters Union Hall May 14 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets PETITION DRIVE COORDINATION AND TRAINING – WE NEED YOU! SATURDAY 2:30PM, May 14 FIREFIGHTERS’ UNION HALL 2027 Clement Street, Alameda. YES, WE NEED MORE SIGNATURES AND VOLUNTEERS!60966 6:00 pm Housing for All – Film Festival @ Omni Commons Housing for All – Film Festival @ Omni Commons May 14 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Liberated Lens hosts 2 days of films. Liberated Lens in collaboration with the Land Action 4 hosts 2 days of films, workshops and fun!! Bay Area social justice, activist organizations will be sharing their knowledge and experience throughout the festival and holding hands on activities in between the films. Films screening: 1) Shelter 2) Edible City: Grow the Revolution 3) Occupy the Farm A 2 day mini film fest benefit, showing a total of 4 activist/social justice films about various projects in the Bay Area. Directors and Producers of the … Continued 7:00 pm Second Saturday Open Mic & Sistar Cypher @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Second Saturday Open Mic & Sistar Cypher @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice May 14 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets 60950

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.