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Our General Assembly is a … Continued	10:00 am Renters Coalition March Renters Coalition March Jul 4 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets COME MARCH WITH US Calling all renters to march with ARC in the Alameda 4th of July Parade ! The city has seen some of us on the streets gathering signatures, now let Alameda see MORE of us to show the city how important the issue of rent stabilization is and how many people it impacts. We’re calling on individuals, families, students, faith groups, and other sympathetic groups to join in. Kids on bikes, trikes, in wagons, and in strollers welcome and wanted. Dogs, too – great way to take … Continued 3:00 pm Dogtown Redemption, with post-film discussion @ New Parkway Theater Dogtown Redemption, with post-film discussion @ New Parkway Theater Jul 4 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Dogtown Redemption, with post-film discussion A surprising number of Americans make their living off America’s vast rivers of trash. They are America’s unseen. DOGTOWN REDEMPTION tells the story of one river, and the humanity of its inhabitants in Dogtown, West Oakland, a lively, bustling yet invisible corner of California. We follow the lives of three recyclers: Jason Witt, the titan of recycling, Landon Goodwin, a former minister, who struggles with his own fall from grace, and Miss Hayok Kay, the ultimate outsider, formerly a punk rocker from a prominent Korean … Continued 4:30 pm March for the Robin Hood Tax @ Lake Merritt March for the Robin Hood Tax @ Lake Merritt Jul 4 @ 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us tomorrow. March for Bernie and Robin Hood tax around Lake Merritt #independenceday #RobinHoodTax #WeAreBern… pic.twitter.com/68accee0E4— Bay Area for Bernie (@BayArea4Bernie) July 4, 2016 March with us July 4th! Lake Merritt Oakland, CA #MarchForBernie #OurRevolution #RobinHoodTax #Bayareaforbernie #Am… pic.twitter.com/KGjPLBC4T7— Bay Area for Bernie (@BayArea4Bernie) June 20, 2016 61180	9:30 am Oakland: Hearing on Comprehensive Bail Reform @ Auditorium of the Elihu Harris State Building Oakland: Hearing on Comprehensive Bail Reform @ Auditorium of the Elihu Harris State Building Jul 5 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am Tickets California’s flawed cash bail system punishes the poor for being poor. Join the ACLU of California in Oakland at a hearing to bring to light the human, economic, and criminal justice impacts of California’s problematic bail system. Corrected time: 9:30AM. Folks are behind bars just because they can't afford bail!! https://t.co/ndr0KEaVv2 pic.twitter.com/IzLQECYJiw— ACLU of Northern CA (@ACLU_NorCal) July 1, 2016 Legislators, community leaders, advocates, government representatives, and affected individuals will come together for an in-depth discussion to determine the best path forward for comprehensive bail reform. Confirmed speakers Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) … Continued 1:00 pm Vigil for Tarishi Jain and Others @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley Vigil for Tarishi Jain and Others @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley Jul 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets A memorial vigil will be held on Sproul Plaza on Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. to honor UC Berkeley student Tarishi Jain and the others who lost their lives alongside her in the terrorist attacks in Bangladesh. All members of the community, both on campus and off, are invited to this vigil, which will be a safe space for reflection and mourning.61232 6:30 pm Oakland City Council – E12th St. Land Sale! @ Oakland City Hall Oakland City Council – E12th St. Land Sale! @ Oakland City Hall Jul 5 @ 6:30 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets #Oakland city council wants to sneak thru a controversial land sale the day after a holiday weekend. Turn out to #SaveE12th 7/5/16 7pm — E12 Peoples Proposal (@PeoplesProposal) July 3, 2016 The E12 Coalition is calling all supporters to join us at City Hall TODAY at 7pm to oppose the sale of the E12th Street parcel! #SaveE12th — E12 Peoples Proposal (@PeoplesProposal) July 5, 2016 Agenda Item: Subject: 12th Street Remainder Parcel Disposition And Development Agreement With Urbancore And EBALDC From: Economic And Workforce Development Recommendation: An Ordinance: (1) Authorizing … Continued 6:30 pm POSTPONED: Oakland City Council: Renters Protections @ Oakland City Hall, 3rd floor POSTPONED: Oakland City Council: Renters Protections @ Oakland City Hall, 3rd floor Jul 5 @ 6:30 pm – 11:45 pm Tickets The Renter Protection Ordinance Ballot Initiative is now scheduled for the July 19th City Council Meeting. The Committee to Protect Oakland Renters urges the Community and Economic Development Committee to reject the Council Member Kalb’s Ordinance Amending Chapter 8.22, Article I (Rent Adjustment). Renters in Oakland are being squeezed now, and they cannot wait years for renter protections to be implemented. This ordinance just “kicks the can down the road”, protections for a huge number of renters would not even start until 2018. That means 24,000 additional tenants could be … Continued 7:00 pm San Leandro $15 Minimum Wage Proposal @ San Leandro City Council San Leandro $15 Minimum Wage Proposal @ San Leandro City Council Jul 5 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets San Leandro’s minimum wage will be an action item on the Tuesday, July 5th at 7 PM Council meeting calendar. If it gets four votes it will go on the Council consent calendar on Monday July 18th. We need large turnouts at both Council meetings. We need to get as many people as we can to speak in favor of San Leandro increasing our minimum wage, before the State’s increase. Vice Mayor Jim Prola’s proposal are $12 by July 2017, and then a dollar a year until it reaches $15 … Continued	5:00 pm Gathering for Amilcar Perez-Lopez @ SF City Hall, Rm 400 Gathering for Amilcar Perez-Lopez @ SF City Hall, Rm 400 Jul 6 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Over the last few weeks we’ve learned that SFPD: * Failed to notify the DA of Amilcar’s killing so his team could independently investigate the crime scene. * Had already removed Amilcar’s body before the DA’s investigative team learned of the killing and arrived to investigate. As a result, no full independent investigation of the crime scene was possible. According to DA Gascón, this has made his investigation both more difficult and lengthy. WE SUSPECT A COVER-UP, especially given all the lies we’ve heard from SFPD ever since they killed … Continued 6:00 pm Meditation Happy Hour @ Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice Meditation Happy Hour @ Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice Jul 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join us for free weekly meditation happy hour on Wednesdays, co-hosted by the Art of Living Eastbay Berkeley/Oakland. We will teach simple and easy guided meditation and breathing techniques to let go of stress and trauma, let your hair down, and celebrate! We believe that love is the universal language. We also believe that love is the universal cure to heal what ails societies worldwide. These meditation happy hours are our love offering to the community and are the result of a beautiful new & evolving partnership w/The Art of … Continued 6:30 pm Laborfest: Film: The Hand That Feeds @ Berkeley City College Auditorium Laborfest: Film: The Hand That Feeds @ Berkeley City College Auditorium Jul 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The Hand That Feeds (88 min.) (2014) Directed by: Rachel Lears & Robin Blotnick At a popular bakery café, residents of New York’s Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery, and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick. Mild-mannered sandwich maker Mahoma López has never been interested in politics, but in January 2012, he convinces a small group of his co-workers to fight back. Risking deportation and … Continued 8:00 pm The Box: A Play about Solitary Confinement by Sarah Shourd The Box: A Play about Solitary Confinement by Sarah Shourd Jul 6 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets Did I mention that my play about solitary confinement is coming out in July in SF? Tickets are live: https://t.co/gwU0wq4hW7. #insidethebox— Sarah Shourd (@SShourd) May 7, 2016 Directed by Michael John Garcés Written by Sarah Shourd In 2009, journalist and playwright Sarah Shourd was living in the Middle East when she went on a hike with her fiancée and a friend. Little did she know it, but her life would never be the same. While pursuing what they were told were fantastic views over a nearby ridge, they suddenly … Continued	6:30 pm Plastic-Free Solutions Salon: Short Films & Discussion with Beth Terry @ BeBerkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall Plastic-Free Solutions Salon: Short Films & Discussion with Beth Terry @ BeBerkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall Jul 7 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Led by plastic-free activist and author Beth Terry, Ecology Center, Transition Berkeley, and the BFUU Social Justice Committee present an evening of short films and plastic-free ideas to inspire your zero waste efforts! Join us to view an assortment of short films about plastic pollution and consumption, share our triumphs and challenges around reducing plastic waste, and explore some fun, DIY solutions to replace common plastic household goods. Copies of Beth Terry’s book Plastic Free will be available for purchase and signing. Come at 6:30 for conversation and snacks! For … Continued 6:30 pm The State of Policing Sex Work in Oakland @ Alameda County Law Library The State of Policing Sex Work in Oakland @ Alameda County Law Library Jul 7 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Oakland sex workers are facing a policing crisis. Oakland DA Nancy O’Malley is calling for an increase in the criminalization of sex workers under the guise of ending “human trafficking.” This call for criminalization is couched as needed to give an entry point for services for people in need. http://www.alcoda.org/about_us/meet_the_da The Alameda County Sheriff’s department is calling for a $54 million expansion of Santa Rita jail under the guise of being able to give better services to people in jail, an argument that mirrors that of the anti-sex work policymakers. … Continued 7:00 pm Callout for #PhilandoCastile, #AltonSterling and #CelesteGuap @ Oscar Grant Plaza Callout for #PhilandoCastile, #AltonSterling and #CelesteGuap @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jul 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets #Oakland callout for #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile #CelesteGuap rally/action tonight 7pm at Oscar Grant Plaza #OGP. #FTP #BlackLivesMatter— Bri. (@zuchinno) July 7, 2016 61283 7:00 pm Displacement & Gentrification: How did we get here and how do we stop it? @ Sierra Club, #1300 Displacement & Gentrification: How did we get here and how do we stop it? @ Sierra Club, #1300 Jul 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets This training will put gentrification and displacement in an historical context so we understand the racialized political and economic drivers. We will use this historical analysis to discuss the ways we can challenge gentrification today. The analysis that we are presenting is based on the work of Causa Justa :: Just Cause and we are asking for $5-$20 donation, sliding scale, which will go to support CJJC’s work challegning gentrification and fighting displacement. However, no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Our workshop has space for 66 … Continued		3:00 pm Beyond Bernie: Continue the Political Revolution! @ Berkeley Central Library 3rd Floor Meeting Room Beyond Bernie: Continue the Political Revolution! @ Berkeley Central Library 3rd Floor Meeting Room Jul 9 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Beyond Bernie: Continue the Political Revolution! Our movement faces a burning question: Do we fall in line behind Clinton’s corporate campaign, or do we continue the political revolution and build a new party for the 99%? Tens of millions are standing against the tide, resisting a Democratic Party establishment hell-bent on forcing Sandernistas behind Wall Street’s “lesser evil” candidate. But, how can we build a political alternative to continue the struggle against the billionaire class? Movement4Bernie and Socialist Alternative are organizing a series of forums across the country to debate … 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.