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All-day Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley @ Downtown & MLK Park Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley @ Downtown & MLK Park Jun 5 all-day Tickets On the weekend of June 4th and 5th, 2016, the Bay Area Book Festival will once again fill downtown Berkeley with a literary extravaganza that offers pleasure to anyone who has ever loved a book. Whether you’re a fan of food writing or poetry or science fiction or children’s literature or biography, come experience one of the best book festivals on the planet. Free to the public!61011 Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley @ Downtown & MLK Park Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley @ Downtown & MLK Park Jun 5 all-day Tickets On the weekend of June 4th and 5th, 2016, the Bay Area Book Festival will once again fill downtown Berkeley with a literary extravaganza that offers pleasure to anyone who has ever loved a book. Whether you’re a fan of food writing or poetry or science fiction or children’s literature or biography, come experience one of the best book festivals on the planet. Free to the public!61012
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 9:00 am COINTELPRO Then and Now: Breakfast Forum @ First Unitarian Universalist Church, Martin Luther King room COINTELPRO Then and Now: Breakfast Forum @ First Unitarian Universalist Church, Martin Luther King room Jun 5 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets “COINTELPRO Then and Now” with Claude Marks and Nathaniel Moore of the Freedom Archives COINTELPRO is the FBI’s secret and illegal program to undermine and destroy popular movements for social justice that swept the US, beginning with the early civil rights movement and Puerto Rican independence movement in the 1950s, continuing to the 1960s/1970s. Orders to misdirect, discredit, disrupt, and neutralize progressive and radical organizations and leaders, up to and including outright assassination of leaders resulted. 9:00: Coffee/socializing. Breakfast is available for nominal fee. 9:30: Program 10:30: Questions, Comments, … Continued 12:00 pm A fundraiser for Critical Resistance, Oakland @ Linden St. Brewery, #7 A fundraiser for Critical Resistance, Oakland @ Linden St. Brewery, #7 Jun 5 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Reem’s will be popping up at Linden Street Brewery every other Sunday, and will partner with local organizations to support their work. Critical Resistance Oakland is this Sunday’s partner, and will receive 10% of sales. Join us for freshly baked Arab street food while supporting the fight against he prison industrial complex.61048 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 Jun 5 @ 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 6:00 pm ‘The Box’ Fundraiser at Cala ‘The Box’ Fundraiser at Cala Jun 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets In less than a month rehearsals for The Box, Sarah Shourd’s play about solitary confinement, will commence. The show will run at Z Space for a total of 22 performances from July 8th to 30th. If we fill the house every night over 5,000 people see this play, elevating the brave and tragic stories of people fighting for justice on the front lines in this country. We’re almost there, but we still need your help. Cala, a new, seafood-centric Mexican restaurant in San Francisco that employs formerly incarcerated people is stepping … Continued	7:00 pm Memorial for “Midnight” Matt Dodt @ Omni Commons Memorial for “Midnight” Matt Dodt @ Omni Commons Jun 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Midnight Matt is gone. Matt was there many nights at the Post Office protest, providing his quiet solid security presence, filming during raids and bringing loads of food in the big wooden box on his bike. I had a sorrowful surprise on Friday last…Matt Dodt died of a massive heart attack while working on a construction job in San Francisco. Except for some pains that might have been angina pectoralis last month, he had no prior history of cardiac trouble and was a strong, worker with a can do spirit. … Continued		5:00 pm Coalition for Police Accountability Meeting @ PUEBLO Coalition for Police Accountability Meeting @ PUEBLO Jun 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets This is prime time folks. We have between now and early July to qualify our ballot initiative for an independent, empowered Police Commission for the November 2016 ballot. We need everyone to contribute if we are to succeed! 61025 5:30 pm Code Pink’s Weekly Peace Vigil @ on the steps in front of Senator Diane Feinstein's office Code Pink’s Weekly Peace Vigil @ on the steps in front of Senator Diane Feinstein's office Jun 8 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets JOIN CODEPINK, WORLD CAN’T WAIT, OCCUPYSF Action Council and others at the huge PEACE banner Feel free to bring your own signage, photos, flyers, …Additional signs and flyers provided. Stand (or sit) with us and the huge PEACE banner. On the steps facing Market Street, below Feinstein’s office, Directly above the Montgomery BART/Muni station.61071 6:00 pm Occupy the Farm Stewardship Assembly @ Gill Tract Occupy the Farm Stewardship Assembly @ Gill Tract Jun 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Excavation has begun for a grocery store on part of the Gill Tract. But Occupy the Farm and its allies are still fighting to preserve the whole 20-acre plot for urban agriculture. Occupy the Farm has been growing food and advocating to maintain this UC-Berkeley-owned patch of historic farmland for four years. On Earth Day 2012 the group began occupying and gardening part of the site, located along San Pablo Ave on the border between Berkeley and Albany. The university has leased land on the southern half of the site to the Sprouts … Continued 7:00 pm Eastbay Homes Not Jails @ Omni Commons Eastbay Homes Not Jails @ Omni Commons Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Open as MANY homes as possible… Hold them as long as possible… 61035 7:00 pm Introduction to SURJ @ SEIU - 2nd floor Introduction to SURJ @ SEIU - 2nd floor Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Our next Intro to SURJ Meeting. Come learn about our mission and goals and the work of our ongoing committees – Basebuilding, Communications, Fundraising, Mobilization, San Francisco, and Youth and Families.61090	9:30 am Fight Santa Rita Jail Expansion @ Alameda County Bldg Fight Santa Rita Jail Expansion @ Alameda County Bldg Jun 9 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets TURN UP with us at the June 9th Public Protections Meeting to OPPOSE Alameda County’s $61 million Santa Rita Jail construction project that has been approved without the community’s consent. The jail expansion is being presented and folded into other projects as an “imporvement project” in order to gain supervisor votes. We need to flex our growing grassroots community power to our Board of Supervisors so they will prioritize spending on county care, not cages! Will you be there to help us change the tide right here in our community? … Continued 5:00 pm Stop the New Alameda County Jail @ Ella Baker Center Offices, suite 1125 Stop the New Alameda County Jail @ Ella Baker Center Offices, suite 1125 Jun 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets The Sheriff wants to build a new $55 million jail expansion at Santa Rita for treating mentally ill inmate. It needs to be stopped in its tracks and the money redirected to mental health treatment outside of jail. We’ve got some momentum to re-invigorate and have a lot to discuss with the decarceration plan. Here a tentative agenda for 7/28, feel free to add additional items by directly replying to me. Check in What’s happening, what’s coming up in the community LeeLoo Update Individual and org commitments Shared leadership structure … Continued 6:00 pm Jobs for Freedom Town Hall @ Imani Community Church Jobs for Freedom Town Hall @ Imani Community Church Jun 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us for a town hall- let’s win 1400 jobs. It’s time for Alameda County to act by employing people impacted by the criminal justice system and youth in the school-to-prison pipline. Pre-Registration form: http://bit.ly/jobs4freedom61093 6:00 pm Justice for Mario Woods Coalition Justice for Mario Woods Coalition Jun 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The demand for justice is happening and needs you!61072 7:00 pm Breaking Through Concrete – An Arts & Activism Celebration @ Starline Social Club Breaking Through Concrete – An Arts & Activism Celebration @ Starline Social Club Jun 9 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets Breaking Through Concrete – An Arts & Activism celebration This is a celebration. This is a gathering of local organizations and artist from impacted communities on the front lines of oil refineries, coal and oil train fights, displacement and gentrification. We will showcase artist who are exploring the impact of interconnected social and environmental justice issues that threaten the health and safety of our communities and our future, and offering solutions. Come and celebrate our resilience, our creativity, and our power. This FREE, All ages, event features speakers, performance artists, … Continued 7:00 pm Screening of: A Jihad for Love @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall Screening of: A Jihad for Love @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall Jun 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Islam today is the world’s second largest and fastest growing religion. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of this dynamic faith, discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. A Jihad for Love was filmed in 12 countries and 9 languages and comes from the heart of Islam. Looking beyond a hostile and war-torn present, it reclaims the Islamic concept of a greater Jihad, whose true meaning is akin to ‘an inner struggle’ or ‘to strive in the path of God’ – allowing … Continued 7:30 pm “Raw Deal: How the ‘Uber Economy’ and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers” @ Hillside Club “Raw Deal: How the ‘Uber Economy’ and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers” @ Hillside Club Jun 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets “Steven Hill’s groundbreaking book on the part-time, unstable Uber Economy shows how a sub-economy becomes a work of law-flouting regress undermining full-time work. Remote algorithms run riot!” — Ralph Nader, consumer advocate Advance tickets: $12 : brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006 or Books Inc, Pegasus (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s S.F. – Modern Times. $15 door “Raw Deal: How the ‘Uber Economy’ and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers” could not be more timely. With every jarring day our economy seems to be more seriously broken, … Continued	2:00 pm No New SF Jail Coalition “Community Not Cages” Meeting @ Dept. of Public Health, Room 610 No New SF Jail Coalition “Community Not Cages” Meeting @ Dept. of Public Health, Room 610 Jun 10 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets In December, The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to reject state funding for the construction of a new jail in San Francisco. This decision is due to years of community organizing demanding more community resources that are accessible outside of cages. Currently, the city is convening various community stakeholders, with SF Department of Public Health and the Sheriff’s Office, to re-envision replacing the current jail. This city work group is now meeting monthly to decide what kinds of alternatives to incarceration can be built in SF, such as more funding … Continued	8:00 am Refinery Corridor Healing Walk @ Ninth St. Park Refinery Corridor Healing Walk @ Ninth St. Park Jun 11 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets 2014 Rodeo to Richmond Healing Walk The Refinery Corridor Healing Walks, started in 2014 by Idle No More SF Bay, were inspired by the Alberta Tar Sands Healing Walks and many other similar Native American journeys. The walks connect the dots between the Tesoro, Shell, Valero, Phillips 66 and Chevron refineries. Walk with Idle No More and the Bay Area Refinery Corridor Coalition to bring attention to the health risks and climate dangers posed by the explosive crude, tar sands and fracked oil these refineries want to bring through our … Continued 9:30 am 38th Monthly Interfaith Prayers for Victims and Survivors of Violence @ Bahai Center 38th Monthly Interfaith Prayers for Victims and Survivors of Violence @ Bahai Center Jun 11 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 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. Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us. Simple breakfast will be served.61094 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 Jun 11 @ 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 Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting Jun 11 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets 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. Come learn about the candidates we have or soon will be endorsing in races for school board and City Council. Come learn what you can do to join the fight for a fair and just Oakland for workers, renters, homeowners and the homeless, school parents and school kids. Directions: go directly across 14th St. from City Hall at the crosswalk, continue … Continued 2:00 pm Film Screening: “This Changes Everything.” @ Dimond Library Film Screening: “This Changes Everything.” @ Dimond Library Jun 11 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Inspired by Naomi Klein’s bestseller, this uplifting documentary portrays communities throughout the world living on the edge of climate change. Communities like West Oakland, now threatened by coal. Please join the discussion at the end of the film.61007

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.