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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 6:00 pm Housing for All – Film Festival @ Omni Commons Housing for All – Film Festival @ Omni Commons May 15 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 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	11:30 am 10th Annual War Resisters and Conscientious Objectors Day 10th Annual War Resisters and Conscientious Objectors Day May 16 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Peace Flag raising ceremony, first at Civic Center flagpole at 2180 Milvia Street, corner of Allston Way and then at the flagpole at MLK, Jr. Civic Center Park, 2151 MLK, Jr. Way (between Center Street and Allston Way, across from Old City Hall), Berkeley With Conscientious Objectors and War Resisters from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars David Harris, Co-founder of The Resistance, the movement to Resist the Draft during the Vietnam War Bob Meola, Berkeley Peace and Justice … 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 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Sing for an hour on Solano Avenue at the old Oaks Theater, Berkeley.60835	7:00 pm Film Screening: Rezoning Harlem @ Omni Commons Film Screening: Rezoning Harlem @ Omni Commons May 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 60941	5:30 pm Spare Our Air 2! Community Forum @ St Mark's Church gym Spare Our Air 2! Community Forum @ St Mark's Church gym May 18 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is in the process of revising the rules for the five Bay Area refineries, whose hazardous emissions are responsible for the higher risk of dying from heart disease and strokes in surrounding communities. However, the current draft of the new rules could increase the amount polluters are allowed to emit, and if implemented, would allow refineries to process far dirtier crude such as Canadian tar sands. Communities at risk have joined with the refinery workers’ union, USW Local 5, to support an alternative rule that would cap the amount … Continued 6:00 pm Vigil for Amilcar Perez-Lopez @ Mission Police Station Vigil for Amilcar Perez-Lopez @ Mission Police Station May 18 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Vigil for #AmilcarPerezLopez at Mission Police station 6 pm every Wed til @GeorgeGascon announces if #sfpd charged pic.twitter.com/TiyAAbsH6F— Steve Rhodes (@tigerbeat) May 19, 2016 60982 6:30 pm The Criminalization of Resistance @ California Institute of Integral Studies, Room 306 The Criminalization of Resistance @ California Institute of Integral Studies, Room 306 May 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Let's talk about the criminalization of resistance. #apeoplesprimer pic.twitter.com/htP1EOPHGK— Dr Crystallee Crain (@crystalleecrain) May 18, 2016 60980 7:00 pm Ars Technica Live: A Conversation About Surveillance @ tiki bar Longitude Ars Technica Live: A Conversation About Surveillance @ tiki bar Longitude May 18 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Join Ars Technica writers and law professor Elizabeth Joh for a conversation about law enforcement surveillance technology. You can participate in the second episode of Ars Technica Live, a monthly interview series with fascinating people who work at the intersections of tech, science and culture. Filmed before a live audience in Oakland, each episode is a speculative, informal conversation between Ars Technica hosts Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar and an invited guest. The audience, drawn from Ars Technica’s readers, is also invited to join the conversation and ask questions. These … Continued	5:00 pm Enough is Enough – Vigil at SF City Hall. #SayHerName. @ San Francisco City Hall steps Enough is Enough – Vigil at SF City Hall. #SayHerName. @ San Francisco City Hall steps May 19 @ 5:00 pm – 11:45 pm Tickets Enough is enough! We are asking the community to join #frisco500 at 5 pm SF city hall and hold a vigil until the mayor #firechiefsuhr— HungerForJusticeSF (@hngr4justicesf) May 19, 2016 60986 6:00 pm Solitary Confinement (SHU) Advocacy Post Ashker Case @ ACLU Solitary Confinement (SHU) Advocacy Post Ashker Case @ ACLU May 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets RSVP and send questions here tinyurl.com/Walls-Pre-Training-Survey -1.5 hours General CLE credit (We ask attorneys to make a donation of $30 to support the work of the Prisoner Advocacy Network; no one will be turned away.) -This training will teach participants about the Ashker v. Governor settlement and strategies for advocating for and with people still enduring solitary confinement or retaliation due to political activity and/or alleged gang activity. Trainers will focus on strategies for successfully advocating with and on behalf of people in SHU or otherwise related to the Ashker … Continued 8:30 pm Vigil at Site of SFPD’s Latest Extrajudicial Execution Vigil at Site of SFPD’s Latest Extrajudicial Execution May 19 @ 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm Tickets SF City Hall at 5:00. Vigil at 8:30 pm Shafter Ave & Elmira St, San Francisco, CA 94124 @BLMBAYAREA @last3% @CatsCommentary @TheFrisco5— Anti Police-Terror (@APTPaction) May 19, 2016 Today, an SFPD sergeant shot and killed a 27 year-old Black woman and her unborn child who were in a car in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. These are all the details we have right now. This is the same neighborhood where a sergeant recently expressed a desire to kill Black people. At 5:00, Mama Christina from the Black and Brown … Continued	9:00 am Land Action 4: Motion to Dismiss, Pre-Trial Hearing. Court Support. @ Rene Davidson Courthouse, Dept 10 Land Action 4: Motion to Dismiss, Pre-Trial Hearing. Court Support. @ Rene Davidson Courthouse, Dept 10 May 20 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets You know that old saying, “third times a charm…” Well, this will be the 3rd time that all of you have come out to show your immense support of the Land Action 4 and this huge, grass-roots, housing rights movement. On MAY 20th, at 9am in DEPT 10 of the RENE C DAVIDSON COURTHOUSE The Land Action 4 have been promised a full half-day of the court’s time and an entire courtroom to ourselves!!! This is really huge!! Our legal defense team, with Tony Serra leading the charge, will present … Continued 7:00 pm Documentary Film: Care not Cages @ First Unitarian Church of Oakland Documentary Film: Care not Cages @ First Unitarian Church of Oakland May 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Care Not Cages: 40 minute documentary film and panel discussion on the use of Solitary Confinement. The film Breaking Down the Box examines the mental health, racial justice and human rights implications of the use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons. Panelists will include Laura Magnani, director of American Friends Service Committee’s Bay Area Healing Justice Program. Author of “America’s First Penitentiary: A 200 Year Old Failure and co-author of “Beyond Prisons: A New Interfaith Paradigm for Our Failed Prison System.” Jennifer Kim, Esq. Director of Programs for the Ella … Continued 7:00 pm Film: Care Not Cages: Breaking Down the Box @ Unitarian Church Film: Care Not Cages: Breaking Down the Box @ Unitarian Church May 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join us for the 30 minute film BREAKING DOWN THE BOX followed by an update on California solitary confinement by Laura Magnani of AFSC’s Healing Justice program. Jennifer Kim, Esq. Director of Programs for the Ella Baker Center will discuss the legislation on confinement and isolation for youth. Before and after, step into the mock solitary confinement booth to experience the dimensions of the solitary world. Learn how you can help. Childcare available with 48 hour advance notice. This is a FRAGRANCE FREE event. For more information or to request … Continued	11:00 am Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival @ San Antonio Park Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival @ San Antonio Park May 21 @ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm Tickets 60996 12:00 pm Alameda Renters Coalition: We Need You to Collect Signatures. Alameda Renters Coalition: We Need You to Collect Signatures. May 21 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Click the button at this link and let us know when you can go get some signatures. We are approaching the end of our time to submit our initiative, and we need to get as many signatures as possible to make sure it qualifies! Collecting signatures all week. Here is Saturday’s schedule: 5/21/2016, Saturday Lucky’s 12-3p Sign-up! 3-6p … Continued 12:00 pm March Against Monsanto @ Meet at the wooden platform by the water at Embarcadero and North Point in San Francisco, CA March Against Monsanto @ Meet at the wooden platform by the water at Embarcadero and North Point in San Francisco, CA May 21 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Join this 5th annual global day of action to show solidarity together across the earth between the people, the creatures, and the land. Join the global march and movement and help co-create a better world for us and the generations to come! Come dressed like your favorite creature in need of representation against the Big Agro-Chemical Industry E.g. Bees, Salmon, Butterflies, Bats, Frogs, etc! Bring the whole family! We will meet at NOON at the wooden platform at Embarcadero and North Point in San Francisco, California. Lets make some noise … 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 21 @ 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 Protect Yourself Against Undercover Cops, Informants and Cooperating Witnesses @ The Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics Protect Yourself Against Undercover Cops, Informants and Cooperating Witnesses @ The Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics May 21 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Join AROC in partnership with the National Lawyers’ Guild-SF and the Electronic Frontier Foundation for: AROC Community Defense Training Protect Yourself Against Undercover Cops, Informants and Cooperating Witnesses This training is intended for youth, families and activists in the broader community. Come learn about ways to protect yourself, friends and community with digital security, what to do if you or someone you know are visited by law enforcement, or if someone feels that they are being targeted for their political activity. RSVP by emailing info@araborganizing.org or calling 415-861-7444. 60926 1:00 pm West Oakland Picnic for a Safe, Clean, Affordable Neighborhood @ Defemery Park West Oakland Picnic for a Safe, Clean, Affordable Neighborhood @ Defemery Park May 21 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets We have the right to clean air. We have the right to safe neighborhoods. We have the right to stay in our homes. West Oakland can make it happen. We can make our community healthy and safe for everyone and find ways to make it affordable for friends and family to stay. But not if we don’t Stop the Coal Trains from coming through Oakland, one more bad idea pushed on us by greedy developers. We need a livable West Oakland, not one polluted with toxic coal dust and diesel exhaust. … Continued 4:00 pm SOLITARY MAN – My Visit to Pelican Bay State Prison SOLITARY MAN – My Visit to Pelican Bay State Prison May 21 @ 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Written and performed by Charlie Hinton, Directed by Mark Kenward, Music by Fred Johnson Charlie created Solitary Man based on letters and visits with people in Pelican Bay SHU/solitary confinement. The show is set in November 2014, a year after the largest prisoner hunger strike in history. Charlie says, “I want this show to gain an audience and become one more voice calling for the end of mass incarceration and solitary confinement.” After the performance, we will have an update and discuss how and why the men in Pelican Bay … Continued

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.